We’re delighted to be presenting a live stream PopUP on March 6th. Please visit our Upcom...
We invite you to explore our website and learn more about us and our innovative programming. Please take a moment to watch our videos in the Video Room, read about our composers in the Featured Composer section, and check out our debut release Albert’s Window as well as other recordings in Recordings.
We’re delighted to be presenting a live stream PopUP on March 6th. Please visit our Upcom...
Meet and hear our current Featured Composer, Minato Sakamoto, winner of the 2020 8SW Composer C...
Sharing a very nice article from El Sincopado Habanero about some of the composers who submitte...
Thanks so much for your contributions to the festival, not only through your beautiful performance but also through your work with our students. I hope our paths cross again, too, and soon!”
Wonderful performance on Sunday.”
It was kind of a beam of light in this otherwise dark world… I am amazed at how in sync the 3 of you are.”
I love listening to Eight Strings & a Whistle. Your musicality and attention to the composer’s intentions come through in everything you play.The phrase that comes to mind is ‘passionate elegance’.”
Building on our advocacy for new music, we launched our first Composer Competition in 2017. Held every two years, the 8SW Composer Competition invites composers of all ages enrolled in an accredited degree program at the time of application to submit a work composed for flute, viola and cello. The First Prize is the New York Premiere of the winning composer’s work on our annual Fall concert, and a Featured Composer interview on our website.
Eight Strings & a Whistle is pleased to announce that the application period for the 2022 8SW Composer Competition will open in September, 2021. For application guidelines and rules please visit our 8SW Composer Competition page.