News and Events

Camarada to feature several of Gilad’s pieces in two concerts in San Diego

May 2 2024, Mingei International Museum; May 4 2024, Bread & Salt Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA

Camarada Ensemble will feature a few of my works in two concerts that will close their 23-24 season in San Diego: Post Winter Solstice for flute/piccolo, bass clarinet, violin and cello; Dances of Peril for clarinet, violin and cello; and my arrangement of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet for flute, viola and harp.

Beth Ross Buckley, flutes; Frank Renk, clarinets; David Buckley, violin; Travis Maril, viola; Abe Liebhaber, cello; Dana Burnett, piano; Elena Mashkovtseva, harp

Israeli Chamber Project to perform Around the Cauldron in Canada

November 28 2024 at 7:30pm, Club musical de Québec, Canada.

My piece Around the Cauldron for piano trio will be performed by the Israeli Chamber Project as part of their concert at Club musical de Québec in Canada, alongside music by Ravel Debussy, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky. Around the Cauldron was commissioned by Concert Artists Guild with support from the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.

Daniel Bard, violn and viola; Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Guy Eshed, flute; Michal Korman, cello; Sivan Magen, harp; Assaff Weisman, piano.

Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Harp to be Featured on National Orchestra of Spain’s Chamber Series

December 17 2024 at 7:30pm, National Orchestra of Spain Chamber Hall, Madrid, Spain

The National Orchestra of Spain will feature my piece Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp on their Satellite Series. Also in the program is music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Harry Sdraulig, and Mario Totaro.

Coming up: Video of Harp Concerto’s premiere

A video of the world Premiere of my new harp concerto Saucerful of Memories will be available at this page soon. The concerto was premiered by harpist Sivan Magen and Roosevelt Island Orchestra (cond. Benjamin Hochman) and with Katie Jordan, horn. It was commissioned by the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund for Sivan Magen with additional support from the American Harp Society.

Short Goat Blues wins composition competition of Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

My string quartet Short Goat Blues has won the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle's live composition contest "Music Madness." In this tournament-style event, Short Goat Blues was anonymously chosen by the audience out of 8 finalist compositions, which had been selected in advance out of 120 submissions. See video in comments.

"Short Goat Blues" is a 4-minute excerpt from my string quartet Three Goat Blues, which was commissioned by ​Houston Arts Alliance for Apollo Chamber Players and released on their 2017 album Ancestral Voices.

New recording of Doaa and Masa for harp solo

A new video recording of Sivan Magen playing my piece Doaa and Masa for harp solo is now available on this page. This recording is be part of an album-in-progress of my compositions that feature the harp and were written for Sivan, alongside Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating Harp; Firefly Elegy; and Saucerful of Memories.

Winner of 2023 Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest

My piece A Dark Matter for alto flute, oboe, clarinet and piano has won the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s 2023 Composition Contest. LCCE will performed the piece on their 24/25 season. A Dark Matter was commissioned by Chamber Music America with additional support from Composers Guild of New Jersey for Exponential Ensemble, whose debut album Matters of Time, which features the piece, will be released in 2024.

Exponential Ensemble’s debut album featuring A Dark Matter

Exponential Ensemble’s debut album Matters of Time (released March 1st 2024 on American Modern Recordings) is featuring my piece A Dark Matter for alto flute, oboe, clarinet and piano, alongside works by Amy Brandon, Robert Patterson, and Jared Miller. Listen to the album on Spotify, or watch a live video here. A Dark Matter was commissioned by Chamber Music America with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and with additional support from the Composers Guild of New Jersey.

Two Chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd

The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd features two chapters that I contributed: a re-publication of my article about Shine On and the stage theory of grief, which was published in Music Theory Spectrum in 2018 (full text is available here), and a new article that was invited for this book titled “Temporal Journey Through Pink Floyd’s Music.” The latter examines songs from Pink Floyd’s early days under Syd Barrett through their last formal release in 2014 and explores how the music interplays between dramatic, goal-oriented moments and elements that challenge standard time flow.

Read more about my research and lecture series here

Past Performances

Roosevelt Island Concerts (New York City, USA), 4.6.2024: Saucerful of Memories (Sivan Magen, harp; Roosevelt Island Orchestra; Benjamin Hochman, conductor)

Colburn Conservatory of Music (Los Angeles, CA, USA), 3.30.2024: Trailheads (Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli)

National Opera Center (New York City, NY, USA), 3.14.2024: Dances of Peril (Exponential Ensemble)

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA, USA), 3.3.2024: Firefly Elegy (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)

Phillips Exeter Academy (NH, USA), 12.12.2023: Around the Cauldron (Phillips Exeter Academy faculty)

Ripon Concerts (North Yorkshire, UK), 11.13.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

California Festival (La Jolla, CA, USA), 11.12.2023: Three Goat Blues for flute quartet (Camarada Ensemble)

Music in Dumfries (Dumfries, UK), 11.11.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Leicester International Music Festival (UK), 11.9.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Brockenhurst Music Society (UK), 10.2.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Israeli Conservatory of Music (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 9.23.2023: Moonrhymes (Guy Figer and ensemble)

The Old Church (Stoke Newington, London, UK), 9.17.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Bowdoin International Music Festival (ME, USA), 8.2.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Iris Danek, violin; Yang-Yang Liang, viola; Megan Apostol, harp)

Guildhall School Harp Festival (London, UK), 7.5.2023: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

Mostly Modern Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY), 6.20.2023: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Tasha Warren, clarinet; Joseph Rebman, harp; Dave Eggar, cello)

Needham Concert Society (MA, USA), 4.23.2023: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Ryan Yure, clarinet; Ronald Lowry, cello; Ina Zdorovetchi, harp)

University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), 4.23.2023: Doaa and Masa (Madison Dartana, harp)

The Seattle Series (WA, USA), 3.23.2023: Circling Time (Benjamin Hochman, piano)

UC San Diego Park & Market (CA, USA), 1.21.2023: Firefly Elegy and Three Goat Blues for flute quartet (Camarada Ensemble)

West University Place Recreation Center (TX, USA), 1.28.2023: Three Goat Blues (Apollo Chamber Players)

Frakzionen Festival for Contemporary Music (Bielefeld, Germany),1.14.2023: Doaa and Masa (Charlotte Michels)

Italian Cultural Institute Brussels (Belgium), 1.11.2023: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Matteo Delmonte, flute; Monika Mlynarczyk, viola; Emma Wauters, harp)

Bartok Memorial House (Budapest, Hungary), 11.25.2022: Firefly Elegy (Budapest Festival Orchestra principals)

Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ, USA), 11.17.2022: A Dark Matter (Exponential Ensemble)

Central Chamber Series (New York, NY, USA), 11.15.2022: Around the Cauldron (Lysander Piano Trio)

National Opera Center (New York, NY, USA), 11.10.2022: Post Winter Solstice (Exponential Ensemble)

Catonsville Concerts (MD, USA), 10.23.2022: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Trio Sirènes)

Helsinki Music Center (Finland), 10.14.2022: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (NYKY Ensemble)

Piz Amalia Music Festival (Scuol, Switzerland), 9.14.2022: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Toya Belén Johansen, Timen Bruijne, Séléna Plain)

Rossi Fest Belgrade (Serbia), 9.4.2022: Mizmor Layla, choral arr. (Braca Baruh Choir)

Festival dei Due Mondi (Italy), 6.24-6.26.2022: Firefly Elegy (Budapest Festival Orchestra principals)

American Harp Society National Conference (Sioux Falls, SD, USA), 6.22.2022: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Israeli Chamber Project)

Laguna Woods (CA, USA), 6.19.2022: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Israeli Chamber Project)

Mostly Modern Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY, USA), 6.9.2022: A Dark Matter (Exponential Ensemble)

Budapest Festival Orchestra Hall (Hungary), 5.8.2022: Firefly Elegy (Budapest Festival Orchestra principals)

The Acorn Centre (Inverurie, UK), 4.22.2022, Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Beth Haverim Shir Shalom (Mahwah, NJ, USA), 4.3.2022: A Dark Matter (Exponential Ensemble)

Israel Conservatory of Music (Tel Aviv, Israel), 4.2.2022: Around the Cauldron (Israeli Chamber Project)

Bar Orian Concert Hall (Kibutz Eilon, Israel), 4.1.2022: Around the Cauldron (Israeli Chamber Project)

Merom Hagalil Conservatory (Israel), 3.31.2022: Around the Cauldron (Israeli Chamber Project)

Ra'anana Music Center (Israel), 3.30.2022: Around the Cauldron (Israeli Chamber Project)

Ludgeruskerk Hall (Netherlands), 3.27.2022: Firefly Elegy (Berghout Ensemble)

Royal Welsh College (Cardiff, UK), 3.24.2022: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (New York, NY, USA), 3.23.2022: The Last Battle of King Sorrow (Decoda)

Pukama Chamber (Helsinki, Finland), 3.21.2022: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

St Michael's Church (Michaelchurch Escley, UK), 3.19.2022: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

National Opera Center (New York, NY, USA), 3.18.2022: A Dark Matter (Exponential Ensemble)

Seoul Arts Center (South Korea), 11.21.2021: Doaa and Masa for harp solo (Sivan Magen)

Guangju Culture and Art Center (South Korea), 11.19.2021: Doaa and Masa for harp solo (Sivan Magen)

National Opera Center (New York, NY, USA), 10.21.2021: Dances of Peril for clarinet, violin and cello (Exponential Ensemble)

North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, NC, USA), 9.19.2021: Around the Cauldron for piano trio
Lysander Piano Trio

Wells House (Ireland), 5.2.2021: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Musici Ireland: William Butt, cello; Dianne Marshall, harp; Berginald Rash, clarinets)

Holocaust Museum Houston (Houston, TX, USA), 4.15.2021: Three Goat Blues (Apollo Chamber Players)

Indiana University Bloomington live-from-Joshi series (IN, USA), 4.14.2021: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Indiana University New Music Ensemble)

Indiana University Bloomington (IN, USA), 3.20.2021: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Kari Novilla, harp; Jaemin Lee, Cello; Ana Nelson, clarinets)

University of York (York, UK), 10.28.2020: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble)

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Graz, Austria), 10.12.2020: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp  (Trio FLOREO)

Festival Mozaic (Paso Robles, CA, USA), 7.30.2020: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Marcia McHugh, flute; Jessica Chang, viola; Meredith Clark, harp)

Harris County Public Library “Live in Studio” concert (TX, USA), 6.4.2020: Three Goat Blues (Apollo Chamber Players)

Stony Brook University, remote concert (NY, USA), 5.21.2020: The Rushing Camel (Nadav Lev, guitar)

The United Reformed Church (Fordingbridge, UK), 3.6.2020: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Pelléas Ensemble: Henry Roberts, Flute; Luba Tunnicliffe, Viola; Oliver Wass, Harp)

National Opera Center (NYC, USA), 3.4.2020: Firefly Elegy (Exponential Ensemble)

Atrium Theater (San Francisco, CA, USA), 2.10.2020: Late Shadow (Earplay New Chamber Music)

Temple de Hirsch Sinai (Seattle, WA), 2.8.2020: Doaa and Masa (Sophie Baird-Daniel, harp)

Franz Schubert Institute (Vienna, Austria), 1.29.2020: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Trio FLOREO)

Bad Gleichenberg (Austria), 12.19.2019: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Trio FLOREO)

Chamber Music Tulsa (OK, USA), 10.11.2019: Around the Cauldron (Lysander Piano Trio)

Michigan State University (MI, USA), 10.4.2019: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Tasha Warren, clarinet; Daniel Tressel, cello; Chen-Yu Huang, harp)

​​Keystone Korner (Baltimore, MD, USA), 9.29.2019: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Marcia McHugh, flute; Colin Sorgi, viola; Jacqueline Pollauf, harp)

Community Concerts at Second (Baltimore, MD, USA), 9.15.2019: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Trio Sirènes: Marcia McHugh, flute; Karin Brown, viola; Jacqueline Pollauf, harp)

Tel-Aviv Museum (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 8.1.2019: Mizmor Layla, choral arrangement (Cecilia Ensemble, cond. Guy Pelc)

University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz (Austria), 6.28.2019: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Trio FLOREO)

Israel Festival (Jerusalem, Israel), 6.8.2019: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

Newbury Spring Festival (UK), 5.21.2019: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Adam Walker, flute; Timothy Ridout, viola; Lucy Wakefort, harp)

Omaha Chamber Music Society (Omaha, NE, USA), 4.22.2019: Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (John Klinghammer, Maria Crosby, Katie Wychulis)

Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL, USA), 3.29.2019: Three Goat Blues (Apollo Chamber Players)

Helsinki Music Centre (Helsinki, Finland), 3.15.2019: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH, USA), 3.10.2019: Late Shadow (David Bowlin, violin; Spencer Myer, piano)

Pro Musica San Miguel de Allende Mexico (Guanajuato, Mexico), 3.9.2019: Around the Cauldron (Lysander Piano Trio)

Lyon & Healy's Harptacular Festival (Nashville, TN, USA), 3.2.2019: Doaa and Masa (Sivan Magen, harp)

Hancher at The University of Iowa (IA, USA), 1.24.2019: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Marina Piccinini, flute; Sivan Magen, harp)

White Rock Concerts (British Columbia, Canada), 1.18.2019: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Marina Piccinini, flute; Sivan Magen, harp)

Church of the Transfiguration (New York, NY, USA), 1.15.2019: Three Goat Blues (Klang String Quartet)