PAST SEASONS — 2023

The 2023 Next Festival of Emerging Artists celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a program of world premieres for string orchestra, including by 2023 Guest Artist and guitarist/composer Yvette Young, 2022 Pulitzer-Finalist Leilehua Lanzilotti, composer/violinist (and 2022 Festival alum) Che Buford, saxophonist/composer Matthew Evan Taylor, and Peter Askim (The Next Festival’s Artistic Director).

As part of our 2023 Season, The Next Festival was an American Composers Orchestra EarShot Partner Orchestra, supporting emerging composers and the creation of new music and was presented by ACO as part of its 2023 SONiC Festival in New York City.

Festival Fellows reconvened in early 2024 for a special performance at NYC’s Merkin Hall and to make the World Premiere recording of Yvette Young’s music.