PNM logo
spacer

Recent   |   Performances   |   Premieres   |   Awards

R e c e n t    A c t i v i t i e s

2019
FLOW: Flute Concerto; PREMIERE, Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, premiere of Flute Concerto, Alejandro Escuer (Fl.), Sarah Hicks (cond.), November 9-10, 2019
Autumn Rivulets for soprano and orchestra PREMIERE, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Mark Russell Smith, conductor; Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano; October 5-6, 2019
PHO for ensemble   |   Grossman Ensemble, Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, June 7, 2019
Beijing International Composition Workshop, guest teacher, July 13-21
Brevard Music Center composition faculty, 3 weeks each July/August since 2011
Grossman Ensemble, guest conductor and composer with premiere of PHO, Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, June 7
China-Asean Music Festival, guest composer, Nanning, China, May 27 - June 1
Beijing Modern Music Festival, guest compsoer, May 21-25
String Quartet No. 2 , Pacifica Quartet, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall, April 12, 2019
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, March 27-30 (8 performances of Ra!)
Symphony No. 2 for wind ensemble released on Mark Records, BGSU Wind Ensemble, Ken Thompson, Feburary
2018
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Orion String Quartet, String Quartet No. 1, Jan. 25
National Repertory Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Snake Alley, June 23
Brevard Music Center Sinfonia, Ken Lam, Ra!, August 5
2017
University of Louisville New Music Festival, Featured Guest Composer, Novermber 6-10
Asia Culture Center Fesitval, Gwangju, South Korea, orchestral commission and guest composer, September 22-24
Pan Music Festival, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 18-20
June in Buffalo faculty residency, June 5-12
National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, guest composer and jury, June 18-23
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, guest composer for lectures and lessons, April 24 - May 5
2015
Fromm Commission supporting a new string quartet for the Pacifica Quartet
Sackler Prize awarded by the University of Connecticut. (commission for Chamber Concerto)
Three Night Scenes released on CD - Call & Response, Neil Mueller, trumpet; February
2014
Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music performance of String Quartet No. 1, July 19
2013
Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship - Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities (Bogliasco, Italy), Feb.-Mar.
2012
Guest Conductor, League of Composers Orchestra, NYU, May 7
2011
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Arts & Letters Award
Heckscher Foundation-Ithaca College Composition Prize

(send an email to be listed here)
Autumn Rivulets for soprano and orchestra   |   IU Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, conductor; 2021? (postponed due to Covid-19)
Kukulkan III   |   Lapland Chamber Orchestra, October 9-10, 2020, Rovaniemi, Finland
Ra!   |   Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, September 20-21, 2019
Shadow Dance   |   Guangxi Symphony Orchestra, Raoul Lay, conductor, Nanning China, May 28, 2019
Snake Alley   |   Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, Zhang Guoyang, conductor, Beijing, China, May 22, 2019
Ra!   |   Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, March 26-30, 2019 (2 performances each day)
Double Black Diamond   |   IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, January 31, 2019
Double Black Diamond   |   USC Contemporary Ensemble, Donald Crockett, Los Angeles, CA, November 13, 2018
Snake Alley   |   National Repertory Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Breckenridge, CO, June 23, 2018
Footprints   |   University of Memphis Contemporary Chamber Players, Memphis, TN, Novemer 21, 2018
Ra!   |   Brevard Sinfonia, Ken Lam, August 4, 2018
Ra!   |   Wilmington Symphonic Winds, Dominic Talanca, May 20, 2018
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano | Adam McCord (sax), Krista Wallace-Boaz (pno), North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Biennial Conference, Cincinatti College-Sonservatory of Music, March, 2018
Delicious Silence | Miranda Cuckson, Rice University residency, Feburary 23, 2018
Kukulkan II | Aperio Ensemble, Matchbox 4, Houston, February 3, 2018
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano | Adam McCord (sax), Krista Wallace-Boaz (pno), University of Louisville Bird Hall, January 28, 2018
String Quartet No. 1   |   Orion String Quartet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, January 25, 2018
Capriccio   |   Eric Rohde (vn) and Clare Longendyke (pn); Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, January 16, 2018
Capriccio   |   Carlos Valbuena (vn) and Noah Sonderling (pn); IU Jacobs School of Music, November 29, 2017
String Quartet No. 1   |   Orion String Quartet, Hong Kong, November 11, 2017
University of Louisville New Music Festival, November 6-10, 2017
     Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"   |   UL Wind Ensemble, Frederick Speck, conductor
     Cantate Domino & Dream Song  |   UL Cardinal Singers, Kent Hatteberg, conductor
     Light Fantastick   |   UL Symphony Orchestra, Kimcherie Lloyd,      Kukulkn III   |   UL
     Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano,   |   Adam McCord (sax), Krista Wallace-Boaz (pno)
     Footprints for Flute and Piano   |   Kathleen Karr and Krista Wallace-Boaz
     HyPer MIX   |   Electroacoustic (compsoed with James Aikman)
     Lament for saxophone quartet   |   graduate saxophone quartet
     Lullaby for solo guitar   |   Jose Arturo Calvo Gonzales, guitar
     Threnody for string quartet   |   graduate string quartet
     Kukulkan 3   |   faculty wind quintet
Symphonic Dance   |   Beaverton Symphony Orchestra, Travis Hatton, Beaverton, OR, November 3, 5, 2017
Sijo - poem for orchestra   |   Indiana University Concert Orchestra, David Neely, October 22, 2017
Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"
Snake Alley   |   Aulos Blasorchester, Ivan Meylemans, Switzerland, October 13, 15, 21, 22, 2017
String Quartet No. 1   |   Orion String Quartet, Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society, October 7, 2017
Capriccio   |   Benjamin Sung (vn) and Jihye Sung-Chang (pn); Trollwood performing arts school, Moorhead, MN, September 24, 2017
Kukulkan II | Hwaum Chamber Orchestra, Pan Music Festival, Seoul, South Korea, September 19, 2017
Siren Song   |   Buffalo Philharmonic, Stefan Sanders, June in Buffalo Festival, June 11, 2017
Kukulkan III   |   Ensemble Signal, June in Buffalo Festival, June 10, 2017
Nine Fragments   |   Dal Niente, June in Buffalo Festival, June 9, 2017
Chamber Concerto for Trumpet, Violin, & Ensemble   |   IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, Simin Ganatra (vn), John Rommel (tpt), April 20, 2017
Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"   |   IU Wind Ensemble, Stephen Pratt, February 14, 2017
Nocturne   |   IU Symphonic Band, Eric Smedley, Bloomington, IN, Feb. 7, 2017
Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"   |   University of Illinois Wind Ensemble, Stephen Peterson, Dec. 2, 2016
Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"   |   University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Chad Nicholson, Dec. 1, 2016
Ra!   |   University of Central Arkansas Wind Ensemble, Ricky Brooks, November 29, 2016
Incantation   |   University of Texas - El Paso Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro, November 16, 2016
Double Black Diamond   |   Peabody Modern Orchestra, Harlan Parker, November 2, 2016
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX, Washington, DC & New York, September 9, 13, 15, 2016
Delicious Silence | Ching-Yi Lin, IU Summer Festival, July 3, 2016
Footprints | Marvento Duo - Weronika Balewski, flute, and Elizabeth Chladil, piano, Brookline Music School & Public Library, Brookline, MA, Apr. 3 & May 22
Producing For A While   |   Voices of Change, Dallas, TX, May 8, 2016
all water has a perfect memory   |   Voices of Change, Dallas, TX, May 8, 2016
Myaku   |   IU Symphonic Band, Eric Smedley, Bloomington, IN, Nov. 17, 2015
Brass Quintet   |   Indiana State University faculty brass quintet, Terre Haute, IN, Oct. 19, 2015
Capriccio   |   Linya Su (vn) and Blair McMillen (pn); Advent Lutheran Church, New York City, Oct. 17, 2015
Brass Quintet   |   Brevard Music Center faculty brass quintet, Brevard, NC, July 13, 2015
Snake Alley   |   Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Festival Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, June 27, 2015
Ra!   |   National Repertory Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Breckenridge, CO, June 17, 2015
Snake Alley   |   Wichita State University Wind Ensemble, Mark Laycock, May 7, 2015
Double Black Diamond   |   UTA New Music Ensemble, Dan Welcher, March 30, 2015
Producing For A While   |   UTA New Music Ensemble, Dan Welcher, March 30, 2015
Ra!   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Pratt, CBDNA National Convention, Nashville, TN, March 26, 2015
Shake, Rattle & Roll for band   |   Sandefjord Musikkorps, Norwegian Championship for concert band, March 21, 2015
Ra!   |   Chico State University Wind Ensemble, Royce Tevis, Chico, CA, April 25, 2015
Shadow Dance   |   Michigan State University Wind Ensemble, John T. Madden, East Lansing, MI, Sept. 23, 2014
Kukulkan II   |   Syzygy Ensemble, Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia, Sept. 18, 2014
Footprints   |   British Flute Society convention - Qiao Zhang & Jordi Torrent, Univ. of Warwick, UK, Aug. 24, 2014
Snake Alley   |   Brevard Sinfonia, JoAnn Falletta, Brevard, NC, Aug. 2, 2014
String Quartet No. 1   |   Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, New Fromm Players, Ozawa Hall, July 19, 2014
Snake Alley   |   Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar, Portland & Eugene, OR, May 17/18/19, 2014
It Is Above That You And I Shall Go    |   Berlin PianoPercussion, Berlin Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany, April 29, 2014
Labyrinth    |   Peabody Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble, Harlan Parker, Baltimore, MD, March 12, 2014
Shadow Dance   |   Musashino Academy of Music Wind Ensemble, Terry Austin, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 15 & 17, 2013
Brass Quintet   |   Tucson Symphony Brass Quintet, Tucson, AZ, Nov. 3, 2013
Nine Fragments   |   Eva Legene, recorder; Tatsuya Muraishi, violin; Masayuki Maki, harpsichord; Queen's College, NY, Oct. 15, 2013
Nine Fragments   |   Eva Legene, recorder; Tatsuya Muraishi, violin; Masayuki Maki, harpsichord; IU Auer Hall, Bloomington, IN, Oct. 12, 2013
Capriccio   |   Benjamin Sung (vn) and Jihye Sung-Chang (pn); Brevard Music Center, July 17, 2013
Snake Alley   |   U. of S. Carolina Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss, CBDNA National Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 23, 2013
Double Black Diamond   |   Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Stewart Robertson, Ft. Pierce, FL, March 7 & 8, 2013
Wintu Dream Song   |   Fulcrum Point, Stephen Burns, Chicago, IL, Sept. 11, 2012
Double Black Diamond   |   USC Contemporary Ensemble, Donald Crockett, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 8, 2012
Shadow Dance   |   Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Brevard, NC, Aug. 5, 2012
Snake Alley   |   Sam Houston State University Wind Ensemble, Matthew McInturf, Texas CBDNA, Mar. 30, 2012
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX ENSAMBLE en la Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, Mar. 27, 2012
Labyrinth    |   IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, Auer Hall, Bloomington, IN, Feb. 2, 2012
Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Mark Votapek (vc) and John Milbauer (pn); U. of Arizona, Holsclaw Hall; Nov. 14, 2011,
Footprints   |   Aura, University of Houston Contemporary Ensemble, Houston, Nov. 14, 2011, Sam Houston State U., Nov. 16, 2011
Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Benjamin Karp (vc) and Deloise Lima (pn); Nov. 7, 8, 10, 2011(Wi & Ky tour)
Snake Alley   |   University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon,Denton, TX, Nov. 3, 2011
sun moon stars rain   |   IU Concert Orchestra, Manny Laureano, Bloomington, IN, Sept. 25, 2011
Myaku   |   Brevard Music Center Symphonic Band, Kraig Alan Williams,Brevard, NC, July 26, 2011
Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Benjamin Karp (vc) and Deloise Lima (pn); Brevard Music Center,Brevard, NC, July 26, 2011
String Quartet No. 1   |   Foros de Musica Nueva, Mexico City, Jose White Quartet, May 2011
Ra!   |   Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble, Denis Colwell, conductor, Pittsburgh, PA, March 23, 2011
Kukulkan II   |   Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. April 6, 2011
Labyrinth   |   USC Contemporary Music Ensemble, Donald Crockett, Los Angeles, Oct. 5, 2010
Delicious Silence   |   Liana Gourdjia, Salines en Musique, France, July 10, 2010
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin Brass Quintet, Berlin, June 4, 2010
dancesing in a green bay   |   Festival Latinamericano, Carmen Tellez (cond.), Jacqueline Matava (mz. sop.), Caracas, Venezuela, May 30, 2010
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX, Mexico Foro de Musica Nueva, Mexico City, May, 2010
Kukulkan II, Footprints   |   The IU New Music Ensemble, DAM International Festival of Young Composers, Prishtina, Kosovo, Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 2010
Kukulkan II, Wintu Dream Song   |   Fulcrum Point, Chicago, Mar. 23, 2010
Threnody   |   Jack Quartet / Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, Merkin Hall, NYC, March 3, 2010 New York Times Review
String Quartet No. 1   |   The Orion String Quartet, April 30 (CUNY), May 1 (Mannes), 2009; Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Perelman Theatre, Feb. 12, 2010
Nocturne   |   IU Concert Band, Paul Popiel, Bloomington, IN, Feb. 9, 2010
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX. Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico, Oct. 31, 2009
Myaku   |   University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble, Nicholas Carlson, conductor, October 8, 2009
Saint Vitus' Dance   |   Sarasota Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, Sarasota, FL, Sept. 17, 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Kuhmo, Finland, July 25, 2009
Shadow Dance   |   University of North Carolina, Greensboro, John Locke, CBDNA, March 27, 2009 (and seven other performances on tour)
Vision   |   Great Noise Ensemble, Washington, DC, March 27, 2009
Double Black Diamond   |   USC Contemporary ensemble, Donald Crockett, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 24, 2009
Kukulkan   |   Locrian Chamber Players, Riverside Church, NY, Jan. 31, 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Aspen, CO, July 5, 2008 (and two other performances)
Double Black Diamond   |   National Repertory Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Breckenridge, CO, July 2, 2008
Snake Alley   |   University of Denver, Lawrence Leighton Smith, Denver, CO, May 29, 2008
Sam Houston State University Contemporary Music Festival, April 16-19, 2008: Myaku, Fanfare on Re for Ray, Antiphonal Fanfares, Brass Quintet,
   Two Celebratory Fanfares, Lullaby, HyPER mix, Di/con[ver(gence/sions)], Solus II, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Magnitude6, O Patro Vys concert hall, Montreal, Canada, Feb. 1, 2008


FLOW: Flute Concerto   |   Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, premiere of Flute Concerto, Alejandro Escuer (Fl.), Sarah Hicks (cond.), November 9-10, 2019
Autumn Rivulets for soprano and orchestra   |   Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Mark Russell Smith, conductor; Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano; October 5-6, 2019
PHO for ensemble   |   Grossman Ensemble, Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, June 7, 2019
String Quartet No. 2   |   Pacifica Quartet, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall, April 12, 2019
Gloriana Frangipana   |   IU Wind Ensemble, Stephen W. Pratt, April 15, 2018
SIJO - poem for orchestra   |   Asian Culture Center, Asia ClassicalPlayers Orchestra, Ji-yong Park, Gwangju, South Korea, Sept. 22, 2017
Wintu Dream Song   |   National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, Eddie Mora, June 22, 2017
Chamber Concerto for Trumpet, Violin, & Ensemble   |   University of Connecticut, Jeffrey Renshaw, Solomiya Ivahkiv (vn), Louis Hanzlik (tpt), March 2, 2017
Symphony No. 2 for band – "Through a Glass, Darkly"   |   University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss, September 25, 2016
Lament
for saxophone quartet, Barkada Quartet, Bloomington, IN, April 12, 2015
It Is Above That You And I Shall Go
   |   Berlin PianoPercussion Berlin, Germany, April 29, 2014
Lullaby for Harp   |   Emily Levin, Indiana University Ford Hall, April 13, 2013
Producing For A While   |   IU New Music Ensemble, Lindsey McLennan, sop, David Dzubay , cond., Nov. 29, 2012
For A While   |   Sharon Harms, Madalyn & Cicely Parnas, Fordham U., NYC, Apr. 28, 2012
Snake Alley   |   U. of S. Carolina Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss, Columbia, SC, Oct. 4, 2010 [premiere of new band version!]
Delicious Silence   |   Liana Gourdjia, April 27, 2010
Nocturne   |   Indiana University Concert Band, Paul Popiel, February, 2010
Kukulkan II   |   The IU New Music Ensemble, April 21, 2009
Starry Messenger   |   The IU Percussion Ensemble, John Tafoya, April 20, 2009
String Quartet No. 1   |   The Orion String Quartet, April 13 (IU), 30 (CUNY), May 1 (Mannes), 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Voices of Change, Sept. 16, 2007
All in Green   |   Voices of Change, Sept. 16, 2007
Light FantastickGreen Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, March 24, 2007
Double Black Diamond (revised version) for chamber orchestra   |   IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, March 8, 2007
Elegy & Quickstep   |   St Charles East High School, James Kull, Feb. 26, 2007
Shadow Dance   |   University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble, John R. Locke, Oct. 5, 2006
Solus Ib for tuba   |   Ed Owen, Arkansas State University, Mar. 17, 2006
American MidlifeConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra   |   Indiana University Philharmonic, David Dzubay (cond.), James Campbell (Cl.), Dec. 6, 2005
Pathways for three trumpets   |   IU Faculty Recital, Oct. 27, 2005
Double Black Diamond for chamber orchestra   |   Utah Symphony (Utah Arts Festival) , June 25, 2005
Fanfares on Re for Ray for band   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, April 22, 2005
Shake, Rattle & Roll for band   |   Metropolitan Wind Symphony, March 12, 2005
Northwest Passages for narrator, chorus and five instruments   |   fEARnoMUSIC, March 12, 2004
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Manhattan Brass Quintet, Nov. 16, 2003, Hartford, CT
Volando for clarinet trio   |   Howard Klug trio, International Clarinet Association "Clarinetfest 2003", July 11, 2003
Ra!   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Ray Cramer, March 29, 2003, CBDNA National Convention, Minneapolis.

2015 Sackler Prize awarded by the University of Connecticut. ($25,000 commission for double concerto.)
2013 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship - Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities (Bogliasco, Italy)
2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Arts & Letters Award
2010 Heckscher Foundation-Ithaca College Composition Prize
2009 Kuhmo International Composition Competition for Chamber Music, 3rd Prize, all water has a perfect memory
2007 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, 1st prize, Double Black Diamond
2005 Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition, Shadow Dance
2003 National Band Association WIlliam Revelli Memorial Composition Contest, Ra!
2003 Indiana University Arts & Humanities Initiative Grant, CD recording project with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
2001 Walter Beeler Memorial Prize (Ithaca College), Myaku
2001 Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard commission, Singing the Sun
2000 Wayne Peterson Composition Prize, dancesing in a green bay