DMICS 2024

With a vision to create a world-class destination for composers to share new music with the public and with each other, award-winning composer Jordan Kuspa founded the Del Mar International Composers Symposium (DMICS) in 2019. The Del Mar International Composers Symposium exists to encourage the sharing of new musical ideas between composers, performers, and the community, and to present the best new concert music from around the world in the City of Del Mar. Having enjoyed numerous experiences as a fellow at composition festivals and residencies around the world, Kuspa saw the potential to create a unique program in his hometown of Del Mar, CA, that combines the best features of these programs.In particular, the Del Mar International Composers Symposium is designed to allow composers and performers a space to collaborate intimately on the creation and presentation of new works, while inviting the public to experience that process first-hand. DMICS seeks to make the creative process accessible and tangible to the community through open rehearsals, concerts, and question and answer sessions with the symposium participants. Attendees at these events will be able to witness the interactions between composers and performers that go into the development of new music, and will be able to speak with the artists about the creative process. Key to this process is our ability to draw on the talent of some of San Diego's most esteemed musicians. All performing artists at DMICS appear thanks to a generous grant from our Lead Sponsor, the Del Mar Foundation.