| Archive of Past Performances (selected)
this list documents my activites as a performer, and does not include performances of my compositions given by other performers. For those see the downloadable performance history
1999
May 2
Bang on a Can Marathon
Three Lai, by Christopher Adler
with Christopher Adler, khaen, Todd Reynolds, violin, Ralph Farris, viola
Henry Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
November 19
Western/Asian Hybridity in Art Music Composition
Compositions for solo khaen and Three Body Problem
Christopher Adler, khaen with Jonathan Kramer, cello
Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Austin, TX
2000
October 28
Lineamenta, by Christopher Adler
The Seattle Creative Orchestra
with Christopher Adler, ranaat ek (Thai xylophone)
Seattle, WA
2001
February 10
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2001)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
March 3
Musical Impressions of Nature
Etudes pour piano (v. Arc-en-Ciel, viii. Fem), by Gyorgy Ligeti
Etudes Australes (I:1), by John Cage
Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux (ii., iv.), by Olivier Messiaen
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
March 10
Bear Woman Dances, by Christopher Adler
Bear Woman and Other Dances, performance by Hyun-mi Cho and company
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
April 21
Three Body Problem, by Christopher Adler
Christopher Adler, khaen and Hugh Livingston, cello
Blurring Boundaries: Confluences in New Musics of the Pacific Rim, University of California San Diego
September 29
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
October 9
Nathan Hubbard's Skeleton Key Orchestra
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
San Diego City College
October 10
Nathan Hubbard's Skeleton Key Orchestra
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
San Diego State University
October 27
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
University of California, San Diego
November 15
Circles and Octagons
Duo improvisation with Christopher Adler, piano, and Nathan Hubbard, percussion
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
December 16
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Galoka Jazz Scene, La Jolla, CA
2002
January 26
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2002)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
February 6
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
University of California Riverside
February 24 (noon)
I Want to Believe, by Christopher Adler
The Underwear Conspiracy, by Alan Lechusza
Certain Parts, by Nathan Hubbard
Alan Lechusza, woodwinds, Nathan Hubbard, percussion, Christopher Adler, piano
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
February 24 (evening)
I Want to Believe, by Christopher Adler
The Underwear Conspiracy, by Alan Lechusza
Certain Parts, by Nathan Hubbard
Alan Lechusza, woodwinds, Nathan Hubbard, percussion, Christopher Adler, piano
Galoka Jazz Scene, La Jolla, CA
March 1
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Preview in the SFWeekly by Sam Prestianni
April 6
NOISE at the Library
Hout, by Louis Andriessen
The Tiger's Mind, by Cornelius Cardew
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
April 10
MATA Festival
the wind blows inside, by Christopher Adler
for solo khaen
Angle Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
October 20
NOISE at the Library
Trio, by Ned Rorem
Xylophone ragtime compositions by G. H. Green
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
November 17
Alan Lechusza (woodwinds), Christopher Adler (piano), Christopher Garcia (drums and percussion)
Improvised performance at ROCCO, Los Angeles, CA
2003
February 1
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2003)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
April 4
Free Reeds of Asia and Rare Chinese Instruments
compositions for solo khaen
City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY
October 19
NOISE at the Library
Kreuzspiel Nr. 1/7, by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Four Pieces, Op. 7, by Anton Webern
Quartet, Op. 22, by Anton Webern
Best Served Cold, by David Lipten
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
2004
January 11
NOISE at the Library
Cendres, by Kaija Saariaho
Drei Kleine Stucke, Op. 11, by Anton Webern
Exercises, by Christian Wolff
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
January 12
Cendres, by Kaija Saariaho
Drei Kleine Stucke, Op. 11, by Anton Webern
NOISE Ensemble
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
January 14
Cendres, by Kaija Saariaho
Drei Kleine Stucke, Op. 11, by Anton Webern
NOISE Ensemble
CCRMA, Stanford University
February 19 and 20
New American Music for Solo Piano
Among Red Mountains, by John Luther Adams (his performance archive)
As the Rain Comes, by Alan Lechusza
Bear Woman Dances, by Christopher Adler
Pondok (i. Fragrant Forest), by Evan Ziporyn
Best Served Cold, by David Lipten
Pananampalataya, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
Spoon and Spatula, by Gustavo Aguilar
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
February 27
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2004)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
February 28
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2004)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Los Angeles Harbor College (Lira Productions)
March 7
Bear Woman Dances (i.), by Christopher Adler
Among Red Mountains, by John Luther Adams (his performance archive)
The Rite of Spring, for piano four hands, by Igor Stravinsky
Kay Etheridge and Christopher Adler, pianos
San Diego Public Library
March 16
Sacred Music for Piano
Misang Walang Salita (Mass without Words), by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
Now is your only chance, by H. James Harkins
Among Red Mountains, by John Luther Adams
Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux (ii., iv.), by Olivier Messiaen
Christopher Adler and Sidney Marquez Boquiren, pianos, and H. James Harkins, electronics
University of Pennsylvania Humanities Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Press release
April 1
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, by Bela Bartok
The Rite of Spring, for piano four-hands, by Igor Stravinsky
Christopher Adler and Kay Etheridge, pianos
Steven Schick and Gustavo Aguilar, percussion
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
April 18
NOISE at the Library
Bear Woman Dances (iii.), by Christopher Adler
Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux (ii., iv.), by Olivier Messiaen
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
June 9
La noche de la Iguana, by Alan Lechusza
large ensemble with Christopher Adler, piano
University of California, San Diego
September 26
Epilogue for a Dark Day CD Release Party
the wind blows inside and Epilogue for a Dark Day, by Christopher Adler
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
October 17
NOISE at the Library
Coming Together, by Frederic Rzewski
Kawagiri: Rivermist in Summer, by David Loeb(world premiere, solo for khaen)
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
November 18
Acoustical Society of America Meeting
solo khaen performance of traditional and original music
San Diego, CA
December 18
New Sounds Downtown
solo khaen performance of traditional and original music
Voz Alta Gallery, San Diego, CA
2005
January 16
NOISE at the Library
Why Patterns?, by Morton Feldman
Quatuor pour le fin du temps, by Olivier Messiaen
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
Feburary 3
Gustavo Aguilar's The Last Stop
large improvising ensemble with Christopher Adler, piano
San Diego, CA
March 26
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2005)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Los Angeles Harbor College (Lira Productions)
April 1
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2005)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Dizzy's, San Diego, CA
April 21
Best Served Cold, by David Lipten
guest pianist with pulsoptional
Durham, NC
May 1
NOISE at the Library
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale), by George Crumb
Missa cum Jubilo, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren (world premiere)
Gathering, by Paul Nauert (world premiere)
Praxis, by David Cope (premiere of new version)
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
May 4, 2005
UCSC Pacific Rim Festival
Gathering, by Paul Nauert
Praxis, by David Cope
NOISE ensemble
Santa Cruz, CA
October 23
NOISE at the Library
Macula Lutea, by Rosalind Page
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
2006
January 22
NOISE at the Library
a.r., by Iannis Xenakis
Music in Fifths, by Philip Glass
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
February 10
The Christopher Adler Trio "Reunion"
University of San Diego
February 13
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2006)
improvising small ensemble with
the Christopher Adler Trio
UCSD
March 2
Alan Lechusza's Side A/Side B (2006)
improvising small ensemble with
the Christopher Adler Trio
Dizzy's, San Diego
April 2
NOISE at the Library
Three Friends of Winter, by David Loeb (world premiere)
Red Arc / Blue Veil, by John Luther Adams
Paille in the Wind, by Iannis Xenakis
9 Haiku, by Michael Fiday
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
May 5
Gunther's Grass (with Marcelo Radulovich and Scott Walton)
Trummerflora Spring Reverb Festival
Museum of Making Music
Carlsbad, CA
August 8
Gunther's Grass (with Marcelo Radulovich and Scott Walton)
Rubble 2 release party
The Casbah, San Diego
November 7
The Alan Lechusza / Christopher Duo
featuring composed and improvised music by Adler and Lechusza, including I Want to Believe
Faculty Recital,
University of San Diego
2007
January 28
NOISE at the Library "Invocations and Evocations"
Speak At-Man! and Fragrant Forest, by Evan Ziporyn
Notebook, by Stuart Saunders Smith
December, 1952, by Earle Brown
Inlets, by John Cage
Bell Set No. 1, by Michael Nyman
Church Car, by Charles Amirkhanian
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
February 15-17
NOISE in residence at the University of Wisconsin
Performances of graduate student compositions
Bear Woman Dances iii., by Christopher Adler
Speak At-Man!, by Evan Ziporyn
Music in Fifths, by Philip Glass
Notebook, by Stuart Saunders Smith
April 4
Contemporary Thai Music / Christopher Adler / Wong Krajaukthet
with Speena Insee Adler, Aitdhaya Hongthong, Sidney Marquez Boquiren, Carmel Raz (violin), Chia-Ying Hsu (viola), Robert Dillon (percussion), and Geoffrey Deibel (saxophone)
Song for a Form Carved by Water, Three Lai, Telemetry Lock II and Signals Intelligence (solo), by Christopher Adler
Pananampalataya, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
Thai works Jin Khim Yai, Jin Khim Lek, Lao Duang Deuan, and Lao Duang Dauk Mai Auk Sum Lao Phaen
Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater
April 6
Soundfield Transonic Series
Epilogue for a Dark Day and String Quartet, by Christopher Adler
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
April 26
The Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo meets Scott Walton, contrabass
University of San Diego
April 28
Trummerflora's Spring Reverb Festival
Gunther's Grass (with Charles Curtis, cello and Scott Walton, contrabass)
Kava Lounge, San Diego
June 13-16
the soundON Festival of Modern Music, featuring NOISE
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
including Petit Hommage à Jehan Alain and Iris, by Christopher Adler
Magnify, by Moiya Callahan
Blurred, by Bill Ryan
Stride, by Jerod Sommerfeldt
Ghosts of the Evening Tides, by Joseph Waters
Crippled Symmetry, by Morton Feldman
The Chord Catalogue, by Tom Johnson
Bell Set No.1, by Michael Nyman
Eunoia: Chapter I, for Dick Higgins, by Christian Bök
Snare Drum for Camus, by Joseph Celli
Church Car, by Charles Amirkhanian
Music for Pieces of Wood, by Steve Reich
Snowprints, by Matthew Burtner
angel music, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren (world premiere)
Four, by Edward Top (world premiere)
In C, by Terry Riley
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007
The Alan Lechusza Ensemble
Los Angeles Harbor College (LIRA Productions)
2008
February, 9, 2008
Christopher Adler in residence at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Performing Telemetry Lock, Karin by David Loeb (world premiere) and Red Arc / Blue Veil by John Luther Adams
March 30, 2008
Switchboard Festival (Switchboard Festival)
San Francisco, CA
Khaen solos and Wong Krajauk Thet, including Epilogue for a Dark Day and Five Cycles
April 5, 2008
Chia-Ying Hsu, viola and electric violin, in recital at the University of San Diego
Performed Three Lai and Windwork, by Christopher Burns
May 21 and 28, 2008
Syngery@HOME features ColinMcAllister and Christopher Adler
Performed
I Want to Believe, and works by Amirkhanian, Ziporyn, and Karin by David Loeb
June 19-21, 2008
soundON Festival of Modern Music
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
performed
Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze, by Christopher Adler
I Want to Believe, by Christopher Adler
Karin: A forest of Verses, by David Loeb
Rain, Sea and Sky, by Madelyn Byrne (world premiere)
Travelogues, by David Loeb (world premiere)
Piece for Flute and Piano, by Seth Wrightington (world premiere)
Windwork, by Christopher Burns (watch the video on youtube)
Tre Contrappunti coreografici, by Alfio Fazio
(world premiere)
Iluminaciones, by Juan Campoverde Q.
with both eyes, by Ingrid Stolzel (world premiere)
September 14, 2008
Gunther's Grass
Other Ideas @ Kava Gallery, San Diego
November 6, 2008
Radical Piano I: Faculty Recital
with special guest Lisa Cella, flute
Toxic Skies, by Carmel Raz
Stems, by Alex Mincek
Flight, by Stuart Saunders Smith
Windwork, by Christopher Burns
Notebook (solo version), by Stuart Saunders Smith, arranged by Christopher Adler
Piece for Flute and Piano, by Seth Wrightington
University of San Diego
November 13, 2008
NOISE: Colin McAllister, guitar, and Christopher Adler, piano
I Want to Believe, by Christopher Adler
Stems, by Alex Mincek
Notebook (solo version), by Stuart Saunders Smith, arranged by Christopher Adler
Church Car, by Charles Amirkhanian
Palomar College
November 13, 2008
Radical Piano II: Faculty Recital
Tom Johnson, The Chord Catalogue
University of San Diego
December 6, 2008
The Adler / Burtner Wired Encounter
Matthew Burtner, saxophone, metasax, computers, and Christopher Adler piano
MUSE Creative Workspace, Richmond, VA
2009
January 16 , 2009
Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler / Colin McAllister
performing compositions by Alan Lechusza and Christopher Adler
Washington Composers Forum, Seattle, WA
March 26, 2009
Delenda Est Carthago
the world premiere of Mastodon and compositions by Alan Lechusza, with a heavy dose of improvisation
at New Sounds Downtown, San Diego, CA
April 7, 2009
Delenda Est Carthago
Mastodon and compositions by Alan Lechusza, with a heavy dose of improvisation
University of San Diego
June 18-20, 2009
soundON Festival of Modern Music
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
performed
Flight, by Stuart Saunders Smith
Notebook, by Stuart Saunders Smith
Triangulation, by Christopher Burns
Stems, by Alex Mincek
Resolution, by Christopher Burns
Geworfenheit, by Nathan Brock
Trio, by Jeff Herriott
Notebook, by Stunart Saunders Smith
August 12, 2009
Christopher Adler in residence at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore
performed Five Cycles, the wind blows inside, Three Lai, String Quartet (iii), and Thao
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