Category: Performance News
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Duet For Quartet Performance in Brooklyn by Iktus
On Friday, January 25th, my Duet for Quartet for percussion quartet will be performed by Iktus Percussion at First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY along with works by six outstanding composers based in and around New York. If you are around New York next week, consider attending this concert!
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Fall Premieres and Performances
What an amazing semester this has been! I have been fortunate to have premieres of two new compositions here at Southeastern Louisiana University by guest performers. In October, cellist Craig Hultgren premiered my work Monochrome Variations with live electronics. You may find an excerpt of the work on Soundcloud: The following month saw the premiere…
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Binding Song excerpt
A three-minute excerpt of my new work “Binding Song” for horn and violin performed by Lauren Varley (horn) and Jubal Fulks (violin). Lauren and Jubal gave a guest recital along with pianist Kevin Chance at Southeastern Louisiana University on November 14th. [coming soon]
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nief-norf Summer Music Festival
I am happy to announce that I have been selected to be a composer participant at this summer’s nief-norf Summer Festival at Furman University. The festival runs from May 29th to June 9th and features the nief-norf Percussion Ensemble workshopping new works for percussion. Read more about the festival here. For the festival, I will…
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Embers by Kari Besharse – World Premiere; Interruptions III – World Premiere
On Saturday, March 19th, I had the pleasure of performing piano, along with Richard Schwartz on alto saxophone, on the world premiere of Embers by my wife Kari Besharse at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 6 Conference at The University of North Florida. The conference was hosted by Michael Bovenzi. The conference also saw…
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Electroacoustic Music Concert at SELU
On Friday, November 19th, I had the pleasure of having two short electroacoustic works on an electroacoustic music concert at Southeastern Lousiana University. The concert featured works by myself, Brian Hanson, Jordan Foster, and Kari Besharse. My works included the miniature compositions Peptyde Hallucination (featured on the first 60 x 60 installment in 2003) and…