News and Events
Israeli Chamber Project to perform Around the Cauldron in Canada, the US, and Israel
November 25 2024 at 8pm, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
November 28 2024 at 7:30pm, Club musical de Québec, Canada
December 4 2024 at 7:30pm, Chamber Music Concerts, Ashland, OR, USA
My piano trio Around the Cauldron will be performed by the Israeli Chamber Project in their concerts at Club musical de Québec in Canada, Chamber Music Concerts in Oregon, and Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, alongside music by Ravel Debussy, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky. Around the Cauldron was commissioned for Lysander Piano Trio 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.
Ensemble Trianima performs Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Harp in Austria
December 7 2024 at 6pm, Münchendorf, Münchendorfer Musiksalon, Himbergerstrasse 4, 2482 Münchendorf, Austria
Ensemble Trianima will play a concert focusing on my piece Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp at Münchendorfer Musiksalon.
Johanna Gossner, clarinet; Marilies Guschlbauer, cello; Isabel Goller, harp
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.
Complete video of Harp Concerto is available
The complete video of the World Premiere of my new harp concerto Saucerful of Memories is now available at this page. The concerto was premiered by harpist Sivan Magen and Roosevelt Island Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Hochman, and Katie Jordan, French horn obbligato. It was commissioned by the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund for Sivan Magen with additional support from the American Harp Society.
Trio Incredible to perform Around the Cauldron
Monday, December 30 2024, The Musical Laboratory Concert Series, Binyamina, Israel
Trio Incredible will perform my piano trio Around the Cauldron alongside music by A. Part, V. Silvestrov, G. Kancheli, P. Karmanov, V. Bolcom, S. Akhunov, and Uri B. Rom.
Lev Iomdin, violin; Yakov Kashin, cello; Irina Zhelenova, piano
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble to Perform A Dark Matter in Berkeley and San Francisco
Sunday, January 26, 2025, Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, February 1, 2025, Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, CA
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will feature my piece A Dark Matter for alto flute, oboe, clarinet and piano on two concerts in Berkeley and San Francisco (CA), after the piece has won their international composition contest. Also in the program are works by Tōru Takemitsu, Addie Camsouzou, Luna Alcalay, and Jessie Cox.
Stacey Pelinka, flute; Andrea Plesnarski, oboe; Jeff Anderle, clarinet; Allegra Chapman, piano
Adelphi Orchestra to premiere Between the Suns
Thursday, February 13 2025 at 7:30pm, Berrie Center for the Arts, Mahwah, NJ, USA
Saturday, February 15 2025 at 2pm, Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W 114th St, New York, NY, USA
Adelphi Orchestra with maestro Kyunghun Kim will premiere my piece Between the Suns for orchestra in two concerts in New York City and Mahway, NJ.
Apollo Chamber Players to perform Three Goat Blues in Houston, TX
March 21, 2025 at 7:30pm, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Houston, Zilka Hall, TX, USA
Apollo Chamber Players will perform my string quartet Three Goat Blues as part of their “We The People” concert series. Three Goat Blues was commissioned for Apollo Chamber Players by Houston Arts Alliance and released on their 2017 album Ancestral Voices.
Charles Overton to perform Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Harp at Winsor Music, MA
Friday April 11 2025 at 7pm, Winsor Music, St. Paul’s Church, Brookline, MA, USA
Harpist Charles Overton will perform my Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp as part of his concert at Winsor Music, alongside music by Henriette Renie, Ravel, Debussy, Erik Satie, Charles Overton, Richard Rogers, Morgan Lewis, and Kevin Harris.
Charles Overton, Harp; Rane Moore, Clarinet; Sarah Brady, Flute; Peggy Pearson, Oboe; Gabriela Díaz, Violin; Katherine Winterstein, Violin; Cara Pogossian, Viola; David Russell, cello
Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen to feature Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp
Wednesday, May 14 2025, 2:30pm and 5pm, Foyer public du Théâtre des ArtsOpéra de Rouen Normandie, France
My Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp will be featured on two chamber concerts of Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, alongside music by Guillaume Connesson, Robert Muczynski, Svante Henryson, and Paul Schoenfield.
Guillaume Effler, Cello; Lucas Dietsch, Clarinet; Karen Walczak-Le Sauder, Piano; Marie Le Guern, Harp
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.
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.
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.
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.
New solo piece for cellist Michael Katz
Commissioned by Composers Guild of New Jersey, my new piece Summoned Voices for cello solo will be premiered by Michael Katz this season.
Past Performances
St Augustine's Church (Penarth, UK), 11.24.2024: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Equinox Trio: Elizabeth May, Nancy Johnson, Inbar Vernia)
National Opera Center (New York, NY, USA), 11.7.2024: Post Winter Solstice (Exponential Ensemble)
Akadma Conservatory (Ashdod, Israel), 10.29.2024: Around the Cauldron (Trio Incredible)
International Festival of Organ, Chamber Music and Choral Singing (Český Těšín, Czechia), 10.25.2024: Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Anna Scheller, Tomasz Żymła, Adam Krzeszowiec)
Studio Annette (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 10.22.2024: Around the Cauldron (Trio Incredible)
First Lutheran Church (Cedar Rapids, IA, USA), 10.19.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Congregational United Church of Christ (Iowa City, IA, USA), 10.19.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Center Point Library (Center Point, IA, USA), 10.18.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Grand Living at Bridgewater (Coralville, IA, USA), 10.16.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Oaknoll Retirement Residence (Iowa City, IA, USA), 10.10.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Iowa City Music Study Club (IA, USA), 10.9.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Lisbon Library (Lisbon, IA, USA), 9.28.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Hiawatha Public Library (IA, USA), 9.28.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Meth-Wick Community (Cedar Rapids, IA, USA), 9.27.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Washington Public Library (Washington, IA, USA), 9.26.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Grand Living at Indian Creek (Cedar Rapids, IA, USA), 9.25.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Uptown Artway (Marion, IA, USA), 9.24.2024: Dances of Peril (Red Cedar Chamber Music)
Eglės Sanatorija (Druskininkai, Lithuania) 8.25.2024: Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Nacionalinė Moksleivių Akademija)
Scwhazer Sommer Konzerte (Vienna, Austria), 8.14.2024: Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (har[p]monix Ensemble)
The Home: Ashkelon Art Space (Ashkelon, Israel), 8.1.2024: Around the Cauldron (Trio Incredible)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music (Canada), 7.27. 2024: Trailheads (Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli)
2024 National Youth Orchestra of Canada ChamberFest (Kingston, ON, Canada), 6.27.2024: Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (Audrey Morris, harp, Joshua Samuels, cello, Andrew Neagoe, clarinet)
Interlochen Arts Academy (Michigan, USA, 5.23.2024: Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, arr. (Caewithe Miller, Sarah Wagner, Ella Brown)
Studio Annette (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 5.21.2024: Around the Cauldron (Trio Incredible)
Mingei International Museum (San Diego, CA, USA), 5.2.2024: Post Winter Solstice and Dances of Peril (Camarada Ensemble)
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)