A Marvelous Order this Spring
We’re excited to bring some excerpts of A MARVELOUS ORDER, the opera about Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses, to a very special performance in lower Manhattan this June. We’ll also be talking about the...
View ArticleClassical:NEXT
I’m in Rotterdam for Classical:NEXT, a conference for forward-thinking classical and new music organizations from around the world. I’ll be speaking on a few panels: “Creating the Plug & Play: The...
View ArticleCentral Park Vibes
A little video from the end of Tuesday night’s Flute Concerto premiere, captured by my friend Ben: … Read More >
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Ballet Sun Valley
This Thursday, I’ll be premiering a new 25-minute work for chamber orchestra, Sic Transit, as part of the new Ballet Sun Valley festival in Sun Valley, Idaho. The piece is about yesterday’s solar...
View Article2018 Ecstatic Music Festival
Next week, the 2018 Ecstatic Music Festival begins at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. It’s always one of the highlights of my year and I hope you can join us for some of the shows. Check out...
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Sic Transit live recording
Sic Transit is my ballet score for last year’s inaugural Ballet Sun Valley festival, dreamt-of and directed by the unstoppable Isabella Boylston and choreographed by the very gifted choreographer,...
View Article2019-20 Ecstatic Music @ Merkin
This year, we’re doing something different with the Ecstatic Music Festival — it’s actually ceasing to be a festival, and becoming a series that lasts throughout the year! The term “Festival” has...
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Ballet Collective and The Knights Present FARAWAY
On October 23, 25, and 26, at GK Arts Center in DUMBO, Brooklyn, I’ll be premiering one of my most ambitious works to date. The music is a five-movement ballet score for chamber orchestra called...
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Ecstatic Latvia 2019 in Ventspils, Latvia
I’m very excited to announce the first-ever Ecstatic Latvia festival in Ventspils, a coastal city with an astonishing new concert hall. We’re bringing programming from the New York edition to Latvia:»...
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Fall Concerts
In September, Salastina is performing three concerts in Orange County, Pasadena and West LA, featuring pieces written by the three composers in my extended family — my wife, Michi, her brother, Paul,...
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