Season Highlights

2025-26 Season Highlights and Performances

• resonant layers of floating light, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress for the String Orchestra of New York City, at the University of Mount St. Vincent in Riverdale, New York, November 16, 2025.
• unfolding paths through reflected light, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, University of North Texas Center Woodwind Quintet, Chicago, IL, December 18, 2025.

2024-25 Season Highlights and Performances

• resonant echoes (European premiere), Ensemble Reconsil, REAKTOR, Vienna, Austria, September 18, 2024 
• a garden of flourishing paths (2008, rev. 2017), Polyaspora Festival, International Contemporary Ensemble, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C., September 24, 2024
• from within (2024; premiere), Network for New Music, Miranda Cuckson, violin / Thomas Kraines, 'cello, Part of MOSAIC Project, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA, October 6, 2024
• of ringing and layered space: Jenny (2010), Clare Hamond, piano, Wye Valley Music, Brockweir, Chepstow, UK, October 20, 2024; York Concerts, University of York, York, UK, October 23, 2024; Gentofte Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 25, 2024; Kariskrona International Piano Festival, Kariskrona, Sweden, October 26, 2024; Norwich Chamber Music, Norwich, UK, November 2, 2024; Salle Bourgie, Montreal, Canada, November 15, 2024
• through a stillness brightening (2012), Jagdish Mistry, violin, Ensemble Modern, Vimabyi Kaziboni, cond., Frankfurt, Germany, November 17, 2024
• through a stillness brightening (2012) Sharan Leventhal, violin, contraBAND New Music Ensemble, Boston Conservatory of Music, Vimabyi Kaziboni, cond., Boston, MA December 6, 2024
• a landscape of interior resonances (2001), Robert Fleitz, piano, The Knoll, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics State, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 8, 2025
• layering radiances  . . .  toward stillness (2023), Musica Nova Ensemble, Brad Lumban, cond., Kilburn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, March 7, 2025
• within deep and cavernous resonances. . . layered memories unfolding (2024; premiere), Balance Campaign, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, March 13, 2025
• undiluted days, Earplay, Old North Church, San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2025
• from within. . . unveiling brightness (2021; premiere), Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Jacobs Music Center, San Diego, CA, April 8, 2025
• revisiting variazioni elegiaci, Celia Hatton, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts center, Loraine County Community College, Elyria, OH, April 14, 2025
• from within. . . unveiling brightness, Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Zankel Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, May 20, 2025

2023-2024 Season Highlights and Performances

• fleeting cycles of layered air (2020), Miranda Cuckson, violin, Ottensen Kirche, Hamburg, Germany, October 8, 2023
• . . . becoming clear (2017), Eliesha Nelson, viola, “Cutting Edge Concerts” series, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, Symphony Space, New York, NY, September 6, 2023
• for Clare (2021), Clare Longendyke, piano, The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn, Bridgeton, ME, September 9, 2023
• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013), Talea Ensemble, JACK NY, September 15, 2023
• for Clare, Clare Longendyke, piano, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, September 18, 2023
• . . . amid still and floating depths (2018), Momenta Quartet Festival, Momenta Quartet, Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, October 1, 2023
• four dances for Boris (2004), Troy Chromatics Concert Series, Andrew Rosenblum, piano, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY, October 1, 2023
• fleeting cycles of layered air, Miranda Cuckson, violin, Ottensen Kirche, Hamburg, Germany, October 8, 2023
• eight musings... revisiting memories (2005), Elisabeth Kufferath, violin
   wending (2001), Elisabeth Kufferath, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, October 19, 2023
• her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk (1983-84), Ensemble Connect, Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, November 16, 2023
• of radiances blossoming in expanding air (2017), “Amazing Grace” concert, Annie Jacobs-Perkins, ‘cello, Post Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordonez, cond.
• let us breathe (2020), Annie Jacobs-Perkins, ‘cello, Terrace Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2024
• stillness echoing (2023) (premiere), Jordan Bak, viola / Ashley Jackson, harp, wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2024
• through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright (2001), Elias Goldstein, viola, Miles Brown, bass, Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, March 4, 2024 members of Ensemble Dal Niente: Ammie Brod, viola, Mark Buchner, bass, Main Hall, Shaw Auditorium, HKUST, Hong Kong, China, March 8, 2024
• deepening paths of resonant light (2022) (premiere), JACK Quartet, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, March 10, 2024
• wending, Jordan Bak, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, March 25, 2024
• through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright, Wendy Richman, viola, Randy Zigler, bass, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA, April 7, 2024
• an evolving romance for flute & piano (2005), Chiarina Chamber Players, Sarah Frishof, flute, Steven Beck, piano, St. Mary’s Church, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2024
• four dances for Boris, USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi, Cameron Akioka, piano, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2024
• from within... unveiling brightness (2021) (premiere), Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Venue TBA, Spring 2024

2022-23 Season Highlights and Performances

• Commission from the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress for a work for the String Orchestra of New York City.
• fleeting cycles of layered air (2020), Miranda Cuckson, violin
• … becoming clear (2017), Eliesha Nelson, viola, “Cutting Edge Concerts” series,  Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, Symphony Space, New York, N,Y., September 6, 2023
• for Clare (2021), Clare Longendyke, piano, The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn, Bridgeton, ME., September 9, 2023
• …undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013), Talea Ensemble, JACK NY, September 15, 2023
• …for Clare, Clare Longendyke, piano, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH., September 18, 2023 
• … amid still and floating depths (2018), Momenta Quartet Festival, Momenta Quartet, Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y., October 1,, 2023 
• ...four dances for Boris (2004), Troy Chromatics Concert Series, Andrew Rosenblum, piano, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, N.Y., October 1, 2023 
• ...fleeting cycles of layered air, Miranda Cuckson, violin, Ottensen Kirche, Hamburg, Germany, October 8, 2023
• …eight musings…. . .  revisiting memories (2005), Elisabeth Kufferath, violin,wending (2001), Elisabeth Kufferath, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH., October 19, 2023
• ...her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk (1983-84), Ensemble Connect, Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y., November 16, 2023 
• layering radiances...toward stillness (2023), Grossman Ensemble, Georgia Mills cond., Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, December 1, 2023
• ...of radiances blossoming in expanding air (2017), “Amazing Grace” concert, Annie Jacobs-Perkins ‘cello, Post Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordonez, cond.
• let us breathe (2020), Annie Jacobs Perkins ‘cello, Terrace Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2024 
• ...stillness echoing (2023) (premiere), Jordan Bak, viola / Ashley Jackson, harp
• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2024
• …through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright (2001), Elias Goldstein, viola, Miles Brown, bass, Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE., March 4, 2024, , members of ensemble dal niente:, Ammie Brod, viola, Mark Buchner, bass, Main Hall, Shaw Auditorium, HKUST, Hong Kong, China, March 8, 2024 
• ...deepening paths of resonant light (2022) (premiere), JACK Quartet, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA., March 10 2024 
• ...wending, Jordan Bak, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH., March 25, 2024 
• ...through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright, Wendy Richman, viola, Randy Zigler, bass, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA, April 7, 2024 
• ...an evolving romance for flute & piano (2005), Chiarina Chamber Players, Sarah Frishof, flute, Steven Beck, piano, St. Mary’s Church, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2024 
• ... four dances for Boris, USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi, Cameron Akioka, piano, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2024 
• an evolving romance for flute & piano (2005), Chiarina Chamber Players, Sarah Frisof, flute, Steven Beck, piano, St. Mark's Church, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2024
• …from within…unveiling brightness (2021) (premiere), Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Venue  TBA, Spring 2024,,,2023-2024 Highlights
• …fleeting cycles of layered air (2020), Miranda Cuckson, violin
• …becoming clear (2017), Eliesha Nelson, viola, “Cutting Edge Concerts” series,  Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, Symphony Space, New York, N,Y., September 6, 2023
• …undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013), Talea Ensemble, JACK NY, September 15, 2023
• …amid still and floating depths (2018), Momenta Quartet Festival, Momenta Quartet, Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y., October 1,, 2023 
• ...fleeting cycles of layered air, Miranda Cuckson, violin, Ottensen Kirche, Hamburg, Germany, October 8, 2023
• eight musings…revisiting memories (2005), Elisabeth Kufferath, violin
• wending (2001), Elisabeth Kufferath, viola, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH., October 19, 2023 
• ...her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk (1983-84), Ensemble Connect, Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y., November 16, 2023 
• ...of radiances blossoming in expanding air (2017), “Amazing Grace” concert, Annie Jacobs-Perkins ‘cello, Post Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordonez, cond.
• let us breathe (2020), Annie Jacobs Perkins ‘cello, Terrace Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2024 .
• ..stillness echoing (2023) (premiere), Jordan Bak, viola / Ashley Jackson, harp
• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2024...stillness echoing (2023) (premiere), Jordan Bak, viola / Ashley Jackson, harp
• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2024 
• ...through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright (2001), Elias Goldstein, viola, Miles Brown, bass, Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE., March 4, 2024, , members of ensemble dal niente:, Ammie Brod, viola, Mark Buchner, bass, Main Hall, Shaw Auditorium, HKUST, Hong Kong, China, March 8, 2024
• ... deepening paths of resonant light  (2022) (premiere), JACK Quartet, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA., March 10 2024,,,,,2024-2025 so far
• …radiances spreading from a world of resonant stillness (2018), Ensemble Reconsil, REAKTOR, Vienna, Austria, September 18, 2-24 
• ...of ringing and layered space: Jenny (2010), Clare Hammond, piano, Wye Valley Music, Brockweir, Chepstow, UK, October, 20, 2024, , Gentofte Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 25, 2024, , Kariskrona International Piano Festival, Kariskrona, Sweden, October 26, 2024, Norwich Chamber Music, Norwich, UK, November 2, 2024, , Salle Bourgie, Montreal, Canada, November 15, 2024 
• ...through a stillness brightening (2012), Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, Germany, Date TBA 
• ... unfolding waves (2018) (premiere), Pina Napolitano, piano, Berlin Academy for American Music, Berlin Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany, May or June 2025,,,,,

2021-22 Season Highlights and Performances

• a garden of flourishing paths (2009, rev. 2017),  AXIOM Ensemble, The Julilliard School, New York, NY, January 31, 2022

• undiluted days  (2000, rev. 2013),  Merz Trio, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, March 1, 2022

• amid fleeting pockets of billowing radiance (1990) and let us breathe (2020), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Darrett Adkins, soloist, New York, NY, April 14, 2022

• amid still and floating depths (2018), Milvos Quartet, Coolidge Autoroute, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2022.  Details.

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Jackson Hall, Georgia Southwestern State University, September 30, 2021

• amid fleeing pockets of billowing radiance (21990), Darret Adkins, 'cello, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, September 28, 2021

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Live Music Meditation, Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Oct. 3, 2021

• in soft echoes. . . a world awaits (2009), Gabriela Diaz, violin, Ashleigh Gordon, viola, Francesca McNeeley, ‘cello, An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD, October 12, 2021

• a landscape of interior resonances (2001), Robert Fleitz, piano, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., October 18, 2021

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,, Birmingham, UK, Nov. 3, 2021

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Parker Recital Hall, Brevard Music Center, November 16, 2021

• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013), Merz Trio, Music Worcester, Jean McDonaugh Arts Center, Worcester, MA November 21, 2021
• to find in the glimmering air . . . a bouyant continuity of layering blue (2010), Rachel Young, 'cello, 21st Century Consort, St. Mark's Church, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2021

• undiluted days (2001) Merz Trio, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, N.Y., January 21, 2022

• a garden of flourishing paths (2008, rev. 2007) AXIOM Ensemble, Peter Jay Sharp Center, Juliard School, New York, N.Y., January 31, 2022

• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013) Merz Trio, Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, Washington, February 20, 2022

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, Shriver Hall Concert Series, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, February 26, 2022

• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013) Merz Trio, Hall, Kaufman Center for the Arts, New York, N.Y., March 1, 2022

• for Clare (2021) (premiere) Clare Longendyke, piano, ETHOS New Music Society, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, N.Y., March 26, 2022

• let us breathe (2020), Darrett Adkins ‘cello, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., April 14, 2022

• wending (2001), Jordan Bak, viola, East Meadow Library, East Meadow, NY., May 1, 2022

• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013) Merz Trio, Black Box Theatre, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, M.A., May 8th & 9th, 2022

• eight aspects of appreciation II Mathieu Garguillo, violin, Astrid Hilerud, 'cello, Lahja Merenlahti, dancer, Aava Festival https://www.aavafjard.com/program-2022 Houtskär and Korpo, Finland, July 2, 2022

• undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013) Psappha Ensemble, Benjamin Powell, piano; Benedict Holland, violin; Jennifer Langridge, cello, “Look Both Ways” - Cheltenham Music Festival; Wild Plum Arts, producer, Cheltenham, UKJ, uly 16, 2022

• verdant cycles of deepening spring (2019) (premiere)Christine Wu, violin, Chicago Composers’ Orchestra, Randall West, cond., Venue, TBA, Chicago, Ill., August 6, 2022

 2020-21 Season Highlights and Performances

• a garden of flourishing paths (2009, rev. 2017), Festival of Contemporary Music (curated by Thomas Ades, Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, MA., July 26, 2021
• fleeting cycles of layered air (2020), Miranda Cuckson, violin, Fromm Concert Series, Harvard University, April 16, 2021
• eight aspects of appreciation II (2012) by members of Psappha Ensemble, Manchester, UK, October 1, 2020 (streaming)
• an expanding distance of multiple voices (2005), 21^st Century Consort Series, by Alexandra Osborne, violin, St. Mark’s Church, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2020 (streaming)
• an expanding distance of multiple voices (2005), 21^st Century Consort Series, Alexandra Osborne, violin, St. Mark’s Church, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2020 (streaming)
• wending (2001), Jonathan Bok, viola, New York, N.Y., October 17, 2020 (steaming)
• becoming . . . (2015), Xiaoya Goa, pinao,members of NYU Symphony Orchestra, soloist TBA, Wayne DuMaine, cond., New York, N.Y., December 10, 2020 (sreaming)
• amid fleeting pockets of Billowing radiance (1990), Drew Dansby, ‘cello, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC, December 19, 2020 (streaming)
• eight aspects of appreciation II (2012) by Gabriela Diaz, violin, Francesca McNeely, ‘cello, Phillips Collection,Washington, D.C., January 15, 2021 (streaming)
• eight musings  .  .  . revisiting memories (2005) by Gabriela Diaz, violin, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA., March 15, 2021

2019-20 Season Highlights and Performances

• premiere of amid still and floating depths (co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Library of Congress) by the Mivos Quartet as part of the LA Phil's  "Noon to Midnight" new music festival, June 1, 2019

• premiere of an assemblage of possibility (tenor saxophone, harp, 'cello) (commissioned by a consortium of institutions and individuals, requested by Doug O'Connor, tenor sax) Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Aug. 25, 2019

• performance of eight musings  . . . revisiting memories (solo violin) by Miranda Cuckson as part of a "Composers Now" fundraising event, NYC. Oct 16, 2016

• premiere of within diffuse echoes  . . . softly spreading by the BBC PHILHARMONIC (a BBC Philharmonic commission) Manchester, UK, Oct 24, 2019

• performance of an expanding distance of multiple voices (solo violin) by Srah Plum at the Musikhochschule, Mannheim, Germany, Dec. 20, 2019

• received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Jan. 2020

• premiere of brightness dispersed for 'cello & strings by Mariel Roberts and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn May 30, 2020