2025 University of Toronto New Music Festival
Vivian Fung, Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition
National Sawdust Residency with librettist Royce Vavrek and soprano Andrea Núñez, to collaborate on Girl from the 905, a song cycle that considers Chinese-American identity against the backdrop of escalating societal hostilities during the pandemic.
I will be joining the Julliard Summer Composition Studio Faculty for their HIgh School Composition program!
Come join us for a delicious sneak peek at what the Cabrillo Festival has in store for 2024! This in-person event will be held at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County on their Rooftop Terrace.
Friction Quartet will play works by featured 2024 Composers-in-Residence Vivian Fung and Gabriella Smith, and Vivian Fung will be in person for a special composer Q&A.
Entry includes:
string quartet performance & conversation with composer Vivian Fung
winetastings from Sones Cellars, Bargetto Winery, Inversion Winery, and Alfaro Vineyards
specialty hors d'oeurvres from local tastemakers La Posta and Oswald
great company with the Festival community
access to a silent auction curated by the Festival Board, benefiting the 2024 Festival lineup
Get ready to indulge in delectable treats while supporting the musical mission of the Cabrillo Festival. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to get a taste of the Festival to come!
Proceeds from this event will help make our ambitious plans for Festival 2024, "Music as Movement" possible, including 15 Composers-in-Residence, 4 world premieres, 9 West Coast premieres, the return of our free Family Concert, and so much more! Thank you for supporting new music and our creative community!
3:30 - 4:00 PM doors open, mingling, bites, and libations!
4:00 - 4:30 PM performance by Friction Quartet
4:30 - 4:45 PM composer Q&A with Vivian Fung, moderated by D. Riley Nicholson
4:45 - 5:30 PM the party continues, silent auction ends
5:30 PM event end
Fredonia Chamber Orchestra performs Pizzicato.
Masterclass at SUNY Fredonia in Mason 3140
Masterclass at SUNY Fredonia in Mason 1075
My residency in New York includes two performances by the Buffalo Philharmonic on April 20th and 21st, performing Prayer, and a few days at SUNY Fredonia! I will be giving a masterclass and lecture at Fredonia, and the Chamber Orchestra will be performing Pizzicato on April 24th!
NPR describes JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung as “one of today’s most eclectic composers”.
Upcoming performances of Fung’s work include the world premieres of her expanded Flute Concerto, commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and performed by VSO Principal Flutist Christie Reside; a new orchestral work for Houston-based ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra); and a short piano work based on Ligeti’s Etudes, to be performed by Han Chen, part of the commissioning project “Ligeti Etudes meets 18 Composers,” celebrating the composer’s centenary in 2023; plus the European premieres of Baroque Melting with Berner Symphonieorchester, conducted by Gemma New, and Prayer, presented by the Argovia Philharmonic, both in Switzerland.
Workshopping new song cycle with Andrea Nunez (soprano), Han Chen (piano), and Royce Vavrek (librettist).
Mostly Modern Festival - Faculty for Summer 2022
MMF Institute—
Up to 30 composers will receive professional chamber ensemble performances by either the American Modern Ensemble (AME), or one of the 3 Guest Ensembles. Pieces may not exceed 8 minutes in performance duration.
Up to 15 composers will have the opportunity to receive an orchestral reading with the Mostly Modern Orchestra (MMO) or a piece (or excerpt or movement from a larger work) that is up to 7 minutes. Composers who take part in the orchestral readings receive un-edited audio recordings (no video) of their readings (editing available for an additional fee). Two composers are chosen for an orchestral performance of their work with MMO. More information on the readings available here. Pieces may not exceed 8 minutes in performance duration.
All composers receive rehearsals of their chamber works, a dress rehearsal, and performance.
Composers receive an archival audio WAV file and a link to a three-camera-shot video of their chamber work via the Mostly Modern Projects YouTube channel, and an archival audio WAV file of your orchestral reading (if you have a reading).
All-access pass to everything at the festival.
Private lessons/meetings with the Composition Faculty. Meetings/lessons are generally taught in pairs with two composition participants per 55 minute slot. Additional meetings/lessons available at the discretion of the composition faculty.
Welcome Party, Opening and Closing night parties!
Penn Composer’s Forum: Vivian Fung, composer
Curtis Institute of Music
COMPOSER TALKS Beaudry Somcynsky Visiting Composer Lecture Series
Vivian will give a talk about her compositions as part of the Festival of New American Music at UC Sacramento.
