Luna Composition Lab and ChamberQUEER present the second installment of The Nebula Project on November 3. This ongoing partnership, supported by the New York Community Trust, aims to foster emerging composers of diverse identities from Luna Composition Lab and cultivate their authentic voices through mentorship and the commissioning of new work.
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At this event, ChamberQUEER will premiere new works by Luna Lab alumni Azalea Twining, Cecelia Olszewski, and Michelle David, as well as librettist Madeline Weisbeck, engaging with concepts of physical and metaphorical space, enclosure, perception, horror, and mysticism. The commissioned artists also serve as co-curators, shaping the themes of the evening and participating in the selection of pieces from fellow alumni from a call for scores. The program will also include compositions by Luna Lab alumni Olivia Bennett, Carolina Bragg, KiMani Bridges, Madeline Cheng, Devon Lee, Yuri Lee, and Mia Turakhia.
This is a seated performance. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email boxoffice@nationalsawdust.org.
ABOUT LUNA COMPOSITION LAB
Luna Composition Lab’s mission is to close the gender gap in the field of music composition. Founded in 2016 by composers Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid, Luna Composition Lab provides mentorship, education, and resources for young female, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming composers ages 13 to 18. Luna Composition Lab is the only initiative of its kind in the United States and has achieved national recognition.
Luna Lab believes that an equitable and inclusive music community that empowers artists to develop an authentic form of expression will create a more vibrant field of music. By fostering a supportive, sustained, and professional community with young composers who are female, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming, Luna Lab provides a model of inclusivity and artistic excellence for the field as a whole so that it can better reflect the society in which we live.
The coming year – 2026 – marks the tenth anniversary of Luna Lab’s founding. Throughout the season, Luna Lab@10 will celebrate the success of our fellows through 50+ alumni commissions with collaborating organizations across the country, including the LA Phil, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Louisville Symphony, and New York Festival of Song.
LUNA COMPOSITION LAB STAFF
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh, Executive Director
Missy Mazzoli, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Ellen Reid, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Nicki Sekhar, Program Manager
Janet Cowperthwaite, Strategic Initiatives Consultant
ABOUT ChamberQUEER
Hailed as “a utopian dream… [at] the cutting-edge of classical music” (The Nation), ChamberQUEER highlights LGBTQ+ voices in contemporary & historical music and reimagines the classical concert experience as a radically inclusive gathering space & musical community for the 21st century. Founded in 2018 by Jules Biber (cello), Danielle Buonaiuto (soprano), Brian Mummert (baritone), and Andrew Yee (cello), CQ operates as a collective of performers, composers, and creators. Our flagship annual Pride festival, staged in Brooklyn each June, has been commended by The New Yorker and listed by The New York Times as a 2022 “Best of Pride” event; 2024’s fringe-style festival, Constellation, featured twenty-one events over six days, showcasing the voices of dozens of LGBTQ+ musicians from around the globe.
ChamberQUEER interrogates and experiments with, or “queers,” European art music’s presumed necessities and existing norms. By crafting new narratives from the canon, democratizing performance etiquette and dress, and shattering the performer-audience binary, we create a fresh an d inviting environment for a new generation of music lovers. Recent projects emphasizing these values have included collaboratively-curated concerts with alumnae of Luna Composition Lab; a concert and talk-back with LGBTQ+ students at Boston College; presentations on equity and belonging at Chamber Music America and Early Music America’s national conferences; and shows presented by National Sawdust, WQXR at the Greene Space, Death of Classical at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Pride, Trinity Wall Street, the Boulanger Initiative, Classical Uprising, and Westerlies Fest. Our founders and members regularly represent ChamberQUEER as ambassadors at chamber music festivals, podcasts, public radio broadcasts, and residencies across the country.
ChamberQUEER LEADERSHIP
Jules Biber
Danielle Buonaiuto
Brian Mummert
Andrew Yee (emerita)