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31 Jan 2023 | Tuesday 7'30pm

Berklee Composition Faculty Recital

Venue: David Friend Recital Hall - Boston, Massachusetts
Virtual Viewing - use this link: https://vimeo.com/event/2839641

Admission: FREE

Info:  https://college.berklee.edu/events/berklee-composition-department-faculty-concert

Sakurako Kanemitsu (piano) premieres my new work, snow day, along with works by fellow Berklee faculty composers. The piece is a meditation on the incremental escalation of blizzards, which begin with just a few snow flakes.

11 Feb 2023 | Saturday 11am

The Red Velvet Violin - Davis High Symphony-Orchestra

Venue: Davis Senior High School (315 W 14th St.) - Davis, California

Admission: $15 adult / $10 kids, admission at door

More Info: TBA

Nine years after its premiere, the Red Velvet Violin - a concert-length symphonic puppet show for children inspired by Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf - receives another round of performances at Davis High. The concert will feature Angelo Moreno as conductor, puppet theatrics by Puppet Art Theater Co, story by Anna Moreno, and narration by soprano Ann Moss. A multimedia work about love, generosity, magic, and the power of music perfect for all ages.

16 Feb 2023 | Thursday 8pm

Iktus Percussion

Venue: Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase - White Plains, New York

Admission: FREE

More Info: TBA

The incredible Christopher Graham of Iktus Percussion performs my solo work, Two Pieces in Variable Order for Solo Percussion, along with works by Andrew List and Yoon-ji Lee. Additional details TBA.

22 Feb 2023 | Wednesday 7pm

Iktus Percussion 

Venue: David Friend Hall at Berklee College of Music - Boston, Massachusetts

Admission: FREE

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The incredible Christopher Graham of Iktus Percussion performs my solo work, Two Pieces in Variable Order for Solo Percussion, along with works by Andrew List, Yoon-ji Lee, and Berklee Composition Students.

16 Mar 2023 | Thursday 8pm

Boston Conservatory Violin Recital

Venue: 31 Hemenway St. Rm T401 at Boston Conservatory - Boston, Massachusetts

Admission: FREE

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Professor of Violin Sharan Leventhal is joined by her students to present her seventh annual studio recital. This year's concert features two world premieres by Ryan Suleiman (fireflies) and others, as well as guest artists Lila Brown (viola) and Boston Conservatory dancers.

17 Jun 2023 | Saturday 8pm

Divergent Solos at Longy School of Music

Venue: Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Admission: FREE

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Pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu performs The Floating Island IIa piece inspired by the novel Life of Pi, at Longy's Divergent Studios festival of contemporary music. Other performers will present works by Jeffrey Agrell, Andy Akiho, Lauren Bernofsky, Grace Dashnaw, Christina J. George, Deiner Sergio Hurtado, Alexander Ortiz Vélez, and Bri Wiegand.

29 Jul 2023 | Saturday 7'30pm

Otter Creek Music Festival: Rose Hegele & Sakurako Kanemitsu

Venue: Barn Opera House - Brandon, Vermont

Admission: $20 presale / $25 at-the-door

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Soprano Rose Hegele and Sakurako Kanemitsu give the world premiere of my latest art song, july midnight, in Vermont in July but not at midnight. It's a very Vermont-piece about nighttime and nature and the gentle wonder that it offers us, based on a text from New England poet Amy Lowell. They will also perform several other piano solos and art songs. 

Upcoming

12 Sep 2023 | Tuesday 7'30pm

Berklee Composition Faculty Recital upcoming!

Venue: David Friend Recital Hall - Boston, Massachusetts
Virtual Viewing: TBA

Admission: FREE

Info: TBA

Violinists Sharan Leventhal & Clara Mazo give a second performance of my Vermont-inspired piece, fireflies. The concert will featured other performances of works by Berklee composition faculty. 

Postponed due to the pandemic

16 May 2020 | Saturday 7pm   POSTPONED due to COVID-19

Compositions for Dance, Cello & Piano

Venue: Pitzer Center, UC Davis - Davis, California

Admission: $12 students / $24 general

Tickets/Info: https://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/compositions-dancepiano-and-cello 

In a cross-disciplinary collaboration, Sakurako Kanemitsu (piano) and Michael Dahlberg (cello) team up with choreographer Jacob Gutiérrez-Montoya for a performance of original music and dance, with compositions by myself, Aida Shirazi, and Sarah Wald. They will premiere my new piece, in a field of stars.

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