Just got this recording from a Berlin premiere last month. Kristjan Hallik (violin) and Natalia Volochenko (piano) performing at the Neue Synagogue in Oranienburgerstraße. It’s a short piece, virtuosic and rather insistent once it gets going.
Introduction & Toccata for violin and piano (2010):
Exciting: I’m guest conducting another concert with the Syzygy New Music Collective this week.
More exciting: it’s at a secret venue in SoHo. I’ve been instructed not to reveal the time or place. Needless to say, I love it.
I’m very grateful to the American Composers Forum Philadelphia Chapter for their generous support of two major commissions next season through their Community Partners grant program. The grant will fund the commission and performance of two large-scale works for chorus, chamber orchestra, and soloists.
I’m heading back to NYC this Sunday, 5/2/2010, for the premiere of my new viola sonata: the dreams we dream for the city of roses performed by the incomparable Jessica Meyer and Steven Beck of counter)induction. The show is being presented by the New York Viola Society and will take place at the beautiful Christ & St Stephen’s Church in Manhattan (69th b/n Bway & Columbus). If you’re in town, the show starts at 7 p.m. and costs $15/$5 student.
I came back from NYC this weekend feeling tremendously fulfilled after an evening guest conducting at the Nabi Gallery in Chelsea with the ambitious new Syzygy New Music Collective. In addition to the premiere of my own Sextet (2010), I conducted some fantastic music by Jakub Ciupinski, Adam Schoenberg, Danielle Schwob, and Ricardo Romaniero. Putting together performances of new works by young composers remains one of the most fulfilling components of my musical life, and it’s a great privilege to be able to do it with such talented, collaborative performers. My hat is enthusiastically doffed to Danielle, Sarah, and Frank with Syzygy for their efforts in putting such a great event together. Recordings, video, and other media to follow.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a position as composer-in-residence at St Mary’s Hamilton Village for the 2010/11 season that will result in two new large-scale works for choir and ensemble. The first will take place in December of this year and celebrate the Virgen de Guadalupe. The second will be a full setting of the mass for the Great Vigil of Easter in 2011. This residency is made possible through the generous support of the marvelous coalition of supporters: the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter, the Office of the Provost at Penn, GAPSA, the Latino and Latin American Studies Program at Penn, Partners for Sacred Places, and the Calvary Center for Culture and Community in West Philadelphia.
I had a wonderful reading & recording session yesterday with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, lead by Vinay Parameswaran. This new recording of the third movement of my Symphony No. 2 is available for download here, or streaming below.
Thanks much to Jim, Thomas, and the wonderful choir at St Mary’s in West Philadelphia for a terrific performance this morning. It was a pleasure to be able to contribute to such a beautiful and thoughtful event, and my hat goes off to the organization for their enthusiastic support of new music for sacred spaces.
Last rehearsal tonight for this weekend’s premiere: Two Motets for Candlemas, commissioned by St Mary’s Church in West Philadelphia.
New recording available of the Juventas New Music Ensemble & Lorelei Ensemble’s joint premiere of this is the month of dreams for women’s choir and ensemble. Click here for text & program note.
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