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Youth Composers
Xavier Ben - Diné Sialik King - Salt River Pima-Maricopa Gemal Benallie - Diné Arika Morningstar - Hopi Gregory Cortez - Diné Christina Shupla - Hopi, Tewa, and Laguna Sage Bond - Diné and San Carlos Apache Dennelia Stevens - Diné Cina Curley - Diné Thylia Yazzie - Diné Damien Jones- Diné To learn more about these youth composers, listen to the the podcast: Original Score, an Indigenous perspective on music. SMB Artistic Director Julie Leven and Grand Canyon Music Festival Artistic Director Clare Hoffman discuss the Native American Composers Apprentice Project, life during the pandemic in the Diné (Navajo) Nation, and the impact of learning to write a string quartet on Indigenous youth.
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NACAP Faculty Composers
Micheal Begay - Diné Raven Chacon - Diné Raven Chacon, whose piece Invisible Arc SMB cellist Rhonda Rider performed for SMB shelter and recovery center audiences in 2018, is the artist who connected SMB directly to the Grand Canyon Music Festival and the Native American Composers Apprentice Program. Click here to learn more about the NACAP Faculty Composers. |
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