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2019 Premieres
Pallavi: Meditation on Care for solo violin by Akshaya Avril Tucker, premiered by Johnny Gandelsman on February 15, 2019 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Link to recording
Duplicity for string quartet by Anjna Swaminathan, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke’s on March 23, 2019 at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY. Link to recording
Brief Chapel or Brief Piece for string quartet by Marco-Adrián Ramos, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke’s on March 28, 2019 at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture, Bronx, NY.
The Heart Savors Its Fragrance for solo cello by Akshaya Avril Tucker, premiered by Robert Howard on May 31, 2019 at Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX. Link to recording
Uproot for string quartet by Iman Habibi, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke’s on April 4, 2019 at the Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY. Link to recording
Tidepooling for flute, guitar, percussion and cello by Lisa Neher, premiered by Third Angle New Music on October 17, 2019 at New Expressive Works, Portland, OR. Link to recording
Cuimhne for string quartet by Christine Delphine Hedden, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke’s on April 7, 2019 at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
2020 Premieres
Jeder Baum spricht* for orchestra by Iman Habibi, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra on March 12, 2020 at Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA. Link to recording
Blood Moon for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello by Aida Shirazi, digitally premiered by the Pogossian Family on April 23, 2020 at the Pogossian family residence in Los Angeles, CA. Link to recording
Drops and Ripples for string quartet by Adeliia Faizullina, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on June 24, 2020. Link to recording
Homebody Rags for solo piano by Nicky Sohn, digitally premiered by Molly Morkoski on June 25, 2020. Link to recording
belowdecks water-breather for string quartet by Clifton Ingram, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on July 21, 2020. Link to recording
Let’s Begin for string quartet by Gilbert Hernandez Galindo, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on July 24, 2020. Link to recording
Briefly for string quartet by Beatrice J. Ferreira, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on July 31, 2020. Link to recording
for the cliff-sides carved by lakes, for the lakes carved long ago for string quartet by Grey Grant, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on August 28, 2020. Link to recording
PEace on the LEFT, JUSTICE on the RIGHT for string quartet by Kerwin Young, digitally premiered by the Tesla Quartet on August 6, 2020. Link to recording
Fate Now Conquers* for orchestra by Carlos Simon, digitally premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra on October 8, 2020.
Climb* for orchestra by Jessica Hunt, digitally premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra on October 15, 2020.
*These works were wholly funded by the Philadelphia Orchestra, with GLFCAM as a stewarding partner.
2021 Premieres
Wandering for solo guitar by Dustin Carlson, digitally premiered by Andrea González Caballero on February 15, 2021. Link to recording
Printing Kapa for violin and harp by Michael-Thomas Foumai, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Charles Overton on January 29, 2021. Link to recording
Lullaby for Those Fast Asleep for violin and piano by Nicky Sohn, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Gloria Chien on February 11, 2021. Link to recording
Dictionary of Falling Flowers for violin and percussion by Akashaya Avril Tucker, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Maria Finkelmeier on February 25, 2021. Link to recording
Cuates for two violins by Nick Benavides, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Shaw Pong Liu on March 10, 2021. Link to recording
illuminance: scattered truths for violin and mrudangam by Rajna Swaminathan, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Rajna Swaminathan on March 24, 2021. Link to recording
Lyric for violin and harp by Kerwin Young, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Charles Overton on April 7, 2021. Link to recording
String Quartet No. 1 for string quartet by Timothy Peterson, digitally premiered by the University of South Carolina New Sounds Quartet on April 23, 2021. Link to recording
Âhūye Kūhī for violin and cello by Iman Habibi, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Leo Eguchi on April 29, 2021. Link to recording
short myths in many tongues for violin and guitar by Dustin Carlson, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Dustin Carlson on May 20, 2021. Link to recording
Security for violin and percussion by Dave Reminick, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Maria Finkelmeier on June 3, 2021. Link to recording
Okjökull Requiem for violin and piano by Roger Zare, digitally premiered by Lucia Lin and Gloria Chien on June 24, 2021. Link to recording
Tai-Wa for tenor trombone and bass trombone by Hitomi Oba, premiered by Make More Noise (Evan Conroy and Chris Van Hof) at the International Trombone Festival at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA on July 14, 2021.
2022 Premieres
Steeped for solo violin by Olivia Davis, premiered by Johnny Gandelsman at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, PA on January 6, 2022. Co-commissioned by GLFCAM and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Link to recording
Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano by Brandon Scott Rumsey, premiered by Arcturus Quintet on January 13, 2022 at the Jacobs Center in Portland, OR. Link to recording
Darkness is not dark for You for piano solo by Gilbert Galindo, premiered by Stanton Nelson on February 12, 2022 at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, TX. Link to recording
Dew, Time, Linger for solo violin by Adeliia Faizullina, premiered by Johnny Gandelsman in San Diego, CA on February 13, 2022. Co-commissioned by Art of Elan and GLFCAM. Link to recording
Resonance | Rush | Ride for chamber orchestra by Jessica Hunt, premiered by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra on May 6, 2022 in Annapolis, MD.
Sign for solo violin by Aida Shirazi, premiered by Movses Pogossian on October 21, 2022. Link to recording
Message for solo violin by Jungyoon Wie, premiered by Movses Pogossian on October 21, 2022. Link to recording
2023 Premieres
Dan Poong, No. 2 for string quartet by Jungyoon Wie, premiered by Utah State University students on March 23, 2023 at Utah State University. Co-commissioned by Fry Street Quartet and GLFCAM. Link to recording
in which a child grows up, loves, confronts loss, becomes a mortician, and eventually, dies for solo baritone by Grey Grant, premiered by Elliot Franks on June 24, 2023 at Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA.
Rise for solo oboe by Adam Zolty, digitally premiered by Kyle Bruckmann on December 5, 2023. Link to recording