Luminescence for SLICK and Dance (2024) | USF
Friday, February 2, 2024, University of Southern Florida as part of CAMP | 7pm (outside of CoTA building)
We will be presenting an interactive sound installation, SLICK, along with music by Anthony R. Green, Vivian Fung, John Cage, and Leslie La Barre, poetry by Anthony R. Green, and dance by Paula Nunez.
AYO for Seven SLICKs | Installation
Thursday, December 7, 2023, Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
Dies Irae for Orchestra
Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7pm, Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
Firefall for Brass Ensemble
Sunday, March 19th at 4:00pm, Los Altos United Methodist Church (Long Beach, CA)
Written for the Southern California Brass Consortium, Hector Salazar (conductor)
Firefall for Brass Ensemble
World Premiere: Sunday, March 12th at 4:00pm, El Camino College Center for the Arts, Marsee Auditorium
Written for the Southern California Brass Consortium, Hector Salazar (conductor)
At the Junction…for violin and piano
Friday, March 10th at 7:30pm, Congregational Church of La Jolla, La Jolla, CA.
Premiered by Johnna Wu, New York-based violinist (director of Pink Noise) and Bryan Pezzone, Los Angeles-based pianist
“Resounding for string quartet”
Sunday, April 3, 2022, Fulkerson Recital Hall | Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty Artist Series - Arcata Bay String Quartet
Cindy Moyer, violin
Karen Davy, violin
Sherry Hanson, viola
Garrick Woods, cello
Watch the performance below:
“idioPATHIC for solo oboe”
April 12, 2022 at 7:30pm | Senior Recital, Alelih Galvadores, oboe | Recital Hall, The University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music
“Wildfires” Premiere
Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 7:30pm | The Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose | San Jose Scottish Rite Center | 2455 Masonic Dr., San Jose, CA 95125 | Tickets
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4, “Italian”
Adrienne Albert In Tuo Lumine Lumen (world premiere)
Yvonne Smith, violist
Henry Mollicone Horn Concerto (world premiere)
Brian Holmes, hornist
Leslie La Barre Wildfires (world premiere)
Wildfires Program Notes for MCO premiere
Destruction and rebirth across the California landscape, Wildfires for orchestra, explores the devastating fires that occur due to the ever-evolving current climate crisis of the state. Emulating the kinetic soundscapes of the environment, the virtuosic work contrasts the moments of blaze by alternating the bombastic brass, percussion, and “bickering” woodwinds with moments of stillness with the use of sustained strings. Wildfires is a selected movement from A California Symphony (2019).
Watch the premiere performance below:
Mission Chamber Orchestra San José
“idioPATHic for solo oboe” Premiere - Watch Here
August 1, 2020 | 2020 New Music Project & Online Festival | Ryan Roberts, oboe
In an effort to help increase repertoire options for instrumental ensembles this coming concert season and to give voice to the events of 2020, Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive (LAFCI) is proud to announce the 2020 New Music Project and Online Festival. Featuring world premiere performances by international artists, written by film/television/video game composers from around the world.
This collection of compositions, written by alumni of LAFCI, will be written for instrumentation ranging from solo instrument to ensembles not exceeding twenty (20) musicians, so as to account for social distancing challenges and expectations, and will be made available as a FREE PDF DOWNLOAD for the 2020 concert season (August 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021).
Oakland Summer Reading Orchestra (OSRO) 2019
August 1, 2019, 7:30pm-9:30pm | Oakland Summer Reading Orchestra (OSRO) 2019 | Sponsored by the Community Women's Orchestra | Tickets: https://osro2019.brownpapertickets.com/
Repertoire:
La Barre: “Cathedral Spires” from A California Symphony (premiere)
Holst: “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity” from The Planets, Op. 32
“ARMENATOR”
April 14th, 11:00am-12:00pm | “LAEMMLE LIVE presents Cellist Armen Ksajikian with Host Rich Capparela” | Armen Ksajikian, cello | Laemmle Monica Film Center 1332 2nd Street Santa Monica, CA 90401
LAEMMLE LIVE presents cellist Armen Ksajikian in a solo recital with music by composer/friends. Veteran classical music announcer Rich Capparela returns to host this robust program which includes pieces by Sulkhan Tsintsadzè, J.S. Bach, Alan Hovhaness, James Horner, Haim Shtrum, Gabrielle Rosse Owens, Leslie La Barre, Peter Schickele and more.
“Em’ Strange Rhythm”
April 13th, 7:30 pm | ARc duET, Anne Rainwater & Gou (Emily) Tian | JB Piano (540 Irwin St., San Rafael, CA)
Ticket link: https://m.bpt.me/event/4191145
“UnPlugged”
March 28-31, 2019 | Society of Composers, Inc. 2019 National Conference | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque,NM
“Em’ Strange Rhythm”
February 23, 2019 | “ARc duET Debut” | Anne Rainwater & Guo (Emily) Tian | Berkeley, CA
“L I B R A T I O N”
February 10, 2019 | Eureka! Musical Minds of California Conference | Amaranth Quartet
“Echo”
November 2018 | University of La Verne Symphonic Orchestra | La Verne, CA
“ARMENATOR”
October 15, 2018 | Improvisatory Minds presents: NEW MUSIC MINDS | Armen Ksajikian, cellist |
UPSTAIRS at VITELLO’S SUPPER CLUB | Studio City, CA
“UnPlugged”
May 19, 2018 | DIVERSITY OF DUET: Emily Tian, pianist | Berkeley, CA
"L I B R A T I O N"
May 15, 2018 | Aperture Duo in Concert | Livermore, CA
"Echo"
October 26, 2017 | Las Positas Orchestra | *Commissioned World Premiere
"L I B R A T I O N"
August 18, 2017 @ 7:30pm | UCSB Summer Music Festival | Aperture Duo
"L I B R A T I O N"
August 17, 2017 @ 7pm | Craft in America's Window Concert Series | Aperture Duo: Linnea Powell & Adrianne Pope
"I-5"
Composer-in-Residence | July 2017 Chamber | Workshop
"ARMENATOR"
June 25, 2017 | Siletz Bay Music Festival, Oregon
Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association
April 2017 | Invited Presenter | San Diego, CA
"L I B R A T I O N"
March 9, 2017 | The Last Bookstore | Los Angeles
EUREKA! Musical Minds of California
February 25, 2017 | California State University, Fullerton 16th New Music Festival
"L I B R A T I O N"
February 25, 2017 | Fullerton, California | Eureka! Musical Minds of California Graduate Conference | CSUF
Pismo Beach Review
Judge
November 5, 2016 | Pismo Beach, CA
"SHIBUI & NOH"
Friday, October 28, 2016 | Opus Femina | Scripps College
"Armenator"
September 3, 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | *Southern Hemisphere Premiere
"Armenator"
August 17, 2016 | LA performance Concert Series | MiMoDa Studio
Conductor
July 2016 | Chamber Workshop | Scripps College
Lecture | Contemporary Composer Corner: Thea Musgrave
July 25, 2016 | Scripps College
Composer-in-Residence
July 2016 | Chamber Workshop
Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference
February 2016 | Wichita, Kansas
Guest Lecturer
Summer 2015 | University of California, Santa Cruz
Composer-in-Residence
July 2015 | Chamber Workshop | Scripps College
EUREKA! Co-CHAIR and INITIATOR
May 9, 2015 | University of California, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA
http://eurekagraduatemusicconference.sites.ucsc.edu/
"DITT-E!'
May 9, 2015 | University of California, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA
Erica Zappia, viola | Amaranth String Quartet
Guest Lecturer
Spring 2015 | University of California, Santa Cruz
"Piano Sonata"
"Steep Trails"
"SOULS" (world premiere)
September 11, 2014 | Westerbeck Hall | Pasadena, CA
Tatiana Thibodeaux, piano | Carol Lisek, contralto
Westerbeck Hall. Photo Credit: Elisse La Barre
San Gabriel Mountains. Photo by EL
"PIANO SONATA"
July 26, 2014 | 8pm | Community Music Center | San Francisco, CA
12th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music
Emily Tian, piano
"STEEP TRAILS"
July 15, 2014 | 7 pm | Boston Court | Pasadena, CA
American Composers Forum of Los Angeles (ACF-LA) 2014 Composition Competition Concert: Eureka
Tatiana Thibodeaux, piano | Carol Lisek, alto
The five award winning works of the ACF-LA 2014 Composition Competition will be presented on July 15th at 7pm. "Steep Trails" will be performed by stellar artists: pianist Tatiana Thibodeaux and alto Carol Lisek. The other winners were Kevin Kelly, Mark Abel, Jeffrey Parola and Russell Steinberg.
"STEEP TRAILS"
Summer 2014 | Chris Law, countertenor
European Tour
"SILVA"
Alto Flute, Viola, Double Bass
*Premiere | July 3, 2014 | Oregon Bach Festival | Eugene, OR
12 VARIATIONS ON FRANK LA ROCCAS 'O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM' | June 7, 2014 | Union City, CA
Solo Piano
First Performance: June 7, 2014. Arranged and coordinated past and present students of retiring professors Frank La Rocca and Ellen Wassermann. Twelve various composition students (myself included) wrote 30 second variations based on La Rocca's choral work, "O Magnum Mysterium."
American Correspondence Encore Performance
"PIANO SONATA"
"STEEP TRAILS"
"SOULS"
Tatiana Thibodeaux, piano | Carol Lisek, contralto
October 22, 2014 | Claremont, CA
"PIANO SONATA"
March 20-22, 2014 | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference
Emily Tian, piano
"Steep Trails"
Kresge Chapel Performance. Photo by PL
*Premiere | April 5, 2014 | Kresge Chapel | Claremont, CA
Tatiana Thibodeaux, piano | Chris Law, Countertenor
"Piano Sonata"
March 20-22, 2014 | Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference | Program
Emily Tian, piano
"Annabel Lee
March 7-8, 2014 | University of Puget Sound | Tacoma, WA
Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII Conference
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano | Tanya Stambuk, piano
A Visit to the Space Needle. Photo by Leslie La Barre
Performance of "Annabel Lee" by Padula and Stambuk Photo by Leslie La Barre
"Shibui & Noh"
In final rehearsal for "Shibui & Noh" with RedShift and La Rocca. Photo by EL
*Premiere | May 24, 2012 | California State University, East Bay
Glenn Glasow Memorial Fellowship Award Recipient
"Correspondence: Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Saint Clare of Assisi"
*Premiere | May 10, 2012 | Santa Clara Mission | Santa Clara, CA
Composer Leslie La Barre and conductor Elisse La Barre. Photo by Joanne Lee
Nancy Wait-Kromm, soprano soloist | Lillian Cromer, mezzo-soprano soloist | Matthew Peterson, baritone soloist | Ariel Estébez, soprano soloist | Elisse La Barre, conductor
On the evening of May 10, 2012, the Santa Clara Mission Church hosted a special musical tribute to St. Clare of Assisi, featuring both 200-year-old music written for the Mission and the world premiere of "Correspondence: Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Saint Clare" composed by Leslie La Barre ’10. Simulcasted globally, the contemporary classical work was inspired by Clare’s letters to Agnes of Prague.
"Annabel Lee"
August 16, 2012 | Community Music Center | San Francisco, CA
10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music | New Music Forum
The 10th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music concludes this evening with the Composer/Voice program. This concert will feature vocal music as well as composer performed pieces.
Matthew Peterson, baritone
Emily Tian, piano
"Annabel Lee"
April 28, 2012 | Musically Minded Academy | San Francisco, CA
Guerrilla Composers Guild-Vocal Music Showcase: With performers hailing from the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, it will be a unique opportunity to hear some of the best up and coming singers in the Bay Area in an intimate setting at Musically Minded Academy.
Matthew Peterson, baritone
"Piano Sonata"
*Premiere | May 17, 2011 | California State University, East Bay | Hayward, CA
Ellen Wassermann, piano
"Annabel Lee"
*Premiere | May 2, 2010 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA
Matthew Peterson, baritone
"Aurora"
*Premiere | May 15, 2007 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA
Fresh Music Concert
Teresa McCollough, pianist
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