Past News
September 28, 2007
Performed and Commissioned by Antares Boyle
Sydney Conservatorium
Sydney, Australia

September 28, 2007
Masterclass with visiting composer Susan Botti, University of Texas at Austin

July 16-22, 2007
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop

July 9 - 13, 2007
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Preparatory Program

May 15, 2007 (postponed)
Premiere of Caprices for two flutes
West Recital Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, Australia
Commissioned by Antares Boyle
Performed by Antares Boyle and Janet McKay

April 19, 2007
Premiere of Three Pieces for mixed sextet
University of Texas at Austin, Wet Ink New Music Series

December 5, 2006
Masterclass with visiting composer Jennifer Higdon, University of Texas School of Music

November 1, 2006
Performance of movement III from Sketches for piano, Beth May performing at Northwest Vista
College in San Antonio.

October 18, 2006
Premiere of Sketches for piano, Beth May performing at the University of Texas School of Music.

September 26, 2006
Honorable Mention, 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Commissioning Program.

July 17-23, 2006
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop

July 10 - 14, 2006
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Preparatory Program

June 18, 2006
Masterclass with Derek Bermel, Cincinnati, Ohio (Music06)

June 14, 2006
Performance with the Music06 String Quartet.

June 10-18, 2006
Selection and participation at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory Contemporary Music Festival
(Music06).

May 11, 2006
Graduation from the College of Music of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Master of Music
in composition.

May 6, 2006
Regional Winner, 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Commissioning Program.

May 5, 2006
Reading session by University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra of Passages for Orchestra

April 2006
Violist for the premiere of Noah Braun's String Quartet No. 7.

November 13, 2005
Performance of A Tale of Samhain takes place at the First Baptist Church of Boulder with the Boulder
Youth Symphony, conducted by Music Director, Paige Vickery.

October 16, 2005
Premiere of Three Movements for Chamber Symphony in Grusin Recital Hall at the University of
Colorado at Boulder, as part of the Pendulum New Music Series, the composer conducting.

September 28, 2005
Performances of Summer Miniatures take place at the Mondavi Center with the University of
California, Davis Summer Symphony, Fawzi Haimor conducting.

August 31, 2005
Named the 2005-2006 Composer-in-Residence with the Boulder Youth Symphony.

July 17, 2005
Summer Miniatures premieres with the Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop at
Saint Anthony's Church in Sacramento, California, the composer conducting.

July 15, 2005
Jagged Waltz premieres with the Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra of the Sacramento Youth Symphony
Chamber Music Workshop at Eskaton Village in Carmichael California, composer conducting.

July 11-17, 2005
Week-long chamber music workshop with the Sacramento Youth Symphony, conducting, coaching,
and premiering new works (
Summer Miniatures and Jagged Waltz).

February 16, 2005
First movement from Quartet for Strings performed by the Vinca String Quartet for the February
Pendulum New Music Series Concert at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

November 30, 2004
First performance of String Quartet No. 2 "Cold Winter" by the Vinca String Quartet in the Music
Theatre of the University of Colorado at Boulder for a masterclass with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Composer-in-Residence, Augusta Read Thomas.

September 2004
Performance of Three Days for mixed trio
University of Colorado Pendulum New Music Series