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January 3, 4, 2020: Moler Utah Symphony, Connor Grey Covington, conductor Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City, Utah |
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February 13, 2020: Cricket-Viol Wendy Richman, viola and voice Niente-Forte series University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center New Orleans, LA |
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March 15, 2020: Studies in Choreography CANCELLED Aquilae Trio Harborough Collective Harborough, England |
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June 25, 2020: Moler *broadcast* BBC Radio Three, Afternoon on 3 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn, conductor |
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July-August 2020: MusicFest Aberystwyth Advanced Composition Course ONLINE Co-Directed by Profs Arlene Sierra and Kenneth Hesketh Featured Soloists: Eric Lamb, flute; Heather Roche, clarinet; Joseph Spooner, cello |
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July 30, 2020: Neruda Settings* (U.K. Premiere) CANCELLED Sinfonia 1, Toby Purser, cond. MusicFest Aberystwyth Great Hall Aberystwyth, Wales |
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November 13, 14, 2020: Aquilo* (U.S. Premiere) Utah Symphony, Shiyeon Sung, conductor Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City, Utah |
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December 9, 2020: Ballistae Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor Warner Concert Hall Oberlin, OH |
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Arlene Sierra, Volume 4 The newest addition to Bridge Records' critically-acclaimed portrait series, Arlene Sierra Volume 4 will focus on the composer's latest symphonic works. |
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Bird Symphony Commissioned by the Utah Symphony: A symphony of birds, drawing from materials collected in the piano album Birds and Insects, Book 2. |
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Maya Deren series Continuing from her successful rescorings of the films Meditation on Violence and Ritual in Transfigured Time for Lontano and the Goldfield Ensemble respectively, Sierra has just completed Studies in Choreography, the third in a series of new scores for prestigious ensembles, set to Maya Deren's expressive and surreal films from the 1940's and 50's. The next score in the series, to Deren's masterpiece At Land, will be completed in 2021. |
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Faustine An opera in development with playwright Lucy Thurber after the novella by Emma Tennant, with support from New York City Opera VOX, ROH2 at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Aldeburgh Young Artist Residencies. It is the story of an older woman, Muriel, who sells her soul to the devil for eternal youth because she is in love with her daughter's lover. The project has received support from Center for Contemporary Opera, NY City Opera VOX, New Music USA CAP Performance program, ROH2 at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Aldeburgh Young Artist Residencies. |