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