Wildflower Composers

This May, we’re excited to feature our alums who have graduated and/or committed to undergraduate and graduate programs starting this fall. Congratulations to all of these talented composers! We are so proud of you, and can’t wait to see what you do next. 🎓⭐️🎵

‼️THREE more spots available for the 2026 Wildflower Composers Festival!
𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 - 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴

Admissions rolling until spots are filled. Apply today!

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The Wildflower Composers Festival (July 6–17) brings together young composers from all over the country for two weeks of composition seminars, lessons, workshops, and the world premiere performance of a new composition. This year, we are thrilled to collaborate with musicians from Network for New Music, who will be rehearsing and premiering works by Wildflower students.

We invite applications from young composers between the ages of 13–19 who are female, transgender, nonbinary, and/or genderqueer.

No fee to apply & financial aid available
No prior composition experience or training necessary
Dorm housing and meals available
Join a growing alumni network & become eligible for Wildflower-sponsored commissions and performances

Link to apply in bio.

Any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us: [email protected].

‼️Five more spots available for the 2026 Wildflower Composers Festival!
𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 - 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴

Admissions rolling until spots are filled. Apply today!

—

The Wildflower Composers Festival (July 6–17) brings together young composers from all over the country for two weeks of composition seminars, lessons, workshops, and the world premiere performance of a new composition. This year, we are thrilled to collaborate with musicians from Network for New Music, who will be rehearsing and premiering works by Wildflower students.

We invite applications from young composers between the ages of 13–19 who are female, transgender, nonbinary, and/or genderqueer. 

* No fee to apply & financial aid available
* No prior composition experience or training necessary
* Dorm housing and meals available
* Join a growing alumni network & become eligible for Wildflower-sponsored commissions and performances

Link to apply in bio.

Any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us: [email protected].

Last but not least, we are excited to share VMCs alum Amy Kennedy, who has received a $5,000 grant in the music category from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grants for Creative Individuals for her work, New Year Concerto, 2nd Movement.

About the piece, Amy says,

“This work is a movement from the complete concerto - the New Year Concerto No 1 for Strings. I actually started the themes of the first movement several years ago, and last year decided to put them all together during a cold January. The part submitted for the Mass Cultural Council Grant is 5 minutes of the second movement, an adagio that I used skills developed in the two Film Scoring Virtual Mini-Courses to create lyrical, flowing themes in contrast to the other two movements of the piece.” 🌼

We’re also excited to share Festival alum Andy Regli , as the second in our April feature series.

Andy’s master thesis “Acoustics & Composition” explores the main question of “if and how acoustic data can be used to inform a choral composition and how vocal timbre may affect the perception of resonances used”.

A little more about Andy’s work:
Measurements were taken of two different church sanctuaries and a three minute piece was created for each space and recorded ambisonically. The anonymous survey results showed a varied response in regards to the perceived resonance of individual notes and chords. Overall this research showed one method of informing choral composition with acoustic measurements along with the architecture and history of the space. However the result is from one person’s perspective and can not be expected to accurately portray the space to every person who experiences it. 🌺

We’re excited to share the first alum in our April feature series - Festival alum Hannah Wolkowitz .

Hannah recently had the second performance of the piece she wrote for Bergamot at last year’s Festival!

About the piece, Hannah says,

“Inspired by the infectious joy of klezmer music, Unleashed invites listeners to cast off their worries and embrace happiness. The piece opens with a lively, dance-like section full of klezmer energy. A contrasting middle section introduces tension, reflecting the heavy weight of everyday concerns. But in the end, joy prevails - the opening spirit returns with renewed vigor, encouraging the audience to let go and simply be happy.” 🌸

‼️Five more spots available for the 2026 Wildflower Composers Festival!

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 - 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴

Admissions rolling until spots are filled. Apply today!

—

The Wildflower Composers Festival (July 6–17) brings together young composers from all over the country for two weeks of composition seminars, lessons, workshops, and the world premiere performance of a new composition. This year, we are thrilled to collaborate with musicians from Network for New Music, who will be rehearsing and premiering works by Wildflower students.

We invite applications from young composers between the ages of 13–19 who are female, transgender, nonbinary, and/or genderqueer. 

* No fee to apply & financial aid available
* No prior composition experience or training necessary
* Dorm housing and meals available
* Join a growing alumni network & become eligible for Wildflower-sponsored commissions and performances

Link to apply in bio.

Any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us: [email protected].

🌸 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟓!

There are just a few more days left to apply to the 2026 Wildflower Composers Festival, taking place at Temple University in Philadelphia from July 6–17! The deadline is April 15 - link in bio.

‼️ 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 - 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 - 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦!

The Wildflower Composers Festival brings together young composers from all over the country for two weeks of composition seminars, lessons, workshops, and the world premiere performance of a new composition. This year, we are thrilled to collaborate with musicians from Network for New Music, who will be rehearsing and premiering works by Wildflower students.

We invite applications from young composers between the ages of 13–19 who are female, transgender, nonbinary, and/or genderqueer. 

* No fee to apply & financial aid available
* No prior composition experience or training necessary
* Dorm housing and meals available
* Join a growing alumni network & become eligible for Wildflower-sponsored commissions and performances

Apply by April 15 - link in bio.

Any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us: [email protected].

Last but not least, we are excited to share Festival alum Veda Hingert-McDonald , who recently won the NUMUS Emerging Canadian Curator Competition .

Veda is curating a concert this Sunday, March 22nd, in Waterloo, Ontario, at Burton Factory Arts.

One of the pieces included is a new arrangement of a song cycle Veda composed called “To Bear Witness,” which is inspired by children in Palestine, political violence in Colombia, the Berlin Wall, and the aftermath of the bombing of Guernica. 🥀

Meet Juliette, one of our new members of the Board of Directors!

Juliette Kang (she/her) is the First Associate Concertmaster and Joseph and Marie Field Chair of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Previously assistant concertmaster of the Boston Symphony and a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Juliette’s solo engagements have included the San Francisco Symphony, l’Orchestre National de France, the Baltimore Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Omaha Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony, and every major orchestra in Canada. Internationally she has performed with the Czech Philharmonic, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the KBS Symphony in Seoul.