The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Composer's Sandbox Summer Intensive is an opportunity for composers in the early stages of their career to study with a renowned faculty of composers. Students selected for the program will have the opportunity to work with musicians from the acclaimed Society for New Music. The two-week-long Intensive will culminate in a performance and recording of their work by the acclaimed Society for New Music All Stars.
Our Mission
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What to Expect
Daily meetings with composition faculty to discuss works in progress.
Faculty led group composition seminars to facilitate discussion of student works and provide evaluative and critical feedback.
Improvisation Workshops.
48-hour composition challenge.
Composition seminars to look at seminal works and works by historically disenfranchised/marginalized composers—particularly focusing on compositions germane to the works of student composers.
Orchestration seminars.
A seminar on entrepreneurship: building marketing skills as a composer.