Events & Appearances

+ Upcoming

+ Recent

• June 27, 2020, Castillón (Spain): Premiere of Elegia for solo cello, at the Festival Internacional de Música de Cambra de Castelló
• March 1, 2020, Pittsburgh: Un re in ascolto ii performed by LA-based ensemble Brightwork as part of Music on the Edge's Festival of Microtonal Music.
• February 5, 202, Pittsburgh: Premiere of Canticum, for string orchestra, by Eddie Leonard and the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh.
• January 27, 2020, Pittsburgh: Surround, for six harps around the audience, at the (Alphabet City) City of Asylum.
• December 9, 2019, New York: Premiere of Themuru, with Carl Bettendorf conducting James Ilgenfritz's Anagram ensemble.
• November 25, 2019, Pittsburgh: Surround, for six harps around the audience, performed at the Western PA School for the Blind.
• October 27, 2019, Cleveland: Memoria performed by Katherine Bell and Alia Musica at the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project.
• September 5, 2019, Panama City (Panama): World premiere of Concerto for Percussion, with Carlos Camacho and the National Symphony of Panama, under my baton. Also in the program was my Passacaglia on a Theme by Bach, and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.

+ Featured composer appearances

• Featured in the "Portraits" series by NAT 28. Pittsburgh, November 13, 2016.
• Composer in Residence, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, February 16-20, 2016.
• MusicArte Festival, Panama City, June 9-20, 2015.
• Featured artist, Community Supported Art, New Hazlett Theater (Pittsburgh, 2014). Commission: Rendering for solo piano.
• Composer in residence at Conexión Drácula (Panama, 2014). Commission: "Anoche soñé", incidental music (countertenor, clarinet, percussion).
• Featured Composer at the Thailand International Composition Festival (Bangkok, 2014), along with Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, and Ken Ueno. Premieres: Festive Fugue for wind symphony; Calco for solo cello.
• One of six composers in the "12 by 7" Commission Project of Scordatura Music Society (Houston, 2011). Commission: Nocturne for string quartet.
• Featured Composer at the Dallas Festival of Modern Music (Dallas, 2010). Commission: "Aquel que al verme", for mezzo, flute, viola, guitar, and 2 percussionists.

+ Conducting (selected)

• September 5, 2019: Guest Conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, F. Garcia-De Castro's Passacaglia on a theme by Bach, and the premiere of Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra with Carlos Camacho.
• May 5, 2017, Pittsburgh: Luciano Berio's Laborintus II with Alia Musica and Quince Ensemble.
• January 21, 2017, Pittsburgh: Alia Musica on works by Boulez, David Stock, John Arrigo-Nelson, Patrick Burke, and the premiere of Emergences by Phil Taylor. PNC Hall, Duquesne University.
• May 26, 2016, Pittsburgh: Alia Musica at the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music, featuring soprano Tony Arnold. Works by Augusta Read Thomas, Curtis Rumrill, Brian Riordan, Federico Garcia-De Castro, and the premiere of Ken Ueno's Sawdust in Ararat.
• May 11, 2016: Flashmob of Stravinsky's Firebird at Market Square in Pittsburgh, as part of the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music.
• February 19, 2016, Columbus, GA: Alia Musica Pittsburgh in residence at Schwob School of Music. Works by Boulez, James Ogburn, Ivan Knees, Brian Riordan, Federico Garcia-De Castro.
• June 20, 2015, Panama City: Alia Musica Pittsburgh at MusicArte Festival. Works by Boulez, C. Sanchez-Gutierrez, Ivan Knees, Heriberto Pinzón, and Christopher Dietz.

+ Other festivals and workshops

• Levon Manukyan Collegium Musicum (Burgas, Bulgaria, 2013).
• New Music Festival at Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL, 2013).
• Conductors Institute, Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2011).
• Music X. (Blonay, Switzerland, 2010).
• Cabrillo Festival of Modern Music. (Santa Cruz, CA, 2009).
• American Composer Orchestra/University of Pennsylvania new music readings (Philadelphia, 2009).
• U-3 Festival (Pittsburgh, 2003)

+ Composer Talks

• Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Percussion studio (Cincinnati, OH, 2017).
• Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA, 2016)
• Carson McCullers Center (Columbus, GA, 2016)
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia, 2015)
• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Valencia, Spain, 2015)
• Carnegie Mellon University (Pitsburgh, PA, 2014)
• Mahidon University (Thailand International Composition Festival, Bangkok, 2014)
• Eastman School of Muisc (Rochester, NY, 2014)
• Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (2014)
• Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA, 2013)
• Houston Baptist University (Houston, TX, 2011)
• University of North Texas (Denton, TX, 2011)

Works

+ Chamber

• Surround, for six harps placed around the audience (2018). Commissioned by a Lift grant from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
• "Memoria", homage to Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa (2015, commissioned by Dal Niente). sop/vl.vc/gtr.pc.13'
• Seven visions of alchemy (2015, commissioned by Luisa Sello and Alvin Wong). fl/vc.9'
• Un re in ascolto ii (2014, for the Eastman Broadband and Alia Musica Pittsburgh). fl.cl/2pc.gtr.pf/vl.vc.14'
• Long stories short (2011, commissioned by Trillium Ensemble). fl.cl.pf. Three stand-alone movements. 7'
• "Aquel que al verme," on a text by Nicolás García De Castro (2010, commissioned by Ars Nova Dallas). mezzo/fl/2pc.gtr/vla.8'
• Festive Fugue for 10 winds, double-bass, and percussion (2010, commissioned by Ars Nova Dallas). 5'
• À trois (2010). vl.pc.pf.7'
• Bajo el Hechizo (2009). mar.gtr.pf.9'
• Livre pour deux pianos (2008). 27'
• Endecaphony (2007). fl.ob.cl.fg/pc.pf.hp/2vl.vla.vc.12'
• Septet (2004). ob.fg/cor.tbn/pc/vl.vc.14'
• "An Anatomy of the World" on texts by John Donne (2002, rev. 2009). sop/fl.cl.cor/pc.pf/vl.vc.6'

+ Large ensemble

• Concerto for percussion and wind symphony (2017, commissioned by Carlos Camacho). solo perc/2.2.e-flat cl.6cl.bcl.2/2sx alt.tnr.bar/433/timp.perc/cb.18'
• Calco ii for orchestra (2016, commissioned by the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra). 2(pic)222/4230/tp/str.10'
• Contrepoint for strings (2015). str.8'
• Pluribus (2011). 1(pic)111/1110/tp.pc.pf/2vl.vla.vc.cb7'
• Festive Fugue for wind symphony (2010). 2+pic.2.cl I,II,bcl.2/2sx alt.tnr.bar/423.euph.tba/timp.3perc/cb.5'
• Inter Alia (2009). 2(picc)2(eh)22/2221/pc.tp.hp=pf/str.5'
• Consequence in two movements, (2009). 1111/1110/2pc.kbd/str.8'
• Passacaglia on a theme by Bach (2001, first prize in the National Composition Competition for Orchestra in Bogotá, Colombia). 2(pic)22(bcl)2/4231/2pc.tp.hp/str.10'

+ Soloist

• Concerto for percussion and wind symphony (2017, commissioned by Carlos Camacho). solo perc/2.2.e-flat cl.6cl.bcl.2/2sx alt.tnr.bar/433/timp.perc/cb.18'
• Romanza for guitar (2016, commissioned by Jordan Dodson). gtr. 7'
• Rendering for solo piano (2014, commissioned by the New Hazlett Theater). pf.12'
• Calco for solo cello (2014, for Alvin Wong at the 10th Thailand International Competition Festival). vc.9'
• Chemins, three episodes and aria for solo cello (2013, commissioned by Kate Dillingham and Random Access Music). vc.9'
• 5,6,4,3 for solo clarinet (2010). Version for solo flute (2011). cl or fl. 9'
• Canon for violin and piano (2002, rev. 2009). vl.pf.5'
• Act for guitar (2001). gtr.6'
• Fantasia on a theme by Bach for solo piano (2001). pf.10'
• Consequence for oboe and piano (2000). ob.pf.7'

+ Vocal

• La Destruction, on a poem by Baudelaire (2018). Commissioned by Quince Ensemble.
• Al vacío, on a text by Nicolás García De Castro (2016). sop/mezzo.gtr.6'
• "Memoria", homage to Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa (2015, commissioned by Ensemble Dal Niente). sop/vl.vc/gtr.pc.13'
• "Aquel que al verme", on a text by Nicolás García De Castro (2010, commissioned by Ars Nova Dallas). mezzo/fl/2pc.gtr/vla.8'
• "An Anatomy of the World" on texts by John Donne (2003, rev. 2009). sop/fl.cl.cor/pc.pf/vl.vc.6'

+ In progress

• New piece for Anagram trio (viola, cello, bass).

+ Commissioned arrangements

• Perry's Victory March for orchestra (Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, 2013).
• The Wexfort Carol for tenor and orchestra (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 2012).
• The Goblin's Dance, for violin and strings (Erie Philharmonic, 2012).
• Fandango for orchestra (University of Pittsburgh, 2003).