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Upcoming Events
Recent Events
Friday September 15, 2009, 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, 2009, 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 conducted a few of the pieces and Amy Galbraith and Matt Gillespie premiered Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano.
Friday April 17, 2009, 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.
Wednesday April 15, 2009, 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, 2009, 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, 2008, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 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 (I, II , III , IV , V). In addition to his own piece, James conducted world premieres of works by Ben Harris and Erica Kudisch.
Saturday, April 14, 2007, (time TBA), 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, 4:00 p.m.:
The Flux Quartet read James' new work for string quartet, Deferent Pairing.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 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). |
