The Department of Music proudly shares the news that Adeliia Faizullina, a Brown University PhD candidate in Music & Multimedia Composition, is one of seven composers selected to participate in the Minnesota Orchestra's 18th annual Composer Institute this coming May. Ms. Faizullina and her fellow composers will participate in rehearsals, seminars and mentoring sessions with Kevin Puts, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and director of the Composer Institute. The selected composers' music will be performed (and streamed live) under the baton of conductor Osmo Vänskä on May 6, 2022. Read the full story