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Leah Reid is one of our Call for Scores winners for this year's festival! Tickets are still available for our concerts Friday through Sunday.
Join the movement and help us change the canon, one concert at a time.
Crossed Wires is an immersive composition for amplified viola, percussion, and electronics,
commissioned by the Piedmont Duo.
The piece is centered around sounds associated with telephones, communication, and
miscommunication. The work touches on both historical and modern devices associated with
the theme – from antique phones and mid-century landlines to modern cellphones. Sounds in
the work include clicks and beeps from picking up, setting down, or turning off phones, dial
tones, telephones vibrating and ringing, busy signals, out of service messages, fax machines,
customer service interactions, “hold music”, answering machines, and more.
The work also explores instrumental synthesis and the timbral relationships between the
themed and instrumental sounds. Hundreds of string and percussion recordings are added to
the telephone/communication materials, building up the textures, and transforming the
themed recordings into instrumentally synthesized versions of the original.
The 2026 LunART Festival, RESONANCE, is here! Madison will host 4 dynamic events featuring our incredible LunART Choir, 40+ artists, and 20+ composers from across the U.S. and around the world.
Centered on connection across generations, cultures, and disciplines, RESONANCE brings world premieres, bold voices, and interdisciplinary collaborations to life, amplifying stories that deserve to be heard and creating artistic experiences that resonate far beyond the stage.
Join us to meet 2026 Composer-in-Residence, Libby Larsen, experience new works by our 2026 Call for Scores winners and Composers’ Hub cohort, explore original artwork created by the remarkable Andrée Valley specifically for the festival, and get ready for some epic chamber music performances!
Introducing our festival violist Dr. Kaleigh Acord! Kaleigh will be performing during our "New Currents" concert on Saturday May 30th. Come for a night of incredible musicianship and cutting edge compositions!
🎶Ticket links are in bio.
Dr. Kaleigh Acord, violinist and violist, takes a strong interest in connecting with audiences and fostering collaboration with living composers. Her debut album, 21st-Century American Storytellers, comprises six works for unaccompanied violin written 2000-2019. Two of the six featured pieces were written for her. In July 2025, Kaleigh and cellist Dr. Linda Jennings delivered the world premiere of Nebojsa Macura’s Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and String Orchestra with a youth orchestra in Chiangrai, Thailand. They reprised the Concerto for its U.S. premiere with Philly Street Strings in November 2025. Kaleigh’s festival appearances include Lake George Music Festival, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, LunART Festival, Caroga Lake Music Festival, Kent/Blossom Music, the Garth Newel Chamber Music Fellowship Program, and Lyricafest. Kaleigh holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her primary teachers are Soh-Hyun Park Altino, Violaine Melancon, and Laura Bossert. During her free time, you might find Kaleigh drinking a seasonal latte or cuddling with her cat, Tova.
05/20/2026
✨ Experience the World Premiere of Crane Cycles
On Saturday, May 29, join LunART for New Currents, an evening of bold new music and powerful storytelling through sound.
We are thrilled to present the premiere of Crane Cycles by Lawren Brianna Ware Boggs, a newly commissioned work for flute, violin, cello, clarinet, horn, and marimba.
Inspired by the beauty, fragility, resilience, and grace of cranes, Crane Cycles was commissioned for the 2026 LunART Festival with generous support from Judith Brandt, honoring both these extraordinary birds and the people around the world dedicated to their protection.
“For thirty long days of incubation, the life of the crane pair is centered on the nest. Meanwhile, other signs of spring and early summer are everywhere to be seen or heard.”
Come and experience a premiere. Get your tickets by visiting lunartfestival.org
05/15/2026
The grand finale of “RESONANCE” unites seven composers from across the globe, whose distinct creative voices are shaping the landscape of 21st century music. LunART’s Composers Hub fellows join forces with our 2026 Composer-in-Residence Libby Larsen for a week of workshops and collaboration, culminating in this one-of-a-kind sonic palette. The concert showcases works that explore intricate textures, inventive timbres, and bold emotional landscapes, reflecting each composer’s unique voice while weaving a collective sonic tapestry. Prepare to be immersed in music that surprises, challenges, and redefines the boundaries of contemporary expression.
From shimmering solo piano lines to dynamic chamber interactions and the inventive layering of winds, strings, and voice, the fellows’ pieces reveal a remarkable diversity of approach, each one offering a fresh perspective on the possibilities of sound.
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