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November 3, 2023 | 2023 SCI Region V Conference A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello Glidden Recital Hall, Athens, OH
2023
June 4 | She Scores 2023 hold/release, for violin and cello Leah Goor-Burtnett (violin) and Derek Snyder (cello) Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
May 14 | Cleveland Composers Guild presents Creativity: Learning Through Experience 31 Spring Nocturne, for baritone voice and piano Michael Temesi (baritone) and Lydia Yu (piano) The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
May 10 Refuge, for SATB choir, trombone, piano Bangor Township Schools Varsity Choir (Anna Doering, director) John Glenn High School, Bay City, MI
April 2 | Deep Like the Rivers: Songs of Heavenly Natures Sea-Grass, for SATB choir Cleveland Chamber Choir (Gregory Ristow, Acting Artistic Director) Drink Hall, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
March 26 | Chatter Music: Chatter Sunday Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds 912 3rd St. NW, Albuquerque, NM
March 23 | 51st Annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds University of New Mexico Keller Hall, Albuquerque, NM
January 5 | International Clarinet Association 2023 Low Clarinet Festival 7F, for bass clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet) Performing Arts Center Auditorium, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
2022
November 20 Variation, for woodwind quintet Hawksbkill Winds Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fayetteville, AK
July 8 hold/release, for violin and cello Josh Henderson (violin) of Warp Trio and Julia Henderson (cello) Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH
July 2 | 46th (2022) National Women's Music Festival Remember, for mezzo-soprano soloist, unison choir, chamber orchestra Rhea Olivaccé (soprano), National Women's Music Festival Chorus (Renée Janski, director), National Women's Music Festival Orchestra (Nan Washburn, conductor) Marriot Madison West Hotel & Conference Center, Middleton, WI
June 25 | She Scores 2022 I Shall Be Taller, for mezzo-soprano and clarinet Kira McGirr (mezzo-soprano) and Alix Reinhardt (clarinet) Harkness Chapel, Cleveland, OH
June 23 | She Scores 2022 A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello Linda White (flute), Alix Reinhardt (clarinet), Leah Goor-Burtnett (violin), Derek Snyder (cello) Harkness Chapel, Cleveland, OH
April 29 A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano The Wooster Chorus (Lisa Wong, director) McGaw Chapel, Wooster, OH
April 11 | Beyond "Auf dem Strom" Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano) Guzzetta Hall, Akron, OH
March 30 | Beyond "Auf dem Strom" Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano) Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
March 2 |Beyond "Auf dem Strom" Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano) The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
February 20 | Women in Music Columbus Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Calamus Reed Quintet Huntington Recital Hall, Columbus, OH
2021
September 12 A Chase in Purple, for piano Anshul Sharma (piano) BOP STOP at The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
July 9 A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello Hub New Music Louise Shonk Kell Recital Hall, Dublin, NH
June 26 | She Scores 2021 Windows, for clarinet and viola Gunnar Hirthe (clarinet) and Esther Nahm (viola) Pilgrim Congregational UCC, Cleveland, OH
June 25 | She Scores 2021 Shatter, for clarinet Gunnar Hirthe (clarinet) Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH
May 1 Breath, for clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet Hypotenuse Trio Facebook livestream
2020
October 8-10 | SCI National Conference [Canceled due to COVID-19] 7F, for bass clarinet Urban Alchemy Bar, Arlington, TX
April 24 | Wind Symphony Spring Showcase [Canceled due to COVID-19] In Transit, for amplified SATB soloists and wind ensemble NDC Wind Symphony (Michael Krueger, conductor) Notre Dame College, South Euclid, OH
April 5 | May Festival at the Basilica [Canceled due to COVID-19] A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano May Festival Youth Chorus (Matthew Swanson, conductor) Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY
March 26 | RAM 2020 Concerts "We, the whole people" [Canceled due to COVID-19] Et puis encore, for string quartet Random Access Music Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY March 24 | RAM 2020 Concerts "We, the whole people" [Canceled due to COVID-19] Et puis encore, for string quartet Random Access Music The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
March 8 | CMS Northeast Conference Shatter, for clarinet Michelle Kiec (clarinet) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
March 6 | 2020 Music by Women Festival 7F, for bass clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet) Kossen Auditorium, Columbus, MS
February 23 | Creative Commissions 2020 Premieres Recital A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano May Festival Youth Chorus (Matthew Swanson, conductor) Location TBA, Cincinnati, OH
2019
October 11 | NACWPI 2019 National Conference 7F, for bass clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet) Davis Hall, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
October 7 | Faculty Music Recital 7F, for bass clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet) Eldon Black Recital Hall, San Angelo, TX
July 12 | Space City New Music Festival 2019 Hover, for 2 marimbas Jacob Ottmer & Michael Cheng Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston: MATCH, Houstin, TX
June 13 | TaiHei Ensemble: A Day in a Chinese Garden (Concert 3) Windows, for clarinet and viola Darlene Mueller (clarinet) & Rubi Yan (viola) Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR
May 31 | Percussion Ensemble with UW Steel Band and Gamelan Ensemble Sideways, for 4 percussionists University of Washington Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) Meany Hall—Studio Theatre, Seattle, WA
May 24 | Doctoral Dissertation Performance Pretty Pretty Princess vs. The Underworld, for alto and chamber orchestra Sarah Brauer (alto), Cera Babb (conductor), and members of the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
April 13 | Midwest Music Research Collective 2019 Spring Symposium Shatter, for clarinet Stacia Fortune (clarinet) The University of Kansas School of Music, Murphy Hall, Lawrence, KS
April 12 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Frost School of Music, Coral Gables, FL
March 19 | Cornish Presents: Splinter Reeds Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA
March 16 | Vancouver New Music Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds The Annex, Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 8 | UNK New Music Festival Shatter, for clarinet Erin Cameron (clarinet) University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
February 22 | Graduate Recital Enfold, for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, clarinet, viola Perri di Christina (mezzo-soprano) Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, Arnold Hall, New York, NY
February 20 | Faculty Music Recital 7F, for bass clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet) Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, San Angelo, TX
February 17 | Constellation's Frequency Series Presents: Kayleigh Butcher, Carrie Henneman Shaw, and Mabel Kwan Apple Butter, for mezzo-soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Constellation Chicago, IL
February 12 | TaiHei Ensemble: A Day in a Chinese Garden (Concert 1) Windows, for clarinet and viola Darlene Mueller (clarinet) & Rubi Yan (viola) Berwick Hall, Eugene, OR
January 5 | NewMusicShelf Mezzo-Soprano Anthology Launch Concert Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Megan Ihnen (mezzo-soprano) and Marianne Parker (piano) Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, New York, NY
2018
November 16 | Sound Thought 2018 Festival Naufrage, for fixed electronics and video Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, United Kingdom
November 4 | Oregon Composers Forum: Guest Artist, Estelí Gomez Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Estelí Gomez (soprano) and Nicholas Pietromonaco (piano) Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
November 3 | NewMusicShelf Baritone Anthology Launch Concert Alone, for baritone and piano Michael Kelly (baritone) and Kathleen Kelly (piano) Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, New York, NY
October 27 | International Alliance for Women in Music Annual Concert Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Michelle O'Rourke (mezzo-soprano) Trinity Chapel, Dublin, Ireland
October 23 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
October 22 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, AZ
October 20 | Outcry: Performing Works by Women about the Female Experience Variation, for woodwind quintet Shatter, for clarinet 5th Wave Collective & Julian Rymar (clarinet) Holtschneider Performance Center, Chicago, IL
October 1 | Recital at University of the Pacific Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
September 30 | InterMusic SF Presents SF Music Day 2018 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds War Memorial Veterans Building, San Francisco, CA
August 3 | Opera on Tap's New Brew & Friends Apple Butter, for mezzo-soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Barbés Bar, Brooklyn, NY
July 28 | Omaha Under the Radar Festival 2018 Apple Butter, for mezzo-soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE
July 13 Steps, for soprano saxophone and harp Ryan Muncy (saxophone) and Bridget Kibbey (harp) of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH
June 9 Enfold, for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, clarinet, viola Sarah Brauer (mezzo-soprano), Annabel MacDonald (flute), Brynna Paros (flute), Chelsea Oden (clarinet), Samuel Kalcheim (viola) Berwick Hall, Eugene, OR
June 3 Ripple, for flute and bassoon Jeffrey Chapman (flute) and Cameron Joublin (bassoon) Collier House, Eugene, OR
May 19 | Creative Commissions 2018 Premieres Recital Three Daydreams, for piano Sylvia Van Heyningen and Tori Huang (piano) Watson Recital Hall, Cincinnati, OH
May 6 Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, WI
April 8 | Midtown Opera Festival Apple Butter, for mezzo-soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN
March 11 | The Schönberg Project Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) and Christopher Narloch (piano) Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale, IL
March 10 | Modern Music Festival Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia, CO
March 3 | Experimental Music Night featuring Kayleigh Butcher and friends Apple Butter, for mezzo-soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Community Arts Phoenixville, Phoenixville, PA
March 1 | 2018 Music by Women Festival Shatter, for clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (clarinet) Kossen Auditorium, Columbus, MS
February 22 Out of stone, for string orchestra University of North Georgia Sinfonietta (Esther Morgan-Ellis, conductor) Gloria Shott Performance Hall, Dahlonega, GA
February 20 Shatter, for clarinet Timothy Bonenfant (clarinet) Eldon Black Recital Hall, San Angelo, TX
February 18 | Doctoral composition recital Out of stone, for string orchestra Pierre, for trumpet Enfold, for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, clarinet, viola Shatter, for clarinet Hypnagogia, for vocal octet Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Sideways, for 4 percussionists Feathers, for piano Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
2017
December 2 | Research on Contemporary Composition Conference Presenter, "Commissioning, Composing, and Conducting Contemporary Pedagogical Orchestra Music" North Georgia University, Dahlonega, GA
November 19 | The Schönberg Project Im Harren, for mezzo-soprano and piano Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) and Christopher Narloch (piano) Constellation Chicago, IL
November 17 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Footman Hall, Denton, TX
November 15 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Bates Recital Hall, Austin, TX
November 4 | Splinter Reeds | Indexical Series Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Wind River Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
November 3 | Full: Splinter Reeds Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
September 23 | Quince: Where Is Home Now? Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Constellation Chicago, IL
September 10 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco, CA
September 7 | Resonant Bodies Festival Apple Butter, for soprano and hand-held percussion Kayleigh Butcher (mezzo-soprano) Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
July 14 Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon Splinter Reeds Fountain Arts Building, Dublin, NH
June 18 | chatter SUNDAY Shatter, for clarinet James Shields (clarinet) Las Puertas, Albuquerque, NM
May 10 | University of Oregon Music Today Festival 2017 Shatter, for clarinet James Shields (clarinet) Aasen-Hull Hall, Eugene, OR
May 7 | University of Oregon Music Today Festival 2017 Enfold, for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, clarinet, viola Estelí Gomez (soprano), Linda Jenkins (flute), Rebecca Larkin (flute), Chelsea Oden (clarinet), Samuel Kalcheim (viola) Aasen-Hull Hall, Eugene, OR
March 22 Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
February 28 Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble University of Toledo Performing Arts Recital Hall, Toledo, OH
2016
November 14 Out of stone, for string orchestra Members of the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance (Evan Harger, conductor) Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
July 22 Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH
May 23 Sideways, for 4 percussionists Members of The University of Oregon Percussion Studio Aasen-Hull Hall, Eugene, OR
May 18 Out of stone, for string orchestra University of Oregon Campus Orchestra (Evan Harger, conductor) Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
May 1 What forests are born, for cello and Balinese gamelan Ramsey Sadaka (cello) and the Pacific Rim Gamelan (Robert Kyr, conductor) Aasen-Hull Hall, Eugene, OR
April 25 Out of stone, for string orchestra University of Oregon Campus Orchestra (Evan Harger, conductor) Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
January 26 Pierre, for trumpet Aaron Kahn (trumpet) Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
2015
November 17 Feathers, for piano Katherine Wang (piano) Collier House, Eugene, OR
Fall 2015 | Studio 300 Festival of Digital Art and Music 2015-16 BYTE Gallery Naufrage, for fixed electronics and video Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
September 10 | Exhibitronic V Festival Naufrage, for fixed electronics and video Stimultania Art Gallery, Strasbourg, France
September 10 | Root Signals Electronic Music Festival Naufrage, for fixed electronics and video Terry Concert Hall, Jacksonville University, FL
April 11 Recurrences, for saxophone quartet The Eleventh Hour Saxophone Quartet (Karen Gardener, director) Wooster United Methodist Church, Wooster, OH
March 28 | Graduate composition recital Moon, for clarinet, trombone, and percussion Naufrage, for fixed electronics and video Perspectives: I. The Stalwart,III. The Scientist, for tenor and piano Salvator Mundi, for SSATB choir Ooze, for tenor saxophone, contrabassoon, trombone, tuba, and cello Red, for flute, clarinet, horn, piano, vibraphone, and strings Et puis encore, for string quartet Derrière les ennuis, for flute, bassoon, horn, and cello Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
January 17-18 | Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium Presenter, "How to Make Your Studio Website More Dynamic" Butler MTNA Collegiate Chapter Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2014
November 8 | Indiana Music Teachers Association (IMTA) State Conference Presenter, "Creating a Musical Wonderland: Teaching Composition Through Storytelling" Butler MTNA Collegiate Chapter Anderson University, Anderson, IN
October 24-26 | University of Wisconsin River Falls Composer Workshop and Competition Finalist, without, for brass quintet River Falls Brass Quintet William Abbott Concert Hall, River Falls, WI
May 31 | IFMC State Honors Recital and Symposium at Indiana University Presenter, "Creating a Musical Wonderland: Teaching Composition Through Storytelling" Butler University MTNA Collegiate Chapter Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
May 22 | Circuit Bridges Concert Series "Sonic Currents" du coeur, for fixed electronics Concert curated by Melissa Grey Gallery MC, New York, NY Visit the Circuit Bridges jukebox here!
April 8 Et puis encore, for string quartet Ligeia Quartet Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Indianapolis, IN
March 24 | MTNA National Conference Presenter, "Creating a Musical Wonderland: Teaching Composition Through Storytelling" Butler University MTNA Collegiate Chapter Chicago, IL
March 8 without, for brass quintet Foothills Brass River Park Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2013
November 21 | 2013 Haiti Benefit Concert Derrière les ennuis, for flute, bassoon, horn, cello Emily Yoo (flute), Owen Carlos (bassoon), Brenna Giazzon (horn), Marina Ito (cello) Lily Hall, Butler University, IN
October 28-November 2 | New Horizons Music Festival du coeur, for fixed electronics Part of a continuously played one-hour program during exhibition Disasters of War, with prints by Nicholas Naughton Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
June Winner, 2013 International Alliance for Women in Music Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prize, for UNLESS, for chamber orchestra
May 12 du coeur, for fixed electronics McGaw Chapel, Wooster, OH
May First place, 2013 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Award for Sonata for the Fall, for cello and piano Recipient, Pi Kappa Lambda Prize in Music, awarded by the Music Department of The College of Wooster
April 18 Recurrences, for saxophone quartet Eleventh Hour Saxophone Quartet (Karen Gardener, director) St. James Episcopal Church, Wooster, OH
April 14 | Undergraduate Senior Recital L'Imagination de Lenore, for soprano, baritone, flute, percussion, piano, cello Ombre, for fixed electronics Valediction, for SATB choir Sonata for the Fall, for cello and piano Song for St. Cecilia, for vocal quartet Recurrences, for saxophone quartet Gault Recital Hall, Wooster, OH
March 2 | North American Saxophone Alliance 2013 Region 5 Conference Recurrences, for saxophone quartet Eleventh Hour Saxophone Quartet (Karen Gardener, director) Bowling Green State University, OH
March 1 | Music of Living Composers Subscription Concert UNLESS, for chamber orchestra Wooster Symphony Orchestra (Jeffrey Lindberg, conductor) McGaw Chapel, Wooster, OH
February 28 Recurrences, for saxophone quartet Eleventh Hour Saxophone Quartet (Karen Gardener, director) Gault Recital Hall, Wooster, OH
2012
March Second place, 2012 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Student/Collegiate Composers Contest, for Recurrences, for saxophone quartet
2011
June 4 Recurrences, for saxophone quartet The PRISM Quartet First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
June 3 Recurrences, for saxophone quartet The PRISM Quartet Symphony Space, New York, NY
2010
December 5 Song for St. Cecilia, for vocal quartet I Rozzi Armadilli First Presbyterian Church, Wooster, OH
October 29 Song for St. Cecilia, for vocal quartet I Rozzi Armadilli Gault Recital Hall, Wooster, OH