Texu Kim's Jump!!
New York Youth Orchestra Crescendo Orchestra
Tanya Chanphanitpornkit (conductor)
World Premiere - Orlando Jacinto Garcia's mientras suben las mareas
for 4 percussion and piano
Interlochen Percussion Ensemble
Keith Aleo, director
Michael Linville, piano
World Premiere - Shawn E. Okpebholo's The Beautiful
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, piano
West Coast Premiere - Shawn E. Okpebholo's The Beautiful
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, piano
New York Premiere - Shawn E. Okpebholo's The Beautiful
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, piano
Shawn E. Okpebholo’s City Beautiful
Chamber Music Quad Cities
Timothy Summers, violin; Gregory Sauer, cello; Thomas Sauer, piano
Orlando Jacinto Garcia's 35
Cutting Edge Concerts - Miami Comes to New York
José López, piano
World Premiere - Shuying Li's Coping Cadences (Orchestral Version)
Santa Rosa Symphony
Elizabeth, solo viola; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, solo cello; Roy Zajac, solo clarinet; Robert Lau Giambruno, solo trumpet; Bruce Chrisp, solo trombone; Allen Biggs, solo marimba
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
World Premiere - Matthew Peterson's The Wanderers
The Swedish Radio Choir
Dalasinfoniettan
Claire Levacher, conductor
World Premiere - Shuying Li's Coping Cadences (Orchestral Version)
Santa Rosa Symphony
Elizabeth, solo viola; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, solo cello; Roy Zajac, solo clarinet; Robert Lau Giambruno, solo trumpet; Bruce Chrisp, solo trombone; Allen Biggs, solo marimba
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Asian Premiere - Texu Kim's Dis//Connection
Indiana University New Music Ensemble
David Dzubay (conductor)
World Premiere - Shuying Li's Coping Cadences (Orchestral Version)
Santa Rosa Symphony
Elizabeth, solo viola; Adelle-Akiko Kearns, solo cello; Roy Zajac, solo clarinet; Robert Lau Giambruno, solo trumpet; Bruce Chrisp, solo trombone; Allen Biggs, solo marimba
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
World Premiere - Matthew Peterson's The Wanderers
The Swedish Radio Choir
Dalasinfoniettan
Claire Levacher, conductor
Asian Premiere - Texu Kim's Dis//Connection
Indiana University New Music Ensemble
David Dzubay (conductor)
Asian Premiere - Texu Kim's Dis//Connection
Indiana University New Music Ensemble
David Dzubay (conductor)
US Premiere - Texu Kim's Arari-ation
Santa Monica High School Orchestra
Jason Aiello (conductor)
West Coast Premiere - Nicolás Lell Benavides' Sueño en mi sueño
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Anne Marie Gabriele, oboe
Joshua Blue, tenor
Shuying Li's Starry Ocean
Michigan State University Symphony Band
David Thornton, conductor
Orlando Jacinto Garcia's Fragmented Light II
Rietveld Ensemble
Richard Wolfe, viola & Matthias Naegele, cello
Shawn E. Okpebholo's Oh, Freedom
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano.
Kunal Lahiry, piano.
Nicolás Lell Benavides' Tres Minutos
NICOLÁS LELL BENAVIDES, COMPOSER
MARELLA MARTIN KOCH, LIBRETTIST
In collaboration with 2024–26 Frank Sinatra Chair Teresa McCollough, and featuring vocalists Jessica Jacoby ’27 and Nathan Tu ’27, the work—inspired by a real program briefly reuniting immigrant families at the U.S.–Mexico border—explores the profound emotional consequences of separation.
World Premiere - Shuying Li's The Wild Party
Earplay Ensemble
Chelsea Hollow, soprano
Mary Chun, conductor