The 2013 Kennesaw State Festival of New Music celebrates the work of artists creating and performing the musicof today. The 2013 festival presents a week full of various residency activities including masterclasses, seminars,demonstrations, and other presentations, in addition to the concerts presented nightly. These activities will eachfeature appearances by the festival’s featured composers and artists who will be in residence at Kennesaw Stateduring the festival. Activities like these allow festival participants the rare opportunity to gain insight and perspectiveon the world of new music directly from the artists creating and performing these works of art.KSFNM 2013 will highlight works by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winner David Lang, featured guest composerof this year’s festival. David will be in residence at KSU for much of the festival and involved in many of the residencyactivities.