UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
• March 5 / Guggenheim
LA Phil/Beth Morrisson Projects: Place
(Music of Ted Hearne, featuring Allison Semmes and Steven Bradshaw)
Link: HERE
• March 7 / Cooper Union
Master Voices
Our America puts MasterVoices’ diverse chorus in service of the
wide range of immigrant stories and sounds that have come to define American music.
Link: HERE
• March 11 / National Sawdust
Spring Revolution: Trade Routes
Pauchi Sasaki's music, performed by Claire Chase, Jennifer Curtis, Clara Warnaar
Link: HERE
• March 21, 22, 25 / Museum at Eldridge Street
Morning Star, Opera by Ricky Ian Gordon
with On Site Opera and American Modern Ensemble
Link: HERE
• April 13, 15, 19, 21, 22 / Orpheum Theater (Omaha, NE)
Proving Up, Opera Premiere by Missy Mazzoli
with Opera Omaha and International Contemporary Ensemble
Link: HERE
• April 26, 27, May 5 / National Sawdust
Silent Voices 2: If You Listen
Brooklyn Youth Chorus and International Contemporary Ensemble
Link: HERE
• May 16-20 / Austin
It's All True @ location TBD
Ciick here for Pitchfork review
• June 5 / Montreal
It's All True @ Suoni del Popolo
Ciick here for Pitchfork review
PAST PERFORMANCES
• February 8-25 / La MaMa
"It's All True"
Object Collection
(An opera based on the live archives of Fugazi)
Link: HERE
• January 27 / Rock & Roll Hotel (Washington DC)
"It's All True"
Object Collection
(An opera based on the live archives of Fugazi)
Link: HERE
• November 18 / Bardavon Opera house
Hudson Valley Philharmonic: Antartica
Link: HERE
• November 4 / Hollywood Bowl
Willy Wonka Live
Link: HERE
• October 4-18 / Midwest-East Coast-Canada
Man Forever Tour
Link: HERE
• September 22, 23, 24 / Annenberg Center for Performing Arts (Philadelphia)
A Period of Animate Existence (Pig Iron Theater)
Contemporaneous
Ticket Link: HERE
• August 12 and 13 / Rose Theater
International Contemporary Ensemble
Mostly Mozart Festival
The Dark Mirror: Zender's Winterreise feat. Ian Bostridge
Ticket Link: HERE
• June 22 / St Vitus
Infinity Shred
• May 23 / Metropolis Ensemble Space
"Bloom" Elliot Cole feat. members of Metropolis Ensemble
Info: HERE
• May 15-20
Infinity Shred West Coast Tour
Even Further Tour x Zoom Lens
• May 12 and 13 / Brooklyn Academy of Music
International Contemporary Ensemble
Silent Voices | Ice and Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Ticket Link: HERE
• April 29
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
• March 31-April 22
Infinity Shred on tour with Periphery, The Contortionist and Norma Jean
Tour dates, cities and tickets: HERE
• March 8 and 9 / Salem University
Excelsis Percussion: Performance and Masterclass
• February 23 (8 PM) / Shenandoah University
American Modern Ensemble
Ticket Link: HERE
• January 14 and 15 (5 PM) / FIAF (French Institute Alliance Française)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Silent Voices | Ice at Prototype with Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Ticket Link: HERE
• Infinity Shred Tour
(http://www.infinityshred.com/)
Nov 10 - Buffalo
Nov 11 - Syracuse
Nov 12 - Philadelphia
Nov 14 - Detroit
Nov 15 - Athens, OH
Nov 16 - Chicago
Nov 18 - Brooklyn (Shea Stadium)
• November 29-December 3 / Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater
"A Gun Show" by So Percussion, directed by Ain Gordon
More info: http://www.bam.org/music/2016/a-gun-show
• October 2 / Princeton University
Excelsis plays music of Quinn Collins and Dave Molk at the Unruly Sounds Festival
• September 29, 30/ The Harmonie Club
On Site Opera: Argento's Miss Havisham's Wedding
• September 17 (7:30PM) and 18(3PM) / NYC, location TBD
The Music Paradigm / An immersive concert experience
• August 27 / Governor's Island
Inuksuit by John Luther Adams as part of the Rite of Spring Music Festival
• August 17 / Infinity Shred @ Union Pool
• July 23 / TippetRise
Excelsis and other guest percussionists perform John Luther Adams' Inuksuit
TippetRise is a new destination for the arts, located in Montana's vast, open landscape
in the shadow of the Beartooth Mountains, that will host classical music performances
and exhibit large-scale sculptural works.
• June TBD / Martin Creed: The Back Door
Installation and Performance at Park Avenue Armory
• June 16 / Excelsis at the Worldwide Plaza
• June 12 / John Luther Adams "Inuksuit" at the Harvard Arboretum
• May 31 / Patriot Brass Ensemble
• May 14 / Manhattan Choral Ensemble: Vivaldi Remixed
Works by Vivaldi and Tom Cunningham, featuring chorus, baroque ensemble and electronic percussion
• May 8 / Infinity Shred @ Brooklyn Bowl
• May 2 and 3 / ensemble mise-en
ensemble in residence at theDartmouth College New Music Festival
• April 21 / Hudson Valley Philharmonic Youth Concert
• April 16 / Hudson Valley Philharmonic
• April 14 (7 PM) / Americas Society
Claude Vivier Portrait with ensemble mise-en
• March 18 / Hudson Valley Philharmonic
• Feb 28-March 3 / Bridge Arts Ensemble
• February 18 (8 PM) / So Percussion Studio: 20 Grand Ave, #205, Brooklyn
Excelsis plays Brooklyn Bound, a casual and intimate concert series hosted by So Percussion
On this program: two pieces by female composers ranging from classical to eclectic pop,
and a brand new piece written for Excelsis featuring sampled voices of female pop singers played on MalletKat.
• January 26-28 / Central Valley School District
Performances and Workshops with the Bridge Arts Ensemble
• January 17-19 (8 PM) / Dixon Place
Opera Double Feature:
Stewart Copeland (The Police) "The Cask of Amontillado" and Robert Paterson "The Whole Truth"
American Modern Ensemble
• November 4-8 (8 PM) / Location TBD
Mermaiden
Spring Street Social Society
"An experience in which theatricality extends beyond the stage into every element of the evening."
• Saturday, October 24 (7 PM) / The Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Symphony in the Glen
Eek! at the Greek! Halloween concert featuring:
Music from Disney cartoons, works by John Williams and Wagner.
• Saturday, October 17 (8 PM) / Bardavon Opera House - Poughkeepsie, NY
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Works by Amram, Barber and Shostakovich
• September 12 (4 PM) / Sharon Audubon Center (Lakeville, CT)
Inuksuit by John Luther Adams
• August 8 (11:30 AM) / Zipper Hall at the Colburn School
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra
(premiering the horn concerto written by my father Brad Warnaar!)
• July 8 (7 PM) / First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford
Solo Marimba Recital (Free concert with refreshments and pre-concert talk)
• July 5 / Rutgers University
Excelsis as part of the Nancy Zelstman Marimba Festival
• July 4 / Private Event
Independence Day Concert with Patriot Brass Ensemble
• May 27 / Boston, MA
Excelsis performing for the From the Top Gala
• May 25 / Private Event
Memorial Day Concert with Patriot Brass
• May 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 / Various NY State Schools
School Concerts and Workshops with the Learning Arts
• May 3 (1 PM) / Brooklyn Museum
Red Bull Music Academy presents:
100 Disciplines: A Composition for 20 Performers by Kid Millions
https://www.facebook.com/events/353139574881749/
• May 2 (8:30 Doors) / The Studio at Webster Hall
Infinity Shred w/ Icky Blossoms and Moon Bounce (yay!!!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/449747791857410/
• April 28 (8 PM) / Brooklyn Bound with So Percussion and ensemble, et al
Previewing sections of So Percussion's "Gun Show"
https://www.facebook.com/events/836252843134524/
• April 24 (8 PM) / Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th St)
NYC Master Chorale (Mozart Requiem and Dvorak Te Deum)
• April 22 / Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Earth Day Event: Mariana and Clara Play Mexican Marimba
• April 21 / Consulate General of Mexico
Excelsis
• April 11 / Bardavon Opera House
Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Igor Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring
• April 5 / Christ Church Bronxville
Easter Services
• March 21 (8PM) / SUNY Purchase
8th Annual Children's Benefit Concert with the Canadian Chamber Orchestra
• March 26 / Princeton University
Infinity Shred
• February 14 / NYU Loewe Theatre
Excelsis at the PAS/Kosa New York Weekend of Percussion
• February 13 / Palisades (Brooklyn)
Infinity Shred
• February 10, 2015 / Princeton University, Taplin Auditorium
American Modern Ensemble
performing new works by Princeton composers
• December 2 / Players Theater
Excelsis
Performing works by the Call for Scores winner and more
• November 22 / Spectrum (NYC)
Percussion duo : ampli2
Works for two percussionists, by Matt Evans, Missy Mazzoli, Tristan Perich,
Stuart Saunders Smith, Mark Applebaum and John Luther Adams
• October 24 / Washington DC
Excelsis on From the Top
• September 20 / First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown (Cold Spring, NY)
A Concert of Ideas
Benefit Concert featuring artists from Associated Solo Artists
• August 7 / Mary Manning Walsh Home
Solo Concert : Music for the Seasons
• August 1 / SUNY New Paltz
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
• June 19-22 / Tenri
ensemble mise-en festival
• May 17
Bergen Symphony Orchestra
• April 5 / Bardavon Opera House (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Mahler Second Symphony
• March 28 / Tenri
ensemble mise-en
Presented by Washington Square Contemporary Music Society
• March 10-14 / Ausable Valley School District
Children's concerts and workshops with the Learning Arts
• Saturday, March 8 / Bardavon Opera House
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Tsontakis: Comet
Bloch: Suite for Viola & Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony #5 in c minor
• Saturday, February 15 / NYU Frederick Loewe Theater
"Excelsis" NYC's first all-female percussion ensemble debut concert
at the NY Weekend of Percussion
Terminal 4 by Bobby Previte featuring Lisa Pegher
• Saturday, January 25 / SUNY Purchase Recital Hall
Children's Benefit Concert with the Canadian Chamber Orchestra
• January 21-23 / Peru, NY
Children's concerts and workshops with the Learning Arts
• January 14-17 / Beaver Falls, NY
Children's concerts and workshops with the Learning Arts
• Sunday, January 12, 2014 / Ogden Memorial Presbyterian Church : Chatham, NJ
Concerts on Main : solo percussion recital
• November 23 / Bardavon 1869 Opera House : Poughkeepsie, NY
Hudson Valley Philharmonic : Holst Planets and Prokofiev 7
• November 8 / Manhattan School of Music, Borden Auditorium
Anders Koppel's Marimba Concerto
Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia
David Gilbert, conductor
• October 11 / University Settlement
The International Alliance for Women in Music 2013 Annual Concert
with ensemble mise-en
• August 23 / Le Domaine Forget
-Concert of newly commissioned music-
performing with le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
under the direction of Lorraine Vaillancourt
• August 22 / Le Domaine Forget
Concert of newly commissioned music
• August 19 / Le Domaine Forget
Concerts of newly commissioned music
featured as a soloist with Roberto Sierra's "Bongo-0"
• June 21 / around Lower Manhattan
"The Great Learning" by Cornelius Cardew organized by Mantra Percussion for Make Music New York
• May 12 / corner of 23rd st and 7th ave
"Fanfare For Crossing the Road" more information: http://www.amlequesne.com/projects/fanfare.html
• May 9 / Greenfield Hall (Manhattan School of Music)
Senior Recital : performing works by Robert Aldridge, Bob Becker, Kakraba Lobi (trans. Valerie Naranjo), Ney Rosauro and myself.
• March 27 / Borden Auditorium (Manhattan School of Music)
MSM Percussion Ensemble performing works by Dawe, Schnittke, Tenney, and Wuorinen
• March 8 / the Cell
new chamber works with ensemble mise-en
• February 7 / Ades Performance Space (Manhattan School of Music)
Le Noir de l'étoile (Black of the Star) by Gérard Grisey. This is a student project in performance that was supported by the Manhattan School of Music.
• January 29 / Greenfield Hall (Manhattan School of Music)
Doctoral student Paolo Marchettini's composition recital
Summer 2011 performances summary:
June performances in Blonay, Switzerland of new works by composers Kyle Werner, Dylan Sheridan and Elizabeth Ogonek. This was part of the Music X festival, led by Eigth Blackbird members. Guest composers included David Lang, Matthias Pintscher and Joel Hoffman.
July performances at the So Percussion Summer Institute. This included the premiere of "Babybot" by composer Andrea Mazzariello, performances of pieces by Matmos' Martin Schmidt and members of So Percussion. Premiere of Dan Deacon's first non-electronic piece "Purse Hurdler at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, and an all John Cage concert in Princeton, NJ.
August performances at Steve Schick's "Roots and Rhizomes" in Banff, Canada. The program finished with a late night performance of the spectacular percussion masterwork "Le Noir de l'Etoile" by Gérard Grisey (as coached by Jean-Paul Bernard, artistic director of les Percussions de Strasbourg, who originally comissioned the piece in 1991).
•April 16, 2011 /Manhattan School of Music
Matthew Hough Doctoral Composition Recital
•April 4, 2011 / Holy Apostles Church
One World Symphony Benefit Concert for Japan Relief
•August 14 /Banff Centre:
Haydyn's Trumpet Concerto (with Jens Lindemann) and Dvorak's New World Symphony with the Banff Festival Orchestra
•August 4, August 6 and August 8(2pm)/ Banff Centre:
Mark Adamo's opera "Little Women" with the Banff Centre Opera and Festival Orchestra
•July 25, 2010 / Banff Centre:
Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Barber's Violin Concerto (with Hames Ehnes) and Brahm's Symphony No.1 with the Banff Festival Orchestra
