Festival Program

All times are Eastern Time and various events will be streamed live.
Check the WMU School of Music Youtube channel for links.

All events take place at:
The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts,
Colby College, Alumni Dr, Waterville, ME 04901

Thursday March 5, 2026

REGISTRATION/SIGN IN
2:00-5:00pm, Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts Lobby

RECEPTION
5:00-6:00pm, Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts Lobby

CONCERT 1
7:00pm, Black Box Theater

Beth Weiman, Vive Ensemble (Spencer Brand, Katrina Clements), Jintae Park, Richie Arndorfer, Joao Pedro Olivera, Stephen Marratto, Tristan Kanitz, Indigo Knecht, Matt Sharrock, José Martinez, William Mueller, August Kim, Alex Temple, Amy Advocate, June Cummings, Rob McClure, Robin Meiksins

FRIDAY March 6, 2026

WORKSHOP 1
10:00-11:30am, Greene Block

Alexandra Berger, Allen Fogelsanger - InterTranslation : Movement<=>Sound

CONCERT 2
2:00pm, Black Box Theater

Adam Wilson, Miguel Chuaqui, Lisa Chaufty, Michael Mils, Elisheva Pront, Robert Karpay, Antoine Jackson, Celicia Suhr, Jonas Regnier, Zaira Castillo, Evan Kopca, Robert Karpay, Felipe Tovar-Henao, Jacob Mason, Ethan Helm

LECTURES
4:00-5:30pm, Classroom 180

Smee Wong - From Score to Stage: Music as Choreographic Partner
Holly Stanley - Hear Me: Musical adaptability through background noise
Lauren Sarah Hayes - Musical Embodiment
Héloïse Garry - AI in Audiovisual Performance: From Creative Practice to Critical Inquiry

CONCERT 3
7:00pm, Bright Studio

Daniil Zakirzyanov, Nora Gibson, BEEP, Molly Schenck, Butch Rovan, Robin Oxley-Luyster, April Levy, Esme Erdos, Lulu Damon Dong, Halle Puchalski, Sangeeth Kumaski, Hannah Kumaski, Jaehoon Choi, Summer Dregs, Ariel Rivka, Ariel Grossman, Abriona Cherry, Casie Marie O'Kane, Hana Ginsburg Tirosh, Sienna Hamilton-Thibert, Kristin Licata, Gabrielle Marino, Kalyan Sayre

SATURDAY March 7, 2026

WORKSHOP 2
10:00-11:30am, Greene Block

Felipe Tovar-Henao - Introduction to Offline Algorithmic Audio with bellplay~

CONCERT 4 - Improv/Dance
2:00pm, Bright Studio

Everett Perry-Johnson, Julian Hoff, Katherine Ferrier, Lauren Hayes, Grace O'Mara, Phyllis Chen, Leslie Elkins, Addison Hill, Holly Taylor, Brad Robin, Christopher Mercer, Audrey Harrer, Elliot Emadian, Paul Leary

WORKSHOP 3
4:00-5:30pm, Arts Incubator

Haley Qin - TBD

CONCERT 5 - SPLICE Ensemble
7:00pm, Concert Hall

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