For nearly three decades, the School of Music at Boston University College of Fine Arts has been a powerful force for new music. The School has trained generations of composers and performers across all departments, hosted visits by leading composers, and has presented thousands of works by known and unknown composers alike. Through the Boston University Center for New Music (CNM), the CFA upholds
this tradition while moving forward onto new paths of discovery. Located within a thriving music school, the CNM seeks to augment the presence of cutting-edge music within the University’s curriculum while encouraging awareness of new music to the BU arts community and the broader New England arts community. The CNM hosts lectures, demonstrations, and performances that are open to the public, providing a forum for broader interdisciplinary involvement, expanding the dialogue about new music to a more diverse audience. With these campus activities and through the organizing of broader inter-institutional collaborations, the CNM aims to catalyze a new energy in the American music community that looks beyond national or factional divisions, promoting the highest levels of discourse and performance. This year, the Boston University School of Music at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University seeks to further this tradition by launching the Boston University Center for New Music. This center, located at the heart of a thriving music school, will seek to enhance the presence of cutting edge music within the curriculum while encouraging awareness of new music to the BU arts community. To widen the conversation within the greater university, the Center will host lectures, demonstrations, and performances that will be open to the public, providing an open forum for broader interdisciplinary involvement. To that end, the center will also host several institutional collaborations, including its partnership with the Boston-based contemporary music sinfonietta Sound Icon, and selected concerts that will be staged at off-campus venues.
