Recent News

July 2010
Faculty, 2010 Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Sacramento, California

April 16, 2010
Violist for premiere of a new song cycle by Christopher Schmitz

April 9, 2010
Reading of M O V E  for orchestra
University of Texas Symphony Orchestra
The University of Texas at Austin

April 3, 2010
Premiere of Three Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Christine Boone and Cari McDonnell, sopranos

April 2, 2010
Conducted premiere of Suite for 8 flutes by Shane Lamb
The University of Texas at Austin

March 29, 2010
Masterclass with Visiting Composer, William Bolcom

March 29, 2010
Performance of Balanae (60X60)
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

March 27, 2010
Conducted Clint Needham's the Body Electric
GAMMA-UT 2010 Concert
The University of Texas at Austin

March 6, 2010
Visiting Composer/Guest Lecturer
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio, Texas

February 26, 2010
Balanae performed at Sonic Art Oxford
Oxford Brookes University (England)

February 22, 2010
Conducted premiere of Jim from Steve Snowden's Two Cautionary Tales
CLUTCH New Music Series
The University of Texas at Austin

February 3, 2010
Performed in Le Sacre du Printemps with the Texas Chamber Group
The University of Texas at Austin

December 28, 2009
No Extra Notes Podcast available online

November 30, 2009
Rhapsody for Susan (retitled Rhapsody) recorded with the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra
Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Stefan Sanders, conductor
The University of Texas at Austin

November 20, 2009
Balanae performed at the Fall 2009 EARS Concert at The University of Texas at Austin

November 20, 2009
Balanae performed at the University of Cincinnati

November 15, 2009
Balanae performed at the 2009 LaTex Electronic Music Festival, Texas A&M University

November 13, 2009
Balanae performed at the World Financial Center Winter Garden (New York City)

November 9, 2009
Foozle performance, The University of Texas at Austin
Catherine Bushman, conductor

November 6, 2009
Balanae performed at the 2009 Electronic Music Midwest Festival in Kansas City, Missouri

October 13, 2009
Foozle premiere with the Dallas Wind Symphony Brass Ensemble

October 8, 2009
D.M.A. Composition Recital, The University of Texas at Austin
Performances of
Three Pieces, Martyr Alone, Suite Bennington, and Things Women Yell at Market

September 29, 2009
Performance of Anfractuous with The University of Texas at Austin New Music Ensemble

September 15, 2009
Reading of Cold Winter by the Cassatt String Quartet

July 24, 2009
Three Pieces selected for programming by the Juventas Ensemble

July 22, 2009
Foozle selected by the Dallas Wind Symphony for performance in October 2009

July 19, 2009
Premiere of Rhapsody for Susan, dedicatory piece for SYS-CMW director, Susan Lamb Cook for the
workshop's 20th year

July 6-19, 2009
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Conducted Vivaldi (complete)
Four Seasons, Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, and Steven
Snowden's
Shoshoni Peak for string orchestra and harp

April 20, 2009
Balanae for tape selected for 2009 60x60

April 5, 2009
Performance of Caprices at the Heaven Gallery in Chicago.

April 2, 2009
Premiere of Things Women Yell at Market
Cari McDonnell and Katelyn Horn (soprano and voice)
The University of Texas at Austin

April 1, 2009
Readings of Lambent for orchestra and Textures for string quartet

March 29, 2009
Performance of Caprices at the Dougherty Center in Austin, Texas.

March 26, 2009
Performance of Caprices at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco.

March 22, 2009
Performance of Caprices at the Wulf in Los Angeles.

March 15, 2009
Performance of Caprices at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Australia
Janet McKay and Morwenna Collett, flutes.

March 7, 2009
GAMMA-UT Conference Concert
Conducting Stephen Bachicha's
Fire
The University of Texas at Austin

February 18, 2009
Doctoral Recital of S. Beth May and Jack Stamps
Conducting May's
Devolution for percussion ensemble
The University of Texas at Austin

December 2008
Doctoral Recital of Franklin Gross
Conducting Gross'
Four Character Pieces
The University of Texas at Austin

November 16, 2008
Performance of Caprices for two flutes
Antares Boyle in a concert of contemporary flute music
Los Angeles, California

November 10, 2008
Performance of Suite Bennington (revised)
Wet Ink New Music Series
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

November 10, 2008
Violist in Steven Snowden's Under the Radar
Wet Ink New Music Series
The University of Texas at Austin

September 4, 2008
Selected as a finalist/participant for the 2008 Iron Composer Competition
Omaha, Nebraska.
Winner, 2008 Iron Composer

August 4, 2008
Premiere of Suite Bennington at the Chamber Music Conference of the East
Bennington, Vermont

August 3-10, 2008
Composition Fellow, Chamber Music Conference of the East
Bennington, Vermont

July 7-19, 2008
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Sacramento, California

June 20, 2008
Masterclass lesson with Steve Reich (visiting composer, Music08)
Cincinnati, Ohio

June 15-22, 2008
Performance of Martyr Alone at the Music08 Festival
Cincinnati, Ohio

April 30, 2008
Masterclass with visiting composer, John Adams
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

April 14, 2008
Premiere of revised version of Caprices for two flutes
Wet Ink New Music Series
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

April 12, 2008
GAMMA-UT performance of Three Pieces for mixed sextet.
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

April 1, 2008
Violinist for the premiere of Joshua Keeling's Carnival for string quartet

March 25, 2008
Masterclass with visiting composer, Claude Baker
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

March 18, 2008
The University of Texas at Austin School of Music receives a $55 Million donation from
Sarah and Ernest Butler, making it the largest gift to a public music school in the United States.  
The school is renamed in their honor.

March 3, 2008
Premiere of Martyr Alone for violin and viola
UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series

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