Tom Flaherty

News / Performances

 2025
November 1, 2025Taking the Fifths
Genevieve Lee, Phillip Young, piano
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 27, 2025ConcorDance 9/27/2025
Genevieve Lee, piano
Bridges Hall of Music
Claremont, CA
June 27, 2025Cello Mashup (premiere)
NCI Cello Orchestra
National Cello Institute
Claremont, CA
June 22, 2025A Cellist's Variations on "Home on the Range"
Brent Samuels, Amy Barston, Ismael Guerrero, and Chris Ahn, cello.
National Cello Institute
Claremont, CA
June 14, 2025Running Thoughts
KathleenSupové, piano
7:30 PM, Klavierhaus
790 11th Avenue
New York, NY
May 6, 2025Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble, Nadia Shpachenko, director
8:00 PM, Cal Poly Pomona
May 2, 2025Bar Talk with Jonathan (premiere)
May 2, 2025Taking Flight
Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Seaver Biology Complex, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
April 25, 2025Taking Flight
Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Claremont Community School of Music
Claremont, CA
April 24, 2025Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble, Nadia Shpachenko, director
2:00 PM Palomar College.
1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA.
April 6, 2025Phoenix (premiere)
Jennie Jung, piano; Jin-Shan Dai, violin
3:00 pm Bridges Hall of Music, Claremont, CA
February 22, 2025Running Thoughts (premiere)
Kathleen Supové, piano
University of Illinois in Springfield
February 5, 2025The Thin Edge
Kirsten Ashley Wiest , soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano
UCR Arts & Performing Arts
900 University Ave, Riverside, CA,
January 18, 2025The Thin Edge
Kirsten Ashley Wiest , soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano
3:00 PM, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Lake Arrowhead CA 92352
 2024
December 9, 2024ConcorDance (premiere)
Gloria Cheng, piano. Piano Spheres series,
Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, CA
November 24, 2024Cello Concerto
Robert deMaine, cello;
Pomona College Orchestra, Eric Lindholm, conductor.
Bridges Hall, Pomona College Claremont, CA
November 23, 2024DinoGold
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flute; Anne Black, viola
Dinosaur Annex series, Newton, MA
November 22, 2024Cello Concerto (premiere with orchestra)
Robert deMaine, cello;
Pomona College Orchestra, Eric Lindholm, conductor.
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
October 13, 2024The Thin Edge (premiere)
Kirsten Ashley Wiest , soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano
September 15, 2024Taking Flight (premiere)
Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Bridges Hall, Pomona College Claremont, CA
September 15, 2024Winging It (premiere)
Tom Flaherty, cello
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 15, 2024Frogs Want a King (premiere)
Stacey Fraser, soprano; Sarah Wass, flute;
Alan Berman, guitar; Alison Bjorkedal, harp
September 15, 2024Hope (premiere)
Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola;
Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano.
September 15, 2024Phoney Business
Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola;
Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano.
Bridges Hall, Pomona College Claremont, CA
August 24, 2024Taking Flight
Rachel Huang, violin;
Cindy Fogg, viola; and
Tom Flaherty, cello
Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
August 9, 2024Prelude and Country Waltz
Joti Rockwell, mandola;
Cindy Fogg, viola
released on YouTube
June 15, 2024Airdancing
Tönky Hönk (Madeline Hildebrand, piano
and Everett Hopfner, toy piano)
June 2024, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
West End Cultural Centre
March 26, 2024Wagon-Wheeling
Aron Kallay, piano; Nick Terry, percussion
Cal State Fullerton
February 25, 2024Wagon-Wheeling
Aron Kallay, piano,
Nick Terry, percussion
Drinkward Hall
Harvey Mudd College
February 2, 2024Barstow Bagatelle
Jennie Jung, keyboard
Ussachevsky Festival
Lyman Hall, Pomona College
 2023
September 10, 2023Phoney Business (premiere)
Melissa Givens, soprano; Luc Kleiner, baritone;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola;
Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Lee, piano
Bridges Hall of Music, Claremont, CA
April 21, 2023Prelude and Country Waltz (premiere)
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola
Bridges Hall of Music, Claremont, CA
 2022
September 11, 2022Insurreflections (premiere)
Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola,
Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 11, 2022Song of one who loves (premiere) for soprano and piano
Melissa Givens, soprano; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
July 22, 2022Goal Mining (premiere) for piano and electronics
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Bargemusic
Brooklyn, NY
June 10, 2022Mixed Messages
CD released by New Focus Recordings
Music for humans and electronics
March 4, 2022Social Harmony (premiere) for orchestra
Pomona College Orchstra, Eric Lindholm, conductor
Bridges Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
February 18, 2022Release
Released on The Smudges: Song and Call
Cryptogramophone Records
 2021
December 21, 2021Christmas Quodlibet for cello quartet
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
August 15, 2021Steps and Leaps for guitar and electronics (premiere)
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
New Music Gathering 2021, in Minneapolis, MN
May 15, 2021Pomp Circumscribed for cello octet
The 5C Cello Choir
YouTube
 2020
October 15, 2020Dear Lieder
Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone;
Cynthia Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano.
Bridges Hall, Claremont, CA
July 26, 2020Invention Extension
Lorenzo Marasso, piano
Online performance
March 1, 2020If truth in hearts that perish (premiere)
Melissa Givens, soprano; Genevieve Lee, piano
February 1, 2020Release
The Smudges: Jeff Gautier, Maggie Parkins
Lyman Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
January 30, 2020Wagon-Wheeling
Aron Kallay, piano; Yuri Inoo, percussion
California State University San Bernadino
January 22, 2020Wagon-Wheeling
Aron Kallay, piano; Yuri Inoo, percussion
Redlands University
Redlands, CA
 2019
November 17, 2019Reeding the Scales
Leslie Schroerlucke, clarinet; Pomona College Band;
Stephen Klein, conductor
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
November 15, 2019Reeding the Scales
Leslie Schroerlucke, clarinet; Pomona College Band; Stephen Klein, conductor
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
October 18, 2019Aftermath
Tom Flaherty, cello
Los Angeles Violoncello Society
Santa Monica, CA
September 15, 2019Scenes from Sarajevo
Melissa Givens, soprano; Cynthia Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 15, 2019Die Schone Muellerin Report
Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 15, 2019Cello Concerto (premiere wth piano)
Robert deMaine, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano reduction
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
April 18, 2019Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
Palomar College
April 18, 2019Airdancing
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
Palomar College
April 16, 2019Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
East Los Angeles College
April 16, 2019Airdancing
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
East Los Angeles College
February 24, 2019Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
Juilliard School of Music
New York, NY
 2018
November 28, 2018Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Endemble
Cal Poly Pomona
November 16, 2018Moments of Inertia
Eight Strings & a Whistle
Tenri Institute
43A West 13th Street
New York City, NY
November 9, 2018Moments of Intertia
Eight Strings & a Whistle
405 Shrader
San Francisco, CA
October 31, 2018Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
Chapman University
October 17, 2018Barstow Bagatelle
Alfredo Ovalles, piano
Graz, Austria
October 16, 2018Barstow Bagatelle
Alfredo Ovalles, piano
Vienna, Austria
October 9, 2018Time's Up
Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble
Los Angeles City College
September 16, 2018A Lamp Unto Thy Tweet
Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano, Scott Lehmkuhl,
bass; Joti Rockwell, mandola; Tom Flaherty,
cello; Genevieve Lee, piano
Bridges Hall of Music,
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
September 16, 2018Trio for Celo and Digital Processor
Tom Flaherty, cello
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
August 26, 2018Airdancing
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, Jeannette Fang, piano
Garth Newel Music Center
Hot Springs, VA
June 29, 2018Music I Hear With You
Ensemble for These Times
1751 Sacramento Street,
San Francisco, CA
June 20, 2018Rainbow Tangle
June 20, 2018Igor to Please
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Center for New Music,
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA
April 27, 2018Internal States
Brightwork newmusic
8:00 PM. Hear Now Music Festival,
People Inside Electronics,
Throop Church, Pasadena, CA
April 27, 2018Aftermath
Rachel Huang, violin
Balch Auditorium,
Claremont, CA
April 20, 2018Airdancing
Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Tran, piano
Los Angeles County Art Museum
April 14, 2018Recess
Eclipse Quartet
Chapman University
Orange, CA
April 7, 2018Airdancing
Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano
La Verne University
La Verne, CA
April 6, 2018Time's Up (premiere)
Lyman Hall of Music
Claremont, CA
April 6, 2018Rainbow Tangle
April 6, 2018Igor to Please
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
released on Reference Recordings
April 4, 2018Rainbow Tangle
April 4, 2018Igor to Please
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
CD release concert. Cal Poly Pomona
March 20, 2018Rainbow Tangle
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Music 'N' Mavens,
123 Doncaster Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 2B3 Canada
March 20, 2018Airdancing
Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano
El Camino College
Torrance, CA
March 10, 2018Moments of Inertia
Eight Strings & a Whistle
New York
March 10, 2018Rainbow Tangle
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
People Inside Electronics
Pasadena, CA
February 28, 2018Airdancing
Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Tran, piano
Cal Poly Piano Ensemble concert
Cal Poly Pomona
February 21, 2018Rainbow Tangle
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
CD pre-release concert. Cal Poly Pomona
February 19, 2018Fanfares
William Peterson, organ
Organ Festival, Los Angeles Chapter, American Guild of Organists
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
February 11, 2018Fanfares
William Peterson, organ
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College
Claremont, CA
February 2, 2018Recess
Eclipse Quartet
Lyman Hall, Pomona Colege
Claremont, CA
January 30, 2018Airdancing
Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano
El Camino College
Torrance, CA
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November 30, -0001Taking Flight
Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello
Pomona College
Claremont, CA