Csaba Jevtic-Somlai will perform The Story of Our Journey at the Burton Barr Library in Phoenix. This 53-minute piece was commissioned through the In FLUX program sponsored by the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture in 2020 and was virtually premiered that year. After several live performances, we are excited to present the work to the originally intended Phoenix community.

Learn more here: https://www.phoenix.gov/arts/presents

Guest bassoonist Martin Van Klompenberg and I perform music, not together in duet but in a tag team of solo pieces. Musical themes focus on the one, whether it be the unique properties of various stones, feelings of isolation during the pandemic, expansions of the sound of one person through electronics, or the projection of the voices of individuals who fled their home countries in search of safety. When we take time to slow down, reflect, and observe, we find fascinating depth in the details, the Worlds Within the One.

This concert features the true premiere of Pa-Hay-Okee, Improvisations V, Improvisations VI, and two movements from The Story of Our Journey.

i2i, commissioned by the Barlow Endowment, will be performed by trombonist Russ Zokaites and saxophonist Nathan Mensink. More details at the International Trombone Festival website.

The Story of Our Journey will be performed in part as part of Salt Lake City’s World Refugee Day celebrations hosted by Their Story Is Our Story. The entire day will be filled with activities to raise awareness of the harsh realities placed upon many individuals across the globe, and it is worth coming early for other events! More info here (Note: the time listed here is outdated. The performance starts at 7:30 PM).

More about The Story of Our Journey here.

Showing of The Story of Our Journey through The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture as part of their IN FLUX Series. The City of Phoenix commissioned this work, and this showing will count as the Phoenix online premiere with the hopeful live premiere by the end of this year.

The time is, to clarify, at 4pm Pacific Time, 5pm Mountain Time, 6pm Central Time, 7pm Eastern Time.

Showing of The Story of Our Journey through The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture as part of their IN FLUX Series. The City of Phoenix commissioned this work, and this showing will count as the Phoenix online premiere with the hopeful live premiere by the end of this year.

The time is, to clarify, at 4pm Pacific Time, 5pm Mountain Time, 6pm Central Time, 7pm Eastern Time.

Watch it here, and learn more about The Story of Our Journey here.

My piece Swallowed Up is premiered by the PULSE Trio. This work was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University.

Learn more about the piece here.

The premiere of my piece First Vision, setting the poetry of Javen Tanner. Elena Blyskal (soprano) and Robert Tindle (piano) will perform. This work is commissioned by New American Voices.

Learn about the piece here.

Featuring two premieres, Stone in Hand is my first full concert in Miami.  I organized the concert to specifically premiere Julia Lougheed's commission Stone in Hand: Dramatized Parables for Oboe, Clarinet, and Chimes.  Julia will be performing on clarinet for the concert.  

The set list is as follows (all are Florida premieres):

RF ISOLATION: Faraday Cage

Thoughtsketches

Oh, That Light! (world premiere)

--Intermission--

Six Sax Pieces

Stone in Hand (world premiere)

Performing on this concert: Julia Lougheed (clarinet), Sara Arevalo (violin), Paige Towsey (violin), Lauren Miller (viola), Laura Jacyna (cello), Lee Seidner (clarinet), Andy Eshbach (oboe), Daniel Velasco (flute), Brandon Guillen (horn), Jordan Bidwell (bassoon), Matt Taylor (saxophone), Cynthia Burgess (percussion), Dana Kaufman (voice), John Harris (piano), and Monte Taylor (guitar).

Marcus Moore premieres Jitterbug at the North Decatur Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.  

The Brigham Young University Wind Symphony premieres Beyond, commissioned by the Barlow Student Composer Award, at the DeJong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU.