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 — composition faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School
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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 & head of performing faculty – Music Director of New Asia Chamber Music Society
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Eunice Kim
violin – Soloist and Violinist at Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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David Samuel
viola – Violist of the Alexander String Quartet & 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