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RedDust premiere weekend at the Andy Warhol Museum's "Off The Wall" Performance Art Series, May 18-20, 2007, produced by Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. Jonathan Eaton director, Kurt Ralske video, Attack Theater Dancers. Commissioned by Sequitur and Opera Theater of Pittsburgh.

"RedDust shows flashes of brilliance"
"a sweeping emotional experience"
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"RedDust goes beyond labels"
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

RedDust Cast: Jo Ellen Miller, Kristin McClintock-LeBeau, Anna Singer, Peter Kope,
Michele de la Reza, Jeff Davis, Kelvin Chan

RedDust Preview in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RedDust Preview in the Pittsburgh City Paper

RedDust Review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Multi-Media Opera "Red Dust" receives Heinz Endowments Creative Heights Grant.

Commissions 2004-07

New Work commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

New Work commissioned by the Harry Partch Institute at Montclair State University.

Words/Echoes commissioned by percussionist Michael Lipsey.

Double Concerto for Baritone Saxophone, Percussion, and Orchestra featuring Kenneth Coon, Timothy Adams, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation.

Featured Composer at ORCHESTRA TECH in NYC: Nü kuan tzu was performed by Speculum Musicae (Oct. 11, Merkin Hall) at the American Composers Orchestra's National Conference on Technology and the Orchestra, Oct. 10 - 14, 2001 in New York City. The conference brought together composers, performers, conductors, music professionals, technologists, and educators, for a series of performances, presentations, lectures and symposia. The conference was part of the ACO's Orchestra Tech, a multi-year initiative to explore and encourage the integration of technology into the modern orchestra and to stimulate the development of new symphonic music using new media and digital technology. Tod Machover, of the MIT Media Lab, serves as Artistic Advisor of Orchestra Tech.

Hear Nü kuan tzu performed by Speculum Musicae at the OrchestraTech Festival on the ANDANTE Web Site

Under The Rainbow for flute and computer generated sound, commissioned by Patti Monson.

Shadow Waltz, commissioned by Eric Moe.

Möbius Loop, commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet.

00Opinions, commissioned by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College.

Möbius Loop Concerto Version was performed at Jordan Hall in Boston by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Rascher Saxophone Quartet, Gil Rose conductor, on January 21, 2007.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version was performed by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet on January 24th on the Music on the Edge series in Pittsburgh.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version was performed by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet on January 26th on the Cleveland Contemporary Players series.

RedDust (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh premiere) May 18-20 at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version March 25, 2007, Fifth International Saxophone Festival, Szczecin, Poland.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version November 11, 2007, Sigurd Rascher Centenial Celebration at SUNY Ferdonia.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version February 29. 2008, Aula Gymnasium, Meisterkonzerte, Lohne, Germany.

Words/Echoes was be performed by Michael Lipsey on February 27 at Hartt School of Music.

Words/Echoes was be performed by Michael Lipsey on March 2 at the Festival of the Arts in Sacramento.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Lisa Jaklitsch at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore on March 1, 2005.

00Opinions was performed by the the Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble at the U3 Festival in Pittsburgh on March 17, 2005.

Maggies was performed by the Vanderbilt Contemporary Ensemble on April 13, 2005 in Nashville.

Möbius Loop (quartet version) was performed by The Rascher Saxophone Quartet at Paulus Church in Kiel Germany on May 12, 2005.

Circadian Rhythms was performed by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble on July 22 and 23 2005 at City Theater in Pittsburgh.

00Opinions was performed on November 13, 2005 by the California EAR Unit at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles (in conjunction with an exhibit of costumes from the Star Wars films).

2004

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Dorothy Stone of the EAR Unit on the Music on the Edge series in Pittsburgh on January 24, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Patti Monson on the ARTS ELECTRIC series at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City on March 13, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Patti Monson at Stanford University on April 21, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Dorothy Stone of the EAR Unit at Pierce College on April 22, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Patti Monson at the National Performing Arts Convention in Pittsburgh on June 9, 2004.

Möbius Loop (quartet version) was performed by The Rascher Saxophone Quartet at West Virginia Wesleyan College on July 6, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Patti Monson at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute at Mass MOCA on July 17, 2004.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by Patti Monson at the Black Box Theater in Asbury Park New Jersey on December 16, 2004.

Möbius Loop (quartet version) was premiered by The Rascher Saxophone Quartet in Winnipeg on May 25, 2003.

Maggies was performed by the Network for New Music on October 15 and 17, 2003, at the University of Delaware and at Temple University.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed by Patti Monson at the Manhattan School of Music on October 23, 2003.

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was performed
by the New York New Music Ensemble at Merkin Hall in New York City on November 3, 2003.

Circadian Rhythms was be performed by Tactus at the Manhattan School of Music on December 9, 2003

Möbius Loop was performed by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet and the MOTE Chamber Orchestra at Bellefield Hall in Pittsburgh on February 6, 2002 (premiere of revised version).

Under The Rainbow for flute, bass flute, piccolo, and computer generated sound was premiered by Patti Monson on the Music on the Edge series in Pittsburgh on October 22, 2002.

Nü kuan tzu was performed by Sequitur at Merkin Hall in New York City on February 27, 2001.

Nü kuan tzu was performed by Speculum Musicae at Merkin Hall in New York City on October 11, 2001 in conjunction with the ACO Orchestra Tech Festival.

Maggies was performed by the MOTE Ensemble at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on March 27, 2000.

Möbius Loop was be premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet and the notabu.ensemble neue musik in Düsseldorf Germany on March 23, 2000.

00Opinions was premiered by the California EAR Unit at The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum in Claremont California on April 26, 2000.

00Opinions was performed by the California EAR Unit at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles on May 24, 2000.

00Opinions was performed by the California EAR Unit at Cal Plaza in Los Angeles on Aug 4, 2000 .

Nü kuan tzu was performed by the Chicago Contemporary Players at Mandel Hall in Chicago on April 18, 1999.

Maggies and Circadian Rhythms was performed by the New York New Music Ensemble at the Sonic Boom Festival in NYC on October 6, 1998.

Maggies and Circadian Rhythms was performed by the New York New Music Ensemble at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles California on November 2, 1998.

Maggies was performed by the New York New Music Ensemble in Claremont California on November 3, 1998.

Maggies and Circadian Rhythms was performed by the New York New Music Ensemble at the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento California on November 5, 1998, at 8PM.

Maggies and Circadian Rhythms was performed by the New York New Music Ensemble in San Diego California on November 7, 1998.

Maggies was performed on the Music on the Edge series in Pittsburgh on February 2, 1998.