Scuttlebutt - May 6

May 6, 2026

I'm finally heading up to Wheeling, West Virginia today to start rehearsals with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra for our concert this Fri night, premiering Daniel Bernard Roumain's America, to US, a brand new electric violin concerto co-commissioned by the Wheeling Symphony. For years I've heard about Wheeling and their visionary music director, John Devlin, who will be conducting, so I'm excited to finally have the opportunity to work together!

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And I'm thrilled to announce that we will also be performing America, to US on October 27 with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. The wonderful Kedrick Armstrong, who recently conducted the premiere with the Oakland Symphony in February, will conduct.

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In more breaking orchestral news, the San Francisco Symphony and I will be performing John Adams' epic electric violin concerto, The Dharma at Big Sur on June 17 and 18 of 2027, (next year.) These special performances will feature video by artist Deborah O’Grady and Ryan Bancroft will conduct. Ryan and I performed the piece several times with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra a few years ago.

Here are a few shots from a wonderful 2-day residency I did with Whitefish Bay High School and their wonderful orchestra director, Jonathan Petersen in Milwaukee, WI.