Works in Development

Hub New Music is developing substantial new works with composers Elijah Daniel Smith, Bora Yoon, and Eric Nathan. Building on our first decade of commissions, Hub looks toward ambitious projects that engage with technology, reach across genre divides, speak to broader social topics, and tell sweeping stories.

projects

New Work by Elijah Daniel Smith

Elijah Daniel Smith’s music had been described as “gnashing and relentless” (Chicago Tribune), “seductive” (Gramophone), and as “an ingenious study in clarity and distortion” (San Francisco Classical Voice). His music ranges from orchestral compositions to multimedia and interdisciplinary collaborations with an affinity for dense and complex textures, rhythmic ambiguity and fluidity, and rich gravitational harmonies. Smith and Hub build on their creative relationship through their second collaboration, a 20-minute electroacoustic work that responds to banned books in 21st century America. Available for premiere fall 2026.

Hub New Music & Bora Yoon

Hub New Music collaborates with Korean-American composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Bora Yoon on a new 20-minute multimedia piece. Scored for Hub and Ms. Yoon, the piece will conjure audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voices, found objects, and instruments from a variety of historical periods. Ms. Yoon is fascinated by the intersection of physical space and audio, and will continue to explore this intersection with Hub New Music. Available for premiere spring 2028.

"rising” by Eric Nathan with soprano, Lindsay kesselman

Rising is a new 30-minute song cycle by composer Eric Nathan for soprano Lindsay Kesselman and Hub New Music. Spanning several movements, the piece sets poetry and texts spanning multiple centuries and cultures. Each movement offers a distinct way of seeing water: as something that gives life, takes it away, divides people, brings them together, heals, transforms, erases, and renews. Nathan’s music is marked by its clarity, emotional intensity, and a finely-tuned dramatic sense. In Rising, he will trace a series of encounters with water—as element, metaphor, and memory—shaping a musical landscape that is historical yet fluid, grounded yet always shifting, always returning. Available for premiere spring 2027.

composers & Collaborators