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17 April 2015 | Friday 4pm
Tyler Tsunekawa: Senior Percussion Recital
Venue: Sacramento State, Capistrano 151 - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
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At his senior recital performance, Tyler Tsunekawa will premiere Ryan's piece, Drought, for marimba and bass trombone, with Taylor Fong. The work was written to call attention to the devestating drought in California and the impact of humans neglecting the environment. A tremendous percussion player, Mr. Tsunekawa will perform many other dazzling works. A performance not to be missed.
12 May 2015 | Tuesday 8pm
Sacramento State Symphony-Orchestra
Venue: Sacramento State, Music Recital Hall - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
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Under the baton of Leo Eylar, the Sacramento State Symphony-Orchestra will premiere the The Red Velvet Violin Suite, arranged from the symphonic puppet show for children commissioned by the Davis Orchestral Music Association and performed at Davis High School. The concert will also feature works by Dvorak and Beethoven.
29 May 2015 | Friday 7pm
Left Coast Goes to the Museum
Venue: de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium - San Francisco, California
Admission: TBA
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The amazing Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will premiere Ryan's new work, Up Close and from a Distance, written for the group and inspired by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui's Hovor II, which is featured in the de Young Museum's permanent collection. Five other emerging composers' newly commissioned works will be premiered as well. The project is funded by San Francisco Arts Cultural Equity Grants Program.
31 May 2015 | Sunday 8pm
Left Coast Goes to the Museum
Venue: 142 Throckmorton Theatre - Mill Valley, California
Admission: $15 under age 35 / $30 general
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The amazing Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will premiere Ryan's new work, Up Close and from a Distance, written for the group and inspired by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui's Hovor II, which is featured in the de Young Museum's permanent collection. Five other emerging composers' newly commissioned works will be premiered as well. The project is funded by San Francisco Arts Cultural Equity Grants Program. LCCE will also perform music by Modest Mussorgsky, Felix Leuschner, Thea Musgrave, and Jon Deak.
1 June 2015 | Monday 8pm
Left Coast Goes to the Museum
Venue: SF Conservatory of Music - San Francisco, California
Admission: $15 under age 35 / $30 general
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19 Aug 2015 | Wednesday 7'30pm
Valhalla Festival - Citywater
Venue: Valhalla Boathouse Theater - South Lake Tahoe, California
Admission: $20
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Sacramento's new music group, Citywater, will perform my piece Quintet - Men in the Sun, along with other works at the Valhalla Festival in South Lake Tahoe. The music was inspired by Ghassan Kanafani's novella of the same title about the plight of three Palestinian men fleeing their country during the formation of modern-day Israel.
7 Nov 2015 | Saturday 3pm
Festival of New American Music (FeNAM) - Citywater
Venue: Sacramento State, Music Recital Hall - Sacramento, California
Admission: FREE
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At the Festival of New American Music, Citywater will perform my piece Quintet - Men in the Sun (2010). The music was inspired by Ghassan Kanafani's novella of the same title about the plight of three Palestinian men fleeing their country during the formation of modern-day Israel.
19 Nov 2016 | Thursday 12pm
David Russell, cello
Venue: Mondavi Center, (UC Davis), Vanderhoef Studio - Davis, California
Admission: FREE
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The incredible David Russell premieres my new set of character pieces, Imageries, along with other new works by graduate composers.