PRISMS Festival 2026

Now in its 15th year, ASU’s PRISMS Festival continues its mission of promoting contemporary music to a wider audience. This year’s festival presents several world and Arizona premieres, as well as the winner of our 2026 call for scores, and music by ASU faculty and students. The program includes a wide variety of genres and performance practices, ranging from acousmatic works to chamber music, from electronic improvisation to works that incorporate performance art.

The festival received 450 submissions from all over the world in their call for scores. The 2026 score winner and 10 honorable mentions will be performed at the festival.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information about the PRISMS Festival visit https://prismsfestival.com/2026 .

Guest composer talks and round-table discussion:

3:30 p.m. Introduction
3:40 p.m. Guest presentation: Arnau Brichs
4:05 p.m. Guest presentation: Jia Yi Lee
4:30 p.m. Guest presentation: Phil Acimovic & Gala Garrido
4:50 p.m. Break 
5:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion

Guests: Arnau Brichs, Charles Eppley, Jia Yi, Josiah, Kyle Motl, Matthew Mailman, Phil Acimovic
ASU Faculty: Alex Temple, Fernanda Navarro, Gabrie Bolaños, Simone Mancuso

For a full listing of all School of Music, Dance and Theatre events visit https://musicdancetheatre.asu.edu/events