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29 March 2018 | Thursday, 8pm
Katsuya Yuasa (clarinet) & Sakurako Kanemitsu (piano) - Mu Phi Epsilon Recital
Venue: Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: click here
Sakurako and Katsuya will premiere my duo version of Für Arvo, a tribute to the Estonian master Arvo Pärt and his compositional techniques. They will also perform dazzling works by Debussy, Muczysnki, Templeton, and others.
30 April 2018 | Monday, 9am
Stairwell Music
Venue: The UC Davis Library - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: Facebook event here
Inspired by the resonant acoustic space of the library stairwell, this work blurs the line between audience and performer, encouraging all participants to be both, and appreciate the beauty of "ordinary" sounds around them. It is part of a series at UC Davis called "Music for Concrete," which utilizes resonant acoustic spaces. Stay tuned for details.
10 May 2018 | Thursday, noon
Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) - Thursday at Noon Series
Venue: Pitzer Center, UC Davis - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: click here
Charlotte Mundy (soprano), Zach Finkelstein (tenor), Micheal Brofman and Miori Sugiyama (pianists) will premiere my "tiny unstaged opera-song," Moon, Bride, Dogs: an opera-song, composed in collaboration with writer Cristina Fries. The program will feature works by other UCD grad composers as well, all in collaboration with authors from the Creative Writing program.
20 May 2018 | Sunday, 3pm
Empyrean Ensemble - Graduate Student Works
Venue: Pitzer Center, UC Davis - Davis, California
Admission: $10 students / $20 adults
Tickets/Info: click here
Empyrean premieres my newly composed Night Walk, inspired by wind chimes and the mystery of night time. The program will feature premieres by other graduate students as well. At 2:15 there will be a pre-concert talk with Mika Pelo, where we composers will attempt to explain our music.
25 May 2018 | Friday, 5pm
UC Davis Percussion Concert
Venue: Pitzer Center, UC Davis - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: click here
My new piece, Two Pieces in Variable Order for Solo Percussion, will be premiered by the amazing Chris Froh, along with works by Phil Acimovic and Jonathan Favero.
27 May 2018 | Sunday, 5pm
Ivana's House Concert
Venue: Ivana's House - Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: click here
Pianist, composer, and improviser Maria Kouznetsova premieres my semi-improvisatory piece Echoes (2017) at a joint concert with soprano Ivana Jokic. The piece was created in collaboration with Maria.
31 May 2018 | Thursday evening
UC Davis Arts & Humanities Graduate Exhibition
Venue: Manneti Shrem Museum, UC Davis - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: click here
As part of the UCD Graduate Exhibition I will perform three of my piano works: Droplets (2013), Für Arvo (2017), & Echoes (2017).
23 June 2018 | Saturday, 2pm
Iditarod Marathon Concert, @
Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP)
Venue: Brown Hall at New England Conservatory - Boston, Massachusetts
Admission: TBA
Tickets/Info: http://sicpp.org/concerts/
My work for violin, clarinet, and percussion, Mists and Sparks, will be performed by Stephanie Skor (violin) Ellia Foster (clarinet), an and Yudong Wang (percussion), along with a number of new works and 20th Century classics.
23 Sep 2018 | Sunday, 4pm
Landscape Music: Rivers and Trails Performance
Venue: Empress Theatre (330 Virginia St.) - Vallejo, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: https://visionsofthewild.org/event/landscape-music-rivers-trails/
In this concert of World Premieres celebrating our national trails and rivers. Citywater, a premier chamber ensemble dedicated to contemporary classical music, performs new works by a collective of accomplished composers from across the country who write music inspired by landscape, nature, and place. Featuring music by Oliver Caplan, Linda Chase, Nell Shaw Cohen, Ben Cosgrove, Libby Meyer, Rachel Panitch, Christina Rusnak, and Ryan Suleiman (Under Moonlight, performed by pianist Jennifer Reason), this program is part of a nationwide initiative coordinated by the Landscape Music Composers Network to commemorate the 50th Anniversaries of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act through the creation and presentation of new music.
There will be a reception in the lounge after the concert (free food, cash bar).
Landscape Music Composers Network: http://landscapemusic.org/composers-network
Citywater: https://www.citywatermusic.com
24 Oct 2018 | Wednesday, 7pm
Percussion Studio Recital, Sacramento State
Venue: Capistrano Hall rm 151, CSUS - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
Adam Davis performs my piece Animato misterioso in a performance which will include other percussion students at Sacramento State.
1 Nov 2018 | Thursday, noon
Ensemble Dal Niente - Thursday at Noon Series
Venue: Pitzer Center, UC Davis - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: http://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/ensemble-dal-niente-0
decketh joy, water destroy, a setting of the poem "Water" by Ralph Waldo Emerson for soprano and chamber ensemble will be premiered by Dal Niente, along with new works by Addie Camsuzou, Josiah Catalan, Daniel Godsil, and Aida Shirazi. The Emerson setting deals with the beauty of water in our lives and the implications of climate change and sea-level rise.
3 Nov 2018 | Saturday, 3pm
Percussion Duo - FeNAM
Venue: Capistrano Hall rm 151, CSUS - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
Tickets/Info: http://calendar.csus.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=389143
Adam Davis performs my piece Animato misterioso in a joint recital with Boyce Jeffries featuring Sac State alumni.