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… among the leaves… for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano
The New York Youth Symphony
Ryan McAdams, conductor
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Ruach for orchestra
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Cliff Colnot, conductor

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City on the Make for clarinet and large ensemble
Kara Bancks, solo clarinet
The Millennium Chamber Players
Robert Katkov-Treviño, conductor
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Severn Voyages for orchestra
The Annapolis Symphony
José-Luis Novo, conductor

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Lumen de Lumine for piano and orchestra
William Phemister, solo piano
The South Dakota Symphony
Delta David Gier, conductor
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Lost at Sea for solo piano
Daniel Paul Horn, piano
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Three Sad Songs for soprano, harp, bassoon and strings
Holly Bewlay, soprano
OSSIA New Music
Matthew Barber, conductor
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With my Hannah-bug at the John Paul II Cultural Center, before the premiere of Angelus. At the home of Tom and Loretta Volini for a "Mass for All Saints" fundraiser, with mezzo Joanna Wernette. After a roaring performance of "Eight Bad Omens" at the Outside the Box Festival, with Julia Bentley (and Herr Janek), Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, and Kuang-Hao Huang.
With the many luminaries at the University of Chicago Composition Department \"By the power vested in me by the state of Colorado...\" Officiating at the wedding of close friends, clarinetist Lauren Miner (USMC) and oboist Andrew Jacobson. With fellow 2008 BMI Student Composer Winners
Finding my name on the marquee at Carnegie Hall Jake and Kara with former neighbors and top-notch percussionists Steve and Melanie Sehman, awaiting the premiere of ...among the leaves... at Carnegie Hall At premiere of Lumen de Lumine in South Dakota (Brahms gets top billing... again)
Jake and Kara with conductor Delta David Gier and longtime friends and supporters Steve and Mary Kay Truckenmiller, at the premiere of Lumen de Lumine at the South Dakota Symphony With Chandler Branch, Executive Director of Soli Deo Gloria, at premiere of Lumen de Lumine With Milton Babbitt, Ralph Jackson, and Del Bryant at 2006 BMI Student Composer Awards
With good friends, mentors, and teachers Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, in Rochester With the last man who dared teach me piano lessons, Eastman's own Vincent Lenti, at Christ Church Rochester Eastman graduation 2006, with fellow \"Masters\" Alex Miller and Ching-Mei Lin, and ESM Composition Department Chair, David Liptak