2026

SEASON 2026
World Premiere of NEW WORK for solo cello and organ. A Memorial Commissions for Kaija Saariaho, commissioned by Anssi Karttunen, cellist and Olivier Latry, organist to premiere at the Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France.

2026-27 Season
World Premiere of ASTRAL ILLUMINATIONS — HOMMAGE TO EMILY DICKINSON for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra, premiered by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ryan Bancroft. This work is co-commissioned by several orchestras including the Lahti Symphony Orchestra,  and other orchestras to be announced.

2026-27 Season
World Premiere of LIGHT PEARLS THROUGH PRISMS for solo piano premiered by Marianne Parker.

2026-27 Season
World Premiere of MAGICAL FLIGHTS OF THE ADARNA BIRD for solo violoncello premiered by Alexander Hersh.

SEASON, 2026
World Premiere of ASTRAL KALEIDOSCOPES for Percussion Quartet - Homage to Claude Debussy, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis. Two Kaleidoscopes played without pause — I: SUN RIBBONS and II: DANCING LUMINOSITY — performed by Third Coast Percussion. Commissioned by and dedicated with admiration and deep gratitude, to Third Coast Percussion.

JANUARY 9, 2026
BELLS RING SUMMER for solo cello performed by cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi on a concert titled “Perspectives on Bach.” Kennesaw State University, Robert S. Geer Family College of the Arts, Kennesaw, GA.

JANUARY 16, 2026 – 6:30 PM
TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PIANO and EURHYTHMY ETUDE: “STILL LIFE” for solo piano performed by Natasha Stojanovska at Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL.

JANUARY 23, 2026
BEBOP RIDDLE IV for reed quintet performed by the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet as presented by DUKE ARTS, in Durham, NC.

JANUARY 24, 2026
D(I)AGON(ALS) for solo saxophone performed by Taimur Sullivan at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio.

JANUARY 28, 2026
World Premiere of SONG WITHOUT WORDS in the version for trombone and piano performed by John Gruber, Trombone and Willem van Schalkwyk, Piano, at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas.

FEBRUARY 1, 2026 – 3 PM
D(I)AGON(ALS) for solo saxophone performed by Taimur Sullivan in the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, Evanston, IL.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026
SONG WITHOUT WORDS for trombone and piano performed by John Gruber, Trombone and Hyunsoo Kim, Piano, at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. Willem van Schalkwyk will play on the UNT recital Jan. 28th.

FEBRUARY 6, 2026
SHAKESPEARE'S JESTERS for Saxophone Quartet performed by ~Nois, at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026
PRAYER AND CELEBRATION for orchestra performed by the Biava Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Luis Biava in Columbus, OH.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026
TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PIANO and EURHYTHMY ETUDE: “STILL LIFE” for solo piano performed by Natasha Stojanovska at The Check Out, 4116 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026
RUMI SETTINGS for violin and cello performed in a house concert by NEXUS Chamber Music, Chicago, IL.

FEBRUARY 19, 2026
FUSION for solo piano performed by pianist Min Kwon at ArtisNaples in Naples, FL.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026
D(I)AGON(ALS) for solo saxophone performed by Taimur Sullivan and the University of Georgia.

MARCH 7 & 8, 2026
OF PARADISE AND LIGHT for orchestra performed by the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Biava at the McCoy Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

MARCH 11 – 15, 2026
Jury Member: Concours de Genève. The other jury members are Unsuk Chin, Chair; Toshio Hosokawa; Magnus Lindberg; and Katharina Rosenberger. Geneva. Switzerland.

MARCH 12, 2026
INCANTATION for solo cello performed by Joshua Gordon on the noontime concert series at Emmanuel Music. Boston, MA.

MARCH 13, 2026
RIDDLE In Memoriam Oliver Knussen for solo cello performed by cellist Anssi Karttunen in Salzburg, Austria.

MARCH 18, 2026 – 12:15 PM
DREAM CATCHER for solo violin performed by Benjamin Baker on the At the World’s Edge 2026 Chicago Festival of chamber music, on the Dame Myra Hess Concerts, Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, IL.

MARCH 20, 2026
TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano performed by Duo Diorama: Minghuan Xu violin, Winston Choi, piano , in Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.

MARCH 21, 2026
TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PIANO and EURHYTHMY ETUDE: “STILL LIFE” for solo piano performed by Natasha Stojanovska at Saint Philip’s In The Hills, Tucson, AZ.

MARCH 27, 2026 — NOON
HUMMINGBIRD MUSINGS — In Memoriam Alan Stout for soprano saxophone performed by Phil Pierick presented by the Noonday Concert Series of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL.

APRIL 11, 2026 – 7:30 PM
AVID Dance and MGSA student dancers perform a suite of choreographer Phil Chan's dances inspired by the richness of the American experience including FUSION for solo piano. Music performed by pianist and Rutgers Music faculty Min Kwon in the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, int the Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater, in New Brunswick, NJ.

APRIL 13, 2026
Guest Composer at The Graduate Center, CUNY in New York City, NY. Special thanks to Professor Steve Everett.

APRIL 15, 2026
SELENE (Moon Chariot Rituals) for percussion quartet and string quartet performed by George Nickson conducting SYZYGY, the contemporary music ensemble of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. University Park, Texas.

APRIL 23, 2026
Guest Mentor at OAcademy, Masterclass I

APRIL 26, 2026
CARNIVAL: BASSOON CONCERTO for solo bassoon and wind ensemble, in the version for baritone saxophone. The Capital Region Wind Ensemble conducted by Brett Wery, with Brad Hubbard, baritone saxophone, Schenectady, NY.

MAY 1 & 2, 2026
GUEST COMPOSER at the Curtis Institute for Music, Philadelphia, PA

MAY 3, 2026
OF PARADISE AND LIGHT for orchestra performed by the Arizona Philharmonic, conducted by Peter Bay in Prescott, AZ.

MAY 9, 2026
TERPSICHORE'S BOX OF DREAMS for 13 virtuosi performed by The Grossman Ensemble conducted by Stefan Asbury at the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion, Washington, D.C. Gratitude to Sir George Benjamin who curated the concert.

MAY 14, 2026
Guest Mentor at OAcademy, Masterclass II

JUNE 16, 2026
Guest Mentor at OAcademy, Industry-session, lecture: Captured Improvisation

JUNE 17, 2026
UPON WINGS OF WORDS, Emily Dickinson Settings, for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, sung by mezzo-soprano Benedetta Orsi with the Arianna String Quartet. Presented by the Missouri Chamber Music Festival at the Sheldon Concert Hall, Saint Louis, MO.

JULY 2, 2026
PLEA FOR PEACE for orchestra performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Katharina Wincor at the Konzerthaus (Großer Saal), Berlin, Germany.

JULY 13 - 19, 2026
AVIAN CAPRICCIO for Brass Quintet performed by the FiveBrass quintet, who are from Slovenia, in concerts at the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, which is taking place Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

JULY 15 - 19, 2026
Composer in Residence for Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Blue Hill Maine. Various compositions will be performed including UPON WINGS OF WORDS, Emily Dickinson Settings, for soprano and string quartet, sung by soprano Kristina Bachrach. Gratitude to Artistic Director, Laurie Smukler.

JULY 23 - 29, 2026
Mentor Composer for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DeGaetano Composition Institute, New York City with the Orchestra.

AUGUST 15, 2026
SOLSTICE RITUAL — Homage to Varese and Ravel — for Fourteen Virtuosi: 4 percussion, 1 harp, piano, celesta, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 violin, viola, cello, performed by The Grossman Ensemble and guests, conducted by Timothy Weiss. Presented by the TIME:SPANS FESTIVAL, in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY. Composer expresses gratitude to Thomas Fichter, Executive Director, Artistic Director of TIME:SPANS .

AUGUST 20-23, 2026
GUEST COMPOSER Chamber Music America’s National Conference, Chicago, IL.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026
SOLSTICE RITUAL - Homage to Varese and Ravel for Fourteen Virtuosi performed by The University of Iowa New Music Ensemble, David Gompper conducting. Iowa City, IA.

October 19 - 23, 2026
Co-commissioner World premiere of NEW WORK for solo cello and orchestra, premiered by cellist Alban Gerhardt, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Brett Dean. This work is co-commissioned by several orchestras including The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ryan Bancroft, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and other orchestras to be announced.

NOVEMBER 10 – 12, 2026
Jury Member: Concours de Genève. The other jury members are Unsuk Chin, Chair; Toshio Hosokawa; Magnus Lindberg; and Katharina Rosenberger. Final round concert in Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.

NOVEMBER 28, 2026
World Premiere of NEW WORK for solo cello and organ. A Memorial Commission for Kaija Saariaho, commissioned by Anssi Karttunen, cellist and Olivier Latry, organist to premiere at the Maison de la Radio, Paris, France.

DECEMBER 5, 2026
World Premiere of ALCESTIS ASCENDS for 3 players: Ah Young Hong, soprano, Miranda Cuckson, violin, and Chris Gross, violoncello, setting a text by Alcestis: Euripides, 438 BCE, chorus of men of Pherae, translated by Rachel Kitzinger. Special gratitude to composer Michael Hersch.

MAY 8, 2027
SCAT for 5 virtuosi performed Ensemble Dérive, conducted by David Fulmet in Paris, France.

MAY 21, 2027
World Premiere of NEW WORK for 13 players performed by The Grossman Ensemble conducted by Timothy Weiss, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.