This summer, pieces by Mary Kouyoumdjian, current DMA student in composition, will be premiered and/or performed by a number of ensembles, including Hotel Elefant, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and the Kronos Quartet.

On June 9 at 7pm, her work Become Who I Am, presented by the New York Philharmonic, will be performed at Lincoln Center by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus along with the contemporary ensemble Hotel Elefant. Later this summer, Mary will be in residence at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, where the ensemble Alarm Will Sound will premiere her work Paper Pianos.

Also taking place this summer: the Kronos Quartet will perform Mary's piece Bombs of Beirut in Poland and will give the Bay Area premiere of Silent Cranes at Cal Performances. This spring, the Kronos Quartet performed Bombs of Beirut and an arrangement of Mary's piece Groung [Crane] in the UK and Canada, receiving a very favorable review by The Guardian.

Mary has also received support from the Brooklyn Youth Chorus' MAP Fund, and a piece of hers will be featured in the Chorus' 25th anniversary season in 2016-2017.