A festival of concerts, events, and web content...
         celebrating three generations of

CHALLENGING, controversial, complex, gritty,   
beautiful, intelligent, surprising, metaphoric, subtle,    
fresh, defiant, esoteric, colorful, omniform, exciting,
unpredictable,
transforming, rebellious, inventive,
  
sophisticated, enriching, revolutionary,
confrontational, playful, sarcastic, magical,
relevant,
engaging, evolving, serious, profound,
                       
living
        music
       
              the
composers who create it,
       and the
performers who champion it...

              September - December 2008
                        Washington, DC
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Featuring the music of
     
Elliott Carter
Olivier Messiaen
Edgard Varèse
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Charles Wuorinen
Chinary Ung
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Steve Antosca
Steven Burke
John Drumheller
Jefferson Friedman
Harold Meltzer
Jeffrey Mumford
Judith Shatin
David Taddie


                 3genFestival 2008    
               Collaborating Institutions and Organizations