2024-2025 — Season 22

Thursday, November 21, 2024

WINTERSOUNDS (#100)

Church of the Transfiguration "Little Church Around the Corner"

1 E. 29th Street, New York, New York


Thomas Parente — Fugue and Mechanlastica

  • Ron Shitrit, violin; Thomas Parente, piano

Anton Rovner — Altitude

  • Sam Jones, trumpet; Craig Ketter, piano

Jacob Elkin — Piece in E

  • Andres Guerra, guitar

Richard Brooks — Variations for Piano 

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Tamara Cashour —Rungstedlund 

  • Sam Jones, trumpet

David Picton —Sonata for Trumpet & Piano

  • Sam Jones, trumpet; Craig Ketter, piano

Barrett Kalellis — Wintersounds

  • Craig Ketter, piano


† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere



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Thursday, January 23, 2025

HOWE’S FANTASIES (#101)

Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center

330 7th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, New York


Hubert Howe — Harmonic Fantasy No. 8

  • Hubert Howe, electronics

Cameron Wentz — Baixalto

  • Ammon Swinbank, flute

Emiko Hayashi — Three Arabesques

  • Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet; Blair McMillen, piano

David Mecionis — Fragmentary Scenes

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Hubert Howe —Inharmonic Fantasy No. 18

  • Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet; Hubert Howe, electronics

Galen Brown —Night Machines

  • Blair McMillen, piano

Paul Aljian — Sonatina for Flute

  • Ammon Swinbank, flute

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Piano Variations, Book 2

  • Craig Ketter, piano


† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere



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Thursday, March 27, 2025

MARCH MUSIC (#102)

Church of the Transfiguration "Little Church Around the Corner"

1 E. 29th Street, New York, New York


Carl Kanter — Piano Trio

  • Katie Thomas, violin; Kate Dillingham, cello; Markus Kaitila, piano

Eric Heilner — Short Excursion #4 for Piano Trio §

  • Katie Thomas, violin; Kate Dillingham, cello; Markus Kaitila, piano

Madelyne Byrne — Navigation

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Gayther Myers — Ain’t No Martian

  • Nu Quintet: Kim Lewis, flute; Michael Dwinell, oboe; Kathryn Vetter, clarinet; Blair Hamrick, horn; Taylor Thomas, bassoon

Alexa Canales —Through Your Eyes (movement III)

  • Katie Thomas, violin; Kate Dillingham, cello; Markus Kaitila, piano

Kurt C. Nelson — ...wherefore weave the sun and moon

  • Nina Siniakova, piano

Margarita Zelenaia — I Wear My Wings

  • Deidra Palmour, mezzo-soprano; Margarita Zelenaia, piano


† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere § U.S. Premiere



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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

ADVENTURES (#103)

Church of the Transfiguration "Little Church Around the Corner"

1 E. 29th Street, New York, New York


Judith Lynn Stillman — Phoenix from the Ashes

  • Lori Phillips, soprano; Judith Lynn Stillman, piano

Anthony Izzo — Around the Bend

  • Ammon Swinbank, alto flute

Robert S. Cohen — Strange and Wondrous Adventures in Space

  • Jihyun Back, Roger Shan, violin; Carlos Walker, viola; Colin Guan, cello

Timothy L. Miller — Shadows

  • Patty Lazzara, flute; Artie Dibble, viola; Tiffany Wu, harp

Jakub Polaczyk —Ginkyo-ya: Pendula (in memoriam Krzysztof Penderecki)

  • Runner-up of the 2024 John Eaton Memorial Competition
  • Jihyun Back, Roger Shan, violin; Carlos Walker, viola; Colin Guan, cello

Nataliya Medvedovskaya —“Adventures of Nils” Suite

  • Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

David Mecionis — Waiting in Six Lines

  • Nina Berman, soprano; Ammon Swinbank, flute

Sofia Jen Ouyang — Insects

  • Winner of the 2024 John Eaton Memorial Competition
  • Jihyun Back, Roger Shan, violin; Carlos Walker, viola; Colin Guan, cello


† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere



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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

THE CHARACTER OF ROMANCE (#104)

Church of the Transfiguration "Little Church Around the Corner"

1 E. 29th Street, New York, New York


Debra Kaye —Pandemic Diary

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Roger Blanc — Entertainment

  • Laura Thompson, violin

Patricia Leonard — How Lonely Are My Days?

  • Valerie Gonzalez, soprano; Craig Ketter, piano

Timothy L. Miller — Four excerpts from “Circus Minimus”

  • Markus Kaitila, piano

Jakub Polaczyk — Kentucky Bluegrasp

  • Hyangwoo Lih, viola

Margarita Zelenaia — No Mercy Left. End of the End!

  • Zoya Gramagin, soprano; Margarita Zelenaia, piano

Victor Xie — Fantasy No. 3

  • Laura Thompson, viola; Craig Ketter, piano

Alexa Canales — (un)ravel

  • Marcus Kaitila, piano

Christopher Kaufman — Charactermusic

  • Laura Thompson, viola; Craig Ketter, piano



† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere



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2024-2025 — Season 22