2021 Season

We’re celebrating 24 years! This year, the festival runs from February 2021 through September 2021 and includes the presentation of music by composers from around the world, many of whom are present to discuss their music for FIU students and audiences.

This year’s festival opened with an alumni celebration of Panther Alumni week and features chamber music groups and acclaimed musicians including Mexico’s Duo Duplum, New York-based soprano/flutist Alice Teyssier, guitarist Colin McAllister, the Misty Shore Duo, Calloway + Sudol Duo, guest composers Ken Ueno and Zosha Di Castri, and of course, FIU’s contemporary chamber ensemble, the FIU NODUS Ensemble.

Join us IN PERSON for the closing concerts that will take place this September at The Wolfsonian – FIU on Wednesdays and will feature FIU’s acclaimed Amernet String Quartet. Audiences are invited to the pre-concert discussion of works at 7:00 pm, followed by a performance at 7:30pm. The festival discussions and concerts are free to the public thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Cash bar is available.

MUSIC FROM U.S. AND MEXICO

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | 7:00pm 

Classical music is ever evolving with new sound worlds and ambitious, experimental composers. This evening is a collection of cutting-edge contemporary classical Latin American works by Miami-based composer, Orlando Jacinto Garcia and Mexican-based composer Javier Alvarez who have become important voices in the new music world.

Audiences will experience two highly satisfying performances by the acclaimed Amernet String Quartet, FIU’s Artist in Residence Ensemble, who will be joined first by guitar virtuoso Jaime Marguez for ‘fragmentos del pasadao” and later by FIU clarinetist Jesse Gilday for “Jardin de Otoño.“

ZOSHA DI CASTRI AND AMERNET STRING QUARTET

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 | 7:00pm 

NY-based sound artist and composer Zosha di Castri makes her festival debut utilizing the impressive technical ability of the acclaimed Amernet String Quartet, FIU’s Artist in Residence Ensemble, for her String Quartet No. 1. Her music has been performed across the globe and extends far beyond purely concert music, including projects with electronics, sound arts, and collaborations that encourage audiences to feel “compelled to return for repeated doses” (The Arts Desk).