PREMIERES, PERFORMANCES, AND PRESENTATIONS
April 24, 2026
Tacoma Symphonic Voices Performance of “The Road Not Taken”
April 19, 2026
Premiere of “Tieton River” for flute, cello, and piano
Eugene, Oregan-based Oasis Ensemble
Lincoln Hall, Portland State University
March 31 (airing)
Interview with Jason Nitch, ComposerChats Podcast
January 31, 2026
Adjudicator – WMTNA Solo and Ensemble Contest, Composition Division
May 27, 2025
Interview for Music of America podcast, Tom Pollard, host
May 20, 2025
Presentation, American Guild of Organists, Tacoma Chapter
“The Church Musician as Composer”
With Sheila Bristow, composer and organist
Spanaway Lutheran Church, Spanaway, WA
May 19, 2025
Performance of scene from Verlorene Heimat
Rising Waters Collective Opera Company
Vashon Island, Washington
May 8, 2025
“Elegy for Orchestra”
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Asieh Mahyar, Conductor
April 17, 2025
Premiere of “What Wondrous Love Is This” for organ
American Guild of Organists, Olympia Annual Passion Week Recital
United Churches, Olympia
Dawn Sonntag, Organ
November 23, 2024
Premiere, “Regeneration Parable”
Text by Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford
Jacob William Herbert, baritone
Dawn Sonntag, piano
Lincoln Recital Hall
Portland State University
October 11-13, 2024
New Music Festival, Central Washington University
Performance of Psalm 42 for viola
September 14, 2024
Recital, Pacific Lutheran University
Chamber works and art song
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Premiere – Pas de Deux for Wind Ensemble
Lone Star College Wind Ensemble, Houston, Texas
Dr. Travis Scott, conductor
Saturday, June 24, 2023, 9 am
Presentation – Opera as Advocacy
New Music Gathering, Portland, Oregon
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 7:30 pm
Performance of Violin Sonata, Third Movement – Cantabile
Cascadia Composers Spring Concert
https://cascadiacomposers.org/visions-and-voyages/
Friday, May 5, 2023
Performance of Song and Silence
Caitriona Cassel, soprano
Western Washington University
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Performance of Song and Silence
Caroline Bergren, soprano, and Amy Boers, piano
Pacific Lutheran University Lagerquist Recital Hall
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Performance of Theme and Variations on a 13th Century Melody
Lisa Pierson, violin; Holly Reeves, cello; Dawn Sonntag, piano
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Olympia