(NEWARK, NJ) The New Jersey Symphony has announced the composers for the ninth Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. The 2023 Institute will take place Sunday, July 9 through Saturday, July 15 in Newark, culminating in a performance of the composers’ works on Saturday, July 15, 2023. This year s winning composers include Tom Morrison with his work Messages in the Ground, Kory Reeder with his work Walls of Brocade Fields, Sam Wu with his work Hydrosphere and Yangfan Xu with her work Bya.
Performance features works by 2022 Cone Institute composers Dai Wei, Jack Frerer, Baldwin Giang and Sophia Jani, plus Institute Director Steven Mackey David Robertson conducts Post-concert meet-and-greet reception includes a special Cone-inspired ice cream provided by The Bent Spoon July 23 at 8 pm at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton njsymphony.o