Album and Trilogy Pre-Order! Distributing through New York, Berlin and Manila ; & June 2025 North American Performances in US and Canada
- susieibarra
- May 19
- 3 min read
I am so honored and thrilled to be able to share the pre-order of the first of trilogy of albums and scores I have been working on and was so fortunate to complete these scores, the premieres and recordings this last year during my DAAD Fellowship in Music and Sound in Berlin. This piece , Parallels and Confluence, Bugang and Pasig Rivers was commissioned for Arneis Quartet with Alex Peh , and rivers in quad performed by Jake Landau, and premiered in Boston in April 2024 last year. The music was recorded and video by Dave Jamrog with mix and mastering by Jake Landau. The album artwork was created by artist Hisham Bharoocha.
Here is an excerpt of the piano quintet! Also on this album is a piece, Laktawan at Tumalon ( Skip and Jump) for Viola and Kulintang gongs which I composed in 2022 for Daniel Luis Doña and performed and recorded with him.
Honored and excited to say that we will be distributing vinyl and digital from New York, Berlin and Manila directly , as well as streaming on all platforms, releasing September 12, 2025.
Thank you again for those of you who had been asking and who have already ordered too! Yes, its possible to pre- order the Trilogy of :
Parallels and Confluence , Bugang and Pasig River
Sky Islands
And
CHAN: Sonnets and Devotions in the Wildness
Click the link to learn more about the each of the scores and albums at my website and to pre-order.
Announcing my June 2025 Concert Schedule . Excited and getting ready as well as so honored to join these amazing artists and festivals as an artist in residence at :
Ojai Music Festival 2025 June 5-8 with Music Director Claire Chase
This extraordinary week I am honored to join all of these incredible performers and composers. I will have 4 of my compositions performed Kolubri solo, Sunbird arranged by Claire Chase and Aleks Pilmanis for 4 woodwinds, a world premiere ! I composed this winter for Wu Wei on Sheng and myself on percussion dedicated to Steven Schick titled Nest Box and the California premiere of this incredible piece that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music this month, Sky Islands . I will also join ensembles to perform also the beautiful compositions of Craig Taborn, Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros and world premiere of Terry Riley! Catch me on 2 stages and a morning meditative concert out in the preserve!
Something Else! 2025 Artist in Residence in Hamilton Ontario Canada June 21, 22
I will perform excerpts of a new solo work I am developing on Forest Birds , with Cluttertones chamber jazz ensemble performing my compositions Elegy in Azurite, Light at Sendai, excerpt from Talking Gong, and The Uncertainty Principle , and Filipinx gong ensemble Pantayo joining in collaboration for a set of my compositions and theirs including Alegria, Añitos, The Uncertainty Principle . On Saturday at dusk I’ll lead a Rhythm in Nature sound walk to listen to birds at Cootes Paradise preserve.
Vancouver Coastal Jazz as Artist in Residence June 24-28 for the
New Improvisers Studio at the Western Front and for two concerts and a talk. During this week with a group of artists I’ll lead workshops on field recording and in studio developing concepts of improvisation and spatialization utilizing cedar resonator speakers built by Giorgio Magnanensi, and perform an evening of improvisations with Cat Toren, Jen Yakamovich, and Tommy Babbin. Another concert Im also honored to be joined by Eve Risser, Shruti Ramani, Alvaro Rojas and James Meger performing Bird Souls: Score for Flying originally commissioned for Kaoru Watanabe’s Bloodlines Interwoven Festival and the Baryshnikov Arts Cetner 2024, with arrangements for flying cards of each of these performing artists joining here. During the week I’m also looking forward to sitting in conversation with Francois Houle in discussion around practices in music and sound at the Western Front.
Click on these links below to learn more about the festival and to purchase tickets!
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