The Hofstra Flute Ensemble premiered "Frivolity No. 1."

I premiered "A  Quarter Short" for solo clarinet as part of the Hofstra New Music Ensemble concert.

"The Electronorcist," a film by Andrew Ferrell and David Beede with an original soundtrack, was part of the Hofstra Film Festival.

Laurie Friedman premiered the first movement of "3 Numbers for Solo Clarinet" at a Clarinet Seminar at Sacramento State University.

The Hofstra New Music Ensemble premiered "Frivolity No. 1" for flute trio.

Bard College Flute Ensemble performed "Frivolity No. 1."

Pat Spencer presented "Frivolity No. 1" at the Now and Present Flute Seminar.

Pat Spencer presented "Frivolity No. 1" at a flute seminar.

Students of Krissy Kaplan performed "March of the Ants" and "A Stroll in an Enchanted Forest" in a studio recital.

"Final Exam," a film by Andrew Ferrell with an original soundtrack, was part of a film screening at Hofstra University.

"Frivolity No. 1" for flute trio
"Quintet" for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and marimba*
"Psalm 23" for mixed choir*
"3 Numbers for Solo Clarinet"
"Final Exam" (film with original soundtrack)

*=premiere

"A Late Walk" for low baritone and piano was premiered.

"Final Exam," a film by Andrew Ferrell with an original soundtrack, was included in the Hofstra Film Festival.

The Hofstra New Music Ensemble premiered "Study on Minor Thirds" for oboe, two clarinets, trumpet, and cello.

The Hofstra University Symphony Orchestra performed a reading of two orchestral movements based on Robert Frost's "Ten Mills."

"Pastorale for Horn and Piano"*
"Quintet" for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and marimba
"Frivolity No. 1" for flute trio
"Morning Bells" for piano*
"March of the Ants" & "A Stroll in an Enchanted Forest" for beginner piano
"3 Numbers for Solo Clarinet"
"Fanfare and Chorale" for brass quartet*
"Study on Minor Thirds" for oboe, two clarinets, trumpet, and cello

*=premiere

Hofstra New Music Ensemble premiered "Compartmentality" for oboe, two clarinets, and trumpet.

New sound installation was one of several created for the "Meditation in Contemporary Chinese Landscape" exhibition at the Godwin-Turnbach Museum.

Second Instrumental Unit premiered "Icarus' Fateful Flight" for clarinet, violin, and piano.

Hofstra New Music Ensemble premiered "Macondo," based on Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

The Zukofsky Quartet premiered "This Fragmented Old Man."

Second Instrumental Unit premiered "Unblissful Ignorance."

Second Instrumental Unit premiered "Elegy for Wind Quintet."

"Call Me Higo" for flute, tuba, and piano was premiered by Ellen O'Meara, Chad Walter, and Chih-Tung Cheng.

"Call Me Higo" for flute, tuba, and piano - performed by Ellen O'Meara, Chad Walter, and Chih-Tung Cheng.

Cygnus Ensemble premiered "My Mother is a Fish," the entire chapter text of Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying."

Southdown and Jefferson Fourth Grade Band premiered "Arrival of the Hero."

Jefferson Fourth Grade Band performed "Arrival of the Hero."

Southdown Fourth Grade Band performed "Arrival of the Hero."

Act I, scene 1 from "The Lady with the Dog" (in progress) was performed by The Curiosity Cabinet.

Zsaz Rutkowski premieres "Miniature for Cello."

The CUNY Contemporary Music Ensemble premiered "An Oval Form Intersected by an Irregular Rectangle," a response to Kandinsky's "Composition VII" using the instrumentation of Schoenberg's "Chamber Symphony No. 1."

Act I, scene 1 and the Interlude to Act II from the opera "The Lady with the Dog" (in progress) was performed by The Curiosity Cabinet.

Alyssa Ruzzuto and Racquel Borromeo performed "Pastorale for Horn and Piano" as part of the Composers Now Festival.

The Interlude to Act II of the in-progress opera "The Lady with the Dog" was performed by The Curiosity Cabinet.

Mivos Quartet performed "This Fragmented Old Man."

Danya Katok and Jonathan Katz premiered "How was your day?".

Danya Katok, soprano and Bonnie McAlvin, flute premiere my song cycle "The Hill Wife."

Danya Katok & Bonnie McAlvin perform the song cycle "The Hill Wife."

Cadillac Moon Ensemble premiered "Three Caprices" for violin and cello.

Lisa Tipton and Miho Zaitsu performed "Three Caprices" for violin and cello as part of the Composers Now Festival in NYC.

"Nyx," a character study of the Greek goddess of night, will be premiered by ensemble mise-en.  Free admission.

I will be premiering my latest composition for solo clarinet:  "The snow is melting into music."  Based on a journal entry by John Muir, it celebrates the National Park's Centennial.  Free admission.

"This Fragmented Old Man" for string quartet and "Three Caprices" for violin and cello were performed at the San Francisco Conservatory as part of the Hot Air Music Festival.

Hofstra Flute Ensemble performed "Frivolity No. 1."

Contemporaneous premiered "Divertimento" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion.  Free admission.

Megan Bastos and Mark Viktor Smith performed "Pastorale for Horn and Piano as part of the Trinity Lutheran Church's 30th Anniversary Celebration.

Del Sol Quartet premiered "Now I Lay You Down To Sleep" in Concert III of the Red Note Music Festival at Illinois State University.  Free Admission.

Contemporaneous premiered Frivolity No. 3.  Free Admission.

Dan Lis analyzed "This Fragmented Old Man" with the lens of using texture as a structural element.  Read the article here.

Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble performed Frivolity No. 3 as part of the Reciprocity Collaborative.  Free Admission.

Pedroia Quartet recorded "This Fragmented Old Man" as part of their debut album to be released September 14, 2018, on Navona Records.

Frivolity No. 3 was performed at the namesake concert of the New Music on the Bayou Festival.  Free admission.

Diane Jones featured "This Fragmented Old Man" on her WCNY radio show "Fresh From the Wrapper" as a showcase for the album Quadrants Vol. 2.

"This Fragmented Old Man" was recorded by Boston's Pedroia Quartet and will be included on their album released on Navona Records.  The recording will be available on September 14, 2018 for download and streaming on Amazon, iTunes, ArkivMusic, Spotify, and Apple Music.

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The premiere of "Ascension: Autumn in Central Park" commissioned by the Astoria Music Project for soprano, violin, horn, and piano.

Draws text from:
Evelyn Scott - "Ascension: Autumn Dusk in Central Park"
Claude McKay - "Dawn in New York"
Joyce Kilmer - "The Subway"

More info here.

"This Fragmented Old Man" will be performed as part of the Quadrants Vol 2 album release concert.  Presented by the Lexington Community Education Center.

First Baptist Church of Lexington, MA
1580 Massachusetts Ave
Lexington, MA 02420

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"Three Caprices" for violin and cello was recorded by Ovidiu Marinescu and Alexandr Kislitsyn from Trio Casals and is included on their album released on Navona Records.  The recording is available starting March 26, 2021, for download and streaming on all major platforms.

The Astoria Music Project will perform "Ascension: Autumn in Central Park" in the Rose Building of Lincoln Center.  They commissioned and premiered the piece in 2019.

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Draws text from:
Evelyn Scott - "Ascension: Autumn Dusk in Central Park"
Claude McKay - "Dawn in New York"
Joyce Kilmer - "The Subway"

Stefanie Izzo, soprano
Amanda Lee, horn
David Taubman, piano
Blanca Cecilia Gonzalez, violin

The Quartet Avant-Garde will perform "This Fragmented Old Man" as part of the Music Opens the Borders Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.  The performance will also be broadcast on Parma TV in the United States.

Trio Casals will be performing "Three Caprices" at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.

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Trio Casals performs "Three Caprices" at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.

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