Featuring Our Guest Composer – Jen Stevenson!
We are excited to host a Bend Pops Orchestra small ensemble masterclass with our guest composer Small ensembles from within the orchestra are invited to sign up for a 15-minute performance and coaching slot.
Date: 5th June 2025, Friday, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: Mountain View High School Auditorium
FORMAT
- Each group will sign up to perform ~5 minutes of a piece at the MVHS auditorium in front of all attendees
- Followed by 10 minutes of coaching and feedback in front of the audience by Dr Stevenson
- Groups are welcome to request specific types of feedback
- Held in the auditorium and open to listeners
- Refreshments and snacks provided after
WHO CAN SIGN UP?
- Pops members can sign up for a slot, but the audience will be opened up to the wider music community
- Pre-existing chamber groups welcome
- Newly formed groups created just for this event also welcome
- Any ensemble combination of any piece you want (duos, trios, quartets, etc.)
This is meant to be fun, supportive, and exploratory — feel free to bring works in progress, excerpts, or pieces you’re experimenting with. No need to sign up if you want to come watch. This will be open to the public for us all to listen in and learn!
Fill out this form to sign up by April 30th if you’d like to participate:
Bend Pops Orchestra Small Ensemble Masterclass Sign-up
Check out the Composition & Arrangement Masterclass here: