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events in 2025

​january 12th, 2025
        not of longing for soprano and double bass
        LIGAMENT Duo: Anika Kildegaard + Will Yager
        Constellation Frequency Series, Chicago, IL


january 15th, 2025
        variations with sand in the gears for singing cellist
        Alexander Hersh, cello; Nova Linea Musica
        Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL
        
https://guarnerihall.org/event/nova-linea-musica-artists-in-residence/​

january 18th, 2025
        seven dreams about my body for sextet
        Blackbox Ensemble, conducted by Leonard Bopp
        Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL 
        
https://cccc.uchicago.edu/concerts-events/blackbox-ensemble​

january 20th, 2025
        entwining for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
        Earplay; Noe Valley Ministiry
        San Francisco, CA
        
https://www.earplay.org/event-details/creatures-of-habit-and-history-and-cycles​

february 2nd, 2025
        entwining for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
        Ninth Planet New Music
        San Francisco, CA
        
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-and-light-tickets-1139378885919?aff=oddtdtcreator​

february 12th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet; IU Jacobs Music and Healing Concert Series 
        IU Health Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, IN

        https://music.indiana.edu/about/health-wellness/owahi/​

february 14th, 2025
        variations with sand in the gears for singing cellist
        Alexander Hersh, cello; Nexus Chamber Music
        Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
        
https://calendar.missouristate.edu/#event-details/2c877fae-331a-4b66-9097-b76e618a522b​

march 9th, 2025
        reflected tides for soprano and ensemble
        UChicago New Music Ensemble
        Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
        
https://music.uchicago.edu/event/new-music-ensemble-7​

march 11th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet; Fortas Chamber Music Concerts
        The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
        
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/fortas/2024-2025/balourdet-quartet/​

march 13th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet; Music in the Afternoon
        Women's Musical Club of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

         https://www.wmct.on.ca/product/march-13-2025-marmen-quartet/

april 19th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet; Northwest BachFest
        Spokane, WA
        
https://nwbachfest.com/calendar​

april 23rd, 2025
        prisms and mirrors for sextet
        Ear to the Earth Ensemble; Terrestra Festival
        Villa Confalonieri, Bergamo, Italy
        
https://eartotheearthensemble.com/agenda​

april 27th, 2025
        prisms and mirrors for sextet
        Ear to the Earth Ensemble; Terrestra Festival
        BLOOM, Mezzago, Italy
        
https://eartotheearthensemble.com/agenda​

april 30th, 2025
        entwining for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
        Orchestra of St. Luke's; Visionary Sounds
        DiMenna Center; New York, NY
        
https://oslmusic.org/event/thoughts-and-riddles/​

may 8th, 2025 
        a diagnosis for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and sextet
        Mycelium New Music
        Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
        
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mycelium-new-music-live-at-fulton-street-collective-tickets-1225394270249​

may 10th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet
        Avaloch Farm Music Center, Boscawen, NH
        
https://www.avalochfarmmusic.org/events/evenings-at-avaloch-1-cggd7-xpk94-lfhfe-e262e-a72hb-2765t-zkcsy-jxslw-aldtm-kz8g4-6a9jf-sy7dr

may 17th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet
        Treetops Chamber Music Society, New Canaan, CT

        https://www.treetopscms.org/event-details/misha-dichter-and-balourdet-quartet

may 18th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet
        Temenos Retreat Center, Shutesbury, MA

        https://www.balourdetquartet.com/concerts/temenos-retreat-center-shutesbury-ma​
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may 23rd, 2025 
        odes to the body unsung for 13 players (premiere)
        Grossman Ensemble, Tim Weiss, conductor
        Logan Center for the Arts Performance Hall, Chicago, IL
        
https://cccc.uchicago.edu/concerts-events/grossman-ensemble-world-premieres-iii-0​

may 28th, 2025 
        ornithology of desire for three piccolos and electronics
        DePaul University Flute Studio
       Holtschneider Recital Hall, Chicago, IL
        
https://events.depaul.edu/event/depaul-windmixed-chamber-showcase-i-may-2025?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=DePaul+University

june 1st, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle
        Fisher Center, Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, NY

        https://hvcmc.org/

june 8th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Balourdet Quartet
        Music Mountain Summer Festival, Falls Village, CT

        https://musicmountain.org/show-details/balourdet-quartet-misha-dichter-piano

june 14th, 2025
        seven dreams about my body for sextet
        Ensemble LPR, conducted by Tito Munoz
        MATA Festival, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NY

        ​www.matafestival.org/mata-festival-2025

june 27th, 2025
        entwining for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
        Ensemble Tara, Daegu Contemporary Music Festival
        Daegu, Korea
        
http://www.dcmf.kr/index.php​

july 11th, 2025
        entwining for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
        International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest
        Fort Worth, TX


july 11th, 2025
        impossible inventions for string quartet
        Fellows of Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
        Green Mountain Chamber Music, Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT
        
https://gmcmf.org/events/close-encounters

july 29th, 2025 
        [new work] for chamber orchestra (premiere)
        Orchestra of St. Luke's, Brad Lubman, conductor
        DiMenna Center, New York, NY
        
https://oslmusic.org/event/world-premieres-for-chamber-orchestra-2/​

october 12th, 2025
        ghost story for soprano and piano
        Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Ear Taxi Festival
        Ganz Hall, Chicago, IL
        
https://www.eartaxifestival.com/composer-showcase/composer-showcase-ravinia-steans-music-institute​
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