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2015–2016 Season

2015 SEP

• when: Sunday, Septem­ber 27, 1.00 PM
• where: Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA

Philip Glass’s complete piano études, performed by Philip, Maki Namekawa, and me, at the composer’s own Days and Nights Festival in Big Sur.

• when: Tuesday, Septem­ber 29, 8.00 PM
• where: Corbett Audi­to­rium, Univer­sity of Cincin­nati, Cincin­nati, OH

eighth black­bird performs selec­tions from Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye, includ­ing my Check­ered Shade.

OCT

• when: Friday, October 16, 8.00 PM
• where: Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

The excel­lent young musi­cians of Carnegie Hall’s ACJW perform my Piano Quintet.

• when: Saturday, October 17, 1.00 PM
• where: Melbourne Festival, Melbourne, Australia

Flutist Lina Andonovska and percus­sion­ist Callum Moncrieff perform Crashing Through Fences.

• when: Saturday/Sunday, October ¹⁷⁄₁₈, 7.00 pm/8.00 pm
• where: Alex Theater/Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Kahane leads the Los Angeles Chamber Orches­tra in my Word of Mouth.

• when: Monday, October 19, 7.30 PM
• where: Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

The excel­lent young musi­cians of Carnegie Hall’s ACJW perform my Piano Quintet.

• when: Tuesday, October 20, 7.30 PM
• where: Sprague Hall, Yale Univer­sity, New Haven, CT

A grand home­com­ing for Sleeping Giant as eighth black­bird brings our Hand Eye to New Haven.

NOV

• when: Sunday, November 8, 7.30 PM
• where: le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY

Perform­ing Chris Cerrone’s Sonata for Violin and Piano with virtuoso Tim Fain.

• when: Sunday, November 15, 8.00 PM
• where: Shriver Hall, Balti­more, MD

The world première of my piece for the Takács Quartet, Strong Language.

• when: Thursday, November 19, 7.30 PM
• where: Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

The Takács Quartet performs Strong Language in New York.

• when: Sunday, November 22, 3.00 PM
• where: Comstock Hall, Louisville, KY

The Takács Quartet performs Strong Language.

• when: Monday, November 23
• where: Mexico City, Mexico

A selec­tion of Philip Glass études in Mexico City.

• when: Friday/Saturday/Sunday, November 27/28/29, 8.00/8.00/2.00 PM
• where: Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul, MN

The world première of a new piano concerto, The Blind Banister, for Jonathan Biss and the St. Paul Chamber Orches­tra. Mischa Santora conducts.

DEC

• when: Wednes­day, December 2, 7.30 PM
• where: Rakham Audi­to­rium, Ann Arbor, MI

The Takács Quartet plays Strong Language in Michigan.

• when: Friday, December 4, 8.00 PM
• where: the Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

The Takács Quartet plays Strong Language on Boston’s Celebrity Series. Not guar­an­teed to be attended by any actual celebrities.

• when: Friday, December 11, 8.00 PM
• where: Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA

Pianist Richard Vali­tutto performs Heavy Sleep on an intrigu­ing program of Nocturnes and Lullabies.

• when: Saturday, December 12
• where: French Cultural Insti­tute, 22 East 60^th St. New York, NY (note venue change)

Joining the Attacca Quartet for Schu­man­n’s Piano Quintet. They will also play Early to Rise, which I wrote for them in 2013.

• when: December 14–20
• where: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

In resi­dence at the new National Sawdust with ACME.

2016 JAN

• when: Tuesday, January 12, 7.30 PM
• where: le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY

The world première of a new collab­o­ra­tive work for solo cello by Sleeping Giant, for the cellist Ashley Bathgate.

• when: Friday, January 15, 8.00 PM
• where: Perelman Theater, Philadel­phia, PA

eighth black­bird perfor­m’s Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye at Philadel­phi­a’s Chamber Music Society.

• when: Sunday, January 17, 4.00 PM
• where: The Phillips Collec­tion, Wash­ing­ton, DC

With violin­ist Yevgeny Kutik, a recital of Stravin­sky, Nico Muhly, and the première of my new piece Words Fail.

• when: Monday, January 18, 7.30 PM
• where: Zankel Hall, New York, NY

The première of a new audio­vi­sual staging of Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye, performed by eighth black­bird at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall.

• when: Saturday/Sunday, January ²³⁄₂₄, 7:30/3:00 PM
• where: Museum of Contem­po­rary Art, Chicago, IL

eighth black­bird performs the audio­vi­sual produc­tion of Hand Eye in their hometown.

• when: Wednes­day, January 27, 7.30 PM
• where: Univer­sity of Richmond, Richmond, VA

eighth black­bird performs the audio­vi­sual produc­tion of Hand Eye.

FEB

• when: Wednes­day, February 3, 7.30 PM
• where: Wigmore Hall, London, UK

The UK première of my Strong Language, for the Takács Quartet.

• when: Saturday, February 13, 8.00 PM
• where: St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, NY

The NY première of Running Theme, with the String Orches­tra of Brooklyn.

• when: Sunday, February 14, 7.00 PM
• where: Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkley, CA

eighth black­bird performs Sleeping Giant’s Hand Eye at Cal Performances.

• when: Monday, February 15, 8.00 PM
• where: Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Espe­cially Guesting with Ensemble ACJW on the première of Ted Hearne’s Baby.

• when: Friday, February 19, 7.30 PM
• where: Mandel Hall, Univer­sity of Chicago, Chicago, IL

The complete Philip Glass piano études performed by Philip Glass, Aaron Diehl, Lisa Kaplan, Maki Namekawa, and me.

• when: Saturday, February 20, 7.00 PM
• where: Loeb Play­house, Purdue Univer­sity, West Lafayette, IL

The complete Philip Glass piano études performed by Philip Glass, Aaron Diehl, Lisa Kaplan, Maki Namekawa, and me.

• when: Sunday, February 21, 3.00 PM
• where: Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

The Takács Quartet brings Strong Language to Cal Perfor­mances for its west coast première.

• when: Friday, February 26, 7.45 PM
• where: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Ireland

Jonathan Biss and the Ulster Orches­tra give the European première of The Blind Banister. Rafael Payare conducts.

MAR

• when: Thursday, March 10, 8.00 PM
• where: McCul­lough Theater, UT Austin, Austin, TX

eighth black­bird performs the audio­vi­sual produc­tion of Hand Eye.

• when: Tuesday, March 15, 7.30 PM
• where: Lincoln Perfor­mance Hall, Portland, OR

Port­land’s Friends of Chamber Music present the Takács Quartet perform­ing Haydn, Brahms, and my Strong Language.

• when: Saturday, March 19, 7.30 PM
• where: Palace Theater, Albany, NY

Sleeping Giant hosts an evening of new and old orches­tral music with the Albany Symphony. A weird and wonder­ful program of music by Hearne/Barber, Honstein/Vivaldi, Norman, Cerrone/Cooper/Andres/Mozart, and Ingram Marshall.

• when: Thursday, March 31, 7.30 PM
• where: The Live Oak, Fort Worth, TX

Gabriel Kahane and I commence a tour of our duo show at The Cliburn, includ­ing new pieces written for each other.

APR

• when: Saturday/Sunday, April ²⁄₃, 7.30 PM/2.00 PM
• where: Newman Center, Denver, CO

Gabriel Kahane and I tour a new version of our duo show, includ­ing new pieces written for each other.

• when: Monday, April 4, 12.30 PM
• where: Founder’s Hall, St. Francis College, 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn, NY

Cadillac Moon Ensemble plays the short piece I wrote for them, Trade Secrets.

• when: Tuesday, April 5, 7.30 PM
• where: Bedlam Lower­town, St. Paul, MN

Gabriel Kahane and I tour a new version of our duo show, includ­ing new pieces written for each other.

• when: Thursday, April 7, 7,30 PM
• where: Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Gabriel Kahane and I tour a new version of our duo show, includ­ing new pieces written for each other (which Carnegie Hall commissioned).

• when: Saturday, April 9, 8.00 PM
• where: Carolina Perform­ing Arts, UNC Chapel Hill, NC

Gabriel Kahane and I tour a new version of our duo show, includ­ing new pieces written for each other.

• when: Wednes­day, April 20
• where: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

Joining the great Becca Stevens Band for a show at National Sawdust.

• when: Tuesday-Saturday, April 19–23
• where: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

In resi­dence at National Sawdust with ACME.

• when: Saturday, April 30, 7:30 PM
• where: New World Center, Miami Beach, FL

Joining musi­cians from the New World Symphony for the world première of a new piece, Tides and Currents, for two pianos and two percussionists.

MAY

• when: Sunday, May 14, 6.00 PM
• where: Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Flutist Lina Andonovska’s Press, Play ensemble performs Crashing Through Fences.

• when: Monday-Saturday, May 16–21
• where: Dart­mouth College, Hanover, NH

In resi­dence at Dart­mouth with ACME and composer Tristan Perich.

• when: Friday, May 20, 7.30 PM
• where: Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater, North­west­ern University

North­west­ern’s Contem­po­rary Music Ensemble performs Check­ered Shade.

• when: Wednes­day, May 25, 7.00 PM
• where: Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, New York, NY

Joining Becca Stevens for a duo show at Rockwood.

• when: Tuesday, May 24 and 31, 8.00 PM
• where: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

I’ve contributed a small solo violin piece (Winding Stair) to Jennifer Koh’s Shared Madness project on the NY Phil­har­mon­ic’s Biennial.

JUN

• when: Saturday, June 4, 3:30 PM
• where: The Greene Space, 44 Charlton St., New York, NY

Contin­u­ing in the proud tradi­tion of their Beethoven sonata marathons, WQXR is present­ing an all-day Chopin affair. I’ll perform his Polon­aise-Fantasie at the end of the fourth segment, which begins at 3:30.

• when: Thursday, June 9, 8.30 PM
• where: Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center

The San Fran­cisco Girls Chorus performs Comfort Food with The Knights on the NY Phil­har­mon­ic’s Biennial.

• when: Thursday, June 16, 7.00 PM
• where: National Sawdust

The estimable Ensemble ACJW plays Trade Winds, which they commis­sioned in 2010.

JUL

• when: Saturday, July 2, 4.30 PM
• where: Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

Donald Crockett conducts the Aspen Contem­po­rary Ensemble in Trade Winds.

• when: Sunday, July 10, 4.30 PM
• where: Venetian Theater, Caramoor, Katonah, NY

Jonathan Biss gives the New York première of The Blind Banister with the Orches­tra of St. Luke’s. Joshua Weil­er­stein conducts.

• when: Thursday, July 28, 4.30 PM
• where: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Sleeping Giant’s ASH on the Bang on a Can summer festival.

• when: Saturday, July 30, 7.30 PM
• where: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

Joining writer Helen DeWitt to cele­brate the re-release of her extra­or­di­nary novel The Last Samurai. I will perform some adjacent piano music

AUG

• when: Saturday, August 6, 2.30 PM
• where: Ozawa Hall, Tangle­wood, Lenox, MA

The première of Land Lines for triple brass quintet, in cele­bra­tion of the 50^th anniver­sary of the Boston Univer­sity Tangle­wood Insti­tute.