New Music Festival
At the heart of the Center’s activities is the renowned New Music Festival. This annual event celebrates the contemporary arts through concerts, panels, art exhibitions, seminars, master classes and papers. Begun in 1980, the festival has hosted John Adams, John Luther Adams, Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, William Bolcom, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Chen Yi, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Anthony Davis, Dai Fujikura, Philip Glass, John Harbison, Lou Harrison, Jennifer Higdon, Karel Husa, Aaron Jay Kernis, Joan La Barbara, David Lang, Paul Lansky, George Lewis, Steven Mackey, Robert Morris, Pauline Oliveros, Shulamit Ran, Bernard Rands, Terry Riley, Christopher Rouse, Frederic Rzewski, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Bright Sheng, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Steven Stucky, Morton Subotnick, Joan Tower, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Evan Ziporyn and more than 400 other guest composers and musicians.
"Believe it or not, a little town in northwest Ohio is one of the liveliest spots for new music in the whole United States. For 25 years, MACCM has pursued the latest musical ideas and the highest musical standards with fearless vision. Bowling Green students are lucky to have this amazing resource — but so are we all."
~Steven Stucky, 2012
New Music Festival 47
October 15-17, 2026
With featured guest Julia Wolfe
Thursday, Oct. 15
3:30 p.m. Concert 1: Solo & Chamber Music in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: David Lang, Robert Honstein, Gemma Peacocke, Julia Wolfe, Stephen Hartke
8:00 p.m. Concert 2: Chamber Music & BGSU New Music Ensemble in Kobacker Concert Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: Marilyn Shrude, Michael Laurello, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, Frederic Rzewski, Zygmunt Krauze
10:00 p.m. After Hours Concert at Howard's Club H, 210 N. Main Street, Bowling Green, OH
Presented by BGSU Doctoral students in Contemporary Music Performance
Friday, Oct. 16
10:30 a.m. Concert 3: Solo & Chamber Music in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: John Eagle, Cahaya Odle, Anthony Marrasco, Erik Santos, Katia Geha, Tanawat Naruepai
2:30 p.m. Concert 4: Music of Julia Wolfe in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
4:30 p.m. Composer Talk with Julia Wolfe, "Telling History through Music" in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
8:00 p.m. Concert 5: BGSU Collegiate Chorale and BGSU Wind Symphony in Kobacker Concert Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: Jake Runestand (commission), Julia Wolfe, Shara Nova, Eric Whitacre, and Reena Esmail
Saturday, Oct. 17
10:30 a.m. Concert 6: Solo & Chamber Music at Wood County Distric Public Library, 251 N. Main Street, Bowling Green, OH
Featuring music of: Adam Roberts, Matthew Saunder, Margi Griebling-Haigh, Julia Wolfe, Cole Reyes, George Lewis, and Tom Wells
3:30 p.m. Concert 7: Solo & Chamber Music in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: Shelley Washington, Hao Zhen, Liza Lim, George Lewis, Gulli Bjornsson
7:00 p.m. Musical Installation with the BGSU Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble in Lobby of Moore Musical Arts Center
8 p.m. Concert 8: BG Philharmonia in Kobacker Concert Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
Featuring music of: Julia Wolfe, Samuel Adler, Szu-An Chen
9:30 p.m. Closing Reception in Lobby of Moore Musical Arts Center
NMF Production Team:
Festival Directors: Justin Johnston and Hannah Levinson
MACCM Operations Manager: Adam Luebke
MACCM Assistant: Miguel Gaspar
Manager of Recording Services: Michael Laurello
Technical Director: Keith Hofacker
Assistant Manager of Recording Services: Marco Mendoza
Coordinator of Public Events: Theresa Clickner
Dean, College of Musical Arts: William Mathis
Special Thanks to:
The MACCM Advisory Committee
Dan Piccolo & the BGSU Percussion Studio
All our volunteers
Updated: 09/30/2026 01:46PM