events

.

r e c e n t ~

Solo Recital | National Arts Club Presents

2/12/2025 | 7:30 pm | Grand Gallery, National Arts Club (NYC)

Violinist Pala Garcia (2024 NAC Artist Fellow, Washington Post 23 for ‘23: Performer To Watch, “immaculate… lustrous tone” – Strad Magazine) invites you to join her on an exploration of solo violin repertoire from Bach to the present day, framed by narratives of personal and cultural memory. Drawing on a love of early solo violin works as well as contemporary works inspired by those traditions, Garcia invites listeners to imagine this music in the context of memory: the performer’s, as well as the instrument’s.

For more information about this program, click here

Longleash | North Carolina New Music Initiative

2/6/25 | 7:30 PM | A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC

Longleash performs works by Igor Santos, Anthony Cheung, Adeliia Faizulina, and Karim Al-Zand

For more information about this program, click here

Solo Recital | Loretto Community

2/2/2025 | 3:00 pm | Loretto Motherhouse Chapel, Nerinx KY

Violinist Pala Garcia (2024 NAC Artist Fellow, Washington Post 23 for ‘23: Performer To Watch, “immaculate… lustrous tone” – Strad Magazine) invites you to join her on an exploration of solo violin repertoire from Bach to the present day, framed by narratives of personal and cultural memory. Drawing on a love of early solo violin works as well as contemporary works inspired by those traditions, Garcia invites listeners to imagine this music in the context of memory: the performer’s, as well as the instrument’s.

For more information about this program, click here

Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project | FLUX Studios

February 2025

A bi-annual documentation of lullabies created by parents and caregivers at Lullaby partner organizations throughout New York City, featuring Weill Music Institute teaching artists.

For more information about this program, click here

Patricia Brennan’s “Suite of the Near And Far” | The Jazz Gallery Residency Commission Presents

12/6/2024 and 12/7/24 | 7:30 and 9:30 pm | The Jazz Gallery

A 2024 TJG Residency commission work for ensemble by vibraphonist Patricia Brennan. Featuring Josh Modney – violin, Kyle Armbrust – viola, Michael Nicolas – cello, Sylvie Courvoisier – piano, Miles Okazaki – guitar, Kim Cass – bass, John Hollenbeck – drums, Noel Brennan (Arktureye) – electronics, Patricia Brennan – vibraphone with electronics, compositions, Eli Greenhoe – conductor.

For more information about this program, click here

A Far Cry | Coded

10/11/2024 | 7:30 pm | Jordan Hall, Boston MA

A Far Cry and “the must-hear” bass-baritone Davóne Tines collaborate around the legacy of Black spirituals and their ongoing survival by way of code-switching. We’ll explore the work of Harry T. Burleigh, whose groundbreaking arrangements of spirituals, and influential relationship with Antonín Dvořák, helped shape our country’s musical identity and cement the spiritual as one of America’s most significant and inherently complicated forms of music.

Featuring a new work written and arranged for chamber orchestra from 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey, along with Frederick Tillis’ seminal Wade in the Water from Spiritual Fantasy No. 12, CODED uncovers the intended messages of the people who birthed these songs, revealing their hidden metaphors, and how those hidden meanings continue to compound and evolve.

International Contemporary Ensemble | COMPOSING WHILE BLACK – Afrodiasporic New Music Today 

9/26/2024 | 7 pm | Bloomberg Center of Johns Hopkins University | 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

In tandem with the publication of the bilingual English/German edited volume bearing the same name, edited by Harald Kisiedu and George E. Lewis, this program presents sonically audacious new music by Nicole Mitchell, Jeffrey Mumford, Allison Loggins-Hull, Andile Khumalo, Leila Adu-Gilmore, and Tebogo Monnakgotla.

For more information about this program, click here

International Contemporary Ensemble | Antropofagia – Polyspora Festival  – Afrodiasporic New Music Today 

9/27/2024 | 7 pm | Bloomberg Center of Johns Hopkins University | 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

With the support of a generous grant from the Nexus Awards, Dr. Felipe Lara, Polyaspora will host a five-day contemporary music festival, at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. in fall 2024. Hosted by the Peabody Institute and curated by Professor Lara and George Lewis of Columbia University, Polyaspora centers Black and Brazilian perspectives in contemporary music alongside a showcase of new musical works by Peabody Conservatory students. The globally renowned and New York City-based International Contemporary Ensemble will serve as guest performers and educators for the festival. The festival includes three concerts with pre-concert talks at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center’s state-of-the-art Theatre, and one concert on the Peabody Institute’s Baltimore campus. All four concerts will be free and open to the public. Additional workshops and open rehearsals at Peabody will be open to JHU and Peabody students to attend and participate in..

For more information about this program, click here

Longleash | NOTES FROM ROME: MUSIC BY AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME FELLOWS

9/18/2024 | 7 pm | Italian Cultural Center, NYC

Longleash performs works by American Academy in Rome fellows Anthony Vine, Igor Santos, and Baldwin Giang 

For more information about this program, click here

Longleash | TIME:SPANS FESTIVAL

8/13/2024 | 3 pm | The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC

Longleash performs for the 2024 TIME:SPANS Festival with works by Katherine Balch, Jonah Haven, and the world premiere of Igor Santos’ nossas mãos for piano trio and video.

For more information about this program, click here

Longleash | New Lens at Classical WUOL

8/4/2024 | 3 pm | Classical WUOL Studios, Louisville KY

Longleash features 2024 Loretto Project resident composer Igor Santos.

For more information about this program, click here

International Contemporary Ensemble and Either/Or Ensemble | The Music of Tālib Rāsúl Hākím

5/18/2024 | 3 pm | The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Either/Or and International Contemporary Ensemble collaborate on a program of works by Society of Black Composers co-founder Tālib Rāsúl Hākím at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Post concert panel featuring three MacArthur Fellows, composers Courtney Bryan, Tyshawn Sorey, and George Lewis, with Harald Kisiedu (Co-Editor of Composing While Black) and Either/Or’s Richard Carrick and Chris McIntyre.

Death of Classical | Ghosts of Gotham: What Remains

5/17/2024 | 6PM and 7:30PM | Church of the Intercession, 550 W 155th St, New York, NY

Works by Katherine Balch, Paul Wiancko, Kennedy Taylor Dixon, and others. Featuring performers Nathan Meltzer, Andrew Gonzalez, Christine Lamprea, Coleman Itzkoff.

For more information about this program, click here.

A Far Cry | Perception

5/10/24 | 8pm | Jordan Hall

The concert, entitled Perception, questions: “How does music create a mood or fuel an emotional response? How do framing and context impact our perception of something? Exploring these musings, the program features one of Bartók’s best-known compositions—made famous from the soundtracks of films including Being John Malkovich and The Shining—a musical fever dream that heightens our senses with constantly changing meters and a vast range of sounds generated by the largest (self-conducted!) orchestral forces of the season. Gubaidulina transforms a Bach chorale, infusing it with irresistible smoky turbulence. In between, Mozart’s light and happy serenade stands in stark contrast and suddenly feels otherworldly…”

For more information about this program, click here.

Longleash | nienteForte

1/25/24 | 7 PM | Dixon Concert Hall, Newcomb Circ. New Orleans, LA

Longleash performs works by Baldwin Giang, Stephen Montalvo, Igor Santos, Mendel Lee, Katherine Balch

For more information about this program, click here.

Longleash | Miller Theatre Pop-Up Series

9/12/23 | 6 PM | Miller Theatre, Columbia University Free Admission

Known for their innovative programming and artistic excellence, Longleash makes their Miller debut. The “expert young trio” (Strad Magazine) brings a unique program of new music, including two world premieres and Igor Santos’ sounding petals, an imagined sonification of mobiles inspired by the work of American sculptor Alexander Calder.

Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during these hour-long weeknight Pop-Up Concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show.

For more information about this program, click here.

Either / Or | The Atlas (NYC Premiere)

9/20/23 | 8 PM | The DiMenna Center, Benzaquen Hall | $20 general / $10 students/seniors

THE ATLAS is an hour-long work for piano and string quartet that manifests in music various tales of exploring, belonging, revisiting, longing and blissful enjoyment. In Carrick’s words: “The Atlas is inspired by stories about individuals, communities, ancestry, and unknown peoples and places. It sonically traverses the ocean, desert, forest, city, and home.” The music traces influences that include Tom Waits, Algerian Chaabi music, Iancu Dumitrescu, and Henry Cowell. Presented in nine movements, The Atlas is an embodiment of the narrative between composer and piano, experimenting throughout with extended techniques inside the instrument. Carrick’s writing for string quartet in the work is customized for and inspired by the unique skills of the composers’ longtime collaborators in Either/Or.

With Jennifer Choi, Kal Sugatski, John Popham, and Richard Carrick.

For tickets, click here. For more information about Atlas, click here.

Longleash | “I Will Tell You The Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It”

11/2/23 | 7:30 PM | Kaufman Center, Merkin Hall | $25 General

The premiere performance of this oratorio for chamber choir and piano trio will be preceded by a reading of the featured poems by poet Tracy K. Smith, as well as a brief conversation about the process for creating this piece.

I Will Tell You The Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It is a ten- poem sequence by former United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith that describes in vivid details the lives of African American soldiers and their families during the Civil War. Derived entirely from historical record, the sequence includes the voices of a mother pleading with President Lincoln to release her son from the army, a soldier sending love his children back home, and deposition statements given by African American veterans, their widows, and descendants hoping to receive their rightful pensions. Set for 8-person chamber choir and Longleash by Composer Aaron Siegel, this oratorio is a gripping tribute to these overlooked lives and stories at a pivotal time in American history.

For tickets and more information about this program, click here.

Longleash | New Music Festival, University of Louisville

11/7/23 | 8:00 PM | Comstock Hall | Free admission

Longleash returns to the University of Louisville’s annual New Music Festival to highlight works in their 23-24 season programming, featured festival composers, and composers in the new cohort of Louisville Orchestra Creator Corps fellows.

Stay tuned for ticketing and programming information.

CULTIVATE Institute | Music From Copland House

Mon 6.12.23, 3:00 pm | ACO + SONiC Festival | venue to be announced

The closing concert for Copland House’s acclaimed emerging composers institute features brand new works by a talented cohort of 6 composer fellows. Together with my colleagues Alexis Pia Gerlach, Margaret Kampmeier, Moran Katz and Derek Bermel, I’ll be workshopping, rehearsing, recording and performing these new works over the course of the weeklong institute, culminating in a live event co-hosted by ACO’s SONiC festival.

For more information about CULTIVATE, click here

Longleash | The Loretto Project

8/7/23-8/13/23 | Louisville and Loretto, KY – Cherokee, Shawnee, Osage lands

Longleash returns to central Kentucky for the eighth season of its music creation workshop and retreat. In 2023 we’re joined by resident composer Katie Balch, as well as additional collaborators and composer fellows.

For more information about the Loretto Project, click here.

Longleash x Music of the Americas

Fri 4.28.23 | Americas Society | NYC – Lenape lands

Longleash is sharing a beautiful program entitled “small and subtle changes,” featuring music by Igor Santos, James Diaz, Vicente Hansen Atria, Linda Catlin Smith, and Jimena Maldonado.

Admission is free. More info and ticket reservations here.

Longleash | Schwob Chamber Music Series

2.18.23 | Bo Bartlett Center, CSU | Columbus, GA – Creek lands

I’m performing with my trio Longleash on a recital of works by Igor Santos, James Diaz, Linda Catlin Smith, and others. We’ll also be working with students at CSU’s Schwob School of Music in masterclass sessions.

Online listing and ticketing coming soon.

Vermont College of Fine Arts | Residency

2.5.23 – 2.10.23 | Montpelier, VT – N’dakinna

I’ll be spending one week as a guest artist at VCFA, working with  MFA composition students on newly created music for violin, cello, and piano, together with my colleagues John Popham and Geoffrey Burleson. I’ll also be sharing a presentation on my individual work for attendees of the 2023 Winter Residency.

For more information about VCFA’s residency programs, click here.

CULTIVATE | Music From Copland House

Sun 6.12.22, 3:00 pm | venue to be announced | Westchester and NYC, NY

The closing concert for Copland House’s acclaimed emerging composers institute returns to its live format for the first time in two years, with six new works especially commissioned for this program by 2022 Fellows Aiyana Braun, Paul Frucht, Brittany Green, Paul Kerekes, Kian Ravaei, and Ethan Smith.

CULTIVATE | Music From Copland House

The closing concert for Copland House’s acclaimed emerging composers institute returns to its live format for the first time in two years, with six new works especially commissioned for this program by 2022 Fellows Aiyana Braun, Paul Frucht, Brittany Green, Paul Kerekes, Kian Ravaei, and Ethan Smith.

Student Colab | National Sawdust

Sun 5.29.22, 2 pm | National Sawdust | Brooklyn, NY

National Sawdust’s flagship education program for middle school composers and artists. Inspired by themes and artists in National Sawdust’s Artist-in-Residence and Projects programs, Student CoLab enables direct collaboration between featured artists and young people. This event features works by these young music creators and is the culmination of their months-long involvement in this program.

For more information on National Sawdust’s Student Colab, click here.

Hunter College Residency | International Contemporary Ensemble

5.13.22 – 5.18.22 | Lang Hall, Hunter College | New York, NY

The International Contemporary Ensemble workshops a new work by Suzanne Farrin (Chair of Music, Hunter College) entitled The Hour of the Star, an opera based on a novel of the same name by Clarice Lispector. Commissioned by the American Opera Project.

For more information on Hour of the Star, click here.

MATA Festival | International Contemporary Ensemble

Wed 5.4.22, 7:30 pm | Roulette | Brooklyn, NY

MATA, an incubator for adventurous emerging artists and early-career composers, presents ensemble-in-residence International Contemporary Ensemble in its 2022 festival curated by artist-in-residence Darius Jones. Performing music by Nina Fukuoka.

For more information, click here.

Five Borough Songbook III | Five Boroughs Music Festival

Thu 4.21.22, 7:30 pm | Brooklyn Public Library | Dweck Center

Sunday 4/24/20, 4:00 pm | Trinity Lutheran Church | Staten Island

15 newly commissioned songs honoring the rich musical legacy of NYC, in honor of the Five Boroughs Music Festival’s 15th anniversary.   Performing music by Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Will Healy, Brian Lawlor, Aaron Siegel, Darian Thomas and others.

For more information, click here.

Longleash | Signature Recital Series

3.29.22, 8 pm | Stocker Arts Center | Elyria, OH

Longleash explores music from the late 70’s and early 80’s by American composers Nils Vigeland, Morton Feldman, Olly Wilson and Pauline Oliveros. With special guest pianist Nils Vigeland.

Cirigliano Studio Theatre. Free admission.

For more info, click here.

Tree/Peace: Virtual Screening

Five Boroughs Music Festival – Home Brew Series

Tree/Peace, a collaboration between Longleash and Pascal Perich, explores themes of interconnectedness, collective consciousness, and receptiveness to our environment. It offers a visual response to Pauline Oliveros’ 1984 work of the same name, a structured improvisation for violin, cello, and piano, prompts its performers to contemplate aspects of “tree” as they play, react and respond to each other.

Featuring a pre-screening talk with Claude Stevens (Bernheim Arboretum), members of Longleash, and Michael Unterman (5BMF).

Sept, 13 2020, 1 pm. Facebook Live.

Music From Copland House

Presented by CUNY TV

Broadcast of a fall 2019 performance of Copland’s Sextet for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano. Featuring a pre-concert talk with Derek Bermel, Michael Boriskin and Pala Garcia, and post-concert live Q&A.

Sept. 21, 1 pm. tv.cuny.edu

Longleash

Princeton Sound Kitchen

Longleash performs new works by Anna Meadors, Cleek Schrey and Dan Trueman, alongside Shawn Jaeger’s Places We Know, a collection of pieces for digital piano trio inspired by the soundscapes of urban and rural waterways local to the artists. More info here.

Postponed — stay tuned for reschedule date. Princeton University, Taplin Auditorium.

Longleash

University of Louisville

Longleash performs UofL student works in the second installment of their 2019/2020 residency for the university’s New Music Festival. More info here.

November 11, 2020, 8:00 pm. University of Louisville, Comstock Hall.

Music From Copland House

CULTIVATE INSTITUTE

Chamber ensemble works by emerging composers selected for Copland House’s 2020 Cultivate Institute. More info here.

August 20-24, John Jay Homestead and Merkin Concert Hall.

The Loretto Project

Virtual Seminar I

Longleash’s proprietary composition workshop, now in its fifth year. Featuring resident composer Erin Gee and composer fellows Isaac Barszo, Inga Chinilina, Nhat Nguyen, and Bahar Royaee. More info here.

August 11-17, 2019.

Nantucket Dance Festival

Virtual Festival Week

Chamber works by J.S. Bach, B. Bartók, L.v. Beethoven, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, J.B., Lully, and W.A. Mozart. Featuring dancers from New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. More info here.

July 20-25, 2020. nantucketdancefest.org

Music From Copland House

John Jay Homestead | March 8 2020

ProMusica San Miguel de Allende (cancelled)

Lesser-known 20th century chamber works by Amy Beach, Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, and others.

ICE | Dai Fujikura Portrait

Miller Theatre, Columbia University

A selection of Fujikura’s recent chamber works provide a glimpse into his unique soundworld.

Mar 5, 2020, 8:00 pm.

National Sawdust: Ferus Festival

Lucy Dhegrae: A Barely Arching Bridge

This concert confronts sexual violence squarely and unapologetically, and explores how one can transform one’s abuse into a tool of healing. Music by Eve Beglarian, Amadeus Regucera, Peter Kramer, and others. More info here.

Jan 11, 2020, 8:00 pm.

Longleash

Five Boroughs Music Festival

Engaging equally with Beethoven’s music and mythology, Longleash considers Beethoven as an evolving cultural symbol, and encourages an examination of popular narratives about the composer. Featuring  Op. 1 No. 3 and Op 70 no. 1, alongside responses by John Zorn and Reiko FütingMore info here.

Jan 10, 2020, 7:30 pm. Flushing Town Hall.

Jan 12, 2020, 3:00 pm. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church.