The CSU Faculty Chamber Ensemble perform Kritikos Horos (Michelle Stanley, flute; Copper Ferreira, clarinet; Leslie Stewart, violin; Barbara Thiem, cello; Kim Joyce, piano; and Eric Hollenbeck, percussion). Cellist Barbara Thiem will also perform my Suite for Solo Cello . Also on the program are works by John Harbison, Victor Ewald, and Jorge Montilla.
Spokane Symphony, led by Eckart Preu, perform Brittle Fracture .
The Keats Cycle will be performed by baritone Seth Gilman and pianist Mirna Lekic as part of the Brooklyn New Music's Collective season-closer.
The Esther Diaries , with libretto by Ellen Frankel, will be given its world premiere by soprano Sharon Azrieli, with Boris Brott conducting the McGill Chamber Orchestra.
The orchestral version of Brittle Fracture will be read by the American Composers Orchestra, with conductor George Manahan, as part of this year's Underwood New Music Readings.
Kritikos Horos will be performed by the Swedish ensemble Norrbotten NEO as part of the June in Buffalo festival, held at the University of Buffalo.
The Tempo Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Never the Same River and a work by fellow call for scores winner Nicholas Omiccioli.
Guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion as part of Guitare Montréal's opening night concert, along with music by Denis Gougeon.
I will be presenting my paper "Altered States: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of TesseracT" at the THEMUS conference. The paper explores the conception of rhythm and meter in progressive metal, taking British prog metal band TesseracT as a case study.
The Cadillac Moon Ensemble will premiere Scars and Braids , which I composed for the group.
Performance of Never the Same River .
Architek Percussion will present 12 recently commissioned works, including my piece for percussion quartet, Avowal . The show, ZIG BANG: READINGS AND MEDITATIONS (THE SUITCASE SHOW) features miniatures by Ashkan BEZADHI, Sophie DUPUIS, Fjòla EVANS, Chris GODDARD, Hugo Arne HARMENS, Patrick HART, Lukas LIGETI, Greg SAMEK, Jason SHARP, Stine SORLIE, and myself. The pieces were inspired by Georges Aperghis's Zig Bang .
Architek Percussion will present 12 recently commissioned works, including my piece for percussion quartet, Avowal . The show, ZIG BANG: READINGS AND MEDITATIONS (THE SUITCASE SHOW) features miniatures by Ashkan BEZADHI, Sophie DUPUIS, Fjòla EVANS, Chris GODDARD, Hugo Arne HARMENS, Patrick HART, Lukas LIGETI, Greg SAMEK, Jason SHARP, Stine SORLIE, and myself. The pieces were inspired by Georges Aperghis's Zig Bang .
The Keats Cycle will be performed by baritone Seth Gilman and pianist Mirna Lekic.
Composers Circle will be running a feature on my work for chamber orchestra, Brittle Fracture . Eric Guinivan has been running Composers Circle since 2012 as a labour of love. It's a great service to the contemporary music community. Head over to the site and check out the site – there's a new composer featured every day!
Suite for Solo Cello will be performed by cellist Barbara Thiem.
The Metal and the Flower will be performed by tenor Nils Neubert, with Red Wierenga (accordion) and Alana Murphy (piano).
Untitled|Collective will be performing a studio showing of their new repertory work, 'From the Feet Up', choreographed by Ian RT Colless on my work for string quartet, In Flames . Admission is free with RSVP by emailing info@untitled-collective.com
My piece for mixed sextet (Pierrot+) Kritikos Horos will be performed as part of the Aries Composers Festival, held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Violinist Lisa Tipton and pianist Adrienne Kim will premiere the Seasonal Phantasy Suite, a collaborative work by myself, Whitney George, Inés Thiebaut, Nicolas Scherzinger, and Inessa Zaretsky. My piece Winter Still comprises one of the movements.