Events
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10.29.24
Zoe Yost, viola | SFCM Bowes Center | 7:30pm
My first viola recital of the year, featuring pianist Coco Chen. Program to include Bach, Shostakovich, and Brahms.
11.12.24
Chamber Music Tuesday with Nicholas Phan and Shahab Paranj | SFCM Bowes Center | 7:30pm
Join myself, violinist Shintaro Taneda, and Yuna Ha and Yeeun Heo of the Esmé String Quartet for the world premiere of "Diār" by Dr. Shahab Paranj, winner of the SFCM Hoefer Prize.
11.22.24
Eight Strings & a Whistle | Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC | 7:30pm
World premiere of my 8SW Composer Competition winning trio, A Midsummer's Daydream!
Read my interview with 8SW here.
12.08.24
Chih-Yao Chang, conducting | SFCM Ann Getty Center | 2:00pm
A performance of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, 13 players version.
12.12.24
Fulmina String Quartet | SFCM Bowes Center | 4:00pm
My final performance as violist of the Fulmina String Quartet (Jeeihn Kim and Mark Chen, violins, and Seoyeon Koo, cello). We will perform the second movement of Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor.
02.11.25
Chamber Music Tuesday with Stefan Jackiw | SFCM Bowes Center | 7:30pm
Cellist Dabin Baek and myself will join guest artist Stefan Jackiw for an exciting performance of Ernö Dohnányi's Serenade for String Trio.
02.15.25
SFCM Orchestra with Meow Meow | SFCM Ann Getty Center | 7:30pm
Join SFCM Orchestra, Edwin Outwater, and guest vocalist Meow Meow for a gripping performance of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins, alongside Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis and Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to Der Freischütz, conducted by Chih-Yao Chang.
Read about this powerfully emotive performance here. (There may even be an interview with yours truly in the article!)
02.26.25
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell | Davies Symphony Hall | 7:30pm
In an exhilarating and memorable partnership, SFCM students will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade alongside the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Joshua Bell as leader and soloist.
03.08.25
SF Musicians for LA: A Benefit for Fire Relief | Davies Symphony Hall | 7:30pm
In another memorable event for SFCM, students will perform alongside the San Francisco Symphony and SFS Chorus in support of our displaced neighbors in Los Angeles. I have the privilege of singing with the Chorus.
03.12.25
MCYO: Ascend | Strathmore Music Center | 7:00pm
Maestro Simeone Tartaglione conducts the Symphony ensemble of Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras in the second performance of my orchestral work, City Under the Coral Sea.
03.14.25
SFCM Opera Presents: Candide | SFCM Ann Getty Center | 7:30pm
Night #1 of the Conservatory's uproarious spring opera, directed by Frederic Wake-Walker and conducted by Edwin Outwater.
04.06.25
Zoe Yost, composition | A Morning of Shiny New Music | SFCM Bowes Center | 11:00am
My second full-feature recital of the year, presenting works composed--with one exception--since December 2024. Featuring a brilliant crew of musicians from SFCM!
Livestream available upon request | Tickets not required | Program available online
04.18.25
Tony McCahill, composition | SFCM Bowes Center | 7:30pm
Come hear the senior recital of my friend and colleague Tony McCahill, including two duos on which a particular violist shall perform.
Tickets not required | Program available online
04.20.25
Mathea Goh, violin | SFCM Ann Getty Center | 11:o0am
This morning will bring an energetic performance of Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, presented by Mathea Goh and Shintaro Taneda on violin, myself on viola, Ayoun Alexandra Kim on cello, and Jon Lee on piano.
Tickets not required | Program available online
04.25.25
Mercury Soul | Grace Cathedral | 7:30pm
Ever had a hankering for DJ Baroque? Tonight is your opportunity. I will be performing on Baroque viola as part of a period ensemble, bringing 17th-century flair to the latest of Mason Bates' unique and trippy multimedia shows.
Tickets for purchase
06.08.25
San Francisco Choral Artists | Welcome to the Zoo: A Musical Menagerie | St. Mark's Lutheran Church | 4:00pm | Tickets for purchase
The first performance of my Composer Residency with SFCA, featuring the world premiere of a new commissioned choral work.
Read SFCA's announcement here.
07.20.25
Lower Brandywine Choral Festival | Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church | 4pm
Join us for the culminating concert of the second annual Lower Brandywine Choral Festival! Program to include music by Reena Esmail, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Shulamit Ran, and more. Yours truly will be conducting, and pianist Aurelien Eulert will accompany the choir.
Tickets for purchase at door; all sales benefit the Food Bank of Delaware.
Visit our festival webpage here!
10.03.25
SFCM Concerto Competition Winners Concert | SFCM Ann Getty Center | 7:30pm
Maestro Kedrick Armstrong, soprano Cristina Villalobos, and I team up for an exciting show this evening, featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's "Bamboula," Bartók's Viola Concerto, and Berlioz's "Les nuits d'été." Cristina and I are previous winners of the SFCM Voice and Low Strings Concerto Competitions, respectively.
11.12.25
Kristin Pankonin American Art Song Award Showcase | SFCM Bowes Center | 7:30pm
Join us for an evening celebrating art song! As the first-ever runner-up in SFCM's Pankonin Art Song Award, I will have a song from my cycle, "Burning Bright: Six Songs of William Blake," premiered by baritone Marcus Schaller and pianist Dale Tsang. (Schaller and Tsang are generously stepping in for the original musicians, Oliver Moore and Charles McGregor, who were indisposed by schedule conflicts and illness.) Congratulations to Pankonin Award winner Xingyue Song, whose new cycle will be premiered on this night!
Read SFCM's article about the event here.