60th Annual Festival

The ISU School of Music is excited to announce the 60th Annual Contemporary Music Festival scheduled for October 28-30, 2026. The festival will feature James M. Stephenson acclaimed American composer whose music has been described as described as “astonishingly inventive” (Musical America). Featured guest performers will be announced soon along with the winners of the Music Now Contest. We're looking forward to celebrating our 60th Anniversary! 

James Stephenson

 

The 60th Annual Contemporary Music Festival schedule will be announced in the fall of 2026.  Events will take place October 28-30 and all festival events are free and open to the public.

Official 2025 Festival Program

Download the 2025 Festival Program (PDF)

Official 2024 Festival Program

Download the 2024 Festival Program (PDF)

Official 2023 Festival Program

Download the 2023 Festival Program (PDF)

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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