The National Association of Composers USA
Conference May 16 - 17, 2024
Conference May 16 - 17, 2024
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE
(presenters are allready registered)
Schedule (Multi-Site)
May 16, Vogel State Park, Group Shelter
10:30 am - Welcome and NACUSATHON INTRO with editor's choice reveal (David Peoples)
10:45 am - Nature Hike to Trahlyta Falls
11:30 am - Bring-Your-Own Lunch
12:30 pm - Panel: Bass Clarinet Composition and Performance (Dalton Ringey)
01:15 pm - Open Dress Rehearsals
02:00 pm - Concert I: Brass and Electric Eclectic
Overture of Concerts (percussion with fixed media)
10:45 A.M. (fixed media)
Urainy@ (fixed media)
Lincoln on Theater? 'I Am Not Her Greatest Fanatic' (trombone with fixed media)
On The Banks Of The Phelgethon (fixed media)
Talosian Soliloquy (solo tuba)
3:15 pm - Panel: Guitar Composition and Performance (Alan Goldspiel)
4:00 pm - Flex Nova Chamber Ensemble Project Rehearsal (All Participants)
4:45ish pm - On-Your-Own Dinner
6:00 pm - Concert II: Strings and Pads Attached
TBD Flex Nova Chamber Ensemble (Participants)
Shabbat Suite (solo guitar)
1. Candle Light
2. Zachor
3. Shalom
4. Shamor
5. Havdalah
TBD Flex Nova Chamber Ensemble (Participants)
Labybug (solo guitar)
like a broken record (solo bass clarinet)
Post Concert Reception - Dessert Bar (hosted by the Sounds New Chapter)
May 17, UNG Dahlonega, Nix Mountain Center
08:00 am - Nature Hike at Yahoola Creek (short but slightly strenuous, pack water and snacks)
10:00 am - Open Dress Rehearsals (Shott) and Reception (rm 204)
10:30 am - Recomposing Morton Feldman's "The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar" (Band Room: Brooks Clarke)
11:00 am - Trombone and Piano - Composition and Performance (Band Room: Chung and Neurohr)
12:00 pm - On-Your-Own Lunch
01:00 pm - Concert III: Mano | Teclado | Piano
MAZURKA - FANTASY
Preludes: In Memoriam
In Search of Lost Meaning (II and IV)
Nocturne Fantasy (2023)
Vespers
I. Dream Angus
II. Fox Fire
III. Evening Spirits
IV. Tàladh Chrìosda (The Christ Child’s Lullaby)
V. Our Nightly Slumber
Así Es La Vida
02:30 pm - NACUSA business meeting (rm 204)
03:30 pm - Evolving Composer Conferences (Shott: discussion led by conference host)
04:00 pm - Flex Nova Chamber Ensemble Project Rehearsal (Shott: All Participants)
05:00 pm - On-Your-Own Dinner
06:00 pm - Open Dress Rehearsals
07:00 pm - Concert IV: Duets Before Sunset
TBD Flex Nova Chamber Ensemble (Participants)
The Red Shoes (viola and piano)
Illumine Divergence (flute and piano)
Odd Times (piano duet)
The Wild Plains (clarinet and piano)
Vitamin N (P)arty (trombone and piano)
8:00 pm - CODA
NACUSATHON officially starts (online YouTube of NACUSA member submissions)
FIN
Lodging we like:
Vogel State Park
The Smith House
Barefoot Hills Hotel
Restaurants we like (near Vogel State Park):
Jim's Smokin' Que (4 miles north)
Other choices available in Blairsville (abt 10 minutes North)
Restaurants we like (walking distance from UNG - please note most places close at sundown):
Shenanigan's
Bourbon Street Grille
GrapeVine's
Zen Ramen and Bento
Connie's Ice Cream Parlor (dessert)
Dahlonega Fudge Factory (dessert)
Recreation:
Helen
Gift shops in Dahlonega
Ranger Station at Vogel
Waterfalls (DeSoto Falls, Amicalola Falls, Dicks Creek Falls, Raven Cliff Falls · Dukes Creek Falls, Helton Creek Falls, Anna Ruby Falls, Tallulah Falls, etc.)
Hiking - note that most of our hikes are short and strenuous - 1,000 to 2,000 feet in a mile or less - but offer amazing views of the Blue Ridge Mountains (Preacher Rock, Blood Mountain, Cow's Rock, Brasstown Bald, etc.)
Consolidated Gold Mine Tours (Dahlonega)
Urban ameneties available in Atlanta
Transportation:
No buses or other shuttles - but you might find one online
Amtrak's Crescent line (from New York to New Orleans) has a stop in Gainesville GA - abt 30 minutes from Dahlonega
Closest Airport = ATL; Other Airports nearish by: Chatanooga TN or Greenville SC