Luciane Car­dassi and I have the priv­i­lege of open­ing UCSD’s first Sonic Dias­po­ras Fes­ti­val, fea­tur­ing the works of the music department’s alumni. On this con­cert, Luciane gives a repeat per­for­mance of Hockey Story, which she com­mis­sioned in 2009. The piece, for piano, elec­tron­ics, and the voice of the pianist, takes a look at hockey in all of its dimen­sions, from the pro level to young chil­dren, play­ers to fans, sus­pense to stats.

Gre­gory Oh and Toca Loca pre­mière my new piece, Halo Bal­let (Bipo­lar Dis­or­der NOS) on the X AVANT Festival’s all-dance pro­gramme. Halo Bal­let is a piece for live per­form­ers (piano, key­board, per­cus­sion, harp or gui­tar) and elec­tronic dancers, per­formed in real time within the Halo videogame environment.

The pro­gramme also includes works by John Oswald and Georges Aperghis.