Charles Halka’s (BM Piano ’06, MM Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy ’08) composition, Impact (2013) was chosen by Marin Alsop, for the Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, CA. Alsop will conduct the piece on the final concert of the festival on August 16. Additionally, Halka’s latest chamber opera, And Jill Came Tumbling After (2013), was chosen for Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers program, with a performance set for May 7.