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Charlotte New Music Festival


Bent Frequency - Guest Artists in Residence

July 22 - lecture presentation 11:00am PT/ 2:00pm ET

Community-Based New Music Advocacy

Jan Berry Baker and Stuart Gerber of Bent Frequency will discuss the requirements for running a 501c(3) non-profit organization, establishing community partnerships, leveraging grant money as well as strategies for using creative and socially-conscious programming to create and build an engaged audience.  This presentation will give insight into our nearly 20-year history of building Bent Frequency into a nationally recognized new music ensemble and an important and well-respected arts organization within our community in Atlanta.

July 22 - Career Panel presentation 1:00pm PT/ 4:00pm ET

July 26 - Bent Frequency presents RENEW - premiere performances of 6 new works 5:00pm PT/8:00ET

Bent Frequency presents a premiere virtual program of six new works written by Charlotte New Music Festival participants. These six pieces were recorded live in the Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University on May 22, 2021. The performers are Jan Berry Baker (saxophone), Brad Ritchie (cello), Erika Tazawa (piano), and Stuart Gerber (percussion). Works premiered written by Chase Chandler, Devin Cholodenko, Ben Rieke, Adam Summey, Ayako Pederson-Takeda and J. Matteo Wharton.

https://charlottenewmusic.org/