JANUARY 19, 2025
USA Premiere of Sun Plaits — Bridges and Links for solo violin performed by Clarissa Bevilacqua at the New Music School, 900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago IL.
JANUARY 24, 2025 – 7:30 PM
ANGEL TEARS AND EARTH PRAYERS for trumpet and organ performed by Stephen Burns, piano and Douglas Cleveland, Organ, at The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
JANUARY 26, 2025
DANCING GALAXY for wind ensemble performed by the Charles River Wind Ensemble of Boston College conducted by Matthew M. Marsit in Chestnut Hill, MA.
JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Jury Member: “The Basel Composition Competition” (BCC) - fifth edition - will take place from 30 January to 2 February 2025. Composers can register on the website www.baselcompetition.com until 13 September 2024, and submit a new, unpublished work for chamber or symphony orchestra. The distinguished jury consists of jury president and composer Michael Jarrell, as well as internationally renowned composers Liza Lim, Augusta Read Thomas, Andrea L. Scartazzini, and the director of the Paul Sacher Foundation Dr. Florian Besthorn. After the application deadline, they will select ten to twelve compositions, which will be announced on 30 September. In February 2025, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestera, and the Basel Sinfonietta will perform those at the Don Bosco Music and Cultural Center in Basel. The three to four best compositions will be awarded at a final concert on 2 February 2025 and will receive prize money totaling CHF 100,000, including an audience award, which will be presented for the first time in 2025. Further information and the competition regulations also at www.baselcompetition.com
JANUARY 31, 2025
PLEA FOR PEACE for soprano and wind ensemble as arranged by Chris David Westover-Muñoz, performed by the University of Southern California’s Thornton Winds, conducted by Gary Hill, in Los Angeles, CA.
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
SILENT MOON for violin and viola, Angels Espiell Chaler, violin and Yu-Yun Peng, viola; CAPRICCI for flute and clarinet, Seraina Ramseier, flute and Alise Gavare, clarinet; SING WITHOUT WORDS for saxophone and piano, Pol Cabrera, altsaxophone and Dmitry Batalov, piano; and MEMORY SWELLS for 2 guitars, Elio Laporterie and Edoardo Gatta, guitars, will be performed by students of the Musik-Akademie Basel / Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW, as kindly arranged and led by Uli Fussenegger.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
CARNIVAL: BASSOON CONCERTO for solo bassoon and wind ensemble, presented by Finland Music Nova: The Guards Band plays new music for winds at this concert in its highly popular Töölö series. Taavi Oramo conducts The Guards Band with bassoon soloist Kari Tikkala. Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki, Finland.
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
MANSUETO TRIBUTE: DOUBLE HELIX for two violins performed by students in the studio of Fabiola Kim. Generously sponsored by Dr. Marylou Witz. Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL.
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
World premiere of CARNIVAL: TROMBONE CONCERTO in the 13-minute version for trombone and wind ensemble. Dr. Shanti Simons conducts the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony with trombone soloist, William Lang in the Sharp Concert Hall, Norman, OK.
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano performed by violinist Ciara McGuire and pianist Gregory Smith at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 - 8:00 PM
STAR BOX for Percussion Quartet performed by the DePaul University Percussion Ensemble in Gannon Hall at DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Special thanks to Ian Ding.
MARCH 4, 2025
BEBOP RIDDLE IV performed by the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet on The Resonance Series presented by Oklahoma University, Norman, OK.
MARCH 8, 2025
TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano performed by Duo Diorama: Minghuan Xu violin, Winston , at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
MARCH 12, 2025 - 6:30 PM
SHAKESPEARE'S JESTERS for Saxophone Quartet performed by ~Nois and presented by Nova Linea Musica at Guarneri Hall, 11 East Adams, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL.
MARCH 15, 2025
VIOLIN CONCERTO #1, “SPIRIT MUSINGS” (composed in 1997) for solo violin and orchestra, performed by the Salt Lake Symphony with violin soloist Hasse Borup conducted by Robert Baldwin. Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT.
MARCH 16, 2025
PLEA FOR PEACE for soprano and orchestra as arranged by Chris David Westover-Muñoz, performed by the Orkestra Deta AMKP, Emily Noel Soprano soloist, conducted by Chris David Westover-Muñoz and Jaroslaw Ignaszak in the Polish Aviation Museum, Jana Pawła II 39, in Kraków, Poland.
MARCH 20, 2025 - 6 PM
EUTERPE'S CAPRICE for solo flute performed by Sasha Ishov at the Flute Center of Chicago at 8 South Michigan Ave #3400 Chicago, IL.
MARCH 26 - 29, 2025
MENTOR COMPOSER for the American Composer’s Orchestra EarShot Orchestral Readings at Indiana University where 8 orchestral works will be workshopped and recorded. Bloomington, IN.
MARCH 27, 2025
DANCING HELIX RITUALS for violin, clarinet, and piano performed by Artists From The Louis Moreau Institute: Rhiannon Banerdt, violin; Nicholas Davies, clarinet; Wesley Ducote, piano on the Louis Moreau Institute’s concert in New Marigny Theatre, New Orleans, LA. Special thanks to Morris Rosenzweig.
MARCH 28, 2025
SHAKESPEARE'S JESTERS for Saxophone Quartet performed by ~Nois at Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA.
APRIL 2, 2025
ILLUMINATIONS (FANFARE SINFONIA) for solo timpani, 9 brass and 3 percussion, performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, conducted by Professor Mark Scatterday with Izaiah Gonzales as timpani soloist, at the Eastman School of Music in Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY.
APRIL 2, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Terpsichore’s Box of Dreams for 13 virtuosi performed by Mannes American Composers Ensemble (MACE) conducted by David Fulmer at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School, New York, NY.
APRIL 2-6, 2025
HOWARD HANSON VISITING PROFESSOR AND GUEST COMPOSER at the Eastman School of Music. Several works will be performed. Rochester, NY.
APRIL 4, 2025 - 4:30 PM
BELL ILLUMINATIONS for solo piano performed by Daniel Pesca; TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano performed by Hanna Hurwitz and Daniel Pesca; QI for percussion quartet performed by Cass Lom, John Dawson, Andrew Lauler, and Remy Thomas; LAETITIA'S CAPRICE for solo soprano saxophone performed by Landon Chang; EURHYTHMY ETUDE for solo piano performed by Niyayesh Bagheri, piano, with dancer Aida Kasmaei; PIANO ETUDE #3: Cathedral Waterfall—Homage to Messiaen performed by Yixuan (Lisa) Ling; PIANO ETUDE #5: Rain at Funeral —Homage to Feldman performed by Kate Ragan; SQUEEZE for saxophone quartet performed by Zachary Costello - soprano saxophone, Isaac Boone - soprano saxophone, Joe Himmelberg - alto saxophone, Timothy Coene - tenor saxophone at the Eastman School of Music in Hatch Hall, Rochester, NY.
APRIL 4, 2025
SOLSTICE RITUAL — Homage to Varese and Ravel — for Fourteen Virtuosi: 4 percussion, 1 harp, piano, celesta, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violin, viola, cello, and VIOLIN CONCERTO #2 - Carillon Sky performed by violin soloist Leona Liu, Musica Nova conducted by Brad Lubman in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
APRIL 6, 2025
German Premiere of Sun Plaits — Bridges and Links for solo violin performed by Clarissa Bevilacqua. Presented by the Heidelberg Frühling at Aula der Neue Universität, Heidelberg, Germany
APRIL 8, 2025
PULSAR for solo violin performed by David Fulmer in Lang Recital Hall, CUNY, New York, NY.
APRIL 13-21, 2025
GUEST COMPOSER at the Weiwuyung Festival curated by Unsuk Chin and Maris Gothoni. Taking place in the National Performing Arts Center, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Kaohsiung City 830043, Taiwan. Selected compositions will be performed including DANCE MOBILE for 14 players, In Memoriam Oliver Knussen conducted by Brad Lubman with the Weiwuying Contemporary Music Ensemble. and TERPSICHORE'S DREAM for orchestra conducted by Wen-pin Chien, Artistic Director of Weiwuying, with the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra. CAPRICE for solo violin and RUSH for solo violin will be performed by violinist Inmo Yang.
APRIL 14, 2025 – 12:00 PM
DREAM CATCHER for solo violin performed by Benjamin Baker on the At the World’s Edge Festival Chicago 14-17 April 2025, in the Marae Gallery, Field Museum, 1400 S. Dusable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL.
APRIL 17, 2025
DANCE MOBILE for 13 players, In Memoriam Oliver Knussen, performed by Juan Trigos conducting the University of Kentucky New Music Ensemble in Singletary Recital Hall Lexington, KY.
APRIL 19, 2025
AMALGAM for solo piano performed by Amy Wurtz at OPERA America's National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.
APRIL 22, 2025
AUREOLE for orchestra, performed by the University of South Carolina Symphony conducted by Edvan Rodrigues Moraes in the Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC.
APRIL 24, 2025
GUEST COMPOSER – LEADING A MASTERCLASS for the OAcademy Composing Studio.
APRIL 30, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Augusta Read Thomas curated a program titled Thoughts and Riddles that blends her own music with that of longtime friends of the Orchestra of St. Luke's and emerging composers she has mentored, in honor of Orchestra of St. Luke's 50th anniversary. TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano; BEBOP RIDDLE V for flute and clarinet; and A CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN for piano trio will be performed. The DiMenna Center for Classical Music - Cary Hall, New York, NY. Emma Frucht, violin; Daire Fitzgerald, cello; Elizabeth Mann, flute; Nuno Antunes, clarinet; and Margaret Kampmeier, piano.
MAY 8, 2025
PULSAR for solo violin performed by David Fulmer in the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
MAY 9, 2025
SCAT for 5 players conducted by David Fulmer, performed at Tarisio in New York, NY.
MAY 10, 2025
SCAT for 5 players conducted by David Fulmer, performed at the Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
MAY 30, 2025
BEBOP RIDDLE I for marimba solo presented by The Center for New Music Ensemble, University of Iowa, David Gompper, director, performed by McKenna Blenk at the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Music Festival, Bangkok, Thailand.
JUNE 4, 2025
TRACES for solo piano, performed by Clare Longendyke at Guarneri Hall on the Nova Linea Series, Chicago, IL.
JUNE 27 & 28, 2025
BRIO for orchestra performed by The Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Giancarlo Guerrero, Chicago, IL.
JUNE 28, 2025
Third Coast Percussion presents Rhythm Fest an all-day celebration in honor of their 20th Anniversary Season and are performing RESOUNDING EARTH, Mvt 2 “Prayer” at 3:45 PM as part of a set that features Ensemble Dal Niente. Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL.
JULY 7, 2025 – 11:30 AM
World premiere of BUTTERFLY MUSINGS for solo flute, in Memoriam of treasured longstanding friend Carolyn “Kay” Swartz Bucksbaum. Performed by Nadine Asin at the Aspen Music Festival on the Bucksbaum Campus, 225 Music School Road, Aspen, CO.
JULY 17 – 2O, 2025
Composer in Residence at the Weekend of Chamber Music. Selected compositions will be performed including TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano; CHI for string quartet; SUN PLAITS — BRIDGES AND LINKS for solo violin; CANTOS FOR SLAVA for cello and piano; RAINBOW BRIDGE TO PARADISE for solo cello; and KLEE MUNGS for piano trio. Special thanks to Co-Artistic Directors: Andrew Waggoner (composer and violinist) and Caroline Stinson (cellist). Concerts are in the Catskills, NY.
JULY 23, 2025 - 7PM
RUMI SETTINGS for violin and cello, performed by Stefan Hersh, Violin and Tristan Cornu, Cello at the Ashburton Chamber Music festival in the Ashburton Arts Centre in Ashburton, England.
JULY 24 - 29, 2025
Mentor Composer for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DeGaetano Composition Institute, New York City with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Brad Lubman.
JULY 26, 2025
Italian Premiere of Sun Plaits — Bridges and Links for solo violin performed by Clarissa Bevilacqua in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy.
JULY 26, 2025 - 7PM
RUMI SETTINGS for violin and cello, performed by Stefan Hersh, Violin and Tristan Cornu, Cello, with dancer Lois Taylor, at the Ashburton Chamber Music festival in St. Andrew's Church in Ashburton, England.
JULY 29, 2025 - 5:45 PM
World Premiere of the solo percussion version of PLEA FOR PEACE for solo vibraphone (doubling crotales and triangles) and string quartet performed by the Chen String Quartet (Robert Chen, Laura Chen, Beatrice Chen, and Noah Chen) and percussionist Josh Graham, presented by the Rush Hour Concert Series, St. James Cathedral – 65 E Huron Street, Chicago, IL.
JULY 30, 2025 – TWO PERFORMANCES
TERPSICHORE'S BOX OF DREAMS for 13 virtuosi performed by the festival’s ensemble conducted by the festival’s five conducting students at the Cortona Sessions for New Music, Ede, Netherlands. Special gratitude to Chris Kim.
MID SEPTEMBER TBD, 2025
PULSAR for solo violin performed by David Fulmer again in the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Third Coast Percussion performs RESOUNDING EARTH, Mvt 2 “Prayer” as presented by the Chicago Chamber Music Society at a Private Venue in Chicago, IL
SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
PULSAR for solo violin performed by David Fulmer at St. Mark's @ the Bowery 131 E 10th St, New York, NY.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2025
MANSUETO TRIBUTE “DOUBLE HELIX” for two violins performed by Benjamin Baker and Yura Lee presented by the At the World’s Edge classical music festival in partnership with Orchestra Wellington in Futuna Chapel, Wellington, New Zealand.
OCTOBER 1, 2025
A selection from SIX PIANO ETUDES for solo piano performed by Dr. Xavier Beteta at Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Wheaton, IL.
OCTOBER 5, 2025
OF PARADISE AND LIGHT for orchestra performed by the Arizona Philharmonic, conducted by Peter Bay in Prescott, AZ.
OCTOBER 9, 2025
SILENT MOON for violin and viola performed by Benjamin Baker and Yura Lee presented by the At the World’s Edge classical music festival in Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell, New Zealand.
OCTOBER 10, 2025
MANSUETO TRIBUTE “DOUBLE HELIX” for two violins performed by Benjamin Baker and Yura Lee presented by the At the World’s Edge classical music festival in Coronation Hall, Bannockburn, New Zealand.
OCTOBER 18, 2025
World premiere of COSMIC HIEROGLYPHS — HOMAGE TO COUNT BASIE for orchestra commissioned by the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in celebration of its centennial. Gerard Schwarz conducts the Frost Symphony Orchestra, at the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, Miami, FL.
OCTOBER 28, 2025 — 7PM
World Premiere of HUMMINGBIRD MUSINGS — In Memoriam Alan Stout for soprano saxophone performed by Phil Pierick as part of his Chicago Bagatelles Project at the International Museum of Surgical Science, in the Hall of Immortals, Chicago, IL.
NOVEMBER 5, 2025
CRACKLE for wind ensemble performed by the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble, conducted by Rose Craig Tyler, at the Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN.
NOVEMBER 5-9, 2025
Guest Composer at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
NOVEMBER 6, 2025
QI for percussion quartet performed by the University of Illinois Percussion Ensemble in Smith Recital Hall, Urbana, IL. Special thanks to Assistant Professor and Percussion Program Coordinator, Josh Graham.
NOVEMBER 8, 2025
World Premiere of MOON DANCERS for 10 virtuosi commissioned by the Women in Harmoniemusik Consortium Members. Performed by LADYBAND, conducted by Rose Craig Tyler, at the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
NOVEMBER 15, 2025
TERPSICHORE'S BOX OF DREAMS for 13 virtuosi performed by The Grossman Ensemble conducted by Stefan Asbury at the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion, Washington, D.C. Gratitude to Sir George Benjamin who curated the concert.
DECEMBER 15, 2025
SOLSTICE RITUAL - Homage to Varese and Ravel for Fourteen Virtuosi performed by Mannes American Composers Ensemble (MACE) conducted by David Fulmer at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School, New York, NY.
