Dante De Silva--composer, musician

In early 2013, Ensemble Parallèle will premiere my opera Castle Gesualdo in San Francisco. Readings for the opera will occur in 2012.
September 2012 - 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.
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.