I join The Collective and The Florida Orchestra for the concerto version of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne for six percussion soloists and strings under the baton of Chelsea Gallo with video by Kjell van Sice
I join The Collective and The Florida Orchestra for the concerto version of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne for six percussion soloists and strings under the baton of Chelsea Gallo with video by Kjell van Sice
icarus joins Beth' Willer’s NEXT Ensemble with vocalists and instrumentalists at the Peabody Conservatory for a special project conceived and led by conductor Juliano Anecito. Luigi Dallapiccola’s Canti di prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment) for chorus, two pianos, two harps and percussion will be paired with the world premiere of Elijah Daniel Smith’s The Thought to Which I Lay, setting poetry by Brian D. Fuller
icarus joins Beth' Willer’s NEXT Ensemble with vocalists and instrumentalists at the Peabody Conservatory for a special project conceived and led by conductor Juliano Anecito. Luigi Dallapiccola’s Canti di prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment) for chorus, two pianos, two harps and percussion will be paired with the world premiere of Elijah Daniel Smith’s The Thought to Which I Lay, setting poetry by Brian D. Fuller
My students at the Peabody Conservatory perform a concert of chamber works by Andy Akiho, Juri Seo, Michael Torke, and others
iQ presents “Bartók Rebórn” in a guest artist recital at Purdue University Fort Wayne
iQ presents “Bartók Rebórn” for their appearance on the Classical Convergence Series at Colorado State University
My students at Peabody join Marina Piccinini’s flute students for a third annual collaborative concert, this time presented on the conservatory’s afternoon recital series
I’m excited to join pianist and series director Natalia Kazaryan for the finale of this inaugural concert season, playing Michael Laurello’s I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream for solo percussion along with Caroline Shaw’s Boris Kerner for flowerpots and cello and Andy Akiho’s 21 for marimba and cello with yMusic’s Gabe Cabezas at this abandoned subway station-turned art space
iQ presents “Bartók Rebórn” for their appearance on this series at Colombus State’s Schwob School of Music
iQ presents “Bartók Rebórn” in a guest artist recital at Lebanon Valley College
I join The Collective and the Phoenix Symphony for Chris Theofanidis’ Drum Circles for four percussion soloists and orchestra, under the baton of Lina Gonzalez-Granados in the orchestra’s season opening weekend
I join The Collective and the Phoenix Symphony for Chris Theofanidis’ Drum Circles for four percussion soloists and orchestra, under the baton of Lina Gonzalez-Granados in the orchestra’s season opening weekend
I join The Collective and the Phoenix Symphony for Chris Theofanidis’ Drum Circles for four percussion soloists and orchestra, under the baton of Lina Gonzalez-Granados in the orchestra’s season opening weekend
iQ performs Béla Bartók’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion, Witold Lutoslawski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini, and presents the world premieres of Bartók companion works by Martin Bresnick, Viet Cuong, and Jennifer Higdon, with all three composers in attendance
Looking forward to working with the talented percussion students of Professor Ksenija Komljenović at UNCSA
Preview performance at Brown University of a new opera by Matthew Aucoin with direction by MacArthur Fellow Peter Sellars and the musicians of the American Modern Opera Company
A two-week workshop at Brown University for the staging of a new opera by Matthew Aucoin with direction by MacArthur Fellow Peter Sellars and the musicians of the American Modern Opera Company
Han Lash’s C with pianist Alice Chenyang Xu, Ciel Êtoilé by Kaija Saariaho with double bassist Zach Hobin, and Reena Esmail’s Chuti Hui Jagah with soprano Melissa Wimbish
Sam Suggs’ arrangement of Rossini’s Allegro Zingarese with double bassist Zach Hobin
Ciel Êtoilé by Kaija Saariaho with double bassist Zach Hobin
I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream for solo vibraphone with electronics by Michael Laurello
“Night Club 1960” from Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango with flutist Elizabeth Shuhan
Nobilette by composer-in-residence James Chu with my LMC colleagues
icarus holds our first annual iQ Test Fest in support of the iQ Tests program, with live performances, fundraiser prizes, food, drinks, and the announcement of the 2024-25 iQ Test Scholars
I join my friends in the Avery Fisher Career Grant-winning Sandbox Percussion and the marvelous singers of Trinity Wall Street for Garth Neustadter’s heart-wrenching Memory of Water
iQ plays a guest recital at Penn State with works by Bartok, Lutoslawski, Kirsten, and Reich
I join my colleagues of The Percussion Collective, directed by Robert van Sice, for an afternoon show at the new Hopkins Bloomberg Center, featuring Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne and his arrangement of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango as well as Alejandro Viñao’s Stress and Flow
iQ makes its return to this fantastic series in Reisterstown, MD with new works for percussion and piano four-hands including premieres by 2023-24 iQ Test Scholars Che Buford and Kian Ravaei
My students at the Peabody Conservatory will give our annual PPG show in Miriam Friedberg Hall, with a portrait program of composer Garth Neustadter – percussion sextet/video work Seaborne, his arrangement of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, and Memory of Water, for which we’ll be joined by Peabody’s NEXT Ensemble under the direction of Beth Willer
My students at the Peabody Conservatory present a stellar (and free) afternoon program in Griswold Hall, with works by Rich O’Meara, Alejandro Viñao, Thierry De Mey, Steve Reich, Christopher Deane, and Per Norgard
Excited to join the virtuosic Project Fusion saxophone quartet for a recital presented by the Washington Arts Ensemble featuring music by John Psathas, Tyler Kline, Michael Laurello, and more
I join my Peabody colleagues clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, saxophonist Doug O’Connor, pianist Wei-Han Wu, and guest violinist Libby Fayette in a free afternoon program at JHU’s beautiful new DC facility featuring Emma O’Halloran’s dream on, Viet Cuong’s Electric Aroma, Michael Laurello’s Unity Synonym, and Kevin Puts’ and legions will rise.
Excited to visit the percussion studio of BSU to play some commissioned works, coach student performances, and discuss various facets of my career
iQ shares a concert with the University of Central Florida’s New Music Ensemble as part of a 2-day residency in Orlando
iQ presents a recital of works by Natalie Dietterich, Sam Wu, Matiss Cudars, Christian Quinones, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Steve Reich – and there will be a pre-concert discussion at 6pm!
I join virtuoso violinist Paul Huang and The Percussion Collective for a Kennedy Center recital presented by Washington Performing Arts, including the world premieres of Transcontinental by Kenji Bunch and Witness Tree by Ke-Chia Chen, both for percussion quartet and solo violin
I join TPC and YCA for a repeat program of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne and Memory of Water and Alejandro Viñao’s Poems and Prayers for percussion and voices in NYC