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CompFest

Each year, Emory CompFest brings innovative national and international musicians to Emory and Atlanta. Featured artists have included Sam Pluta & Peter Evans, Natacha Diels, Timuçin Şahin, Annea Lockwood, Yarn/Wire, and others. During their residencies, the artists work with students and faculty and present their music in concert. We seek artists who work in ways that expand traditional compositional frameworks and who can offer exciting and meaningful creative exchanges with the community.

CompFest 2026: EarthSeed with Nicole Mitchell & Lisa E. Harris

Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14, 2026

Concerts each night at Emory's Performing Arts Studio, free and open to the public.
1804 N. Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30022

Recommended parking: Parking lot adjacent to the building on Burlington Road or Gambrell/Lowergate South Parking Deck.

CompFest 2025 features Bent Frequency and Alvin Singleton

For 20+ years Bent Frequency, co-directed by Jan Berry Baker (saxophones) and Stuart Gerber (percussion), has championed innovative chamber music and engaged the Atlanta community with thrilling and mind-opening performances. Internationally-celebrated composer Alvin Singleton has resided in Atlanta since 1985 when he was invited by Music Director Robert Shaw in 1985 as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence.