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Preview of “The Coming of Spring” TOMORROW!

Sunday, November 24, 2014 at 8:00pm UrbanAnimals NYU Provincetown Playhouse 133 MacDougal Street, New York, NY. Free admission. Full program information on Facebook. Charles Burchfield, “The Coming of...

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NYU Symphony to Premiere “Point Reyes from Chimney Rock” on March 3

Tom Killion, “Point Reyes from Chimney Rock”, 2012. Used by permission of the artist. UPDATE: The recording of this performance is now available, below! As Composer-in-Residence with the NYU Symphony,...

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Premieres in NYC, April 28 & 29

Save the dates: new music and multimedia works of mine will be presented on two different concerts in New York City on April 28 and 29 (see below for details). I hope you will join me! The Coming of...

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Listen to “Point Reyes from Chimney Rock”

The NYU Symphony gave a beautiful premiere performance of Point Reyes from Chimney Rock, recording above. Mark Greenfest of SoundWordSight writes: “[it] sounded like an impressionist fantasy – a tone...

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New videos “California Zephyr,”“Horizon,” and upcoming premiere in Boston

California Zephyr – Video and Music Online This video and music piece inspired by a cross-country train trip, created for the NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, was given an excellent premiere...

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Premiere of “Dai-Shizen (Great Nature)” at Boston GuitarFest, June 28

UPDATE: video recording of this performance is now online! Movements (played continuously): California Topaz Sunset Devin Ulibarri The World Premiere of Dai-Shizen (Great Nature) for guitar and flute...

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Launch of Landscape Music, online publication

I’m excited to share my new online publication with you, Landscape Music: Investigating Music Inspired by Landscape, Nature, and Place. With this project, I hope to provide a platform for work by...

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Music Inspired by Art in the Whitney Museum’s Collection

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the stunning new home of the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking district of New York City. Three of the artists prominently featured in their...

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Writing for NewMusicBox

I was honored to be invited by the wonderful NewMusicBox (a publication of New Music USA) to contribute six columns as a guest writer during November and December 2015. In case you missed it, here’s a...

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Quintet of the Americas Performs “Watercolors” at Parrish Art Museum 11/11

Saturday, November 11, 2017, 5:00pm Parrish Art Museum 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY 11976 Tickets start at $200 / $150 Members Tickets and venue information My work for wind quintet,...

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World Premiere of “The Sphinx and the Milky Way” for orchestra at University...

“The Sphinx and the Milky Way” (1946) by Charles E. Burchfield. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra presents the World Premiere of The Sphinx and the Milky Way—my tone poem for...

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World Premiere of “Transforming Forest” at SITE Santa Fe

“Tree Fall” by Andy Goldsworthy. Photo by Nell Shaw Cohen. Announcing the World Premiere of Transforming Forest (2018) for piano, violin, and cello, commissioned by Montage Music Society—Santa Fe’s...

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Skylark Premieres “Transform the World with Beauty”

Skylark Vocal Ensemble. Photo: Sasha Greenhalgh. I am thrilled that brilliant GRAMMY Award-nominated vocal ensemble Skylark will premiere my work Transform the World with Beauty on April 4, 5, 6, and 7...

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New Recording! “Transforming Forest” for Piano Trio

My work Transforming Forest (2018), commissioned by Montage Music Society for World Premiere at SITE Santa Fe this past spring, is now available for online streaming! In the following video, I pair the...

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New Recording! “Transform the World with Beauty” for Vocal Ensemble

GRAMMY Award-nominated vocal ensemble Skylark gave absolutely stunning premiere performances of my work Transform the World with Beauty, which they commissioned for their Spring 2019 program...

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“Transform the World with Beauty” in performances by The Astoria Choir,...

Several upcoming performances have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19; see list of all upcoming events for current information. Transform the World with Beauty, my choral cycle inspired by the...

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Interviews for Skylark, Reflections on Music and Nature, and Houston Grand Opera

As composers, musicians, organizations, and our audiences work to stay connected during this extended hiatus from live performances, many are turning to online video interviews as a way to continue...

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Le Mystère du Pouvoir Féminin

Le Mystère du Pouvoir Féminin is a fabulous collaborative video piece created by Style412 and The Frick Pittsburgh, scored with excerpts from my choral piece Transform the World with Beauty performed...

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Live Recordings from Juventas at The Clark

Nell with Juventas New Music Ensemble (Oliver Caplan, Artistic Director; Nicholas Southwick, flute; Matthew Smith, cello; and Ryan Shannon, violin) at The Clark. Earlier this summer, Juventas New Music...

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