News and Events:
July 14, 2024
A Lost Winter, for large chamber ensemble; Texas New Music Ensemble, Houston, TX.
April 24, 2024
A Lost Winter, for flute, clarinet, saxophone, voice, and piano; Valparaiso New Music Ensemble, world premiere performance; Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.
March 16, 2024
Slow Emergencies: I. Drought as the New Normal for solo piano; performed by Bruno Theiss at the Ball State University Festival of New Music; Muncie, IN
July 13, 2023
In the Absence of Snow for chamber ensemble; Texas New Music Ensemble, world premiere performance; Houston, TX.
June 24, 2023
Footwork: from gesture to rhythm collaborative performance with Max patch, bass clarinet, and dancer, featuring Dr. Jessica Lindsey and Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar, ABME International Conference, Charlotte, NC.
April 23, 2023 4:00pm
Vignette No. 8 collaborative performance with Max patch, bass clarinet, and dancer, featuring Dr. Jessica Lindsey and Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar, as part of the dys/connect show hosted by the BOOM Charlotte 2023 festival.
April 22, 2023 10:02am Eastern
Urban Sky Glow solo marimba with fixed media, Earth Day Art Model 2023, hosted by IUPUI
March 17, 2023 7:00pm Eastern
Slow Emergencies, first movement, “Drought as the New Normal” solo piano; Dr. Perry Mears, The Beethoven Club, Memphis, TN.
March 17, 2023 2:00pm and 7:30pm Eastern
Ambalangoda stereo fixed media, CAMPGround 23 Festival, The Factory, St. Petersburg, FL.
February 18, 2023 1:00pm Eastern
It Means ‘Light’ stereo fixed media, NACUSA Sounds New Chapter Composer Retreat, Sweetwater Creek State Park, Lithia Springs, GA.
January 30, 2023 performances at 6:00pm and 8:00pm, with artist Q&A at 7:15pm
Doing Not-Doing eight-channel fixed media, “dys/connection” collaborative art project, The Charlotte Art League
November 11, 2022 5:00pm Central
Slow Emergencies, first movement, “Drought as the New Normal” solo piano; Dr. Perry Mears, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA. https://www.sau.edu/casual-classics-iii
October 16, 2022 2:00pm Central
Slow Emergencies, first movement, “Drought as the New Normal” solo piano; Dr. Perry Mears, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, IA.
April 5, 2022 7:30pm Eastern
The night is empty… clarinet and fixed media (stereo); Faculty & Friends Concert Series: Spring Spotlight, Rowe Recital Hall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://coaa.charlotte.edu/events/faculty-friends-concert-spring-spotlight Tickets are $10 and $8.
March 1, 2022 7:30pm Eastern
Lilliputian Arctic Deviation small chamber orchestra; University of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Belk Hall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://coaa.charlotte.edu/events/orchestra-7 Tickets are $8.
February 22, 2022 7:30pm Eastern
Ancient Voices, Ancient Skies fixed media (stereo); Faculty & Friends Concert Series: Winter Spotlight, Rowe Recital Hall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://coaa.charlotte.edu/events/faculty-friends-concert-winter-spotlight Tickets are $10 and $8.
September 28, 2021 7:30pm Eastern
Between Ice and Sky and Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo); Faculty & Friends Concert Series, Rowe Recital Hall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
September 23, 2021 8:00pm Eastern
Field Recordings: An Introduction to Gathering, Manipulating, and Incorporating Found Sounds into Music Compositions. Composers Speak Series, presented over Zoom, hosted by the Iowa Composers Forum.
June 11, 2021
Between Ice and Sky fixed media (stereo) and video; Iowa Composers Forum 2021 Digital Summer Festival of New Music
July 6–12, 2020—canceled due to COVID-19
(work in progress) new work for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano; Space City New Music Festival, Houston, TX.
June 27, 2020 available for asynchronous viewing all summer
Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo); New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF 2020)
June 25, 2020 4:30 p.m.—canceled due to COVID-19
(work in progress) Heather Armstrong, oboe; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; International Double Reed Society 49th Annual Conference, University of Iowa
June 17, 2020 5:30 p.m. PST
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Third Angle New Music, Facebook live stream (#WineWednesdays)
March 7, 2020 10:00 a.m.
Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo); TUTTI 2020 Festival, Denison University
March 6, 2020 1:00 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Cameron Leach, marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; TUTTI 2020 Festival, Denison University
March 1, 2020
It Means ‘Light’ fixed media (stereo); Hot Air Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
November 1, 2019 3:00 p.m.
Composing the Soundscape: presenting my collaborative research project at the Luther College Agora event.
September 27, 2019 7:30 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; University of Nebraska Kearney New Music Festival.
September 25, 2019 7:30 p.m.
Ancient Voices, Ancient Skies, Prairie Memory, and Cries of the Earth at Solstice Collaborative Recital featuring the music of Julia Ferris and Jonah Elrod from their summer 2019 collaborative research project; Noble Recital Hall, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
September 14, 2019 4:00 p.m.
It Means ‘Light,’ Reflect without Blurring, Isochron, We are out of water, No River like Craving, Ambalangoda, and Urban Sky Glow Faculty Recital featuring the music of Jonah Elrod and a performance by Andrew Scheller; Noble Recital Hall, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
August 9, 2019 7:00 p.m.
Ancient Voices, Ancient Skies fixed media (stereo); Iowa Composers Forum New Music Festival, The Lingonberry performance space, Decorah, IA.
July 26, 2019 all day (11:00, 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 8:30, 9:15)
Prairie Memory multimedia installation; multiple locations around Luther College, Decorah, IA.
July 24, 2019 8:18 p.m.
Prelude and Dream for the Third Quarter Moon mixed fixed media and live improvised sound and video installation; outside the Sampson Hoffland Laboratories, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
July 22, 2019 4:45 p.m.
MainiaM live improvised sound installation; outside the Main Building, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
July 9, 2019 8:45 p.m.
Dreams of Saturn multimedia live improvised installation for the event of Saturn reaching opposition; outside Oneota Co-Op, Water St., Decorah, IA.
July 2, 2019 11:55 a.m., 1:01 p.m., 2:22 p.m., 3:44 p.m., 4:55 p.m.
SE2019102ES multimedia installation for the solar eclipse; multiple locations around Luther College, Decorah, IA.
June 21, 2019 8:42 p.m.
Cries of the Earth at Solstice multimedia installation for the summer solstice; outside Preus Library, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
June 17, 2019 8:45 p.m.
Ancient Voices, Ancient Skies multimedia installation; outside the Center for Fine Arts, Luther College, Decorah, IA.
April 14, 2019 7:30 p.m.
Lilliputian Arctic Deviation sinfonietta performed by The Center for New Music Ensemble; University of Iowa
April 12, 2019 8:00 p.m.
Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo); The Java House, Iowa City, IA. iHearIC
April 7, 2019 3:00 p.m.
A Tree for Everyone, and a One for Every Tree Karen Johnson, flute; John Kilkenny, percussion; St. Matthew Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD.
April 2, 2019 6:30 p.m.
Athabasca soprano voice and cello; Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Green Bay, WI. a very small consortium
March 31, 2019 4:00 p.m.
Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo); Albuquerque, NM. Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference
October 20, 2018 7:00 p.m.
The Vulture Aliana de la Guardia, solo soprano; New School of Music, Cambridge, MA. New Gallery Concert Series, Season 19, Event #1
August 26, 2018 5:00 p.m.
The Secret of the City fixed media (stereo); iHearIC radio broadcast on KRUI 98.7 FM
June 11, 2018
Ambalangoda fixed media (stereo), for the Cities and Memory: Sri Lanka project
May 28, 2018
The Night is Empty... Emily Mehigh, clarinet and fixed media (stereo); Miniature Month of May project
May 17, 2018 5:00 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; New Music Gathering at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
May 17, 2018 20:04 CET (2:04 p.m. EST in the USA) Listen here: https://www.sr.de/sr/sr2/index.html
Quiet Beacon Martin Tchiba, solo piano; live broadcast on German radio "SR 2 KultureRadio."
May 14, 2018
Blue Summer Dream fixed media (stereo), for the Cities and Memory: Sound Photography project
April 15, 2018 7:00 p.m.
No River like Craving fixed media (stereo); iHearIC radio broadcast on KRUI 98.7 FM
April 8, 2018 7:00 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; iHearIC radio broadcast on KRUI 98.7 FM
February 11, 2018 7:00 p.m.
Isochron fixed media (stereo); iHearIC radio broadcast on KRUI 98.7 FM
February 10, 2018 7:30 p.m.
We are out of water fixed media (stereo); Iowa Composers Forum Winter Festival of New Music, Iowa City, IA.
November 5, 2017 7:00 p.m.
Reflect without Blurring fixed media (stereo version) iHearIC radio broadcast on KRUI 98.7 FM
August 7, 2017 - Launch date for the Cities and Memory: Politics and Protest project
It Means 'Light' fixed media (stereo); http://citiesandmemory.com/protest/
June 18–24, 2017
Instructor of Music Composition and Music Theory at Camp COFAC; UW-Stevens Point, WI.
May 31, 2017 7:00 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow James Waller, marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; New Music on the Bayou Festival: Stone Theatre, Ruston, LA.
April 17, 2017 7:30 p.m.
Reflect without Blurring fixed media (stereo version); Michelsen Hall, UW-Stevens Point, WI.
March 27, 2017 7:30 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Brian Baldauff, marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; Michelsen Hall, Stevens Point, WI.
February 25, 2017 7:30 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Brian Baldauff, marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; UW-Oshkosh, WI.
February 25, 2017 2:30 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Jenson Noble Recital Hall, Decorah, IA.
February 24, 2017 8:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Reflect without Blurring fixed media (stereo version); Luther Planetarium, Decorah, IA.
November 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Brian Baldauff, marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; Michelsen Hall, Stevens Point, WI.
September 1, 2016 2:30 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Coe College Marquis Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
August 8, 2016 7:00 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Arts Building West Lobby, University of Iowa
May 13, 2016 8:00 p.m.
Jezreel film and soundtrack collaboration with Krista Hershberger; The High Ground Cafe, Iowa City
May 11, 2016 7:00 p.m.
Jezreel film and soundtrack collaboration with Krista Hershberger; University of Iowa
May 7, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Doing Not-Doing 8 channel fixed media; University of Iowa
April 23, 2016 2:00 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Shelby Tracy, solo marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; University of Iowa
April 14 - 16, 2016 8:00 p.m.
Flood stereo fixed media for Rebekah Chappell MFA Thesis Concert; Space Place Theater
April 9, 2016 10:00 a.m.
Urban Sky Glow Shelby Tracy, solo marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; Exchange of Collegiate Midwestern Composers Festival: Boulder, Colorado
April 3, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Urban Sky Glow Shelby Tracy, solo marimba; Jonah Elrod, live electronics; Riverside Recital Hall
January 29, 2016 8:00 p.m.
Reflect without Blurring stereo fixed media; The High Ground Cafe, Iowa City
December 13, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Reflect without Blurring 8 channel fixed media; University of Iowa
December 2, 3, and 5, 2015 8:00 p.m.
Interrupted collaborative works with visual artists; David Thayer Theater
November 19, 2015 7:30 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Public Space One
November 7, 2015 2:00 p.m.
Panel presentation on iHearIC at the Midwest Composers Symposium; Indiana University
November 1, 2015 7:30 p.m.
The Vulture Lisa Neher, solo mezzo-soprano; Riverside Recital Hall
October 30, 2015 8:00 p.m.
The Secret of the City collaboration with International Writer's Program; Space Place Theater
October 5, 2015 11:30 a.m.
Presentation of my own work to the Weird Music class; University of Iowa
September 20, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Isochron stereo fixed media and dancers; Riverside Recital Hall
May 9, 2015 7:30 p.m.
No River like Craving stereo fixed media; University of Iowa
April 11, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Where the room isn't stereo fixed media; University of Iowa
December 14, 2014 7:30 p.m.
IC1223 4 channel sound installation; Becker Communication Studies Building
December 13, 2014 7:30 p.m.
Eco-Location University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra; Riverside Recital Hall
November 19, 2014 3:30 p.m.
Eco-Location University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra; Shambaugh Auditorium
November 14, 2014 7:00 p.m.
Twin Dreams CCM Percussion Ensemble; Patricia Corbett Theater, Cincinnati
November 7, 2014 8:00 p.m.
Eco-Location University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra; UCC Recital Hall
October 12, 2014 2:00 p.m.
Ancient Echoes Andy Thierauf, solo percussion; Old Capitol Building
October 4, 2014 7:30 p.m.
molto agitato JACK Quartet; Riverside Recital Hall
November 16, 2013 10:00 a.m.
Wraith Michael Penick and Casey Rafn; University of Michigan
September 15, 2013 7:30 p.m.
Wraith Jim Judd and Casey Rafn; University of Iowa
April 22, 2013 7:00 p.m.
A Spotless Moon Michael Gruetzner, Elizabeth Purvis, Christian Newman, Will Kramer; University of New Mexico
March 26, 2013 8:00 p.m.
A Spotless Moon Michael Gruetzner, Elizabeth Purvis, Christian Newman, Josh Nation; University of New Mexico