Emerging Composers Intensive
At Hidden Valley
June 26 – July 5, 2026
The Emerging Composers Intensive at Hidden Valley brings together 10 composers for a festival of creative collaboration. Guided by renowned composition and performance faculty, participants develop new chamber works which are professionally rehearsed, performed, and recorded in scenic Carmel Valley, CA.
Applications Due Jan 18, 2026
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About
2026 Faculty
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Alistair Coleman
Composition Faculty — 2023-25 Composer-in-Residence of Young Concert Artists
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Amy Beth Kirsten
Composition Faculty — Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music
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Steven Mackey
Composition Faculty — Princeton University and the Curtis Institute of Music
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Sarah Kirkland Snider
Composition Faculty — Co-Artistic Director of New Amsterdam Records
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Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
violin & program director
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Eunice Kim
violin
Member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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David Samuel
viola
Faculty at Vanderbilt University
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Mihai Marica
cello
Artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Henry Kramer
piano
Faculty at Université de Montréal; winner of the 2019 Avery Fischer Career Grant
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Moran Katz
clarinet
Member of the Copland House Ensemble
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