AKSHAYA AVRIL TUCKER
COMPOSER
Events
With Vocalist Saili Oak (above) and Musica Nova Orchestra (below) at their performance of Three Songs for Hindustani Vocalist, Soprano, and Sinfonietta (2018).
December 7, 2018 - 4:30pm
@ University of South Carolina
Duo Cortona: Rachel Calloway, Mezzo-Soprano, Ari Streisfeld, Violin.
Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
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December 14, 2018 - 20:30
@ European University, Cyprus
Shawn Mativetsky, Tabla
Sorin Alexandru Horlea, Violin
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January 6, 2019 - 2pm
@ Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Warren Cohen, Conductor
Saili Oak, Hindustani Vocalist
Carolyn Whitaker, Soprano
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February 15, 2019 - 8pm
@ Cook Recital Hall, Michigan State University, MI
Johnny Gandelsman, Violin
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February 17, 2019 - 8pm
"String Masters Series"
@ Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, MA
Johnny Gandelsman, Violin
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February 24, 2019 - 4pm
"Like a Religion"
@ Blanton Museum of Art,
(in Ellsworth Kelly's Austin), TX
Ticket included with museum admission.
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March 8, 2019 - 7:30pm
"Frost Student Composers with Duo Cortona"
@ Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall,
University of Miami.
More info. (Free Admission.)
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March 13, 2019 - 8pm-2am
"SXSW ATX Composers Showcase"
@ Parker Jazz Club, Austin, TX.
Invoke String Quartet plays @ 10pm but stay for the rest if you're able!
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April 4, 2019
Honored to receive a Morton Gould Young Composer Award from ASCAP this year, for my piece, Three Songs, for Hindustani voice, Soprano and Sinfonietta (2018). You can hear the piece here.
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April 28, 2019 - 3pm
Duo Cortona - New Music Concert Series @ Delaware County Community College - Large Auditorium, PA. More info & Tickets. (Non-Facebook link).
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May 10, 2019 - 7-9pm
"Beyond" Album Release Party feat. Saili Oak. @ Rosebud Coffee, Pasadena, CA. Order the album!
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Album, "Beyond", feat. Saili Oak & Salastina Music Society, Released on Toro Records. Streaming on iTunes & Apple Music, or, order on Toro Records.
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May 11, 2019 - 8pm
Alissa Roca, soprano & Jason Mulligan, piano. @ Duke University, Nelson Music Room. Durham, NC.
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May 16, 2019 - 7pm
Alissa Roca, soprano & Jason Mulligan, piano. @ Cypress Cove Retirement Community, Edison Hall. Ft. Myers, FL.
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May 31, 2019 - 6pm
"Saath: Strung Together - Music for Strings by Akshaya Avril Tucker Inspired by North Indian Music"
@ Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
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June 22, 2019 - 2pm
Alissa Roca, soprano & Jason Mulligan, piano. @ St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Dallas, TX.
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July 7, 2019 - 3pm
Alissa Roca, soprano & Jason Mulligan, piano. @ Springfield Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD.
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August 20, 2019 - 4pm
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival "Sounding Board" Reading & Discussion. @ Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College. Colchester, VT. Free. More info.
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August 23, 2019 - 8pm
Robert Howard & Kevin Korth. @ Old First Concerts, San Francisco CA. More info.
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September 8, 2019 - 3pm
Robert Howard & Evan Kahn. @ Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts, Berkeley, CA. More info.
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September 12, 2019 - 6pm
Bach Along the Silk Road. Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Portland Chamber Music Festival. @ Cove Street Arts, Portland OR. More Info.
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September 24, 2019 - 6:30pm
Kamini Avril closing feat. Shankar Tucker & Jake Charkey. @ Bowery Gallery, NY, NY. More info.
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September 25, 2019 - 12pm
Evan Kahn and Robert Howard, Cello. @ Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA. More info.
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October 5, 2019 - 3pm
Sean Riley, violin & Farshad Zadeh, piano; Mundi Project @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT. More info.
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October 22, 2019 - 7pm
Repairing the World Through Music and Story. Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Violins of Hope. Louisville, KY. More info.
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October 25, 2019 - 7:30pm
Englewinds "A Green Awakening". @ Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ. More info.
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November 5, 2019 - 7pm
Concert Artists Guild Presents Invoke, multi-string quartet. @ Joe's Pub, NY NY. More info.
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November 18, 2019 - 7pm
William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble. @ Shea Center for Performing Arts, Wayne, NJ. More info.
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November 24, 2019 - 3:30pm
Englewinds: Concerts by the Pond. @ St.John's Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
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December 10, 2019 - 7:30p
Honolulu Chamber Music Series Presents Invoke. @ Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu HI. More info.
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March 13, 2020 - 7pm
Johnny Gandelsman, Violin. Treefalls New Music. @ Spartanburg, SC. More info.
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May 27, 2020
My first article, Emerge, Bridge, Connect was published in New Music Box. Read my thoughts about *connection* during COVID-19 and let me know what you think!
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June 8, 2020
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards finalist for Pallavi - Meditation on Care.
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July 27, 2020
Announcing a solo vibraphone consortium commission headed by Jordan Walsh.
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July 9, 2020
#GLFCAMGigForCOVID featuring cellist Jeanne Jaubert & her daughter Sif. Watch the Digital Premiere here.
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August 8, 2020 - 5:30pm PST (virtual)
Breathing Sunlight played at the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival with works by Beethoven and Gabriela Lena Frank.
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*Album Release!* Solo Marimba Commissions vol.3 by Payton MacDonald. Listen on Bandcamp and Spotify. He's premiering the album on 11/21/2020 at William Paterson Univ (NJ).
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11/21/2020 - 8pm EST
Breathing Sunlight played by A Far Cry. Catch our shoutout in the Washington Post!
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12/3/2020 - 7:30pm CDT (virtual)
Again a Beginning (for singing double bassist) - premiere by Annick Odom and Less Than <10 Music. Listen to the piece here.
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12/13/2020 - *EP release!*
Density512 presents a new EP: fold in, fold out, which includes my piece "Enough, to Unfold" for pierrot (mixed chamber) ensemble. Stream/buy on Bandcamp here.
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12/17/2020 - 7pm CDT (virtual)
Hold Sacred (for wind quintet) -premiere by WindSync (and me, dancing!) Watch/listen here.
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12/29/2020 - 11:30am CDT (virtual)
International Cello Institute. A con-versation with Magdalena Sas and Akshaya Avril Tucker. More info.
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1/22/2021 - 7pm EST (virtual)
Of My Grandfather for Mezzo-Soprano and Violin, performed by Duo Cortona at the Columbia Museum of Art, SC. Listen here.
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2/11/2021 - 7:30pm EST (virtual)
Solitudes, for Solo Vibraphone: a workshop premiere by Nathaniel Gworek at Georgia College and State University. Stream on Facebook.
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2/22/2021 - 8pm EST (virtual)
WindSync performs Hold Sacred for Wind Quintet at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Streaming + more info.
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2/25/2021 (virtual)
Digital premiere of Dictionary of Falling Flowers, for violin and percussion, performed by Lucia Lin and Maria Finkelmeier. Stream it here.
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3/28/2021 - 12pm CDT (virtual)
Magdalena Sas, cellist, performs Ancient with Third Coast Chamber Collective. More info & Streaming.
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4/17/2021 - 8:30pm EST (virtual)
Flood for solo viola premiered by Calvin Green at the University of South Carolina. Listen here.
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4/27/2021 - 10am PST (virtual)
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra "Meet the Music" concert to include Our Waters and my 3 arrangements of works by 2nd and 4th graders.
Stream it here.
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5/7/2021 - 8:30pm CDT (virtual)
Ancient for solo cello, performed by Magdalena Sas, at Collins Hall at the Hamel Music Center (Madison, WI). Stream it here.
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5/18/2021 - 6:30pm EST (virtual)
Joshua Roman and Tessa Lark perform Breathing Sunlight for violin and cello, alongside Edgar Meyer. Hosted by String Theory. Stream it here.
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5/23/2021 - 3pm CDT (broadcast)
Adelante Winds performs Hold Sacred on KPAC 88.3FM in San Antonio, TX. Stream it here.
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5/28/2021 - 8pm CDT (virtual)
newEar performs Enough, to Unfold, one of 3 winners of their Composition Contest 2020-2021, in Kansas City. Stream it here.
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6/25/2021 - 8pm CDT (virtual)
newEar performs Enough, to Unfold, at the Kansas City Contemporary Chamber Music Festival. Stream it here.
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7/15/2021 - 1pm CDT (virtual)
International Cello Institute presents a conversation about commissioning new music. Join the ICI Summer Program here.
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Cancelled 8/17/2021 - 7:30pm PDT @ The Baker-Baum Concert Hall. La Jolla Music Society Summerfest presents chamber works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Akshaya Avril Tucker, and others. More info.
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10/14/2021 - 8pm EDT (Virtual)
Soundstreams premieres Zoodle for 8 Voices, part of the RBC Bridges Workshop for Early-Career Composers. Stream it here.
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10/5/2021 - 7:30pm EDT
Johnny Gandelsman performs Pallavi: Meditation on Care @ College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. Tickets.
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3/6/2022 - 2pm ET
Flushing Town Hall - Theater (NY)
Orchestra of St.Luke's presents "Earth Works: Music for Our Planet". The program includes In Whose Mouth, the Stars. More info & tickets.
Additional Performances of
"Earth Works":
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3/10/2022 - 7pm ET
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture - Repertory Theatre (NY)
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3/11/2022 - 7pm ET
Americas Society (NY)
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3/12/2022 - 2pm ET
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden - Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (NY)
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3/13/2022 - 4pm ET
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library - Dweck Center (NY)
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5/4/2022
I am a contributor on “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Horn” (from The New York Times)! Read about & listen to our favorite horn moments here.
5/19/2022 - 8pm PT
The Wallis - Lovelace Studio Theater (Beverly Hills, CA)
The Wallis presents "Johnny Gandelsman: This is America," featuring Pallavi: Meditation on Care for solo violin. More info & tickets.
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7/1/2022
Album release announcement!
This is America -- An Anthology 2020-2021, by Johnny Gandelsman, includes Pallavi: Meditation on Care, for solo violin.
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7/29/2022 - 2pm MT
International Double Reed Society 2022, University of CO, Boulder. Kara LaMoure premieres "Meditation on Care II," for solo bassoon. More info & tickets.
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10/1/2022 - 7pm ET
David's Folly Farm, Brooksville, ME.
Brooklyn Rider premieres Hollow Flame, for string quartet, by Akshaya Avril Tucker. More info & tickets.
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10/2/2022 - 3pm ET
University of Maine, Collins Center for the Arts (Orono, ME).
Brooklyn Rider performs Hollow Flame by Akshaya Avril Tucker. More info & tickets.
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11/10/22 - 7:30pm ET
11/11/22 - 7:30pm ET
11/12/22 - 3pm ET
Boston Opera Collaborative premieres Love in the Time of... The cycle includes two new songs by Akshaya Avril Tucker. More info & tickets.
