Juventas Announces
Call for Score Winners
Announcement
June 13, 2024
Juventas is proud to present Jason Cain, Kaiyi Kao, and Chien-Yu Huang as the winners of our call for scores! Out of hundreds of applicants, we’re thrilled to program their works in our upcoming 2024-25 concert Season. Learn more about the recipients below.
Jason Cain (he/him) is a composer at the Hartt School, specializing in voice. He is a tenor in the Hartt's Choral Ensembles, and recently performed in the Hartt School's mainstage opera, Le Nozze Di Figaro as Basilio. He aspires to compose music that inspired by his eclectic background in opera, choir, marching band, jazz band, salsa band, and musical theater. Jason loves traveling, spending time with his dogs, coffee, and trying new foods/restaurants.
Born in Taiwan, composer Chien-Yu Huang's (1983 - ) music has been performed by ensembles and soloists throughout the world. His music combines many elements into an invigorating language that blends Eastern and Western influences. He has composed for concerts, films, and theaters and has been honored with many awards from various compositional fields in the US, Taiwan, and Japan. Major in composition, Dr. Huang holds a doctoral degree from UCLA and a master’s degree from NEC. He is now a full-time assistant professor at the Department of Music, National University of Tainan, Taiwan. Please check his website for more information about his works and the honors he has received.
chienyuhuang.com
Kaiyi Kao graduated with distinction-Artist Diploma for piano and composition from Vienna’s Franz Schubert Conservatory (FSK), also master degree for composition (with Prof. Jarrell) from University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Her compositions include various instrumentals and were selected as a assigned piece of Vaduz international masterclass 2007 in Liechtenstein. She has been awarded numerous prizes such as International Music Prize for Excellence 2009, 14th Carl von Ossietzky Oldenburg 2014, Hearing Orpheus Today 2016, Voice of the New and Brillant 2017 NTSO, Augusto Massari 2019 and AMAT FemFestival Composition Competition 2021 and 2022. She was a finalist of ICEBERG’s New 2019-20 and IX SBALZ 2022, also a selected composer for program TMI 2016 and Gender-Projekt Holz-Blech-Schlag (2017-2019). Her compositions have been performed in many Festivals such as re:construction2014 Japan|Austria, 15th Auftakt, Viva Music 2016, TIMF2017, aNOther2018, MiniFestival Cameristico2019, FMMN2020, NottFAR 2020, Neue Musik und Folklore 2020, Gagaku x Contemporary Sho Recital 2021, KUNST-KULTUR-NATUR 2021, 2021TIFA, OMF2020-22, Anaeresis2022, Osmose2022, Weiwuying Festival 2023, AMAT FemFestival 2023, 51st NFA Convention, Pledge L'Engagement 2023 NYCU, EXPLORE-CUBE BAND Concert 2024 and were published by Redshift(2019), Diaphonia(2019), Doblinger(2019/20) and Universal Edition(2023). She works as composer and musician in Taiwan, and was lecturer at FSK (2011-2022).
About Juventas:
Juventas New Music Ensemble is a contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. Juventas shares classical music as a vibrant, living art form. We bring audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.
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Artistic Director
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Joseph Sedarski
General Manager
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