Recording project of et non et non

Oliver Worthington, baritone

Davis Brooks, violin, Cathryn Gross, clarinet 

Dong Yeol Hong, cello, Ross Dryer, piano

Miho Sasaki, conductor

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN

February 25, 2024

(grant supporting multiple composition projects for various instrumentation)

St. Paul's SATB Choir, soloist and chamber ensemble

Performance and recording: Preces nostrae

for SATB choir and SATB solos with harp, handbells, piano and organ

Patrick Pauloski, conductor

Brad Hughley, organ and Director of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Indianapolis, IN - January 30, 2022

The Indianapolis Women's Chorus

Performance: In the Wistful Heart of Night

for SSA voices with piano accompaniment

Meagan Johnson, conductor

Christel De Haan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN - May 14 - 15, 2022

2021

The Arc Project Online Festival

"Concert of Asian Female Composers"

Performance: Operation Ironwood for cello and bayan accordion

William Grubb, cello, Miho Sasaki, accordion

Jinchao Wang, project coordinator

December 18, 2021

The Arc Project Online Festival

Performance: a little peace in the alley looking at blue sky

Thomas Piercy, clarinet

December 11, 2021

Butler University - Bassoon Studio

Performances of el Puente for bassoon and piano

Mia Nunokawa, bassoon; Ross Dryer, piano

Indianapolis, IN - November 9 & 14, 2021

Thomas Piercy, New York Concert Series

Performance: a little peace in the alley looking at blue sky

Thomas Piercy, clarinet/hichiriki, Marina Iwao, piano

St. Boniface, Brooklyn, NY -  October 17, 2021

Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP) "Constellations"

Performance: Komorebi: tree escape light

Katherine Weintraub, alto saxophone

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tampa, FL

October 9, 2021

TOKYO TO NEW YORK - "Moments In This Time"

Performance: a little peace in the alley looking at blue sky

Thomas Piercy, clarinet

Brooklyn, NY - October 1, 2021

TOKYO TO NEW YORK - "Celebration" Concert

Performance: Swirling Spheres

(for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Thomas Piercy, Artistic director

Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, NYC, NY

September 12, 2021

BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Guest Composer (virtual)

Performance and commercial recording of Sacrosanct 

Mikel Toms, music director and conductor

Brno, Czech Republic  -  June 3, 2021

TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Guest Composer

New Work commissioned by Trinity University Wind Ensemble

World premiere: "Reverence for the Goddess"

James Worman, music director and conductor

San Antonio, TX  -  May 9, 2021

TOKYO TO NEW YORK - MUSIC|DANCE

Broadcast premiere: Swirling Spheres

(for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

Thomas Piercy, Artistic director

New York  -  May 8, 2021

2020

"MOMENTS IN THIS TIME" / TOKYO TO NEW YORK

Broadcast premiere of a little peace in the alley looking at blue sky

Thomas Piercy, clarinet 

Tokyo, Japan - November 2020

BUTLER UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE

Guest Composer

Performance and recording of Peculiar Wave for chamber winds

Michael Colburn, music director and conductor

Indianapolis, IN  -  October 2020

2019

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Guest Composer

Premiere of Peculiar Wave for chamber wind ensemble 

Vu Nguyen, music director and conductor

Storrs, CT  -  November 12-15, 2019

TOKYO to NEW YORK

Guest Composer / performer  (piano, accordion)

Concert of new American and Japanese chamber music 

 - featuring guest artist Thomas Piercy (Hell's Kitchen, NYC)

NY Premiere of  Sasaki's RYŪHYŌ "Drift Ice" (2019), for bass clarinet and bayan accordion

Bargemusic / Brooklyn, NY -  October 25, 2019

NAGOYA, JAPAN

Premiere of Aria:unleashed for prepared solo piano

Nana Omori, piano

September 9, 2019 

Bonn, Germany : 250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven 

International composition project by Susanne Kessel

Sanshisuimei (山紫水明), for solo piano - May 2019 

TOKYO to NEW YORK to INDIANAPOLIS

Guest Composer / performer  (piano, accordion)

Concert of new American and Japanese chamber music 

 - featuring guest artist Thomas Piercy (Hell's Kitchen, NYC)

Premiere of  Sasaki's RYŪHYŌ "Drift Ice" (2019), for bass clarinet and bayan accordion

Indianapolis  -  March 19, 2019

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Musical Arts

Performance of Komorebi: tree escape light 

Gail Levinsky, alto saxophone

Bowling Green, OH - March 14, 2019

FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Guest Composer

Performance of RYUKI: Earth is Alive

Troy Webdell, music director and conductor

IUPFW Auer Hall, Ft. Wayne, IN - March 10, 2019

MISSISSIPPI WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY 

3rd Annual "Music by Women" Festival

Premiere of Miho Sasaki's "KOMOREBI: Tree Escape Light"

 - in three movements: I. Filter,  II. Earth bed,  III. Scatter

Gail Levinsky (Susquehanna University), alto saxophone

Columbus, MS  -  March 7-9, 2019

2018

NAGOYA, JAPAN 

Nana Omori & Chiaki Takahashi, duo pianists

Premiere of Prelude: Prologue to Kezuri

Multiple venues / performances : September / October 2018

BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Faculty Artist Series

Premiere performance of "Tracing the Footprints" (2018)

William Grubb, cello,  Marko Petricic, bayan accordion

September 18, 2018  -  Indianapolis, IN

BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Faculty Artists Series
"Schelle & Sasaki & Friends"
New chamber music by Michael Schelle and Miho Sasaki
Performances of Sasaki's "Operation Ironwood", Spectra Despina,
The Soul of Lights Freeze, etc.
April 10, 2018  -  Indianapolis, IN

MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY

2nd annual "Music by Women" Festival
Performance of El Puente 
Lia Uribe, bassoon (University of Arkansas); Miroslava Panayotova, piano
Columbus, MS  -  March 1 - 3, 2018


CHATTERBOX Jazz Club
Mass Ave., Indianapolis, IN
Guest Composer
World Premiere: Spectra Despina  (2018)
Sarah Skreko, violin; Dianna Davis, accordion
January 30, 2018
 

Highlights : 2013 - 2017

TOKYO TO NEW YORK Concert Series
Tenri Cultural Center, New York City
Guest Composer / Performer
World Premiere:  The Soul of Lights Freeze
Thomas Piercy, clarinet;  Miho Sasaki, piano
November 18, 2017

ACDA Summer Institute

Toryanse (SATB) was a featured workshop piece

Spokane, WA  Summer 2017

NOW FESTIVAL 2017

Guest Composer
Capital Symphony Orchestra
Capital University Conservatory of Music
New Work commissioned for CSO / NOW Festival
February 18, 19, 2017


TRINITY UNIVERSITY
Guest Composer
Trinity University Wind Ensemble
Performances of RUACH
April 29 - May 2, 2016  -  San Antonio, TX

CCDA Summer Convention at ECCO

Toryanse (SATB) was a featured piece

Summer 2016

NOW FESTIVAL 2016

Guest Composer  -  February 9, 10, 2016
Capital University Conservatory of Music
30th Annual NOW Festival, Columbus, OH
Premiere of Bridge (2016), for bari sax and piano
Jay Young, baritone sax
Miho Sasaki, piano


SHINAGAWA CULTURAL CENTER, TOKYO
August 17, 2015
Premiere of el puente (2015), for bassoon and piano
Lia Uribe, bassoon
Concert for the Colombian Embassy - Shinagawa Cultural Center, Japan

ATLANTA SUMMER CONDUCTING INSTITUTE

Toryanse (SATB) was a featured workshop piece

Summer 2015

RONEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

May 12, 2015
Performance of REACHING
Green Room, Circle Theatre, Indianapolis. IN


PORTLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Guest Composer
7th Annual Back Cove New Music Festival
Portland, Maine - April 9-12, 2015
Performances of various chamber pieces


INDIANA WIND SYMPHONY
November 15, 2014
Performance of RUACH: Spirit, Breath Wind
Charles Conrad, music director and conductor


TOKYO TO NEW YORK 2014 Concert Series
October 9, 2014
New York premiere of SHINKAI 350
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Spectrum, NYC


BUTLER UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE
May 4, 2014
Premiere performance of RUACH: Spirit, Breath, Wind
Commissioned for the retirement concert of Music Director Robert Grechesky.


KUNAMA STRING QUARTET (Chicago)
March 8, 2014
Performance of Shrimp in Bamboo Forest


NOW New Music Festival, Capital University, Columbus, OH
February 11 - 15, 2014
Featured Guest Composer
Performances of many chamber works, including iki, Grandiflora, Embryo,
and the world premiere of the commissioned piece, Brick of Pressure (trumpet ensemble)


SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA
October 4, 2013
Performance of RYUKI  (Earth is Alive)
South Shore Orchestra, Troy Webdell, music director and conductor
IVY Tech Concert Hall, Valparaiso, IN


MANHATTAN CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
March 15, 2013
Premiere performances of REACHING ... (2012) commissioned for the Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Richard Auldon Clark, music director & conductor   Symphony Space Thalia Theatre, New York City


FORT SMITH (AR) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,  February 5, 6, 2013
Premiere performances of RYUKI (Earth is Alive) commissioned by
the Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, John Jeter, music director and conductor



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MIHO SASAKI   pianist

MTNA/IMTA State Conference

World premiere:

The More the Merrier; the Fewer the Better Fare

for clarinet, bassoon and bayan-accordion by Zae Munn

Salvador Perez Lopez, clarinet, Douglas Spaniol, bassoon

Miho Sasaki, bayan-accordion

Anderson University, September 30, 2023

BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC 

Faculty Artists Series - March 19, 2019

Guest artist : Thomas Piercy (Tokyo / NYC, clarinet, bass clarinet and hichiriki)

Performance of Drift Ice, for bass clarinet and accordion

On the same program, Miho Sasaki performed on three contemporary pieces on piano and accordion. 

Composers Orchestra - November 2018

Performance of Operation Ironwood for cello and accordion

William Grubb, cello; Miho Sasaki, accordion

Faculty Artists Series - April 10, 2018
"Schelle & Sasaki & Friends"
New chamber music by Michael Schelle and Miho Sasaki
Performances of Sasaki's "Operation: Ironwood", "Soul of Lights Freeze", etc.

Kevy Bailey, clarinet, William Grubb, cello and Miho Sasaki, piano, accordion and bayan

NOW FESTIVAL 2016
Guest Composer / Pianist - Capital University Conservatory of Music
30th Annual NOW Festival, Columbus, OH
February 9, 10, 2016
Premiere of Bridge (2016), for bari sax and piano
Jay Young, baritone sax    Miho Sasaki, piano


MANHATTAN CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (NYC)
March 15, 2013
Pianist in chamber septet with musicians from New York City / MCCE for
performance of Michael Schelle's "Their House Was Around Here, Somewhere"


NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY (Japan)
July 25, 2013
Piano soloist: performance of 3rd Sonata "Janus" (1999) by Michael Schelle


AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS (JAPAN),
July 26, 2013
Pianist in chamber septet with musicians from the Aichi Faculty for performance
of Michael Schelle's "Their House Was Around Here, Somewhere . . . "


UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
October 7, 2013
Pianist in chamber septet with musicians from the Indianapolis Symphony
for performance of Michael Schelle's "Their House Was Around Here, Somehere"


ABERDEEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
November 15, 16, 2013
Soloist for performance of Wright Flight Piano Concerto (2002)
Aberdeen Symphony Orchestra, Robert Vodnoy, Music Director and Conductor

  

CONCERTO PERFORMANCES, 2011 - 2016:

• Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
• Fort Smith (AR) Symphony Orchestra
• Aberdeen (SD) Symphony Orchestra
  
• District 99 Symphony Orchestra (Chicago)
• Albuquerque Youth Symphony
• Illinois Wesleyan Civic Symphony Orchestra
• South Shore Orchestra (Chicago), and "on tour" throughout China, 2011

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Premiere of "Operation Ironwood" (2018), for cello and accordion

William Grubb, cello, Miho Sasaki, composer and bayan accordion

April 2018, Indianapolis

Albuquerque Youth Symphony

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Miho Sasaki performing Michael Schelle's Wright Flight piano concerto : 2 week concert tour of CHINA (6 cities : 8 concerts - Shanghai, Beijing, Ningbo, Hangzhou, etc.) w/ the South Shore Orchestra (Chicago) 

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 . . . with Hollywood film composer Christopher Young 

(Species, Hellraiser, Priest, Drag Me to Hell, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Spiderman 3, etc.)