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June in Buffalo, the annual, world-renowned new music festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with a powerful lineup of senior composers, resident ensembles and special guests.

The festival, presented by the Department of Music and the Center for 21st Century Music, will take place June 1-7 on the UB North Campus, with a concluding event on June 7 at Silo City.

Jonathan Golove, associate professor music, serves as artistic director of June in Buffalo, continuing the festival’s mission of fostering innovation and mentorship in new music.

Founded in 1975 by composer Morton Feldman, the festival has become a premier destination for emerging and established composers, performers and scholars of new music.

Over the past five decades, June in Buffalo has hosted an extraordinary roster of composers who have shaped the course of music in our time — including Feldman, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, György Ligeti, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Charles Wuorinen, Joan Tower, David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Kaija Saariaho, among many others.

For its golden anniversary season, the festival welcomes another distinguished lineup of senior composers: Peter Gilbert, George Lewis, Karola Obermüller, David Sanford and Ming Tsao.

Resident ensembles include Meridian Arts Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta and [Switch~Ensemble].

Participating as special guests this year are UB faculty members Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano, and Eric Huebner, pianist and music department chair, and saxophonist Kyle Hutchins.

The final day of the festival on June 7 concludes with a special event at 6pm at Silo City featuring a series of short new works for mixed ensemble composed by eight UB PhD composition students. These works, performed by the acclaimed Metropolis Ensemble, are uniquely inspired by the extraordinary acoustic environment of the abandoned grain silo at Marine Terminal A.

One of the compositions will be selected by the producers of the PBS television series “Songs About Buildings and Moods”to be featured in an upcoming episode that includes footage of Silo City.

June in Buffalo is free and open to the public. Events include lectures and workshops led by the world-renowned faculty composers and guest artists, professional presentations on the latest trends and techniques in contemporary music, participant forums and open rehearsals, and afternoon and evening concerts by faculty composers, resident ensembles and internationally acclaimed soloists.

The schedule is forthcoming and will be posted on the .