Karen Got­tlieb and Julie Stein­berg bring Cul­ture no.1 to San Fran­cisco for the first time. Writ­ten in 2006, this is the piece that I took to the Gaudea­mus Fes­ti­val that same year, for harp, piano, and elec­tron­ics, and which kicks off my three-part Cul­ture series.

Toca Loca takes Halo Bal­let to the Ottawa Cham­ber­fest, also paired with Chris­tine Fel­lows and Shary Boyle. Halo Bal­let is my piece for vir­tual dancers, chore­o­graphed within the Halo videogame envi­ron­ment and per­formed “live” by gamers along­side the ensemble.

The junc­tQín key­board col­lec­tive pre­mière this new work on the Barrie’s Colours of Music fes­ti­val. Based on clas­sic fairy­tales with alter­nate end­ings, Dis­ney Princess Dis­as­ters includes three pianists, three squeeze toys, one piano, and three fairy­tale princesses whose fates take a turn for the unexpected…