News / Performances

 2025
December 9, 2025

Internal States

Brightwork newmusic: Sara Andon, flute; Brian Walsh, clarinet; Shalini Vijayan, violin; Maggie Parkins, cello, Nick Terry, percussion; Aron Kallay, piano

Monk Space, Los Angeles

Los Angeles

November 1, 2025

Taking the Fifths

Genevieve Lee, Phillip Young, piano

Bridges Hall

Claremont, CA

September 27, 2025

ConcorDance

Genevieve Lee, piano

Bridges Hall of Music

Claremont, CA

September 14, 2025

Celliola Concert

Songs of the Viola

Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano; Cindy Fogg, viola; Joti Rockwell, mandola; Tom Flaherty, cello; and Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

Scenes from Sarajevo

Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Mandolin Songs

Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano; Joti Rockwell, mandolin

Bar Talk with Jonathan

Rachel V. Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Bridges Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

June 27, 2025

Cello Mashup (premiere)

NCI Cello Orchestra

National Cello Institute

Claremont, CA

June 22, 2025

A 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, 2025

Running Thoughts

Kathleen Supové, piano

Klavierhaus

790 11th Avenue New York, NY

May 6, 2025

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble, Nadia Shpachenko, director

Cal Poly Pomona

May 2, 2025

Taking Flight

Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Seaver Biology Complex, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

April 25, 2025

Taking Flight

Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Claremont Community School of Music

Claremont, CA

April 24, 2025

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble, Nadia Shpachenko, director

Palomar College

1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA

April 6, 2025

Phoenix (premiere)

Jennie Jung, piano; Jin-Shan Dai, violin

Bridges Hall of Music

Claremont, CA

February 22, 2025

Running Thoughts (premiere)

Kathleen Supové, piano

University of Illinois

Springfield, IL

February 5, 2025

The Thin Edge

Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano

UCR Arts & Performing Arts

900 University Ave, Riverside, CA,

January 18, 2025

The Thin Edge

Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church

Lake Arrowhead CA 92352

 2024
December 9, 2024

ConcorDance (premiere)

Gloria Cheng, piano

Piano Spheres series, Zipper Hall

Los Angeles, CA

November 24, 2024

Cello Concerto

Robert deMaine, cello; Pomona College Orchestra, Eric Lindholm, conductor.

Bridges Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

November 23, 2024

DinoGold

Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flute; Anne Black, viola

Dinosaur Annex series

Newton, MA

November 22, 2024

Cello Concerto (premiere with orchestra)

Robert deMaine, cello; Pomona College Orchestra, Eric Lindholm, conductor.

Bridges Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

October 13, 2024

The Thin Edge (premiere)

Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano; Todd Moellenberg, piano

September 15, 2024

Celliola and Friends Concert

Winging It (premiere)

Tom Flaherty, cello

Taking Flight (premiere)

Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Frogs Want a King (premiere)

Stacey Fraser, soprano; Sarah Wass, flute; Alan Berman, guitar; Alison Bjorkedal, harp

Hope (premiere)

Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone; Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

Phoney 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, 2024

Taking Flight

Rachel Huang, violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; and Tom Flaherty, cello

Brea Gallery

Brea, CA

August 9, 2024

Prelude and Country Waltz

Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cindy Fogg, viola

YouTube

June 15, 2024

Airdancing

Tönky Hönk (Madeline Hildebrand, piano and Everett Hopfner, toy piano)

West End Cultural Centre

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

March 26, 2024

Wagon-Wheeling

Aron Kallay, piano; Nick Terry, percussion

Cal State Fullerton

February 25, 2024

Wagon-Wheeling

Aron Kallay, piano; Nick Terry, percussion

Drinkward Hall, Harvey Mudd College

February 2, 2024

Barstow Bagatelle

Jennie Jung, keyboard

Ussachevsky Festival

Lyman Hall, Pomona College

 2023
September 10, 2023

Phoney 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, 2023

Prelude and Country Waltz (premiere)

Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola

Bridges Hall of Music

Claremont, CA

 2022
September 11, 2022

Celliola Concert

Insurreflections (premiere)

Melissa Givens, soprano; Scott Graff, baritone; Joti Rockwell, mandola; Cynthia Fogg, viola, Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

Song of one who loves (premiere) for soprano and piano

Melissa Givens, soprano; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

Bridges Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

July 22, 2022

Goal Mining (premiere) for piano and electronics

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Bargemusic

Brooklyn, NY

June 10, 2022

Mixed Messages: Music for humans and electronics CD Release

Shepard's Pi

Genevieve Feiwen Lee, toy piano

Threnody

Maggie Parkins, cello

Under the Weather

Cythina Fogg, viola; Mark Winges, organ

Recess

Eclipse Quartet: Sarah Thornblade, violin; Sara Parkins, violin; Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola; Maggie Parkins, cello

Violelation

Cynthia Fogg, viola

Mixed Messages

Sarah Thornblade, violin; Vicki Ray, piano

Release

The Smudges: Jeff Gauthier, violin; Maggie Parkins, cello

New Focus Recordings

March 4, 2022

Social Harmony (premiere) for orchestra

Pomona College Orchestra, Eric Lindholm, conductor

Bridges Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

February 18, 2022

CD and Streaming release: Song and Call

Release

The Smudges

Cryptogramophone Records

Los Angeles

 2021
December 21, 2021

Christmas Quodlibet for cello quartet

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

May 15, 2021

Pomp Circumscribed for cello octet

The 5C Cello Choir

YouTube

 2020
October 15, 2020

Dear 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, 2020

Invention Extension

Lorenzo Marasso, piano

Online performance

March 1, 2020

If truth in hearts that perish (premiere)

Melissa Givens, soprano; Genevieve Lee, piano

February 1, 2020

Release

The Smudges: Jeff Gautier, Maggie Parkins

Lyman Hall, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

January 30, 2020

Wagon-Wheeling

Aron Kallay, piano; Yuri Inoo, percussion

California State University San Bernadino

January 22, 2020

Wagon-Wheeling

Aron Kallay, piano; Yuri Inoo, percussion

Redlands University

Redlands, CA

 2019
November 17, 2019

Reeding the Scales

Leslie Schroerlucke, clarinet; Pomona College Band; Stephen Klein, conductor

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

November 15, 2019

Reeding the Scales

Leslie Schroerlucke, clarinet; Pomona College Band; Stephen Klein, conductor

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

October 18, 2019

Aftermath

Tom Flaherty, cello

Los Angeles Violoncello Society

Santa Monica, CA

September 15, 2019

Scenes from Sarajevo

Melissa Givens, soprano; Cynthia Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

April 18, 2019

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble Concert

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Airdancing

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Palomar College

April 16, 2019

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

East Los Angeles College

February 24, 2019

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Juilliard School of Music

New York, NY

 2018
November 28, 2018

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Cal Poly PomonaCal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

November 16, 2018

Moments of Inertia

Eight Strings & a Whistle

Tenri Institute

43A West 13th Street New York City, NY

November 9, 2018

Moments of Intertia

Eight Strings & a Whistle

405 Shrader

San Francisco, CA

October 31, 2018

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Chapman University

October 17, 2018

Barstow Bagatelle

Alfredo Ovalles, piano

Graz, Austria

October 16, 2018

Barstow Bagatelle

Vienna, Austria

October 9, 2018

Time's Up

Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Los Angeles City College

September 16, 2018

Celliola Concert

A Lamp Unto Thy Tweet

Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano, Scott Lehmkuhl, bass;
Joti Rockwell, mandola; Tom Flaherty, cello; Genevieve Lee, piano

Trio for Cello and Digital Processor

Tom Flaherty, cello

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

August 26, 2018

Airdancing

Genevieve Feiwen Lee and Jeannette Fang, piano

Garth Newel Music Center

Hot Springs, VA

June 29, 2018

Music I Hear With You

Ensemble for These Times

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA

June 20, 2018

Rainbow Tangle

June 20, 2018

Igor to Please

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Center for New Music

55 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA

April 27, 2018

Aftermath

Rachel Huang, violin

Balch Auditorium

Claremont, CA

April 20, 2018

Airdancing

Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Tran, piano

Los Angeles County Art Museum

April 14, 2018

Recess

Eclipse Quartet

Chapman University

Orange, CA

April 7, 2018

Airdancing

Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano

La Verne University

La Verne, CA

April 6, 2018

Time's Up (premiere)

Alex Woods, Billy Stone, Jessica Phan, Alex Franklin, Rhian Moore, Sam Betanzo, external pianists; Peter Mellinger, William Baird-Smith, Devin Shang, Happy Whitlock, internal pianists, toys

Lyman Hall of Music

Claremont, CA

April 6, 2018

Reference Recordings Release

Rainbow Tangle

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Igor to Please

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

April 4, 2018

Rainbow Tangle

April 4, 2018

CD Release Concert

Igor to Please

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Cal Poly Pomona

March 20, 2018

Rainbow Tangle

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Music 'N' Mavens

123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 2B3 Canada

March 20, 2018

Airdancing

Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano

El Camino College

Torrance, CA

March 10, 2018

Moments of Inertia

Eight Strings & a Whistle

New York

March 10, 2018

Rainbow Tangle

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

People Inside Electronics

Pasadena, CA

February 28, 2018

Cal Poly Piano Ensemble Concert

Airdancing

Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Tran, piano

Cal Poly Pomona

February 21, 2018

CD Pre-release Concert

Rainbow Tangle

Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Cal Poly Pomona

February 19, 2018

Organ Festival, Los Angeles Chapter, American Guild of Organists

Fanfares

William Peterson, organ

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

February 11, 2018

Fanfares

William Peterson, organ

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Claremont, CA

February 2, 2018

Recess

Eclipse Quartet

Lyman Hall, Pomona Colege

Claremont, CA

January 30, 2018

Airdancing

Rafael Liebich, Aron Kallay, toy piano

El Camino College

Torrance, CA