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ICED BODIES
ICED BODIES, ice sculptural instrument and performative installation a collaboration with Seth Parker Woods
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
MUSIC FOR MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA, LARGE & SMALL ENSEMBLE, AND SOLO INSTRUMENTS
Recent Work
VIOLINE
February 17th, 2014
PK Harris Topel Duo
The Hipbone Studio
Portland, OR
VIOLINE
June 30th, 2013
Pauline Kim-Harris
Rockwood Music Club
New York, NY
TRANS-VERSE
June 9th, 2013
Charles River Wind Ensemble
First Baptist Church in Newton Center
Newton, MA
CALLINGS
TILT Brass
Spaulding Auditorium
Hopkins Center
Hanover, NH
May 7th, 2013
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
May 4th, 2013
Collide-o-Scope Music
the cell theatre
New York, NY
THREE PRELUDES
April 28th, 2013
Meitar Ensemble
Faulkner Auditorium
Hanover, NH
FIGURAM
March 16th, 2013
Figura Ensemble
Literaturhaus
Nørrebro, Copenhagen, DK
SVIN
March 16th, 2013
Figura Ensemble
Literaturhaus
Nørrebro, Copenhagen, DK
CALLINGS
March 16th, 2013
Students from DKDM,
and det Frie Gymn.
Røde Plads
Nørrebro, Copenhagen, DK
THREE PRELUDES
Mannes School of Music
December 10th, 2012
INTERSECARE
ISMIR 2012
Filipe Quaresma
Mosteiro de S. Bento da Victória
Porto, Portugal
October 11th, 2012
SVIN
SMC 2012
Figura Ensemble
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
Copenhagen, Denmark
July 12-14th, 2012
DISCERNING SILENCE
On Silence Program
Galeria P.M. Bohuna Liptovsky
Miklulas, Slovakia
June 25th, 2012
VOX NIHILI
Celebration of Music at Dartmouth
Callithumpian Consort
Hanover, NH
May 1st, 2012
THREE PRELUDES
Zachary Reaves, cello, Sercan Danis, violin
Bridging the Gap
Dallas, TX
April 24th, 2012
DISCERINING SILENCE
On Silence Program
MATA,
New York, NY.
March 2nd, 2012
VIOLINE
SEAMUS 2012
Lawrence University,
Appleton, WI.
February 10th, 2012
DISCERINING SILENCE
On Silence Program
Dorsch Gallery,
Miami, FL.January
11th, 2012
INTERSECARE
John Haines-Eitzen
Cornell Johnson Museum,
Ithaca, NY
October 30th, 2011
ELEMENTARY SOURCES
Stamps Quartet of the University of Miami
ISMIR 2011Miami Beach Resort and Spa
Miami Beach, FL
October, 25th, 2011
CAPTURING RESONANCE
Collaboration with Soo Sunny Park
DeCordova Museum
Lincoln, MA
Ongoing 2011 - 2012
ELEMENTARY SOURCES
Voxare Quartet
Dartmouth Festival Of Musics
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
May, 23rd 2011
VIOLINE
Cornell Electroacoustic Music Festival
Barnes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
April 24th, 2011
VIOLINE
MATA Interval 4.2
Issue Project Room
Brooklyn, NY
January 13th, 2011
CYCLICUM
Voxare Quartet
International Computer Music Conference 2010
Stonybrook, NY
June 3rd, 2010
THREE PRELUDES
American Modern Ensemble
Raritan River Music Festival
Prallsvile Mills
Stockton, NJ
May 1 2010
THREE PRELUDES
Zachary Reaves, cello, Maura Bellmio, violin
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
April 24 2010
THREE PRELUDES
Society for New Music Vision of Sound:
Featuring new choreography by Chris Morrison
Carrier Theater
Syracuse, NY
April 18, 2010
THREE PRELUDES
Society for New MusicVision of Sound:
Featuring new choreography by Chris Morrison
Hochstein School.
Rochester, NY
April 17, 2010
INCENDIO
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, Conductor
Symphony Hall
Minneapolis, MN
November 21, 2009
THREE PRELUDES
American Modern Ensemble
Robin Zeh, violin and Robert Burkhart, cello
Galapagos Art Space
Brooklyn, NY
November 3, 2009
THREE PRELUDES
American Modern Ensemble
Robin Zeh, violin and Robert Burkhart, cello
Gitterman GalleryAnnual
Fundraiser Gala for AME
Mannhattan, NY
October 19, 2009
SPHERES
Juraj Kojs, piano
Istanbul Technical University MIAM
Istanbul, Turkey
June 12th, 2009
THREE PRELUDES
Denison Tutti New Music Festival
Denison, OH
March 27-28, 2009
THREE PRELUDES
Contempoartensemble
Duccio Ceccanti, violin and Vittorio Ceccanti, cello
Chiesa di Santa Caterina
TrevisoVenice, Italy
September 20 2008
AQUA REGIA
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Sydney Hodkinson, Conductor
Harris Hal
lAspen, CO
July 11 2008
THREE PRELUDES
July 8th 2008
Orvieto Musica
Orvieto Estate
Orvieto, Italy
THREE PRELUDES
August 4th 2007
Duccio Ceccanti, violin, Vittorio Ceccanti, cello
Accademia Musicale Chigiana,
Siena, Italy
CONCERTO FOR WINDS
December 2nd, 2006, 8:00pm
Cornell Wind Ensemble, Gamelan, and Laptop
Cynthia Johnson, Conductor
Bailey Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
AUTOMATA
September 7th, 2006
for outdoor P.A. and samples
Cornell Inauguration of President David Skorton, Arts Quad, Cornell UniversityCommissioned by the
Tommy Bruce, Vice-President’s Office
PASSACAGLIA
April 21st, 2006
Michael Brown, Pianist
Liederkranz Center
Manhattan, NY
ELECTRIC STRING QUARTET
April, 2004
Beyond the Machine 2.1
The Juilliard School
Manhattan, NY
CONCERTO FOR THREE PLAYERS AND ORCHESTRA
April, 2002
The Juilliard Symphony
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Christopher Guzman, solo piano
Timothy Carter, solo clarinet
Dimitar Moskovsky, solo bass clarinet
UNDERCURRENT
July 26 - November 1, 2020
AXON TERMINAL
NOV 19, 2020
in collaboration with:
e1ectr0n
pop-up installation
New Lab Open House
Brooklyn, NY
March 21st SAT 2019 (cancelled)
in collaboration with:
Seth Parker Woods
Power to the People Festival
Walt Disney Hall
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
MAY 17th 2019
SYRINX I - V
NOV 14th TUE 2018
MiniBEAST Concert
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK
SHä'kôn
NOV 5th MON 2018
In collaboration with Pauline Kim Harris
Bruckner Privatniversität
Linz, Austria
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
JUNE 22th FRI 2018
concerted-installation
Margaret Lancaster
CLOUDS AND HORSES
JUNE 4th MON 2018
ICED BODIES: Ice Music for Hanover
APRIL 26th 6PM - 9PM WED 2018
PART DES ANGES
OCTOBER 25th - NOVEMBER 3rd, 2017
sound installation, continuous.
World Music Hall, Lower Lobby
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT.
ICED BODIES: Ice Music for Chicago
AUGUST 12th 11AM - 3PM SAT 2017
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
MAY 16th TUE 2017
VOX NIHILI
AUGUST 31th - SEPTEMBER 3rd
ECHOIC MEMORY II
APRIL 11th - JULY 10th, 2016
Estonian Music Days
Eesti Muusika-Ja Teatriakadeemia Tallinn, Estonia
CALLINGS IV
MARCH 24th, 2016
David Tudor Symposium
Toneburst Laptop Ensemble.
World Music Hall
Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, CT.
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
NOVEMBER 15th - 21st
ECHOIC MEMORY
SEPTEMBER 11th - 13th, MON 2015 7:30PM
STRING QUARTET
FEBRUARY 27th, FRI 2015 8:00PM
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
MARCH 9th, 2015 8:30PM
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
MARCH 8th, 2015 8:00PM
Meitar Ensemble
Dartmouth College
Faulkner Auditorium
Hanover, NH
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
NOVEMBER 15th, SAT 2014 8:00PM
Voices of Argentina Festival
Christ Church Cathedral
Oxford University, UK
PRELUDES FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO
NOVEMBER 16th, SUN 2014, 3:00PM
Voices of Argentina Festival
Christ Church Library
Oxford University, UK
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
DECEMBER 13th, SAT 2014 4:00 PM
Boston Young Composers Ensemble
St. John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, MA.
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
JULY 3rd THU 2014
LISTENING GLASS
MARCH 27th - 29th 2014
SEAMUS 2014
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
DETAILS ON THE STRASBOURG ROSACE
JUNE 20th FRI 2014, 8:00PM
Voice of Argentina Festival 2014
Mar Del Plata, Argentina
CALLINGS
JUNE 27th FRI 2014, 8:00PM
Chosen Vale Trumpet Festival
Mascoma, NH
VIOLINE
MARCH 16th SUN 2014, 8:00PM
PK Harris Show
The Firehouse
Brooklyn, NY
HOT MESS
MARCH 10th MON 2014, 8:00PM
Heather Roche
The Green Room
Somerville (Boston), MA
STRING QUARTET, site-specific performance, 2015
CALLINGS, site-specific performance [40 trumpets], 2014
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Exhibitions & Performances
timelines (2019) sound installation, Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire
AXON TERMINAL (2019) robotic light and sound installation, New Lab, Brooklyn, New York
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