| The Staunton Music Festival Emerging Composers Program was inaugurated in 2008 as a competition to recognize outstanding young composers of works for voice and piano. Selected composers are commissioned to write new works and are invited to Staunton in August to participate in the SMF Summer Sounds Festival. They will collaborate with SMF performers and composers-in-residence. The Emerging Composers Program is directed by Chester Biscardi (chesterbiscardi.com) and SMF Artistic Director Carsten Schmidt. |
