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 LVC

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

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