Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings launched Resonate in 2020 as a multi-year collaboration exploring the African Diaspora through contemporary American chamber music. This partnership has since expanded to unite the resources of eight prominent institutions across Michigan and Ohio:

• Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
• The Carr Center
• Oberlin Conservatory
• Bowling Green State University
• The University of Michigan/Ann Arbor
• Michigan State University
• Western Michigan University
• University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music

A panel of musicians from each collaborating organization selects the composers invited to participate. In the latest round, four composers have been commissioned to create new works for the collaboration. At DCWS, the premieres are scheduled as follows:

Concerts with Resonate Premieres in the 2024-25 Season:

• February 7 (Nightnotes) | Jordyn Davis: Protect Your Peace
• February 28 (Nightnotes) | Brian Raphael Nabors: String Quartet

Resonate Composers Scheduled for 2025-26:

• Marcos Balter
• Jonathan Bailey Holland

Student performers from each partner institution come together for a culminating seminar, where they perform all the works and receive coaching from the participating composers. The next Resonate seminar is scheduled for late next year at Bowling Green State University.

Previously commissioned Resonate composers include:

• Michael Frazier
• Adolphus Hailstork
• Nathalie Joachim
• George Lewis
• Patrice Rushen
• Pamela Z

A DCWS recording of most of these works is set for release in late 2024, made possible by the generous support of DCWS donors Christine Kuzma and Dave Arney. The Resonate project has also received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.