Dante De Silva--composer, musician

June 7, 2013 - Opera Parallèle will give my opera Gesualdo, Prince of Madness its first reading in San Francisco. Details to follow.
May 9, 2013 - Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will premiere Drive-Thru Etudes, Book 1 - "Upland, CA." in its entirety at Gallery 345 in Toronto, Canada.
April 26, 2013 - Los Angeles-based What's Next Ensemble will perform Mr. Distinguished at the Boston Court Theater in Pasadena, CA. on the second concert for their Los Angeles Composers Project 5.
February 23, 2013 - Virginia Ryder, Cindy Moyer, and John Chernoff will perform Mr. Distinguished at Humboldt State University for their Faculty Artist Series at Fulkerson Recital Hall.
January 12, 2013 - Virginia Ryder, Cindy Moyer, and John Chernoff will premiere Mr. Distinguished for violin, alto saxophone, piano, and pre-recorded electronics of a LibriVox.org recitation of texts from Emily Post's Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. The concert will be for the Fortuna Concert Series in Fortuna, CA.
July 9, 2012 - For the 2012 GALA Festival in Denver, Lucik Aprahamian and Arizona Women in Tune will perform Rejuvenated Heart at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
June 9, 2012 - Lucik Aprahamian and Arizona Women in Tune will premiere Rejuvenated Heart, a new choral work for women's chorus and chamber ensemble.
May 13, 2012 - San Francisco ensemble Sounds New will perform Burlesca for violin, clarinet, and piano.
March 30, 2012 - Vientos Trio will premiere The Absurd ABC, a piece for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and pre-recorded electronics of a LibriVox.org recitation of Walter Crane's work of the same title .
December 3, 2011- Phyllis Chen will premiere Scratch Record for two toy pianos, toy glockenspiel, and toy percussion in the Dimenna Center in New York City.
December 3, 2011 - New Arts Alliance will perform Castlepoint (ver. 3) for 4 flutes and 4 guitars at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts Second Stange in Mountain View, CA.
June 5, 2011 - Laura Jordan and Sarah Carrier will premiere Flounce for flute and marimba at Jan Hus Church in New York City for the Vox Novus Composer's Voice concert series.
May 2011 - Pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will perform Piano Sonata No. 1 - "Arcata" in Humboldt County. Ryan has performed the Piano Sonata as well as my elegy Shibui and movements from Drive-Thru Etudes for the past few years.