Festival of New Music

Iowa Composers Forum

Festival of New Music, Fall 2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 12:00pm in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Parking on the UNI campus is free on the weekends.

The selected pieces for the festival are the following in alphabetical order by composer last name:

• Paul Dice, Back to the Bass Licks (double bass duo)

• Jonah Elrod, Prairie Memory (electroacoustic)

• Michael Kimber, 2025: Grief-Hope (solo viola)

• Denise Knaack, Bell and Whistle (flute and tuba)

• Timothy Laubach, The Raven (soprano sax, percussion, and piano)

• Timothy Laubach, The Soul of Spring (wind quintet)

• Robert Martin, Palace of the Winds: 2. Euros: Bringer of Autumn (flute ensemble)

• Lisa Neher, She Conjures (mezzo-soprano, alto flute, and piano)

• Greg A Steinke, In Memoriam: Sacajawea (flute quartet)

• Greg A Steinke, Alaskan Tableaux (brass quintet)

• Peter Olaf Swanson, Palindrome of Loss (solo cello)

• Daniel Swilley, Operative MS39 (marimba and electroacoustic)

• Jonathan Wilson, Ingrained (taragato and electroacoustic)

Feedback: No feedback will be given to composers who were not selected for the festival.

Attendance: Selected composers are required to attend the performance of their work. If attending the festival creates a barrier for a composer to participate in the festival, please contact Jonah Elrod.

Point of Contact: Please contact Jonah if you have any questions.

Jonah Elrod, iowacomposersforum@gmail.com