Bridges is tomorrow! Come hear some exciting music 3 PM at Church of the Covenant. This concert is Pay What You Can with a suggested donation. Find more information about the concert and Horizon Ensemble through the link in our bio! #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #newmusic #bostonmusicians #bostonevents #bostonmusic

For our next Composer Spotlight, meet the winner of our Call for Scores Anak Baiharn! Anak Baiharn is a composer interested in time, repetition, and audience perception. He also enjoys composing music that engages with and transforms pre-existing musical works. Anak has collaborated with a range of ensembles, festivals, and organizations, and has participated in various music competitions. These include participation in the 81st Composers Conference at Avaloch Farm Music Institute (supported by the Fromm Foundation); the Emerging Composers Completion Grant from ARTZenter in conjunction with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (world premeiere and grant recipient); the 31st Young Composers Meeting (recipient of the Orkest De Ereprijs Commission Prize); finalist selection in the 2025 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards; and finalist selection (2024/25) and honorable mention (2025/26) in the Red Note Music Composition Competition (Chamber Category). He is also the recipient of the 2025 Howard Hanson Orchestral Prize, the winner of the OSSIA International Call for Works (2023/24), a selected participant in the Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble's New Music Festival (2025), and the winner of the Horizon Ensemble Call for Scores (2026). Other performances and collaborations include the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival 2024 (supported by ASCAP and commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting), June in Buffalo (with the Arditti Quartet), Score Follower (Spring 2024), Florida State University Festival of New Music (with the University Symphony Orchestra), the Young Thai Artist Award 2023 (winner, with TACETi Ensemble), Int-Act Festival 2020 (with the Thailand Techno Orchestra), Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Borneo Ensemble, Triphens (---) Ensemble, Gusto Saxophone Quartet, Wind Band Association of Singapore Composition Competition (finalist, 2019), Manila Composers Lab, New Opera Singapore, and the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music International Symposium. #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #newmusic #bostonmusicians #bostonevents #bostonmusic

Bridges is this Sunday! Come hear some exciting music 3 PM at Church of the Covenant. This concert is Pay What You Can with a suggested donation. Find more information about the concert and Horizon Ensemble through the link in our bio! #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #newmusic #bostonmusicians #bostonevents #bostonmusic

For our next Composer Spotlight, meet Ruth Hertzman-Miller! Ruth Hertzman-Miller enjoys exploring multiple musical styles. Some of her works are based on elements of the physical world – for example, her suite for prepared piano, with three movements based on the motion of a bouncing ball, the actions of a basketball player shooting a layup, and the heart and foot rhythms associated with running. Others take their inspiration from traditional forms such as sonatas, fugues, etc. She is also a prolific writer of choral music, including five educational “science songs” written for the North Cambridge Family Opera’s Science Festival Chorus. Recent works have included “Essence” for flute, piano, guitar, and vibraphone, “Autism Screening Questionnaire: Social Interaction Difficulties” for voice and flute, and a series of three songs for mezzo-soprano and piano. Her piece “The Things Between Us,” which sets poems by people with dementia for orchestra and voice (and combines her interest in music with her career in internal medicine), was recently performed by the Providence Medical Orchestra. Ruth holds a Certificate in Professional Studies from New England Conservatory and a Master's in Music from Boston Conservatory. She has studied with Bert van Herck, Lyle Davidson, Stratis Minakakis, Ti McCormack, Marti Epstein, and Joseph Sowa. Come hear Ruth’s piece The Activity of Sound at Horizon: Bridges May 31 at 3 PM! More details can be found in the link in our bio. #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #newmusic #bostonmusicians #bostonevents #bostonmusic

Haven't we seen this guy before...? Julian Gau is a composer and conductor based in Boston, and the artistic director of the Horizon Ensemble. From a young age, living with his Taiwanese heritage and American environment, Julian trained in both Western & Chinese classical music, and he continues to practice both styles. He believes deeply in the power of music as a narrative force leading to connections and empathy between people. All of this comes together in the Serenade, which the Horizon Ensemble will be performing in Bridges this Sunday, May 31. Most of the time he is a conductor. Outside of the Horizon Ensemble, he conducts the Providence Medical Orchestra and the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York. He is also the assistant conductor of the New England Philharmonic, and he is active as a conductor of opera and musical theatre. At other times, he acts as pianist, cellist, arts administrator, or occasional critic. In addition to music, Julian enjoys stories, noodles, and friends. His favorite bridge-related song is "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Come hear Julian’s piece Serenade May 31st at 3 PM! Find more details about the concert through the link in our bio #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #newmusic

Join us Sunday, May 31 for Bridges! This concert features music by Frank Bridge, music inspired by bridges, bridges we’ve built with friends such as Ruth Hertzman Miller, and new bridges we’re building with this year’s winner of the second ever call for scores! Join us for a delightful afternoon of old and new (but mostly new) music! This concert is free to attend, with a suggested donation. Find more information through the link in our bio! #bostonmusician #backbayevents #bostonconcerts #bostonnewmusic #bostonmusicscene #newenglandmusic #bostonmusicians #newmusic #bostonevents #bostonmusic