ComMunity commission PREMIERES

Celebrating the Composers Conference at 80
with new works by
composers conference
alumni composers
Performed by musicians throughout the world!

Our Community Commissions seek to expand the repertoire, diversify concert programs, and to challenge and stretch our musical horizons!

Karim Al Zand’s Elegiac Poem

Commissoned and Performed by Subaerial Collective

Adrian Childs, keyboards
Emily Koh, double bass
Peter Lane, bassoon

Koji Nakano's Sakura Blossom

Commissioned by Peri McKenna

Performed by
Simon Eder, horn
Robert Gemmell, bassoon
Sherry Grossman, oboe
Robert Kaim, flute
Robert Crabtree, clarinet

Chris Castro's Tumba

Commissioned by Paula Baird

Performed by Trillium
Paula Baird, flute
Kathy Fine, cello
David Stein,piano

Nick Omiccioli's Lullaby

Commissioned by Sonja Schoeppel

Performed by Sonja Schoeppel and Shannon Lockwood

Andrew Sigler's The End of December

Commissioned by Kurt Rohde

Performed by
Jessica Tong, violin
Ashley Bathgate, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Tamar Diesendruck's glimpse

Commissioned and Performed by Dorian Wind Quintet
Gretchen Pusch, flute
Roni Gal-Ed, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn

Tasos Stylianou's Ithea

Commissioned and Performed by Cathy O'Rourke

Agustin Calabrese's Kauai

Commissioned by Andrew Sigler

Performed by Maria Fernanda Castillo

Tonia Ko's carried and across

Commissioned and Performed by Dorian Wind Quintet

Gretchen Pusch, flute
Roni Gal-Ed, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn

Amadeus Regucera's Diagram

Commissioned by Charlie Anderson

Performed by Charlie Anderson, trumpet
Pauline Oliver, piano

Amelia Kaplan's A Slow Minute Waltz

Commissioned and Performed by Ghost Ensemble
Margaret Lancaster, flutes
Sky Macklay, oboe
Ben Richter, accordion
Chris Nappi, percussion
Lucia Stavros, harp
Martine Thomas, viola
TJ Borden, cello
Kyle Motl, bass 1
James Ilgenfritz, bass 2
Carl Bettendorf, conductor

Heather Stebbins' Ursa Minor, Echo

Commissioned and Performed by Duo526
Futaba Niekawa, piano
Kerry duWors, violin

Erin Busch's Honest Feedback

Commissioned and Performed by David Dzardziel

Anthony Cornicello's Memoriale

Commissioned and Performed by Isabel Ong

Pamela Madsen's Two Voices

Commissioned by Doug Chene
Perfomed by
Doug Chene, oboe
Jennifer Elowitch, violin

Paul Beaudoin's Ṭukṛā

Commissioned and Performed by Emissary Quartet
Sarah Shin, Allison Asthana, Kari Boyer, Chelsea Tanner--flutes

Akari Komura's as of the sky

Commissioned and Performed by Subaerial Collective
Adrian Childs, keyboards
Emily Koh, double bass
Peter Lane, bassoon

Florencia Sirena's Ephemeral

Commissioned and Performed by Jerome Claverie

Beth Wiemann's Salutation

Commissioned by Charlie Anderson
Performed by Bitumen Brass Quintet
Charlie Anderson, trumpet
Chris Ten Eyck, trumpet
Michael Welles, horn
John O'Toole, trombone

David Glaser's just a minute

Commissioned and Performed by Dorian Wind Quintet
Gretchen Pusch, flute
Roni Gal-Ed, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn

Nora Ponte's Uno para tres

Commissioned by Kurt Rohde
Performed by
Jessica Tong, violin
Ashley Bathgate, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Sam Nichols' THEN IT WAS SILENT

Commissioned and Performed by Christina Wright

Jane Stanley's Lilac Remeniscence

Commissioned and Performed by Howard Pfeifer

Margaret Brouwer's Disappearing Act 1

Commissioned by Kurt Rohde
Performed by Adrian Morejon, bassoon and Louise Schulman, viola

Carolyn Chen's four beads

Commissioned by Jeanine Tousignant
Performed by
Jeanine Tousignant, clarinet
Mary McLaughlin, piano
Susan Grodman, flute
Kathy Dallaire, cello

Martha Horst's Two Bs or not Two Bs

Commissioned by Charlie Anderson
Performed by Walden Brass
Charlie Anderson, trumpet
Margaret Romero, trumpet
Cameron Owen, horn
Peter Norton, trombone
Eric Abis, tuba

Hendel Almetus's Ronde

Commissioned by Emily Koh
Performed by Emily Koh and Stephen Ward, double basses

Clifton Callender's Toccata

Commissioned and Performed by Carson Cooman

Geoffrey Gordon's the dance of life

Commissioned and Performed by Dorian Wind Quintet
Gretchen Pusch, flute
Roni Gal-Ed, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn

Laurie San Martin's Play

Commissioned by Sean Varah
Performed by Thalia Moore

Nima Janmohammadi's dam

Commissioned and Performed by Dorian Wind Quintet
Gretchen Pusch, flute
Roni Gal-Ed, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn

Aaron Einbond's Waters Edge Drive

Commissioned and Performed by Josh Perry

Michelle Green Willner's Kochavim Stars

Commissioned by Gloria Hakkarainen

Performed by Matthew Hakkarainen

Kurt Rohde's Metopes

Commissioned and Performed by Subaerial Collective
Adrian Childs, piano
Emily Koh, double bass
Peter Lane, contrabassoon

Kurt Stallman's Near The Break

Commissioned and Performed by David Dziardziel

Pang Chunting's Together or Apart

Commissioned by Chris Ten Eyck
Performed by Bitumen Brass Quintet
Charlie Anderson, trumpet
Chris Ten Eyck- trumpet
Michael Welles, horn
John O'Toole, trombone

Seong Ae Kim's Rise

Commissioned and Performed by Whistling Hens
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet

Suzanne Sorkin's Canopy

Commissioned by Chris Min
Performed by
Chris Min, violin
Shiau-uen Ding, piano

Barbara A. White's Turning Toward

Commissioned by Sandy Campbell

Performed by Sunflower Woodwind Quintet and Joe Henderson, piano

Jay Alan Yim's Sashimono

Commissioned by Michael Welles

Performed by:
Pat Harleston, flute
Pat Puento, oboe
Lori Mondragon, clarinet
Michael Welles, horn
Cindy Mackey, bassoon
Charlie Anderson, conductor

Anna Weesner's I Think I Hear It (Just Ahead)

Commissioned by Gloria Hakkarainen

Performed by Matthew Hakkarainen

Miguel Chuaqui's Encuentro Fugaz

Commissioned by Pat Puente

Performed by Pat Puente, Cako Boga, Natalie Kress and Robert Warner

Texu Kim's 3 X 3 for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet

Commissioned by Pat Puente

Performed by:
Cynthia Keith, flute
Elisa Anders, clarinet
Patricia Puente-Matos, bassoon

Ramteen Sazegari's Academy I.D.

Commissioned by Patricia Harleston

Performed by
Patricia Harleston, flute
Kathleen Marshall, violin
Rebecca Carle, viola
Donna Kirshbaum, cello

Baljinder Sekhon's Dream Chaser for violin

Commissioned by Gloria Hakkarainen

Performed by Matthew Hakkarainen

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon's Ocaso

Commissioned by Jessica Tong

Performed by Jessica Tong and Michael Sheppard

Daniel Felsenfeld's Like Dead Air in a Sick Building

Commissioned by Cindy Mackey

Performed by:
Katherine Mackey, oboe Emily Mackey, violin Cindy Mackey, bassoon

Barbara Jazwinski's Past, Present and Future

Commissioned by Patricia Harleston

Performed by:
Patricia Harleston, flute
Patricia Matos-Puente, oboe
Georgiana McReynolds, clarinet

Richard Carrick's la reine from L'Algérie

Commissioned and Performed by Duo Kayo

Shuying Li's Etudes for Clarinet

Commissioned and Performed by Georgiana McReynolds