Consortium Premiere @ NASA
I am proud to share that from the ashes of disaster — the resulting work of the 2024 Saxophone Consortium led by Luke Kranyak — will be premiered at the 2025 North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 8 Conference at Penn State. It will be premiered on March 29th by Luke Kranyak and a quartet of Penn State percussionists (Charles McCall, Michael Valente, Bella Scotti, Ryder Haines).
2025 Penn State International New-Music Festival
Selected events involving my music and research:
Matchstick Percussion Opening Concert (gentle autumn) — March 20, 7:30pm @ Penn State Recital Hall
Concert I (Roles of Matter — Luke Kranyak) — March 21, 1:30pm @ Esber Rehearsal Hall
Paper Presentation: Julius Eastman: the Connection between Music and Identity — March 22, 10:00am @ Esber Rehearsal Hall
Full schedule for the entire festival can be found here.
gentle autumn @ High Point University
As a part of Matchstick Percussion’s Strike Anywhere, my work gentle autumn will be performed at High Point University at the Hayworth Fine Arts Center. The concert will take lace March 14th, 7:30 PM in the Pauline Theater.
Matchstick Percussion: Moving Structures Under Prose
Celebrating 5 years of Matchstick Percussion at the Kennedy Center!
The Master’s Recital of Han Hitchen
A concert of works composed during my time at Penn State.
Premiere: Roles of Matter
On his junior recital, Luke Kranyak gives the world premiere of my new work for soprano sax and effect pedals, Roles of Matter!
Petal to the Metal: Magnolia Quartet
The Magnolia Quartet will perform my work for sax quartet, burnt trees will never unburn, on their final recital!
Penn State Percussion Ensemble Concert
The Penn State Percussion Ensemble and Graduate Brass Quintet will premiere blending, a new work for brass quintet and percussion quintet.
Premiere: soothing scares
Carly Gilbert and Karin Peterson premiere soothing scares, a new work for two performers and fixed media.