C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective

Arthur Rimbaud: This Fugitive Soul
December 14, 2024
Manhattan

The second of C4’s “Premieres” concert series. C4: The group selected new works by composers both inside and outside the group, and gave them the opportunity to tinker with their pieces during the rehearsal process, with guidance and feedback from C4 singers, composers and conductors. I was proud to mentor composer Leah Abramson during this process.

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Arthur Rimbaud: This Fugitive Soul
June 14 and 15, 2024
Manhattan

The poet Arthur Rimbaud burst upon the Paris literary scene at the age of 17, making a name for himself with his shocking, visionary poetry, and his equally shocking lifestyle. But he turned his back on poetry completely just a few years later. He traveled the world, and then lived in Ethiopia for several years before his early death at 37. During his time in remote obscurity, his reputation grew to the point that there were calls for a statue to be erected in his honor. But despite many rumors of his whereabouts, the first confirmed sighting was at his funeral in his hometown on the Belgian border.

C4 presents an original semi-staged work about the life of Rimbaud. Featuring new music by C4 composers, and centered around Steven Gerber’s 20-minute epic Une Saison en Enfer based on Rimbaud’s prose poem of the same name, the work will delve into how Rimbaud’s strange life unfolded as a working-out of his unique vision of himself and his place in the world. The text for the work is taken not only from Rimbaud’s writings, but also quotes from those who knew him.

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The Seventh Self
March 15 and 16, 2024
Manhattan

A concert featuring eclectic choral selections, largely highlighting pulses and disparate rhythms. Featuring pieces by Trevor Weston and Reena Esmail, and the premieres of three pieces from the “PlanetWoman” collaboration with Zsuzsanna Ardó, including my own work, The Ogre.

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The Seventh Self
November 9 and 10, 2023
Manhattan

“We will partner with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on November 9. Our formal concert will be Friday, November 10 at St. Luke’s. The concerts will include new works by C4 members inspired by objects in the library’s extensive collection.”

Vocala

Dusk to Dawn
November 17 and 18, 2023
Bernardsville and Chatham, NJ

“Coming to a Vocala performance means you will hear not just impeccably performed choral music, but you’ll hear our artists as soloists as well, even in duets and trios, in carefully curated, themed concerts.  We aim for our performances to have something for everyone, with vocal music spanning centuries and genres, in meaningful and thought-provoking programs that illuminate not only the human voice but the human spirit.”

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Sea Change
May 18 & 20, 2023
Manhattan

C4 celebrates the works of Shakespeare to end our 2022-2023 season! This concert features Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought by Steven Gerber and premieres of related works by Nehuen Gattella & Ekaterina Khmelevskaya. My 2020 piece, The Words, is premiering during this concert series!

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A Parable of Choices
March 16, 2023
Manhattan

C4 teams up with Infinitus, the first collegiate member ensemble of the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective Network. C4 and Infinitus will each sing a set, and we will join forces for new double choir pieces written for the occasion.

Polyhymnia

For Musick’s Art
March 12, 2022
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Manhattan

A concert featuring the music of Tudor composer Christopher Tye. From his elaborate and penitent seven-voice Peccavimus cum patribus nostris, to the joyful exuberance of his most famous work, the Missa Euge bone, and his equally compelling English anthems. Tye will surprise and delight the listener with his eccentric yet brilliant compositions for the English church.

Choral Art Society of New Jersey

Carmina Burana
April 29, 2022
Westfield, NJ

I’ll be bolstering the alto section for this innovative performance of Carmina Burana, featuring the LatticeWorks Dance Collective!

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Voices Everywhere
May 19 and 21, 2022
Manhattan

C4’s first indoor concert since March 2020, featuring explorations of the human voice, language, and communication. Featuring Jonathan David’s “Triptych,” Trevor Weston’s “Voices Live Forever,” the East Coast premiere of Lugo Vera’s “Leonora,” and world premieres by  Karen Siegel and Brian Mountford.

Polyhymnia

Passionate Kisses
May 14, 2022
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Manhattan

Motet settings from the Song of Songs, featuring Gombert, Rore, White, Vivanco, & more. A celebration of gardens, springtime, and above all, love in its many expressions. 

We’ll perform a set from this concert at Saint Ignatius’ Sesquicentennial Concert on May 22.

Chorus America Conference

Conference
June 15-17, 2022
Baltimore, MD

I’ll be attending Chorus America as a representative of the C4 Network, as well as share my own compositions with fellow attendees!

Impulse New Music Festival
Online festival
August 1-13, 2022

I’ve been accepted as a solo composer to the Impulse New Music Festival! I’ll be writing a new piece, which will be performed and recorded, as well as attend workshops and masterclasses.

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Connecting the Dots
November 17 and 19
Manhattan

C4 starts its 2022-23 season with a patchwork of extraordinary choral works that range from Ramayana monkey chants to Andrews Sisters-style swing to homages to William Byrd. This concert will feature the world premieres of works by the composers who won our 2020-21 IGNITE Composition Competition: Germán Barboza, David Ho-yi Chan, and Alexis C. Lamb.

Nick Photinos 1:2:1 Workshop

I premiered a work by Michael Rosin, called Orbit, and he premiered a work of mine, a piano solo called Hibernation.

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Joy

Our first in-person concert in a year and a half, we celebrated the history of C4’s ground-breaking repertoire with two world premieres and a host of favorites.

C4 Goes Remote!

C4 members have been taking this time of social distancing as an opportunity to explore live remote singing using Jamulus, Zoom, OBS, and a lot of experimenting! It’s been a powerful, connecting experience.

• Concert 6: Where Water Meets Sky, February 4
• Concert 7: Illumination, March 25

C4: The Composer/Conductor Collective

C4 Goes Remote!

C4 members have been taking this time of social distancing as an opportunity to explore live remote singing using Jamulus, Zoom, OBS, and a lot of experimenting! It’s been a powerful, connecting experience – join us all summer for more performances!

• Concert 1: Here We Are, April 23
• Concert 2: How Low Can We Go? – C4 Goes Low Latency, May 21
• Concert 3: Animated. Graphic. Novel., July 2
• Concert 5: Restricted Movement, October 29

Rhymes With Opera

Pocket Opera Workshop

I’ll be writing a short monodrama for workshop performance! There’ll also be a week of lectures and presentations about opera in the modern world.

New Music Gathering

• June 16, 9pm: Vocal performance – Selections from the NewMusicShelf Mezzo Anthology, plus an original work
• June 29, 4pm: Assembled panel on Accessibility in new music

Check the full New Music Gathering schedule! All concerts and panels are free, but you need to register to attend.

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Voices Up!
Fordham University (Lincoln Center), Manhattan
April 30

C4 is excited to be partnering with Poets Out Loud, a community of poetry at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, for a concert of choral music with Fordham’s Voices Up! concert series.

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Fire & Light
Manhattan
June 2

C4 is thrilled to be partnering with the West Village Chorale for an exciting joint concert featuring performances by both choirs individually, as well as works for double choir.

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Connections
St. Joseph’s Church, Manhattan, November 14
Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, Manhattan, November 16

In “Connections,” the first cycle of C4’s 15th season, C4 explores what it means to connect to others through music, shared experience, technology, and more. Joined by the piano/violin duo aTonalHits, C4 will premiere the duo’s piece “Three for Four,” with text inspired by iPhone autotranslation misunderstandings. aTonalHits will also join C4 for Reena Esmail’s “When the violin” and the world premiere of Perry Townsend’s “Stock Purchase Agreement.” Also on the program: works by Robert Cohen, Natalie Dietterich, Ko Matsushita, David See, and Caroline Shaw. 

Cisum Percussion Workshop
Read the workshop overview
Brooklyn
November 22-24

I’m excited to participate in Cisum Percussion’s upcoming three-day workshop as a student composer! Participating composers will write new works for the ensemble, attend rehearsals, receive instruction, and attend concerts and masterclasses.

Music From Japan
Music of Tokuhide Niimi
Manhattan
February 17

C4 will be performing a work by composer Tokuhide Niimi during the Music From Japan festival.

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“Devotion”
Manhattan and Brooklyn
March 8 and 10

Works on the topic of devotion, both sacred and secular, with guest artists the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Men’s Ensemble! Featuring my new piece, I Remain, written for the ensemble.

New York Composers Circle
Presenting C4 in Concert
Manhattan
May 15

C4 will perform an evening of choral works by the New York Composers Circle.

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“Water Music”
Manhattan
June 7 and 9

Works on the topic of water, as well as our three Commissioning Competition winners! Including Mantyarvi’s Canticum calamitatis maritimae and Vince Peterson’s Full Fathom Five.

William Paterson University New Music Series
Composers Concordance Chorus
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
September 24

This performance will feature over thirty, one-minute world premiere pieces for unaccompanied chorus, including the works of four WP composers.

The Mile Long Opera
The High Line, Manhattan
October 3 – 7

Performing in a new, massive work by composer David Lang, where choirs from across New York City will span the length of the High Line.

BreathMark Retreat
Kansas City, MO
October 12 – 13

This two-day workshop features performers and composers from across the county sharing their music with the Kansas City community. I’m composing and performing for this event! Learn about the retreat.

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Premieres II
Manhattan
December 1

My choral work Vanishing will have its debut at C4’s new “Premieres” workshop series.

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“Love and Other Stories”
Manhattan and Queens
November 9 and 11

A heartfelt collection of songs about love – both in favor of and against. Featuring Rands’ Canti d’Amor and Gullo’s Anti-Love Songs.

Creative Musicians Retreat
The Walden School, New Hampshire
Late June

A week-long workshop for composers and performers! I performed two works by Walden composers, and wrote a short piece for marimba and piano called Thoughts Creep In.

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“Electric”
Manhattan
June 8 and 10

A thrilling concert featuring choir with electrified ensemble! Works include Korf’s Cantata and Paulus’ Poemas de Amor.

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“Emerging”
Manhattan
March 2 and 4

Featuring the works of our first-ever student composer competition, as well as pieces by Ted Hearne and resident C4 composers, including my new piece, “Seawall.”

Eastern Opera of New Jersey
Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana
Bound Brook, NJ
October 22, 23, 28 and 29

I will be playing Lucia in Cavalleria and The Monitor in Suor Angelica, my first solo roles! Tickets are available.

USA Frisina Chamber Choir
Encounter with Marco Frisina
Manhattan
December 4

An event introducing the music of Marco Frisina to an American audience, featuring vocal and instrumental works. Admission is free, but you must register for a ticket!

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Cycle 3: “Organic”
Manhattan
June 2016

A wonderful choral + organ music, as well as acapella works, including the premiere of my new piece, Tomaraji na kumo!

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ACDA East Conference
Boston
February 11, 2016

C4 has been invited to perform at the prestigious ACDA Conference in Boston! We’ll be performing two sets, come check us out if you’re attending!

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Cycle 2: “Unusual: Music of the strange, the absurd, and the surreal”
Manhattan
March 10 and 12, 2016

Very interesting (and different!) pieces from C4, including a couple of world premieres.

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Composers Now Festival Kickoff Event
Manhattan
January 30, 2015
A celebration of today’s composers throughout New York City, C4 will perform two works for its kickoff. We’ll also hold an open rehearsal on February 19 – check out the full festival schedule.

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4 C4: Music Written For C4
Manhattan
March 5 and 7, 2015

A selection of pieces written for C4 over its first 10 years, part of the “C4: By the Numbers” concert series. Featuring compositions from C4 alumni and current members!

Also check out C4 during our open rehearsal, short concert with the Cecelia Chorus, and appearance at the New Music Bake Sale.

Paper Mill Playhouse & Continuo Arts
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (premiere)
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
March 4 – 29, 2015

Continuo’s been selected to be the original show choir of the new production of Hunchback, this is going to be amazing!

My performance dates:

• March 11
• March 12 (matinee and night)
• March 13
• March 18
• March 19
• March 20
• March 21 (matinee and night)
• March 22 (matinee and night)
• March 25
• March 27
• March 28 (matinee and night)
• March 29 (matinee and night)
• April 1
• April 3

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Spring Concert
Westfield, NJ
May 3, 2015

Bolstering the choir for a performance of Bach at St. Paul’s!

Red Oak Contemporary Ensemble
Inaugural Concert
Morristown, NJ, May 29, 2015
Asbury Park, NJ, July 30, 2015

First concert by Mike Sperone’s new music ensemble, which was formed to promote new music in New Jersey! I’ll be performing a piece by Whitney George.

Continuo Arts Foundation
Spring Concert
Summit, NJ
May 30, 2015

Mix of broadway, vocal jazz, and classical choral music in a free community concert by Continuo Arts.

FEA Orchestra: Space, The Final Frontier…
Freelance Ensemble Artists of New Jersey
Maplewood, NJ
June 20, 2015

My first performance with the Freelance Ensemble Artists of New Jersey. Join conductor Nate White and the FEA Orchestra for their performance of music from Star Wars and Star Trek with Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”

Rhymes With Opera: Pocket Opera Workshop
Final Concert
New York, NY
August 22, 2015

My second year in the RWO workshop, where composers and singers come together to create great new vocal pieces!

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Concert 1: “Vocal”
Manhattan
November 19 and 21, 2015

The start of C4’s second decade brings us back to our roots – a concert of our favorite acapella pieces from C4’s history!

Continuo Arts Foundation
Musical Treasures from Rome: The Music of Marco Frisina
Ridge Performing Arts Center
October 11 & 12
A concert of many Frisina works, including a premiere! a great opportunity to hear some beautiful music straight from Rome.

September 21 – People’s Climate Chorus

Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
I Pagliacci (2014 Summer Festival)
August 10
A reprisal of Eastern Opera of NJ’s great production of Pagliacci, this time for the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey’s Summer Festival! If you didn’t get a chance to see it in May, this is a great time to go.

Rhymes With Opera
RWO New Chamber Music Workshop Concert (NYC)
August 16
Workshop participants will perform new works by emerging composers. Should be an amazing concert!

Continuo Arts
Stephanie Harris Conducting Recital
June 20
Our Conducting Fellow has put together a wonderful, free hour-long concert. The tape will be submitted as her final master’s thesis – we’ll do our best to help her finish off her degree!

Eastern Opera of New Jersey
Pagliacci
May 25, 26, 31, June 1
A beautiful, challenging choral part in an amazing opera!

Continuo Arts
“Sounds of Music”
May 31
Some great music this time, including selections from Candide and a great piece by the professional choir Sonare called “Witness.”

Continuo Arts
“Christmas Time in the City”
December 15
Fun Christmas music, the amazing “Requiem for My Mother”, and the debut of the professional Continuo Chamber Ensemble (should be fun)!

Kinnara Ensemble
“Be My Love”
February 14 and 15. A great professional choir in Princeton.

Continuo Arts & The National Sacred Honor Choir
Mozart Requiem and Beethoven Choral Fantasy
March 9. Get your tickets now!

Eastern Opera of New Jersey
Carmen
March 22, 23, 29, 30. Back to the opera chorus!