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2019-2020

21 June 2020. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]

[Conductor] Te'Pakohp with the Aboriginal School of Dance

13-14 May 2020. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra [RESCHEDULED]
[Conductor] Adventures in Music: Pictures at an Exhibition

5 May 2020. Cafe Oto [RESCHEDULED]
[Performer] Beethoven Was A Lesbian, And Other Stories​

23-25 April 2020. Little Opera Company [RESCHEDULED]
[Conductor] Three Decembers by Jake Heggie

17-19 April 2020. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]
[Conductor] Crazy for You: In Concert

1 April 2020. University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]
[Conductor] Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto and Mozart Paris Symphony 

8-10 March 2020. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 
[Conductor] Wall-to-Wall Percussion

5 February 2020. University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra 
[Conductor] Evening Serenades 

27 January 2020. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
[Conductor] Winnipeg New Music Festival Composer's Workshop

27 Nov 2019. University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra
[Conductor] Uncommon Women
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24 Nov 2019 - 11 Dec 2019. Winnipeg Symphony Orchesra
[CONDUCTOR] Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Holiday Tour
Brandon, MB
Steinbach, MB
Portage-la-Prairie, MB

17 Nov 2019. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with Paul Ong

[CONDUCTOR] Paul Ong's Concert for a Cause!

23 Oct 2019. University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra.

[CONDUCTOR] In The Olden Style
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20 Oct 2019. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
[CONDUCTOR] Will's Jams
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Sept-Oct 2019. Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre (Lithuania)
[CREATOR] New Work for Group Show: Women on the Moon 
Curated by Laima Kreivytė

​2018-2019


6 July 2019. SPACE Mare Street  (London)
[PERFORMER] Les Bijous Indiscrets, or Paper Tigers by Sophie Seita
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2 July 2019. King's College School (Cambridge)
[PIANIST] Workshop for Student Composers

2 May 2019. Queer Art of Feeling Conference (Cambridge)
[PERFORMER + CREATOR] Beethoven was a Lesbian: Performance with Sophie Seita
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29 June 2019. University of Aveiro (Portugal)
[PERFORMER + CREATOR] "Der Wegweiser": Lecture-Performance with Teppei Higuchi

18 June 2019. Cardiff University (Wales)
[PERFORMER + CREATOR] "Der Wegweiser": Lecture-Performance with Teppei Higuchi

30 April 2019. Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio (Cambridge)
[CURATOR] CIPN: The Body as Machine
Interdisciplinary conversation featuring Einav Katan-Schmid, David Trippett, and Maria Gerolemou
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26+27 April 2019. Théatre du Centaure (Luxembourg)
[CO-CREATOR] A Certain Sense of Order
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8 March 2019. Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge Female Composers Festival Final Concert
works by Amy Beach, Joan Tower, and Cecile Chaminade

2 March 2019. St. Clement's Church (Cambridge)
[CURATOR + DIRECTOR] atomic choruses at the Cambridge Female Composers Festival
experimental vocal music

23 February 2019. Stapleford Granary (Cambridgeshire)
[CONDUCTOR] Living Notes with the Cambridge New Music Ensemble
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26 January 2019. Vancouver Academy of Music (Vancouver, BC)
[PIANO] Recital with Dash Duo
supported by the Canada Council for the Arts
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2018

16-19 November. Schulich School of Music (Montreal)
[PAPER] ICOMMP-2018

27 October. Newnham College Old Labs (Cambridge)
[CO-CREATOR] Cambridge Festival of Ideas
A Certain Sense of Order Workshop and Performance

23 October. West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts
Stravinsky, Les Noces

21 September. Clare College Chapel (Cambridge)
[MUSIC DIRECTOR] Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
at Intersections: Between Music and Theatre in Seicento Italy

3-7 September. National Opera Studio (London)
[Training] Women Conductors: Conducting for Opera
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1-30 September. Nida Art Colony (Lithuania)
[Artist-in-Residence]  
nidacolony.lt

15 July. Piazze Grande (Montepulciano, Italy)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge University Orchestra Tour
Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte

16 June. King's College Chapel (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge University Sinfonia May Week Concert
New work by Will Cole. 

8 May. West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts
Schnittke Concerto Grosso no. 1 with soloists Stephanie Childress and Peter Grishin

27 April. Trinity Chapel (Cambridge)
[MUSIC DIRECTOR] Combat + Lament
works by Monteverdi, Berio, Auerbach, Goehr

22 April. Trinity Chapel (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge Brahms Festival Final Concert
Works by Webern and Brahms

10 Mar. West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge)
[CONDUCTOR] Cambridge University Sinfonia
Works by Saariaho, Elgar, and Sibelius featuring mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston

7 Mar. University of Chicago
[LECTURE-PERFORMANCE] Dislocations: Reassessing Ligeti's Many Worlds in the 21st Century
"The Practice of Failure in Ligeti's Touches bloquées"

7 Feb. Clare College Chapel (Cambridge)
[CURATOR] CCMS Contemporary Lates presents (an)notation
Works by Catherine Kontz, George Crumb, Naomi Woo, Sasha Amaya, and Matt Shafer
Performed by Peter Grishin, Naomi Woo, and Sasha Amaya

27 January. King's College Chapel (Cambridge)
[ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR] Verdi Requiem with conductor Jac van Steen

21 January. David Josefowitz Hall (London)
[PIANIST] Melanie Daiken: A Memorial Celebration
Melanie Daiken, Viola Sonata with James Boyd, viola

2017

8 November - 11 November. ADC Theatre (Cambridge)
[MUSIC DIRECTOR] Savitri by Gustav Holst
Cambridge University Opera Society

21 October. West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge)
[PIANIST] Cambridge University Orchestra with Tom Poster
Performing Carnival of the Animals

10 & 11 August. RADA Studios (London)
[CO-CREATOR] 
A Certain Sense of Order
presented by Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival
http://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/a-certain-sense-of-order-2/

12 July. King's College London
[PANELIST] Performance-Cage-Philosophy
for the Music and Philosophy Study Group Conference 2017
of the Royal Musical Association

http://musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/mpsg2017/

25 June. Academy of Performing Arts (Prague)
[LECTURE-PERFORMANCE] Thinking Through Touch
a collaborative performance-lecture 
with Sasha Amaya and Cam Scott

http://web.flu.cas.cz/ppprague2017/

15 June. Orpheus and Bacchus Festival (Bordeaux)
[PIANO] Morning Concert of Debussy, Gershwin, and Clara Schumann
with Ben Comeau (piano)

http://orpheusandbacchus.com/

7 March.The Cockpit (London)
[CO-CREATOR] A Certain Sense of Order
work-in-progress produced with tick tock 
for Rough for Opera
a scratch night hosted by Second Movement and Tête à Tête
www.tt-tt-tt.com

​11 March. Chatteris Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
[SOLO] Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4. 
with the Falcon Ensemble

23 March. Cambridge Junction. 
[PARTICIPANT] Breath Control by Caroline Wright

https://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-junction-presents-breath-control-caroline-wright

2016

3 December. West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge University.
[SOLO] Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 2. 
with Cambridge University Music Society Symphony Orchestra

30 November. Clare Chapel Lates.
[HARPSICHORD] Improvisation with Tommy Davis and Gordon Fitzell, during Revolution Ensemble's November UK tour. 

4 November. Vancouver Art Gallery. 
​[SOLO] Recital at Out for Lunch Concert Series. 

22, 27, & 29 October. St Michaels Church, Chiswick.
[PIANO & ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR] Wagner's Parsifal with Elemental Opera.
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8 October. Jesus College Chapel. 
[PIANO & DIRECTOR] Frederic Rzewski's Coming Together
with Sasha Amaya

12-14 September. Faculty of Music, University of Oxford.
[LECTURE] Presentation at Making Time in Music. 

7 September. Peterborough Cathedral. 
[PIANO] Art song by Fauré and Eisler with baritone Robbie Haylett
30 January. Trinity College Chapel. 8 PM.
[CONDUCTOR] Mozart's Idomeneo 

July-August.  Toronto Summer Music Festival.
[PIANO] Chamber Music Institute.

26 June. Thirkill Room, Clare College.
[CURATOR] THE USES OF UTOPIA: an interdisciplinary symposium and celebration for the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia.

12 June. Lee Hall, Wolfson College. 
[SOLO] Annual Mary Bevan Recital: works by Alexina Louie and Maurice Ravel.

6-8 May. University of Brandon (Manitoba). 
[SOLO] Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition for Canadian and Contemporary Music.

3 May. West Road Concert Hall. Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts. 1 PM.
[PIANO] Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47.

31 January. Clare College Chapel. 5 PM. 
[PIANO] Brahms Violin Sonata no. 1 with Nicholas Bleisch

6 February. Jesus College Master's Lodge. 530 PM.
[SOLO] Silent Film Night. Performing new films scores by Gary Rushton to Buster Keaton films. 

12 February. West Road Concert Hall. 730 PM.
[CONDUCTOR] CCMS Lent Term Concert. Conducting Elgar Cello Concerto with Joel Sandelson.

14 February. Old Library, Emmanuel College. 9 PM.
[PIANO] Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47.

21 February. Old Library, Pembroke College. 9 PM.
[PIANO] Songs for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble: Ivor Gurney's The Western Playland with Robbie Haylett. 

3-5 March. Robinson College Cambridge. 730 PM.
[MUSIC DIRECTOR] Brickhouse Theatre Company & Iambe Company: Vanessa by Samuel Barber

25-26 April. Emmanuel College. 
[LECTURE-RECITAL] Presentation at Performing Knowledge Conference. 

30 April. Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College. GCMS Recital Series. 12 PM.
[PIANO] Vocal recital with Claudia Brown.
 
1 May. Clare College Chapel. 5 PM.
[PIANO] Brahms Cello Sonata in F minor with Joel Sandelson. 

1 May. Old Library, Emmanuel College. ECMS Recital Series. 9 PM.
[SOLO] Works by Jean Coulthard, Sophia Gubaidulina, Alexina Louie, and Olivier Messiaen. 

2 May. Old Library, Pembroke College. Pembroke Lieder Scheme Showcase. 6 PM.
[PIANO] Art song by Brahms, Chausson, Fauré, Ives, and Schumann with Judith Lebiez. 
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