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Curtis ‘24 // Yale ‘26 // Brown ‘32
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🎧🏆🔊So happy to finally get around to sharing the wonderfully-mastered recording of the new string orchestra version of my quartet Crepitus and Cavitations, the latter of which I am very honored to announce was awarded the top prize in the 4th annual @musicon_nyc composition competition this week. This magically intimate and subtle recording of the reorchestration was captured at the @powerstationatberkleenyc by @next_fest string orchestra fellows and @peteraskim last June! Thank you to @mayflowerartcenter as well for hosting this wonderful festival and competition last week in the city, and to @jaylin.vinson @jonahcohen.music and Aaron Jay Kernis for their help in the studio with the recording process. Full recording up on my YouTube channel now! by @maya.mirojohnson

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📣 We are pleased to announce the official results of the 4th MusicON International Composition Competition:

Category A | Ages 19 and Above

Winner ($2,000)
Maya Miro Johnson — Crepitus and Cavitations

Honorable Mention ($500)
Hangzhong Lian — Contours de la mémoire
Honorable Mention ($500)
Daniel (Jingyang) Cui — 樗栎 (Chu-li)

Category B | Under Age 19
Winner ($1,000)
Wang Ziyuan — Asynchronous Collapses

We extend our sincere gratitude to Professor Wang Lu @wanglu.composer and Professor Felipe Lara @felipe_lara23 for their expertise, dedication, and thoughtful evaluation of the submissions. We would also like to thank all participating composers and performers for their contributions and support.

The guidelines for the 5th MusicON International Composition Competition will be announced in March 2027. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

https://www.musiconchamberorchestra.org/4th-moicc-winners by @maya.mirojohnson

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The third Contemporary Composers Concert will feature seven works.

This concert brings together an outstanding composers, featuring works by the winner of the Basel Composition Competition; three young composers who have received both the BMI and ASCAP Composition Awards; a composer who has been a finalist in the MusicON Composition Competition for three consecutive years; a composer and PhD who is also a programmer; and the founder and Artistic Director of the MusicON Festival.

Seven works featuring a wide range of chamber music settings, including mixed chamber ensemble, trio, brass quintet, string quartet, vocal chamber music, and mixed wind ensemble.

The concert will take place at THE BLANC at 6:00 PM on October 3. Everyone interested is welcome to join us in person. Please scan the QR code to reserve your seat. by @maya.mirojohnson

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SUMMER SEASON 2026: a time of rest, reflection, recalibration.

Thank you to #yaleventures for an immensely educational internship, my coworkers and supervisors for being the best team (@johnsingstenor @mikalmartian Adama+Claire+Frances), all the talented artists I worked with and students I taught for being so inspiring, my friends for being highkey cool and giving me excuses to go see their shows, my roommates Meera, Anastasiia, and Kamakshi (plus Luna+Loki+Cheru ofc!) for making our house feel like home, and New Haven for being home base no.3 — until next time, summer!

@bmifoundation Composer Awards 2026

@cj4400 my new ride or die cousin ❤️

@jaylin.vinson @jonahcohen79 @next_fest composition Dream Team led by Aaron 🤘🙌

@cj4400 the work continues with @cdi_dance ! Stay tuned, y’all!

@augustbaik @ariel.mf @tanglewoodmusiccenter once again bedazzled by an incredible performance of my work by these spectacular people in this beautiful place

longest program note about me to date haha

Teaching at @nyo.usa was such a full circle moment! These kids could not have brighter futures 👏

I’ve been so impressed by the important work that @wildflowercomposers has been doing for years now, and it was so special to participate in even the smallest way this summer and speak to the students.

I spent SO much time in the studio having a hobby (?!) and it was GREAT!!??

Mass MOCA and Banglewood friends :))

Stunning #brianbrooksmovingcompany #loadbangensemble @naomifeat.trombone performance!

that armory show

Norfolk Manor Home retreat — I can now say I’ve had the full Connecticut hospitality experience 💯

3rd time in the Atlantic Ocean ever - 10/10 would recommend

@naomifeat.trombone continuing to be exceptional in every way

Yale 💛

Missing these folks 😭❤️

Day -10 of grad school part 2

First #waterfireprovidence ! Huge rite of passage, apparently by @maya.mirojohnson

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Watch as our #BMIClassical family @maya.mirojohnson shares what Contemporary Classical music means to her! 🎶💙

#ClassicalMusicMonth by @maya.mirojohnson

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🎼 The 4th MusicON International Composition Competition Finals
Maya Miro Johnson — Crepitus and Cavitations
Group Age 19 and Above

Maya Miro Johnson is a composer-performer whose visceral, multidisciplinary work explores technology, illness, and the body. Her music has been presented internationally by artists and organizations including Ensemble Intercontemporain, Kronos Quartet, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Lucerne Festival, Tanglewood, and Aspen Music Festival.

A recipient of the 2026 ASCAP Morton Gould Award and BMI Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prize, Johnson studied at Curtis and Yale and is currently a PhD candidate in Music and Multimedia Composition at Brown University.

About Crepitus and Cavitations
The work takes its title from two bodily acoustic phenomena. “Crepitus” describes the grating, crackling, or popping sounds produced in joints and beneath the skin, while “cavitation” refers to sounds associated with the formation and collapse of bubbles within joint fluid.

Drawing attention to these intimate, often unnoticed sounds of the body, Crepitus and Cavitations brings the physical and acoustic into close contact—transforming cracks, friction, pressure, and collapse into musical material. by @maya.mirojohnson

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still glowing from this visceral, emotional, and dramatic performance of “bruises (disambiguation)” by @ariel.mf and @augustbaik at @tanglewoodmusiccenter for the #festivalofcontemporarymusic — stay tuned for a recording post soon! taken in Seiji Ozawa Hall At Tanglewood by @maya.mirojohnson

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midsummer studio practice log 6: ravel, violin sonata mvt ii taken in Payne Whitney Gymnasium by @maya.mirojohnson

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midsummer studio practice log 5: scarlatti, griselda duet taken in Payne Whitney Gymnasium by @maya.mirojohnson

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🎉 The 4th MusicON International Composition Competition Finalists Announced!

MusicON is delighted to announce the six finalists of our 2026 International Composition Competition.

This year, we received 79 compositions from composers representing 20 countries and regions, bringing together an extraordinary group of emerging composers from around the world.

Following a rigorous review by our distinguished jury, six composers were selected as finalists:

GROUP A — AGE 19 & ABOVE

Maya Miro Johnson @maya.mirojohnson
Crepitus and Cavitations

Yan Liang @yanl4242
Nigredo V: Black Sun Escape

Hangzhong Lian @hangzhonglian
Contours de la mémoire

Daniel (Jingyang) Cui @danielcui_music
樗栎 (Chu-li)

GROUP B — UNDER AGE 19

Wang Ziyuan @ziyuanwang2008
Asynchronous Collapses

Sophia Kunxu Dou @sophiadoucomposer
Last Day in Vain

This year’s competition featured an exceptionally accomplished field, including recipients of major international composition honors, ASCAP and BMI awards, NYO-USA Composer Apprenticeship selections, and returning MusicON finalists.

We extend our sincere gratitude to our jury and to all 79 composers who shared their music with us.

Selected composers whose works did not advance to the finals will also be invited to participate in the 2027 MusicON Festival as Guest Composers, continuing MusicON’s commitment to supporting outstanding new voices.

🎶 The six finalist works will be performed live at the 2026 MusicON Festival in New York City, October 3–4, with final competition results determined following the performances.

Congratulations to our 2026 finalists! We can’t wait to bring these exceptional new works to the stage in New York. ✨

A heartfelt thank you to our distinguished jury, Wang Lu (@wanglu.composer) and Felipe Lara (@felipe_lara23), for their time, expertise, and thoughtful consideration of this year’s submissions. We are deeply grateful for their dedication to the competition and to the next generation of composers.

#MusicONFestival #CompositionCompetition #ContemporaryMusic #youngcomposer #nycmusicians by @maya.mirojohnson

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midsummer studio practice log 4: khachaturian violin concerto mvt ii (this was my *favorite* concerto as a kid, I used to listen to the oistrakh recording all the time) taken in Payne Whitney Gymnasium by @maya.mirojohnson

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midsummer studio practice log 3: (more) messiaen organ music by @maya.mirojohnson

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