Return to current performances
2012
December 4: Miami University Composers Concert - the works of Jerod Sommerfeldt and myself
-Of Dust and Sand, Matthew Swallow, saxophone, Stephen Beus, piano with electromagnets
-Graveshift
-The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude
November 15: "...walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past...", Christine Beard, flute, Tomm Roland, percussion, College Music Society National Conference, San Diego, CA
May 22: Of Dust and Sand, Dan Graser, saxophone, and Veena Kulkarni, piano, NIME 2012, University of Michigan
Cornell Visit:
May 3: Presentation on my music
May 2: Performance (on trumpet) with the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE), Kevin Ernste, director
April 28: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Jan Faidley, saxophone, newEar Ensemble, Kansas City, MO
Electromagnetically-Prepared Piano Tour, with the Kenners (Eliot Gattegno, saxophone, Eric Wubbels, piano)
(lecture demonstrations and performances of Of Dust and Sand)
Part II:
-April 27: New England Conservatory of Music
-April 24-25: Wesleyan University
-April 23: Tufts University
Part I:
-March 29: Manhattan School of Music
-March 28: Rutgers University-Camden
-March 27: Princeton University
March 20: Quintet for solo clarinet and live electronics, Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
March 12-18: CarnivOINC!
Ammerman Center Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College:
March 3: Of Dust and Sand, Joshua Thomas, saxophone, Taka Kigawa, piano, Peter Jarvis, conductor
March 2: Paper presentation: “The Electromagnetically-Prepared Piano and its Compositional Implications”
February 17: "...walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past...", Laura Cocks, flute and Ben Bacon, percussion, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
February 9: Of Dust and Sand, Sara Kind, saxophone, and Nick Towns, piano, SEAMUS 2012, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
February 4: A Drift of Gruntle and Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Ensemble Pi, Music of Now Marathon, Symphony Space, New York City
February 2: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, John Ingle, sfSound concert, CCRMA, Stanford University
2011
December 3: OINC performance, Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
December 2: OINC performance, Slow Train Cafe, Oberlin, OH
November 15: "...walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past...", East Coast Contemporary Ensemble (ECCE), French Cultural Center, Boston, MA
November 12: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Eric Honour, Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO
November 4+5: Graveshift, Soundtrack_Cologne 8.0, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
November 4: Graveshift, Lange Nacht der Museen, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
October 29: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Eric Honour, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, University of Mary Washington
October 28: Of Dust and Sand, New Keys concert series, Kanoko Nishi, piano and Aram Shelton, sax, Salle Pianos, 1632 C Market St. San Francisco, CA
September 30: Quintet for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, University of Northern Colorado
September 26: Quintet for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Astroland, Boulder, CO
September 26: Quintet for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Denver University
August 4: Of Dust and Sand, Sebastian Berweck and Ann Evans, International Computer Music Conference, University of Huddersfield, England
July 3: ...walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past..., East Coast Contemporary Ensemble (ECCE), Etchings Festival, Auvillar, France
June 9: Negative Mirror, Part II, Linea Ensemble, June in Buffalo, University of Buffalo
May 10: Solis-EA, Ryan Packard Percussion Recital, Oberlin College
May 6: OINC performance, Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin College
April 1-2: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Nick Towns, College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
March 8: Graveshift, The International Electroacoustic Music Festival, Brooklyn College Conservatory
March 3-4: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Eugene Kim, Marshall University
March 2: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Nick Zoulek, Sonict New Music series, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
February 25: Sýning (demo) for piano with electromagnets, performed by Per Bloland, Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology
February 18: Solis-EA, Ryan Packard, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
January 12: Graveshift, Noisefloor Festial, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
2010
December 4: OINC performance, the Dionysus Disco, Oberlin College
December 3: OINC performance, International Society for Improvised Music, University of Michigan
November 23: Of Dust and Sand (world premier), Kenners concert at the Oberlin Conservatory
November 13: The ElectroMagnetically-Prepared Piano and its Compositional Implications, paper and demonstration, SCI National Conference, University of South Carolina
October 29: The ElectroMagnetically-Prepared Piano and its Compositional Implications, paper and demonstration, Livewire, University of Maryland Baltimore County
September 30: OINC performance, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, University of Minnesota
September 16-19: Graveshift (audio only), Música Viva Festival, Portugal
July 16: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, John Ingle, sfSound concert, Community Music Center, San Francisco
June 18: ...walk now an then into the breath that blows coldly past..., 60x60 version, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, Providence, Rhode Island
June 1-5: ...walk now an then into the breath that blows coldly past..., 60x60 version, ICMC 60x60 concerts, New York, NY
June 2: Wood Machine Music, ICMC 2010, New York City
April 9: The ElectroMagnetically-Prepared Piano and its Compositional Implications, paper and demonstration, SEAMUS 2010, St. Cloud, MN
February 27: Wood Machine Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin OH
February 20: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, CNMAT - Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, University of California, Berkeley
February 19: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Brian Sacawa, Ethos NewSound Festival, State University of New York at Fredonia
February 17: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, Stockton, CA
February 13: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Uncertainty Music Series, Never Ending Books, New Haven, CT
February 6: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, 12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL
February 5: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Florida International University
February 4: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, University of Miami's Frost School of Music
2009
December 2: Wood Machine Music, Callithumpian Consort, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
November 20: Clouds of Oran, Ohio State Univsersity New Music Ensemble, Ohio State University
October 30: Graveshift, MusicBYTES, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
October 24: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), John Sampen, New Music Festival, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
October 23: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Idith Meshulam, Association for the Promotion of New Music Concert, Tenri Cultural Center, New York City
October 1: Graveshift, Channel Noise concert, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
September 17: Graveshift, Musica Viva Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
July 10-12: Electromagnetically-Prepared Piano Installation, Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland, OH
Graveshift, Música Visual: El Nuevo Arte Sinestésico, Caracas, Venezuela
June 10: UNEARTE
May 21: Centro de Estudios Latinamericanos Rómulos Gellegos
May 7: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
April 21: Quintet for solo clarinet and live electronics, Marianne Gythfeldt, Marianne Gythfeldt and Ashley Pigford Audiovisual Collaborative Concert, University of Delaware
April 17: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), John Sampen, SEAMUS National Conference, Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne, IN
April 11: Graveshift, 2007 Visual Music Marathon, MFA Computer Art Department, School of Visual Arts, New York City
March 18: Stillas, Faculty Composer Concert, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
February 10: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Michael Straus, Karnatic Lab Concert Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands
January 14: Graveshift, Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany
2008
December 12: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Tom Fosnocht, Senior Recital, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
November 8: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Nicholas Ong, 3rd Practice Electroacoustic Festival, Richmond, Virginia
October 27: Graveshift, The Kunstverein Dresden (The Society of artists Dresden), Dresden, Germany
August 29: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Michael Straus, International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, Ireland
August 16: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Yippie Museum and Cafe, New York City
August 8: Graveshift, Sweetwater Electroacoustic Music Concert Series, Fort Wayne, IN
June 20: Graveshift, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
June 19: Graveshift, Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
June 8: Graveshift, Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB), Bourges, France
May 31: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
May 29: Graveshift, ZKM Institute for Music and Acoustics, Karlsruhe, Germany
April 30: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Michael Straus, Gassman Electronic Music Series, University of California, Irvine
April 29: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Michael Straus, Climate Theater, San Francisco, California
April 26: FeXIV (Iron Fourteen), Michael Straus, CCRMA Concert Series, Stanford University
April 4: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno, SEAMUS 2008 Conference, University of Utah
February 27: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
February 24: Stillas, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford University
February 21: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno, Eyedrum Concert Series, Atlanta, Georgia
February 21: Graveshift, SCI National Conference, Georgia State University
February 13: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Vaughan Recital Series, Dartmouth College
February 5: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Club SAW, Ottawa, Ontario
February 4: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Arraymusic, Toronto, Ontario
February 3: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, Michigan
February 2: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan
February 1: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007
November 16-25: Graveshift, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
November 21-25: Graveshift, CYNETart_07, Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
November 5: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, “…sofferte onde serene…”, Sebastian Berweck, Harvard University
October 24: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, “…sofferte onde serene…”, Sebastian Berweck, University of Redlands
September 30: Negative Mirror, Part II, Inauthentica Ensemble, Chapman University
September 7 and 14: Graveshift, 8th Seoul International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
September 6: Negative Mirror, Part II, Insomnio Ensemble, Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 31: Negative Mirror, Part II, Insomnio Ensemble, International Computer Music Conference 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
August 5-9: Graveshift, SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, San Diego Convention Center
June 18: Negative Mirror, Part II, Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, Callithumpian Consort, New England Conservatory
June 10: Graveshift, 37th Synthèse 2007, Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourge (imeb), Bourges, France
May 27: Negative Mirror, Part II, Inauthentica Concert, < 541> Concert Series, Stanford University
April 28: Graveshift, Visual Music Marathon, Northeastern University
April 26: The Twilight of Our Minds, Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
April 20: Prelude: Dissent, "All Strings Attached", Worn Chamber Ensemble, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
April 13: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus Concert, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
February 9: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno Concert, Bowbird TBD, Philadelphia, PA
February 3: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, The American Piano, Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford University
January 28: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, The Composer Next Door, KCSC-FM
January 25: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Free Play Six: Listening Chamber, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2006
December 7: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Michael Straus Concert, An Die Musik LIVE!, Baltimore, Maryland
December 6: Prelude: Dissent, < 541> Concert Series, Stanford University
December 3: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno Concert, Open Society Concert Series, Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, MA
November 19: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno Concert, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
November 3: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno Concert, CNMAT, UC Berkeley
November 2: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Eliot Gattegno Concert, CCRMA, Stanford
October 22: Negative Mirror, Part II, Bent Frequency - Microscapes II, Eyedrum Arts Space, Atlanta, Georgia
October 19-21: Graveshift, 27th Annual New Music & Art Festival, Bowling Green State University
August 24: Graveshift, Sonoimágenes, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 19: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
July 11-13: Graveshift, Medi(t)ations: Australasian Computer Music Conference, University of Adelaide, Australia
April 29: Negative Mirror, Part II, newstage: CCRMA, CCRMA, Stanford
April 26: Negative Mirror, Part II, Callithumpian Consort, < 541> Concert Series, Stanford University
April 12: Graveshift, DXARTS Concert, University Of Washington
April 6: The Twilight of Our Minds, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Under Construction Series, Berkeley, California
February 23: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, C.R. Kasprzyk, Saxophone, CCRMA Concert Series
February 23: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota
January 19: Graveshift, Trans'Electroacoustique, Gmem, Centre National de création musicale, Marseille, France
2005
December 10: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Brian Sacawa, Saxophone, Red Room Collective, Baltimore, MD
November 2: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, <541> Concert Series, Stanford University
October 12: Quintet, for solo saxophone and live electronics, Brian Sacawa, Saxophone, Faculty Artist Series, University of Arizona
September 23: Clouds of Oran, MATA Festival 2005 Opening Concert, New York City
September 5: Graveshift, International Computer Music Conference 2005, Barcelona, Spain
July 21: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, Digital Music Under the Stars, Stanford University
May 15: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, CCRMA@CNMAT, CNMAT, University of California, Berkeley
April 19: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, Beyond the Machine, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, Produced by the Juilliard School
April 14: Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, SEAMUS 2005 National Conference, Ball State University, Indiana
April 7: Graveshift, 13th International Electro-Acoustic Festival, Brooklyn College, New York
March 8: Graveshift, MusiCollage: a Happening by CCRMA and Friends, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
February 27: Difficult, and yet... (with "_Something Irrelevant_"), Encounter:Merce
February 26: Graveshift, SCI Region VI Conference, University of Texas, San Antonio
February 18: Graveshift, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota
January 21: "...walk now and then into the wind that blows coldly past...", Margaret Lancaster Guest Recital, Flute, Stanford University
2004
November 21: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Computer Music at Stony Brook XIV, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
November 18: Graveshift, Most Significant Bytes, Mount Union College, OH
November 12: Graveshift, ISU Contemporary Music Festival, Indiana State University
November 11: Graveshift, Imagine 2, Memphis University
November 4: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, International Computer Music Conference, Miami, FL
October 23: Prelude: Dissent, Contemporanea 2004, Udine, Italy
October 22: Perigon vs. Dr. Saw, <541> Concert, Stanford University
October 14: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Festival Internacional de música electroacústica, Santiago, Chile
September 18: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Electronic Music Midwest, Lewis University, IL
September 17: Graveshift, SoundImageSound II, University of the Pacific, CA
May 19: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Zeppelin 2004-Del Acuerdo y el Conflicto, Barcelona, Spain
May 7-8, 8PM: Graveshift, The University of Texas, Ears, Eyes and Feet
April 12: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Central Missouri State University,
April 3: Thingvellir, University of Iowa, SCI Student National Conference
March 25: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, San Diego State University, SEAMUS Conference
March 16: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Primavera en la Habana, Havana, Cuba
March 2: Prelude: Dissent, Clouds of Oran, The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, The University of Texas, Masters Recital
February 16: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, LSU Festival of Contemporary Music
Saturday: Thingvellir, The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, SCI Conference, region 6, Arkansas State University
2003
November 30: Underwater, The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Prerecorded interview, KUNM 89.9 Radio, with CK Barlow, University of New Mexico
November 20: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Digital Art Awards, Open Research Forum Conference sponsored by SFC, Keio University, Rappongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
November 8: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Electric Latex Conference, University of Northern Texas
November 3: Underwater, The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Acoustic Frontiers with Ralph Hopper, CKCU FM 93.1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 28: Clouds of Oran, New Music Ensemble, The University of Texas at Austin
August 22: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival, Dartmouth College
May 2-3: The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude, Ears and Feet Concert, The University of Texas at Austin
March 28: Prelude: Dissent, Gamma UT Conference, The University of Texas at Austin
March 27: Thingvellir, Wet Ink Concert Series, The University of Texas at Austin
2002
December 5: Study for Oboe and Electronics, Wet Ink Concert Series, The University of Texas at Austin
November 9: Underwater, Electric Latex Conference, Louisiana State University
(unknown 2002): Underwater, Literatur-schallmauer with Christoph Theiler, Vienna