Transient Canvas: Only Breath

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas opens our 2023-24 Season with the world premiere by TC Composition Fellow, Luis Quintana alongside works by Badie Khalegian, Tina Tallon, Jennifer BellorJon Yu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Seully Hall
8 The Fenway
Boston, MA

Roger Williams University

Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 7:30pm

RWU Performing Arts Center
Bristol, RI

Joining the Essex Chamber Music Players to present works by William Thomas McKinley.

Glens Falls Symphony

Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 4:00pm

Glens Falls NY

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 AT 7:30PM

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
Milwaukee, WI

Transient Canvas presents “Only Breath” with works by Luis QuintanaBadie Khalegian, Tina Tallon, Jennifer BellorJon Yu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Improbable Beasts

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:30pm

Midway Cafe
Jamaica Plain, MA

Amber Vistein: Dark Exhalation

Friday, October 20, 2023 at 7:30pm

The Armory
Somerville, MA

Genshin Video Game Symphony

Saturday, OCTOBER 28, 2023 AT 8:00PM

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

SPLICE Festival

Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 11:00am

Performing Nina Shekhar’s Honk if You Love Me for solo clarinet and electronics.

Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

Glens Falls Symphony

Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 4:00pm

Glens Falls NY

Orchestra Unidos

Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 8:00pm

Somerville Theater
Somerville, MA

Sound Icon: Hans Thomalla Residency

Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 8:00pm

Boston University College of Fine Arts
Boston, MA

Improbable Beasts: Freylekh

Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 4:00pm

Boston’s all-bass clarinet ensemble, Improbable Beasts, is joined by Klezmer clarinetist Nat Seelen.

Grace Episcopal Church
Newton, MA

Old North Festival Chorus: Holiday Concert

Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 8:00pm

Old North Church Meeting House
Marblehead, MA

Old North Festival Chorus: Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 7:30pm

Old North Church Meeting House
Marblehead, MA

Andrea Bocelli: World Tour

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 8:20pm

TD Garden
Boston, MA

New Bedford Symphony: Holiday Concert

Sunday December 10, 2023 at 3:30pm and 7pm

Bronspiegel Auditorium
New Bedford High School

Harvard University

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs the world premiere of Enheduanna by Douglas Knehans for two sopranos, violin, bass clarinet, and percussion.

Cambridge, MA

Improbable Beasts: How The Beasts Stole Christmas

Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 4:00pm

The First Baptist Church
Medford, MA

Elf in Concert

Friday, December 22, 2023 at 7pm

Wang Theatre
Boston, MA

Elf in Concert

Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 1pm

Wang Theatre
Boston, MA

Improbable Beasts

Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 7:30pm

The First Baptist Church
Medford, MA

Williams College: I/O Festival

Friday, January 12, 2024 at 7:30pm

Transient Canvas performs works by Yaz Lancaster, Crystal Pascucci, and Mikhail Johnson.

Williamstown, MA

Appalachian State University

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024 AT 7:30PM

Program TBA Works by Luis Quintana, Crystal Pascucci, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Jon Yu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Boone, NC

Glendale Community College

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 AT 7:30PM

World premiere by Nathan Nokes, plus music by Crystal Pascucci, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, and Mikhail Johnson. Stephanie Gardner joins for a performance of Sojourn of the Face by Cornelius Boots.

Glendale, AZ

University of Arizona

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024 AT 7:00PM

Works by Luis Quintana, Crystal Pascucci, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Nathan Nokes, and Mikhail Johnson.

Tucson, AZ

Celebrity Series: An Evening With Audra McDonald

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 AT 8:00PM

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

Glens Falls Symphony

Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 4:00pm

Glens Falls NY

Sound Icon

Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30pm

World premiere of Muriel's Songs by Eric Chasalow, with support from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation.

Brandeis University
Slosberg Music Center
Waltham, MA

Odyssey Opera

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Dominick Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe

The Huntington Theatre
Boston, MA

Improbable Beasts

Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 8:00pm

The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA

Guerilla Opera: Miami University Residency

April 17-19, 2024

Oxford, OH

Sound Icon

April 27, 2024

World premiere by Marti Epstein.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee: Studio T401
31 Hemenway Street

Brandeis University: Transient Canvas

May 2, 2024 at 7:00pm

World premieres of works by Brandeis University students.

Brandeis University
Slosberg Music Center
Waltham, MA

Improbable Beasts: Music of the Mystics

Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 7pm

Featuring Improbable Beasts and Winsor Music.

St. Paul’s Church
Brookline, MA

MIT: Transient Canvas

Monday, May 13, 2024 at 11am

World premieres by MIT students.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Improbable Beasts

Sunday, May 21, 2024 at 7pm

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 8:00pm

Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

Cal Poly Soundings

THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024 AT 7:30PM

Featuring Transient Canvas in world premiere interdisciplinary performances of works by Cal Poly Pomona students.

Pavillion, Performing Arts Center
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA

Cal Poly Soundings

FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024 AT 7:30PM

Featuring Transient Canvas in world premiere interdisciplinary performances of works by Cal Poly Pomona students.

Pavillion, Performing Arts Center
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA

New Hampshire Master Chorale

Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 7:00pm

The Radio Hour, A Choral Opera, by Jake Heggie

South Church
Concord, NH

New Hampshire Master Chorale

Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 4:00pm

The Radio Hour, A Choral Opera, by Jake Heggie

Plymouth Congregational Church
Plymouth, NH

High School Composition Intensive

July 17-19, 2024

Transient Canvas collaborates with 20 high school composers on new works.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston, MA

Improbable Beasts

Thursday, July 18 2024

More info, TBA.

ClarinetFest

July 31 to August 4, 2024

Dublin, IRELAND

São Paolo Contemporary Composers Festival

AUGUST 2024

São Paolo, BRAZIL

Cape Symphony: Star Wars, A New Hope In Concert

SUNDAY, JULY 30 AT 3:00PM

Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601

Cape Symphony: Star Wars, A New Hope In Concert

SATURDAY, JULY 29 AT 7:30PM

Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601

Vienna Summer Music Festival

July 7 & 9, 2023

Transient Canvas is an ensemble in residence at the Vienna Summer Music Festival. Concert repertoire TBA.

Vienna, Austria

Monadnock Music

Sunday, June 25 at 4:00pm

Performing Brahms Clarinet Trio and more.

Rindge, NH

Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren

Friday, June 16, 2023

Program TBA.

Smíchov, Prague, Czech Republic

Vienna Summer Music Festival

July 7 & 9, 2023

Transient Canvas is an ensemble in residence at the Vienna Summer Music Festival. Concert repertoire TBA.

Vienna, Austria

Alba Music Festival: Wet Ink I

Wednesday, May 31 at 3:30pm

Transient Canvas returns as the resident ensemble with the Alba Music Festival Composition Program. As part of our residency, we will present two Wet Ink concerts of world premieres by festival fellows, a faculty recital, and provide coachings for participants throughout the week.

Chiesa della Madallena
Alba, Italy

Alba Music Festival: Virtuosi

SUNDAY, MAY 28 AT 9:00PM

Alba Music Festival presents Transient Canvas and the Chesapeake Chamber Players in a joint performance. Featuring music by Yaz Lancaster, Mikhail Johnson, and more.

Chiesa di San Domenica
Alba, Italy

Rasa

April 20-29, 2023

An opera by Shirish Korde

College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA

Cleveland State University

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023 AT 7:30PM

Cleveland State University presents Transient Canvas: Turn Your Hand. This program examines artistic resiliency in difficult times and features music written for Transient Canvas by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yaz Lancaster, Yi-Ting Lu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Drinko Recital Hall
2001 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH

Penn State University

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023, AT 7:30PM

The Penn State School of Music presents Transient Canvas: Turn Your Hand. This program examines artistic resiliency in difficult times and features music written for Transient Canvas by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yaz Lancaster, Yi-Ting Lu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Penn State University
Allen Road
State College, PA

New Music at the Short North Stage

TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023, AT 7:00PM

The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents Transient Canvas: Turn Your Hand. This program examines artistic resiliency in difficult times and features music written for Transient Canvas by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yaz Lancaster, Yi-Ting Lu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Short North Stage
1187 N. High Street
Columbus, OH

Kent State University

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2023, AT 7:30PM

Kent State University presents Transient Canvas: Turn Your Hand. This program examines artistic resiliency in difficult times and features music written for Transient Canvas by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yaz Lancaster, Yi-Ting Lu, and Mikhail Johnson.

Ludwig Recital Hall
1325 Theatre Drive
Kent, OH

Into The Woods

MARCH 21 TO APRIL 2, 2023

Broadway’s cast & production comes to Boston!

Emerson Colonial Theatre
106 Boylston St.
Boston, MA

East Carolina University

FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023 AT 7:30PM

The North Carolina NewMusic Initiative presents Transient Canvas: Turn Your Hand. This program examines artistic resiliency in difficult times and features music written for Transient Canvas by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yaz Lancaster, Yi-Ting Lu, and Mikhail Johnson.

A.J. Fletcher Hall
East Carolina University School of Music
Greenville, NC

University of North Texas

Monday, MARCH 6, 2023 AT 8:00PM

TC performs works by Brittany J. Green, Sid Richardson, Yoon-Ji Lee, Kirsten Volness, Caroline Louise Miller, and Dan VanHassel.

Denton, TX

Matthew Evan Taylor: It Begins With Breath

Sunday, MARCH 5, 2023 at 3:00pm

Transient Canvas performs the world premiere of Liminal Echos by Matthew Evan Taylor as part of his portrait concert at Longy.

Edward M. Pickman Hall
27 Garden St
Cambridge, MA

Transient Canvas & Parhelion Trio

Friday, March 3, 2023

Transient Canvas joins forces with New York City’s Parhelion Trio. Get tickets here.

National Opera Center
New York, NY

Sound Icon: Hyena

Friday, February 24, 2023 at 8:00pm

Performing the powerful work Hyena by Georg Friedrich Haas with libretto and narration by Mollena Lee Williams-Haas.

ICA Boston
25 Harbor Shore Dr.
Boston, MA

Sound Icon: BU Center for New Music

Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 8:00pm

Sound Icon performs works by BU graduate students.

CFA Concert Hall
Boston University
Boston, MA

ICA Low Clarinet Festival

JANUARY 5-8, 2023

As part of the first International Clarinet Association Low Clarinet Festival, Transient Canvas has been invited to perform their short program tl;dr featuring music written for them by Yaz Lancaster, Barbara White, and Sid Richardson.

Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ

Andrea Bocelli

Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8:00pm

TD Garden
Boston MA

Streetlight Manifesto

Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:00pm

Performing with the legendary ska-punk group, Streetlight Manifesto, on their tour with the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution orchestra.

Roadrunner
89 Guest St
Boston, MA

Beach Boys Holiday Tour

Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 8:00pm

Chevalier Theatre
Medford, MA

Beach Boys Holiday Tour

Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 8:00pm

Foxwoods Premier Theatre
Mashantucket, CT

Eudaimonia and Improbable Beasts

Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 7:30pm

A collaboration between two unusual Boston musical groups – crossover historical ensemble Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band and Boston’s premiere (and only) bass clarinet ensemble Improbable Beasts – to honor St. Cecilia, the 8th-century patron saint of music, with early works re-conceived and new works folded in.

United Parish in Brookline
210 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA

Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds

Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3:00pm & 8:00pm

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

University of Northern Iowa

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022, AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs the world premiere of Pale Blue Dot by Elliott Miles McKinley with the UNI String Quartet. This program also features electroacoustic music written for TC by Teerath Majumder, Caroline Louise Miller, Sydney Doemel, and Dan VanHassel.

Cedar Falls, IA

Sqwonk & Improbable Beasts

Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 7:30pm

Grace Episcopal Church
76 Eldredge Street
Newton, MA

Improbable Beasts (Boston’s bass clarinet ensemble) teams up with The Sqwonk bass clarinet duo to perform music by Stravinsky and the Finnish band Alamaailman Vasarat, in addition to a new arrangement of Jon Russell's Double Concerto for two solo bass clarinets and bass clarinet choir.

University of Georgia

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022, AT 6:00PM

The Dancz Center for New Music at the University of Georgia presents Transient Canvas: Crossroads. This electroacoustic program explores the relationships between human beings and our environment and features music by Teerath Majumder, Kitty Xiao, João Pedro Oliveira, Sydney Doemel, Kirsten Volness, Caroline Louise Miller, and Dan VanHassel.

Dancz Center for New Music
Hugh Hudgson School of Music
Athens, GA

Emory University: Composer Workshop

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022 AT 2:30PM

Emory University hosts Transient Canvas for a reading of new pieces by their student composers.

Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
1700 N. Decatur Road
Atlanta, GA

Glens Falls Symphony

Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 4:00pm

Brahms Violin Concerto and Shostakovich Symphony No. 9

Glens Falls, NY

"Eternal Equinox": The music of Rodney Lister

Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 8:00pm

Boston University Concert Hall
Boston, MA

Berkshire Symphony

Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:30pm

Music by Barber, Mahler, Britten, and Bizet.

Chapin Hall
Williamstown, MA

Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Crossroads

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 AT 4:00PM

For their season-opener in Boston, Transient Canvas presents Crossroads at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. This electroacoustic program explores the relationships between human beings and our environment and features music by Teerath Majumder, Kitty Xiao, João Pedro Oliveira, Sydney Doemel, Kirsten Volness, Caroline Louise Miller, and Dan VanHassel. This concert is free and open to the public.

Studio 106 | Richard Ortner Studio Building
132 Ipswich St.
Boston, MA

Beethovenfest Bonn: Alarm Will Sound

Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 10:00pm CEST

Alarm Will Sound performs music from its Acoustica project featuring music by Aphex Twin, Jlin, King Britt, SOPHIE, and more.

Pantheon Theater
Siegburger Strasse 42
Bonn, 53229 Germany

Beethovenfest Bonn: Alarm Will Sound

Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7:30pm CEST

Alarm Will Sound performs Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy

University of Bonn, auditorium
Via Regina Pacis 3
Bonn, 53113 Germany

Princeton Sound Kitchen: Alarm Will Sound

Friday, September 9, 2022 at 7:30pm

Alarm Will Sound performs the world premiere of Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy.

Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
68 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ

Landmarks Orchestra: Pines of Rome

Wednesday, August 24,2022 at 7:00pm

Music by Leonard Bernstein, William Dawson, Georges Enesco, and Ottorino Respighi.

DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
Boston, MA

Avaloch Farm Music Institute

AUGUST 8-13, 2022

Transient Canvas in residency on the farm! We’ll be collaborating with Jonathan Bailey Holland on a new commission.

Avaloch Farm
Boscawen, NH

White Mountain Music Festival: An English Country Sojourn

Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 4:00pm

Joining the North Country Chamber Players for music by Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Britten, and Delius.

Franconia Pavillion
Franconia, NH

White Mountain Music Festival: An English Country Sojourn

Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 4:00pm

Joining the North Country Chamber Players for music by Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Britten, and Delius.

Franconia Pavillion
Franconia, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival

Friday, July 29, 2022 at 7:30pm

Orff, Carmina Burana

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival

Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 7:30pm

Orff, Carmina Burana

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

Monadnock Music

Sunday, July 24 at 3:00pm

Woodwind trio performance of works by François Devienne, Robert Muczynski, Črt Sojar Voglar, Rosy Wertheim, and Eugène Walckiers.

Ahavas Achim Synagogue
84 Hastings Avenue
Keene, NH

Boston Conservatory at Berklee: High School Composition Intensive

JULY 20-22, 2022

Transient Canvas presents workshops and world premiere recordings of HSCI student works.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at ClarinetFest

Friday, July 1, 2022 at 1:00pm

The International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest hosts Transient Canvas for a performance of music by Mikhail Johnson, Emily Koh, and Jonathan Bailey Holland.

Reno, NV

Transient Canvas at Longy Divergent Studios

Thursday, June 16, 2022

World premieres by Divergent Studios Composers.

Edward M. Pickman Hall
27 Garden St
Cambridge, MA

Improbable Beasts

Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 8pm

Improbable Beasts (Boston’s all-bass clarinet ensemble) joins Hinge Ensemble for a split-bill concert featuring the world premiere performance of Requiem for 2020 by Jonathan Russell.

Boston Conservatory, Ipswich Hall
132 Ipswich St
Boston, MA

Mystic River Watershed Association: Benefit Concert

Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 3pm

Joining Kalliope Reed Quintet for a benefit concert featuring a program of climate-related works. The performance takes place at the recently opened Medford Public Library, which is run on 100% renewable energy (the first library of its kind in the state!)

Medford Public Library
111 High St
Medford, MA

Refugee Orchestra Project

Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:30am

Benefit concert in support of Ukrainian musicians. Give directly to the Relief Fund for Ukrainian Musicians at the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation at: https://www.lisabatiashvili-foundation.org/support-ukraine

Cambridge Common
Cambridge, MA

Music Mexico Symposium

Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:00pm

Joining Kalliope Reed Quintet for performances of music by three living Mexican composers: Nubia Jaime Melina Donjuan, Charles Philip Daniels Torres, and Arturo Marquez.

Hopkins Center for the Arts
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

Manchester Choral Society

Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 7pm

Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, Lobgesang and Jennifer Higdon’s Ruminations.

St. Joseph Cathedral
Manchester, NH

Back Bay Chorale

Friday, May 6, 2022 at 8PM

Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem.

Sanders Theatre
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Transient Canvas at Spitting Image Collective

Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:30pm

Studio Z
275 East 4th Street, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN

Spitting Image Collective hosts Transient Canvas for world premieres by Joshua Clausen and Daniel Nass, music by Katherine Bergman, and more TBD.

Transient Canvas at UCSB Corwin Series

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 AT 7:30PM

The University of California - Santa Barbara hosts Transient Canvas for a residency and performance. Our concert will feature music by Yiyang Wang, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Anthony R. Green, and Mikhail Johnson alongside world premieres by UCSB PhD students Alexandra Marie Jones and Stewart Engart.

Karl Geiringer Hall
Santa Barbara, CA

Transient Canvas at New Music Miami

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022 AT 7:30PM, PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 7:00PM

The New Music Miami ISCM Festival (NMMF) hosts Transient Canvas for a performance featuring world premieres by Paula Matthusen and Jacob David Sudol, plus works by Anthony R. Green, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, and João Pedro Oliveira.

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
Miami Beach, FL

Transient Canvas at University of Central Florida

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 AT 7:00PM

TC presents a Playlists, cross-genre concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Teerath Majumder, Kitty Xiao, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Caroline Louise Miller, and Dan VanHassel.

Rehearsal Hall
Orlando, FL

Transient Canvas at Tufts University: duoFEST

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2022 AT 8:00PM

The Granoff Fund Concert Series at Tufts University presents Transient Canvas and Verdant Vibes for a joint concert of contemporary music. Verdant Vibes presents pieces for violin and percussion by Kareem Roustom and Kirsten Volness. TC presents three world premieres by Mikhail Johnson, Brittany J. Green, and Sid Richardson.

Granoff Music Center | Distler Performance Hall
20 Talbot Ave.
Medford, MA

Verdant Vibes

Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 7:30pm

Performing a solo set of music by Alex Temple, Nina Shekhar, and Iris ter Schiphorst.

The Music Mansion
88 Meeting Street
Providence, RI

CCM: The Music of Iris ter Schiphorst

Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:30pm

Patricia Corbett Theater
Cincinnati, OH

Performing two solo works by Iris ter Schiphorst while she is in residency at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Pulling Out All the Stops

Friday, February 18, 2022 at 8:00pm

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

Music by J.S. Bach, Stephen Paulus, Olivier Messiaen, and Joseph Jongen.

Transient Canvas at University of Utah

FriDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022 AT 7:30PM

The University of Utah hosts us for a residency and performance, details TBA.

Dumke Recital Hall
Salt Lake City, UT

Andrea Bocelli: Believe World Tour

Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 8pm

TD Garden
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Festival of New American Music

Sunday, NOVEMBER 14, 2021at 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Hosted by the virtual 2021 Festival of New American Music, Transient Canvas presents works by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Steph Davis, Alex Temple, Sofía Rocha, Emily Koh, and Anthony R. Green.

Final Fantasy VII Remake (World Tour)

Friday, November 12, 2021 at 8:00pm

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Festival of New American Music

Wednesday, NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 7PM ET / 4PM PT

Hosted by the virtual 2021 Festival of New American Music, Transient Canvas presents a concert of student works. This performance will stream on the Sacramento State School of Music Facebook page.

Transient Canvas at Versipel New Music

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 AT 7:30PM

Loyola University, Roussel Hall
New Orleans, LA

Transient Canvas begins our residency with the University of New Orleans and Versipel New Music with a performance featuring music by Kari Besharse, Philip Schuessler, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Crystal Pascucci, and Emily Koh.

Transient Canvas at NYU: Never Mind the Noise

TuesDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

New York University’s Never Mind the Noise composer collective hosts Transient Canvas for a virtual performance featuring world premieres by Nicole Russell, Cole Reyes, Vicki Leona, Kristian de Leon, and RafaiIia Bampasidou.

Transient Canvas at Alba Music Festival: Faculty Concert

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 AT 11:00AM (CEST)

As the 2021 Ensemble in Residence at The Alba Music Festival Composition Program, we present a concert featuring Alba Composer in Residence, Anthony R Green, world premieres by David Post and Alba Commission Winner Badie Khaleghian, and music by Barbara White, Giacomo Platini, and Elliott Miles McKinley.

Chiesa di San Giuseppe
Via Alessandro Manzoni
212051 Alba CN, Italy

Transient Canvas at Alba Music Festival: Wet Ink 2

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 AT 5:30PM (CEST)

As the 2021 Ensemble in Residence at The Alba Music Festival Composition Program, we present world premieres by the 2021 Fellows. Concert details coming soon!

Chiesa di S. Maria di Maddalena
Via Luigi Paruzza
212051 Alba CN, Italy

Transient Canvas at Alba Music Festival: Wet Ink 1

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 AT 5:30PM (CEST)

As the 2021 Ensemble in Residence at The Alba Music Festival Composition Program, we present world premieres by the 2021 Fellows. Concert details coming soon!

Chiesa di S. Maria di Maddalena
Via Luigi Paruzza
212051 Alba CN, Italy

Transient Canvas at ClarinetFest 2021- Potpourri Recital

Saturday, JULY 31 at 6:30pm (ET)

The Boston-based bass clarinet ensemble, Improbable Beasts, presents the world premiere of “A Requiem for 2020” for 14 bass clarinets by Jonathan Russell.

Watch this performance on YouTube

Transient Canvas at ClarinetFest 2021- Spotlight Stage

Friday, JULY 30 at 5pm (ET)

Transient Canvas presents music by Teerath Majumder, Kirsten Volness, and Dan VanHassel at the Virtual 2021 ClarinetFest.

Watch this performance on YouTube

Boston Conservatory at Berklee: High School Composition Intensive

JULY 2021

Transient Canvas presents workshops and world premiere recordings of HSCI student works.

Monadnock Music

Saturday, June 26 at 5pm

A free outdoor performance featuring music for clarinet and strings with works by Hannah Kendall, Rebecca Clarke, Natalie Hunt, and Jean Cras.

Park Hill Meeting House
Westmoreland, NH

Transient Canvas at Longy Divergent Studios

JUNE 22, 2021 at 8pm

Transient Canvas is a guest ensemble at Longy’s summer program for contemporary chamber music and composition. We’ll present a performance of new works by the students.

Pickman Hall
Cambridge, MA

New York Philharmonic: Very Young Composers program

Monday, JUNE 7, 2021

Transient Canvas concludes their spring residency with the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program with a virtual performance of world premieres by students age 10-12.

New York, NY

Society of Composers: Online National Conference

Friday, MAY 7, 2021 at 7:00pm ET

Featuring Transient Canvas with world premieres of flutters and murmurs of an irregular heart and curious mind by Wolfgang Scheitinger and EPHEMERA by Philip Carlsen, plus music by Lansing McLoskey, Rain Worthington, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, and Charles Nichols.

Watch the concert on YouTube.

Transient Canvas at Miami University

FriDAY, April 30, 2021 AT 5:30PM ET

Transient Canvas presents a concert as part of our residency at Miami University. This performance features world premieres by MU students alongside music by Teerath Majumder, Caroline Louise Miller, Sydney Doemel, and Dan VanHassel.

Transient Canvas at Lawrence University: New Music Series

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

Transient Canvas presents a concert as part of our residency with Lawrence University. This performance features music by Avik Chari, Teerath Majumder, Caroline Louise Miller, Kitty Xiao, Sydney Doemel, Jen Wang, and Dan VanHassel.

Transient Canvas at Hamilton College

FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

Transient Canvas presents a concert as part of our residency at Hamilton College. This performance features a world premiere by Ryan Carter alongside music by Peter Van Zandt Lane, Caroline Louise Miller, Teerath Majumder, Kirsten Volness, and João Pedro Oliveira.

Transient Canvas at Ohio University

Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 7:30pm ET

Transient Canvas presents a concert as part of our residency at Ohio University. This performance features world premieres by OU students alongside music by Olivia Kieffer, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Osnat Netzer, and Jennifer Bellor.

Transient Canvas at CCM: Student Works Concert

THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 AT 7:30PM Et

CCM hosts Transient Canvas for a performance of student works. This performance features world premieres by Ye Zhao, John McFarland, and Wenbin Lyu alongside music by Olivia Kieffer, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, and Anthony R. Green.

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

Transient Canvas presents a concert as part of our residency at CCM. This performance features world premieres by Liam Kornoely, Serin Oh, and Isaac Creager alongside music by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Alicia Lopez, and Crystal Pascucci.

Transient Canvas at Virginia Tech: Music on Mondays

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

Transient Canvas begins our residency at Virginia Tech with a performance on their Music on Mondays series. This concert features music by Avik Chari, Teerath Majumder, Caroline Louise Miller, Kitty Xiao, Charles Nichols, Sydney Doemel, and Dan VanHassel.

Transient Canvas at UW Oshkosh: Chamber Arts Series

FRIDAY, MARCH 12 AT 7:00PM CT

The Students for Music organization at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh hosts us for a performance and masterclass. This concert features music by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Olivia Kieffer, Osnat Netzer, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Jennifer Bellor, and Keith Kirchoff.

Transient Canvas at University of Miami

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

The University of Miami Society of Composers, Inc. hosts Transient Canvas for a performance of five world premiere student works.

Transient Canvas at University of Miami

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021 AT 7:30PM ET

The University of Miami Society of Composers, Inc. hosts Transient Canvas for a performance of five world premiere student works.

Transient Canvas at No Exit: Concert #2

FRIDAY, February 5, 2021 AT 7:30PM EST

Transient Canvas concludes our remote collaboration with No Exit in a livestream performance of new works by composition students from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University.

Transient Canvas at Roger Williams University

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 AT 7:30PM EST

As part of Transient Canvas’ remote residency at Roger Williams University, we present a concert of student works.

Exposure: A New Opera

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 AT 7:30PM EST

The web premiere of Exposure, a new opera about power and consent in the art world. Music by Daniel Felsenfeld and Libretto by Bea Goodwin. Featuring sopranos Elyse Anne Kakacek and Sara Lin Yoder.

Admission is free. Reserve your tickets at tickettailor.com/events/thecelltheatre/449052/. For more information, visit https://exposureopera.wixsite.com/website

Transient Canvas at No Exit: Workshop #2

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 AT 5:00PM eST

As part of Transient Canvas’ collaboration with Cleveland based contemporary ensemble, No Exit, we present our final workshop reading new works by composition students from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University.

Transient Canvas at St Cloud State University

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 AT 7:30PM CST / 8:30PM EST

Transient Canvas concludes our remote residency at St Cloud State University with a livestream performance.

Right now, in a second: Album Release Concert

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 AT 7:30PM EDT

Transient Canvas releases our third album! We’ll play music from the album by Barbara White, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Emily Koh, Clifton Ingram, Crystal Pascucci, Stefanie Lubkowski, and Keith Kirchoff. Livestream on Facebook / YouTube at @transientcanvas.

Transient Canvas at No Exit: Concert #1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020 AT 7:00PM EDT

As part of Transient Canvas’ remote collaboration with Cleveland based contemporary ensemble, No Exit, we present a livestream performance.

Transient Canvas at No Exit: Workshop #1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020 AT 5:00PM EDT

Cleveland based contemporary ensemble, No Exit, hosts Transient Canvas for a remote collaboration with composition students from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University. In this workshop, we present a class on writing for our instruments.

Transient Canvas at UNK New Music

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 AT 7:30PM CDT / 8:30PM EDT

Transient Canvas presents a livestream performance hosted by the University of Nebraska - Kearney New Music Series.

Transient Canvas at Roger Williams University: Workshop

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 AT 4:00PM EDT

As part of Transient Canvas’ remote residency at Roger Williams University, we present a workshop on writing for our instruments. The residency will conclude with a performance of student works at the end of the Fall Semester.

Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive - Digital Edition

THURSDAY, JULY 20-31, 2020

Transient Canvas returns as a resident ensemble for Boston Conservatory’s High School Composition Intensive. Working remotely, we will premiere 20 new pieces by talented high schoolers from across the country.

Transient Canvas at Charlotte New Music Festival

JUNE 15-27, 2020

TC returns to CNMF for a performance of new works by the students, plus lectures, recordings, and more! This years festival will occur digitally, so stay tuned for more information.

Charlotte, NC

Transient Canvas: Living Rooms Unite #6 - Wired Pt. 2

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

PROGRAM:
Year Without a Summer by Kirsten Volness
Exergy Bubblebath by Peter Van Zandt Lane
Lacuna by Heather Stebbins
Branches by David Ibbett

Online Residency - MIT

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020

TC premieres new pieces by Keeril Makan’s composition students.

Living Rooms Unite #5 - Wired Pt. 1

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

PROGRAM:
Playlists by Avik Chari
When the River Ran Black by Paul Berlinksy *World Premiere
The Other Voice by Jen Wang
Epidermis by Dan VanHassel

Living Rooms Unite #4

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

This Thursday we bring you five world premieres as part of our remote residency at University of Missouri - Kansas City!


PROGRAM:
"Deep Water" by Laura Whitney-Johnson
"When the River Ran Black" by Paul Berlinksy
"Oscillations" by Diego Rocha
"Ògún" by Giuseppe Gallo-Balma
"When the Waves Come" by Yunfei Li

Living Rooms Unite #3

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

J.S. Bach, Chaconne
Barbara White, Small World (2002)
David Lang, Press Release (1992)

Living Rooms Unite #2

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

Joe Colombo, The Private Works of Puncher and Wattmann (2015)
Osnat Netzer, meshulashim (2018)
Jon Yu, Solis One (2016)
Yiyang Wang, Converse II (2020)

Living Rooms Unite #1

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 AT 6PM EASTERN

Featuring music and discussion, live-streamed from our Facebook Page

Barbara White, Fool Me Once (2016)
Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, shenpa (2015)
Elliot Miles McKinley, Soliloquy I: Lament (2017)
Curtis Hughes, Vestibule III (2013)

Guerilla Opera: Fellowship Showcase

Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 7:30pm

Five world premiere mini-operas written by composers from our international call for proposals. Composers and librettists to be featured are: Leah Reid, Caroline Louise Miller, Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (دانیال رضا سبزقبایی) and Mina Salehpour (librettist), Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, and Niko Yamamoto. This concert was made possible in part by an Opera America Innovation Grant.

Slosberg Recital Hall
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival / Society of Composers Region IV

MARCH 4-6, 2020

Transient Canvas premieres …like cancer … like fire by Travis Alford alongside works by Emily Koh, Crystal Pascucci and João Pedro Oliveira. I’ll perform Carolina Heredia’s Vanishing for solo clarinet.

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Transient Canvas at Tetractys New Music

Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 8:00pm

Transient Canvas presents a new acoustic program built around Marti Epstein’s intricately delicate Origami (2012). Other featured composers include Jonathan Bailey Holland, Nicholas Denton-Protsack, Clifton Ingram, Keith Kirchoff, and Emily Koh. This concert also features the world premiere of a new piece by Christopher Prosser, Tetractys’s co-artistic director.

Imagine Art
2830 Real Street
Austin, TX

Transient Canvas at Red Note Festival

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs a concert of works by the participants in the Red Note Festival Composition Workshop

Kemp Recital Hall
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Transient Canvas at Red Note Festival

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 11:00aM

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Carl Schimmel, and Dan VanHassel.

Kemp Recital Hall
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Transient Canvas at Frequency Series

Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 8:30pm

Transient Canvas joins international viola soloist Michael Hall on a program featuring a world premiere by Roger Zare plus music by Osnat Netzer, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Daniel T. Lewis.

Constellation
3111 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL

Transient Canvas at Knox College - Wired

Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4:00PM

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Carl Schimmel, and Dan VanHassel.

Kresge Recital Hall
Knox College
Galesburg, IL

Transient Canvas at St. Ambrose University

Friday, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 AT 5:00PM

Transient Canvas performs at St. Ambrose University on their Casual Classics series.

Madsen Hall, Galvin Fine Arts Center
Davenport, IA

Transient Canvas at Roger Williams University

Friday, January 31, 2020 at 8:00PM

Transient Canvas returns to Roger Williams University for a concert featuring music by Elliott Miles McKinley and Williams Thomas McKinley.

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Music at the Substation

Monday, January 20 at 7:30pm

Featuring Mozart’s Gran Partita.

The Substation
4228 Washington Street
Roslindale, MA

Transient Canvas at Jacksonville University

Friday, January 17, 2020 at 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane and Dan VanHassel.

Terry Concert Hall
Phillips Fine Arts Building
Jacksonville, FL

Transient Canvas at Brigham Young University

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 7:30pm

Transient Canvas performs a varied program built around Grammy Award-winning composer Lansing McLoskey’s powerful Agitprop (2017). This concert also features electronic and acoustic music by Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Peter Van Zandt Lane, and BYU alums Dylan Findley and Todd Kitchen.

Madsen Recital Hall
Harris Fine Arts Center
Provo, UT

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Klezmer Madness

Saturday November 23, 2019 at 8:00pm

Guest soloist and klezmer superstar David Krakauer gives the Boston premiere of Matthew Rosenblum’s searing clarinet concerto Lament/Witches’ Sabbath and performs Wlad Marhulets’s Concerto for Klezmer Clarinet. Avner Dorman’s Ellef Symphony and Uriah complete the program.

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Avenue
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at UNLV Nextet

Monday, November 18, 2019 at 7:30pm

Hosted by University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Transient Canvas performs a new program featuring a world premiere by Jennifer Bellor alongside music by David Liptak, including the premiere of Sticks, Bones, and Dust for solo marimba.

Doc Rando Recital Hall
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV

Transient Canvas at Temple University

Friday, November 8, 2019 at 5:30pm

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Carl Schimmel, and Dan VanHassel.

Rock Auditorium
1715 North Broad St
Philadelphia, PA

Transient Canvas at DCCC New Music Series

Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 5:00PM

Hosted by the DCCC New Music Series, Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Carl Schimmel, and Dan VanHassel.

Delaware County Community College
Marple, Large Auditorium
Media, PA

Music at Marsh Chapel: Haydn & Beethoven

Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 8:00pm

Performing Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Haydn’s Mass in B Minor

Marsh Chapel
735 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA

Tufts Composers: New@Noon

Friday, October 25 at 12:00pm

Featuring Meld by Niki Glenister for clarinet and piano.

Distler Performance Hall
20 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA

Tufts Composers: How To Fall Slowly

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 8:00pm

Featuring music by Jacquelyn Hazle and Wen Gao.

Distler Performance Hall
20 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA

Transient Canvas at Mansfield University

Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 8:00pm

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane and Dan VanHassel.

Butler Music Center
18 Campus View Dr
Mansfield, PA

Transient Canvas at Buffalo State University

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:30pm

Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, and Dan VanHassel alongside a world premiere by Tomás Henriques.

Ciminelli Recital Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo NY

Transient Canvas at Ethos New Music Society

Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 8:00pm

Hosted by the Ethos New Music Society, Transient Canvas performs a concert of electroacoustic music by Avik Chari, Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane and Dan VanHassel.

Rosch Recital Hall, SUNY Fredonia
280 Central Avenue
Fredonia, NY

ENSEMBLE/PARALLAX: Alessandrini & Sciarrino

Friday, OCTOBER 4, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Ensemble/Parallax performs a concert melding live music with video art featuring Patricia Alessandrini’s Nachtgewâchse and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lew voci sottovetro and Infinito Nero.

National Sawdust
80 N. 6th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

ENSEMBLE/PARALLAX: Alessandrini & Sciarrino

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 AT 4:00PM

Ensemble/Parallax performs a concert melding live music with video art featuring Patricia Alessandrini’s Nachtgewâchse and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lew voci sottovetro and Infinito Nero.

Syracuse University - Setnor Auditorium
900 S. Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY

ENSEMBLE/PARALLAX: Alessandrini & Sciarrino

Friday, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Ensemble/Parallax performs a concert melding live music with video art featuring Patricia Alessandrini’s Nachtgewâchse and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lew voci sottovetro and Infinito Nero.

Boston, MA

ENSEMBLE/PARALLAX: Alessandrini & Sciarrino

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AT 8:30PM

Ensemble/Parallax performs a concert melding live music with video art featuring Patricia Alessandrini’s Nachtgewâchse and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lew voci sottovetro and Infinito Nero.

Providence, RI

Odyssey Opera: Henry VIII

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30pm

Performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ Henry VIII.

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Avenue
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas presents: THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF SLEEP

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 AT 7:00PM

Transient Canvas kicks off our 2019-20 concert season with a hometown concert previewing repertoire from our two touring programs “Wired” and “Origami”. This concert includes music by Heather Stebbins, Jen Wang, Marti Epstein, Nicholas Denton-Protsack, and Avik Chari with a world premiere by Carl Schimmel.

Make Shift Boston
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Avaloch Farm Music Institute

September 1-11, 2019

Residency on the farm!

Boscawen, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Orchestral Murmurings

August 1, 2019 at 7:30pm

Music by Joan Tower, Respighi, Wagner, and Rachmaninoff.

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Bach, Strauss, and Mozart

July 25, 2019 at 7:30pm

Music by Bach, Strauss, and Mozart.

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Chamber Music Series

July 23, 2019 at 7:30pm

Featuring Ernő Dohnányi’s Sextet, Opus 37.

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Composer Portrait: Ittai Shapira

July 18, 2019 at 7:30pm

Music by Shapira and Prokofiev.

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Carnivals and Clarinets

July 11, 2019 at 7:30pm

Music by Berlioz, Bartok, Mozart, and Liszt.

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Chamber Music Series

July 9, 2019 at 7:30pm

Featuring Sonata za cetiri klarineta by Andrej Cubarkapa with Frank Cohen, Clarinet

Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street
Plymouth, NH

Considering Matthew Shepard

June 30, 2019 at 4:00pm

Plymouth Congregational Church
Plymouth, NH

Considering Matthew Shepard

June 29, 2019 at 7:30pm

Wolfeboro Congregational Church
Wolfeboro, NH

Transient Canvas: Charlotte New Music Festival

June 18 to 24, 2019

Transient Canvas performs works by the CNMF students.

Charlotte, NC

Transient Canvas: Longy Divergent Studio

June 11 to 17, 2019

Transient Canvas is a guest ensemble for Longy’s summer program for new chamber music and composition. We’ll present new works by the students — concert date TBA!

Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA

Transient Canvas: Composition Fellowship Concert

JUNE 2, 2019 AT 3:00PM

Featuring new works by the 2018-19 Transient Canvas Composition Fellows Jen Wang and Heather Stebbins! For more about this annual paid fellowship visit http://www.transientcanvas.com/fellowship.

New School of Music
25 Lowell St
Cambridge, MA

Guerilla Opera: Emergence

May 30, 2019 at 7:30pm

HC Media
2 Merrimack St
Haverhill, MA

World premiere of excerpts from “The Captivity of Hannah Duston” by Lansing McLoskey and Glen Nelson.

Isabella Ensemble: Gardner Museum Gala

May 4, 2019 at 7:30pm

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way
Boston, MA

Harvard Chorus: Sea Symphony

May 3, 2019 at 8:00pm

Sanders Theater
45 Quincy St
Cambridge, MA

Odyssey Opera: Die ägyptische Helena

April 19, 2019 at 7:30pm

Concert performance of Die ägyptische Helena by Richard Strauss.

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough St
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas: University of Southern Maine

APRIL 18, 2019 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas presents Wired 2.0 at USM featuring electroacoustic music by Brian Sears, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Marissa Hickman, Dan VanHassel, and David Ibbett.

Corthell Concert Hall
University Way
Gorham, ME

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: John Harbison 80th Birthday Celebration

April 7, 2019 at 3:00pm

BMOP celebrates the life and works of Boston contemporary music figurehead John Harbison.

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough St
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas: Chapman University

MARCH 30, 2019 

Transient Canvas presents Collage at Chapman University, featuring music by featuring music by Lansing McLoskey, Osnat Netzer, Brian Sears, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music
One University Drive
Orange, CA

Transient Canvas: University of Southern California

MARCH 28, 2019  

Transient Canvas presents Collage at the University of Southern California, featuring music by Lucy McKnight, Lansing McLoskey, Brian Sears, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

USC Thornton School of Music
840 W. 34th Street
Los Angeles, CA

People Inside Electronics: Wired Wednesday

MARCH 27, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas presents selections from our Wired program with Sarah Belle Reid and Stephanie Cheng Smith.

Live Arts LA
4210 Panamint St
Los Angeles, CA

SEAMUS 2019

March 21 to 23, 2019

Performing Undertow by Elainie Lillios for solo bass clarinet and electronics and Winter Hawthorne by Caroline Miller for solo clarinet and electronics.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston, MA

Equilibrium: Four of a Kind

March 9, 2019 at 7:00pm

Featuring Mythic Birds of Saugerties for solo bass clarinet by Lee Hyla and The Waters Wrecked the Sky for solo clarinet by Evan Williams, plus music by Mary Jane Leach, Stephanie Lubkowski, and Matthew Evan Taylor.

New School of Music
25 Lowell St
Cambridge, MA

Music Street: Caribbean Tour

February 28 to March 2, 2019

Featuring music by Debussy, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Piazzolla.

St John School of the Arts
Frank St
Cruz Bay
St John, USVI

Transient Canvas: East Carolina University

FEBRUARY 24, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs Collage with music by Brian Sears, Osnat Netzer, Kirsten Volness, Anthony Green, and Dan VanHassel.

A.J. Fletcher Hall
Greenville, NC

Transient Canvas: Modern Music Guild

FEBRUARY 17, 2019 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs Collage with music by Brian Sears, Osnat Netzer, Kirsten Volness, Anthony Green, and Dan VanHassel.

David H. Stull Recital Hall
Oberlin, OH

Transient Canvas: University of Missouri

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs Wired 2.0 featuring electroacoustic music by Brian Sears, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Marissa Hickman, Dan VanHassel, and David Ibbett.

Whitmore Recital Hall
135 Fine Arts Blvd
Columbia, MO

Transient Canvas: St. Lawrence University

JANUARY 25, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs Wired 2.0 featuring electroacoustic music by Brian Sears, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Marissa Hickman, Dan VanHassel, and David Ibbett.

Peterson-Kermani Hall
22 Ramoda Dr
Canton, NY

Transient Canvas: Music on the Edge

JANUARY 19, 2019 AT 8:00PM

Music on the Edge presents Transient Canvas' concert program, Wired 2.0, featuring electroacoustic music by Brian Sears, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Marissa Hickman, Dan VanHassel, and David Ibbett.

The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky St
Pittsburgh, PA

Manchester Choral Society - Holiday Pops

DECEMBER 15, 2018 AT 7:00PM
DECEMBER 16, 2018 AT 3:00PM

The Manchester Choral Society and Orchestra perform Holiday favorites.

St. Joseph Cathedral (Saturday)
145 Lowell Street
Manchester, NH

LaBelle Winery (Sunday)
345 NH-101
Amherst, NH

Transient Canvas: Exposure

DECEMBER 9, 2018 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs selections from a new opera by Daniel Felsenfeld and Bea Goodwin featuring Emily Thorner and Aliana de la Guardia, sopranos. This concert was funded in part by a Live Arts Boston grant from The Boston Foundation.

First Church Boston
66 Marlborough St.
Boston, MA 

Emmanuel Music: Canata Series

November 25 at 10am

Felix Mendelssohn - Psalm 95Kommt, laßt uns anbeten, Op. 46

Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury St
Boston, MA

New Hampshire Master Chorale - Considering Matthew Shepard

NOVEMBER 16, 2018 AT 8:00PM
NOVEMBER 17, 2018 AT 7:30PM
NOVEMBER 18, 2018 AT 4:00PM                                                         

The New Hampshire Master Chorale performs Craig Hella Johnson's epic Considering Matthew Shepard to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death in Laramie, WY.

Boston, MA
Portsmouth, NH
Plymouth, NH

Odyssey Opera: Gounod: Le Médecin Malgré Lui

November 11, 2018 at 2:00pm

Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA

 Transient Canvas: Wired Album Release Concert

NOVEMBER 10, 2018 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas celebrates the release of our second album, Wired, on New Focus Recordings!

The DiMenna Center
New York, NY

Odyssey Opera: Gounod: Le Médecin Malgré Lui

November 9, 2018 at 7:30pm

Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 

Transient Canvas: Wired Album Release Concert

NOVEMBER 2, 2018 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas celebrates the release of our second album, Wired, on New Focus Recordings! Soprano Aliana de la Guardia will perform an opening set, and then we'll perform selections from the album. Check back soon for more details!

Make Shift Boston
Boston, MA

William Thomas McKinley 80th Birthday and Memorial Concert

OCTOBER 15, 2018 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas joins forces with Boston's finest players to perform William Thomas McKinley's Paintings VII and Poem of Light. They join Dinosaur Annex in a performance of McKinley's Paintings VIII.

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough St
Boston, MA

Transient Canvas: Cleveland State University

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas joins new music groups Zeitgeist (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), No Exit (Cleveland, OH), and Ars Futura (Cleveland, OH) in the world premiere of Andrew Rindfleisch's massive American Monster. The program also features Greg D'Alessio's Running With The Devil for video and pianist Geoffrey Burleson performing Frederic Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated.

Drinko Recital Hall
2121 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH

+ 2017-18 Concert Season

Vermont College of Fine Arts: MFA in Music Composition Program

JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2017

Transient Canvas works with the talented graduate students at VCFA's uniquely innovative MFA in Music Composition program. We will workshop and perform new works for our standard duo of bass clarinet & marimba alongside other works for clarinet(s) and percussion.

36 College Street Montpelier, VT

Avaloch Farm Music Institute

AUGUST 11-20, 2018

Transient Canvas in an artist residency with composer Jennifer Jolley. Working on a new electroacoustic piece... stay tuned!

Avaloch Farm, Boscawen, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Season Finale

August 11, 2018 at 7:30PM

Music of Rachmaninov , Stravinsky, and Sibelius.

Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Season Finale

August 9, 2018 at 7:30PM

Music of Rachmaninov , Stravinsky, and Sibelius.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre, 114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Bernstein at 100

August 4, 2018 at 7:30PM

Featuring Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Suite from On the Waterfront, and Mass.

Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Bernstein at 100

August 2, 2018 at 7:30PM

Featuring Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Suite from On the Waterfront, and Mass.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre, 114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH

Mizzou International Composers Festival: Alarm Will Sound

July 28, 2018 at 7:30pm

Music by Oren Boneh, Christine Burke, Viet Cuong, Amanda Feery, Douglas Osmun, Gemma Peacocke, and Igor Santos.

The Missouri Theatre, 203 S 9th St, Columbia, MO

Mizzou International Composers Festival: Alarm Will Sound

July 26, 2018 at 7:30pm

Music by Chen Yi, Alex Mincek, Matt Marks and Stefan Freund.

The Missouri Theatre, 203 S 9th St, Columbia, MO

New Hampshire Music Festival: Metamorpheses

July 14, 2018 at 7:30PM

Music of Wagner, Mozart, and Hindemith.

Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro, NH

New Hampshire Music Festival: Metamorpheses

July 12, 2018 at 7:30PM

Music of Wagner, Mozart, and Hindemith.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre, 114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH

Times Two: Transient Canvas + New Morse Code

JUNE 30, 2018 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas shares a split bill with New Morse Code. Music of Crystal Pascucci, Brenna Noonan, Stefanie Lubkowski, and Barbara White.

The Record Company, 960 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA

Monadnock Music: Noticing Mozart

June 23, 2018 at 7:30pm

Music of Mozart, Hadyn, and Joseph Wölfl.

Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St, Peterborough, MA

Music Street

June 9, 2018 at 4:00pm

World Premiere by Stephanie Ann Boyd. Music by Camille Saint-Saens, Heinrich Sutermeister, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

West Tisbury Library, 1042 State Rd, West Tisbury, MA

Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project: Re:Sound

JUNE 7, 2018 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs Year Without a Summer by Kirsten Volness and Epidermis by Dan VanHassel on CUSP's inaugural Re:Sound New Music Festival.

BopStop at The Music Settlement, 2920 Detroit Rd, Cleveland, OH

Transient Canvas: 2017-18 Composition Fellowship Concert

JUNE 3, 2018 AT 7:30PM

Featuring world premieres by this year's Transient Canvas Composition Fellows: Cindy Giron, Todd Kitchen, and Aaron Cecchini-Butler. Plus works by 2017 Alba Composition Fellows Lucy McKnight and Dylan Findley.

The 2017-18 Composition Fellowship is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Harvard Musical Association's George Henschel Community Award.

First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA

BMOP at Library of Congress

June 2, 2018 at 3:00pm

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project makes their D.C. debut performing music by Charles Wuorinen, Augusta Read Thomas, Eric Nathan, Lei Liang, David Felder, and Roger Reynolds.

Coolidge Auditorium, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC

Transient Canvas at New Music Gathering

MAY 18, 2018 AT 2:00PM

Program information TBA.

Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA

Manchester Choral Society

May 11 & May 13, 2018

Performing Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten.

St. Marie Parish, 378 Notre Dame Ave, Manchester, NH

Brandeis New Music

May 6, 2018 at 7pm

Slosberg Hall, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA

BMOP: A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams

April 21, 2018 at 8pm

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project performs music by Yu-Hui Chang, Huang Ruo, Anthony Paul De Ritis, and Lei Liang

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Framingham State University

APRIL 9, 2018 AT 1:30PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

Dwight Performing Arts Center, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA

Transient Canvas at Tufts: Chamber Music Shower

APRIL 4, 2018 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs new works by Tufts graduate and undergraduate composers.

Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA

Transient Canvas at SEAMUS 2018

MARCH 30, 2018 AT 4:30PM

Transient Canvas is the featured at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United State's 2018 National Conference. Awarded the 2018 Performer-Curated Concert, our program includes music by Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, David Ibbett, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, and Dan VanHassel.

Aasen-Hull Hall - Frohnmeyer Music Building, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Transient Canvas at Boston Public Library

MARCH 29, 2018 AT 4:30PM

Transient Canvas performs music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Lansing McLoskey, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness on a new concert series paired with the BPL's Lowell Institute Lecture Series. The concert series is curated by Beau Kenyon.

Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, MA

Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio (BEAMS) Festival

MARCH 15, 2018 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs music by Lansing McLoskey, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness plus works by Brandeis students.

Berlin Chapel, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Sound Icon: The Italian Avant-Garde

March 2, 2018 at 8pm

Sound Icon performs music by Salvatore Sciarrino, Stefano Gervasoni, and Pierluigi Billone.

Tufts University, Distler Hall, 20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA

Transient Canvas at University of California Berkeley

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AT 2PM

Transient Canvas in a composition reading session with Ken Ueno's undergraduate composition students at UC Berkeley.

UC Berkeley, Morrison Hall, Berkeley, CA

Transient Canvas at Santa Clara University

FEBRUARY 21, 2018 AT 12PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired featuring music by Kirsten Volness, Dan VanHassel, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, and Mischa Salkind-Pearl.

Music Recital Hall, 500 El Camino Reel, San Jose, CA

Transient Canvas at Composers, Inc.

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 AT 8PM

Music by David Ibbett and Robert Nance.

First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA

Transient Canvas at Vernon Salon Series

FEBRUARY 16, 2018 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas presents their Collage program, featuring music by Joseph M. Colombo, Lainie Fefferman, Keith Kirchoff, Emily Koh, Crystal Pascucci, and Matthew Welch.

271 Vernon St, Oakland, CA

Transient Canvas at CNMAT

FEBRUARY 15, 2018 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired at UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies featuring music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

CNMAT, 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA

Transient Canvas at University of the Pacific

FEBRUARY 14, 2018 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

Recital Hall, 3515 Pacific Circle, Stockton, CA

Transient Canvas at Outpost Concert Series

FEBRUARY 13, 2018 AT 7PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

Culver Center of the Arts, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA

Transient Canvas at UC Santa Barbara

FEBRUARY 12, 2018 AT 7PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

UC Santa Barbara, Karl Geiringer Hall, Santa Barbara, CA

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Joan Tower Celebration

February 9, 2018 at 8pm

In collaboration with New England Conservatory, BMOP honors trailblazing American composer Joan Tower.

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Western Connecticut State University

JANUARY 24, 2018 AT 1PM

Transient Canvas presents their concert program Collage with music by Daniel T. Lewis, Stefanie Lubkowski, Matthew Welch, Tina Tallon, and Lansing McLoskey.

Western Connecticut State University, Recital Hall, Danbury, CT

Transient Canvas: Wired

DECEMBER 10, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Funded by The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston grant, Transient Canvas presents Wired in Boston, following a two week tour of the program in the Midwest. Join us for our welcome home concert at a cooperative artist space in Boston with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness. Free beer and admission.

Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA

BMOP + Odyssey Opera: The Trial at Rouen

December 1, 2017 at 8:00PM

Originally premiered by NBC Television Opera Theatre on April 8, 1956 on NBC, this collaborative performance by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera marks the first time Norman Dello Joio's The Trial at Rouen will be performed off screen and on stage in front of a live audience.

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA

Transient Canvas at Signature Concert Series

NOVEMBER 21, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas presents their concert program Looking Forward, Looking Back with music by Clifton Ingram, Emily Koh, Beau Kenyon, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Adam Roberts.

Stocker Arts Center, 1005 N Abbe Rd, Elyria, OH

Transient Canvas at Bowling Green State University

NOVEMBER 20, 2017 AT 8PM

Transient Canvas presents their electro-acoustic concert program Wired with music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Rudolf Rojahn, Dan VanHassel, and Kirsten Volness.

Clazel Theatre, 127 N Main St, Bowling Green, OH

Transient Canvas at Toledo Museum of Art

NOVEMBER 19, 2017 AT 3:00PM

Transient Canvas presents their concert program Looking Forward, Looking Back with music by Clifton Ingram, Emily Koh, Beau Kenyon, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Adam Roberts.

Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH

Transient Canvas at Ross Art Museum

November 16, 2017 at 7:00PM

Transient Canvas presents their concert program Looking Forward, Looking Back with music by David Coll, Clifton Ingram, Emily Koh, Beau Kenyon, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Adam Roberts.

Richard M. Ross Museum of Art - Ohio Wesleyan University, Spring Street, Delaware, OH

Transient Canvas at New Music at the Short North Stage

NOVEMBER 15, 2017 AT 7:00PM

Transient Canvas performs their electro-acoustic set Wired featuring world premieres by Dan VanHassel (with generous funding from the Johnstone Fund For New Music) and Kirsten Volness (with funding from The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston grant).

Short North Stage, 1187 N High St, Columbus, OH

Transient Canvas at Cleveland State University

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 AT 4:00PM

Transient Canvas plays a reading session with composition students at CSU.

Drinko Recital Hall, 2121 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH

Transient Canvas at PASIC 2017

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 AT 9AM

Transient Canvas Performs David Coll's Caldera for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention's Focus Day.

Wabash Ballroom, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN

Guerilla Opera: Chrononhotonthologos

November 3-5, 2017

A new opera by Andy Vores

Ipswich Hall, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA

Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Generations

October 29 at 3:00pm

Music by Matt Aucoin, William Schuman, David Sanford, and John Harbison.

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA

Original Gravity Concert Series: Steven Snowden

October 19, 2017 at 7:00pm

Featuring Shovelhead for bass clarinet and electronics.

Short Path Distillery, 71 Kelvin Street, Everett, MA

Original Gravity Concert Series: Steven Snowden

October 12, 2017 at 7:00pm

Featuring Shovelhead for bass clarinet and electronics.

Exhibit A Brewing Company, 81 Morton Street, Framingham, MA

Boston New Music Festival: Transient Canvas + Dirty Paloma

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 AT 8:00PM

As part of the inaugural Boston New Music Festival, Transient Canvas presents a program highlighting the breadth and variety of the Boston new music scene. The composers featured on this concert are all close friends and collaborators who represent the vibrant and inclusive community that makes Boston such a wonderful artistic home. Music by Keith Kirchoff, Stefanie Lubkowski, Aaron Jay Myers, and Osnat Netzer.

Boston Sculptors Gallery, 486 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA

Callithumpian Consort

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Music by Francesconi, Elwood, Lucier, Epstein, and Heiss.

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA

Sift: CD Release Party!

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 AT 8:30

Transient Canvas celebrates its debut album, out now on New Focus Recordings! Snag a free copy as well as food and drink! Sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Company.

Tenri Cultural Center, 43 West 13th Street, New York, NY

+ 2016-17 Concert Season

Vermont College of Fine Arts: MFA in Music Composition Program

JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2017

Transient Canvas works with the talented graduate students at VCFA's uniquely innovative MFA in Music Composition program. We will workshop and perform new works for our standard duo of bass clarinet & marimba alongside other works for clarinet(s) and percussion.

36 College Street Montpelier, VT


New Hampshire Music Festival: Huang Ruo and Lord Nelson Mass

JULY 27, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Music of Debussy, Huang Ruo and Haydn.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Copland in Mexico

JULY 20, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Music of Copland and Revueltas.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Mozart and Mahler

JULY 13, 2017 AT 7:30PM Mozart's Impresario and Mahler's Symphony No. 4

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive

JULY 10 - JULY 21, 2017

Transient Canvas returns for our fifth year as ensemble-in-residence with the Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive. During this remarkable festival we will work with 20 high school composers in masterclasses, coachings, and recording sessions.

8 The Fenway Boston, MA


New Hampshire Music Festival: Natural Beauty

JULY 6, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Music of Davies, Bruch, and Beethoven.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Chamber Music Series

JULY 5, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Music of Ives and Reinecke.

Silver Center for the Arts, Smith Recital Hall 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


Alba Music Festival presents Transient Canvas: Nostalgia

JUNE 1, 2017 AT 9:00PM

Transient Canvas performs a concert showcasing Adam Robert's Nostalgia Variations along with transcriptions of works by Bach, Piazzolla, and Telemann.

Castello del Roccolo strada romantica 12022 Busca CN, Italy


Alba Music Festival: Wet Ink Concert

MAY 31, 2017 AT 5:30PM

Transient Canvas performs world premieres by Alba Music Festival composition fellows.

Chiesa di S. Maria di Maddalena Via Luigi Paruzza, 2 12051 Alba CN, Italy


Alba Music Festival: Wet Ink Concert

MAY 30, 2017 AT 11:00AM

Transient Canvas performs world premieres by Alba Music Festival composition fellows.

Chiesa di S. Maria di Maddalena Via Luigi Paruzza, 2 12051 Alba CN, Italy


Alba Music Festival: Faculty Concert

MAY 29, 2017 AT 5:30PM

Transient Canvas performs world premieres by Alba Music Festival composition faculty Lansing McLoskey and Giacomo Platini in addition to Overture and Sarabande by Jonathan Posthuma, winner of the 2017 William Thomas McKinley Memorial Commission. The program also includes music by Joseph Dangerfield, Peter Farmer, Emily Koh, Elliott Miles McKinley, and Crystal Pascucci.

Chiesa di S. Maria di Maddalena Via Luigi Paruzza, 2 12051 Alba CN, Italy


Transient Canvas at Bates College

MAY 14, 2017 AT 3:00PM

Music of all Maine composers, featuring Transient Canvas performing Make Good Time by Beth Wiemann.

Olin Arts Center Lewiston, ME


Momenta Quartet at Bates College

MAY 13, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Senior thesis concert of music with the Momenta Quartet.

Olin Arts Center Lewiston, ME


Roger Williams University

MAY 10, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Transient Canvas performs world premieres by Elliott Miles McKinley, Joseph Dangerfield, and Peter Farmer.

Roger Williams University 1 Old Ferry Road Bristol, RI


New Music Brandeis

MAY 7, 2017 AT 7:00PM

Transient Canvas performs Victoria Cheah's dissertation piece.

Slosberg Music Center 415 South Street Waltham, MA


Original Gravity Concert Series

MAY 4, 2017 AT 7:30PM

Music of Paula Matthusen.

Idle Hands Craft Ales 89 Commercial St Malden, MA


Manchester Choral Society: Candide

APRIL 29-30, 2017

Koonz Theatre Saint Anslem College Manchester, NH


Music Of Reality

APRIL 26, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Combining scientific discussion with scientifically influenced music. Featuring Black Moon for solo bass clarinet by Johannes Maria Staud plus music by Steven Snowden, Mischa Salkind-Pearl.

The Armory 191 Highland Ave Somerville, MA


Ezra Sims: Memorial Concert

APRIL 23, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Featuring Chase for Solo Clarinet.

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall 27 Garden St Cambridge, MA


Boston Modern Orchestra Project: As the Spirit Moves

APRIL 22, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Music of Trevor Weston and Michael Tippett

Sanders Theatre 45 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA


Radcliffe Institute APRIL 17, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Music by Zaid Jabri. Part of the 2016–2017 Fellows' Presentation Series

Knafel Center 10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA


Odyssey Opera: Der Zwerg APRIL 14, 2017 AT 7:30PM

The Dwarf (Der Zwerg) by Alexander von Zemlinsky

Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough Street Boston, MA


Asia / America New Music Institute

MARCH 11, 2017 AT 6:30PM AND 8:00PM

Phases: A Lunar Fantasy. Music by Matt Aucoin, Sayo Kosugi, Sun-Young Park, Paul Frucht, and Chad Cannon.

Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street Salem MA


Boston Conservatory: Composer Recital Series

MARCH 7, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas wraps up its residency with the composition department at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a concert of world premieres by undergraduate and graduate students.

132 Ipswich Street


Equilibrium Concert Series presents SE + TC

MARCH 4, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Equilibrium Concert Series presents the fabulous string trio Sound Energy on a double-header with Transient Canvas. More info soon!

Third Life Studio 33 Union Square Somerville, MA


First Fridays: Transient Canvas

MARCH 3, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas makes their Providence debut with a set featuring a world premiere by Emily Koh alongside music by Lainie Fefferman, David Ibbett, Patricia Julien, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Stefanie Lubkowski, Andy Vores, and Beth Wiemann.

The Music Mansion 88 Meeting Street Providence, RI


Boston Modern Orchestra Project

FEBRUARY 18, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Music of Philip Glass

Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough Street Boston, MA


Forest: A Benefit Concert for Environmental Protection

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Featuring Lee Hyla's Mythic Birds of Saugerties and Mischa Salkind-Pearl's Botany of Desire. All proceeds will go to the Sierra Club and the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Lilypad 1353 Cambridge St Cambridge, MA


Opensound Concert Series: Transient Canvas

JANUARY 6, 2017 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas returns to the Opensound Concert Series with a set of world premieres by Paul Fake, Joshua Hahn, Patricia Julien, Malina Rauschenfels, and Beth Wiemann.

Third Life Studio 33 Union Square Somerville, MA


Manchester Choral Society

DECEMBER 10 & 11, 2016

Manchester, NH


EQ Ensemble

DECEMBER 2, 2016 AT 8:00PM

Music by Caroline Park and Jason Huffman.

Lilypad 1353 Cambridge St Cambridge, MA


Transient Canvas: Harvard Mini-Residency Part 2

NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AT 1:00PM

Transient Canvas will read compositions by undergraduate students at Harvard University. For more information, contact Osnat Netzer.

Paine Hall 3 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA


Vanguard New Music Series

NOVEMBER 6, 2016 AT 7:00PM

Transient Canvas performs at Kent State University. Repertoire includes music by Victoria Cheah, David Coll, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, David Ibbett, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Crystal Pascucci, Rudolf Rojahn, Matthew Welch.

Ludwig Recital Hall 1325 Theatre Drive Kent, OH


Otterbein University

NOVEMBER 4 & 5 2016

Transient Canvas presents a mini residency at Otterbein University hosted by the composition department and Society of Composers, Inc. The residency includes an evening concert, masterclasses, and a composer reading session.

Battelle Fine Arts Center 170 W. Park Street Westerville, OH


Boston New Music Festival Kick-Off Concert

NOVEMBER 2, 2016 AT 7:30PM

Hosted by Juventas New Music Ensemble, BNMF Kick-Off brings together 13 organizations who make up a vibrant part of Boston's New Music Community. Transient Canvas performs Peter Van Zandt Lane's electroacoustic Exergy Bubblebath.

Oberon 2 Arrow Street Cambridge, MA


Sound Icon

OCTOBER 28, 2016 AT 8:00PM

Celebrating Wolfhang Rihm with a performance of his works. Free Admission.

Fenway Center 77 St. Stephens St Boston, MA


Rutgers University

OCTOBER 10, 2016 AT 12:00PM

Transient Canvas presents a concert/masterclass for the students at Rutgers University. For more information, contact Joseph Tompkins.

Nicholas Music Center New Brunswick, NJ


Transient Canvas + Ogni Suono Duo

OCTOBER 7, 2016 AT 8:00PM

Hosted by the Journeys in Sound Concert Series at the Somerville Armory, Transient Canvas joins the stage with the remarkable saxophone duo Ogni Suono (Noa Even & Phil Pierick). Our set will include music by David Coll, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Barbara White, and Jon Yu.

The Armory Café 191 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA


The Boston Conservatory at Berklee: Composition Workshop

OCTOBER 5, 2016 AT 7:00PM

Part Two of TC's 2016-17 residency with the Boston Conservatory at Berklee composition program. For more information, contact Jonathan Bailey Holland.

8 The Fenway Boston, MA


The Boston Conservatory at Berklee

OCTOBER 4, 2016 AT 8:00PM

Transient Canvas kicks off our 2016-17 residency with the Boston Conservatory at Berklee's composition program with a concert showcasing current faculty and alumni. The program will feature a world premiere by Mischa Salkind-Pearl alongside works by Joseph M. Colombo, Marti Epstein, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Curtis Hughes, Clifton Ingram, John Murphree, and Rudolf Rojahn.

Seully Hall 8 The Fenway Boston, MA


Guerilla Opera: Loose, Wet, Perforated

SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 AT 8:00PM

A new opera by Nicholas P. Vines.

The Zack Box 8 The Fenway Boston, MA


Transient Canvas: Harvard Mini-Residency Part 1

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 AT 1:00PM

Transient Canvas presents a composer workshop for undergraduates at Harvard University. For more information, contact Osnat Netzer.

Paine Hall 3 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA


Monadnock Music

AUGUST 13, 2016

Beethoven Symphonies 4 and 7.

Peterborough Town House 1 Grove St Peterborough, MA


Transient Canvas: Original Gravity Concert Series

AUGUST 11, 2016

Beer and music pairing featuring a unique Rising Tide beer brewed for the event!

Rising Tide Brewing Company 103 Fox St Portland, ME

+ 2015-16 Concert Season

New Hampshire Music Festival: Ein Deutsches Requiem

July 28, 2016 at 7:30PM

Brahms Requiem

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Composer Portrait: David Amram

July 21, 2016 at 7:30PM

Music of Copland, Liebermann, and Amram.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Brazilian Impressions

July 14, 2016 at 7:30PM

Music of Resphigi, Revueltas, Del Aguila, and Villa Lobos.

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New Hampshire Music Festival: Classic Beauty

July 7, 2016 at 7:30PM

Music of Handel, Haydn, and Mozart

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH


New York Electroacoustic Music Festival: Transient Canvas

June 14, 2016 at 8:00pm

Transient Canvas performs David Ibbett's Branches.

Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY


Music Street

Music of Ravel and Beethoven.

West Tisbury Library, 1042 State Rd, West Tisbury, MA


Guerilla Opera: Beowolf

May 20-28, 2016

A New opera by Hannah Lash

The Zack Box, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA


Transient Canvas at ShapeShifter

May 9, 2016 at 8:00PM

Transient Canvas performs music of Scott Wollschleger, David Coll, and Matthew Welch.

18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY


Sound Icon & IRCAM

April, 28, 2016 at 8:00pm

Music of Boulez, Furrer, and Murail.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA


Spectrum New Music Nights: Transient Canvas

April 3, 2016 at 8:00pm

Music of Barbara White, Mu-Xuan Lin, and David Ibbett.

121 Ludlow St, New York, NY


BMOP: Child Alice

March 26, 2016 at 8:00pm

BMOP perfors the entire Child Alice by David Del Tredici.

Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA


Franklin Pierce University: Transient Canvas

March 21 at 4:00PM

Music of Crystal Pascucci, Richard Beaudoin, Barbara White, and David Ibbett


Open Sound: Transient Canvas

March 19 at 7:30PM

Music by Richard Beaudoin, Victoria Cheah, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Clifton Ingram, and Filippo Santoro

Third Life Studios, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA


Second Movement Series: Transient Canvas

March 19 at 7:30PM

Music by Richard Beaudoin, Victoria Cheah, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Clifton Ingram, and Filippo Santoro

First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT


Back Bay Chorale

March 5, 2016 at 8:00PM

Music of Poulenc, Verdi, and Mozart.

Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA


Original Gravity

February 28, 2016 at 6:00PM

Composer Feature: David Cucchiara

Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA


The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses

February 23, 2016 at 8:00PM

Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA


Mary Poppins at Wheelock Family Theatre

February 16-25, 2016

180 Riverway, Boston, MA


Advent Library Series: Transient Canvas

February 19, 2016 at 8:00pm

Music of David Coll, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Mu-Xuan Lin, and Joseph Colombo.

30 Brimmer St, Boston, MA


BMOP at Brown University

February 12, 2016 at 8:00PM

Music of Eric Nathan and Lu Wang.


Dinosaur Annex

February 6, 2016 at 8:00PM

Music of John Aylward, Harold Meltzer, and Kurt Rhode.

Pickman Hall, 27 Garden St, Cambridge, MA


New Gallery Concert Series: Transient Canvas

February 4, 2016 at 7:00PM

World premieres by Aaron Trantand Barbara White. Music by Tina Tallon and Daniel T. Lewis.


Transient Canvas at Center for New Music

January 29, 2016 at 8:00PM

World Premieres by Danny Clay, Brenna Noonan, Crystal Pascucci, Robert Nance, and Jon Yu. Music by Mu-Xuan Lin, Joseph Colombo.

55 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA


Equilibrium Ensemble

December 4, 2015

World Premieres by Daniel T Lewis and Clifton Ingram. Music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Nomi Epstein, and Drew Baker.

St Peter's Episcopal Church, 838 Massacusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA