2019-2020 Season

  • September 6

    I Will Learn to Love a Person

     in Baltimore, MD

    Students from the voice department at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute perform I Will Learn to Love a Person in the Friday Noon:30 Recital Series. More Info

  • September 7

    South Catalina

     in Milwaukee, WI

    Present Music opens its 38th season with RE:RE:REWRITE, featuring music by Steve Reich, indie-rock band Radiohead, Nico Muhly, Rhiannon Giddens, and more on instruments ranging from pianos and strings, to car horns and a drumline. More Info

  • September 15

    I Will Learn to Love a Person

     at Tufts University

    Susan Narucki performs “That Night with the Green Sky” from the song cycle on at 3 p.m. with pianist Donald Berman at Distler Hall in Tufts University’s Granoff Music Center. More Info

  • September 21

    Living Earth Show

     in San Francisco

    The Living Earth Show’s percussionist and artistic director Andy Meyerson offers an idiosyncratic recital of solo percussion recital of works exploring tension, resonance, ritual, and control, seeking out and deftly exploring the limits of what a percussionist, a performer, and the human body is capable. Repertoire includes a world premiere from long-time collaborator Samuel Adams, and new/recent works written for Meyerson by Adrian Knight, Sarah Hennies, Christopher Cerrone, and Amadeus Regucera. More Info

  • September 22

    Three works

     in Bonn, Germany

    Sarah Heemann, with “electronic ID”, performs Liminal Highway in the Posttower Lounge at Beethovenfest at 8pm, along with On Being Wrong and Hoyt-Schermerhorn. More Info

  • September 24

    Arching Path

     at USC, CA

    HOCKET, the new music piano duo featuring alumni Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff, perform Arching Path for two pianos in Newman Recital Hall. More Info

  • September 29

    High Windows

     in Albuquerque, NM

    Chatter performs works by Cerrone, Ades, and Beethoven in their Beethoven Project II. More Info

  • October 6

    Can't and Won't

     at SF Music Day, CA

    The Friction Quartet performs works by Geoffrey Gordon and Cerrone for the SF Music Day at the San Francisco War Memorial. More Info

  • October 8

    Memory Palace

     in St. Louis, MI

    At the Pulitzer Foundation in St. Louis, the St. Louis Symphony present “Songbirdsongs” featuring Cerrone and John Luther Adams. More Info

  • October 10

    High Windows

     in Thunder Bay, Ontario

    The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra opens their concert with High Windows.

  • October 11

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     on KING FM

    Jesse Myers performs a diverse program on Seattle’s Classical KING FM. More Info

  • October 12

    In A Grove

     at MASS MOCA

    In A Grove is an opera in development by composer Christopher Cerrone and the innovative Metropolis Ensemble, an orchestra dedicated to a new future for classical music. More Info

  • October 15

    ASH

     in West Chester, PA

    Ashley Bathgate performs music from her recent album ASH (On Being Wrong), released on NewAm in 2019, at West Chester University in West Chester, PA. More Info

  • October 18

    On Being Wrong

     in Detroit, MI

    Ashley will perform ASH, a work she commissioned from the Sleeping Giant composer collective along with new works by composers Emily Cooley, Fjola Evans and Alex Weiser inspired by Steve Reich’s Cello Counterpoint at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Two Performances). More Info

  • October 23

    Piano Concerto Premiere

     in Memphis, TN

    The East Coast Chamber Orchestra, with Shai Wosner, premieres The Air Suspended at Harris Concert Hall at Harris Concert Hall. More Info

  • October 25

    The Air Suspended

     in Philadelphia

    The Philadelphia Chamber Music Socierty presents ECCO and Shai Wosner in the Philadelphia premiere of The Air Suspended, a work based on the writings of acclaimed novelist Elena Ferrante, at the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center. More Info

  • October 26

    Will There Be Singing

     in Chicago

    The Chicago Composers Orchestra performs Will There Be Singing at St. James Cathedral.

  • October 27

    The Air Suspended

     at 92nd Street Y, NYC

    The intrepid ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra) makes its 92Y debut with a program ranging from a piece based on some of the oldest music in existence to the New York premiere of a work by Christopher Cerrone, with soloist Shai Wosner at the Kaufmann Concert Hall. More Info

  • October 29

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at University of Nebraska

    Members of the UNL Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History in Kimball Recital Hall. More Info

  • November 1

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at the Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

    Members of the UNL Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History at the Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

  • November 8

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at Bellevue east High School

    Members of the UNL Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History at Bellevue East High School.

  • November 10

    Goldbeater's Skin

     at Central Florida U

    Goldbeater’s Skin on Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m. at the University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall Auditorium.

  • November 12

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at Lincoln East High School

    Members of the UNL Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History at Lincoln East High School.

  • November 15

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at Carmel High School

    Members of the UNL Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History at Carmel High School.

  • November 13

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at PASIC

    Roma High School performs Natural History of Vacant Lots at this year’s PASIC in Indianapolis, IN. More Info

  • November 16

    Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at PASIC

    The University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble perform Natural History in the Indianapolis Sagamore Ballroom at 10am. More Info

  • November 23

    The Air Suspended

     at Ithaca College, NY

    Shai Wosner, with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, perform Chris’s new piano concerto The Air Suspended. Including works by Mozart and Joan Tower. More Info

  • December 21

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in Albany, NY

    Sophia Subbayya Vastek performs music by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Christopher Cerrone, Missy Mazzoli, and a piece from her debut solo album “Histories” by Donnacha Dennehy. More Info

  • January 12

    Goldbeater's Skin

     in Dublin, Ireland

    Composer Amanda Feery and poet Stephen James Smith worked with service users of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services as part of How Aria?, a new community and outreach initiative to be premiered as part of First Fortnight Festival in collaboration with Irish National Opera. More Info

  • January 11

    High Windows

     in Houston, TX

    Musiqa, Noblemotion Dance, and KINETIC unite for an evening of expressive contemporary music and movement, including works by Assad, Jalbert, Montgomery, and Cerrone at MATCH. More Info

  • January 12

    High Windows

     in Houston, TX

    Musiqa, Noblemotion Dance, and KINETIC unite for an evening of expressive contemporary music and movement, including works by Assad, Jalbert, Montgomery, and Cerrone at MATCH.

  • January 13

    High Windows

     in Brooklyn

    The String Orchestra of Brooklyn celebrates the release of their first studio album, afterimage, with a performance of Chris Cerrone’s High Windows and Jacob Cooper’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The orchestra will be joined by the Argus Quartet and a number of other guests. More Info

  • January 24

    Memory Palace

     in Tulsa, OK

    Praised for his “excellent” and “precisely attuned” performances by the New York Times, percussionist Ian Rosenbaum has developed a musical breadth far beyond his years. Memory Palace is an hour-long immersive musical narrative built around Christopher Cerrone’s evocative work of the same name. More Info

  • January 27

    How to Breathe Underwater

     at Manhattan School of Music

    The critically-acclaimed ensemble of MSM’s Contemporary Performance Program, Tactus, play classical works from the past 100 years. More Info

  • January 31

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in San Francisco

    Pianist Anyssa Neumann performs on the Old First Concerts, exploring a variety of contrapuntal traditions from the Baroque to the 21th century, including works by Bach, Wagner, Chopin, Pärt, Dallapiccola, Cerrone, and Dicke. More Info

  • January 31

    Residency, Day 1

     at Pomona College, CA

    The 28th annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electro Acoustic Music features guest composer, American Christopher Cerrone, at Pomona College with two 8pm concerts. More Info

  • February 1

    Residency, Day 2

     at Pomona College, CA

    The 28th annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electro Acoustic Music features guest composer, American Christopher Cerrone, at Pomona College with two 8pm concerts. More Info

  • February 1

    Can't and Won't

     in Kansas City, MO

    newEar contemporary ensemble performs Can’t and Won’t in their program Dislocation + Defiance. More Info

  • February 2

    Can't and Won't

     in Kansas, MO

    newEar contemporary ensemble performs Can’t and Won’t in their program Dislocation + Defiance.

  • February 1

    Why was I born between mirrors?

     in Venice, Italy

    Ensemble Sentieri selvaggi perform the European premiere of Why was I born between mirrors? at the Museo M9 Mestre. More Info

  • February 2

    The Branch Will Not Break

     at Northwestern, IL

    Joined by a chamber ensemble, the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble performs two contemporary works exploring the full range of human needs and hopes, including The Branch Will Not Break and Julia Wolfe’s Thirst. More Info

  • February 2

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in Sonora, CA

    Pianist Anyssa Neumann performs on the St. James Concert Series at The Red Church, exploring a variety of contrapuntal traditions from the Baroque to the 21th century, including works by Bach, Wagner, Chopin, Pärt, Dallapiccola, Cerrone, and Dicke. More Info

  • February 11

    Natural History (solo)

     at Siena Heights University, MI

    Percussionist Danielle Gonzalez performs Natural History of Vacant Lots in her show “Natural Beauty”. Natural Beauty is a multimedia installation on environmental protection and sustainability featuring solo percussion and visual arts.

  • February 15

    Double Happiness

     in Boston

    Hinge presents an intimate evening of heavy-hitting solos and duos for electric guitar, saxophone, and percussion at Make Shift Boston. Featuring music by Per Bloland, Osnat Netzer, Fausto Romitelli, Christopher Cerrone, and Sivan Cohen Elias. More Info

  • February 23

    Hoyt-Schermerhorn

     in Hudson Falls, NY

    Pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek presents an afternoon of emotionally transporting and immersive classical music by some of today’s most vital composers. More Info

  • February 26

    The Night Mare

     at Cal State Fullerton

    The CSUF New Music Ensemble performs with Brightwork in the 19th annual New Music Festival in a program featuring The Night Mare. More Info

  • February 28

    Why Was I Born Between Mirrors?

    AURA Contemporary Ensemble presents Haunted at the Moores Opera House with music by Derek Bermel, Hernan Campa, Kyle Rivera, and Chris Cerrone. More Info

  • March 1

    Violin Sonata

     in Brooklyn, NY

    In their program “The roommates”, Angela Kim and Clara Kim perform Bach’s E-Major Sonata and Chris’s Violin Sonata, along with solo works by Bach and Yoonji Lee at the Spectrum NYC. More Info

  • March 6

    The Air Suspended

     in Phoenix, AZ

    Shai Wosner, with the Phoenix Symphony, performs Beethoven, Haydn and Cerrone in Symphony Hall. More Info

  • March 7

    The Air Suspended

     in Phoenix, AZ

    Shai Wosner, with the Phoenix Symphony, performs Beethoven, Haydn and Cerrone in Symphony Hall. More Info

  • March 8

    The Air Suspended

     in Phoenix, AZ

    Shai Wosner, with the Phoenix Symphony, performs Beethoven, Haydn and Cerrone in Symphony Hall. More Info

  • March 7

    On Being Wrong

     in Troy, NY

    Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company will perform a new work with “On Being Wrong”, accompanied live by Ashley Bathgate at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. More Info

  • March 10

    Goldbeater's Skin

     in Porto, Portugal

    Pulsat Percussion Group perform Goldbeater’s Skin as well as works by Mátyás Wettl and Daniel Martinho at the Casa da Música. More Info

  • March 14

    "Kiss Me" from Sweeney Todd

     at Ravinia, IL

    POSTPONED Liaisons2020: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano, featuring pianist Anthony de Mare at the Bennett Gordon Hall. More Info

  • March 14

    The Air Suspended

     in Albany, NY

    POSTPONED The Albany Symphony, with soloist Shai Wosner, performs The Air Suspended. The concert features works by Mozart, Tower, and Beethoven. More Info

  • March 15

    The Air Suspended

     in Albany, NY

    POSTPONED The Albany Symphony, with soloist Shai Wosner, performs The Air Suspended. The concert features works by Mozart, Tower, and Beethoven. More Info

  • March 28

    The Branch Will Not Break

     in Lewisburg, PA

    CANCELLED Bucknell University hosts a residency, with the Camerata performing The Branch Will Not Break at the Weis Center Auditorium. More Info

  • April 14

    A Natural History of Vacant Lots

     at UT Austin

    CANCELLED The UT Percussion Ensemble, directed by Tom Burritt, performs A Natural History of Vacant Lots in Bates Recital Hall at 7:30pm. More Info

  • April 17

    The Arching Path

     at UC Santa Barbara, CA

    POSTPONED HOCKET heads to The University of California, Santa Barbara! Program includes Christopher Cerrone’s The Arching Path and more! More Info

  • April 25

    Anthony De Mare

     at UCLA

    Liaisons 2020: Re-imagining Sondheim From The Piano where he will perform “Kiss Me” More Info

  • April 29

    Goldbeater's Skin

     at Kansas State University

    CANCELLED Dr. Patricia Thompson performs Goldbeater’s Skin at Kansas State University.

  • May 1

    On Being Wrong

     at BOC’s Long Play Festival, Brooklyn

    POSTPONED Bang on a Can announces the launch of LONG PLAY, a new, three-day destination music festival, featuring Ashley Bathgate performing ‘ASH’. Specific time and venue TBA. More Info

  • May 2

    The Last Message

     at Northwestern University

    CANCELLED Jointly commissioned by Northwestern University and the Yale University Symphony Orchestra and Glee Club, The Last Message Received receives its world premiere in a program that also includes the full-orchestra version of the great 20th-century Requiem of Maurice Duruflé. More Info

  • May 8

    Double Happiness

     at Messiah College, PA

    CANCELLED Faculty member Erik Forst performs Double Happiness on his faculty recital in the High Foundation Recital Hall. More Info

  • May 9

    On Being Wrong

     at The Egg, Albany

    POSTPONED In celebration of its 28th season as the resident dance company of The Egg, Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company’s concert will feature two premieres and the live performances of cellist Ashley Bathgate and the Capital Trio – ensemble in residence at UAlbany. More Info

  • May 19

    Violin Sonata

     in Seattle, WA

    CANCELLED Rachel Lee Priday and Timo Andres perform Stravinsky Duo Concertant, Cerrone Violin Sonata, Julia Wolfe Mink Stole, Andres Three Suns (World Premiere), Holcomb wherein lies the good, Copland Violin Sonata at Gerlich Theater, Meany Center for the Performing Arts. More Info

  • June 8

    Why was I born between mirrors?

     in Milan, IT

    POSTPONED Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi performs Why was I born between mirrors? in their festival at the Teatro Elfo Puccini. More Info

  • August 6

    Sandbox Percussion Livestream

     at Caramoor

    Sandbox Percussion brings 21st-century works by some of today’s most exciting composers right to your home, including a world premiere by Christopher Cerrone in which they are joined by Conor Hanick on prepared piano. Hanick’s “technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation … would benefit works by any master.” — The New York Times More Info