Fall - Sep 15 - Nov 8, 2026 Spring - Feb 10 - Mar 28, 2027
SCHEDULE
TIMELINE
Sep 15 - Applications DUE (All participants)
Sep 20 - Session 1 - introductions + Instrumental Q&A (All participants)
Sep 27 - Session 2 - Orchestrating for Hypercube with Erin Rogers (90 mins) (All participants)
Oct 4 - Session 3 - Writing Workshop with BKT Education (90 mins) (Fall participants only)
Oct 7 - Early draft of piece DUE (Fall participants only)
Oct 8-10 - Individually scheduled lessons with Hypercube members (Fall participants only)
Oct 11 - Session 4 - Composer Augusta Read Thomas (90 mins) (All participants)
Oct 14 - Final draft of piece DUE (Fall participants only)
Oct 17-21 - Individually scheduled composer rehearsals with Hypercube (Fall participants only)
Nov 7-8 - Fall premiere concerts ONLINE (Fall participants only)
Feb 10 - Early draft of piece DUE (Spring participants only)
Date TBD - Session 3 - Writing Workshop with BKT Education (90 mins) (Fall participants only)
Feb 11-15 - Individually scheduled lessons with Hypercube members (Spring participants only)
Feb 20 - Final draft of piece DUE (Spring participants only)
Mar 6-16 - Individually scheduled composer rehearsals with Hypercube (Spring participants only)
Mar 27-28 - Spring premiere concerts ONLINE (Spring participants only)
Augusta Read Thomas, Guest Composer
Applications now open
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Composers and performers will take part in 4 general lectures on composition and professional development. Ranging from lectures to workshops, these sessions will focus on orchestration, notation, improvisation, publishing, self-presentation, audience engagement, & collaboration in the arts. Sessions will be hosted by Hypercube members and special guests, including composer Augusta Read Thomas, and arts consultants Jennifer Chu and Lucie Vágnerová of BKT Education. These sessions aim to provide CubeLab participants with tools to navigate careers in the field of contemporary music. The lab will culminate in concerts of virtual premieres featuring new works by participants. These works will be audio/video recorded in high resolution and available to participants following the workshop. All sessions, workshops and rehearsals will be conducted virtually via Zoom.
INSTRUMENTATION
Guitar, Saxophone (SATB), Piano/Accordion, Percussion
FEES
Tuition for the entire CubeLab program is $975.
Composers and performers who would like to attend only the Composition and Professional Development sessions may do so for a fee of $180.
Limited scholarships are available.
Discounted rates for CubeLab alumni.
Professional Development Workshop with BKT Education
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Join us for CubeLab
Composition Lab
Fall - Sep 15 - Nov 8, 2026
Spring - Feb 10 - Mar 28, 2027
Collaborate with Hypercube to create a new piece for quartet of saxophone, electric guitar, piano/accordion and percussion.
Hypercube will premiere your work in a concert of video-premieres, live streamed to the public.
Composers will receive professional audio and video recordings of their work.
Instrumental tutorials and individual lessons with members of the ensemble.
Composition, professional development and orchestration lectures and workshops with special guests.
Select composers will have the chance to receive a live, New York City premiere of their work.
Land Acknowledgement
Hypercube is based in Queens, New York, part of the original territory of the Lenni-Lenape, called “Lenapehoking.” The Lenape were violently displaced by European settler colonialists over the course of 400 years. The Lenape diaspora remains connected with this land and are its rightful stewards. Hypercube honors the many diverse indigenous peoples still connected to this land. During the colonial era and early federal period, many were removed west and north, but some also remain among the continuing historical tribal communities of the region: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation; the Ramapough Lenape Nation; and the Powhatan Renape Nation, The Nanticoke of Millsboro Delaware, and the Lenape of Cheswold Delaware.
Statement on Equity and Inclusion
Hypercube presents affordable concerts of adventurous chamber music and seeks to create an inclusive and welcoming space for collaborators and audiences. We champion the work of living composers and commit to devoting at least 50% of our concert programming to the music of BIPOC, LGBTQIAP+, and woman-identifying composers. Additionally, Hypercube’s arts education programming serves early career composers and performers with the goal of honing their musical skills and deepening their understanding of the professional practices and cultural value of contemporary classical music. In the often exclusionary space that is contemporary classical music, Hypercube values radical inclusion. We welcome engagement with our programs by individuals of all ages, economic means, ethnicities, genders, physical ability, races, sexual orientations and any other element of identity. We are committed to providing opportunities for musicians from non-academic backgrounds and underrepresented communities through scholarships, diverse programming, affordable concerts, and performances in rural communities.