Diego Vega brings color and culture to Ford Hall.

By Luka Starmer ’11

On May 4, the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra performed “Música Muisca,” an original piece by well-known Colombian composer Diego Vega. He was invited to write the...

Jeffery Meyer, Ithaca College Director of Orchestras, will spend the next two weeks as a member of the guest conducting faculty at the Beijing International Composition Workshop at China's Central Conservatory in Beijing.  He will be working with young composers in residence at the Conservatory, conducting nearly a dozen world premiere performances of works written by the composition fellows, and coaching Chinese musicians in the chamber group setting. 

He will also give a lecture entitled "Professionalism and Career Development for Young Composers".