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Past Events
As part of their day-long 10th anniversary celebration, Contemporaneous will premiere Portrait and a Dream, an opera about the life, work, and myth of Jackson Pollock. This work is a non-traditional take on the genre. Alongside three singers, Portrait and a Dream integrates recorded interviews provided by The Pollock-Krasner House. More details to come!
Directed by Ashley Tata
Set Design by Magnus Pind
Music and Libretto by Brian Petuch
Commissioned by Contemporaneous
Preview Event
August 7, 2021
5-7pm
Arts Center at Duck Creek|
127 Squaw Road |
Springs, East Hampton, NY
Premiere
September 18, 2021
8-11pm
Irondale Center |
85 South Oxford Street |
Brooklyn, NY
The Pequod will be getting five performances this season, three of which will be in Finland! This will be The Pequod's (and my) first performance overseas.
11/15/19, Providence, RI
11/20/19, Miami, FL
12/3, Helsinki, Finland @ Myymälä2
Hanna Hohti and Terhi Paldanius.
Fall & Winter 2019 performances of The Pequod
The Pequod featured on Score Follower
Protosaurus at LPR with Exceptet and Warp Trio
January 13th, 2019
le poisson rouge
New York, NY
Exceptet will play Protosaurus (a slightly revised version) on 1/13/19 at le poisson rouge in lower Manhattan on a split bill with Warp Trio. More information can be found here, as well as a shout-out in The New Yorker here!! Hope to see you there!
Full 16 hour performance of Sunrise/Sunset
at Liberty Park, 9/11 Memorial.
presented by Make Music New York and performed by Contemporaneous
June 21, 2018
5am - 9pm
Liberty Park, 9/11 Memorial
New York, NY
Free to the Public
Sunrise/Sunset will be performed for sixteen hours to coincides with the rising and the setting of the sun on the summer solstice. The ensemble Contemporaneous will have their performers widely dispersed throughout Liberty Park, creating a musical landscape that is overlooking the 9/11 Memorial. The listeners may freely move through the performers, creating their own individual listening points to reflect on sunlight and the location. If you would like to participate as a performer in this event please feel free to contact me directly at bpetuch@gmail.com. More information can be found at Make Music New York.
Premiere of 24 Hours
with ensemble Echo Chamber.
April 15, 2018
Spectrum
Brooklyn, NY
In collaboration with the New York based ensemble Echo Chamber, Petuch has been awarded with a grant from the Jerome Fund for New Music. The work is comprised of 24 character pieces with each movement representing one hour of the day. Check out an interview about the work here, and event details can be found here. See you there!
Pequod at NYU with andPlay on 2/15/18
This November, Sunrise/Sunset will receive three performances from Latitude 49 and the Chai-Collaborative Ensemble in Chicago. More information can be found here.
Nov 17, 2017
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Nov 19, 2017
Ravenswood United Methodist Church
Chicago, IL
Nov 18, 2017
St. Hilary Parish
Chicago, IL
Sunrise/Sunset in Chicago with
Latitude 49 and the Chai-Collaborative
The Pequod at MISE-EN_PLACE
The violin and viola duo andPlay will perform The Pequod at the MISE_EN_PLACE in Bushwick. The program is shared with Wind-up Elephant. Click here for more details!
May 17, 2017
MISE_EN_PLACE
Brooklyn, NY
More Protosaurus at the Metropolis Ensemble performance space with Exceptet!
For information about the concert and tickets click here!
May 12, 2017
Metropolis Ensemble Space
New York, NY
The Pequod, to be performed at Lincoln Center as part of the Moby Dick themed concert Toward the Sea.
Flutist Catherine Gregory and harpist Mélanie Genin have commissioned Petuch to arrange his Moby Dick themed piece The Pequod on Infinite Blueness for their multimedia concert event Toward the Sea. The concert will be an immersive performance combining music, text, ambient sounds and visual art. Admission will be free to the public. For more information please check out ChamberMusicNY's website.
Oct 22, 2016
7:30 PM
Bruno Walter Auditorium
at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Protosaurus to be performed on the Bang on a Can Marathon at Mass MoCA.
July 30, 2016
Mass MoCA
North Adams, MA
The 2016 Bang on a Can Summer Institute at Mass MoCA will feature Petuch's Protosaurus on the festival's closing concert marathon. For information about tickets, times, Mass MoCA, and the Bang on a Can Summer Festival click here.
Exceptet and Protosaurus at Queens New Music Festival
May 21, 2016
Long Island City, NY
NYC based Histoire ensemble, Exceptet, will perform Protosaurus as part of the Queens New Music Festival. The concert will also feature newly commissioned music by fellow composers Brendon Randall-Myers and Fay Wang. More information of this concert can be found here.
Mar 3, 2016
Spectrum
New York, NY
andPlay to perform newly commissioned work, The Pequod
Feb 17, 2016
Cloud City
Brooklyn, NY
The violin & viola duo andPlay will premiere The Pequod at Cloud City as part of their concert with flutest Martha Cargo. There will be a total of 11 premieres from 11 composers so don't miss this!
Petuch's score for Miami City Ballet's short film Why We Dance.
Directed by Ezra Hurwitz
Score and string writing by Brian Petuch
Production & additional scoring by Aaron Roche
DP Carlos Reyes
When the Time is Right, featuring Sunrise/Sunset, to be screened at Screen Dance Miami
Jan 23, 2016
Mindy Solomon Gallery
Miami, FL
Exceptet to perform Protosaurus at The Firehouse Space
Dec 6, 2015
Brooklyn, NY
For their second concert, Exceptet will be performing Protosaurus. The concert will also feature music by fellow composers Fjóla Evans, Brooks Frederickson, Eric Shanfield, Paul Kerekes, and a preimire by Alex Weiser. More information of this concert and Exceptet can be found here.
Latitude 49 to perform Frames at Western Kentucky University
Oct 25, 2015
Bowling Green, KY
Latitude 49 brings their Memory concert to Western Kentucky University will they will be performng Frames. The concert begins a 8pm at Van Meter Hall. For more information click here.
As part of Bang on a Can's Summer festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams Massachusetts, Petuch will be having his work Updog performed by Bearthoven. Other music featured by Bearthoven is by Nik Bärtsch, Fjola Evans, Brooks Frederickson, and Ken Thomson. The concert is free with museum admittance. For more information about the concert click here!
More Updog with Bearthoven at Mass MoCA!
July 18, 2015, 4:30 pm
North Adams, MA
Exceptet to perform newly commissioned work, Protosaurus
May 17, 2015
Cloud City
Brooklyn, NY
NYC based Histoire ensemble, Exceptet, will premiere Protosaurus. The concert will feature newly commissioned music by fellow composers Fjóla Evans, Brooks Frederickson, Eric Shanfield, and Paul Kerekes. More information of this concert and Exceptet can be found here.
Bearthoven performing Updog at Scholes Street Studio
May 15, 2015
Scholes Street Studio
Brooklyn, NY
Bearthoven will be performing their New York premiere of Updog at Scholes Street Studio. More information about this concert can be found here.
For their second performance of their Memory concert, Latitude 49 will perform Petuch's Frames at Detroit Institute of Arts. More information about the concert and ticket sales can be found here.
Latitude 49 to perform Frames at the Detroit Institute of Arts
May 8, 2015
Detroit, MI
April 17, 2015
Outpost
Brooklyn, NY
Aaron Roche to perform with violist Nadia Sirota, arrangements by Brian Petuch
April 15, 2015
Spectrum
New York, NY
For more information on the Spectrum shows, click here
For more information on the Outpost show, click here
The Secret Opera to produce
A Note For Andrea
March 28, 2015
Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan
6:30pm
New York, NY
The Secret Opera will be staging Petuch's A Note for Andrea, a monodrama for Tenor. More information about the concert and ticket sales can be found here.
Comedy in Dance Festival, Erica Lessner to feature Magic Marker
March 21, 2015
Triskelion Arts, 8pm
Brooklyn, NY
Choreogapher Erica Lessner will be a part of Triskelion Arts dance festival's Comedy in Dance and will be dancing to Petuch's piece Magic Marker. You can find more information and purchase tickets here.
Latitude 49 to perform
Frames at Constellation
January 18, 2015
Chicago, IL
Latitude 49 has commissioned Petuch to create a special arrangement of his work Frames for their ensemble. The work will be featured on their Memory Project concert which will premiere at Constellation in Chicago. More information as well as ticket info is available here.
Twitch to be part of Clarinetist Diego Vásquez's Dance Collaboration
December 14, 2014
Jan Hus Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Petuch's solo clarinet piece has been selected to be a part of a collaboration between clarinetist Diego Vasquez and choreographer Andrea Skurr. The concert is free to the public. More information can be found here.
If You See Something, Say Something will be performed by Soundry at Boston College
December 5th, 2014
Boston, MA
The Boston based new music ensemble, Soundry, is performing Petuch's If You See Something, Say Something as part of their winter concert The Light Within. The concert is free to the public, food and beverages will be provided, along with warm blankets and pillows. Come relax and listen to some music with us!
Bearthoven to perform new work, Updog, on tour this fall
Fall 2014
United States
On their first US tour, the new music trio Bearthoven will be premiering and performing Petuch's new work, Updog, in NYC, Ohio, and the Minot Modern Festival North Dakota. Bearthoven is Karl Larson (piano), Pat Swoboda (bass), and Matt Evans (percussion). You can read more about Bearthoven and this tour here.
Frames for Strings and Percussion to be premiered at Mass MoCA
July 28, 2014
North Adams, MA
As part of Bang on a Can's Summer festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams Massachusetts, Petuch will have a new work for strings and percussion be premiered. The ensemble will conducted and led by Todd Reynolds. For more information about the festival, including a full schedule of events, click here.
NYYS to premiere If You See Something, Say Something in Carnegie Hall
May 1, 2014
New York, NY
As part of their First Music commission for chamber music, The New York Youth Symphony will be premiering Brian Petuch's If You See Something, Say Something in Carngeie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. More details and ticket information can be found here.
Magic Marker to be featured in dance concert Engraved in Space
Apr 4 & 5, 2014
Tallahassee, FL
Choreographer Erica Lessner will feature Petuch's electronic work Magic Marker as part of her collaborative concert Engraved in Space. The concert will take place at FSU's Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre. More information about the event can be found here.
Shoes at the Door Dance Company to
feature Petuch's Music
Oct 26, 2013
Tampa, FL
For their 2013 season's centerpiece, In Modo Di, the Shoes at the Door Dance Company will feature an hour-long program of Petuch's music. Both past works and commissioned works will be heard at the show. In Modo Di will be performed at the USF Concert Hall in Tampa, FL.
The Albany Symphony to perform
Simple Objects at EMPAC
May 30, 2013
Troy, NY
Petuch's new piece for orchestra, Simple Objects, is to be read at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's EMPAC by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Alan Miller. Part of their 2013 American Music Festical, this reading session will be workshopped in front of an audience.
Vibrant Spaces (and Other Places)
at Mannes College
Apr 4, 2013
New York, NY
A concert featuring three new works by Brian Petuh and works by composer Rosalie Burrell. The three premieres, Bleeper, Sunrise/Sunset, A Note for Andrea, will be performed by ensemble aTonal Hits and students of Mannes College. The concert will take place at Mannes in the Goldmark Concert Hall.
Open Air Nocturne to be performed by
pianist Teng Fu
Dec 12, 2013
New York, NY
Pianist Teng Fu will perform Open Air Nocturne for solo piano at the Mannes Concert Hall
Mitch Paster's Reverie to feature
Sunrise/Sunset
Oct 4, 2012
New York, NY
Visual artist Mitch Paster will feature Petuch's Sunrise/Sunset as part of his gallery installation Reverie. The installation can be viewed at the School of Visual Art's gallery space.
Petuch's String Quartet to be performed at Vaudeville Park
Apr 22, 2012
Brooklyn, NY
Brian Petuch's first work for string quartet will be performed by students of Mannes College of Music.
Jeanne Travers' Karo and Tremor to feature
Particles Inside of a Vacuum
Apr 18, 2010
New York, NY
Part of New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival at Joyce Soho, Petuch's work Particles Inside of a Vacuum will be a part of a collaboration with choreographer Jeanne Travers and dancer Kristi Spessard.
