The Emerging Composers Intensive (ECI) at Hidden Valley is an important extension to the conservatory education that aims to complete a young devoted composer’s skill set on the path to a professional career. ECI’s environment and teaching focus on the crucial connection between individual creativity and effective collaboration by having young composers work closely with both composition and performing faculty throughout their writing process to strengthen the necessary foundations of instrumental understanding, notation, and communication skills. The program builds a basis for young composers to form a lifetime of successful synergistic collaborations through writing, interaction, and relationships.

Performing Faculty:

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin

Eunice Kim, violin

David Samuel, viola

Mihai Marica, cello

Drew Petersen, piano

Catherine Gregory, flute