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HAPPENING NOW · APPLICATIONS OPEN
New Currents
Rising Artists Concert · Music of Our Time
NOVEMBER 15, 2027 · 2:00 PM · MONROE, LA · PRESENTED BY NMB
A fall showcase for emerging performers from ULM, Louisiana Tech, and Northwestern State highlighting the music of our time. Applications are open until November 1.
THE SEASON
Follow the current through the season
NOVEMBER
New Currents concert
DECEMBER
Call for scores opens
MARCH
Selections announced
JUNE 2–5
The festival
Rising artists, music of our time.
ON NOW
FROM THE ARCHIVE
One decade of new music
Missed the 2026 festival, or want to hear it again? Watch it all over on our channel.
New Music on the Bayou is a contemporary-classical music festival held each summer across Ruston and Monroe, Louisiana. New works performed live, free and open to all.
SUPPORTED BY THE NEA · LOUISIANA DIVISION OF THE ARTS · NE LOUISIANA ARTS COUNCIL
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