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New Music Festival Returns to WIU Next Week
March 6, 2026
MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present the New Music Festival 2026 with events and performances at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10.
Since 1988, the annual New Music Festival (NMF) at WIU has provided the community the opportunity to hear concerts of recently-composed acoustic and electroacoustic music curated and performed by WIU faculty and guests. In addition to concerts, the NMF features lectures, panel discussions, masterclasses, workshops and other interactions between students, faculty and invited composers that further connect our community to the world of contemporary music.
This year's featured artist is George Hufnagl, who holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Composition from Western Illinois University and the University of Iowa, with additional studies in sound design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Event 1 - 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9 - Game Audio: Sound as Deconstructed Music - George Hufnagl, featured artist
- Event 2 - 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 - Open Rehearsal with George Hufnagl and Student Composers
- Event 3 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 - WIU Student Composers and Performers
All events are free and open to the public.
New Music Festival 2026 is made possible by support from the WIU Performing Arts Society and the WIU School of Music. The festival's directors are WIU Composition Faculty Hong-Da Chin and James Romig.
For information on this year's featured artist, please visit wiu.edu/newmusicfestival. For information on each event, please visit the events tab at wiu.edu/recitalhall.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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