Members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ensemble Kalliope premiere ever thine at the Chateau de Fontainebleau on a program also featuring works by Michael Levinas, Madeleine Isaakson, and Allain Gaussin.

The fellows of the the New Music Workshop at Yale in Norfolk, conducted by Julian Pelicano, premiere court music \ or \ The Emperor Dreams of Janacek at The Music Shed, Norfolk, CT on a program with other composer fellows and Leos Janacek’s Concertino. This concert is the culmination of a week of lessons and masterclasses with Yale faculty Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, Christopher Theofanidis, David Lang, and Hannah Lash.

Rage Thormbones premieres antiPHONY on the first concert of the University of Chicago’s CHIME conference.

The New York Youth Symphony’s chamber music program premieres brunetto, coached by Miho Weber, at Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. This was the culmination of a year long collaboration made possible by the First Music Prize.

The New York Youth Symphony’s chamber music program presents a preview performance of brunetto at the Scandinavia House in New York.

Ensemble Moto Contrario presents the European premiere of you in me, me in you as part of the 2019 edition of Festival Contrasti on a program of other winners of their call for scores.

Spektral Quartet and Jesse Langen (electric guitar) premiere muzzle at Constellation in Chicago, at the debut concert of the University of Chicago’s student-led series.

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music’s New Music Ensemble, conducted by Andrew Downs, performs reeling for sinfonietta at the opening concert of the annual SCI National Student Conference.

Randall Goosby, violin, Yin-Ying Tseng, viola, John-Henry Crawford, cello, and Yandi Chen, piano, premiere soll ich mit dir gehen? at the culmination concert of my month long fellowship at the Ecole d’arts Americaines de Fontainebleau. Also on the program are other world premieres by the other composer fellows.

The Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller, gives the first professional reading of to remember is always forgetting as part of the American Music Festival.  The concert also features a free beer tasting featuring local craft brewers!

The Penn Sound Collective presents the International Contemporary Ensemble, in a concert featuring the premiere of you in me, me in you for clarinet, viola, and piano.   This concert, also featuring six other world premieres, is the culmination of a collaboration between the UPenn graduate student composers and ICE, of which I was the project manager.  Free reception to follow.

The Zula Quartet performs my piece breathe...blow...break at Northwestern University's annual New Music Conference.  As one of NUNC!3's call for score winners, I'll also be attending concerts and forums featuring guest composers Derek Bermel, Ashley Fure, and Simon Steen Anderson.  

Kourtney Howard of the Nova Ensemble performs I want you to be for cello and electronics at the closing concert of the National Student Electronic Music Event at the University of North Texas.

The orkest de ereprijs premieres a newly commissioned work for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, and ensemble on a concert also featuring the other selected participants of the 2018 Young Composers' Meeting.  This will be my Netherlands' debut!

So Much Hot Air (Jennifer Beattie, mezzo soprano, and Zachary Pulse, english horn) premieres a newly commissioned piece about fake news!  Also on the concert are other premieres by UPenn graduate composers.  Free reception to follow!  

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago premieres a newly commissioned work for sinfonietta on a concert with other winners of the Civic Composers' Project in Symphony Center.

University of Michigan's USO, conducted by Jotaro Nakano, premieres gather, for symphony orchestra in Hill Auditorium.

Joshua Devries performs I want you to be as part of AEPEX Contemporary Performance's Residency at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

Joshua Devries performs an excerpt of I want you to be for a sold-out audience in Hill Auditorium at UM's annual Collage Concert.

The Adamas quartet premieres breathe...blow...break for SATB saxophone quartet at the Midwest Composers' Symposium at UI.

unassisted fold premieres WAVE for bass flute and electric guitar at the highSCORE festival.

T.J. Borden of the [~Switch Ensemble] performs I want you to be on the first concert of the Valencia International Performance Academy.

The legendary Arditti Quartet performs we are afraid because we run at June in Buffalo.

New-music superheroes, the JACK quartet performs we are afraid because we run as part of their residency at the University of Michigan.

Jeffrey Leung premieres light is the diamond for solo saxophone.

Performance of "I want you to be" for cello, double bass, and dancers: Zan Berry (cello), Ben Willis (bass), Hillary Kooistra (choreographer).  Program also includes works by Saariaho and Shaw.