Our annual Composition Musicale features original works by Levine composition students, including both youth and adult. The pieces are performed by students and faculty in front of a live audience before receiving feedback from our composition faculty.
Details
Date:
June 6
Time:
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Cost:
Free
Composition, Workshop
Venue
Location
DC Campus: NW | Lang Recital Hall
2801 Upton Street NW Washington,
District of Columbia
20008United States+ Google Map
Enjoy an afternoon of stories, songs, and games featuring the biggest member of the string family. Bring your musical imagination and your sense of fun and adventure!
The central concert of Levine Music’s 2026 Composition Weekend, this performance features members of the internationally renowned International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Violinist Modney and pianist Erika Dohi bring their distinctive artistry to an evening of adventurous, boundary-pushing music, featuring works by Anthony Braxton and Andy Akiho.
Spanning generations of influential composers, the program offers a vivid exploration of contemporary musical thought. It moves from Braxton’s groundbreaking innovations to Akiho’s rhythmically charged, genre-defying sound, performed by two of today’s leading interpreters of new music.
Now in its third decade, the International Contemporary Ensemble is a multidisciplinary collective of musicians, digital media artists, producers, and educators committed to building and innovating collaborative environments in order to inspire audiences to reimagine how they experience contemporary music and sound. The Ensemble creates a mosaic musical ecosystem as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), honoring the diversity of human experience and expression by commissioning, developing, recording, and performing the works of living artists in “a mission worth following” (I Care If You Listen).
Details
Date:
February 7
Time:
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Cost:
Free
Composition, Concert
Venue
Location
DC Campus: NW
2801 Upton Street, NW Washington,
DC
20008+ Google Map
Journey from Beethoven’s Classical elegance to the Romantic depth of Brahms and Chopin in a program exploring the expressive dialogue between cello and piano.
Join Katie Lansdale and Mark Irchai on Halloween for a program combining spells, enchantment, and diabolical music for violin! The magnificence and […]
Composition Master Class with International Contemporary Ensemble
Experience new music in the making at this reading session featuring original student compositions, brought to life by members of the internationally acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Violinist Modney and pianist Erika Dohi will offer thoughtful, real-time feedback, giving us all a rare glimpse into the collaborative process between composers and performers.
This session is an opportunity to hear bold, emerging musical voices, witness the refinement of new works, and gain insight into contemporary performance and compositional practice from two leading artists in the field.
Now in its third decade, the International Contemporary Ensemble is a multidisciplinary collective of musicians, digital media artists, producers, and educators committed to building and innovating collaborative environments in order to inspire audiences to reimagine how they experience contemporary music and sound. The Ensemble creates a mosaic musical ecosystem as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), honoring the diversity of human experience and expression by commissioning, developing, recording, and performing the works of living artists in “a mission worth following” (I Care If You Listen).
Details
Date:
February 7
Time:
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Cost:
Free
Composition, Master Class
Venue
Location
DC Campus: NW
2801 Upton Street, NW Washington,
DC
20008+ Google Map
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Internationally acclaimed guitarist Manuel Barrueco visits Levine for a special master class, sharing his artistry, expertise, and insights with our guitar students.
Pianist Nour Ayadi visits Levine for a special master class featuring advanced Levine piano students.
Loeffler Alumni Series: Toyin Spellman-Diaz
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
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Program
Pranayam | Reena Esmail
Of Good and Evil | Jeffrey Scott
Chandani | Javier Diaz
Two Rhapsodies | Charles Martin Loeffler
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe Andrew Griffin, viola Ellen Hwangbo, piano
Levine alumna and Grammy Award-winning oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz returns to the Levine stage.
About Toyin Spellman-Diaz
Oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz grew up surrounded by her parents’ enormous record collection in Washington, DC. It was there she absorbed the many layers of classical music’s beauty and the inspiring and uniting potential of the world’s diverse cultural landscape.
Toyin earned her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and her master’s and professional studies degrees from Manhattan School of Music. Her orchestral career includes performances with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “smooth, controlled tone and excellent technique,” she has performed concertos with the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Manhattan Virtuosi, and the Kennedy Center Youth Orchestra.
An original member of Imani Winds, Toyin has built her career as a champion of contemporary chamber music. Along with her Imani Winds colleagues, she is devoted to discovering new and diverse musical voices and cultures to increase and enhance the woodwind quintet repertoire. She has also collaborated with some of today’s most influential chamber music ensembles, including Alarm Will Sound, the Antara Ensemble, and Camerata Pacifica. Ms. Spellman-Diaz teaches at Brooklyn College and NYU Steinhardt, and currently serves on the board of directors of the American Composers Orchestra and on faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Levine Music gratefully acknowledges The Loeffler Family as well as the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Journey from Beethoven’s Classical elegance to the Romantic depth of Brahms and Chopin in a program exploring the expressive dialogue between cello and piano.
