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past performances // season 2016-17

JULY 2017

July 13 | Thurs | 8 p.m.
Boston Court Performing Arts Center
tickets here :: $30 // $25 // $20


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JUNE 2017

June 2 | Fri | 8 p.m.
Clausen Recital Hall, LACC
admission :: $10 at the door

June 13 | Tues | 8 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

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June 22 & 23 | Thurs & Fri | 7 p.m.
National Sawdust | Williamsburg BKLN
admission :: $34 advance // $42 door

June 24 | Sat | 7 p.m.
National Sawdust | Williamsburg BKLN
admission :: $29 advance // $34 door
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MAY 2017

May 13 | Sat | 8 p.m.
Valley Performing Arts Center
tickets here :: $33-$75

May 19 | Fri | 8 p.m.

Jan Popper Theater, UCLA

May 30 | Tues | 8 p.m.
Monk Space
$20 online // $25 door

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APRIL 2017


Apr 6 | Thurs | 8:30 p.m.
REDCAT
tickets here :: $20 // $16 // $10

Apr 8 | Sat | 8 p.m.
Pasadena Conservatory
​admission :: $15 at the door
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MARCH 2017

Mar 3 | Fri | 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Historical Society

tickets here :: $25 // $15 student


Mar 5 | Sun | 4 p.m.
​Old Stone House, Brooklyn NY
admission :: $20 // $10

Mar 14 | Tues | 8 p.m.

Boston Court Performing Arts Center
free admission :: reservations here

​Mar 21 | Tues | 8 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
tickets here

Mar 25 | Sun | 4 p.m.
Newman Recital Hall, USC
​admission :: free


FEBRUARY 2017

Feb 7 | Tues | 8 p.m.
Wild Beast Concert Hall, CalArts
admission :: free

Feb 13 | Mon | 8 p.m.
Clausen Recital Hall, LACC
​admission :: free

Feb 16 | Thurs | 8 p.m.
Valley Performing Arts Center
​tickets here :: $63 (on-stage seating)

Feb 24 | Fri | 7-10:30 p.m.
Aratani Theater, Little Tokyo LA
tickets here

Feb 25 | Sat | 7 p.m.
Wilshire Ebell Theatre
tickets here
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JANUARY 2017

Jan 19 | Thurs | 7:30 p.m.
The Factory Hair and Makeup Studio
​admission :: $10

Jan 23 | Mon | 8 p.m.
Zipper Concert Hall, Colburn
tickets here :: $27 // $12 student

Jan 28 | Sat | 12 noon - 10 p.m.
​Mesa Arts Center, Phoenix AZ
​admission :: $20
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DECEMBER 2016

Dec 9-10 | Fri-Sat | 8 p.m.
The Theatre @ Ace Hotel, LA
admission :: $30-80

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NOVEMBER 2016

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Nov 11 | Fri | 8:30 p.m.
REDCAT
tickets :: $20//$16//$10

Nov 16 | Wed | 8 p.m.
SpectrumNYC
tickets :: $15//$10 [at the door]

Nov 18 | Fri | 7 p.m.
​National Sawdust, Brooklyn
tickets :: $25


Nov 19 | Sat | 7 p.m.
​National Sawdust, Brooklyn
tickets :: $25

Nov 20 | Sat | 10 p.m.
​National Sawdust, Brooklyn
tickets :: $25

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OCTOBER 2016


Oct 1 | Sat | 12pm-12am
(all over) Walt Disney Concert Hall
​tickets :: 12pm-8pm | $15 gen. adm.
​tickets
 :: 8pm-12am | hall seating

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Oct 8 | Sat | 8 p.m.
Boston Court Performing Arts Center
​tickets
 :: $30//$25//$20
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Oct 16 | Sun | 7 p.m.
Newman Recital Hall, USC
free admission


Oct 19 | Wed | 7:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Public Library
​free admission

Oct 25 | Tues | 8 p.m.
​The Theatre at Ace Hotel, DTLA
​tickets :: $26-$76

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SEPTEMBER 2016


Sep 10
Basic Flowers
​10 p.m.

Sep 27-Oct 1
The Music Center, Los Angeles
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​AUGUST 2016


​Aug 21-25

Aug 26-28
Carlsbad Village Theater
​tickets and more info

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​Synchromy DuoFest | recital with Justine Aronson // split-bill with Panic Duo
Harbison: Mirabai Songs // Deyoe: kennen schon nicht mehr // Sankaram: The Far Shore






​gnarwhallaby | wasteLAnd: "Air Has No Residence"
premieres by Andrew Greenwald, Lewis Nielson, and Erik Ulman (feat. Élise Roy, flute)
other works by Michelle Lou and Wolfgang von Schweinitz

LA Philharmonic & The Industry | Lou Harrison: Young Caeser
rehearsal pianist & répétiteur

Julia Holter, Zoe Aja Moore, Yelena Zhelezov & wild Up​ | Tragedy Opera
piano, melodica, keyboards, and group arranger



wild Up | Future Folk
works by Meredith Monk, Moondog, Frederic Rzewski, Julius Eastman, and Scriabin



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wild Up | ​Martha Graham and American Music
Martha Graham Dance Company with live musical accompaniment by wild Up
music by Scott Joplin, Samuel Barber, Carlos Chávez, and Irving Fine

LA Signal Lab | Chemistry
Noah Meites's To whom shall I tell my grief? with Linnea Powell, viola

​Tuesdays @ Monk Space | Vicki Ray & Richard Valitutto present New Song
Nicholas Deyoe | kennen schon nicht mehr (west coast premiere) with Justine Aronson
Ted Hearne | I am sick of feeling with Justine Aronson
Helmut Lachenmann | Got Lost with Stephanie Aston



featured pianist with Marc Lowenstein and gnarwhallaby
U.S. and World Premieres by Marc Lowesntein for ensembles and voices


featured guest artist with wild Up | WORK: Richard Valitutto
new compositions and arrangements, piano solos, and ensemble performances
​with gnarwhallaby, Aperture Duo, and Justine Aronson​


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Brooklyn Art Song Society
 | WIEN V: CABARET NIGHT​

Arnold Schoenberg | Brettl-Lieder (selections) with Justine Aronson, soprano
Kurt Weill | Ballads and Songs with Kristin Gornstein, mezzo-soprano


duo with Justine Aronson, soprano | Art Song @ The Old Stone House
the compassion ecstatic | works by Sankaram, Harbison, Copland, LeBaron, and Wolfe
​including a world premiere by Nicholas Deyoe setting two poems of R. M. Rilke

A Musical Gesture of Welcome and Openness | Andrew McIntosh, violin/viola
Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour's Dialogue for Violin and Piano
on a program of works by 7 Iranian composers

guest artist with LA Phil | Night & Dreams: A Schubert & Beckett Recital
Schubert solos & Lieder with Ryan McKinney and Julia Bullock; Yuval Sharon, director


gnarwhallaby | the Polish Music Center: Exploring the Avant-Garde
works from 1950-2006 | Górecki, Krauze, Kulenty, Meyer, Schaeffer, Szalonek, Wielecki



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gnarwhallaby | Guest Ensemble-in-Residence concert
premieres by CalArts graduate composers Hayward, Sclafani, Sidikman, & Sturm
other works by Colin Wambsgans & CalArts faculty Nicholas Deyoe & Andrew McIntosh

Aperture Duo & Justine Aronson | twos & threes
– duos and trios for various combos of violin, viola, voice, and piano
Morton Feldman, Sofia Gubaidulina, Ted Hearne, Noah Meites, Nick Norton, Nina Young

wild Up | Adams // Punk Rock // Player Piano 
featuring John Adams | Hallelujah Junction​ with Gloria Cheng, piano
also William Bolcom | The Poltergeist Rag & George Antheil | Violin Sonata No. 1 Finale

The Industry and wild Up | FIRST TAKE 2017
six 20-minute opera excerpt premieres by composers Nicholas Deyoe, William Gardiner, John Hastings, Laura Karpman, Marc Lowenstein, and Dylan Mattingly

The Industry and wild Up | SECOND TAKE 2017: Bonnie and Clyde
concert premiere of the full-length opera by Andrew McIntosh and Melinda Rice





gnarwhallaby & CIPHER duo | Mixtape 02 @ The Factory
gnarwhallaby performs works by Colin Wambsgans, Nicholas Deyoe, and Iris Sidikman
CIPHER performs works by Saariaho, Soper, Krausas, Driscoll, and Goldfeather

Monday Evening Concerts | Julius Eastman: Gay Guerilla
featuring the epic hour-long piano quartet Crazy Nigger (1979)
​with Joseph Kubera, Brendan Nguyen, and Todd Moellenberg

Oh My Ears Festival | 4th Annual Marathon Concert
​performing with Justine Aronson, soprano and HOCKET piano duo
works by Nicholas Deyoe, Amy Beth Kirsten, David Lang, and Jason Barabba


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guest artist with L.A. Dance Project | On the Other Side
performing several Philip Glass piano solos to choreography by Benjamin Millepied
program also features Rufus Wainwright(!), Christopher Wheeldon, and Roy Assaf



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pianist with gnarwhallaby | heterophonic avant-garde @ REDCAT
works by A. Hölszky, M. Mora, M. Smolka, M. Lou, H. Górecki, N. Deyoe


pianist with gnarwhallaby | heterophonic avant-garde @ SpectrumNYC
works by A. Hölszky, M. Mora, W. Kotonski, R. Lazkano, M. Lou, H. Górecki, N. Deyoe

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pianist & arranger with wild Up & Beth Morrison Projects | Knoxville Project
featuring Samuel Barber's Four Excursions arranged for nonet by Richard Valitutto
on a program with music by Ellen Reid, George Lewis, Pete Seeger, the Books, et al

pianist with wild Up | Ascension
a concert of works curated by Ted Hearne and Christopher Rountree including those written and inspired by Machaut, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, Coltrane, and Bach

pianist with wild Up & Beth Morrison Projects | Jodie Landau
featuring songs from the album you of all things



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​guest artist with LA Phil Green Umbrella | From Noon to Midnight
1:00 with wild Up | new works premieres from the National Composers Intensive
2:15 with gnarwhallaby | Heart/Lung premiere by Michelle Lou (LAPhil co-commission)
ca. 3:30 with Piano Spheres | La traquet rieur (from Catalogue d'oiseaux​) by Messiaen
4:00 with USC Percussion Ensemble | Ballet Mécanique by George Antheil
10:00 with wild Up | piano soloist on Yelling Into the Wind​ by Andrew N. McIntosh

guest artist with Justine Aronson, soprano | Music @ Boston Court
Life Stories | cabaret music of Schoenberg, Poulenc, Bolcom, Adès, Weill, and Finnissy


guest artist at the USC Polish Music Center | composer Elzbieta Sikora
the PMC's annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital features Alla breve [2006] for solo piano and “Lamento” from the opera Madame Curie​ [2011] with Jamie Chamberlin, soprano

guest artist with Justine Aronson, soprano | Soundwaves at SMPL
songs and cycles by Bolcom, Cerrone, Jesse Jones, Amy Kirsten, & Daniel Rothman


pianist/keyboardist with Wordless Music | Evil Dead in Concert: Live to Film
a special screening of Sam Raimi's horror classic The Evil Dead (1981)
with composer Joseph LoDuca's newly reimagined score performed live


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accompanist with Jodie Landau after The Temptation of St. Anthony
a post-show concert performing songs from his debut album you of all things​


guest teaching artist with LA Phil & wild Up | National Composers Intensive
reading, rehearsing, and recording 10 new works by 10 young American composers



pianist with wild Up | Christopher Cerrone portrait album recording

guest artist | Carlsbad Music Festival
Fri Aug 26, 8 p.m. with wild Up | ​WEST
Sat Aug 27, 8 p.m. with wild Up | from Future Folk
Sun Aug 28, 4:30 p.m. as soloist, composer, accompanist, and gnarwhallaby member
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