significant performances
2009
dirty martini
Cal Phil Brass Quintet,
El Molino Viejo/The Old Mill, San Marino CA
symphony no. 1 (premiere)
California Philharmonic;
Victor Vener, conductor
The Los Angeles County Arboretum &
Botanic Garden, Arcadia CA
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA
2008
walk of stars
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
Walt Disney Concert Hall
pacific vistas
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena CA
earth: you are here (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena CA
short stories (premiere)
Cal Phil Chamber Soloists
Green Hotel
2007
there was enough time for everything (premiere)
text by Debrah Hinton
Cal Phil & Cal Phil
Chorale, Victor Vener
Donald Brinegar, narrator & Chorus Master
The Ambassador Auditorium
dirty martini
Cal Phil Chamber Soloists
Green Hotel
2006
meditation: the four elements (premiere)
Cal Phil Chamber Soloists
Green Hotel
dirty martini
Cal Phil Chamber Soloists
Green Hotel
2005
pacific vistas (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
Walt Disney Concert Hall
nostalgia & melancholy (premiere)
ensembleGREEN
Neighborhood Church, Pasadena CA
walk of stars
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Ambassador Auditorium
2004
walk of stars (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
Walt Disney Concert Hall
dirty martini (premiere)
Cal Phil Chamber Soloists
Green Hotel
2003
freeways & surface streets (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
Walt Disney Concert Hall
2002
california dreaming (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
music for english horn and piano
Paul Sherman,oboe; Krystof Van Gryspere, piano
Alfred Newman Recital Hall
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
2001
festive music (premiere)
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
piano trio (premiere)
ensembleGREEN;
Neighborhood Church
2000
music for percussion and orchestra (premiere)
Timm Boatman, Teresa Dimond, Marie Matson
and Terrence Schonig, percussion;
Cal Phil, Victor Vener
The Arboretum
1999
dance piece
MFA Composition and Conducting Recital
Joshua Yang, composer/conductor
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
soprano sax concerto
Eric Barber, saxophone;
CalArts New Century Players; Marc Lowenstein,
conductor
New Music/New Media
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles CA
song (premiere)
text by composer
MFA Interschool Thesis Recital
Julie Adler, soprano;
ensemble conducted by Marc Lowenstein
1998
music for solo harp (premiere)
Susan Allen, harp
New Music Institute’s “Interpretations” series
Merkin Hall, New York NY
3 short pieces for e-flat clarinet and piano (premiere)
Elana Weber, clarinet; Zita Carno, piano
MFA Thesis Recital
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
music for six players (premiere)
Bang On A Can All-stars
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
sextet (in memoriam Kathy Smith) (premiere)
California EAR Unit; Arthur Jarvinen, conductor
Colly Soleri Ampitheater, Arcosanti, Mayer AZ
music for english horn and piano (premiere)
CalArts New Century Players
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
melody for solo cello (premiere) • MFA Thesis Recital;
Alex Bozman, cello; Roy O. Disney Music Hall
time machine (premiere) • MFA Dance Concert;
Eun Jong Kim, choreographer
CalArts Theatre II, Valencia CA
harp concerto (premiere) • Susan Allen, harp;
Symphony of the Canyons; Robert Lawson, conductor;
College of the Canyons Student Center, Valencia CA
1997
music for voices and instruments (premiere)
Performer/Composer Forum Concert
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
music for five players (premiere)
California EAR Unit; Arthur Jarvinen, conductor
Colly Soleri Ampitheater
soprano sax concerto (premiere)
Terry Dame, saxophone; CalArts New Century Players; William Powell, conductor
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
quartet for oboe, clarinet, viola and computer (premiere)
SarahBeck, oboe; Elana Weber, clarinet; Philip Rush, viola;
rogerallenward, MAX
Composing for Woodwinds Concert
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
10 divisions and interlude on a ground (premiere)
CalArts New Century Players; William Powell, conductor
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
1996
dance piece (premiere)
Composition and Dance Concert
Mark Ohlsson, choreographer
CalArts Theatre II
marimba sonata (movement premiere)
Student Composers Recital
Julia Gaines, marimba
Catlett Music Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
variations on a pagan chant (premiere)
Faculty Recital
Greg Sauer, cello
Catlett Music Center
1995
not in c
BM Composition Recital
Ferhiz Irani, leader
Catlett Music Center
2 solos from the opera portrait of marsha leaving
(premiere)
text by Joseph Aisenberg
BM Composition Recital
Melody Baggech, soprano; Alan Marshall, tenor
Dennis Whitely, piano
Catlett Music Center
bassoon sonata (premiere)
BMComposition Recital
Scott Poole, bassoon;Ferhiz Irani, piano
Catlett Music Center
music by numbers (premiere)
BM Composition Recital
Donald Nicholls, clarinets
Catlett Music Center