EVENTS ARCHIVE
2022
* = postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Friday, January 14*
Through the Eye(s)
Bonnie Whiting, speaking and singing percussionist
7:30 pm, Gerlich Theater @ Meany Hall, Seattle, WA
Wednesday, January 26*
the light that blurred the stars
open rehearsal presented by Scrag Mountain Music
Mary Bonhag, soprano and Spektral Quartet
7 pm, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, VT
Saturday, January 29
the light that blurred the stars (WP)
presented by Scrag Mountain Music/followed by artist talkback
Mary Bonhag, soprano and Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm, Bethany Church, Montpelier, VT
this concert will also be live-streamed
Sunday, January 30*
the light that blurred the stars
presented by Scrag Mountain Music/followed by artist talkback
Mary Bonhag, soprano and Spektral Quartet
4 pm, Warren Church, Warren, VT
Friday, March 11
Cassandra, Illinois
Jenna Abbott, Mary Katherine Brewer, Samantha Brewer, and Alexa Perez
presented by Open Space Festival of New Music at UNCo
7:30 pm, Campus Commons Performance Hall, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Friday, March 18
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Presented by Music at Carleton
7:30 pm, Kracum Performance Hall, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Saturday, March 19
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7:30 pm, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN
Saturday, March 26
Masque Rondeau
Ensemble Dal Niente
presented by Big Ears Festival
4:45 pm, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Friday, April 26
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
presented by Frost School of Music
7:30, Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Monday, May 2
variations sur le nom de Nadia Boulanger
8. Variation on valse pour N.B.
Natalie Darst Xia, violin; Jane Yeong Eun Lee, cello
presented by the Fontainebleau Associations
7:30 pm, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY
Thursday, May 12
the light that blurred the stars
Mary Bonhag, soprano and Spektral Quartet
6:30 pm, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Saturday, August 20
La fin de la vallée s'approche toujours sans jamais arriver (WP)
Clare Longendyke, piano
7:30 pm, The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn, Bridgton, ME
Saturday, September 17
La fin de la vallée s'approche toujours sans jamais arriver
Clare Longendyke, piano
7:30 pm, Frankfort Community Public Library, Frankfort, IN
Saturday, October 15
Theorem (workshop performance)
Clara Lyon, violin and Daniel Dehaan, sound design
6:20 pm, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
as part of the Theorem Collective's themed residency at Ragdale
Friday/Saturday, Nov. 4-5
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7 & 9 pm, Whitney and Elizabeth Macmillan Planetarium at the Bell Museum, St Paul, MN
Friday, December 2
of our transgressions
Grossman Ensemble
7:30 pm, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2021
Monday, January 11
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
5:30 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by Chamber Music America
Tuesday, March 30
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm Central, virtual concert presented by Harris Theater
7:00 pm pre-concert conversation with the artists
Monday, April 12
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
8:00 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at BGSU
Wednesday, August 11
When I Shall Have Grown Old
Amy Petrongelli, soprano and Mathew Coley, percussion
presented by Music in Bloom
6:30 pm, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, August 14*
When I Shall Have Grown Old
Amy Petrongelli, soprano and Mathew Coley, percussion
presented by Music in Bloom
6:30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, August 18
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by Luis Angel Arango Concert Hall, Bogotá, Colombia
Thursday, August 26
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Ingela Onstad, soprano and James Holland, cello
presented by the Chatter Summer Concert Series at the Albuquerque Museum
6 pm, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Wednesday, September 1*
gratia plena (WP)
Jamie Clark, cello
6:30 pm, Lee Chapel, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Friday, October 1
Figure to Ground
Zafa Collective
Presented by Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concert Series
5:30 pm, Allen Recital Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Saturday, October 2
Masque-Rondeau
Williams College Percussion Ensemble
Presented by I/O New Music series
3 pm, Clark Art Museum, Williamstown, MA
Monday, October 4
Apart Together
Dúo Lisus
presented as part of music-theater work Sombras by Fall Theater Showcase of Úbeda
20:30, Teatro Ideal Cinema, Úbeda, Spain
Monday, November 8
Through the Eye(s)
Bonnie Whiting, speaking and singing percussionist
presented by DePauw University
7:30 pm, Thompson Recital Hall, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Wednesday, November 17
gratia plena (WP)
Jamie Clark, cello
7:30 pm, Lee Chapel, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Wednesday, November 17
Shaked Graces
Yu-Fang Chen, violin and Peter Opie, cello
5:30 pm, Sursa Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Friday, December 10
Music with Airports (video release)
Larry Powell, trumpet; Ryan Miller, trombone; Riley Giampaolo, bass trombone; Paul Mergen, tuba
Indianapolis International Airport/the Internet
2020
Sunday, January 12
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7:30 pm, Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville, MN
Thursday, January 30
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Presented by the Taproot Festival
7:00 pm, Ann E. Pitzer Center, UC Davis, CA
Monday, February 10
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Presented by Omaha Chamber Music Society
7:00 pm, KANEKO, Omaha, NE
Monday, February 17
Figure to Ground
Members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
7 pm, Buntrock Hall @ Symphony Center, Chicago, IL
Sunday, February 23
A Toy Boat on the Serpentine (WP)
Philadelphia Sinfonia
3 pm, First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, February 29
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
8 pm, Jonsson Performance Hall, UT Dallas, Richardson, TX
Monday, March 2
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm, Murchison Performing Arts Center, UNT, Denton, TX
Thursday, March 5
This Time Finer
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
Music by Women Festival
5 pm, Kossen Auditorium, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Friday, March 29*
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
presented by Big Ears Festival
2 pm, location TBD, Knoxville, TX
Saturday, March 28*
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7 pm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Sunday, March 29*
The Body of the State
Ensemble Dal Niente
presented by Big Ears Festival
4 pm, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Sunday, March 29*
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
1:30 pm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Friday, April 3*
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
8 pm, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UCSD, San Diego, CA
Thursday, July 23
Figure to Ground
The Walden School Players
7:30 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by the Walden School
Friday, October 2
Snapshot: An Exquisite Corpse (by 13 Indiana composers including Eliza)
Clare Longendyke, piano
8:30 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by Music in Bloom
Thursday, October 15
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
8 pm Eastern, virtual concert presented by DePauw University School of Music
*postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Saturday, February 9
The Body of the State
Ensemble dal Niente
7:00 pm, KANEKO, Omaha, NE
Friday, February 15
Apart Together
Dúo Lisus
20:00, Ciclo de Música Contemporánea Universitat d’Alacant, Alicante, Spain
Sunday, February 17
Echolocator
Zafa Collective and ~Nois
8:00 pm, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
Saturday, February 23
...in hora mortis nostrae
Wild Rumpus
8 pm, Osher Salon @ SFCM, San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, March 5
Fray
ensemble recherche
8:00 pm, Morat-Institut, Freiburg, Germany
Friday, March 8
Figure to Ground
Chartreuse
7:00 pm, Bloomingdale School of Music, New York, NY
Friday, March 8
Apres les Oixeaux, L'Âbime
Sarah Plum, violin and Gayle Blankenburg, piano
7:30 pm, Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Saturday, March 9
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7 pm, DiMenna Center, New York, NY
Friday, March 15
Shaked Graces
Tarn Travers, violin & Chris Wild, cello
7 pm, Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Friday, April 5
Echolocator
International Contemporary Ensemble
7:30 pm, Kresge Auditorium, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Saturday, April 6
Apart Together
Dúo Lisus
as part of Sombras, a music-theater collaboration between Dúo Lisus,
actress Nati Villar Caño, and technical director Eva Ruiz Villar
8 pm, Festival de Música Contemporánea de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain
Sunday, April 14
Thirteen Trees
Apres L'Histoire
8:30 pm, Constellation, Chicago, IL
Friday, May 10
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Look and Listen Festival
8:00 pm, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Saturday, May 18
Figure to Ground
Chartreuse (string trio)
Music in Bloom Festival
7:00 pm, First United Church, Bloomington, IN
Thursday, May 23
Three Fragments
Liz Pearse, voice and piano
7:30 pm, First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, July 19
Masque-Rondeau
participants of the SoundSCAPE festival, Michael Lewanski, conductor
19:30, Conservatorio Bruno Maderna, Cesena, Italy
Friday, September 6
Three Fragments
Liz Pearse, voice and piano
8:00 pm, Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, IL
Friday, October 4
Three Fragments
Liz Pearse, voice and piano
7:00 pm, Loras College, Dubuque, IA
Monday, October 7
Figure to Ground
Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
presented by CSO's MusicNOW series
7:00 pm, Harris Theater, Chicago, IL
Monday, October 14
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7:30 pm, Stewart Room, Malone University, Canton, OH
Wednesday, October 16
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7:30 pm, Short North Stage, Columbus, OH
Thursday, October 17
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
7:30 pm, Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Thursday, October 17
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, October 27
Cassandra, Illinois
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
4:00 pm, The Fort Atkinson Club, Fort Atkinson, WI
Tuesday, October 29
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center
7:30 pm, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, November 5
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm, Pablo Center JAMF Theater, Eau Claire, WI
Thursday, November 7
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:00 pm, UNO recital hall, New Orleans, LA
Thursday, November 7
In the Age of the Rise (WP)
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players
Stony Brook "Premieres!" concerts
7:30 pm, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
Friday, November 8
In the Age of the Rise
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players
Stony Brook "Premieres!" concerts
7:30 pm, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, November 13
The Barely Cycle, mvts. 1-2
Figmentum: Daria Binkowski, flute; Kyle Rowan, clarinet
7:30 pm, Mission Hills UCC, San Diego, CA
Wednesday, December 11
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
Presented by Denver Friends of Chamber Music
7:30 pm, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO
2018
Sunday, January 28
Figure to Ground (string trio, Chicago premiere)
Zafa Collective
8:30 pm, Constellation, Chicago IL
Friday, February 9
Apart Together
Scotty Stepp and Paul Bro, alto saxophones
7:30 pm, Thompson Recital Hall, Green Center for the Performing Arts, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Saturday, February 17
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Stephanie Aston, soprano; Ashley Walters, cello; fixed media
Presented by People Inside Electronics
8:00 pm, Throop Unitarian Universalist Church, Pasadena, CA
Thursday, February 22
Apart Together
Scotty Stepp and Paul Bro, alto saxophones
7:30 pm, Recital Hall, Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Sunday, March 11
Apart Together
Scotty Stepp and Paul Bro, alto saxophones
10:00 am, NASA Biennial Conference, Cincinnati, OH
Thursday, March 15
Shaked Graces
Ball State New Music Festival
Yu-Fang Chen, violin and Peter Opie, cello
7:30 pm, Sursa Hall, Ball State University, Muncie IN
Sunday, June 3
Thirteen Trees (WP)
Apres L'Histoire
8:30 pm, Constellation, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, June 5
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
6:00 pm, Miller Theater at Columbia University, New York, NY
Thursday, June 21
Masque-Rondeau (WP)
a.pe.ri.od.ic
8:00 pm, Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago IL
Fri/Sun, August 17 & 19
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
7:30 (8/17) & 4:00 (8/19) pm, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Blue Hill, ME
Wednesday, September 12
Shaked Graces
Tarn Travers, violin and Chris Wild, cello
7:30 pm, Thompson Recital Hall, Green Center for the Performing Arts, Greencastle, IN
Saturday, October 20
Masque-Rondeau
Kent State University New Music Ensemble
7:30 pm, Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University Performing Arts Center, Kent, OH
Tuesday, October 30
Cassandra, Illinois (WP)
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
8:00 pm, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, November 7
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Carrie Shaw, soprano and Mira Larson, cello
Ensemble Dal Niente @ Festival of New American Music
7:00 pm, Capistrano Concert Hall, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2017
Sunday, February 26
Figure to Ground (string trio, WP)
Network for New Music
3:00 pm, Settlement Music School (Queen Street), Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, March 2
Fray
Tilted Head Ensemble, Carl Christian Bettendorf, conductor
8:00 pm, Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, NY
Sunday, March 5
Figure to Ground
Network for New Music
3:00 pm, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Wednesday, March 29
On-dit
Anne Harley, soprano, and Barbara Poeschl-Edrich, harp
John Donald Robb Composers Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerue, NM
Saturday, April 1
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
SCI National Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Friday, July 21
Echolocator (sextet, WP)
International Contemporary Ensemble
7:30 pm, The Walden School, Dublin, NH
Thursday, August 31
CelloPiece
Hannah Mayer, performer
Generator Series presented by KANEKO and Omaha Under the Radar
7 pm, KANEKO, Omaha, NE
October 20-22
The Body of the State (monodrama, WP)
Ensemble Dal Niente
Edge Theater, Chicago, IL
Friday, October 27
Three Fragments
Yana Weinstein, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Weinstein, piano
Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival
10:30 am, Boyce Recital Hall, ISU, Terre Haute, IN
Thursday, November 30
String Quartet No. 1 - open rehearsal
Spektral Quartet
7:30 pm, Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Friday, December 1
String Quartet No. 1
Spektral Quartet
First concert of the quartet's "Once More...With Feeling!" series
8:30 pm, Constellation Chicago, Chicago, IL
Saturday, December 2
Figure to Ground - open workshop
Zafa Collective
2:30 pm, High Concept Labs at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, December 12
Apres les Oiseaux, L'Abîme (violin and piano, WP)
Duo Ardoré
Presented by the Nuova Consonanza festival
21:00, MACRO, Rome, Italy
2016
Sunday, January 3
Album release concert: Mabel Kwan, piano
Album includes the Barely cycle: III. Between Clouds for solo piano
Presented by Ensemble Dal Niente
8:30 pm, Constellation Chicago, 3111 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Monday, January 4
Peep Show presented by Striding Lion and Links Hall
Choreographers Eddy Ocampo and Kelsa Robinson create dances to my CSound Etudes in real time
7:00 pm, Constellation Chicago, 3111 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Sunday, January 31
On-dit
Ben Melsky, harp and Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano
McClintock Hall, Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
March 12-13
Apart Together
Shawn Allison and Ian Jeffress, alto saxophones
North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Lubbock, TX
10:30 am, Escondido Theater
Thursday, March 24
CelloPiece
Eliza Brown, performer
Presented by the Flak Concert Series
7:30 pm, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 26
This Time Finer
Erin Cameron, clarinet
2:00 pm, Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Sunday, July 3
On-dit
Ben Melsky, harp and Sarah Riskind, voice
7:30 pm, Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, 18 Lehmann Way, The Walden School, Dublin, NH
Friday, August 26
The Subtler Arts of Lions (WP)
Aaron Hynds and Beth McDonald, tubas
9:00 pm, Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
Sunday, October 9
A Soundwalk With Resi (WP)
Ensemble 20+; Michael Lewanski, conductor
Presented by the Ear Taxi Festival as part of the new music marathon
2:00 pm, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Chicago, IL
Saturday, October 15
Fray
Chamber Cartel, Michael Lewanski, conductor
8:00 pm, M Rich Building, 115 MLK Jr. Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA
Friday, October 21
The Subtler Arts of Lions
Aaron Hynds and David Saltzman, tubas
Bowling Green State University New Music Festival
10:30 am, Bryan Recital Hall
Saturday, December 3
Between Clouds
Silvia D'Augello, piano
Nuova Consonanza festival
17:30, MACRO, Via Nizza 138, Rome, Italy
Saturday, December 17 & Sunday, December 18
Fray
Zafa Collective, Daniel Brottman, conductor
12/17 - 8:00 pm, Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, IL
12/18 - 3:00 pm, Ganz Hall, Auditorium Building, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2015
Friday, March 6
the Barely cycle: III. Between Clouds
George Fisher, piano
N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Saturday, March 7
Apart Together
Duo Lisús, alto saxophones
6:00 pm, Museo de Almería, Carretera de Ronda, 91, Almería, Spain
Saturday, April 11
the Barely cycle: III: Between Clouds
Mabel Kwan, piano
7:30 pm, EMPAC, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY
Sunday, May 17
Prospect and Refuge (WP)
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
8:30 pm, Constellation Chicago, 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, May 26
Speak of me as you find (WP)
New Music Ensemble of the Chicago Academy for the Arts
the Barely Cycle: IV. Wax Figure
Jesse Langen, guitar
Music Department Showcase Concert of the Chicago Academy for the Arts
6:00 pm, Curtiss Hall, 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Friday, June 5
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen for cello, soprano, and electronic sound
Chris Wild, cello; Carrie Henneman-Shaw, soprano
Palace of Fine Arts - Manuel M. Ponce Hall, México City, México
Tuesday, June 9
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen for cello, soprano, and electronic sound
Chris Wild, cello; Carrie Henneman-Shaw, soprano
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Columbia
Saturday, July 11
On-dit for harp and female voice
Ben Melsky, harp; Kayleigh Butcher, soprano; presented by Omaha Under the Radar
7:30 pm, Bancroft Street Market, 2702 S. 10th St., Omaha, NE
Friday, July 10
Sampler Verses for chamber ensemble (WP)
International Contemporary Ensemble
The Walden School Young Musicians Program, Dublin, NH
Thursday, August 13
Relay for 5-17 performers (WP)
Participants of Schloss Solitude Summer Academy
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
Tuesday, September 29
Fray: Three Studies for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello
Ensemble SurPlus
8:00 pm, E-WERK Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Thursday, October 22
Barely for solo alto flute
Dalia Chin, flute
7:00 pm, The Musical Offering, Evanston, IL
November 6-8
Presenting original research at NUNC (Northwestern University New Music Conference)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Wednesday, November 25
Distilled for solo 7-string bass viola da gamba
Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba
Presented by Classical Revolution
6:00 pm, Constellation Chicago, 3111 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Sunday, November 29
Performance of solo music-theater work
Andrea Clearfield’s Salon (private event), Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, December 26
Apart Together for two alto saxophones
Duo Lisus
12:30 pm, Salon social, Villamayor de Calatrava, Spain