Performances
Forthcoming Performances, Events, and Recordings:
Paper presentation, "Play This, Hear That: Three Contrasting Approaches to Modularity in Contemporary Music," at the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis at the University of California at Irvine, March 15th-17th, 2013
Performance on banjo/guitar with string quartet of 5x7, a piece written in collaboration with six other Vancouver composers, at the University of British Columbia on April 5th, 2013
Performance of Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a Theme of Egberto Gismonti by the UBC graduate guitar quartet at UBC in April 2013
Premiere of Dona Nobis Pacem for choir (SAB) and string quartet by the St. Leonard Choral Society in Boston, MA on May 11th, 2013
Recital of new works written for the Arbutus Duo for violin/viola and guitar/banjo in Vancouver in May 2013
Recital of contemporary music for flute and guitar with Tara Boyle in Vancouver in May 2013
Performance of Brad Sherman's Stipple and Cross-hatch for violin and guitar, as well as the premiere of Desk Whiskey for chamber ensemble in Vancouver in May 2013, followed by a second performance in Seattle, WA on July 27th, 2013
The Atlantic Guitar Quartet plans to include Meltwater on their next CD, due for release in Fall 2013.
The complete Sea Fugue song cycle on a poem by Elee Kraljii Gardiner will be premiered with dancers in Vancouver in June 2014 as part of the 2014 Vancouver International Song Festival.
Works in Progress:
Desk Whiskey for chamber ensemble
Other Short Fiction (percussion and clarinet) for DMC.
Completion of Sea Fugue (voice and piano) poetry by Elee Kraljii Gardiner for Lynne McMurtry and Alison D'Amato.
Song cycle on poetry of Christian Barter including Coming Back in the Fog from Isle au Haut (baritone and guitar) for Duo Solage.
Expansion of Bloom (viola and guitar) for Arbutus duo.
An as yet untitled piece (erhu and piano) for Nicole Lee and Corey Hamm
An as yet untitled piece (guitar solo) for Chris Dunn
Past Performances:
Confluence (a chamber work written in collaboration with the UBC
composers collective and poet Elee Kraljii Gardiner)
- Vancouver, BC, Nov. 30th, 2012 - UBC Contemporary Players
Sea Fugue (part 1) (voice and piano)
- Vancouver, BC, June 8th, 2012, Orpheum Annex - Lynne McMurtry,
mezzo-soprano; Alison D'Amato, piano
- Vancouver, BC, June 7th, 2012, VSO School of Music - Lynne McMurtry,
mezzo-soprano; Alison D'Amato, piano
Meltwater (four guitars)
- Baltimore, MD, Dec. 5th, 2012 - Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- York, PA, Dec. 4th, 2012, York College - Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, Nov. 11th, 2012 Engineer's Club - Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- Bel Air, MD, Oct. 28th, 2012 - Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, June 8th, 2012, Jordan Faye Contemporary - Atlantic
Guitar Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, May 11th, 2012, Engineer's Club - Atlantic Guitar Quartet
Salmagundi Farrago (violin and piano)
- Iowa City, IA, Oct. 30th, 2011, University of Iowa - Wolfgang David, violin;
David Gompper, piano
- Grinnell, IA, Oct. 29th, 2011, Grinnell College - Wolfgang David, violin;
David Gompper, piano
- Richmond, IN, Oct. 28th, 2011, Indiana University East - Wolfgang David,
violin; David Gompper, piano
- Orange City, IA, Oct. 27th, 2011, Northwestern College - Wolfgang
David, violin; David Gompper, piano
Bloom (guitar and viola)
- Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia - Arbutus Duo
Floating City (solo piano)
- Iowa City, IA, June 21st, 2011, University of Iowa - Alan Huckleberry
- Forest City, IA, June 5th, 2011, Iowa Music Teachers Association State
Conference - Alan Huckleberry
Expanse (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, marimba, piano)
- Seattle, WA, June 18th, 2011,Wayward Music Series - Jennifer Mahaffey,
flute; Mary Kantor, clarinet; Pamela Yu Liu, violin; Heather Bentley,
viola; Bob Rees, marimba; Julie Ives, piano; Brad Sherman, conductor
Soggy Fountain Meltdown (solo percussion)
- Freiburg, Germany, July 1st, 2011, Musikhochschule Freiburg - Chris
Sande, percussion
- Iowa City, IA, September 12th, 2010, University of Iowa - Chris Sande,
percussion
- Charles City, IA September 9th, 2010 - Chris Sande, percussion
Drifting on the Wild Wind (viola and piano)
- Vancouver, BC, February 15th, 2012 - Sarah Kwok, viola; Michael Park,
piano
- Seattle, WA, June 18th, 2011, Wayward Music Series - Heather Bentley,
viola; Julie Ives, piano
- Columbia, SC, April 17th, 2010, University of South Carolina - Maja
Jovanovic, viola; Neil Ostenfeld, piano
Breakdowns (flute and 'cello)
- Boston, MA, October 8th, 2010 - Ashley Addington, flute;
Rachel Arnold, cello
- Boston, MA, September 25th, 2010, Boston New Music Initiative Concert -
Ashley Addington, flute; Rachel Arnold, 'cello
- Danvers, MA, June 6th, 2010, Danvers UMC - Ashley Addington, flute;
Rachel Arnold, 'cello
- Cambridge, MA, February 19th, 2010, Outpost 186 - Ashley Addington,
flute; Rachel Arnold, 'cello
- Cambridge, MA, January 28th, 2010, The Lily Pad - Ashley Addington,
flute; Rachel Arnold, 'cello
- New Music Hartford Concert, Hartford, CT, August 30th, 2009 - Ashley
Addington, flute; Rachel Arnold, cello
The Selfish Giant (flute and storyteller, with text by Oscar Wilde)
- Seattle, WA, June 18th, 2011, Wayward Music Series - John Bumbalo,
storyteller; Jennifer Mahaffey, flute
- Mackinac Island, MI, May 29th, 2011, Macknac Island Flute Festival -
members of the Great Lakes Art Music Ensemble
- East Lansing, MI, February 7th, 2011 - members of the Great Lakes
Art Music Ensemble
- Alma, MI, February 5th, 2011 - members of the Great Lakes
Art Music Ensemble
- Albion, MI, January 30th, 2011 - members of the Great Lakes
Art Music Ensemble
- Rock Island, IL, October 1st, 2010, SCI Region V Festival - Janet Stodd,
flute; Christopher Scott, storyteller
- Grinnell, IA, December 5th, 2009, Drake Community Library - Claudia
Anderson, flute; George Drake, storyteller
Expanse (oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, piano, marimba)
- Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, SCI Region V Conference, October 9th,
2009 - University of Iowa Center for New Music
- University of Iowa, September 27th, 2009 - University of Iowa Center for
New Music
Holon (piccolo solo)
- University of Iowa Faculty Piccolo Recital, April 27th, 2009 - Nicole
Esposito
Spherical (piano with narrator, poetry by Alan Felsenthal)
- Public Theater of Sykies, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 21st, 2009 -
Gala concert of the 2009 International Prizes for Excellence in Music
Composition.
- University of Iowa, March 29th, 2009 - Victoria Tsangari, piano; Patrick
Fitzgibbon, narrator.
- University of Iowa DMA Lecture Recital, May 2nd, 2009 - Victoria
Tsangari, piano; Patrick Fitzgibbon, narrator.
Shifting Thunder (orchestra)
- Coe College Symphony Orchestra Concert, April 18th, 2009 - Joseph
Dangerfield, conductor.
- Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria, June 25th, 2009 - The Coe College
Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Dangerfield, conductor.
- Church of St. Nikolas, Prague, Czech Republic, June 30th, 2009 - The
Coe College Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Dangerfield, conductor.
Through the Turmoil of Liquid Skies (chamber orchestra)
- University of Michigan, February 13th, 2009 (MidWest Composer's
Symposium) - University of MIchigan Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Scott Boerma conductor.
- University of Iowa, April 5th, 2009 - Center for New Music Ensemble,
David Gompper conductor.
Dreamless Sleep (cello solo)
- Ames, IA, October 16th, 2010, Iowa Composers Forum Fall Festival -
Carey Bostian
- Boston, MA, New Orleans Style Speakeasy in Downtown Crossing,
fundraiser for Mobius, June 19th, 2010 - Rachel Arnold
- Clarke College, Dubuque IA, SCI Region V Conference, October 10th,
2009 - Emmalee Hunnicutt
- Northwestern University, May 8th, 2009, graduate recital - Russell Rolen
- Northwestern University, April 3rd, 2009 (MidWest Graduate Music
Consortium) - Russell Rolen
- University of Iowa, October 19th, 2008 - Emmalee Hunnicutt.
- Ball State University, October 11th, 2008 (SCI Student National
Conference) - Emmalee Hunnicutt
- Fairfield, IA, June 20th, 2008 - Emmalee Hunnicutt
- University of Iowa, May 4th, 2008 - Emmalee Hunnicutt
- University of Iowa, March 9th, 2008 - Emmalee Hunnicutt
Suite from No Sleep for the Wicked (chamber ensemble)
- Seattle, WA, December 5th, 2009, "Wayward Music Series" - The Affinity
Chamber Players
- Columbus, OH (Movement IV only), November 20th, 2009 - Ohio State
University New Music Collective
- Seattle, Washington, January 23rd, 2009 - Affinity Chamber Players.
- University of Iowa, April 20th, 2008
- University of Iowa (2008 Midwest Composer's Symposium), February 8th,
2008 - University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble, Jeremy Starr,
conductor
No Sleep for the Wicked: a ballet in seven parts (chamber ensemble with
dancers)
- Three performances at the University of Iowa, April 17th-19th, 2008 -
choreography by Vladimir Condereche.
Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a Theme of Egberto Gismonti (four guitars)
- New York, NY, June 4th, 2011, Spring Stage (Soho) - The Atlantic Guitar
Quartet
- New York (Staten Island), NY, June 3rd, 2011 - The Atlantic Guitar
Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, May 1st, 2011 - The Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- Dresden, Germany, November 14th, 2010, Dresdner Gitarrenfest - San
Francisco Guitar Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, November 12th, 2010 - The Atlantic Guitar Quartet
- San Francisco, CA, November 12th, 2010 - San Francisco Guitar Quartet
- New York, NY, August 8th, 2010, Second Sundays Guitar Series at the
Roger Smith Hotel - San Francisco Guitar Quartet
- Dublin, NH, August 6th, 2010, Monadnock Music Festival - San Francisco
Guitar Quartet
- Baltimore, MD, May 3rd, 2010, Peabody Conservatory - Manuel
Barrueco Master Class featuring a quartet of graduate guitar students
from the Peabody Conservatory
- San Francisco, CA, April 17th, 2010, Community Music Center - San
Francisco Guitar Quartet CD release ("Chasing Light") concert
- Old First Church, San Francisco, CA, November 20th, 2009 - San
Francisco Guitar Quartet
- Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD, November 8th, 2009 - One East
Guitar Quartet
- San Francisco, CA, Community Music Center, 7th Annual Festival of
Contemporary Music, August 22nd, 2009 - San Francisco Guitar
Quartet
- San Francisco, CA, St. Kevin's Church, Music on the Hill Series, March
22nd, 2009 - San Francisco Guitar Quartet.
- San Francisco, CA, Old First Church, August 10th, 2008 - San Francisco
Guitar Quartet.
- University of Guam, October 11th, 2008 - San Francisco Guitar Quartet.
- Old First Church, San Francisco, CA, October 3rd, 2008 - San Francisco
Guitar Quartet
- Millikin University, Decatur, IL, September 7th, 2008 - San Francisco Guitar
Quartet.
- First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL, September 6th, 2008 - San
Francisco Guitar Quartet.
- Webster University Community Music School Main Stage, St. Louis, MO,
September 5th, 2008 - San Francisco Guitar Quartet.
Four Studies for Solo Flute (flute solo)
- First Annual "Off-Center" Concert at the University of Iowa, April 25th,
2009 - Lisa Bost-Sandberg.
- 43rd Annual Iowa Composer's Concert at Coe College, February 3rd,
2008 - Lisa Bost-Sandberg.
- University of Iowa, May 4th, 2007 - Nicole Esposito.
- University of Iowa, April 22nd, 2007 - Nicole Esposito.
Unter die Haube Geschaut
(piano and "performer", with video by Mark Neucollins)
- "Recursions" concert at the University of Iowa Art Museum, November
15th, 2007.
Nantucket Sleighride (orchestra with four guitars)
- Reading with Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Hajime Teri Murai,
conductor, December 10th, 2005.
Chupacabra (two guitars)
- Peabody Conservatory, December 10th, 2006 - Duo Transatlantique
(Maud Laforest and Benjamin Beirs).
- Peabody Conservatory, December 3rd, 2006 - Duo Transatlantique.
- Baltimore Classical Guitar Society Young Talent Concert at "An Die
Musik," November 12th, 2006 - Duo Transatlantique.
Delilah (flute and guitar)
- Seattle, WA, June 18th, 2011, Wayward Music Series - Jennifer Mahaffey,
flute; Christopher Gainey, guitar
- Baltimore, MD, April 16th, 2010, St. Ignatius Church - members of The
Ligetisplit Ensemble: - Esther Choi, flute; James Lowe, guitar
- University of Iowa, December 11th, 2007 - Gina Parks (soprano
saxophone instead of flute), Christopher Gainey (guitar)
- Switzerland, April 24th, 2007 - Moritz Pfeiffer (guitar) with flute
- 42nd Annual Iowa Composers Concert at Coe College, February 18th,
2007 - Nicole Esposito and Christopher Gainey.
- Indiana Universiy (2007 Midwest Composer's Symposium), February 17th,
2007 - Martha Councell-Vargas and Christopher Gainey
- Peabody Conservatory, April 26th, 2006 - Anastasia Petanova and Max
Zuckerman.
- Peabody Conservatory (Master Class with Manuel Barrueco), April 19th,
2006 - Anastasia Petanova and Max Zuckerman.
Iago (violin solo)
- Iowa City, IA, February 13th, 2011 - Nancy Macfarland-Gaub
- Grinnell, IA, November 4th, 2010 - Nancy Macfarland-Gaub
- Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, CA, ACF/LA concert featuring the
Ensemble Green, November 12th, 2009 - Elizabeth Hedman
- Recording used at the Jakobsen Graduate Conference at the University
of Iowa, March 31st, 2007 - Minsun Choi.
- Recording used in conjunction with choreography of Vladimir
Condereche for three performances at the University of Iowa,
February 1st - 3rd, 2007 - Minsun Choi.
- Peabody Conservatory, October 27th, 2005 - Minsun Choi.
- Peabody Conservatory, May 1st, 2005 - Minsun Choi.
Recordings:
- Iago, for violin solo, included on CD no. 24 of the SCI CD series,
"Soliloquies," released by Capstone Records. To order a copy please
visit www.capstonerecords.org
- Nantucket Sleighride, for orchestra with four guitars, included on
volume 14 of ERM Media's "Masterworks of the New Era" series. To
order a copy please visit www.numusic.org
- Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a theme of Egberto Gismonti, for guitar
quartet, included on the San Francisco Guitar Quartet's "Chasing
Light." To order a copy please visit
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sfgquartet