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January 12, 2025

Faded Aura

South Bend Symphony Orchestra

Alastair Willis, conductor

Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

South Bend, IN

April 21, 2024

Faded Aura

Hub New Music with Kojiro Umezaki

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, Dorchester, MA

March 16, 2024

Kōhola Sings

Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

BlueWater Chamber Orchestra

Cleveland, OH

Jan. 29, 2024

Adaptation Variations

Musique 21, Kevin L. Sedatole, conductor

Murray Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Nov. 29, 2023

Stillness in the Mist

SUNY Albany

Miolina

The Skyscraper Museum, NY

Oct. 27, 2023

Stillness in the Mist

Miolina

The Skyscraper Museum, NY

Oct. 21, 2023

Adaptation Variations

Chamber Music Hawaii

Palikū Theatre

Kāne'ohe, HI

Oct. 20, 2023

Adaptation Variations

Chamber Music Hawaii

Doris Duke Theatre

Honolulu, HI

Sept. 31, 2023

Stillness in the Mist (world premiere) for violin duo

Miolina

Duologue Festival, Greenwich House Music, NY

June 8, 2023

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Roxbury Arts Group, Old School Baptist Church, Denver, NY

June 8, 2023

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Berkman Recital Hall, West Hartford, CT

April. 15, 2023

Tear of the Clouds

Inscape Chamber Orchestra

Richard Scerbo, conductor

Silver Spring United Methodist Church, Washington D.C.

April. 14, 2023

Kōhola Sings

Caitlin Mehrtens, harp

Lone Star College-CyFair

Cypress, TX

Mar. 28, 2023

Kōhola Sings

Lily Primus, harp

Duncan Hall

Houston, TX

Mar. 11, 2023

Crosscurrents

Keiko Tokunaga, violin; Yoko Reikano Kimura, shamisen

Resobox

New York, NY

Feb. 21, 2023

A Melody from an Unknown Place

Patrick Yim, violin

Main Hall, Shaw Auditorium

Hong Kong

Feb. 19, 2023

Neon Flicker

Alicia Kosack, flute

Laura Armstrong, saxophone

Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention

Herndon, VA

Feb. 8, 2023

Reenactment

Jiyoung Yi, gayageum

Orvis Auditorium

Honolulu, HI

Nov. 6, 2022

Faded Aura

Hub New Music with Kojiro Umezaki

Soka Performing Arts Center

Aliso Viejo, CA

Oct. 23, 2022

Kōhola Sings

Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

Oct. 9, 2022

Forget Me Not

Sumie Kaneko and Yoko Reikano Kimura; koto, shamisen and voice. James Nyoraku Schlefer; shakuhachi, Neave Trio

Tenri Cultural Institute

New York, NY

June 11, 2022

Tear of the Clouds

Albany Symphony

Schuylerville, NY

June 4, 2022

Tear of the Clouds

Albany Symphony

Troy, NY

April 11, 2022

Adaptation Variations

University of Texas New Music Ensemble

Bates Recital Hall, Austin, TX

April 4, 2022

A Melody from an Unknown Place

Patrick Yim, violin

Orvis Auditorium

Honolulu, HI

Feb. 26, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Mississippi Chambre Guild, Jackson MS

Feb. 22, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Crosstown Arts & Rhodes College

Memphis, TN

Feb. 6, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Rednote New Music Festival

Memphis, TN

Feb. 3, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

Feb. 1, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Jan. 28, 2022

Faded Aura

Hub New Music with Kojiro Umezaki

Octave 9

Seattle WA

Jan. 27, 2022

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Portland State University

Portland, OR

Nov. 15, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Binghamton University

Binghamton, NY

Nov. 15, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Library of Congress

Washingon D.C.

Oct. 13, 2021

Picture Brides

Del Sol Quartet

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Sep. 21, 2021

Adaptation Variations

Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra

A.K. Bissell Park: International Friendship Bell & Peace Pavillion

Sep. 15, 2021

Wavelengths

Faded Aura

Hub New Music

Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, PA

August 19, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Lake George Music Festival

June 1, 2021

Echolocation

Ensemble du Bout du Monde

Academy of Music

Basel, Switzerland

May 7, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Roger Williams University

March 21, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

The Johnstone Fund

Livestream

March 7, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Colgate University

Livestream

Feb. 11, 2021

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Portland State University

Livestream

Dec. 12, 2020

From Afar

Del Sol Quartet

Digital Joy Project

Nov. 19, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Boston Court Center for the Arts

Livestream

Nov. 2, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Sacramento State Festival of New American Music

Livestream

Oct. 24, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music

Tucson, AZ

Livestream

Sept. 25, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Tetractys New Music Series

Austin, TX

Livestream

Sept. 18, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Livestream

Aug. 16, 2020 (CANCELLED)

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music

Boston, MA

April 24, 2020 (CANCELLED)

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Octave9/Seattle Symphony

Seattle, WA

March 15, 2020 (CANCELLED)

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music

Boston, MA

Feb. 23, 24, 2020

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds

University of Hawai‘i Wind Ensemble

Lihue, Kaua‘i

Feb. 17-19, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Feb. 12, 2020

Wavelengths

Hub New Music

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Feb. 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 2020

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds

Utah Symphony

Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City

Feb. 15, 2020

Adaptation Variations

Lyon Arboretum

Honolulu, HI

Feb. 11, 2020

Adaptation Variations

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, HI

Feb. 7, 2020

Adaptation Variations

Orvis Auditorium

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI

Jan. 4, 2020

Adaptation Variations

Village Presbyterian Church

Prairie Village, KS

Jan. 28, 2020

Wavelengths

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

Jan. 18, 2020

Wavelengths

Metropolis Ensemble Co-presentation

New York, NY

Jan. 3-5, 2020 (3 performances)

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

BargeMusic

Brooklyn, NY

Dec. 14, 2019

Wavelengths

HUB New Music

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem, MA

Dec. 10, 2019

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Honolulu Chamber Music Series

Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI

Nov. 17, 2019

Wavelengths

HUB New Music

Roger Williams University

Bristol, RI

Nov. 5, 2019

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Joe's Pub

425 Lafayette Street

New York, NY

Oct. 24-26, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

Spitting Image Collective

Minneapolis/St. Cloud, MN

Oct. 17-20, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud & St. Cloud State

St. Cloud, MN

Sept. 20, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

Treefalls New Music Series

Spartanburg, SC

Sept. 13, 2019

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Indianapolis, IN

Sept. 12, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

University of Nebraska, Kearney

Kearney, NE

Sept. 11, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

Sept. 10, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

Doane College

Doane, NE

July 8, 2019

Wavelengths

(Asynchronicity)

HUB New Music

Space City Music Festival

Houston, TX

June 25, 2019

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork New Music

Tuesdays at Monkspace

Los Angeles, CA

May 18, 2019

Two Currents

Kailua Intermediate Band

Kailua, HI

May 14, 2019

Arrow of Time

Ensemble Échappé

DiMenna Center, New York, NY

March 24, 2019

Neon Flicker & "Early Bird Special" from Snapshots

H2/4 Quartet

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI

March 14, 2019

Sunburnt

H2 Quartet

Indiana Historical Society

Chamber Music for All National Festival

Indianapolis, IN

March 13, 2019

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, James Schlefer

St. Peters University, Jersey City, NJ

March 10, 2019

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, James Schlefer

Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY

March 10, 2019

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork New Music

CSU Northridge

Northridge, CA

March 5, 2019

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork New Music

CSU Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA

March 3, 2019

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork New Music

Church of Truth

Pasadena, CA

February 25, 2019

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Blue Sage Arts Center, Paonia, CO

February 24, 2019

Parallel Divergence

Harvey Mudd College

Los Angeles, CA

Nov 15, 2018

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

MilkBoy ArtHouse

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Nov. 14, 2018

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds - A Farewell to the O‘o

Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Boeckman, cond.

Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI

Nov. 1, 2018

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds - A Farewell to the O‘o

Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Boeckman, cond.

Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI

Oct. 31, 2018

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds - A Farewell to the O‘o

Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Boeckman, cond.

Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI

Oct 23, 2018

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork

Cal State Dominguez Hills

Oct 21, 2018

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork

Harvey Mudd College

Oct 17, 2018

Parallel Divergence

Brightwork

Santa Monica Public Library

Sep. 15, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill, ME

Sep. 14, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, ME

July 8, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Myonichi-kan Auditorium, Jiyu-gakuen, Tokyo

July 1, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Matsuyama Civic Center, Saitama, Japan

June 22, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Suntory Hall Blue Rose, Tokyo, Japan

June 20, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Pastoral Hall, Iwakuni, Japan

June 19, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Satake Memorial Hall, Hiroshima, Japan

June 17, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Ryusenji Temple, Hita, Japan

June 16, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Kyushu National Museum, Japan

June 13, 2018

Toccata

Ryu Goto, HUB New Music, Kyoto City University of the Arts Students, Yuga Cohler, conductor

Kyoto National Museum

June 11, 2018

Faded Aura

HUB New Music, Kojiro Umezaki

Nijojo Castle, Kyoto, Japan

June 9, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Sayama Sogo Clinic, Saitama, Japan

May 9, 2018

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds - A Farewell to the O‘o

Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Boeckman, cond.

Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI

April 29, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church, Chicago, IL

April 12, 2018

Arrow of Time

OSSIA New Music

Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

March 14, 2018

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Golden Hornet Composers Showcase, SXSW 2018

March 8-11, 2018

Doublethink

H2 Quartet

North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference

University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music

March 8-11, 2018

Sunburnt (premiere)

H2 Quartet

North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference

University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music

March 4, 2018

But Beautiful

Duo Yumeno

Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Jan. 12, 2018

Snapshots

Post-Haste Reed Duo

Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Nov. 11, 2017

Faded Aura for Kojiro Umezaki and HUB New Music Group

Peabody Essex Museum

Nov. 4, 2017

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Open Classical *Last Call*

Dallas, TX

Nov. 3, 2017

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Open Classical *Last Call*

Dallas, TX

Oct. 14, 2017

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Fast Forward Austin, Austin, TX

Oct. 13, 2017

American Postcards: Picture Brides (Hawaii 1908-1924)

Invoke Quartet

Southern Exposure, University of South Carolina

Oct. 13, 2017

Across the Open Sky

Miolina Duo & Craig Hultgren

Birmingham Art Music Alliance New Music Festival

St. Paul United Methodist Church, Birmingham, AL

June 21, 2017

Snapshots

Post-Haste Reed Duo

International Double Reed Society Annual Conference

Laurence University, Appleton, WI

May 5, 2017

Stargazing

Iggy Jang, violin

Hokulani Imaginarium, Windward Community College, HI

April 5, 2017

Neon Flicker

Chelsea Shanoff, Katherine Watson

Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Canada

March 21, 2017

Iridescence

Jonathan Korth, piano

Honolulu, HI

March 18, 2017

Echolocation

H2 Quartet

North American Saxophone Alliance Region 3 Conference

Brookings, SD

March 14, 2017

Selections from Iridescence

Jonathan Korth, piano

Honolulu, HI

March 3, 2017

Palpitations

Sean Fredenburg

Bryan Hall Theatre, Pulliman, Washington State University

Feb. 26, 2017

Neon Flicker

Chelsea Shanoff, Katherine Watson

Toronto, Canada

Feb. 18, 19, 2017

Reenactment

Jiyoung Yi, gayageum

Honolulu, HI

Feb. 3, 2017

Reenactment

Jiyoung Yi, gayageum

Honolulu, HI

Oct. 20, 2016

Undercurrent

Bowling Green New Music Ensemble, Christopher Dietz, conductor

Bowing Green, OH

July 30, 2016

Arrow of Time

Alarm Will Sound

Mizzou International Composers Festival

June 19, 2016

Parallel Divergence

Syzygy Ensemble

Glebe Justice Centre, Sydney, Australia

June 19, 2016

Neon Flicker

Nief-Norf Summer Festival

Knoxville, TN

June 15, 2016

Event Horizon

Momenta Quartet

Chelsea Music Festival

New York, NY

June 5, 2016

Parallel Divergence

Syzygy Ensemble

Pilgrim Church, Adelaide, Australia

April 23, 2016

Neon Flicker

BethAnne Kunert, soprano saxophone, and Sean Bradley, alto saxophone

Central Michigan University

April 14, 2016

Neon Flicker

Ensemble AKA - Marilène Provencher-Leduc, flutes Tommy Davis, saxophones

Café Résonance, Montreal

Mar. 17-19, 2016

Daydreams

University of Hawaii Wind Ensemble

Jeffrey Boeckman, conductor

University of Nevada Reno; Acalanes HS, CA; Bellrmine College Prep, CA

Mar. 10-13, 2016

Doublethink

J4 Quartet

NASA 2016, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Feb. 28, 2016

Daydreams

University of Hawaii Wind Ensemble

Jeffrey Boeckman, conductor

Feb. 10, 2016

Iridescence

Sara Davis Buechner

Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY

Jan. 29, 2016

Daydreams

University of Georgia Wind Ensemble

Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor

Nov. 29, 2015

To a Balloon Laden with Knowledge

New York Virtuoso Singers,

Harold Rosenbaum

National Sawdust, NY

Nov. 20, 2015

Daydreams

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wind Ensemble

Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor

Nov. 10, 2016

Iridescence

Jonathan Korth

Orvis Auditorium, HI

Nov. 7, 8, 2015

Ripple Effect

Tucson Symphony Orchestra,

Tucson, AZ

Oct. 11, 2015

Across the Open Sky

Lynn Bechtold, Mioi Takeda, Violin; Jennifer DeVore, cello

City Lore, NYC

Sept. 19, 2015

Re-Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Orvis Auditorium, HI

Aug. 5, 2015

Ripple Effect

Cabrillo Festival Orchestra,

Santa Cruz, CA

June 23, 2015

Conversations in a Garden

Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI

June 23, 2015

Across the Open Sky

Lynn Bechtold, Mioi Takeda, Violin; Jennifer DeVore, cello

Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Feb. 21&22, 2015

City of Imagination

Chinese Music Virtuosi

Honolulu, HI

Nov. 27, 2014

Taepyeongga

Sora Yoon, ajaeng

Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea

Nov. 23, 2014

The Distance of the Moon

Yoko Reikano Kimura, James Schlefer and the Cassatt Quartet. Tenri Cultural Institute, NY

Nov. 17, 2014

Daydreams

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Wind Ensemble

Evan Feldman, conductor

Oct. 18, 2014

Echolocation

BGSU New Music Festival

Bowling Green, OH

Oct. 10, 2014

Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Aron Kallay, Yuri Inoo, Shalini Vijayan. Harvey Mudd College, Los Angeles, CA

Aug. 16, 2014

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

Melbourne, Australia

Aug. 6, 2014

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

Perth, Australia

May 27, 2014

Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Aron Kallay, Yuri Inoo, Shalini Vijayan. Tuesdays@MONK SPACE, Los Angeles, CA

April. 17, 2014

Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Aron Kallay, Yuri Inoo, Shalini Vijayan. Pierce College

April 11, 2014

Stargazing

Yung-Hsiang Sean Wang, Violin. Texas Tech New Music Festival

April. 7, 2014

Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Aron Kallay, Yuri Inoo, Shalini Vijayan. CalArts

April 5, 2014

The Distance of the Moon

Kyo-Shin-An Arts and the Cassatt Quartet. Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu, HI

April 4, 2014

Of the Moon

James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi, and Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto. Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI

March 28, 2014

Across the Open Sky

Lynn Bechtold, Mioi Takeda, Violin; Jennifer DeVore, cello

Gallery MC, New York

March 16, 2014

Stargazing

Pauline Kim Harris, Violin

The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY

March 11, 13, 19, 26, 27

Palpitations

Sean Fredenburg.

Univ. Idaho; March Music Moderne PDX @ Hipbone Studio in Portland OR; UT San Antonio; Iowa State Univ.; Oklahoma St. Univ.

March 11, 13, 19, 23, 26, 27

Neon Flicker

Post-Haste Reed Duo.

Univ. Idaho; March Music Moderne PDX @ Hipbone Studio in Portland OR; UT San Antonio; North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Urbana, IL; Iowa State Univ.; Oklahoma St. Univ.

Feb. 28, 2014

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet. Cathédrale arménienne catholique Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France

Feb 18, 2014

Stargazing

Pauline Kim Harris, Violin

Hipbone Studio, Portland, OR

Feb. 8, 2014

Vanishing Act

The Varied Trio

Aron Kallay, Yuri Inoo, Shalini Vijayan. Bird Studio, Occidental College, CA

Jan. 26, 2014

Neon Flicker

Jonathan Nichol and Jeffery Loeffert. Bennett Chapel, Oklahoma St. University

Jan. 18, 2014

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

Bibliotèque Marmottan

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Dec. 14, 2013

String Quartet

Ebb and Flow Ensemble

Studio 909, Honolulu, HI

Dec. 6, 2013

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

13th Marco Fiorindo International Music Competition

Torino, Italy

Nov. 21, 2013

Daydreams

Northeastern State University, Norman Wika, NSU Center for Performing Arts, Tahlequah, OK

Nov. 16, 2013

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

Bibliotèque Marmottan

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Nov. 14, 2013

Echolocation

Quanta Quartet

Fondation des Etats-Unis

Paris, France

Sept. 23, 2013

Daydreams

Eastman Wind Ensemble

Cynthia Johnston-Turner, conductor

Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY

Aug. 9, 2013

Trade Winds

Linda Chatterton, flute

Jonathan Korth, piano

National Flute Convention 2013

New Orleans Marriott Hotel

July 27, 2013

Ripple Effect

Composers Conference at Wellesley College

July 31, 2013

Sounds and Shapes

Syzygy Ensemble

Melbourne Recital Centre,

Australia

June 9, 2013

Secret Dimension

Music from the Copland House ensemble

Merestead Estate

Mt. Kisco, NY

April 3, 2013

Daydreams

The University of New Mexico Wind Ensemble

Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor

Albuquerque, NM

Mar. 15, 2013

A Glimpse of a Reflection

Yi-Chieh Lai, guzheng

Orvis Recital Hall

Honolulu, HI

Recent News

 

I will be re-working and expanding Koholā Sings (originally for solo harp) to be for harp and string orchestra. Yolanda Kondonassis and the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra will be premiering the work on March 16, 2024 [LINK]

Listen to Koholā Sings for solo harp

Wavelengths performed by Hub New Music. At Roger Williams University

Watch Picture Brides with photos from the Barbara Kawakami Collection, performed by Invoke

Adaptation Variations featured on I Care If You Listen. See video by Jorge Arzac, performed by the American Wild Ensemble

Recipient of the 2019 Barlow General Commission to write a new work for the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

Snapshots, written for the saxophone-bassoon duo Post-Haste Reed Duo, is now out on their new album, Donut Robot! The four movements tracks from Snapshots are also featured on I Care If You Listen. Also on the CD are works by composers Edward Hines, Drew Baker, Andrea L. Reinkemeyer, Michael Johanson, and Ruby Fulton. Congratulations to saxophonist Sean Fredenburg and bassoonist Javier Rodriguez for these incredible recordings!

 

Excited to be collaborating with Music in the American Wild! Many thanks to the Chamber Music America Grant Classical Commissioning program.

We’re creating a symphony about Hawaiian birds! With original compositionsbylocal composersMichael Foumai, Daniel Houglum, Jon Magnussen, Thomas Osborne, Donald Womack, and myself, and local artists Jamie Allen, Laura Margulies, Laurie Sumiye, Pawel Nuckowski, Kayla Abalos, and Jeanine Higa, with consultation with conservation experts, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra will perform for over 2000 local students on May 9, 2018 at Blaisdell Concert Hall, all of whom have been learning about the plight of these endangered birds this semester. Special thanks to my fellow coordinators on this project, professors Melissa Price (NREM) and Charlotte Frambaugh-Kritzer (College of Education), and the Strategic Investment Initiative.

Winner of the 2017-2018 OSSIA New Music International Call for Scores. OSSIA will perform Arrow of Time at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on April 12, 2018.

Selected for the Ensemble Échappé Call for Score. Ensemble Échappé will perform Arrow of Time for their 2018-2019 season.

Recipient of the 2017 Barlow General Commission to write a new work for Duo Yumeno

Honorable mention for the 2018 Barlow Prize.

New recording of Arrow of Time performed by Alarm Will Sound. Live at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 30, 2016

Video of the premiere of Snapshots for bassoon and alto saxophone performed by the Post Haste Reed Duo

Video of the performance of Reenactment for solo gayageum and electronics by Jiyoung Yi on Feb. 18, 2017

9/2/16: Short Film "Mirage" (of which I composed the soundtrack for) featured at the Ohana Short Film Showcase. Director Vilsoni Hereniko interviewed on HPR [link]

7/24/16: Feature on the Columbia Daily Tribute during the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival [link]

Iridescence selected for Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention by Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

Selected to be resident composer for the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival [link]

Nov. 20, 2015: Screening of Salesi, a 25-minute dance film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Composed original music for the film.

Nov. 10, 2015: Iridescence premiered by Jonathan Korth at the Hawaii Music Teachers Association Concert.

Nov. 1-9, 2015: Residency with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
Tucson Lifetyle Magazine
Arizona Daily Star

Recent (Jun. 23, 2015) performance of Concert in the Garden at the Maui Arts & Culture Center

Video of the Chinese Virtuosi performing City of Imagination courtesy of 'Ōlelo Community Media

New audio of City of Imagination featuring the Chinese Music Virtuosi available.

Video of The Distance of the Moon featuring the Cassatt Quartet, Yoko Reikano Kimura, and James Nyoraku Schlefer now available here

 

tucson symphony orchestra logoRecipient of the Music Alive: New Partnership grant.  I am thrilled to be partnering with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for a one-week residency in the 2015-2016 season culminating in several performances of Ripple Effect.   [NY Times, New Music Box]

 

April 11, 2014: Guest Composer at Texas Tech University 2014 Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn Festival of New Music

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DAYDREAMS selected as honorable mention for the CSU Los Angeles 2014 John Swain Prize for Wind Ensemble Composition

Guest composer at the New Music Festival at Texas Tech University. Includes performance of Stargazing by Yung-Hsiang Sean Wang

Video of Quanta Quartet performing Echolocation

Ripple Effect selected as finalist for RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition

Recipient of the Kaske Fellowship to attend the 2013 Composers Conference at Wellesley College

Chosen as the Frends of Copland House Fellow to attend the 2013 CULTIVATE program at the Copland House.

AFTERIMAGE selected as the winner of the 2013 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. [ASCAP]

DAYDREAMS selected as the winner of the 2012 ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize. [ASCAP] [CBDNA]

Assistant Professor in Music at the University of Hawaii in Manoa as of August of 2012. Aloha!

May 20, 2012: Premiere of Across the Open Sky at the American Music Festival in Troy, NY. [Times Union] [Daily Gazette]

Recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Scholarship. [Press Release]

Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra to write a chamber music work as part of the American Music Festival. New work to be premiered on Sunday May 20, 2012 at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Performance of Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra by the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra with the students of the Frédéric Chopin Music School as the soloists in Katowice, Poland on April 17, 2012.

New recording of Afterimage by Kathryn Bates Williams posted from the Wild Rumpus Debut Concert.

Watch / listen to Kim Goddard of the h2 quartet and the people at soundnotion.tv talk about Echolocation (among other topics).

Recording session of Daydreams with the Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Cynthia Johnston-Turner for a CD to be released. [read more]

Featured on NPR and WQXR in their "100 Composers Under 40 - A Crowdsourced Project to Determine the Range of the 21st-century Composer." Thank you to all those who voted!

WINNER of the 2011 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for his composition Undercurrent.