Luke Blackburn, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Premiere: Menagerie of Endangered Creatures: Blue, Vanishing, commissioned by the Lyra Society, 09/11/2021. Ina Zdorovetchi, harp.
Premiere: Impact, commissioned by Western Carolina University, 03/24/2022, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Premiere: Metamorphosis of Plants, commissioned by Boston Musica Viva on 04/02/2022.
Premiere: Menagerie of Endangered Creatures: Georgia Aves, commissioned by ensemble vim, 04/22/2022. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
Premiere: Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta, commissioned by Project EcoMusic, 05/06/2022. First Congregational Church of Winchester. Winchester, MA.
Max Friedman, Music Composition & Theory MFA
"The Lake" for voice, trumpet, and piano: performance by Nicholls State University (LA) faculty.
"Exospheres" for full orchestra: premiere by the Brown University Orchestra (November 2021).
Jingmian Gong, Music Composition & Theory MFA
Choral piece "Water Song" commissioned by Lingnan Normal University in China and performed on September 27, 2021.
James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology PhD
Appearance on 2022 Grammy Award-Nominated Album (Best Immersive Audio): Alain Mallet's Mutt Slang II - A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage.
Performance: Carnegie Hall with violinist Lily Honigberg as part of the In Response concert series.
Mariel Mayz, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Interdisciplinary performance for the Porto Pianofest "Music in Dialogue" Series (Porto, Portugal) in August 2021, in collaboration with javascript artist Taylor Baldwin.
Commissioned new work for string quartet for the Sarasa Ensemble, with performances in Cambridge, Lexington, and Brattleboro, VT, November 2021.
Piano soloist for the Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 with the Greenwich Choral Society.
Performance for the "Música de Camara" concert series in New York City of all Latin American music plus original works (April 1, 2022).
Director and performer for the "Porto Pianofest in New York" gala events for sponsors and supporters of the festival in the US at Yamaha Artist Services in NYC on April 7th, 2022.
Qi Li, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Commission from Sarasa Ensemble.
Commission from Philharmonie de Paris.
Ying-Ting Lin, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium Winning Composition Prize, new work commissioned by Tacet(i) Ensemble performed in Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre in 2021-2022.
Liszt Moaned Samsara (2021) for ensemble and electronics premiered in Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium.
Niko Yamamoto, Music Composition & Theory PhD
World Premiere and recording with the Shepherd Symphony Orchestra, Rice University of the composition, SOUND.FIELD (2020).