Faculty
Over the course of this six month program, fellows participate in bi-weekly seminars with master composers, performers, and a wide variety of industry professionals. The faculty is led by Guest Artist Gabriela Ortiz, and Fellowship Director Dr. Erin Busch.
Composers
Latin Grammy-nominated composer
Co-Founding Director of the Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio by OAcademy
USC Thornton School of Music | Associate Professor
Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist
Grammy-nominated Composer
University of Colorado Boulder | Associate Professor of Composition
The University of Chicago | University Professor of Composition in Music
Grammy Award–nominated composer, pianist, vocalist, and educator
Princeton University | Professor
Pulitzer Prize winner & 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor
Belize-born British composer
The Peabody Institute | Associate Professor in Composition, and Pulitzer Prize finalist
Two-time Grammy-nominated composer
2023 Guggenheim Fellow
Columbia University | Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition
Composer
Composer
Mannes School of Music | Composition faculty
Composer
Two-time Grammy winner
London-born composer
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University | Assistant Professor & 2021-22 Guggenheim Fellow
Composer
University of Southern California | Composition faculty
2018 Guggenheim Fellow
University of Pennsylvania & McArthur Genius Grant Awardee
Harvard University | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow
Industry
Composer
Washington Post | Music Critic (former)
Yale University | Professor
Royal Northern College of Music | Head of Conducting and Director of Contemporary Music
Theodore Presser Company | Composer / Publisher
University of Oxford | Emeritus Professor of Music
21CMedia | Digital Account Manager & Features Editor
G. Schirmer, Inc. | Composer and Promotion Manager
So Percussion | Composer / Performer
Lenny's Studio | PR & Media Director
CANVAS | Director of Programs
Composer, Arts and Intellectual Property Attorney
Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellowship Director
LA Philharmonic | Chief Programming Officer, and President of the Hollywood Bowl
Australian-born composer
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra | Composer-in-Residence
Film composer
New Music USA | President & CEO
Performers
String Quartet
International Contemporary Ensemble | Vibraphone
Philadelphia Orchestra | First Associate Concertmaster
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia | Bassoon
Listen to the new works composed and recorded as part of the '25 cohort’s journey.
Flute
Clarinet
Cello
Listen to the new works composed and recorded as part of the '24 cohort’s journey.
String Quartet
Listen to the works composed and recorded as part of the '23 cohort’s journey.