The College of Toronto New Music Competition (UTNMF) is offered every year by the College of Toronto School of Music, and includes a roster of Canadian and worldwide performers and friends, together with rising native expertise. Happening from January 23 to February 2, 2026, the Competition options Visitor Composer Vivian Fung, the Roger D. Moore Distinguished Customer in Composition, who might be conducting masterclasses and a lecture, together with a live performance of her music.
Different friends for the 2026 version of UTNMF embody Christoph Hartmann, principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic, the acclaimed vocal ensemble Nordic Voices, the Canadian Artwork Music Undertaking (CASP), and Sinfonia Toronto, together with performances by main College of Toronto ensembles the Up to date Music Ensemble, the College of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the debut of the minMax orchestra.
Innovation, custom, and experimentation come collectively in a collection of performances, masterclasses, lectures, and workshops. Right here’s a take a look at Visitor Composer Vivian Fung, and two of the live shows within the Competition.
Vivian Fung
JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung combines diverse textures and types into her massive scale works. Many replicate her multicultural background, creating a singular and eclectic sound.
Latest work contains her tune cycle Lamenting Earth, which premiered in 2024 with Nicholas Phan, Jasper String Quartet, and Myra Huang. The environmentally minded work is predicated in poet Claire Wahmanholm’s prize-winning poem “O”. Her piece Ominous, which was commissioned and premiered by Grossman Ensemble and conductor Jeffrey Meyer in 2024, displays on her mom’s analysis of demential through pitch bends, punctuations, and murmurings. The poetry of San Francisco-based poet Jenny Lim is featured in a brand new work that premiered in October 2025.
Her music might be carried out throughout North America in 2025/26, together with Earworms, which opened the season for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Parade, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra (January 25)
The 2026 UTNMF introduces the very first pupil run minMAX Orchestra, an initiative devoted to large-scale modern efficiency. The ensemble is based and led by undergraduate composition college students Elienna Wang and Anthony Gunadi.
The minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra is a collective of 30 college students and alumni of the College of Toronto School of Music. The ensemble was co-founded by Anthony Gunadi and Elienna Wang, and is run by pupil volunteers and pupil management of the College of Toronto, aside from technical personnel.
The performers embody Shawn Bennett: conductor; Anwen Robertson: flute; Jordan Middleton: flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone; Dominik Kosciolek: clarinet, alto saxophone; Fabian Nunez Ramos: clarinet, tenor saxophone; Chantelle Tom-Ying: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Vaughn Corridor: alto saxophone; Min Gu Kang: baritone saxophone; Dylan Pilcher: trumpet; Miles Kobayashi: trumpet; Joseph Funk: trumpet; Kenzie Ford: trombone; Jack Shiels: tuba; Zane Shihadeh: piano, synth keyboard; Daniel Zhou: piano; Jingren Solar: piano; Jeanne Tsui: midi keyboard; Bjorn Kriel: percussion, synth keyboard; Thomas Carli: percussion; Jeffrey Zhu: percussion; Jon Bilek: percussion; Will Bentley: percussion; Giuliana Barrow Lattanzio: soprano vocal; Vincent Poon: violin; Mobin Naeini: viola; Tomas Peña: cello; Benjamin Kemppainen: double bass.
Canadian Artwork Music Undertaking (January 26)
This live performance of Canadian artwork tune celebrates girls composers from throughout Canada, that includes performances by Jonelle Sills, Jesse Blumberg, Helen Becqué, and Steven Philcox. This system contains Six Haiku and Songs of Childhood by Vivian Fung, Plato’s Angel by Leslie Uyeda, In Search of Eldorado by Larysa Kuzmenko, and The Color of Pleasure by Maria Thompson Corley.
Based by Lawrence Wiliford and Steven Philcox in 2011, the Canadian Artwork Music Undertaking is devoted to commissioning, recording, performing, and selling Canadian vocal music within the custom of artwork tune and tune cycles.
Live performance & Occasion Schedule
Right here’s a fast take a look at the pageant in full:
- 23 January (Friday) Christoph Hartmann, Berlin Philharmonic Oboist: Oboe Masterclass
- 23 January (Friday) FOUR CENTURIES Berlin Montreal TO: Offered by Sinfonia Toronto
- 24 January (Saturday) Christoph Hartmann, Berlin Philharmonic Oboist
- 24 January (Saturday) College of Toronto Wind Ensemble: Intrinsic Mild, with Pratik Gandhi, conductor, That includes the KöNG Duo, percussion
- 25 January (Sunday) minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra: Easy Beginnings
- 26 January (Monday) Composition Masterclass #1 with Vivian Fung
- 26 January (Monday) Nordic Voices: A cappella
- 26 January (Monday) Canadian Artwork Music Undertaking
- 27 January (Tuesday) Composition Masterclass #2 with Vivian Fung
- 27 January (Tuesday) Tuesday Voice Collection | Canadian Artwork Music Showcase
- 27 January (Tuesday) Gryphon Trio + Nordic Voices: Offered by Music Toronto
- 28 January (Wednesday) Jeffrey Ryan Composition Lecture
- 28 January (Wednesday) Nordic Voices Vocal Composition Workshop
- 28 January (Wednesday) Canadian League of Composers seventy fifth Anniversary Previous Presidents’ Piano Recital with John Burge, piano
- 29 January (Thursday) Thursdays at Midday: “Made in Manitoba” with Jana Starling, clarinet and Allison Wiebe, piano
- 29 January (Thursday) Rob MacDonald, guitar
- 30 January (Friday) Vivian Fung Composition Lecture
- 30 January (Friday) Electroacoustic Music Live performance
- 31 January (Saturday) Prize Winners’ Live performance
- 31 January (Saturday) College of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer, conductor: Korngold Sinfonietta
- 1 February (Sunday) DOG Ensemble X Jazz School
- 1 February (Sunday) TaPIR Lab Open Home
- 1 February (Sunday) Mariusz Monczak, Violin and Robert Adamczak, piano
- 2 February (Monday) College of Toronto Percussion Ensemble: vis à vis
- 3 February (Tuesday) College of Toronto Up to date Music Ensemble — A Storm Inside: The Music of Vivian Fung
Discover live performance particulars and registration info [HERE].
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