Young Composer Initiative Concert

The 2026 Young Composer Initiative and Composer Residency Concert will feature the New Mexico State University Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Michael W. Mapp, in performance on November 12, 2026 at 7:30pm in Atkinson Recital Hall. The concert will open with Ralph Vaughan Williams virtuosically rhythmic, Tocatta Mariziale. Dr. Madelyn Moore will then solo with the Wind Symphony as part of a consortium premiere of Tom Davoren's, Concertino for Clarinet on Irish Themes. Following a brief intermission, the NMSU Wind Symphony will then give the world premiere of the winning composition of the 2026 YCI, where the stars once sang, by Aaron Wendell. The concert will conclude with the piece, Dope, by Katahj Copley, this year's resident composer.