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Peter Askim on Conducting, Composing, and The Next Festival
Peter Askim is a composer, conductor, educator, former orchestral bassist, Music Director of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University, and Founder and Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists.
In this episode of Beyond the Notes, Vonn Vanier talks with Peter about conducting, composing, working with orchestras, and what young musicians learn when they move from the practice room into the real world of rehearsals, relationships, and professional music-making.
They discuss why “networking” is the wrong word for real musical relationships, how composers can earn the trust of musicians, what conductors actually do when a new piece enters the rehearsal room, why clarity can matter more than complexity, and how professional musicians can find their way back when music starts to feel like just another job.
Peter also talks about The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, which runs May 29–June 12, 2026 in Chatham, NY, Brooklyn, and New York City.
The 2026 season celebrates women immigrant composers in honor of America’s 250th anniversary and features GRAMMY-nominated cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, along with world premieres and works by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Adeliia Faizullina, Wang Lu, Clarice Assad, and Aleksandra Vrebalov.
Upcoming Next Festival performances:
June 5, 2026, 7:30 PM — PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance, Chatham, NY
https://ps21chatham.org/event/next-fest/
June 6, 2026, 7:30 PM — National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/the-next-festival-2026-featuring-andrea-casarrubios
June 11, 2026, 7:30 PM — Gibney Dance, Lower Manhattan
Pay-what-you-can showing of new works by Festival Fellows
https://www.next-fest.org/attend
Learn more about Peter Askim: https://peteraskim.com/
Learn more about The Next Festival of Emerging Artists: https://www.next-fest.org/
Subscribe to Beyond the Notes with Vonn Vanier for conversations with composers, performers, conductors, producers, and musicians about the craft, stories, and ideas behind the music.
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By Vonn VanierPeter Askim is a composer, conductor, educator, former orchestral bassist, Music Director of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University, and Founder and Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists.
In this episode of Beyond the Notes, Vonn Vanier talks with Peter about conducting, composing, working with orchestras, and what young musicians learn when they move from the practice room into the real world of rehearsals, relationships, and professional music-making.
They discuss why “networking” is the wrong word for real musical relationships, how composers can earn the trust of musicians, what conductors actually do when a new piece enters the rehearsal room, why clarity can matter more than complexity, and how professional musicians can find their way back when music starts to feel like just another job.
Peter also talks about The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, which runs May 29–June 12, 2026 in Chatham, NY, Brooklyn, and New York City.
The 2026 season celebrates women immigrant composers in honor of America’s 250th anniversary and features GRAMMY-nominated cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, along with world premieres and works by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Adeliia Faizullina, Wang Lu, Clarice Assad, and Aleksandra Vrebalov.
Upcoming Next Festival performances:
June 5, 2026, 7:30 PM — PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance, Chatham, NY
https://ps21chatham.org/event/next-fest/
June 6, 2026, 7:30 PM — National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/the-next-festival-2026-featuring-andrea-casarrubios
June 11, 2026, 7:30 PM — Gibney Dance, Lower Manhattan
Pay-what-you-can showing of new works by Festival Fellows
https://www.next-fest.org/attend
Learn more about Peter Askim: https://peteraskim.com/
Learn more about The Next Festival of Emerging Artists: https://www.next-fest.org/
Subscribe to Beyond the Notes with Vonn Vanier for conversations with composers, performers, conductors, producers, and musicians about the craft, stories, and ideas behind the music.