58th Annual Festival

The ISU School of Music hosted the 58th Annual Contemporary Music Festival on October 23-25, 2024. The festival featured Grammy nominated American composer Shawn Okpebholo whose music has been hailed as "devastatingly beautiful" and "fresh and new and fearless" (Washington Post), "affecting" (New York Times), "lyrical, complex, singular" (The Guardian), "searing" (Chicago Tribune), "dreamy, sensual" (Boston Globe), and "powerful" (BBC Music Magazine). The featured guest performers for the festival were Chicago-based guest chamber ensemble Picosa. Other guests included winners of the Music Now Contest. To see photos from the festival, please visit the CMF 2024 Photo Gallery. 

Activities made possible in part by Arts Illiana and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.