The Cascadia Composers is a group of preeminent Northwest composers who are banding together to, in the words of its mission statement:
Cascadia Composers will promote the composition and performance of contemporary classical music by regional composers, stimulate national and international awareness of this music, Â and gather composers to disseminate information pertinent to its members and the community.
I think that it’s fair to say that in other words, CC will be putting a lot more new music from local composers in front of audiences around the Northwest. And that’s a good thing!
Look here for a list of upcoming events.
The founding members of Cascadia Composers are David Bernstein, Dan Senn, Greg Steinke, Jeff Winslow, Gary Noland, Jack Gabel, and Tomas Svoboda (all pictured below).
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It appears that any interested party can become a member of Cascadia Composers and help them fulfill their mission – you can find complete information here.