Previous Performances
Composition Performances (non-conference/festival)
loadbang Ensemble
December 10, 2020
Boil, Grind, Brew
Premiere on youtube in collaboration with KcEMA and the UMKC Composition department.
Mid-America Freedom Band
May 4, 2019
Kansas City, Missouri
Reflections Through Green and Gold
UMKC Wind Symphony
March 12, 2019
Kansas City, MO
Colors
Resurgam Saxophone Quartet
August 19, 2018
Witchdoctor Brewing, Southington, CT
Breaking Point
Matthew Russo
May 22, 2018
Berkman Recital Hall, The Hartt School
West Hartford, CT
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk
UMKC Wind Ensemble, Eric Scott conductor
April 25, 2018 7:30pm
Folly Theater
Kansas City, MO
Blue River Breakdown (World Premiere)
Washington State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
October 14, 2017
Pullman, Washington
Between Glimpses of Blue
The Hartt School Symphony Band, James Jackson Conductor
September 25, 2017
Windsor, Connecticut
Between Glimpses of Blue (east-coast premiere)
Matthew Russo, Trombone
September 19, 2017
University of Connecticut
Stoors, Connecticut
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk
Late Night at National Sawdust (and broadcasted on WFMT and WKCR)
July 21, 2017
Maria Hadge, Cello
Brooklyn, New York
Soundtrack of an Open Road
Matthew Russo, Trombone
June 13, 2017
The Hartt School of Music
West Hartford, Connecticut
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk (East coast premiere)
Seattle Pacific University Wind Ensemble, Danny Helseth Director
May 19, 2017
Seattle, Washington
Between Glimpses of Blue (West coast premiere)
Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival
May 5, 2017
Sascha Groschang, Cello
Kansas City, Missouri
Soundtrack of an Open Road
UMKC Wind Ensemble, Joseph Parisi Director
April 19, 2017
Kansas City, Missouri.
Between Glimpses of Blue (world premiere)
Gavin Carney, Trombone
March 8, 2017
Kansas City, Missouri
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk (world premiere)
Southern Saxes
April 9, 2016
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Colors
ArtSounds: Mnemosyne Quartet, Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes
February 9, 2016
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
Celestial Metamorphosis (world premiere)
UMKC Wind Ensemble, Joseph Parisi Director
February 4, 2016
Kansas City, Missouri.
Wanderings on the Divide
The Hartt School Symphony Band
October 3, 2015
University of Hartford,
West Hartford, Connecticut.
Wanderings on the Divide (world premiere)
Mnemosyne Quartet and Zach Shemon
August 25, 2015
Prairie Logic
Kansas City, Missouri
200 Cars, Winter’s Summer
UMKC Wind Symphony, Steven Davis Director
November 7, 2014
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts,
Kansas City, Missouri.
Crossroads Fanfare
Washington State University Wind Ensemble
April 19, 2012
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington.
Manhattan (world premiere)
Washington-Idaho Symphony
January 28/29, 2012
Pullman and Clarkston, Washington:
Blacktop Mirage (world premiere)
Conference and Festival Performances/Attendance
Society of Composers Inc. National Conference
March 2020
Arlington, Texas
Selected to perform Suite for Four Items From a Thrift Store with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
UNK Festival of New Music
March 2020
Kearney, Nebraska
Selected to perform Suite for Four Items From a Thrift Store with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
Electronic Music Midwest
September 2019
Kansas City, Kansas
Selected to perform Suite for Four Items From a Thrift Store with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival
May 3, 2019
Kansas City, Missouri
Selected to perform Suite for Four Items From a Thrift Store with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
SCI Region VI Conference
April 2019
Texas A&M University Commerce, Commerce, Texas
Selected for a performance of Winter’s Summer
MOxsonic
March 2019
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri
Selected for a performance of Suite for Four Items from a Thrift Shop with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
Texas Music Educators Association Conference
February 2019
San Antonio, Texas
Performance of Colors by the West Texas A&M University Saxophone Studio
North American Saxophone Alliance Region 8 Conference
February 2019
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Selected for a performance of Colors by the Hartt School of Music Saxophone Studio
Inner sOUndscapes
December 2018
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Selected for a performance of Winter’s Summer at the December inner sOUndscapes concert.
Open Spaces KC
October 2018
Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri
Premiere of Flyover Country for chamber ensemble as part of the inaugural Open Spaces festival.
Kansas City Performing Media Festival
September 2018
La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Premiered Suite for 4 Items From a Thrift Store with the Mnemosyne Quartet.
International Trombone Festival
July 12, 2018
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Matthew Russo - Trombone
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk
Resurgam Saxophone Quartet
May 20, 2018
Queens New Music Festival
Queens, NY
Breaking Point
SEAMUS 2018 National Conference
March 2018
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Selected to perform Fractured Realities with the Mnemosyne Quartet
North American Saxophone Alliance Conference
March 2018
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
Selected for a performance of Breaking Point
Electronic Music Midwest September 2017
KCKCC, Kansas City, Kansas
Gavin Carney - Trombone
Life and Death on a Spinning Disk
SCI Region VIII Conference March 2017
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
SCI Student National Conference November 2016
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Soundtrack of an Open Road.
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival June 2016
New York, New York
Soundtrack of an Open Road.
Exchange of Midwest Collegiate Composers April 2016
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
200 Cars.
North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference March 2016
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Elyse Vest - Alto and Baritone Saxophone
Winter’s Summer and All Thumbs
SCI Rockies Regional Conference March 2016
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Electronic Music Midwest Satellite Conference February 2016
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
Mnemosyne Quartet
Improvisation version of 200 Cars.
SCI Region VI Conference February 2016
Friends University, Wichita, Kansas
Soundtrack of an Open Road.
Hartford New Music Festival December 2015
Hartford, Connecticut
Shane Rathburn - Alto Saxophone
Winter’s Summer
Electronic Music Midwest November 2015
KCKCC, Kansas City, Kansas
Michael Miller - Bass Clarinet
Soundtrack of an Open Road.
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival June 2015
New York, New York
Cody Hoza - Alto Saxophone
Winter’s Summer.
Exchange of Midwest Collegiate Composers April 2015
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Winter’s Summer
CMS Pacific Northwest Regional Conference March 2015
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
Duke Sullivan - Alto Saxophone
Winter's Summer
SCI Region VI Conference March 2015
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Henderson State University bands
Crossroads Fanfare
Florida State University New Music Festival January 2015
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Thomas Giles
Winter’s Summer
New Horizons Music Festival October 2014
Truman State University, Kirskville, Missouri
Winter’s Summer
Root Signals Electronic Music Festival September 2014
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida
Winter’s Summer
North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference March 2014
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
UMKC Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Zach Shemon.
Colors
CMS Mid-Atlantic and Southern Regional Conference February 2014
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
UT Symphonic Band
Manhattan I: Grand Central
CMS Pacific Northwest Regional Conference March 2012
Capilano University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Saxophilia Quartet
Echoes
Non-composition Performances
Omaha Under the Radar Festival July 2017
Omaha, Nebraska
Mnemosyne Quartet and video artist Eric Souther.
Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival May 2017
Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet
Performing Media Festival March 2017
Indiana University South Bend
Mnemosyne Quartet and video artist Eric Souther.
Mnemosyne Quartet at Prospero’s March 2017
Prospero’s Books, Kansas city, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet
KcEMA at the Spencer Art Museum November 2016
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Mnemosyne Quartet
Transient Harmony September 2016
KC Streetcar, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet
Sponsored by the Art in the Loop program.
Mnemosyne Quartet at JoCo Library February 2016
Johnson County Central Library, Overland Park, Kansas
Performance at the Johnson County Library, as part of the Listen Local second Saturday Performance series.
Celestial Metamorphosis February 2016
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Collaborative performance with Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes, Mnemosyne Quartet, and video artist Cody Kauhl. Funded by the Artsounds program.
Opening for "Survival Always Sounds So Exciting" December 2015
La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet.
Anomalous City August 2015
Prairie Logic, Kansas city, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet and Zach Shemon. Funded by the Art in the Loop foundation.
UMKC Composition Workshop June 2015
UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet and UMKC faculty Zach Shemon
American Montage Opening May 2015
Kemper Museum of Modern Art
Mnemosyne Quartet
Analog Drift March 2015
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet with video artist Eric Souther. Funded by the ArtSounds program.
KcEMA Happy Hour Concert January 2015
Westport Coffee House, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet. Funded by New Music USA.
Art in the Loop August 2014
Oppenstein Brothers Park, Kansas City, Missouri
Mnemosyne Quartet. Funded by the inaugural Downtown Kansas City Street Art/Placemaking Pilot Project.
