About MATA

Music at the Anthology, Inc
An Annual Festival Celebrating a New Generation of Composers

Philip Glass, Executive Producer
Eleanor Sandresky & Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Directors/Producers
Brian D. Bumby, Managing Director
Technical Director, Dan R. Dryden

Festival Production Staff: Christopher Tignor, head sound engineer; Sam David, lighting designer; Jennifer Moody, stage manager; Shawn Hansen, assistant sound engineer

MATA (Music At The Anthology) serves as a catalyst for emerging composers, thereby encouraging and promoting compelling contemporary music.

Founded by composer-performers Lisa Bielawa and Eleanor Sandresky, MATA offers a forum for a wide range of music, from the electro-acoustic to the traditional and from the concert hall to gallery exhibitions, written by a new generation of composers in their 20s and 30s from around the world. Philip Glass serves on the Board of Directors of MATA.

Each of MATA's concerts/events employs a thematic focus that brings musical and historical focus to the program. In addition to a large number of premieres, MATA commissions one new work by a young composer per concert/opening through its Commissioning Program. Our audience is an eclectic and vibrant community, representing a broad range of backgrounds and interests, which, we believe, gives our commissionees rich and varied responses to their new works. Each concert features a guest group, for which the commissioned work is written.