World premiere of Code Switch by Dorian Wallace's avant-garde NYC-based big band, The Free Sound Ahn-somble, part of the contemporary music organization Tenth Intervention. This will be their second "composers' concert".
The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester presents Never the Same River for 5 players, winner of SCMR's 2015 composition competition (college division).
Selected for the Music Now call for scores, Never the Same River for 5 players will be performed at ISU's 50th annual Contemporary Music Festival.
Music Director Mark Shapiro leads the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra in the Canadian premiere of Arc of Horizon .
My second string quartet, In Flames , receives its Canadian premiere at the Rosamunde Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Part of the festival's Mainstage concert series, In Flames will be performed by Karl Stobbe, Elation Pauls, Elise Lavallée, and Yuri Hooker – all members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
Anima Brass premiere SkyRise for brass quintet at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Anima Brass perform SkyRise for brass quintet.
My third string quartet, Emergence , receives its US premiere at Aspen Music Festival and School. It will be performed by members of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Seohee Min, Andrew Stock, and Richard Narroway, joined by violinist Jeremías Sergiani Velázquez. The concert will include works by AMFS composition fellows Theophilus Chandler, Tommy Dougherty, Clare Glackin, Andrew Hsu, Edmund Scott Miller, Charles Peck, Matthew Ricketts, Sonnet Swire, and Meng Wang.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion for solo classical guitar at the International Guitar Festival BRNO as part of his 2016 European tour.
My new work for chamber septet, Calibrating Friction , will be premiered by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. It was commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School for its First Glimpse concert series. The concert will include works by Andrew Hsu, Charles Peck, Matthew Ricketts, and Sonnet Swire.
A new orchestral adaptation of my chamber work Never the Same River will be read by the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, conducted by Felix Mildenberger. The readings are free and open to the public.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion for solo classical guitar at the Classical Guitar Retreat in Scotland as part of his 2016 European tour.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performers Hyperion for solo classical guitar as part of his 2016 European tour.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion for solo classical guitar as part of his 2016 European tour.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion for solo classical guitar as part of his 2016 European tour.
Canadian guitarist Patrick Kearney performs Hyperion for solo classical guitar as part of his 2016 European tour.
My new work for organ, string orchestra, and percussion, In Flux , will receive its world premiere by the McGill Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Boris Brott, who commissioned the work for their 2015-16 season as part of my composer-in-residence position with the orchestra. Jean-Willy Kunz, organist-in-residence of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, will join the MCO as guest organist.
My new work for string orchestra, Ashes to Light the Sky , will receive its world premiere by the McGill Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Boris Brott, who commissioned the work for their 2015-16 season as part of my composer-in-residence position with the orchestra.
Conductor Shalom Bard leads the University of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestra in two performances of Brittle Fracture .
Conductor Shalom Bard leads the University of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestra in two performances of Brittle Fracture .