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‘’’Robb Composers’ Symposium’’’ is an international festival of contemporary classical music at the University of New Mexico.

Symposium
The John Donald Robb Symposium is the premiere annual contemporary music event in the Southwest, bringing international composers and performers to the University of New Mexico for several days of concerts. Daytime symposium events at UNM include open rehearsals, meet-the-composer sessions, master-classes and lecture-concerts where composers will discuss and field questions about their work. The Symposium is one of the longest ongoing festivals of new music in the world.

Notable guests have included Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Raven Chacon, Chen Yi, George Crumb, Julio Estrada, Lou Harrison, Karel Husa, Ernst Krenek, Libby Larson, Lei Liang, John Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Hilda Paredes, Vincent Persichetti, Ned Rorem, Cecil Taylor, James Tenney, Joan Tower, Christian Wolff

Co-director Peter Gilbert says, “The symposium is, at its heart, about discovering something new in the world of classical music – an important composer, a new way of making or even thinking about sound, or perhaps a beautiful, mysterious or surprising experience.”

Recent Themes
2017 presented the music of 50 composers in five days. In 2016 the Symposium celebrated the influence of Native American composers and culture on contemporary music. . In 2015 the theme was Musical Retellings, exploring the influence of folk music on classical composers. . In 2014 the Symposium included an opera and panels about human trafficking and the role of the arts in contemporary society. 2013 explored the intersection of music and movement, celebrating the anniversary of The Rite of Spring

History
The symposium began in 1972 when UNM Music Professor William Wood invited his former teacher, Norman Lockwood, to the campus, where his compositions were performed, along with the works of UNM music composition students. In 1999, the symposium was renamed the John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium. The symposium is now presented jointly by the Trust and the UNM Department of Music.

Guest Composers
Participating composers from 2013-2017


 * Bill Alves
 * Mathew Arrellin +++
 * David Bashwiner +
 * Elaine Bearer +
 * Steve Block +
 * Per Bloland
 * Volker Blumenthaler
 * Eliza Brown
 * Christine Burke
 * Ogur Büyükberber
 * Curtis Cacioppo
 * Clifton Callender
 * Richard Cameron-Wolfe
 * Raven Chacon
 * Chen Yi
 * Paul Clift ++++
 * Lauren Coons +++
 * Luke Dahn ++++
 * Mark Dal Porto
 * Monica Demarco
 * Christopher Dietz
 * Corey Dundee
 * Jonah Elrod +++
 * Stanley Friedman
 * Marta Gentilucci ++++
 * Peter Gilbert +
 * Arthur Gottschalk
 * Luke Gullicksen ++
 * Charles Halka
 * Richard Hermann *
 * Micah Hood ***
 * José-Luis Hurtado *
 * Vijay Iyer
 * Jihyun Kim
 * Fusun Koksal
 * Emilie LeBel
 * Lei Liang
 * Peter Lleweun
 * Roy Magnuson
 * Victoria Malawey
 * Paul Marquardt
 * Joshua Marquez
 * Abel Mireles
 * Barbara Monk-Feldman
 * Zvonimir Nagy
 * Valerie Naranjo
 * Gary Lee Nelson
 * Christian Newman ++
 * Kirk O'Riordan
 * Karola Obermüller +
 * Panaiotis ++
 * Hilda Paredes
 * Steve Paxton
 * Julietta Rabens-Moore
 * Trevor Reed
 * Leah Reid
 * Patrice Repar +
 * Morris Rosenzweig
 * Alejandro Rutty
 * Marc Satterwhite
 * Alexander Schwarzkopf
 * Moshe Shulman
 * Christopher Shultis +
 * Rob Smith
 * Suzanne Sorkin
 * Sierra Stackhouse +++
 * Matthew Stanley +++
 * Falko Steinbach +
 * Ingrid Stölzel
 * Paul Thomas
 * Ken Ueno
 * Hebert Vázquez
 * Christoph Maria Wagner
 * Gregory Wanamaker
 * Carter Williams
 * William (Bill) Wood +
 * Beth Yip

+ UNM Faculty, Staff or Emeritus ++ UNM Student +++ UNM Student & Winner of the Scott Wilkinson Composition Competition ++++ Winner of the Robb Composition Competition / Robb Commission Competition