commissions
- In the horizon
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Tab 1
Macunaíma - Solo Guitar Piece for Krystin O'Mara
Concerto For Two Guitars and String Orchestra For the Brazil Guitar Duo
The International Trumpet Guild: A new work for trumpet, piano and scat singing
Double Piano Concerto (Commissioned by Tom Baron) - Clarice Assad & Inna Faliks
METAMORFOSE for Matthew Lipman: Viola & Piano (Cedille Records)
IARA - Ballet for the PDX Contemporary Dance & the Northwest Piano Trio
RIVER OF FIRE - Cavatina Duo - Gipsy Project (with the Chicago Sinfonietta) (fl, gtr, vl, vlc)
Concerto For Two Guitars and String Orchestra For the Brazil Guitar Duo
The International Trumpet Guild: A new work for trumpet, piano and scat singing
Double Piano Concerto (Commissioned by Tom Baron) - Clarice Assad & Inna Faliks
METAMORFOSE for Matthew Lipman: Viola & Piano (Cedille Records)
IARA - Ballet for the PDX Contemporary Dance & the Northwest Piano Trio
RIVER OF FIRE - Cavatina Duo - Gipsy Project (with the Chicago Sinfonietta) (fl, gtr, vl, vlc)
Tab 2
World Premieres in 2017
- NCCO PROGRAM FINALE (An American in Paris Suite, French Chanson Medley & Finale with NCCO & Chanticleer.
Composition Title: SIN FRONTERAS
Premiere Date: Sept. 2017
Venue: Chicago Symphony Hall, Chicago
Performers: Chicago Sinfonietta
Commissioned by the Chicago Sinfonietta
Composition Title: AD INFINITUM, For Percussion and Orchestra
Date: August 4th, 2017
Venue: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Performers: Evelyn Glennie
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Commissioned by: The Cabrillo Music Festival
Composition Title: DUSTY GROOVES, For Guitar Orchestra
Premiere Date: March 2017
Performers: Boston Classical Guitar Society
Commissioned by the Boston Classical Guitar Society
Composition Title: Hocus Pocus, For Two Guitars
Premiere Date: TBA in 2017
Venue: TBA
Performers: Duo Noire
Commissioned by the Duo Noire & The Diller-Quaile School of Music
Composition Title: SIN FRONTERAS
Premiere Date: Sept. 2017
Venue: Chicago Symphony Hall, Chicago
Performers: Chicago Sinfonietta
Commissioned by the Chicago Sinfonietta
Composition Title: AD INFINITUM, For Percussion and Orchestra
Date: August 4th, 2017
Venue: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Performers: Evelyn Glennie
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Commissioned by: The Cabrillo Music Festival
Composition Title: DUSTY GROOVES, For Guitar Orchestra
Premiere Date: March 2017
Performers: Boston Classical Guitar Society
Commissioned by the Boston Classical Guitar Society
Composition Title: Hocus Pocus, For Two Guitars
Premiere Date: TBA in 2017
Venue: TBA
Performers: Duo Noire
Commissioned by the Duo Noire & The Diller-Quaile School of Music
Tab 3
World Premieres in 2016
Composition Title: RODAPIÃO, For String Quintet
Premiere Date: TBA in 2016
Venue: TBA
Performers: Sybarite 5
Commissioned by the American Composers Forum National Composition Contest
Composition Title: WINDLAND
Date: June 2016
Venue: EMPAC
Performers: Clarice Assad, Keita Ogawa & the Dogs of Desire
Commissioned by: The Albany Symphony & General Electric
Composition Title: Dance of the Seven Veils (From SALOME) Strauss
Date: April 2016
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra + Guests
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Composition Title: Z SONATA
Date: Jan 2016
Venue: TBA
Performers: Opus One (Anne-Marie McDermott, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley.
Commissioned by: The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival (FL)
Composition Title: ELEMENTOS
Date: Jan 2016
Venue: San Antonio
Performers: SOLI Ensemble & Clarice Assad (vocals)
Commissioned by: SOLI Music Ensemble
Composition Title: DANZA, For Guitar Quartet (Composed in 2015)
Performers: 4 Aces Guitar Quartet
Commissioned by: 4 Aces Guitar Quartet
Composition Title: Luminescence
(Composed in 2015)
Performers: QUARTETO TOCCATA
Commissioned by: QUARTETO TOCCATA
Composition Title: O Saci-Pererê, For Guitar & Orchestra
(Composed in 2015)
Date: Spring 2016
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Commissioned by: The Harris Guitar Foundation
Composition Title: (Sephardic Suite) For Guitar, Flute & String Quartet (Composed in 2015)
Date: 2016
Performers: The Cavatina Duo & String Quartet
Commissioned by: The Cavatina Duo
Premiere Date: TBA in 2016
Venue: TBA
Performers: Sybarite 5
Commissioned by the American Composers Forum National Composition Contest
Composition Title: WINDLAND
Date: June 2016
Venue: EMPAC
Performers: Clarice Assad, Keita Ogawa & the Dogs of Desire
Commissioned by: The Albany Symphony & General Electric
Composition Title: Dance of the Seven Veils (From SALOME) Strauss
Date: April 2016
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra + Guests
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Composition Title: Z SONATA
Date: Jan 2016
Venue: TBA
Performers: Opus One (Anne-Marie McDermott, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley.
Commissioned by: The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival (FL)
Composition Title: ELEMENTOS
Date: Jan 2016
Venue: San Antonio
Performers: SOLI Ensemble & Clarice Assad (vocals)
Commissioned by: SOLI Music Ensemble
Composition Title: DANZA, For Guitar Quartet (Composed in 2015)
Performers: 4 Aces Guitar Quartet
Commissioned by: 4 Aces Guitar Quartet
Composition Title: Luminescence
(Composed in 2015)
Performers: QUARTETO TOCCATA
Commissioned by: QUARTETO TOCCATA
Composition Title: O Saci-Pererê, For Guitar & Orchestra
(Composed in 2015)
Date: Spring 2016
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Commissioned by: The Harris Guitar Foundation
Composition Title: (Sephardic Suite) For Guitar, Flute & String Quartet (Composed in 2015)
Date: 2016
Performers: The Cavatina Duo & String Quartet
Commissioned by: The Cavatina Duo
Tab 4
World Premieres in 2015
Composition Title: Tico-Tico no Fubá For Orchestra & Voice (arrangement)
Date: November 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Clarice Assad & The Michigan Philharmonic
Music Director: Nan Washburn
Commissioned by: The Michigan Philharmonic
Composition Title: The Last Song (For Orchestra & Piano) (arrangement)
Date: November 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Clarice Assad & The Michigan Philharmonic
Music Director: Nan Washburn
Commissioned by: The Michigan Philharmonic
Arrangement: O Divine Redeemer (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO & SF Girls Chorus
Commissioned by: NCCO
Arrangement: Sheep May Safely Graze (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO
Commissioned by: NCCO
Arrangement: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO
Commissioned by: NCCO
PREMIERED WORKS IN 2015
Composition Title: GODAI (premiered at Barge Music, NYC in Feb. 2015)
Date: June 2014
Performers: Inna Faliks, piano
Commissioned by: Inna Faliks
Composition Title: CIRANDADAS
Date: August 2015
Performers: Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Commissioned by: Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Composition Tittle: EUGENE ONEGIN (Letter Scene) Tchaikovsky
Date TBA
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra + Guests
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Composition Title: Synchronous, For oboe and string quartet
Date: April 2015
Venue: La Jolla Festival
Performers: Liang Wang & String Quartet
Commissioned by: The La Jolla Music Society
Composition Title: Opera das Pedras (For Orchestra & Chorus) - Arrangement
Date: Nov. 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Orquestra Sinfonica Heliopolis
Commissioned by: Denise Milan
Date: November 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Clarice Assad & The Michigan Philharmonic
Music Director: Nan Washburn
Commissioned by: The Michigan Philharmonic
Composition Title: The Last Song (For Orchestra & Piano) (arrangement)
Date: November 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Clarice Assad & The Michigan Philharmonic
Music Director: Nan Washburn
Commissioned by: The Michigan Philharmonic
Arrangement: O Divine Redeemer (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO & SF Girls Chorus
Commissioned by: NCCO
Arrangement: Sheep May Safely Graze (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO
Commissioned by: NCCO
Arrangement: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire (Public Domain)
Date: Dec 2015
Performers: NCCO
Commissioned by: NCCO
PREMIERED WORKS IN 2015
Composition Title: GODAI (premiered at Barge Music, NYC in Feb. 2015)
Date: June 2014
Performers: Inna Faliks, piano
Commissioned by: Inna Faliks
Composition Title: CIRANDADAS
Date: August 2015
Performers: Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Commissioned by: Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Composition Tittle: EUGENE ONEGIN (Letter Scene) Tchaikovsky
Date TBA
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra + Guests
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Composition Title: Synchronous, For oboe and string quartet
Date: April 2015
Venue: La Jolla Festival
Performers: Liang Wang & String Quartet
Commissioned by: The La Jolla Music Society
Composition Title: Opera das Pedras (For Orchestra & Chorus) - Arrangement
Date: Nov. 2015
Venue: TBA
Performers: Orquestra Sinfonica Heliopolis
Commissioned by: Denise Milan
Tab 5
World Premieres in 2014
Project: HANDEL MESSIAH *Hallelujah & For Unto Us a Child is Born
For String Orchestra & Girls Choir
Date: 2014
Venue: Various, SF Bay Area
Commissioned by the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Project: The Disinherited. A one act opera for three singers and piano (reduction)
Libretto by Niloufar Talebi
Date: 2014
Venue: Symphony Space, NYC
Project: Atlantic Crossing (Mack the Knife Fantasy, Gershwin's Porgy & Bess selection and Strayhorn/Ellington medley)
Date: 2014
Venue: NCCO Venues
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra & Chanticleer
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Project: New Century Chamber Orchestra (Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana/Kreisler's Midnight Bells)
Date: 2014
Venue: NCCO Venues
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Composition Title: Magnetic Trance
Date: Jan. 2014
Venue: New York City
Performers: New York City Guitar Orchestra
Commissioned by: The NYCGS
Composition Title: Fazenda dos Algodões
Date: Feb, 2014
Venue: Recording
Performers: NEOLIT Ensemble
Commissioned by: NEOLIT Ensemble
Tab 6
World Premieres in 2013
Composition Title: SARAVÁ For Orchestra
Date: 2013
Venue: Sala São Paulo
Performers: OSESP
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Commissioned by: Fundação OSESP
Composition Title: Nhanderú
Date: 2013
Venue: Announced in the calendar
Performers: The Albany Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Allan Miller
Commissioned by: Albany Symphony
Date: March 3, 2013
Composition Title: PANDEMONIUM For String Orchestra & String Quartet
Venue: St. Anthony of Padua RC Church
Performers: Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
Conductor: Barbara Day Turner
Commissioned by: The San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Date: (?)
Arrangement -Title: BARTOK RUMANIAN DANCES
For String Orchestra & Percussion
Venue: IOLANI SCHOOL
Performers: Students of the IOLANI SCHOOL
Conductor: Kathy Hafner
Commissioned by: The Iolani School
Tab 7
World Premieres in 2012
Date: October 28-30, 2012
Composition Title: SUITE FOR LOWER STRINGS (based on themes by Bach) for strings.
Venues: Herbst Theater, SF - First Congregational Church, Berkeley, Center for Performing Arts at Menio-Athernon
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Date: October 17, 2012
Composition Title: THE LAST SONG (For solo guitar)
Venue: MUSIC IN FULLA GALERY, Ruzomberok, Slovakia
Performer: Ondrej Vesely
Date: October 14, 2012
Composition Title: ALBUM DE RETRATOS. Concerto for 2 guitars and orchestra
Venue: Southern Theater, COLUMBUS, OH
Performers: Sergio & Odair Assad & The PRO MUSICA Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Timothy Russell
Commissioned by: The PRO MUSICA Chamber Orchestra
Date: July 28 & 28, 2012
Composition Title: THE DISAPPEARED, For orchestra and scat singer
Venue: Civic Auditorium, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Event: The Hidden World of Girls Symphonic Project
Performers: Clarice Assad, voice & the Cabrillo Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned by: The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Date: July 31, 2012
Composition Title: MADZURKA (For Piano)
Venue: BRAVO ! The Vail Valley Music Festival
Performer: Anne-Marie McDermott
Commissioned by: Anne-Marie McDermott
Date: June 25, 2012
Composition Title: BRAVO! For piano, flute and violin.
Venue: BRAVO ! The Vail Valley Music Festival
Performers: Anne Marie-McDermott, Eugenia Zuckerman and Ida Kavafian
Commissioned by: The Vail Music Festival
Date: March 25, 2012
Composition Title: Scattered. Concerto for scat singer, piano & orchestra Venue: San Francisco Conservatory, SF
Performers: Symphony Parnassus, Clarice Assad
Conductor: Dawn Harms
Possible through a grant from Meet The Composer
Date: March 8, 9 & 10 , 2012
Composition Title: Terra Brasilis. Orchestral Overture Venue: Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Performers: Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Commissioned by: Fundação OSESP
Date: Jan. 10, 2012
Composition Title: Enquanto a Noite Durar. For guitar & tenor
Venue: Carnegie Hall Weill Auditorium NYC
Performers: Peter Fletcher (guitar) & DavidMichael Shuster (tenor)
Composition Title: SUITE FOR LOWER STRINGS (based on themes by Bach) for strings.
Venues: Herbst Theater, SF - First Congregational Church, Berkeley, Center for Performing Arts at Menio-Athernon
Performers: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Date: October 17, 2012
Composition Title: THE LAST SONG (For solo guitar)
Venue: MUSIC IN FULLA GALERY, Ruzomberok, Slovakia
Performer: Ondrej Vesely
Date: October 14, 2012
Composition Title: ALBUM DE RETRATOS. Concerto for 2 guitars and orchestra
Venue: Southern Theater, COLUMBUS, OH
Performers: Sergio & Odair Assad & The PRO MUSICA Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Timothy Russell
Commissioned by: The PRO MUSICA Chamber Orchestra
Date: July 28 & 28, 2012
Composition Title: THE DISAPPEARED, For orchestra and scat singer
Venue: Civic Auditorium, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Event: The Hidden World of Girls Symphonic Project
Performers: Clarice Assad, voice & the Cabrillo Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned by: The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Date: July 31, 2012
Composition Title: MADZURKA (For Piano)
Venue: BRAVO ! The Vail Valley Music Festival
Performer: Anne-Marie McDermott
Commissioned by: Anne-Marie McDermott
Date: June 25, 2012
Composition Title: BRAVO! For piano, flute and violin.
Venue: BRAVO ! The Vail Valley Music Festival
Performers: Anne Marie-McDermott, Eugenia Zuckerman and Ida Kavafian
Commissioned by: The Vail Music Festival
Date: March 25, 2012
Composition Title: Scattered. Concerto for scat singer, piano & orchestra Venue: San Francisco Conservatory, SF
Performers: Symphony Parnassus, Clarice Assad
Conductor: Dawn Harms
Possible through a grant from Meet The Composer
Date: March 8, 9 & 10 , 2012
Composition Title: Terra Brasilis. Orchestral Overture Venue: Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Performers: Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Commissioned by: Fundação OSESP
Date: Jan. 10, 2012
Composition Title: Enquanto a Noite Durar. For guitar & tenor
Venue: Carnegie Hall Weill Auditorium NYC
Performers: Peter Fletcher (guitar) & DavidMichael Shuster (tenor)