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 29th, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, BEERthoven
Durham, NC
https://chamberorchestraoftthetriangle.app.neoncrm.com/forms/beerthoven-april29
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
may 20th, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
Seattle Chamber Music Society Announcement Concert
https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/string-quartet-in-residence/
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
hildegard dreams of a body 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/
september 2nd, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
https://www.balourdetquartet.com/concerts/university-of-north-carolina-school-of-the-arts-concert-and-residency-
september 16th - october 13, 2025
Artist in Residence at I-Park Foundation
East Haddam, CT
october 7th, 2025
seven dreams about my body for sextet
Illinois Modern Ensemble
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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
december 6th, 2025
[new work] for piano four-hands
ZOFO Duo, 405 Shrader Series
San Francisco, CA
january 9th - february 6th, 2026
Artist-in-residence at MacDowell
Peterborough, NH
march 26th, 2026
new work for string quartet
Formosa Quartet
Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL
https://guarnerihall.org/event/american-mirror-with-the-formosa-quartet-mar-26/
march 27th, 2026
new work for string quartet
Formosa Quartet
Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL
https://guarnerihall.org/event/american-mirror-with-the-formosa-quartet-mar-27/
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 29th, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, BEERthoven
Durham, NC
https://chamberorchestraoftthetriangle.app.neoncrm.com/forms/beerthoven-april29
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
may 20th, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
Seattle Chamber Music Society Announcement Concert
https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/string-quartet-in-residence/
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
hildegard dreams of a body 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/
september 2nd, 2025
impossible inventions for string quartet
Balourdet Quartet
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
https://www.balourdetquartet.com/concerts/university-of-north-carolina-school-of-the-arts-concert-and-residency-
september 16th - october 13, 2025
Artist in Residence at I-Park Foundation
East Haddam, CT
october 7th, 2025
seven dreams about my body for sextet
Illinois Modern Ensemble
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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
december 6th, 2025
[new work] for piano four-hands
ZOFO Duo, 405 Shrader Series
San Francisco, CA
january 9th - february 6th, 2026
Artist-in-residence at MacDowell
Peterborough, NH
march 26th, 2026
new work for string quartet
Formosa Quartet
Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL
https://guarnerihall.org/event/american-mirror-with-the-formosa-quartet-mar-26/
march 27th, 2026
new work for string quartet
Formosa Quartet
Guarneri Hall, Chicago, IL
https://guarnerihall.org/event/american-mirror-with-the-formosa-quartet-mar-27/
past events in 2025