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SEP

• when: Saturday, Septem­ber 22, 1.30 PM
• where: Carlsbad Village Theater, Carlsbad, CA

I’ll be playing a solo show at this year’s Carlsbad Music Festival, a real extrav­a­ganza orga­nized by fellow composer Matt McBane. Program is: At the River, Parlor Diplo­macy (whole thing!!), Authen­tic Presence, Lieder Ohne Worte, and selec­tions from Schu­man­n’s Wald­szenen.

• when: Thursday, Septem­ber 27, 8.00 PM UPDATE: POSTPONED, STAY TUNED…
• where: Sprague Hall, 470 College St., New Haven, CT

Honored to be perform­ing Ted Hearne’s Parlor Diplo­macy, which he wrote for me two years ago, on his Yale DMA concert.

• when: Sunday, Septem­ber 30, 7.30 PM
• where: DiMenna Center, 450 West 37^th Street, New York, NY

Cadillac Moon Ensemble performs a short, sweet piece I wrote for them called Trade Secrets at their CD release show.

OCT

• when: Thursday, October 4, 8.00 PM
• where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY

The lovely duo of Ashley Bathgate and Lisa Moore play my cello-Hammond organ piece Fast Flows the River.

• when: Thursday, October 18, 7.00 PM and Friday, October 19, 8.00 PM
• where: Royce Audi­to­rium, St. Cecilia Music Center, Grand Rapids, MI

The Grand Rapids Symphony Orches­tra plays Nightjar and Para­phrase on Themes of Brian Eno, a whole bunch of times!

• when: Thursday-Saturday, October 25–27, 7.30 PM
• where: BAM Fisher, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

Playing a brand-new song cycle called Out Cold by Phil Kline with ACME and Theo Bleck­mann.

NOV

• when: Sunday, November 18, 4:00 PM
• where: Cathe­dral of St. John the Evan­ge­list, 812 N. Jackson St., Milwau­kee, WI

Present Music and Milwau­kee Choral Artists première a big new piece I wrote for them called Comfort Food.

• when: Tuesday, November 20, 8:00 PM
• where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Cadillac Moon Ensemble performs Trade Secrets, a short piece they commis­sioned earlier this year. Sharing the bill with Flexible Music.

DEC

• when: Thursday, December 6, 8.00 PM
• where: Gala­pa­gos Art Space, 16 Main St., Brooklyn, NY

A variety show, of sorts, featur­ing a bunch of my piano music played by David Kaplan, and me playing Mozart’s piano Concerto K. 414 with musi­cians from Orpheus Chamber Orches­tra.

JAN

• when: Monday, January 14, 7.00 PM
• where: DROM NYC, 85 Ave. A, New York, NY

ACME plays a short set on the APAP Showcase, includ­ing music by Nico Muhly and my piano quartet I Found it by the Sea.

FEB

• when: Friday, February 15, 11.00 AM; Saturday, February 16, 7.30 PM; and Saturday, February 23, 7:30 PM
• where: Milwau­kee, WI; various loca­tions (see site for details)

My friends at Present Music in Milwau­kee are present­ing a great-sounding lineup of new pieces by Ted Hearne, Andrew Norman, and Nico Muhly, along­side my own I Found it by the Sea. Perform­ers include the incom­pa­ra­ble pianist Michael Mizrahi and one of my favorite violin­ists, Margot Duffy Schwartz.

• when: Sunday, February 24, 11.00 AM
• where: Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

I’m playing a solo “coffee concert” (as in: you will need to drink a ton of coffee in order to wake up that early) on the Great Perform­ers series (as in: the concert already got reviewed, and it was Great).

MAR

• when: Sunday, March 3, 4.00–11.00 PM
• where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY

The annual NEW MUSIC BAKE SALE. An after­noon & evening of music, baked goods, and social­iz­ing. I happen to be playing a solo set featur­ing music by Brooklyn-based composers: Chris Cerrone, Scott Wollschleger, and me (Timo).

• when: Friday, March 8, 7.30 PM
• where: Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL

David Kaplan and I join the fantas­tic Third Coast Percus­sion for a program of Reich and Crumb.

• when: Wednes­day, March 27, 6.30 PM
• where: Hotel Rex, San Fran­cisco, CA

A short and intimate solo “salon” for San Fran­cisco Performances.

• when: Friday, March 29, 8.00 PM
• where: Herbst Theater, San Fran­cisco, CA

The crack team of pianist Jonathan Biss and the Elias Quartet give the world première of a piano quintet I’m writing for them (at this moment).

APR

• when: Wednes­day, April 1, 8.00 PM
• where: Bard College, László Z. Bitó ’60 Conser­va­tory Building, Annan­dale-on-Hudson, NY

News Flash! Gabriel Kahane & I are preview­ing our Library of Congress show up at Bard. Ives, Britten, Schubert, Schumann, Bach/Kurtág, Kahane, & Andres.

• when: Tuesday, April 2, 7.30 PM
• where: Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

The Biss-Elias quintet comes to New York.

• when: Friday, April 5, 8.00 PM
• where: Library of Congress, Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

Gabriel Kahane & I team up for an evening of songs: our own, along with some Ives, Britten, Schumann, and of course, Kahane & Andres.

• when: Friday, April 12, 8.00 PM
• where: Jordan Hall at New England Conser­va­tory, Boston, MA

The Biss-Elias quintet comes to Boston, sharing the bill with Schumann & Purcell.

• when: Thursday, April 18, 7.30 PM
• where: The Morgan Library, 225 Madison Ave., New York, NY

Chamber music of Weinberg, Górecki and Shostakovich with ACME.

• when: Thursday, April 25, 5.00 PM
• where: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Doing a short solo set on Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, an inter­est­ing & diverse annual festival curated by Bryce and Aaron Dessner.

MAY

• when: Sunday, May 12, 7.30 PM
• where: The Cell Theater, 338 W 23^rd St, New York, NY

The fantas­tic guitar/percussion duo The Living Earth Show comes to town with music they commis­sioned from Adrian Knight, Sam Adams, Chris Cerrone, and yours truly.

• when: Sunday, May 12, 7.30 PM
• where: The Barbican, London, UK

LAST MINUTE SHOW ALERT! I’m filling in on Nico’s “A Scream and an Outrage” festival, playing five new Philip Glass études.

• when: Tuesday, May 14, 7.30 PM
• where: Wigmore Hall, London, UK

The Biss-Elias quintet lands in the UK!

• when: Wednes­day, May 22, 8.00 PM
• where: Library of Congress, Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

The world première of a new piece I’m writing for the Attacca Quartet, along­side music by Janáček, Beethoven, and “Big John” Adams.

• when: Wednes­day, May 22, 7.00 PM
• where: Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 196 Allen St., New York, NY

Another LAST MINUTE SHOW ALERT: the wonder­ful sextet yMusic is premièring a piece a wrote them called Safe Travels. Also on the program: new and newish music by Mark Dancigers, Marcos Balter, Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, and Sufjan Stevens (!)!

• when: Thursday, May 23, 8.00 PM
• where: Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Kleiner Saal, Hamburg, Germany

Jonathan Biss and the Elias Quartet take my Piano Quintet to Germany.

• when: Friday, May 24, 8.15 PM
• where: Het Concert­ge­bouw, Amster­dam, NL

The Biss-Elias quintet surfaces in the Low Countries.

• when: Wednes­day, May 29, 7.30 PM
• where: Recital Hall at Univer­sity of Vermont, Burling­ton, VT

David Kaplan and I are playing a four-handed, eight-eyed version of the Rite of Spring, on the 100^th anniver­sary of the première.

JUN

JUL

• when: Friday, July 19 and 20, 8.00 PM
• where: Pitts­burgh New Music Ensemble, City Theatre, Main­stage, 1300 Bingham Street, Pitts­burgh, PA

The Pitts­burgh New Music Ensemble plays Crashing Through Fences along­side works by Pierre Jalbert and Matthew Rosenblum.

• when: Tuesday, July 30, 7.00 PM
• where: Housing Works Book­store Café, 126 Crosby Street New York, NY

Home Stretch will be released by Nonesuch on this day, and to cele­brate, I’m having a “salon” of sorts with the extra­or­di­nary book designer Peter Mendel­sund and the New Yorker’s Leo Carey. There will also be some piano playing.

AUG

• when: Thursday, Aug. 8, 6.00 PM
• where: Albu­querque Museum of Art and History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW Albu­querque, NM

The fantas­tic pianist Conor Hanick plays At the River, along­side music by Alvin Curran and John Adams.

• when: Wednes­day & Thursday, Aug. 14–15, 7.30 PM & 8 PM
• where: The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY

Two evenings of new ballets with ACME. Music by Ellis Ludwig-Leone.