Madison Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"
2023-04-30 14:30 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Overture Center, Madison, WI, United States
PERFECT MUSIC.
IMPERFECT HUMANS.
In 1786, Mozart revolutionized opera. Taking Beaumarchais’ play about servants and nobility – so incendiary that it was banned in Vienna – Mozart composed an opera that is both funny and moving, creating a sublime masterpiece.

Dal Niente Presents: Greg Beyer, Percussion
2023-05-14 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Constellation, Chicago, IL, United States
To celebrate his 50th birthday, Greg Beyer performs the world premieres of new works by David Maki and José Henrique Soares, additional works by Joseph Klein, Pat Metheny, and Andres Prado, plus a new arrangement of Afro-Cuban sacred oro seco batá drumming for the Afro-Brazilian berimbau. Joined by some incredibly talented colleagues, friends, and students, this will be a musical celebration to remember.
With special guests:

Mabel Kwan
Juan Pastor
Jean-Christophe LeRoy, Christian Baugher, Jonah Payne
and Arcomusical (Ethan Martin, Raychel Taylor, Matt Schneider)
Geof Bradfield, Dave Miller, and Matt Ulery

Grossman Ensemble with Timothy Weiss, conductor
2023-05-19 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
Critically acclaimed conductor Timothy Weiss “is at the epicenter of a contemporary music hurricane” (I Care If You Listen). Weiss returns to the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition for a second opportunity to work with the Grossman Ensemble on four new works. The Ensemble performs commissioned premieres by Jason Eckardt, Sarah Gibson, Kurt Rohde, and Augusta Read Thomas.
Tickets: $20, students free with ID

Augusta Read Thomas Percussion Quartet - "StarBox"
2023-05-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
I’m delighted to be joining three excellent Chicago-based percussionist colleagues: Cynthia Yeh, John Corkill, and Kyle Flens, in a special choreographed performance of Augusta Read Thomas’ percussion quartet, “Star Box” (2020) In Memoriam Jacob Druckman.

Frequency Series Presents: GeofBradfield & ColossalAbundance
2023-06-18 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Constellation, Chicago, IL, United States
I’m incredibly humbled to be joining my colleague Geof Bradfield and seven other fantastic musicians to perform and record Bradfield’s latest large scale compositional project, “ColossalAbundance.” Watching Geof become an expert mbira dvavadzimu performer over the past year has been deeply inspiring, and I’ll be joining him on mbira, berimbau, marimba, and more. This is a concert not to be missed!

UNT Guest Artist Recital
2023-11-03 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | University of North Texas, College of Music, Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, 415 Avenue C, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
On Friday, November 3rd, 2023, at 8PM I’m delighted to present a solo recital at the University of North Texas’s College of Music in their incredible Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theatre. I’ll be performing some of my own compositions as well as music by:
Christopher Deane
André Mehmari
Joseph Klein
Pat Metheny
And I’ll be joined by some wonderful percussionists:
I-Jen Fang
Dave Hall
as well as four current UNT percussion students:
Patrick Overturf
Tzu-Ling Hung
Bryce Turner
Isaac Morgan

PASIC 2023 New Music Focus Day
2023-11-09 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indiana Convention Center, Room 120, Indianapolis, IN, United States
I’m delighted to have the opportunity to perform “Dois Gestos,” a wonderful new duo for marimba and vibraphone by Brazilian pianist and composer André Mehmari. I’ll be joined by my incredible friend and colleague I-Jen Fang, Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Virginia. Our performance is part of a series of focus day concerts with a theme of new music from Latin America.

Batá Berimbau at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church's "Music and Religion" Series
2023-11-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 300 West Oak Street, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
Joined by three very talented percussionists (Jean-Christophe Leroy, Christian Baugher, Jonah Payne) I will present a special discussion and performance of liturgical passages from the Afro-Cuban Lucumí “oro seco,” first on batá drums and then on Afro-Brazilian berimbau musical bows. The Lucumí religion, known as Regla de Ocha – Ifá, is a richly narrative nature-based religion with deep cultural roots in Yorubaland, Nigeria. Its liturgical practice involves drumming, singing, and dancing. The powerful and elegant musical language of the batá drums literally speak a language that connects humans to a pantheon of gods and goddesses known as Oricha. In Arcomusical’s unique musical bow arrangement, this drumming language takes on harmonic sophistication as the berimbaus’ strings are tuned to intervallic ratios that are informed by the ascribed numerology of each of the orichas represented, in this case: Elegua = 3, Ogun = 7, Ochosi = 7.

Batá Berimbau Presentation @ UNT Percussion Studio
2023-11-17 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | University of North Texas, College of Music, Recital Hall, 415 Avenue C, Denton, TX, 76201, United States

Grossman Ensemble Winter 2023 Cycle Performance
2023-12-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
The Grossman Ensemble presents four world premieres at the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. My colleagues and I will be performing works by four adventurous composers with whom we’ve been collaborating all fall. We are working under the baton of the very talented conductor, Georgia Mills.

Program:

Andreia Pinto Correia – “Ilhas”
Jeffrey Mumford – “layering radiances…toward stillness”
Sungji Hong – “Flamingly”
Justin Weiss – “Depth”

World Premiere of "Signs of Abundance"
2024-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
Once again, the Grossman Ensemble presents four world premieres at the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. We will be working under the baton of the very talented conductor and composer, David Dzubay. And I’m thrilled to report that I will be one of the composers on the program. I’ve been working on a major composition, “Signs of Abundance” for my ensemble all fall, and I couldn’t be more excited. I hope you’ll join us for this very special evening!

Program:

Gregory Beyer – “Signs of Abundance”
Sean Shepherd –
Melinda Wagner
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

George Crumb's "Idyll for the Misbegotten" at the National Flute Association Convention
2024-08-02 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | WI
As part of this year’s National Flute Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas, I am delighted to join my friends and colleagues Dave Hall (UNT) and I-Jen Fang (University of Virginia) as we accompany flautist Terri Sundberg (UNT) in George Crumb’s classic work, “Idyll for the Misbegotten” as part of a tribute concert to the composer and his iconic chamber works for flute and percussion. Our performance is dedicated to the memory of our mutual colleague and dear friend, Christopher Deane (1957-2021).

Arcomusical performs at the Chicago Botanic Garden
2024-08-22 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
The classic Arcomusical ensemble returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden with an hour-long program of solos, duos, trios, and quartets that will bring joy and harmony to the idyllic environment of one of our favorite Illinois venues!
As always, time for our audience to play our instruments and talk with ensemble members immediately follows the performance.
Performers include:
Ethan Martin, Matthew Schneider, Raychel Taylor, and Gregory Beyer

Geof Bradfield Nonet, "Colossal Abundance" @ Hyde Park Jazz Festival
2024-09-28 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, United States
I’m thrilled to be part of this nine-member super group celebrating composer/saxophonist Geof Bradfield and his latest creative project and album release, “Colossal Abundance.” We are performing at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 28th, at 2PM, at the Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 South Woodlawn Ave. Please join us!

Grossman Ensemble Wildcard Season Opener!
2024-10-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
I’ve been a proud member of the Grossman Ensemble at the University of Chicago since its inception in 2018. We begin this new year ahead with some exciting chamber music premieres by Chicago composers written just for this program!

The Madison Symphony Orchestra presents: "Beethoven x3"
2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-19 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Overture Center, Madison, WI, United States
I’m so excited to be playing a complete Beethoven program with the fabulous Madison Symphony Orchestra, featuring soloists Gil and Orli Shaham and Sterling Elliott!
From the MSO website:
“Great things come in threes, and this performance is no exception, showcasing three of Beethoven’s masterworks, all composed within about three years of each other. We begin with the dramatic Leonore Overture No. 3. Next, we bring an exquisite trio of soloists together: violinist Gil Shaham, his sister, pianist Orli Shaham, and exceptional cellist Sterling Elliott. Together, they play Beethoven’s all-too-infrequently-performed “Triple Concerto.” Beethoven’s miraculous Symphony No. 2, an early but groundbreaking work written at the dawning of his realization that he was going deaf, takes this concert to an emotional close.”
John DeMain, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
Orli Shaham, Piano
Sterling Elliott, Cello

program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto)

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

Concert Run Time: Approx. 80 minutes, plus 20 minute intermission

Grossman Ensemble World Premieres II
2025-03-07 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
I’m thrilled to be working with conductor and composer, David Fulmer, once again, with the amazing Grossman Ensemble!

Celebrated for their “precision” (Third Coast Review) and dynamic prowess, the Grossman Ensemble takes the stage under the baton of David Fulmer for four world premieres. Composers John Liberatore, whose music seeks poignancy through levity, Kari Watson, who was recently noted as one of the 23 for ’23: Composers and performers to watch this year (Washington Post), Ryan Garvey, whose music finds opportunities to surprise and confuse the listener, and David Fulmer, called “one of the most important conductors and musicians working with contemporary music” (New York Classical Review), unveil four captivating new works, immersing the audiences in a diverse sonic tapestry.
Followed by an after-party with the artists.

Ensemble Dal Niente @ University of North Texas
2025-03-17 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | University of North Texas, College of Music, Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, 415 Avenue C, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
I’m excited to join my old band, Ensemble Dal Niente, for a two-day residency at the University of North Texas, where we’ll be performing a recital featuring music by Japanese composers Toru Takemitsu and Joji Yuyasa, as well as premieres by UNT composers Kristen Soriano and Sungji Hong!

Grossman Ensemble World Premieres III
2025-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, United States
The Grossman Ensemble loves working with conductor, Tim Weiss. This will be his third visit to work with us and we are thrilled!
Esteemed conductor Tim Weiss returns to lead the Grossman Ensemble for an eagerly anticipated third collaboration. With premieres by composers Christopher Stark, whose music The New York Times has called, “fetching and colorful,” former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Elizabeth Ogonek, Paul Novak, a 2023 Barlow Commission recipient whose music has been called “spellbinding” (Washington Post), and “one of the most formidable figures in modern music” (The New Yorker) George Lewis, this program offers a glimpse into the forefront of contemporary classical music.
Followed by an after-party with the artists.
