BIO //
Christopher Stark (b. 1980, St. Ignatius, MT) is a composer of contemporary classical music deeply rooted in the American West. Having spent his formative years in rural western Montana, his music is always seeking to capture the expansive energy of this quintessential American landscape. Stark, whose music The New York Times has called, "fetching and colorful," has been awarded prizes from the American Academy in Rome, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Fromm Foundation at Harvard, Chamber Music America, ASCAP, and the Barlow Endowment. Named a 2017 "Rising Star" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his music has been performed by such ensembles as Alarm Will Sound, Los Angeles Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, BIT20 Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Momenta Quartet, Unheard-of//Ensemble, No Exit New Music Ensemble, and New Morse Code. In 2012, he was a resident composer at Civitella Ranieri, a fifteenth-century castle in Umbria, Italy, and in June of 2016 he was awarded a residency at Copland House. Recent highlights included performances at the 2016 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and at the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the 2016 NY Phil Biennial. In 2018, he was in residence in Bergen, Norway where he worked with musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic, and in 2020, he was in residence at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy as the Aaron Copland Fellow in Music. His score for the feature-length film, "Novitiate," premiered at Sundance in January of 2017 and was theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics. His debut CD, Seasonal Music, was released in 2019 on Bridge Records.
CONTACT //
HEADSHOT 1 // HEADSHOT 2 // HEADSHOT 3 //
Photo 1 by Laura Bianchi // Photo 2 & 3 by Virginia Harold
MUSIC //
Cascade for trumpets, strings, and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Landscape with Departure for sinfonietta
AUDIO // SCORE
True North for sinfonietta
AUDIO // SCORE
Ignatian Exercises for sinfonietta
AUDIO // SCORE
Promontories: After Three Photographs by Ansel Adams for chamber orchestra
AUDIO // SCORE
...and start west for chamber orchestra
AUDIO // SCORE
Soldier Asleep at the Tomb for soprano, orchestra, and electronics
VIDEO // SCORE
Velocity Meadows for solo oboe, wind ensemble, electronics, and video
VIDEO // SCORE
Augenblick for wind ensemble and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Other Pines for piano trio
AUDIO // SCORE
Cocci di tempo for violin and piano/sampler
VIDEO // SCORE
Seasonal Music for string quartet
AUDIO // SCORE
Maple for clarinet, violin, cello, piano/synth, and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Piano Quartet for violin, viola, cello, and piano
AUDIO // SCORE
The Language of Landscapes for cello, percussion, and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Shy Bricks for chamber ensemble
VIDEO // SCORE
Ved sjøen for chamber ensemble
AUDIO // SCORE
Scream for tenor voice, five trumpets, and electronics
SCORE
Nanokonzert for solo trombone and chamber ensemble
SCORE
Nanoconcerto 2 for solo trombone and chamber ensemble
AUDIO // SCORE
Monday, Midnight for tenor voice, alto flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
AUDIO // SCORE
This is Not a Story for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
AUDIO // SCORE
Sounding Strategies for septet
AUDIO // SCORE
Mercy Bell for l'histoire septet
AUDIO // SCORE
Rosenthal Miniatures for oboe and bass clarinet with image projection
VIDEO // SCORE
Borrowed Chords for clarinet, violin, and piano
AUDIO // SCORE
Stars in Dead Reflection for clarinet, bass, vibes, and piano
AUDIO // SCORE
Refuge for brass quintet and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Foreword for two pianos and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Horizon for clarinet and piano
SCORE
Chamber Études for flute, clarinet, horn, and piano
SCORE
Deposition for cello, piano, and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
aMBiValence for string trio and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Archipel for oboe, violin, and cello
SCORE
2nd Nature for violin, electronics, and video
VIDEO // SCORE
in Memory for piano
AUDIO // SCORE
Red Ochre for violin and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Two-Handed Storytelling for piano and electronics
AUDIO // SCORE
Novitiate
TRAILER
PERFORMANCES //
23 May 2025 // New Work (World Premiere)
Grossman Ensemble
Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago, IL
13 December 2024 // New Work (World Premiere)
Sezi Seskir & Barış Büyükyıldırım, pianos
Borusan Müzik Evi
Istanbul, Turkey
01 November 2024 // Other Pines
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, OH
20 October 2024 // Other Pines
Erin Schreiber, violin, Zlatomir Fung, cello, & Juho Pohjonen, piano
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall
St. Louis, MO
23 September 2024 // Stars in Dead Reflection
EnsembleNewSRQ
Sarasota, FL
07 September 2024 // This is Not a Story
Rocket City New Music
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Huntsville, AL
21 May 2024 // Rampike (World Premiere)
Xiao-Dong Wang, violin, Maria Ioudenitch, violin, Kyle Armbrust, viola, Zvi Plesser, cello, & Xak Bjerken, piano
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
24 March 2024 // From the Life of Macarius
Ensemble X & Denva Gallant, narrator
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
24 March 2024 // Other Pines
Ensemble X
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
24 February 2024 // Cocci di tempo
48 St. Stephen
Brand Library Concert Series
Glendale, CA
07 February 2024 // Cocci di tempo
48 St. Stephen
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
30 January 2024 // Maple
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Pulitzer Arts Foundation
St. Louis, MO
27 January 2024 // Other Pines
Agarita & Sumrset Movement
San Antonio, TX
06 December 2023 // Maple
Contemporary Chamber Music Ensemble
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
28 October 2023 // Cocci di tempo
48 St. Stephen
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
26 October 2023 // Other Pines
Beaumont Consort
Villa Aurelia
Rome, Italy
17 October 2023 // Cocci di tempo (World Premiere)
48 St. Stephen
Lexington, MA
03 August 2023 // Other Pines (World Premiere)
Jessica Lee, violin, Zlatomir Fung, cello, & Juho Pohjonen, piano
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
08 June 2023 // Piano Quartet
Mivos Quartet & Xak Bjerken, piano
American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy
08 June 2023 // Other Pines
Mivos Quartet & Xak Bjerken, piano
American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy
08 June 2023 // From the Life of Macarius (World Premiere)
Mivos Quartet, Xak Bjerken, vocoder, & Denva Gallant, narrator
American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy
08 June 2023 // Cocci di tempo
Maya Bernardo, violin & Xak Bjerken, piano
American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy
20 March 2023 // 2nd Nature
Shawn Weil, violin
American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy
21 February 2023 // Augenblick
UNCG Wind Ensemble, Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
UNC Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
13 November 2022 // 2nd Nature
Shawn Weil, violin
Musica Nova
UMKC Conservatory
Kansas City, MO
05 November 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Crosstown Arts
Memphis, TN
04 November 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
02 November 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
08 October 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Newtown Creek
Brooklyn, NY
07 October 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
17 September 2022 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt
Alarm Will Sound
BeethovenFest
Pantheon Theater
Bonn, Germany
01 August 2022 // "Spring Music" from Seasonal Music
BIT20 Ensemble
Harmonie i Hałasy
Miejskie Centrum Kultury
Bydgoszcz, Poland
23 July 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn, NY
20 July 2022 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Mise-en_Place
Brooklyn, NY
06 May 2022 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
18 April 2022 // "Dypt inne i barskogen" from Fire Ecologies
Ford Fourqurean, clarinet
Recital Hall, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
09 April 2022 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt
Alarm Will Sound
.ZACK
St. Louis, MO
08 April 2022 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Hamilton Family Recital Hall
University of Denver
Denver, CO
06 April 2022 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Sears Recital Hall
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
03 April 2022 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Lied Center of Kansas
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
02 April 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
SPACES Gallery
Cleveland, OH
31 March 2022 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Kenan Auditorium
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
30 March 2022 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
F. Ludwig Diehn Center for Performing Arts
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
19 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
18 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN
16 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
15 March 2022 // Scream (World Premiere)
Fifth Bridge
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
14 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA
13 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Versipel New Music
New Orleans, LA
09 March 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
08 & 09 March 2022 // 2nd Nature (World Premiere)
Shawn Weil, violin
St. Louis Symphony: Live at the Pulitzer
St. Louis, MO
22 February 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX
17 February 2022 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
11 December 2021 // "Louange à l'éternité de Mére Nature" from Fire Ecologies
Issei Herr, cello
St John's in The Village
New York, NY
19 November 2021 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Ohio University
Athens, OH
18 November 2021 // Horizon
Chris Grymes, clarinet and Xak Bjerken, piano
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
18 November 2021 // Guest Lecture
Sculpting Time Conversation with Monika Weiss
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
17 November 2021 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Miami University
Oxford, OH
16 November 2021 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Short North Stage
Columbus, OH
15 November 2021 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
11 November 2021 // Shy Bricks
American Wild Ensemble
World Chess Hall of Fame
St. Louis, MO
05 November 2021 // Innovation Roundtable
Guest Panelist
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
04-14 November 2021 // By the Sea
Video by Zlatko Ćosić
St. Louis International Film Festival
St. Louis, MO
04 November 2021 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Auer Hall
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
03 November 2021 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
03-10 November 2021 // By the Sea
Video by Zlatko Ćosić
Festival Les Instants Vidéo
Marseille, France
30 September 2021 // Fire Ecologies
Unheard-of Ensemble
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
18 September 2021 // Fire Ecologies (World Premiere)
Unheard-of Ensemble
Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn, NY
05 September 2021 // Horizon
Chris Grymes, clarinet and Jeremy Gill, piano
Mantziussalen
Birkerød, Denmark
08 August 2021 // Shy Bricks
American Wild Ensemble
State Historical Society of Missouri
Columbia, MO
07 August 2021 // Shy Bricks
American Wild Ensemble
Shaw Nature Reserve
Gray Summit, MO
06 August 2021 // Shy Bricks
American Wild Ensemble
Brush Creek Amphitheater
Kansas City, MO
05 August 2021 // Shy Bricks
American Wild Ensemble
Pro Musica
Joplin, MO
04 August 2021 // Shy Bricks (World Premiere)
American Wild Ensemble
Springfield Botanical Garden
Springfield, MO
16-25 July 2021 // By the Sea
Video by Zlatko Ćosić
St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
St. Louis, MO
09-14 July 2021 // Collaborative Composition Initiative
Guest Faculty
Unheard-of Ensemble
Stony Brook University
Online
09 July 2021 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Online
15 May 2021 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Michael Rueda, oboe
Bienen School of Music
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
17 April 2021 // True North CANCELED
Sound Icon, Jeffrey Means, conductor
Harvard University, Online
Cambridge, MA
05 March 2021 // Guest Lecture
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
21 November 2020 // Cascade
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Tim Weiss, conductor
Warner Hall, Online
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
13 November 2020 // Guest Lecture POSTPONED
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
08 November 2020 // Piano Quartet
Center for New Music Ensemble
University of Iowa, Online
Iowa City, IA
29 October 2020 // Horizon
Chris Grymes, clarinet and Jeremy Gill, piano
National Sawdust
Brooklyn, NY
07 October 2020 // Piano Quintet (World Premiere) CANCELED
Ulysses Quartet and Xak Bjerken, piano
Sheldon Concert Hall
St. Louis, MO
01 September 2020 // Guest Lecture
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
10 July 2020 // Horizon CANCELED
Chris Grymes, clarinet and Xak Bjerken, piano
National Sawdust
Brooklyn, NY
15-19 June 2020 // Collaborative Composition Initiative
Guest Faculty
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
15 June 2020 // Chamber Études CANCELED
Missouri Chamber Music Festival
St. Louis, MO
23 April 2020 // Guest Lecture
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
17 April 2020 // Horizon CANCELED
Ford Fourqurean, clarinet
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
11 April 2020 // Rosenthal Miniatures CANCELED
Michael Rueda, oboe
Bienen School of Music
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
03 April 2020 // Guest Lecture
UMKC Conservatory of Music
Kansas City, MO
24 March 2020 // 2nd Nature (World Premiere) CANCELED
Shawn Weil, violin
St. Louis Symphony: Live at the Pulitzer
St. Louis, MO
19 March 2020 // This is Not a Story CANCELED
Calyx Piano Trio and Scott Andrews, clarinet
Carolina Chamber Music Festival
New Bern, NC
17 March 2020 // Scream (World Premiere) POSTPONED
Fifth Bridge
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
15 March 2020 // Ved sjøen CANCELED
No Exit New Music Ensemble
Chagrin Arts
Chagrin Falls, OH
10 February 2020 // Stars in Dead Reflection
Access Contemporary Music
Davis Theater
Chicago, IL
20 November 2019 // Dynamism of a Speeding Horse
Virginia Tech Symphony Band, Chad Reep, conductor
Moss Arts Center
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
17 November 2019 // Seasonal Music
Momenta Quartet
560 Music Center
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
12 November 2019 // From the Field
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Libretto by Megan Stark
Projections by Andrew Lucia
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
09 November 2019 // Seasonal Music
Momenta Quartet
Concourse Counterpoint
The Andrew Freedman Home
Bronx, NY
09 November 2019 // Landscape with Departure (World Premiere)
BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
Peer Gynt salen, Grieghallen
Bergen, Norway
07 November 2019 // Borrowed Chords
F-PLUS
Kemper Art Museum
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
30 October 2019 // Double Heart, Double Soul (World Premiere)
The 442s
Sheldon Concert Hall
St. Louis, MO
18 October 2019 // Seasonal Music (World Premiere)
Momenta Quartet
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York, NY
28 September 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Barnes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
07 September 2019 // This is Not a Story POSTPONED
Calyx Piano Trio and Scott Andrews, clarinet
Carolina Chamber Music Festival
New Bern, NC
07 September 2019 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Andrew Zhou, piano
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
06 September 2019 // Guest Lecture CANCELED
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
30 August 2019 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Humanities in the Wild
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
13 August 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Staller Center Recital Hall
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
26 July 2019 // Horizon
Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet
International Clarinet Association
ClarinetFest 2019
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
08 June 2019 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Re:Sound Festival
Cleveland, OH
01 & 02 June 2019 // From the Field (World Premiere)
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Libretto by Megan Stark
Projections by Andrew Lucia
Z Space
San Francisco, CA
01 June 2019 // Cascade (World Premiere)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA
17 April 2019 // From the Field Public Workshop
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Doug Adams Gallery
Berkeley, CA
11 March 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN
9 March 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA
8 March 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
7 March 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
24 February 2019 // Fanfare
Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble
Blacksburg, VA
14 February 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Miami University
Oxford, OH
13 February 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Short North Stage
Columbus, OH
6 February 2019 // Horizon
Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
19 January 2019 // Maple
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Album Release Party
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York, NY
07 December 2018 // Fanfare
Washington University Wind Ensemble
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
06 December 2018 // Borrowed Chords
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players
Staller Center Recital Hall
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
18 November 2018 // Fanfare (World Premiere)
Washington University Wind Ensemble
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
10 November 2018 // Borrowed Chords
F-PLUS
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH
07 November 2018 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
06 November 2018 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt
Alarm Will Sound
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
04 November 2018 // Velocity Meadows
Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds, David Turrill, conductor
Heather Peyton, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Brown Chapel, Muskingum University
New Concord, OH
02 November 2018 // Monday, Midnight
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Tim Weiss, conductor
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
25 October 2018 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
19 October 2018 // Arrangement of DVSN's Hallucinations (World Premiere)
DVSN and members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, ON
14 September 2018 // Spring Music
BIT20 String Quartet
Universitetsaulaen
Bergen, Norway
18 August 2018 // Maple (World Premiere)
Unheard-of//Ensemble
Spectrum
Brooklyn, NY
15 August 2018 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt
Alarm Will Sound
TIME:SPANS Festival
Mary Flagler Cary Hall
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
New York, NY
26 July 2018 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt
Alarm Will Sound
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Missouri Theatre
Columbia, MO
21 June 2018 // Spring Music
BIT20 String Quartet
USF Verftet, Sardinen
Bergen, Norway
11 May 2018 // Foreword
HereNowHear (Ryan MacEvoy McCullough and Andrew Zhou, pianists)
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
09 May 2018 // The Intention; collaboration with DJ King Britt (World Premiere)
Alarm Will Sound
Sheldon Concert Hall
St. Louis, MO
05 May 2018 // Ved sjøen
No Exit New Music Ensemble
Cleveland, OH
03 May 2018 // Summer into Fall (World Premiere) & Spring Music
Momenta Quartet
St. Louis, MO
30 April 2018 // Ved sjøen
No Exit New Music Ensemble
Cleveland, OH
27 April 2018 // Ved sjøen (World Premiere)
No Exit New Music Ensemble
Cleveland, OH
15 April 2018 // True North
Ensemble X, Tim Weiss, conductor
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
14 April 2018 // Spring Music
Momenta Quartet
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
14 April 2018 // Horizon
David Gresham, clarinet & John Orfe, piano
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
13 April 2018 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
08 April 2018 // This is Not a Story
Missouri Chamber Music Festival
560 Music Center, Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
06 April 2018 // True North
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
23 February 2018 // Augenblick
VT Wind Ensemble, Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
CBDNA Southern Division Conference
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
18 February 2018 // Augenblick
VT Wind Ensemble, Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre in the Moss Arts Center
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
05 February 2018 // Presentation
Prøverommet
Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
Bergen, Norway
04 January-26 March 2018 // Artist-in-Residence USF Bergen
Bergen, Norway
26 December 2017-02 January 2018 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Capri, Hollywood Film Festival
Capri, Italy
10 December 2017 // Augenblick
VT Wind Ensemble, Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre in the Moss Arts Center
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
10-12 November 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Ottawa LGBT Film Festival
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
30 October-05 November 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Windsor International Film Festival
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
30 October 2017 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH
29 October 2017 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Werner Recital Hall
Cincinnati Conservatory, OH
24-29 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
American Film Festival
Wroclaw, Poland
20 October 2017 // Horizon
Chris Grymes, clarinet & Jeremy Gill, piano
National Sawdust
Brooklyn, NY
13-22 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Barrie Film Festival
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
05-15 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Brazil
05-09 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Hamptons International Film Festival
East Hampton, NY
29 September-06 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Film Festival Cologne
Germany
28 September-07 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Edmonton International Film Festival
Canada
20 September-01 October 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Calgary International Film Festival
Canada
24-30 September 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Balinale // International Film Festival in Bali
Indonesia
20 September 2017 // Sounding Strategies (World Premiere)
Members of the SLSO
World Chess Hall of Fame
St. Louis, MO
14 September 2017 // Borrowed Chords
F-PLUS
Central Michigan University
Mt Pleasant, MI
13 September 2017 // Borrowed Chords
F-PLUS
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
09 September 2017 // Monday, Midnight
ZouM Ensemble
560 Music Center
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
08 September 2017 // Monday, Midnight (World Premiere)
ZouM Faculty New Music Ensemble
Whitmore Recital Hall
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
07-17 September 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 June 2017 // This is Not a Story (World Premiere)
Missouri Chamber Music Festival
First Congregational Church of Webster Groves
St. Louis, MO
17 June 2017 // Winter Music
Ulysses Quartet
"Produced by Ichiyanagi" Festival
Yokohama, Japan
14 June 2017 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Geneva Music Festival
Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
Geneva, NY
11 June 2017 // Winter Music
Ulysses Quartet
"Produced by Ichiyanagi" Festival
Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2017 // Arrangements of music from the TV show Hannibal
Alarm Will Sound
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY
10 May 2017 // Arrangements of music from the TV show Hannibal
Alarm Will Sound
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
04 April 2017 // Augenblick & Mercy Bell & Velocity Meadows
University of Northern Iowa Symphonic Band, Danny Galyen, conductor
Heather Peyton, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
23 March 2017 // Sounding Strategies
Installation for Digital Chessboard and Electronics
World Chess Hall of Fame
St. Louis, MO
17 February 2017 // Augenblick
Mercer Island High School Wind Ensemble, Parker Bixby, conductor
National Association for Music Education Northwest Division Conference
Bellevue, WA
16 February 2017 // Augenblick
Mercer Island High School Wind Ensemble, Parker Bixby, conductor
Mercer Island, WA
05 February 2017 // Winter Music
Ulysses Quartet
Mannes College, The New School, Schneider Concerts
The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, New York, NY
21 January 2017 // Foreword (World Premiere)
HereNowHear (Ryan MacEvoy McCullough and Andrew Zhou, pianists)
Vanguard New Music Guest Artist Series
Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
19-29 January 2017 // Novitiate (Film Score)
Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT
10 January 2017 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
University of Chicago, IL
13-16 December 2016 // Workshopping arrangements of music from the TV show Hannibal
Alarm Will Sound
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
07 December 2016 // Winter Music
Ulysses Quartet
Groupmuse House Concert
Brooklyn, NY
06 November 2016 // ...and start west
American Composers Orchestra, George Manahan, conductor
Frontier Music, Society for New Music, "Fresh Ink"
WCNY-FM Radio Broadcast
Syracuse, NY
05 November 2016 // Winter Music
Ulysses Quartet
Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
24 October 2016 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Kemper Art Museum
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
02 October 2016 // Winter Music
Momenta Quartet
Momenta Festival II
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
30 September 2016 // Guest Lecture
Composition Seminar
Brown University, Providence, RI
27 September 2016 // Winter Music
Momenta Quartet
WKCR Live Broadcast
Columbia University, New York, NY
15 September 2016 // Horizon (World Premiere)
Chris Grymes, clarinet & Xak Bjerken, piano
Pillsbury Theater, 560 Music Center
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
05 August 2016 // Spring Music (World Premiere)
FLUX Quartet
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
12 July 2016 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Historic Park-McCullough
Bennington, VT
08 June 2016 // Mercy Bell (NY Premiere)
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
NY Phil Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
27 May 2016 // Red Ochre & Deposition
Clara Lyon, violin, Elizabeth Lyon, cello, & Hannah Sun, piano
Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, ME
22 May 2016 // The Language of Landscapes
New Morse Code
Concerts on the Slope
St. John's Episcopal Church (Park Slope)
Brooklyn, NY
17 May 2016 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Ensemble Alternance
Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Angelica Festival, Bologna, Italy
05 May 2016 // Winter Music (World Premiere)
Momenta Quartet
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
04 May 2016 // Nanokonzert & Nanoconcerto 2 (World Premiere)
Lee Allen, trombone, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
24 April 2016 // Dynamism of a Speeding Horse
James Madison University Concert Band, Chad Reep, conductor
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
18 April 2016 // in memory
Xak Bjerken, piano
Memorial Concert for Steven Stucky
Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
20 March 2016 // Velocity Meadows
St. Cloud State Wind Ensemble, Catharine Sinon Bushman, conductor
Heather Peyton, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
18 March 2016 // Velocity Meadows
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, Gerard Morris, conductor
Dan Williams, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada, Reno
10 March 2016 // Velocity Meadows
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, Gerard Morris, conductor
Dan Williams, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Schneebeck Concert Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
06 March 2016 // Velocity Meadows
Cornell University Wind Ensemble, James Spinazzola, conductor
Emily DiAngelo, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
04 March 2016 // Velocity Meadows
TCNJ Wind Ensemble, David Vickerman, conductor
Kathy Mitchell, soprano sax
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
02 March 2016 // in memory (World Premiere)
Xak Bjerken, piano
Memorial Concert for Steven Stucky
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
27 February 2016 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Ensemble Alternance
Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Musee d'Art Moderne A. Malraux, Auditorium, Le Havre, France
12 February 2016 // Velocity Meadows
UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Robert Ambrose, conductor
Beth Orson, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Chan Shun Concert Hall, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA
06 February 2016 // Velocity Meadows
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel, conductor
Margaret Marco, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Lied Center of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
01 February 2016 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Ensemble Alternance
Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Conservatoire Superieur Regional de Musique, Auditorium M. Landowski, Paris, France
29 January 2016 // Refuge (World Premiere)
C Street Brass
"Exposed Wiring V" Southern Exposure New Music Series
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
29 January 2016 // Velocity Meadows
Hodgson Wind Ensemble, Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor
Reid Messich, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Classic Center, Athens, GA
07 January 2016 // Piano Quartet
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Berkeley Piano Club
Berkeley, CA
05 December 2015 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Great Noise Ensemble
Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
04 December 2015 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Great Noise Ensemble
The War Memorial, Baltimore, MD
21 November 2015 // Chamber Études (World Premiere)
Chamber Project St. Louis
560 Music Center, St. Louis, MO
20 November 2015 // True North and arr. of Damon Davis' Saturn Theme from City of God
Alarm Will Sound
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
20 November 2015 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Video Projection with Audio Recording by Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh & Christopher Kirkpatrick
Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
13 November 2015 // Velocity Meadows
Montana State University Wind Ensemble, Nathan Stark, conductor
Beth Antonopulos, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Reynolds Recital Hall in Howard Hall
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
10 November 2015 // Chamber Études (Public Workshop)
Chamber Project St. Louis
Tavern of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
09 November 2015 // Piano Quartet
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Festival of New American Music
Music Recital Hall, Sacramento State University, CA
02 November 2015 // The Language of Landscapes (World Premiere)
New Morse Code
DUC Chamber Music Series
Goldberg Formal Lounge, Danforth University Center
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
24 October 2015 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Richard Faria, bass clarinet & Paige Morgan, oboe
Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
22 October 2015 // Velocity Meadows
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel, conductor
Margaret Marco, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Lied Center of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
15 October 2015 // Velocity Meadows
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, Gerard Morris, conductor
Dan Williams, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Schneebeck Concert Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
21 September 2015 // Rosenthal Miniatures
Richard Faria, bass clarinet & Paige Morgan, oboe
Faculty Showcase Recital
Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
15 September 2015 // Velocity Meadows
Hodgson Wind Ensemble, Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor
Reid Messich, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Hodgson Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
27 August 2015 // Ignatian Exercises
Arctic Philharmonic / Bodø Sinfonietta, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Bodø - Tromsø, Norway
08 August 2015 // Ignatian Exercises
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Aspen Music Festival
Bucksbaum Campus, Castle Creek 01, Aspen, CO
07 August 2015 // Ignatian Exercises
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Aspen Music Festival
Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
01 August 2015 // The Language of Landscapes (Preview Performance)
New Morse Code
Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Boscawen, NH
25 July 2015 // True North (World Premiere)
Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, conductor
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Missouri Theater, Columbia, MO
09-15 June 2015 // The Language of Landscapes (Preview Performance and Workshop)
New Morse Code
Geneva Music Festival
Geneva, NY
20 May 2015 // Velocity Meadows
Central Washington University Wind Ensemble, Larry Gookin, conductor
Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, guest soloist, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
McIntyre Music Building Concert Hall, Ellensburg, WA
18 May 2015 // The Language of Landscapes (Preview Performance)
New Morse Code
Chamber Music America Showcase
Bryant Park, New York, NY
06 May 2015 // Ignatian Exercises
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
26 April 2015 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Dmitris Kostopoulos, piano
Finals of the Edvard Grieg International Composition Competition
National Gallery, Oslo, Norway
17-20 April 2015 // Two-Handed Storytelling
No Exit New Music Ensemble
Cleveland, OH
28 March 2015 // Piano Quartet
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
27 March 2015 // Piano Quartet
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Friends of Chamber Music
WCR Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
16 March 2015 // Sonnet XVII
Leanne King Macdonald, viola and electronics
Founders Brewery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
03 March 2015 // Velocity Meadows (World Premiere)
University of Montana Symphonic Wind Ensemble, James Smart, conductor
Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, oboe
Andrew Lucia, video designer
Music Recital Hall, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
17 January 2015 // Two-Handed Storytelling
Johanna Ballou, piano and electronics
New Music Circle
560 Music Center, St. Louis, MO
23 November 2014 // Piano Quartet
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14 November 2014 // Soldier Asleep at the Tomb (World Premiere)
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Cornell Symphony Orchestra, Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor
Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
06 November 2014 // Sonnet XVII
Leanne King Macdonald, viola and electronics
Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
04 November 2014 // Sonnet XVII
Leanne King Macdonald, viola and electronics
Mexicains Sans Fronteries, Grand Rapids, Michigan
26 October 2014 // Borrowed Chords
Chamber Project St. Louis
Shuck Recital Hall, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
20 October 2014 // Piano Quartet
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Knoxville, TN
19 October 2014 // Piano Quartet (World Premiere)
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Louisville, KY
17 October 2014 // Augenblick
UMD Wind Ensemble, Michael Votta, conductor
Dekelboum Concert Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
17 October 2014 // Borrowed Chords
Chamber Project St. Louis
The Chapel Venue, St. Louis, MO
background photograph by Collin Stark © 2017
