"The open, collaborative nature of Chicago's new music community is home to an extraordinary crop of ensembles and a vibrant landscape of composers. The scene for new music in Chicago is exceptional and I dedicate myself to supporting and encouraging its sustainability and growth." — Augusta Read Thomas
DECEMBER 21, 2025 – 3:30 PM GMT
World Premiere of EQUINOX RITUAL Hommage to Igor Stravinsky for percussion quartet presented on the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere in a remarkable video featuring percussionists Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Nonoka Mizukami, and Adam Rosenblatt on YouTube. Performed in the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.
2026-27 Season
World Premiere of ASTRAL ILLUMINATIONS — HOMMAGE TO EMILY DICKINSON for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra, premiered by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ryan Bancroft. This work is co-commissioned by several orchestras including the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and other orchestras to be announced.
FEBRUARY 25, 2026
World Premiere of PEARLS for percussion quartet commissioned and premiered by Third Coast Percussion. Dedicated with admiration and deep gratitude to Third Coast Percussion. Presented by Nova Linea Musica at Merit School of Music in Gottlieb Hall, Chicago, IL.
October 19 - 23, 2026
Co-commissioner World Premiere of NEW WORK for solo cello and orchestra, premiered by cellist Alban Gerhardt, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Brett Dean. This work is co-commissioned by several orchestras including The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ryan Bancroft, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and other orchestras to be announced.
DECEMBER 13, 2025
SUN DANCE for orchestra performed by the Orchestre Pasdeloup, conducted by Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk at the Philharmonie de Paris in the Grande Salle: Pierre Boulez, Paris, France.
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.
DECEMBER 20, 21, 22, 2025
Private workshop reading (~ 35 minutes) of ENCHANTED LABYRINTHS, opera/music-theater scenes for 16 virtuosi, based on the libretto for P L U R A B E L L E (Toronto, 2022 - ) an opera in two or more acts, by Thomas Peter O’Brien, steeped in the “Anna Livia Plurabelle” chapter of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and drawing out and upon some of the 3,000+ references to opera that he fused into his flourishing text. Chicago, IL.
DECEMBER 21, 2025 – 3:30 PM GMT
World Premiere of EQUINOX RITUAL Hommage to Igor Stravinsky for percussion quartet presented on the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere in a remarkable video featuring percussionists Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Nonoka Mizukami, and Adam Rosenblatt on YouTube. Performed in the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.
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