Calendar: Concerts

“Titan, the Bold” with UCLA Symphonic Band, cond. Dwayne S. Milburn

More info: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-wind-ensemble-and-symphonic-band-spring-2025/
Premiere of “Cinematic Suite” FULL ORCHESTRA version with Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles

More info here: https://heartofla.org/events/#calendar-aaee359f-17c4-4c6b-aff4-471a049f95f9-event-m9rrmtqc
WORLD PREMIERE of Symphony of the Sun, I. “Totality” Conducted by the Composer

More info: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-student-composers-spring-2025/
WORLD PREMIERE of A Cosmic Perspective for Brass Quintet

Part of the Inaugural Climate Notes concert at UCLA. Featuring Good Time Brass. Free admission. Reception and Q&A with composers and UCLA Climate scientists to follow.
Enceladus, the Bright at NASA* (*the other NASA)

Location Cal State Fullerton Recital Hall 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831 Performers Benjamin Bradburn (saxophone) and Hanah Charbonneau (piano) at the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Regional Convention, California State University, Fullerton (more info)
WORLD PREMIERE of “Titan, the Bold” with Pepperdine University Wind Ensemble

More info: https://arts.pepperdine.edu/events/2024-2025-season/jazz-wind-ensembles-2025.htm
Two Piano Preludes by Austin Ali at UMA Stardust

Location Village Studios Los Angeles 1616 Butler Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA About the event Just as stardust coalesces in the aftermath of a supernova to create a new shining star, the Unprecedented Music Association (UMA) invites you to STARDUST, an interactive concert that brings together the artists of Los Angeles in the aftermath…
WORLD PREMIERE of “Cinematic Suite” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

New adaptation of film score to Dear Leo (dir. Emma Rappold, 2018) to premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Capital Orchestra Festival in Washington, DC. The HB Plant High School Orchestra (cond. Steven Bossert) commissioned me to make this adaptation of my film score for string…
Workshop with Bridge to Everywhere

Join UCLA composers as they host chamber ensemble Bridge to Everywhere in the Mancini Studio, Schoenberg Music Building B648. Led by UCLA alumni Kim Tran and Derrick Skye, the ensemble will present their own work, then workshop three brand-new compositions by Ph.D. composers Austin Ali, Carlos Durán and Qiren Lu. Following the performance, the group will engage…
WORLD PREMIERE of Enceladus, the Bright – Oboe Version (Livestream available)

All-stars Thacher Schreiber (oboe) and Sydney Wang (piano) take the stage at UCLA’s Ostin Ensemble Room (the very same venue I hosted my Master’s Recital) for the WORLD PREMIERE of Enceladus, the Bright – Oboe Version. The piece, originally commissioned and premiered by Benjamin Bradburn (soprano saxophone) has found new life with a brand-new version for…