27.1.18, 8:00 p.m. - Guest Artist Recital (Wichita State University, Wichita, KS)

Performance of  Tone-Loss, 3 Bills, my end is my beginning, my middle is..., and excerpts from Eddie's Stone Song by Wendy Warner, Michelle Murphy Debruyn, Beibei Lin, and Joel Castro.

 

26.1.18, 8:00 p.m. - Guest Artist Recital (University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS)

Performance of  Tone-Loss, 3 Bills, my end is my beginning, my middle is..., and excerpts from Eddie's Stone Song by Wendy Warner, Michelle Murphy Debruyn, Beibei Lin, and Joel Castro.

 

11.1.18, 7:30 p.m. - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, GA)

      Performance of excerpts from Eddie's Stone Song by Michelle Murphy Debruyn and Mengyao Sun.

 

4.12.16, 4:00 pm - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

Columbus State University Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, cond., Joseph Girard, sop. sax. In addition to the world premiere of Andrew Markel's (Dr. Ogburn's student) In Wifi We Trust, as well as Sibelius' stunning second symphony, this concert featured the world premiere of Complements & Collisions b, for soprano saxophone and orchestra.

 

22.11.16, 5:30 pm - Museo del Novecento (Milan, IT)

Luisa Sello, fl. will perform Back as part of the ISCM, Italian Section concert "Back to Bach."

 

24.10.16, 7:30 pm - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

Guest Composer, Ingrid Stolzel. Concert featuring works of guest composer, Ingrid Stolzel, as well as James Ogburn's Lamarck was a Mutant. The concert featured performances by Paul Vaillancourt, Diana Sharpe, Michelle Murphy DeBruyn, Tatiana Muzanova, Joseph Girard, and the University Singers, under the direction of Constantina Tsolainou.

 

28.6.16, 7:30 pm - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

2016 International Double Reed Society Conference. Announced and conducted Schwob Prize winner of IDRS 2016 Composition Competition.

 

27.6.16, 3:30 pm - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

2016 International Double Reed Society Conference. Conducted finalist works of IDRS 2016 Composition Competition. Works by: Brandon Dicks, Xinyan Li, and Sky Macklay.

 

4.3.16, 1:00 pm - Barness Recital Hall, University of Southern

Florida (Tampa)

2016 USF New-Music Festival. Performance of Allusions to Past Mistakes for B. Cl. solo.

 

19.2.16, 19:30 - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

Words and Abstraction: Ensemble-in-Residence, ALIA Musica Pittsburgh. Performance of 3 Bills for soprano and ensemble, AMP, featuring Dr. Michelle Murphy DeBruyn

17&18.7.15, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 10, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

World Premiere of Escaping for orchestra, TPO, Gudni Emilsson, cond.

 

6-11.7.15, - Eleventh Annual TICF, Mahidol University College

of Music (Bangkok)

Program Manager, Contemporary Enclave Performance, selected work performance...

 

26.4.15, 20:00 - Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, USA)

Performance of Back for flute solo, Luisa Sello, Fl.

 

3.2.15, 10:00 & 14:00 - University of Music, Luebeck (DE)

Masterclass & Lecture

 

24.1.15, 19:00 - Musika Follia (Vienna, AUT)

Performance of Back for flute solo, Luisa Sello, Fl.

27.11.14, 19:30 - Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival (IND)

Performance of Complements & Collisions for ob. and pno., Afdhal Zikri Zz, ob., Priskila Eunike .R, pno.

 

24.10.14, 20:00 - Conservatorio Superior de Musica de las Islas

Baleares (Mallorca, ES)

Performance of Transgression/ Regression for orchestra, Alfredo Oyaguez Montero, cond.

 

5&6.9.14, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 9, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Transgression/ Regression for orchestra, TPO, Claude Villaret, cond.

 

8&9.8.14, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 9, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Three Pictures of Europe for orchestra, TPO, Gudni Emilsson, cond.

 

6-19.7.14, 19:00&16:00 - Fourth Jean-Marie Londeix

International Saxophone Competition, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Adjudicator

 

4&5.7.14, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 9, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Epiphoneme for orchestra, TPO, Gudni Emilsson, cond.

 

22-28.6.14- Tenth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Program Manager, Contemporary Enclave Performance, selected work performance...

 

6&7.6.14, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 9, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Concerto for accordion and orchestra, TPO, Claude Villaret, cond., Heidi Luosujärvi, accd.

 

29.1.14, 19:00 - Contemporary Enclave Season 4, Mahidol

University College of Music (Bangkok)

Performance of works by Arnold Schoenberg, David Lang, Martin Jaggi, Judy Bozone (world premiere, commissioned), and Matt Heap (world premiere, commissioned), James Ogburn, cond.

 

3.1.14, 19:00 - Wannapha Yannavut Recital, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Tone Loss for solo percussion, commissioned by Wannapha Yannavut

 

17&18.1.14, 19:00&16:00 - TPO Season 9, Mahidol University

College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Centric for orchestra, TPO, Jeffery Meyer, cond.

14.12.13, 16:00 - Goethe Institute Young Composers of SE Asia

Competition & Workshop, Sangkeet Vadhana Hall, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Transgression/ Regression written for and performed by Ensemble Mosaik (pierrot + percussion)

 

9.12.13, 12:00 - Goethe Institute Young Composers of SE Asia

Competition, Mahidol University College of Music, A113 (Bangkok)

Master Lecture presentation of compositional philosophy and method

 

9-15.12.13 - Goethe Institute Young Composers of SE Asia

Competition & Workshop, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Jury Member

 

24.11.13, 16:00 - GAM, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e

Contemporanea: XXVII stagione di Rive-Gauche Concerti (Torino, Italy)

Performance of Back for solo flute, Luisa Sello, fl.

 

25.10.13, 20:00 - Woodwind Guest Recital, Gdansk Academy of

Music (PL)

European Premiere of Allusions to Past Mistakes for solo bass clarinet, Grzegorz Grzeszczyk, b. cl.

 

27.8.13, 19:00 - Woodwind Faculty Recital, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Allusions to Past Mistakes for solo bass clarinet, Grzegorz Grzeszczyk, b. cl.

 

8-13.7.13 - Ninth Annual Thailand International Composition

Festival, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Program Manager

 

13.7.13, 19:00 - Ninth Annual Thailand International

Composition Festival, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Performance of Zygmunt Krauze's Arabesque for Piano and Chamber Orchestra Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, James Ogburn, cond., Zygmunt Krauze, pno.

 

13.7.13, 11:00 - Ninth Annual Thailand International

Composition Festival, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

Performance of Finalists' works TICF Competition, Contemporary Enclave, James Ogburn, cond.

 

13.7.13, 16:00 - Ninth Annual Thailand International

Composition Festival, Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok)

World Premiere of Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Bright Sheng, Conductor, Alvin Wong, Cello

 

23.5.13, 19:00 - Beijing Modern Music Festival, Beijing

Conservatory of Music (Beijing, CH)

World Premiere of Dispers(i)on for Saxophone Quintet, Khene, and Thai Percussion

 

14.4.13, 19:30 - Anime BOP! (Bellefield Hall, Pittsburgh, PA)

Performance of Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano, Robin Driscoll, ob., Rob Frankenberry, pno.

 

12.4.13 - Regular Season Concert, Karoly Vary Symphony

Orchestra (Czech Republic)

European Premiere of A Picture in Einstein's Hand for orchestra, Gudni A. Emilsson, cond.

 

23.3.13, 14:00 - College Music Society, PNW Regional

Conference, Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA)

PNW Premiere of Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano, Keri McCarthy, ob., Karen Savage, pno.

 

1.3.13, 19:00 - Mahidol University College of Music, MACM

(Bangkok)

World Premiere of Forward then Backward for solo viola, written for Danny Keasler

 

5.11.12 - Udine, Italy

Premiere of Back for solo flute, written for Luisa Sello

 

9-14.7.12 - Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival: Host, Participant, and Organizer

 

9.7.12, 19:00 - Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival: Performance of Elegy for Wind Ensemble by Mahidol Wind Symphony, Gregg Gausline, conductor

 

9.7.12, 19:00 - Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival: Premiere of Gliese 581g for Siam Saxophone Quartet and Shyen Lee

 

10.7.12, 14:00 - Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival: Contemporary Enclave Concert,featuring works by Eric Moe, Zhou Long, Roger Petersen, Joan Tower, and Mark Fromm

 

13.7.12 14:30 - Buchanan Theatre (St. Andrews, Scotland)

World Saxophone Congress XVI: European Premiere of Gliese 581g for Siam Saxophone Quartet and Shyen Lee

 

13.7.12, 19:00 - Mahidol University College of Music (Bangkok, Thailand)

Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival: Tetris String Quartet Concert, featuring the Premiere of Pairings

 

4&5.5.12 - Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra premiered A Picture in Einstein's Hand

 

14.1.12 - Mahidol University College of Music, A407 (Bangkok, Thailand)

2011 Young Thai Composers Competition - Final Round Judge

 

25.1.12 - Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Faculty Composer's Concert

Thursday, August 18, 2011, 7 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

As part of the Asian Double Reed Association (ADRA) Conference, Chris Hughes, cond., Amy Galbraith, soloist, and the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the newly orchestrated version of Dr. Ogburn's Complements and Collisions, for oboe and orchestra.

 

Thursday, August 4, 2011, 7 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted Contemporary Enclave: Dissolving Memory, featuring works by Joan Tower, Mark Fromm, James Ogburn, Ivan Jimenez, and Nancy Galbraith

 

Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Payap University, (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Genetically Re-Mastered Pigs in an Antipathetic Blanket, appeared as part of the Sixth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival concert series.

 

Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted the premiere of his new work TroCaphony, commissioned by Phil Brink and the Mahidol University Trombone Choir.

 

Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (4 p.m.), June 10 and 11, 2011, Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Gudni Emilsson conducted the Thailand Philharmonic in the Asian premiere of James' Wschodni Wiatr for orchestra. This performance featured a dramatic revision (2011) of the old work.

 

Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25, 2011, Department of Music, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn appeared as a guest artist, as part of the TubaMania! conference. He conducted premieres of works by Houston Dunleavy and Gregory van der Struik, as well as Eric Ewazen's Concertino for bass trombone and trombone choir. Under his baton, Philip Brink and Steve Rossé performed as soloists.

 

Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted the second concert of Contemporary Enclave. featuring works by George Crumb, Nancy Galbraith, Francois Rosse, David Lang, Roger Petersen, and himself.

 

Tuesday, December 28, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, A407 (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn coordinated "Intersections: Music of Recent Decades," featuring works by himself, Arvo Pärt, Per Nørgård, Ernst Krenek, and Leo Brouwer.

 

Thursday, December 23, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Christopher Hughes and the Mahidol Wind Symphony commissioned and premiered James' Elegy.

 

Thursday, December 9, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

As part of her Oboe Faculty Recital, Dr. Amy Galbraith performed James' Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano.

 

Friday, September 3, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, A407 (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted the premiere concert of the Mahidol University Contemporary Music Ensemble, featuring works by himself, Gardner Read, Chen Yi, Steve Reich, Hale Smith, and Lee Hoiby.

 

Monday, August 30, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted Contemporary Enclave, performing his own Three Pictures of Europe as part of the Composers of Mahidol and Friends Concert. In addition, his percussion duo Lamarck was a Mutant received its SE Asian premiere.

 

Monday, August 9, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, A407 (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn conducted the Premiere concert of Contemporary Enclave, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of music of recent decades. Included on the program, James' Three Pictures of Europe received its SE Asian premiere, along with works by Kerrith Livengood, Leo Brouwer, Arvo Pärt, Thomas Hyuk Cha, Philip Brink, and Ivan Jimenez.

 

Wednesday, February 10, 7:00 p.m., Rangsit University (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn's Genetically Re-Mastered Pigs in an Antipathetic Blanket was featured as part of the Sticky Rice Society's annual concert of electronic music.

 

Friday, January 22, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Mahidol University College of Music, MACM (Bangkok, Thailand)

Dr. Ogburn organized (with colleague Pedro Rivadeneira) and conducted the Mahidol Contemporary Ensemble in performances by himself (Centric), Mark Fromm, Federico Garcia, and others.

 

Friday September 15, 8:00 p.m., Bellefield Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh hosted the fall concert, featuring Amy Galbraith and Matt Gillespie performing Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano.

 

Friday August 7, 8:00 p.m., Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA)

ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh and the Kelly Strayhorn Theater presented new works by the membership of ALIA as part of a recording project and community outreach event. James was principle conductor on the concert and Amy Galbraith and Matt Gillespie premiered Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano.

 

Friday April 17, 7:30 p.m., Annenberg Center for the Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

ACO/ Penn Presents New Music Readings and Lab. The Orchestra Underground, under the baton of Cliff Colnot performed James' dissertation work, Proximate Spaces, a dialogue for piano and chamber orchestra.

 

Wednesday April 15, 1:00 p.m., Music Department at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

James defended his dissertation, which consisted of two components:  Proximate Spaces, a dialogue for piano and chamber orchestra and "Conflicting Lines, Cohesive Structures: Multiple-Directed Linearity in Witold Lutoslawski's Third Symphony." Ten days and a few revisions later, James officially become a doctor of philosophy in music, composition and theory.

 

Saturday April 4, Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic Annual Conference, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)

James presented a portion of his dissertation research; "Conflicting Lines, Cohesive Structures: Multiple-Directed Linearity in Witold Lutoslawski's Third Symphony."

 

Sunday August 31, 7:30 p.m., Chatham University (Pittsburgh, PA)

Alia Musica, featuring Lisa Joseph and Ana Diaz, performed the world premiere of James' Trust, for violin and cello.

 

Tuesday April 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m., Synod Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

Alia Musica, featuring Matthew Gillespie, piano, under the direction of James Ogburn performed the world premiere of James' dissertation composition, Proximate Spaces, a dialogue for piano and chamber orchestra.

 

Saturday, October 18, 7:30 p.m., Eddy Theater at Chatham College (Pittsburgh, PA)

Alia Musica under the direction of Federico Garcia presented new music by Pittsburgh composers, including the second performance of James' Centric, for mixed chamber ensemble).

 

June 4-10, June in Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

James' percussion duo, Lamarck was a Mutant, received a performance and workshop at the historic and internationally recognized conference.

 

Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m., Space Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA)

Members of Alia Musica participated in the Pittsburgh premiere of Bookmusic (James played Mandolin and Accordion). The concert also featured new and old works by Alia Musica Members, including a version of James' Quod Tantos Iuvat .

 

Monday, April 23, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

The IonSound Project performed new works by graduate students of the University of Pittsburgh, including the premiere of James' Five Miniatures on Musical Time. In addition to his own work, James conducted world premieres of works by Ben Harris and Erica Kudisch.

 

Saturday, April 14 10:00 a.m., Heinz Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presented a reading session of local student composers, featuring James' Master's thesis, Fear of Entropy.

 

Wednesday, April 11, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performed Stravinsky's Petroushka, as well as the premiere of James' Master's thesis, Fear of Entropy.

 

Monday, March 19, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

Roger Zahab performed the premiere of James' Polish Pronunciations of Arabesque Mutations.

 

Tuesday and Thursday, March 13 & 15, 7:30 p.m., Eddy Theater at Chatham College (Pittsburgh, PA)

Alia Musica under the direction of Federico Garcia presented new music by Pittsburgh composers (March 15 featured a premiere of James' Centric, for mixed chamber ensemble).

 

Monday, March 5, 4:00 p.m.

The Flux Quartet read James' new work for string quartet, Deferent Pairing.

 

Wednesday, February 7, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall (Pittsburgh, PA)

The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performed new music by Michael Stephens and old music by LVB (James conducted excerpts from incidental music to Egmont).

 

19.11.17 - Incontri Musicali di Teatro 2017 (Borgo a Mozzano, IT)

Performance of 11 November for fl., ob., cl., and vibes by Etymos Ensembles

 

17.11.17 - Cluster Music Festival 2017 (Lucca, IT)

Premiere performance of 11 November for fl., ob., cl., and vibes by Etymos Ensembles

 

14.10.17, 2:00 pm - Pasaquan (Buenavista, GA)

CSU Contemporary Ensemble, Paul Hostetter, cond., Shellie Murphy DeBruyn, sop. will premiere Ogburn's new operetta, based on the life of St. EOM.

 

12.3.17, 9:00 pm - Sinfonia, Scuola di musica, Lucca (IT)

Cluster Spring Season 2017. Etymos Ensemble performed Complements & Collisions, for oboe and piano, as a season 13 event. Nicola Bimbi, ob., Simone Rugani, pno.

 

11.3.17, 9:00 pm - Valdosta State University (GA)

North American Saxophone Alliance - Regional Conference. Joe Girard and Tatiana Muzanova premiered Complements & Collisions, for saxophone and piano.

 

19.2.17, 5:30 pm - History Center (Pittsburgh)

Luisa Sello, fl. performed Back as part of "Italian Heritage Day"

 

16.2.17, 7:00 pm - Pianoforte Foundation (Chicago)

Luisa Sello, fl. performed Back as part of the Pianoforte Foundation concert series.

 

13.2.17, 7:30 pm - Legacy Hall (Columbus, GA)

As part of cellist Dave Eggar's artist residency at the Schwob School of Music, Dr. Ogburn presented several works, in collaboration with his colleague, Dr. Matthew McCabe.