Zachary Cairns’ new choral piece “The Land of Nod” earned kudos from the Missouri Composers Project earlier this year.

Zachary Cairns’ new choral piece “The Land of Nod” earned kudos from the Missouri Composers Project earlier this year.
Zachary Cairns’ new choral piece “The Land of Nod” earned kudos from the Missouri Composers Project earlier this year.
Zachary Cairns’ new choral piece “The Land of Nod” earned kudos from the Missouri Composers Project earlier this year.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.