Feldman@100: A Centennial Celebration

Composer Morton Feldman, founder of the University at Buffalo’s renowned June in Buffalo festival, would have turned 100 this January. To mark the occasion, the Department of Music and Center for 21st Century Music will host Feldman@100, a two-day public music series on January 12 and 13, 2026, at Slee Hall on UB’s North Campus.

Eric Huebner, department chair, and Ming Tsao, UB’s new Birge Cary Professor of Composition, curated the celebration.

“It was important to program music on Feldman’s birthday, January 12, with additional programs the next day,” Huebner tells Buffalo Spree.

Concerts will feature Feldman’s late works, “Schubert’s Fantasie for piano”—a piece that influenced him—and a piano work by Barbara Monk Feldman, his wife and an accomplished composer. On January 13, UB PhD students will present original compositions for the JACK Quartet, a leading contemporary string ensemble.

“It was essential for me and Ming that we include new work by our composers,” Huebner says. “After all, Feldman solidified UB and Buffalo’s reputation as a center for new musical innovation.”

Discover how Feldman’s legacy continues to shape Buffalo’s soundscape.