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2026


Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar, April 25th
Freight, for solo guitar, performed in an 'Album Release' concert of new works.
Unitarian Society of Northhampton, Northhamton, MA

Eastman at Washington Square, April 23rd
Tyler Cassidy-Heacock, soprano, and Daniel Pesca, piano
Premiere performance of Spun Glass, a set of two songs on poems by Marianne Moore.
The recital also features the first performance of the piano version of Circe, 
by Daniel Pesca, and Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
First Universalist Church, Rochester, New York, 12:15pm

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Piano Festival, March 20th
Performance of Piano Roll Blues on the Fridays at One series in Stevenson Hall.
Royal Conservatory of Scotland, Glasgow, 1 pm

Eunmi Ko, pianist, January 11th
Suite for piano, performed in a recital of new works written for Enmi Ko.
Timucua Arts House, Orlando, FL

2025


Eunmi Ko, pianist, September 14th, November 5th, and December 27th
Performance of Suite for piano in solo recitals of music written for her.
December 27th - musicspace GF, Seoul, Korea
November 5th - Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, Texas State University
September 14th - Bowling Green State University (premiere performance)

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, November 1st
Premiere performance of Still Dancing in a concert also including new work by Oliver Hecht, Justin Weiss, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory

Songbook - The Zohn Collective and guest performers, October 20th
Premiere performance of The Locust Tree by Dieter Hennings, guitat, and Paul Vaillancourt, percussion.
Hatch Recital Hall, the Eastman School of Music, Rochester

Cordancia Chamber Orchestra, October 4th and 5th
Rachel Lauber conducts the premiere performances of Suite for Strings in Rochester.
October 4th, Greece Baptist Church
October 5th, Luthertan Church of the Incarnate Word

Bargemusic Recital - Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar, April 19th
Performance of Freight in a program of guitar music that includes works by John Cage, 
Ian Wiese, Daniel Felsenfeld, Nikita Koshkin, Aaron Larget-Caplan, and Harold Arlen's
 "Over the Rainbow" in arrangement by Toru Takemitsu.
Saturday, April 19th, at 4 pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse
10 Monmtague Street
Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY

2024


Chamber Music Rochester, November 17th
Performance of Poppies, for string trio, in a program that includes La Captive by 
Amy Beach, the Piano Sextet by Mendelssohn, and Mozart's String Duo No. 1, K. 423.
Sunday, November 17th, 3pm
Beston Hall at Glazer Music Performance Center
Nazareth University, Rochester, NY

"Summer Composition Intensive" at St. Mary's College, July 22nd-26th
Faculty composer residency during the 2nd week of the event, offering 
composition lessons to 14 participating composer and a talk about my work, 
attending presentations and workshops by colleagues and students. 
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN.

2023


Eunmi Ko, pianist
Premiere performances of Tori No Yoni, for solo piano. 
October 31st - College of Charleston International Piano Series, Charleston, SC
November 6th - Ohio University School of Music, Athens, OH
November 9th - University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Contemporary Art Music Project with ATLAS Modern Ballet, June 14th
Performance of Cygnus, from Constellations, by pianist Eunmi Ko, in Night Doves, a program of music and dance. The performnce is at the Palladium of St Petersburg College, St Petersburg, FL.

Anchorage Classical Guitar Society, April 8th
Performance of The Sighs by guitarist Dieter Hennings at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Kerr Distinguished Composer Residency, Oberlin Conservatory, April 4th - 8th
Events include a Master Class in April 4th and Composer Forum Talk on April 5th, and the
residency concludes with performance of Broken Cries and Ancient Songs by the Oberlin
Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Timothy Weiss on Friday, April 7th.

Timucua Arts Foundation, March 16th
Performance of The Sighs by guitarist Dieter Hennings at The Timucua Arts Foundation, 7:30 pm, Orlando, FL.

XXVI New Music Miami ISCM Festival, March 15th
Performance of The Sighs by guitarist Dieter Hennings at The Wolfsonian-FIU, 7:30 pm, Miami, FL.

Retirement Celebration Concert of Music by David Liptak, March 1st
Sponsored by the Eastman Composition Department, this concert features performances of Constellations by pianist Daniel Pesca, The Sighs by guitarist Dieter Hennings, Dove Songs by soprano Tony Arnold with pianist Alison d'Amato, Fantasy by violinist Pia Liptak and pianist Yi-Wen Chang, and Paradise by Pia Liptak and Dieter Hennings. 7:30 pm in Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.

Jeffrey Zeigler, cello, and Marina Lomazov, piano, February 4th
Performance of Sonata for Cello and Piano on the Morning Chamber Music series, Eastman School of Music, Rochester.

2022


"Reflections" - a recital by Pia Liptak, violin, and Yi-Wen Chang, piano, November 19th
Performance of Fantasy and Sonata for Violin and Piano as part of 3 pm recital of American music for violin and piano. The program also includes music by Charles Ives, Amy Beach, and Baljinder Sekhon. Hochstein Recital Hall, Rochester, NY.

American Wild Ensemble, October 22nd
Performance of Two Nocturnes by Emlyn Johnson, flute, Tiffany Valvo, clarinet, and Daniel Ketter, cello. Presented by Navo Arts in Atonement Luthean Church, Overland Park, Kansas.

American Wild Ensemble, July 12th
Performance of Two Nocturnes by Emlyn Johnson, flute, Ellen Breakfield Glick, clarinet, and Daniel Ketter, cello in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music. 

Tanglewood Music Festival, July 10th
Performance of Under the Resurrection Palm on a TMC Vocal Concert in Studio E.

En Blanc et Noir International Piano Festival, July 10th
Eunmi Ko performed Hocket as part of her piano recital at th Place de las Halle, Lagrasse, France.

"June in Buffalo" Festival, June 7th - 12th
Senior composer residency, offering master classes and a lecture about my work, attending concerts and workshops, and interacting with colleagues and student composers. The Sighs was performed on June 8th by guitarist Sungmin Shin in a recital by the Slee Sinfonietta, and Northern Light was played by the Buffalo Philharmonic on June 12th.

Eastman Philharmonia Concert, April 27th
Premiere performance of The New England Primer, commissioned by the Eastman School of Music for its centennial celebration year. Performed by soprano Tony Arnold, baritone William Sharp, and the Eastman Philharmonia conducted by Neil Varon.

"Tripping the Light Fantastic," March 6th
Premiere performance of the ballet Pierrot in America by Cordancia Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Rachel Lauber, with BIODANCE dance company, direction and choreograhy by Missy Pfohl Smith, in Kodak Hall at the Eastman School of Music. 

David Liptak © 2026