welcome to 3p02

Natasha Barrett is this year's featured composer.

Clarinetist Arthur Campbell is this year's featured artist.

Technical Specifications: All Third Practice concerts will take place in Camp Concert Hall, the University of Richmond's exclusive venue for musical presentations. Our technical specifications include a breakdown of all the equipment available to our visiting composers, as well as concert hall specifications.

Tickets are not required for any Third Practice event. There will be open seating for all concerts, lectures, and panel discussions. Space may be limited, so arrive early to get a great seat!
Getting Here: How to find the University, and the Modlin Center once you're here.

Attending the festival? Click Here for information on hotels, specific directions, and transportation to and from the hotel.

About the Festival

Third Practice, presented by the Department of Music and the Modlin Center for the Arts is an annual festival of new electro-acoustic music and works for mixed media. Now in its second year, the festival will present works for instruments and computer, video, live remixing and multi-channel works for tape. This year, Third Practice will feature the works of composer Natasha Barrett, as well as pieces by composers from around the country including Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Virginia. For more information contact Benjamin Broening.

Why 'Third Practice'?

The terms Prima and Secunda Pratica first arose during the famed controversy between Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Artusi in the first decade of the 17th century. Monteverdi's 'Second Practice', first mentioned in a letter dated 1603, involved new approaches toward dissonance and melodic construction in the music of the day. So, in naming our festival 'Third Practice', we recognize the use of technology to be a new and expressive way of creating music in our time.