Call for Scores
The Area 9 Quartet is excited to announce that the
winner of our first inaugural Call for Scores is Ian Wiese!
Ian Wiese is a Quincy-based composer, Associate Professor of Ear Training at Berklee College of Music, and Music Theory/Composition Faculty at NEC Expanded Education. His works have been performed by Imani Winds, HYPERCUBE, Atlantic Brass Quintet, Ensemble Ipse, guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan, and many others. Wiese has won The 2022 and 2024 American Prize, the Homecoming: Return to Artsakh Competition through Music for Unity (Second Place 2024, Active Finalist 2026), the 2021 and 2023 Mu Phi Epsilon Original Composition Competition, the Area 9 Saxophone Quartet Call for Scores "New England Soundscapes," and the Delgani String Quartet "Far From Home" Call for Scores, among others.
Wiese holds a DMA and MM from New England Conservatory and a BM from Ithaca College, all in Composition.
Area 9 looks forward to collaborating to Ian to premiere his work as part of our 2026-2027 season!
Thank you to all of the composers that submitted manuscripts to our call for scores!
We greatly appreciate all of the work that went into your compositions. Please stay tuned for future installments of the project.