Intersections
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on their Fall Benefit Concert at St. John’s in the Village in NYC.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on their Fall Benefit Concert at St. John’s in the Village in NYC.
In its debut performance, Mycelium New Music presents a program of new and recent works which center identity and experimentation. Composer and avant-folk vocalist Annika Socolofsky, praised for her “unbearably moving” (Gramophone) music, joins the ensemble in a performance of her song cycle of "feminist-rager lullabies for a queer era." The program also features new and recent works by emerging composers Seare Farhat, Grace Ann Lee, and Christian Quiñones.
program
ASMR Music for sextet – Christian Quiñones (premiere of new version)
Arrival for sextet - Seare Farhat
Amplified for sextet - Grace Ann Lee
Don’t say a word for mezzo-soprano and sextet - Annika Socolofsky
UChicago New Music Ensemble fall quarter concert.
Repertoire TBD.
UChicago New Music Ensemble Winter Quarter Concert.
Repertoire TBD.
Premiere of a new piece for NEXUS Chamber Music. Concert will be in the Logan Performance Penthouse.
UChicago New Music Ensemble Spring Quarter Concert
Repertoire TBD.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on the MacDowell Recital Series in Mt. Tabor, NJ.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on William Paterson University’s Midday Recital Series in Shea Auditorium.
Justin will present a guest lecture to the NYO-USA Composer Apprentices and work with them on their recent compositions.
Performance of Intersections for brass quintet with Calliope Brass on their spring recital at St. John’s in the Village.
Premiere of a new work with musicians from the Albany Symphony as a part of the “First Draughts” Reading Session, conducted by Albany Symphony music director David Alan Miller.
The final concert of the UChicago New Music Ensemble’s 2023-2024 season will feature premieres by UChicago undergraduate composers alongside a performance of Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
Justin will present on his music at the Manhattan International Composers Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
The TAK Ensemble will premiere Four Harmonies: Reflections of Monet alongside pieces by Kari Watson, Benjamin Martin, Ryan Garvey, and Andrew Stock at the Logan Center Penthouse at the University of Chicago.
Willow Myers will premiere Of Stone and Spring for solo viola and electronics at CHIMEfest at the University of Chicago.
The Uchicago New Music Ensemble will perform at CHIMEfest at the University of Chicago, featuring Kaija Saariaho’s Lichtbogen for nine instruments and electronics.
Justin will present his research, Listening to Listening: Silence in the Music of Rebecca Saunders, at the joint Music Theory Southeast/South Central Society for Music Theory Conference in Nashville, TN.
The UChicago New Music Ensemble will present our winter concert featuring works by Paul Novak, Benjamin Martin, Kari Watson, Xiaofeng Dong and Bernard Rands, and centering around Berio’s O King.
Calliope Brass will perform my brass quintet, Intersections, on the concert portion of their masterclass at New York University.
Allison Balcetis will perform my solo soprano saxophone piece, Still Fields, on her solo recital in Edmonton, Canada.
Justin will conduct a concert of Paul Novak’s music featuring Duo Diorama alongside Chicago new music performers for Tea-Time Concert in Fulton Recital Hall
Calliope Brass will premiere my new piece for brass quintet, Intersections, at the Music House Museum in a concert presented by Interlochen Public Radio.
Calliope Brass will record my new piece for brass quintet, Intersections, at a residency supported by the Interlochen Arts Academy and Interlochen Public Radio
The UChicago New Music Ensemble will present a concert featuring Luciano Berio’s O King, a premiere by Will Myers, The Clarity of Cold Air by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Untitled/mark of cain by Andrew Stock, and Justin’s piece, Three Pieces for Clarinet and Cello.
A new piece to be premiered by the Grossman Ensemble with Georgia Mills conducting. The concert will be at the Logan Performance Hall in Chicago, IL and will feature three other premieres.
I will be attending Les Ecoles d’Art de Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France this summer. Projects will include a new piece for the resident musicians and collaborations with the Architecture and Fine Arts students.
Spring quarter performance of the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble with four premieres by undergraduate composers from the University of Chicago. The concert will also feature Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union.
After being postponed since 2021, Ekmeles and Sandbox finally come together for a performance of my piece My Life in Branches with text by Susan Lewis.
Open recording session with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago conducted by Timothy Weiss of my new piece, Multitudes, for Orchestra.
The University of Chicago New Music Ensemble will be the Ensemble in Residence for the Midwest Graduate Music Conference this year. I will conduct works by graduate composers from across the country chosen from our Call for Scores.
Justin will present his paper, Listening to Listing: Silence in the Music of Rebecca Saunders, at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium which will take place at UChicago from March 31-April 1.
PhD composition students at UChicago will present a concert of new works for chamber ensembles and dance, featuring my new piece, towards tapered illusions, for Alto Flute/Bass and choreography by Brian Enos with dancers from DanceWorks Chicago.
I will conduct the winter quarter performance of the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble.
Repertoire to include:
Pierrot Lunaire for soprano and pierrot quintet (selections) - Arnold Schoenberg
Five in One for pierrot quintet - Ania Vu (UChicago post-doctoral composer)
A Small Departure for viola and piano - Benjamin Martin (UChicago graduate student)
prisms and mirrors for pierrot sextet - Paul Novak (UChicago graduate student)
Intersections for open instrumentation - Brittany J. Green
The University of Chicago New Music Ensemble will present a concert featuring pieces by Ania Vu, Sean Shepherd, Paul Novak, Juri Seo, and a performance of my piece In Silhouette.
Brian Enos will present a showing of his choreography for my new piece for Alto Flute and Double Bass with the recording mockup. The premiere of the final piece will be in March 2023. https://www.danceworkschicago.org/calendar/dancebytes-november-4-2022/
A presentation of Justin’s paper, “Listening to Listening: Silence in the Music of Rebecca Saunders” at the Research on Contemporary Composition Conference at the University of North Georgia.