Events

Upcoming Engagements as Composer, Performer, Educator, and Public Speaker

2023

Jan. 7 – BROOKLYN, NYC – Bargemusic – Winter Here and Now Festival –  Jesse Mills – ”Two Paths” for solo violin (World Premiere)

Jan. 8 – BROOKLYN, NYC – Bargemusic – Winter Here and Now Festival –  Jesse Mills – ”Two Paths” for solo violin (World Premiere)

Jan. 12-March 18 – WASHINGTON DC – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away” for video, cello, and fixed media – The Cello Doll – Charles Sumner Museum School and Archives exhibit (ongoing until March 18)

Jan. 13 – YOUTUBE – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away” for video, cello, and fixed media – The Cello Doll – Video release (11 a.m. Eastern)

Jan. 20 – TULSA, OK – Guest Speaker – Music Department Masterclass – Tulsa Community College

Jan. 21 – TULSA, OK – “Where Our Voices Hide When We Must Speak” for string quartet (World Premiere) – Signature Quartet – Van Trease Performing Arts Center for Education

Jan. 27 – NYC LIVE STREAM – “Where Our Voices Hide When We Must Speak” for string quartet – Argus Quartet – Youtube

 

March 2 – PULLMAN, WASHINGTON – “Tomorrow We Breathe” for bassoon and cajón (World Premiere) – Ensemble 337 – Festival of Contemporary Arts Music, Washington State University

March 3 – GREENVILLE, SC – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Fine Arts Center

March 17 – WASHINGTON DC – Conducting DC Public Schools Honors Ensemble Roberto Hernandez’s “Astral Conquest” for large orchestra (World Premiere)

 

April. 8 – WASHINGTON DC – “Frontline” for clarinet, cello, and piano (World Premiere) – Bonnie Thron, Fred Jacobowitz, and Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

April. 10 – BOSTON – Graduation Day, for Trombone and Piano (World Premiere) – Liam Elion recital – Berklee College of Music

April. 26 – WASHINGTON DC – Anthem (collaborative piece for concert band written with my students; World Premiere) – US Navy Band – Education Concert

April. 29 – WASHINGTON DC – release of  composer interview and recording of “Where Our Voices Hide When We Must Speak” performed by the Argus Quartet – Composer’s Voice – Manhattan Neighborhood Network (Cable Access channel)

 

May 2-9 – ROCKVILLE, MD – Conducting Workshop participant – Rockville Concert Band

May 28 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra songs – Singer/songwriter set – Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 

 

June 2 – NORMAN, OK – Barn Burner for solo double bass (World Premiere) – Anthony Stoops – Oklahoma Music Teachers Association Conference – University of Oklahoma

June 8 – BUFFALO, NY –They Always Try to Tell You Who You Are – Slee Sinfonietta – June in Buffalo Composers Conference – SUNY Buffalo

June 14 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Barn Burner for solo double bass – Anthony Stoops – Bass Camp Recital – Butler University

 

July 3 – EUGENE, OR –Nocturne for a Rising Sea, for Haegeum, Clarinet, Piano, and Gayageum – Eunah Noh, Wonkak Kim, Eunhye Grace Choi, Eonhwa Lee – Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium – University of Oregon

July 4 – EUGENE, OR –Presentation on my music – Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium – University of Oregon

July 5 – EUGENE, OR –Gamelan Rays, Gamelan Ensemble –Pacific Rim Gamalan – Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium – University of Oregon

 

August 5 – LEESBURG, VA  – Career Pathways Panel Speaker – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation – Scholars Weekend

August 17 – CHARLES TOWN, WV  – The Air is on Fire, for cello and piano (World Premiere) – Katie Tertell and Efi Hackmey – Appalachian Chamber Music Festival

August 19 – NYC – Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix, for solo violin – Joshua Henderson – Recital, Church of Our Saviour

 

September 21 – WASHINGTON DC  – Open Wide the Doors for All, for violin and piano (World Premiere) – Students from The Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Stuart Hobson – 150th anniversary gala event, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archive

November 7 – PORTLAND, OR – Kaddish, for solo cello (World premiere) – Diane Chaplin, livestream concert

November 7 – JACKSON, MS – Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix, for solo violin – Joshua Henderson – Recital, Mississippi Museum of Art

November 8 – TALLAHASSEE, FL – Lecture on my multi-media music – Society of Composers Inc.

 

Dec. 23 – WASHINGTON DC – “Prelude: The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Dec. 31 – Princeton, NJ – WPRB – “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix,” for violin – Broadcast, “Viva 21st Century” with Marvin Rosen

 

2024

Jan 14 – NYC  – He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (co-arranged with Lester Lynch) – Lester Lynch and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City – Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration

Jan-June – WASHINGTON DC  – New trio for Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio at OAcademy/Harvard

 

Feb 2 – Zlin, CZ  – Recording release of “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman, violin  – Blue Griffin Label

 

March 4-8 – Easton, MD  – Residency with Gabriela Ortiz and Tom Kraines (Vc), Chelsea Meynig (Fl), and Sean Bailey (Cl)

 

April 1 – NYC  – Where Our Voices Hide When We Must Speak, for string quartet – Lehner String Quartet – Progressive Musicians Laureats Gala – Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall

 

May 8 – Zlin, CZ  – Recording of “We Persist, for orchestra (as first prize winner of the adult division of their competition) – Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Gevorg Sargasyan conducting  – Cicerone Music Label

May 10 – WASHINGTON DC – Several new arrangements (World Premiere)  – US Navy Band  – TBA

May 25 – ANDOVER, MA  – Open Wide the Doors for All, for violin and piano (as first prize winner of the adult division of their competition) – Sempre Musick – Location TBA

 

 

2025

TBA – TULSA, OK  – New work – Scott Seaton and Tulsa Signature Symphony – Van Trease PACE

 

 

 

Past Events

 

2022

 

Dec. 11 – BARTLESVILLE, OK – “Variations on Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah” for brass choir and percussion – John Jenkins and the Festive Brass of the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra – Greater First Baptist Church

Dec. 7 – WASHINGTON DC – “Breaking the Surface” for Soprano Saxophone and piano – Rhonda Buckley-Bishop and Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Nov. 16 – NYC – WEBCAST – The Dimenna Center for Classical Music – Tribeca New Music Festival – Joshua Henderson – ”Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin

Nov. 15 – NYC – WEBCAST – The Dimenna Center for Classical Music – Tribeca New Music Festival – Joshua Henderson – ”Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin

Nov. 14 – NYC – WEBCAST – The Dimenna Center for Classical Music – Tribeca New Music Festival – Joshua Henderson – ”Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin

Nov. 13 – NYC – WEBCAST – The Dimenna Center for Classical Music – Tribeca New Music Festival – Joshua Henderson – ”Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin

Oct. 29 – NYC – The Dimenna Center for Classical Music – Tribeca New Music Festival – Joshua Henderson – ”Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin

Oct. 16 - WASHINGTON DC – ”The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Oct. 16 – COLLEGE PARK, MD – “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin – Airi Yoshioka – District New Music Coalition Concert, The University of Maryland

Oct. 11 – BETHESDA, MD – “Breaking the Surface” for soprano saxophone and piano – Rhonda Buckley-Bishop and Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Oct. 4 – PORTLAND, OR – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away” for cello and fixed media – Diane Chaplin – Yom Kippur Service Livestream

Sept. 11 – WASHINGTON DC – “We Persist” for orchestra – DC Strings Orchestra – Season 7 Opening Concert, Harbour Square

Sept. 7 – HILLSDALE, MI – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Hillsdale College Recital

Sept. 3 – DALLAS, TX – “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin – Marina Kifferstein – Dallas New Music Virtual Festival/NACUSA

Aug. 23 – CORVALLIS, OR – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Insider Music Academy Festival

Aug. 8 – TREBINJE, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Music and More Summerfest

July 11-29 – WASHINGTON DC  – Double Bass Teaching Artist – DC Strings Workshop

July 16 – NAPA, CA  – Songs from ”On My Journey Now; Hymns and Spirituals” (contributed arrangements and orchestrations) – Lester Lynch and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City – Festival Napa Valley

July 3 – WICHITA, KS – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – ICT Young Artist Academy at Friends University

 

June 5 – WASHINGTON DC – “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” (World Premiere) for solo violin – Domenic Salerni – Washington Musica Viva

 

May 29 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra songs – Singer/songwriter set – Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 

May 21 – IRVINE, CA – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away” for cello and fixed media – The Cello Doll (Carolyn Regula) – Cello Madness Congress, The OC School of Music and Dance

May 14 – PORTLAND, OR – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away” for cello and fixed media – Diane Chaplin, Cascadia Composers Spring Concert – Lincoln Recital Hall, Portland State University

May 13 – THOMPSON, CT – The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko – NACUSA Sounds New Concert Tour – Concert Broadcast

May 10 – HONOLULU, HI – The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko – NACUSA Sounds New Concert Tour – Concert Broadcast

May 8 – ANCHORAGE, AK – The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko – NACUSA Sounds New Concert Tour – Concert Broadcast

May 3 – WHAPETOWN, ND – The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko – NACUSA Sounds New Concert Tour – Concert Broadcast

April 14 – WASHINGTON DC – “Between Words” for solo cello – Bonnie Thron – Washington Musica Viva

April 13 – NEW YORK, NY – Guest chamber music and composition coach – New York University – Mixed Nouveau class

 

2021

Nov. 21 – WASHINGTON DC – “The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Nov. 19 – WASHINGTON DC – “The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Carl Banner – Washington Musica Viva

Oct. 31 – EUGENE, OR – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – University of Oregon

Oct. 20 – TULSA, OK – “They Always Try to Tell You Who You Are” for clarinet and vibraphone/kick drum – Duo Avanzando – Music at Midday series, St. John’s Episcopal Church

Oct. 10 – BELLINGHAM, WA – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Western Washington University

Oct. 3 - RADIO BROADCAST, MI – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – In Studio A, Interlochen Public Radio

Oct. 3 – WASHINGTON DC – “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away,” for cello and fixed media – Susanna Mendlow – District New Music Coalition Conference  – George Washington University, Corcoran School of Design

Sept. 26 - MANISTEE, MI – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Ramsdell Concerts Series

Sept. 17 – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – “They Always Try to Tell You Who You Are” for clarinet and vibraphone/kick drum (World Premiere) – Duo Avanzando – Epworth Villa

Sept. 10 – CANYON, TX – “A Small Dance in Difficult Times” for solo violin – Rossitza Jekova-Goza – West Texas A & M University

Aug. 17 - CORVALLIS, OR – “When Our Home is Gone” for solo violin – Hal Grossman – Inside Music Academy

July – TULSA, OK/VIRTUAL – Soundtrack to Charles Elmore’s short film “The Chest,” starring Danielle Evon Ploeger and Dylan Baker – Mainstream Release

April 16 – Tulsa, OK/Online – KWGS – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – Broadcast, 

March 6 – Online – The RJ Young Show – Podcast guest, talking about film scores – Broadcast

Feb. 25 – Lexington, KY/Online – WUKY – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – Broadcast, “Essential Classics” with Tom Godell

Feb. 16 – Lexington, KY/Online – WUKY – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – Broadcast, “Essential Classics” with Tom Godell 

Jan. 20 – Princeton, NJ – WPRB – “Etiquette,” for cello – Broadcast, “Classical Discoveries” with Marvin Rosen

Dec. 1-Jan 1 – LONDON, UK/Online – Soundtrack to Charles Elmore’s short film “The Chest,” starring Danielle Evon Ploeger and Dylan Baker – London Lift-Off Film Festival

2020

 

July 23 – FAYETTEVILLE, AR/VIRTUAL – KUAF – ”We Persist,” for orchestra – Tulsa Symphony Orchestra (virtual orchestra) – Root Tulsa’s facebook and youtube pages

July 13 – TULSA, OK/VIRTUAL – ”We Persist,” for orchestra – Tulsa Symphony Orchestra (virtual orchestra) – Sound Perimeter hosted by Lia Uribe 

June 22 – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK/VIRTUAL – Soundtrack to Charles Elmore’s short film “The Chest,” starring Danielle Evon Ploeger and Dylan Baker – deadCenter Film Festival

June 11 – JERSEY CITY, NJ/VIRTUAL – ”The One for Whom the Song Dreams,” for solo piano – Riko Higuma – Con Vivo Music (live stream)

June 1-5 – TULSA, OK  – Composition Faculty – TU Composition Seminar – Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa  CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

April 25 – NORMAN, OK – ”Etiquette,” for solo violin – Elise Greidanus recital – Catlett Music Center, University of Oklahoma CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

March 19 – WNYC-FM – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – Broadcast – Syracuse, Utica, Watertown

March 14 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Beethoven Symphony No. 5 – Van Trease PACE  CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

March 12 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (Open Rehearsal performance) – Van Trease PACE  CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

March 5 – TULSA, OK – Curator and world premiere of “A Prayer for Those Who Look Away,” for cello and fixed media – Inbal Segev – OK Electric Festival – Duet Jazz, through Living Arts of Tulsa

March 2 – Fayetteville, AR – “Impressions of Manuela Saenz” concerto for bassoon and orchestra – Lia Uribe (bassoon), University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra  – Location TBA

Feb. 21 – TULSA, OK – Album release for Navona Records and Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of ”The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko” for orchestra – Magic City Books, with poetry reading by Zhenya Yevtushenko

Feb. 14 – Northampton, NH/worldwide – Album release for Navona Records and Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of ”The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko” for orchestra. (Pre-order the album here)

Feb. 13 – Garberville, CA – KMUD – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – Broadcast

2019  

 

Oct. 17  – STILLWATER, OK  – “Lullaby” for solo cello and cello ensemble – Hannah Stanley (solo cello) –McKnight Center Recital Hall, Oklahoma State University

Oct. 13 – TULSA, OK – Chamber Music Tulsa – Preconcert lecture, for the Lysander Trio concert  

June 3-7 – TULSA, OK  – Composition Faculty – TU Composition Seminar – Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa

April 28 – TULSA, OK – Chamber Music Tulsa – Pre-Concert Talk with KWGS’s Scott Gregory and composer/violist Korine Fujiwara for the Carpe Diem String Quartet concert – Tulsa Performing Arts Center, John H Williams Theatre

April 20 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Mahler Symphony no. 2 – Van Trease PACE

March 22-23 – TULSA, OK – Curator – OK Electric Festival, featuring cellist Amanda Gookin performing Forward Music Project, Tiny Boxes (pianists Dave Broome and Paul Sweet), and others – Living Arts of Tulsa

March 9 – HONG KONG – “When Our Home is Gone,” for solo violin – Dennis Kim Recital – Private Recital

March 16 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Amy Beach Symphony in E Minor + Tchaikovsky Violin Concert – Van Trease PACE

March 7 – LAWTON, OK – “The One For Whom the Song Dreams,” prelude for solo piano – Roger Price, Cameron University Piano Recital

 March 5-April 30 – TULSA, OK – Artist Peer Facilitator for Artist Inc. – Mid-America Arts Alliance and The Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa – Hardesty Performing Arts Center

 March 4 – TULSA, OK – Guest adjudicator – 11th Annual University of Tulsa Spring Film Festival – University of Tulsa

Feb. 27 – OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC – “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko” for orchestra – Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Petrdlík conducting, recording session for release on Navona Records (Parma Recordings)

Feb. 26 – TULSA, OK – “The One For Whom the Song Dreams,” prelude for solo piano – Roger Price, University of Tulsa Piano Recital, Gussman Concert Hall of the Lorton Performing Arts Center

Feb. 21 – TULSA, OK – “Etiquette,” for solo cello – Matt Magerkurth, Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert – Gussman Concert Hall of the Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa

Feb. 16 – WASHINGTON DC – “Between Words” for solo cello – Susanna Mendlow, House Concert

Jan. 25-26  – STILLWATER, OK  – composer-in-residence at OSU CelloFest – Lullaby for solo cello and cello ensemble and masterclasses – Seretean Center, Oklahoma State University

Jan. 18 – TULSA, OK – ”The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – University of Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Rick Wagner conducting – Oklahoma Music Educator’s Association Conference, Honors Orchestra performance, Cox Business Center

 

2018 

 Dec. 15 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Christmas in Tulsa,” featuring Cherish the Ladies concert – Van Trease PACE

Dec. 14 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Christmas in Tulsa,” featuring Cherish the Ladies concert – Van Trease PACE

Nov. 11 – TULSA, OK – Chamber Music Tulsa – Preconcert lecture, for the Brentano Quartet concert

Nov. 3 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Beethoven Symphony No. 3 – Van Trease PACE 

Oct. 7 – Stafford, TX – “Impressions of Manuela Saenz” concerto for bassoon and small orchestra (World Premiere) – Lia Uribe (bassoon), Dominique Røyem and the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra  – Stafford Centre

Aug. 27 – TULSA, OK – ”Nocturne for Bill,” for solo cello – Erica Parker recital – Timko Barton Hall, Oral Roberts University

Aug. 3-5 – Leesburg, VA  – arts panel and performance with composer/cellist Evan Kassof – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholars Weekend

June 23 – BOSTON – ”A Ghostly Blues,” for piano trio (World Premiere) – SICPP “Iditarod” concert – Brown Hall, New England Conservatory

June 4-8 – TULSA, OK  – Composition Faculty – TU Composition Seminar – Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa

April 28 – TULSA, OK – ”Etiquette,” for solo violin – Megan Kepley recital – Meinig Recital Hall, University of Tulsa

April 27 – TULSA, OK – ”Etiquette,” for solo violin – Megan Kepley recital – Thomas Edison High School

April 21 – TULSA, OK – ”Others,” for orchestra (World Premiere) – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting – Van Trease PACE

April 19 – TULSA, OK – Open Rehearsal + conversation with Andrés Franco about “Others,” for orchestra – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco – Van Trease PACE

April 12 – TULSA, OK – Public Presentation  – ”Others” – In Conversation about my new orchestral work for Signature Symphony with conductor Andrés Franco  – Center for Creativity, Tulsa Community College

April 7 – TULSA, OK – Guest adjudicator – Heartland Gaming Expo Gallery Showcase – University of Tulsa

April 3 – EDMOND, OK – Chalyn Edson  – presentation on visual art created in response to music by Oklahoma-based composers, which includes “Etiquette” for solo cello – National Conference for Undergraduate Research, The University of Central Oklahoma

March 31 – TULSA, OK – Curator – OK Electric Festival – Living Arts of Tulsa

March 30 – TULSA, OK – Curator and world premiere of “Character Study of Intimate Spaces: 3D →2D,” for viola, viola consort and fixed media – Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti – OK Electric Festival – Living Arts of Tulsa

March 5-April 30 – TULSA, OK – Artist Peer Facilitator for Artist Inc. – Mid-America Arts Alliance and The Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa – Hardesty Performing Arts Center

March 2-3  – STILLWATER, OK  – composer-in-residence at OSU CelloFest – lecture recital on writing Encores for solo cello, with performance of “Between Words” by Donny Crider – Seretean Center, Oklahoma State University

Feb. 22 - TULSA, OK – “Past Lives,” for three oboes and English horn – Sarah Jury Evans, Lisa Wagner, Darry Carlstone, Megan Kesterson, Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert – University of Tulsa, Lorton PAC

Feb. 14-March 21 - TULSA, OK – Guest Lecture Series – How We Got From Beethoven to the Present – Oklahoma State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Zarrow Pointe

Feb. 12 – TULSA, OK – ”The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra – University of Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Rick Wagner conducting – University of Tulsa, Lorton PAC

Feb. 4 – TULSA, OK – Guest adjudicator – Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition – Oral Roberts University

Jan. 16 – EDMOND, OK  – album release – “Etiquette,” for solo cello – “Music for Peace vol. 2″ by Tess Remy-Schumacher – University of Central Oklahoma

2017

Dec. 13-14 – CAIRO, EGYPT  – music used in Steven Dietz’s play “Dracula” – “The Abyss Looks Back,” for string trio – Cairo American College

Nov. 26 – TULSA, OK  – Noam Faingold, members of Tulsa Rock Quartet + friends perform Burning City Orchestra songs for voice + string quartet – Guthrie Green, “Glow On the Green” event

Nov. 4 – TULSA, OK – ”The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra (World Premiere) – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting – Van Trease PACE

Nov. 2 – TULSA, OK – Open rehearsal, composer interview and audience Q + A for “The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko,” for orchestra  – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting/moderating – Van Trease PACE

Sept. 15 – TULSA, OK  – masterclass – Professional Music Notation and Score Presentation, Tulsa Community College Music Recital Class – TCC Campus

June 7 – TULSA, OK  – ”Between Words” for solo cello (World Premiere) – Matt Magerkurth, TU Composition Academy New music “Brown Bag It” Recital – Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa Campus

June 7 – TULSA, OK  – Noam Faingold + Tulsa Rock Quartet perform Burning City Orchestra songs  – Tulsa PAC, Westby Pavilion “Brown Bag It” series

June 5-9 – TULSA, OK  – Composition Faculty – TU Composition Seminar – Lorton Performing Arts Center, The University of Tulsa

May 28 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra – Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 5 – TULSA, OK  – Tulsa Community College Community Choir – “(Sub)liminal (Sub)lime,” for choir – Tulsa Community College Graduation pre-concert – Van Trease PACE

April 29 – TULSA, OK – Tulsa Community College Community Choir – “(Sub)liminal (Sublime),” for choir (World Premiere) – TEDx event – McKeon Center for Creativity (invitation only; live public broadcast at Skyloft)

April 29 – TULSA, OK – Curator – OK Electric Festival – Tulsa Living Arts

April 28 – TULSA, OK – Curator, World Premier of arrangement of Lindsey Neal’s “Rivers Rising” for singer/songwriter, string quartet and electronics – OK Electric Festival – Tulsa Living Arts

April 21 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for Mahler Symphony No. 1 – Van Trease PACE

April 8 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Signature Celtic,” featuring Cherish the Ladies concert – Van Trease PACE

April 7 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Signature Celtic,” featuring Cherish the Ladies concert – Van Trease PACE

April 4 – TULSA, OK – “Etiquette” for solo violin, and preview talk about new work – Maureen O’Boyle, Tulsa Signature Symphony salon concert – Tulsa Historical Society

March 21 – OWASSO, OK – Guest Lecture – Wagner’s Influence on World War II – Homeschool Co-op

Feb. 25 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Night at the Oscars” concert – Van Trease PACE

Feb. 25 – SPRINGFIELD, MO  – participant in Springfield Symphony/SDCO Conducting Workshop – Drury Clara Thompson Hall

Feb. 24 – TULSA, OK  – double bassist with Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andrés Franco conducting for “Night at the Oscars” concert – Van Trease PACE

Feb. 16 – NYC  – guest composer at Kaufman Music Center (Special Music School) – composition masterclass

Feb. 2 – NYC  – Songs from “On My Journey Now; Hymns and Spirituals” (contributed arrangements and orchestrations) – Lester Lynch and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City – Christ Church

Feb. 1 – THE NETHERLANDS – Lester Lynch, “On My Journey Now; Hymns and Spirituals” album release date (contributed arrangements) – Pentatone Records

 

2016

Nov. 17 – TULSA, OK  – Sarah Jury Evans & Jaime Carini – ”Breaking the Surface” for oboe and piano – Faculty Recital, Van Trease Performing Arts Center, Tulsa Community College

Nov. 17 – TULSA, OK  – Sarah Jury Evans & Jaime Carini – ”Breaking the Surface” for oboe and piano – Lunch Time Recital, University Methodist Church, The University of Tulsa

Nov. 4 – BOSTON, MA  – Sound Energy – The Abyss Looks Back, for string trio (world premiere commission) – Old Southe Church, Gordon Chapel

Nov. 1 – TULSA, OK  – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio – The University of Tulsa

Oct. 27 – NORMAN, OK  – Guest Composer – Composer’s Forum – Catlett Music Center, University of Oklahoma School of Music

Oct. 26 – TULSA, OK  – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio – Lunch Time Recital, St. John’s Episcopal Church

Oct. 20 – TULSA, OK  – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio – Homecoming Week featured composer, Lunch Time Recital, University Methodist Church

Oct. 17 – TULSA, OK  – Chamber Music Tulsa – Public lecture: “Beethoven in Film,” preceding “Immortal Beloved” screening – Circle Cinema

Oct. 9 – TULSA, OK – Chamber Music Tulsa – Preconcert lecture w/ Bruce Sorrell, for the Trio Solisti concert

 Sept. 12 - TULSA, OK – Workshop – “I Can’t Compose Music” seminar (how to write a classical melody)  – McKeon Center for Creativity

July 10-August 7 (Sundays) – LENOX, MA – Teaching – Musicianship Class – Boston University Tanglewood Institute

June 27 – LENOX, MA – Ken Radnofsky – “Breaking the Surface” for oboe and piano – Trinity Church – Boston University Tanglewood Institute faculty recital

June 10 – TULSA, OK – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio  – Tulsa Performing Arts Center, “Brown Bag It” lunch series

June 9 – TULSA, OK – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio – University of Tulsa, Lorton Performing Arts Center Meinig Hall

June 3 – EDMOND, OK – Trio Tulsa – ”Achilles Heel” for piano trio, (world premiere, commissioned by OMTA) – Oklahoma Music Teacher’s Association state conference, Oklahoma Christian University

May 27 – LONDON – Mainly Two – Release of “Dark Conscience” for two violins on Mainly Two’s album Syngery, on the Turquoise Coconut label

May 27 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra – Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, Cabaret Theater

April 15 – TULSA, OK – lecture – University of Tulsa School of Music Composer’s Forum – Pierre Schaeffer and the Origin of Tape Music

April 10 – STILLWATER, OK – Red Dirt Radio Hour  –  interview about Burning City Orchestra’s album  – Radio interview with John Cooper of 107.5 KOSU (Tulsa)/91.7 (OKC) (PBS affiliate)

April 9  - TULSA, OK – curator, lecturer – OK Electric (Electroacoustic Music Festival) – Tulsa Living Arts 

April 8  - TULSA, OK – curator, performer – OK Electric (Electroacoustic Music Festival) – Tulsa Living Arts

April 4 – TULSA, OK – Studio Tulsa  –  feature and interview about Burning City Orchestra and OK Electric music festival – Radio interview with Rich Fisher of 89.5 KWGS (PBS affiliate)

April 2 – STILLWATER, OK – “Past Lives” for oboe quartet (world premiere, commissioned by Sarah Evans in honor of oboist Nancy Ambrose King) – Oklahoma Oboe Festival at Oklahoma State University  – Alison Robuck, Caitlin McKeighan, Katie Phillips, Sarah Evans

March 17 – NYC  –  performing Burning City Orchestra songs at Singer/Songwriters Unite – Leftfield Bar

March 11 – TULSA, OK – “Prelude” for cello and piano – Evenings at Bernsen concert series, First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Bree Ahern and Sun Min Kim recital

February 26 – TULSA, OK – Performing Brahms 4 – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Andres Franco conducting

Feb. 1 – TULSA, OK – ”Walking in Your Sleep” for voice/guitar and piano trio (from Burning City Orchestra) – Contemporary Music Musicale, w/Joe Bates, Anthony Conroy and Drew Crane – Tulsa Living Arts 

Jan. 26 – LONDON – LSO Soundhub Resonance FM podcast – one of several composers’ works featured in a discussion on quotation in music – 8 pm GMT (repeat broadcast)

Jan. 24 – LONDON – London Symphony Orchestra’s Soundhub Resonance FM podcast – one of several composers’ works featured in a discussion on quotation in music (including Puccini, Ives, John Corigliano, John Adams, Missy Mazzoli, myself and a few others) – 12 pm GMT

2015

Dec. 20 – featured composer – “I Think I’ll Miss This Place” for marimba and string quartet – Composer’s Circle.com

Dec. 8 - DURHAM, NC  – ”allinmymind” – WXDU, Burning City Orchestra

Dec. 2 – LONDON  – radio interview + “Madame” – King’s College London Radio, Burning City Orchestra

Nov. 21 – TULSA, OK  – Burning City Orchestra album release listening party 2 – Holy Mountain records

Nov. 8 – TULSA, OK  –  Burning City Orchestra album release listening party 1 – Blue Moon Cafe

Nov. 8 – TULSA, OK  –  ”Madame” – Red Dirt Radio, Burning City Orchestra 

Nov. 1 - Burning City Orchestra album release – burningcityorchestra.bandcamp.com 

Oct. 12 – TULSA, OK – Guest adjudicator – University of Tulsa/Chamber Music Tulsa Chamber Ensemble Competition – The University of Tulsa

Aug. 28 - LOS ANGELES, CA  – ”A Dirge in the Rain” for string quartet – Iridas Strings (private function) 

June 18 – TULSA – “Hymn to Romance” for solo bass – Jesus Villareal

June 15 – LONDON – “Prelude” for cello and piano – Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court, Naomi McLean recital 

May 24 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra – Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 24 – CHICAGO – quintet for string quartet and marimba (world premiere) – Depaul Art Museum, Pavo Quartet and Peter Ferry (Alarm Will Sound)

May 23 – NYC – “There’s Poetry Between Us” for flute and cello – Word Up bookshop, Migrations Duo (Maria Johnson and Paul Wolfram)

May 20 – TAMPERE, Finland – “Killing the Past II” for piano quintet (world premiere) – new music concert, Dennis Kim, concertmaster of Tampere Symphony Orchestra and members of TSO 

May 5 – LONDON – “Dark Conscience” for violin duo – St. Stephens Church, Walbrook Mainly Two duo (Marie Schreer and John Garner)

April 29 – TULSA, OK – composition masterclass with composer David Amram, for my Barthelmes Conservatory composition studio – Barthelmes Conservatory

April 28 – LONDON – “Dark Conscience” for violin duo – Nonclassical Records “Americuration” concert series @ The Russet, Mainly Two duo

April 24 – TULSA, OK – performance of my “Hymn to Romance” for solo double bass, and conductor for Steve Mackey’s “Micro Concerto”  – Tulsa Camerata, Hardesty Arts Center

April 19 – TULSA, OK – “Etiquette” for solo cello – Living Arts new music concert, Anthony Conroy, also featuring the music of my students from the Barthelmes Conservatory and Tulsa Community College, and students of other Tulsa area composition teachers

April 18 – TULSA, OK – guest double bass – Tulsa Signature Symphony, Murry Sidlin’s “Defiant Requiem” project (Verdi Requiem)

April 17 – TULSA, OK – composition masterclass with conductor Murry Sidlin, for my Tulsa Community College composition studio – Tulsa Community College

April 15 – TULSA, OK – “Hymn to Romance” for solo double bass – Tulsa Camerata, Tulsa PAC, Westby Pavilion “Brown Bag It” series

April 14 – LONDON – “A Dirge in the Rain” for Jazz trio and string quartet – Christian Prior Septet (St. George’s Church, Bloomsbury)

April 13 – TULSA, OK – new “Cadenza” (world premiere) for Capuzzi’s concerto for double bass and Symphonic Winds – Taylor Nebeker and the Oral Roberts University Symphonic Wind Band, Timko-Barton Hall

April 6 – TULSA, OK – orchestral music guest lecture – Classical Conversations educational co-op

March 2 – TULSA, OK – Burning City Orchestra – Soundpony (21+) – w/ Frogbelly and Symphony

Feb. 27 – BROKEN ARROW, OK – ”Medley/Fantasia” (world premiere) for solo piano – Eunju Chang  – Performing Arts Center 

Feb. 25 – NYC – “Etiquette” for solo violin – private event (Gramercy) – Joshua Henderson

Feb. 13-21 – La Cañada, CA – several arrangements in Ann Moore Miller’s “Esther: A New Musical” (world premiere) – La Cañada Presbyterian Church

Jan. 5 – TULSA, OK – “The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for piano (Lyndon Meyer), and “Breaking the Surface” for oboe and piano (Sarah Evans and Jaime Carini)  – New Music Musicale, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame

2014

Nov. 15 – OXFORD, UK – “Killing the Past III” for orchestra (world premiere) – Voice of Argentina reprise concert, Christ Church Cathedral

Nov. 9 – TULSA, OK – Pre-concert talk – Morgenstern Trio – Chamber Music Tulsa

Oct. 3 – CHICKASAW, OK – conference presentation – Tonal disorientation in the music of The Pixies – Oklahoma Music Theory Roundtable Conference, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Sept. 12 – TULSA, OK – Composition Workshop – Tulsa Community College PACE Performing Arts Center

Sept. 6 – VENICE, Italy – “The Golden Era” (feature film with score by Eli Marshall, and additional orchestration by Noam Faingold; recorded by London Symphony Orchestra) – Venice Film Festival

Aug. 15-September 20 – TULSA, OK – composition faculty – Composition Workshop with Tulsa Camerata, Midtown School for the Performing Arts

Aug. 6 – NYC – “Breaking the Surface” for oboe and piano (world premiere) – Rob Botti (New York Philharmonic), International Double Reed Society Conference

Aug. 4 – LENOX, MA – “The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Thomas Weaver, Trinity Church

July 22 – LENOX, MA – Composition Masterclass, Boston University  Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)

July 5 – NORWICH, UK – “Sunrise” for string quartet – Guastalla Quartet, Norwich Park Lane Chapel

June 20 – ARGENTINA, Mar del Plata – “Knife in the Water” – Voice of Argentina Festival

June 11 – Lake Dunmore, Vermont – “The One for Whom the Song Dreams” for solo piano – Riko Higuma, New Music on the Point Festival

June 6 – NYC – “Knife in the Water” for violin and cello – Vox Hebraica

May 29 – GREECE, Kythera – “Etiquette” for solo violin – Phillip Granell, CoMA (Contemporary Music for All)

May 25 – LONDON – “Dark Conscience” for violin duo – Mainly Two, Zaha Hadid Gallery

May 25 – NYC – Burning City Orchestra – Lower East Side Festival

May 21 TULSA, OK – composition faculty – Composition Workshop with Tulsa Camerata, Midtown School for the Performing Arts

 May 9 – LONDON – “Dark Conscience” for violin duo (world premiere) – Mainly Two duo, Victoria and Albert Museum

May 3 – NYC – “There’s Poetry Between Us” for flute and cello – Maria Johnson and Paul Wolfram 

April 24 – TULSA, OK – “Prelude” for cello and piano – Diane Bucchianeri and Jaime Carini, Tulsa Community College 

April 4 – TULSA, OK – Guest Composer – University of Tulsa Composition Program

March 6 – TULSA, OK – Prelude for cello and piano – Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert, University of Tulsa, Diane Bucchianeri and Roger Price

 

2013

Oct 26 – TULSA, OK – “Etiquette” for solo violin – James Ruggles recital

Sept. 19 – LONDON – Burning City Orchestra – i = u festival

Aug. 1 – WATERVILLE, ME – “Knife in the Water” for violin and cello – Atlantic Music Festival, Dennis Kim (Tampere Philharmonic) and Amanda Gookin (PubliQuartet) 

June 14 - PARIS, France, Seine-et-Marne, Yonne – “Sunrise” for string quartet –ProQuartet Chamber Music Society, Kallisto Quartet

June 2 – NYC – “Hymn to Romance” for solo double bass – Pat Swoboda recital

May 15 – NYC – “Knife in the Water” for violin and cello – Cadillac Moon Ensemble

May 1 – LONDON – “Knife in the Water” for violin and cello – Park Quartet, King’s College London