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59th Annual Festival

The ISU School of Music is pleased to announce the 59th Annual Contemporary Music Festival, scheduled for October 22-24, 2025. The festival will feature acclaimed American composer Damien Geter whose music infuses classical music with various styles from the Black diaspora to create music that furthers the cause for social justice. The featured guest performers for the festival include Jason Ferrante, tenor, Tesia Kwarteng, mezzo soprano, and Adam Richardson, baritone. Other guests will include pianist Jixue Yang and the winners of the Music Now Contest.  

 

59th Annual Contemporary Music Festival

Please join us as we celebrate the 59th Annual Contemporary Music Festival! All festival events are free and open to the public.
Schedule in draft status; subject to change

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

7:30 p.m. Opening Showcase Concert: Student Ensembles
Tilson Auditorium.

Post-Concert Reception (all welcome)

Thursday, October 23, 2025

9:00 a.m. Session: Principal Guest Composer, Damien Geter
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Room 159

10:30 a.m. Concert: ISU Student Performer and Composer Recital
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

1:30 p.m. Session: Panel Discussion with Festival Guests
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Room 150

3:00 p.m. Open Rehearsal: Guest Artists
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

4:30 p.m. Concert: Guest Piano Recital, Jixue Yang
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

6:30 p.m. Session: Concert Comments with Principal Guest Composer, Damien Geter
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

7:30 p.m. Concert: Guest Artists
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

Friday, October 24, 2025

9:30 a.m. Session: Masterclass with Guest Artists
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Room 159

11:00 a.m. Session: Music Now Composers
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Room 159

2:00 p.m. Concert: Music Now Recital
Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Boyce Recital Hall

Official 2024 Festival Program

Download the 2024 Festival Program (PDF)

Official 2023 Festival Program

Download the 2023 Festival Program (PDF)

Campus Map
ISU Venue/Parking Map

Parking Information
The Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts is located at 300 7th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809. Guests invited to participate in the festival will receive a free parking pass for the duration of the festival. Please visit the School of Music office at the front entrance of the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts when you arrive to receive your pass.

The closest ISU parking lot to the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts is directly across 7th Street behind the Centenary United Methodist Church. Other ISU parking lots can be found just east of this location on 9th Street. If you don’t have a parking pass, street parking can often be found and there is also a pay parking lot two blocks south of the music building at Wabash Street and 7th Street. All ISU lots are free to the public after 5:00 p.m.

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Kurt Fowler, Artistic Director, Music Faculty
Paul Bro, Music Faculty
Grace Coryea, Music Student
Yunjung Lee, Music Faculty
Angela Reynolds, Music Faculty
Eric Scott, Music Faculty