We are thrilled to announce that the next Luna Lab Festival will be held from June 22-27 in New York City!
The 2024–25 fellows—Sam Pichardo, Danity Pike, Mia Turakhia, Zoe Verduin, Brannon Warn-Johnston, and Emilie Wolff— will travel to New York City to participate in six days of workshops, masterclasses, networking events, performances, and more.
“We’re thrilled to ring in Luna Composition Lab’s ninth annual festival with a concert of world premieres performed by the virtuosic International Contemporary Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. This festival celebrates a year of expansion and new partnerships for Luna Composition Lab. We’re thrilled to be working with our new mentors Han Lash, Nkeiru Okoye, and Mari Esabel Valverde, and we’ve started partnerships across the country from New York to Tennessee, and California to Massachusetts. We have embarked on new collaborations with the New York Philharmonic and River & Rail, a Knoxville-based theater company, and we have continued our work with ChamberQUEER, loadbang, and Carnegie Hall. Our fellows’ and alumni’s works were heard around the world, notably at Disney Hall, the Concertgebouw, and David Geffen Hall. As we look ahead to celebrating our organization’s first decade, we thank you for your everlasting support of fresh compositional voices.” —Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid
This year’s events include workshops with Luna Lab mentors and composers Han Lash, Angélica Negrón, Nina Shekhar, and Mari Esabel Valverde; a masterclass with vocalist Charmaine Lee; an interactive film screening with composer Jeff Beal; a workshop at Willie Mae Rock Camp; trips to celebrated venues, collaborative rehearsals, and networking events for young composers.
The festival culminates on June 26, 2025 in a performance of world premieres by our 2024–25 Ensemble in Residence: International Contemporary Ensemble. Members of the International Contemporary Ensemble have worked with the 2024–25 fellows throughout the year to workshop these new pieces, which will be premiered alongside works by our mentor composers Han Lash, Nkeiru Okoye, Angélica Negrón, and Mari Esabel Valverde. This free performance will be held at 7 PM in the Weill Music Room in the Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall. RSVPs are required.