The Tufts University Composers begin the fall semester series of New Sounds Now with “Why Write for Students”? In a bi-institutional exchange, 10 Tufts composers attempt to answer this question by fulfilling commissioned pair-ups — making new pieces specifically for Rivers School Conservatory students as part of the Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young.

Free and open to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.