Mycelium New Music presents its inaugural S.P.O.R.E. chamber music series concert featuring music by aldwin Giang, Cole Reyes, Katherine Balch, and Dylan Feldpausch with a collaboration with visual artists Ruby Que. At the CheckOut in Chicago, Il.
Mycelium New Music presents a concert centering around Berio’s Folk Songs with music by Saad Haddad, Cheng Jin Koh, and Charles Peck.
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductor Brad Lubman will premiere Justin’s new orchestral commission at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC.
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players will present the West Coast Premiere of through depths and shadows on their concert, “American Reflections: Fire and Lightening” at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, CA at 8:00pm PT.
Justin will present at the BGSU Composition Seminar and will be a guest judge for the Concerto and Composition Competition.
Mycelium New Music will present its fall concert featuring guest artist Pamela Z and works by Rhizome composers Sofia Jen Ouyang, Arjan Singh Dogra, and Carlos Bandera at Constellation Chicago at 8:30pm CT.
Tim Weiss will conduct a performance of through depths and shadows with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH at 7:30pm.
The Ear Taxi Festival will present their commission of the string quartet and soprano version of Hold out your hand and listen to the rain with KAIA String Quartet and Hayley Fox on their festival in October 2025.
Justin will present on his recent compositions and give lessons to the graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh.
Premiere performance of the soprano and piano version of Hold out your hand and listen to the rain with Melanie Spector, soprano and Andrew Chen, piano in Harris Hall in Aspen, CO.
Tim Weiss will conduct the premiere of Beyond Color There is Light for Pierrot Sextet with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at Harris Hall in Aspen, CO.
Premiere Reading of Afterimages with the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra conducted by Ricardo Ferro.
Justin will attend the Aspen Music Festival Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies as a composition fellow in the Summer of 2025.
UChicago New Music Ensemble Spring Quarter Concert
Repertoire TBD.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on their recital at the International Women’s Brass Conference at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT at 11:15am.
The Orchestra of the League of Composers will present the NYC premiere of through depths and shadows for sinfonietta at the DiMenna Center in NYC.
mycelium new music presents a performance at Fulton Street Collective which explores connections between music and poetry. The program centers the premiere of a new version of Bobby Ge's Picture Whimsies, which celebrates the intersection of visual art and music, paired with readings by Chicago-based poets. The performance will also feature works by Chicago-based composer Ania Vu and ensemble members Paul Novak and Jonathan Hannau.
program
a diagnosis for two sopranos and sextet - Paul Novak (preview)
Isolated Houses for sextet - Jonathan Hannau
Strange Birds for soprano and sextet - Ania Vu
Picture Whimsies for sextet - Bobby Ge (premiere of new version)
w/ readings by Chicago-based poets TBD
NEXUS Chamber Music will perform Seeing Through for viola and piano. Concert will be in the Logan Performance Penthouse.
Akopolis Reed Quintet will premiere “Reflective Contours” as part of the RED NOTE Music Festival in Normal, IL.
The Contemporary Art Music Project will present Four Harmonies: Reflections of Monet on their 2025 CAMPGround Festival in Tampa, FL. Exact performance time TBD.
UChicago New Music Ensemble Winter Quarter Concert in the Logan Performance Penthouse at 3pm.
Jacqui Armbruster - new piece for singing string trio
Cory Turnbaugh - new piece for pierrot quintet
Justin Weiss - neither together nor apart for violin and piano
Darlene Castro - Desire Paths for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, guitar, bass
Paul Novak - reflected tides, ii. for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion
Feldman - The Viola in My Life 1 for solo viola and flute, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections as a part of their masterclass at Manhattan School of Music.
UChicago New Music Ensemble fall quarter concert.
Shih-Hui Chen: Flashback Moments for erhu, violin, cello, piano (in collaboration with the Jade Chinese Music Ensemble)
Matt Schultheis: Intermedio for ensemble
Andrew Stock: Untitled (Kertész-Quartet) for 4 instruments
Nathan Friedman: Barcarolle
Julius Eastman: Stay on It
In its debut performance, Mycelium New Music presents a program of new and recent works which center identity and experimentation. Composer and avant-folk vocalist Annika Socolofsky, praised for her “unbearably moving” (Gramophone) music, joins the ensemble in a performance of her song cycle of "feminist-rager lullabies for a queer era." The program also features new and recent works by emerging composers Seare Farhat, Grace Ann Lee, and Christian Quiñones.
program
ASMR Music for sextet – Christian Quiñones (premiere of new version)
Arrival for sextet - Seare Farhat
Amplified for sextet - Grace Ann Lee
Don’t say a word for mezzo-soprano and sextet - Annika Socolofsky
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on their Fall Benefit Concert at St. John’s in the Village in NYC.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on the MacDowell Recital Series in Mt. Tabor, NJ.
Calliope Brass will perform Intersections on William Paterson University’s Midday Recital Series in Shea Auditorium.
Justin will present a guest lecture to the NYO-USA Composer Apprentices and work with them on their recent compositions.
Performance of Intersections for brass quintet with Calliope Brass on their spring recital at St. John’s in the Village.
Premiere of a new work with musicians from the Albany Symphony as a part of the “First Draughts” Reading Session, conducted by Albany Symphony music director David Alan Miller.
The final concert of the UChicago New Music Ensemble’s 2023-2024 season will feature premieres by UChicago undergraduate composers alongside a performance of Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
Justin will present on his music at the Manhattan International Composers Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
The TAK Ensemble will premiere Four Harmonies: Reflections of Monet alongside pieces by Kari Watson, Benjamin Martin, Ryan Garvey, and Andrew Stock at the Logan Center Penthouse at the University of Chicago.