Over the course of the past decade, Brian has been instrumental in commissioning, programming and performing new works for voice and chamber ensemble. A world premiere and a second hearing of a forgotten work are mainstays of his recitals.
Brian is always looking for interesting new collaborations and word settings. Please contact him if you have a project you might think suitable for collaborating.
WORKS PREMIERED (highlights)
MICHEL BOSC - Ninos et Shamiram (cantata for soprano, tenor and orchestra), Perceval (cantata for tenor, horn and piano), Dans le foret de Septembre (piano)
NICOLAS CARLOZZI - Songs for a Stranger (piano)
ERIC CHOATE - ...and fall (cycle for tenor, cello and piano); two carl sundberg songs (piano); Those Winter Nights (piano); My Cathedral (piano); Skye Boat Song (piano)
DAVID CONTE - American Death Ballads (piano and chamber orchestra versions, WINNER 2016 NATS Art-Song Competition), Rossetti Songs (high-key, piano), Three Yeats Songs (string quartet), Three Love Songs (tenor, cello and piano)
SHINJI ESHIMA - Bourne to Shelley (aria for tenor, horn and piano)
STACY GARROP - Terra Nostra (Parts I & II, oratorio for soli, chorus and orchestra)
SCOTT GENDEL - I'm Afraid It's You (piano, 2nd place 2016 NATS Art-Song Competition), Worship Songs (tenor and percussion), Barbara Allen (oratorio for soprano, tenor and chamber orchestra), The New Colossus
GORDON GETTY - Poor Peter (orchestral version), The Canterbury Ghost (workshop, opera), Usher House (workshop, opera), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (workshop, opera)
EDGAR GIRTAIN - Three Appalachian Folksongs (cello), Zondek Songs (violin, cello and piano)
BRIAN HOLMES - There was an old man (violin), The Jolly Hunter (horn)
PETER JOSHEFF - The Cauldron (violin, guitar), The Dream Mechanic (tenor, narrator, chamber orchestra), Europa and the Bull (chamber orchestra)
LAWRENCE LOWE - Three Folk Songs (tenor, horn, piano)
NOAH LUNA - The Highwayman (string quartet)
MICHAEL SCHERPEREL - Merciles Beaute (tenor version, cello), Tagtraume (violin, viola, cello and clarinet)
CHRISTOPHER STARK - new work for Fifth Bridge and electro-acoustics (world premiere)
JOSPEH STILLWELL - Two Yeats Songs (European Premiere, orchestral and piano versions)
IAN VENABLES - The Last Invocation (World Premiere), On Wings of Love (US Premiere, clarinet and piano), Through these pale, cold days (US Premiere, viola and piano; World Premiere cello and piano version)
ALEXANDRA VREBALOV - Abraham in Flames (opera)
GREGORY ZAVRACKY - On the Beach at night (tenor, violin and percussion)
with pianist Warren Jones, NATS 54th Annual Conference Art Song Competition Winner's Recital ~ July 10, 2016
