A two-day festival of new works, acoustic and electronic, by student composers from the University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Indiana University, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Christopher James Lees, conductor The Contemporary Directions Ensemble presents the music of guest composers from the participating schools as part of the annual Midwest Composers Symposium, held in Ann Arbor for the first time since 2009. PROGRAM: Sang Mi Ahn (Indiana University) - Loki\&##39;s Castle; Patrick Harlin (University of Michigan)- Shadow Dancer; Texu Kim (Indiana University) - Sketches for Contredanse; Greg Simon (University of Michigan) - Draw Me the Sun; Alexandros Spyrou (University of Iowa) - Hyperion; Xian Wang (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music) - The Impression of Sound; Jonathan Wilson (University of Iowa)- Knells for a memory of cold serenity