Collage New Music Fellows Program

Since 2014, Collage New Music has hosted an annual Collage Fellows program aimed at providing a student composer in the Boston region the opportunities to hone their craft of composition, develop skills in community engagement and receive behind-the-scenes administrative experience with how a contemporary music ensemble is run.

Each Collage Fellow receives a commission for a new work for Collage’s full sextet instrumentation to be premiered the following season. In addition, Fellow assists Collage's General Manager throughout the season in promoting the activities of Collage, including but not limited to interviewing composers who are being performed, creating articles on a subject of interest, and assisting during concerts.

The program is a terrific opportunity for composers to both get artistic exposure with Collage and also see firsthand how a new music organization operates. We look for a Fellow who is not only an inventive composer but also an engaging communicator and a conscientious colleague.

The fellowship is currently by nomination only from composition teachers in the greater Boston region. For more information, please contact Collage’s General Manager.

CNM 2024-25 FELLOW, JINGMIAN GONG

Jingmian Gong is a composer holding an MFA in Composition and Theory from Brandeis University and a BM from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition and Theory at Brandeis University, her recent compositions have been performed by prestigious ensembles such as Ensemble Dal Niente, Lydian String Quartet, and Hub New Music.

Jingmian has received commissions from institutions including Lingnan Normal University choir and South Central University for Nationalities in China, as well as Boston-based performers. She has also collaborated with visual artists on experimental films.

Jingmian Gong’s new work for Collage premieres on March 2, 2025.

PAST FELLOWS:

Len Tetta, 2023-24
Lingbo Ma, 2022-23
Brian Sears, 2020-21
Benjamin Park, 2019-20
Joseph Sowa, 2018-19
Yi Yiing Chen, 2017-18
Talia Amar, 2016-17
Katherine Balch, 2015-16
Stephanie Anne Boyd, 2014-15