Upcoming and recent events
• May 28 & 31, 2011: STRAIGHT UP
To be performed by the Prism Quartet on a concert celebrating the release
of their new CD "Dedication", featuring short works by 23 composers written for
the quartet's 20th anniversary. The concert will be at 7:00 pm at World Cafe Live,
at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. in Philadelphia, and will be repeated at
10:00 pm on May 31 at The Stone, 16 Avenue C, in New York.
• May 1, 2011: TWO ARMS OF THE HARBOR
This motet, on a text by Thomas Merton, will be given its first performance by
Emmanuel Music at the 10:00 am Eucharist at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury
St., Boston. Ryan Turner will conduct. Bach Cantata 158, "Der Friede sei mit dir"
will also be performed. Read more about the motet at:
• May 22, 2010: LUMINISM (premiere)
Commissioned by Albany Symphony
Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller, conductor
Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center
Troy, NY
•May 2, 2010: DIABELLI VARIATION (premiere)
Commissioned by Network for New Music; one of 25 new variations by 25
composers on the theme from Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations
Network for New Music Ensemble
Settlement Music School
Queen Street Branch
Philadelphia, PA
November 13, 2009: “Cinder” from Holy the Firm
Elizabeth Collins Cook, soprano
John Clodfelter, piano
All Hallows Episcopal Church
Wyncote, PA
•October 29, 30, 31, 2009: SONGS FOR ADAM (premiere)
Commissioned by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Text written specifically for this piece by Susan Stewart
Brian Mulligan, baritone
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Chicago, IL
•October 27, 28, 2009: DANCEPIECE
Da Capo Chamber Players
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY (October 27)
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (October 28)
•September 25, 27, 2009: FOUR SACRED SONGS
Jamie Van Eyck, soprano
Orchestra 2001
James Freeman, conductor
Perelman Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, PA (September 25)
Lang Recital Hall, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA (September 27)
•April 18, 2009: HOLY THE FIRM
Maren Severtson, soprano
J. J. Penna, piano
Westminster Choir College
Princeton, NJ
•November 21, 2008: SHORT STORIES
Prism Saxophone Quartet
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
•November 8, 2008: TIMES LIKE THESE(premiere)
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Stephen Gosling, piano
2008 Festival of New American Music
Sacramento State University
Sacramento, CA
(excerpts to be performed at Festival Gala, November 6, 2008)
Additional performances during fall and winter 2008-09 at:
University of Utah (November 10)
Brigham Young University (November 11)
UC San Diego (November 13)
University of Pittsburgh (January 17)
University of Pennsylvania (February 10, 2009)
SUNY Buffalo (February 12, 2009)
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City (February 23, 2009)
•October 29, 2008: THREE SACRED SONGS
Mary Mackenzie, soprano,
Kathleen Tagg, pianist
Global Encounters
Music on MacDougall
New York, NY
•October 13, 2008: FANTASY–VARIATIONS
Lontano Ensemble
Second London Festival of American Music
The Warehouse
London, UK
•September 30, 2008: FORMS OF LIGHT
Indiana University Symphonic Winds
Stephen Pratt, conductor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
•May 18, 2008: THREE SACRED SONGS; HOLY THE FIRM (excerpts)
Mary Mackenzie, soprano,
Eric Sedgwick, piano
“Free in the Plaza Series”
Curated by Philadelphia Chapter of American Composers Forum
Kimmel Center
Philadelphia PA
•May 4, 2008: THE AVOWAL
Emmanuel Music
John Harbison, conductor
Emmanuel Church
Boston. MA
•April 30, 2008: HOLY THE FIRM
Kristin Ezell, soprano
Wei-Han Wu, piano
Olin Auditorium
Bard College Conservatory
Annandale, NY
•April 5, 2008: DARK THE STAR (premiere)
William Sharp, baritone
21st Century Consort
Christopher Kendall, conductor
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.