Robert Carl with poet Charles Simic, at the premiere of Simic Songs
Sounding and “Muting” sound sculptures for Sounding Sea/Silent Sea
Performing the Ritratto... at FOCAM festival, Washington State U.,
February 2010
Robert Carl and Russell Banks at premier of opera Harmony,
August 2021
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Upcoming Performances (*Premiere)
*February 8, 2026: Wind Hymn for orchestra; South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Delta David Gier, conductor; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2024-2025
*April 8 2025: Aspen Tree Speaks for percussion ensemble; Crane School Percussion Ensemble, Potsdam, NY
*November 21, 2024: MA: No-Sound Is Not No Sound for shakuhachi and mixed quartet; Ko Umezaki, shakuhachi, HUB Mew Music; Garmany Chamber Music Series, West Hartford CT
*February 28 2024: *Wanderers for extended pianist; Robert Carl, piano, voice, technology
*Haiku from A Horrible Year for soprano and five instruments; Gilda Lyons, voice
Splectar for electric guitar with Max processing, Matt Sargent, el.gtr.
Updraft for trombone and fixed media; Matt Russo, trombone
Infinity Avenue for four instruments;
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2023-2024
* July 12, 2024: Things As It Is for soprano, alto, flute, and piano (Poetry of Chase Twichell);
Trio Zaniah; XXX Festival Internacional de Musica, Quintanar, Spain
* May 24, 2024: White Heron (chamber orchestra version); League of Composers Orchestra, Louis Kachin, cond.; DiMenna Center, NYC
March 8, 2024: Night Garden for 5 contrabasses; Mark Dresser with UCSD Bass Ensemble; San Diego CA
*September 24, 2023: String Quartet No.3, Quartet ES; HARPA, Reykjavik, Iceland
Splectar for electric guitar with Max processing; Matt Sargent, guitar:
October 12, 2023: Loyola Marymount College, Los Angeles
October 13, 2023: California Polytechnic State University; San Luis Obispo, California
March 5, 2024: Western Illinois University; Macomb, Illinois
2022-2023
Warm Waxing Wail for singer/pianist; Peter Nelson-King, soloist; Chapel Performance Space, Seattle WA; July 22, 2023
Piano Quinet, “Just Listen”; Slee Sinfonietta, University at Buffalo; May 2, 2023
Symphony No.7, “Infinity Avenue” *; Robert Carl & Dan Minogue, laptop; Foot in the Door, Edward Cumming, conductor; Millard Auditorium Hartt School, West Hartford CT; April 19, 2023
Splectar for electric guitar with Max processing; Matt Sargent, guitar:
December 2, 2022: University at Buffalo
April 21, 2023: Center for New Music, San Francisco
April 25, 2023: Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Jyun On for two shakuhachis and ichigenkin; Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson, shakuhachis, Issui Minegshi, ichigenkin; MUSICASA, Tokyo; December 12, 2022
The Inevitable Wave(B) for percussion and fixed media; OCC Percussion Ensemble, Robert Bridge, conductor; November 11, 2022
Quiet (Assisted) for open instrumentation; Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble; First Christian Church, Eugene OR; October 16, 2022
Harmony*, (libretto by Russell Banks), fully staged premiere; Seagle Colony, Schroon Lake, New York; August 14 & 20, 2021
White Heron, for orchestra, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Zimmerman, conductor; (George Mason University; Washington DC metro area premiere); April 23, 2022
Changing My Spots, for open ensemble; Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) Experimental Music Ensemble, April 22, 2022
Two works from Quiet (assisted) for open ensemble, Hartt Composers Ensemble, April 20, 2022
Namaste Dante*, for clarinet, bass clarinet, harp and piano; Namaste Ensemble, Ceveteri, Italy, December 8, 2021
Sentient Serenade* for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; Four Corners Ensemble, Lincoln Theater, Hartford, October 21, 2021
(*Premiere)
Recent CD releases:
Infinity Avenue: Updraft, Splectar, Night Garden, Infinity Avenue; Symphony No.7, “infinity Avenue”, The Inevitable Wave(B) Matt Russo, trombone; Matt Sargent, electric guitar; Robert Black with Large Furniture, Robert Carl and musicians; Foot in the Door, Edward Cumming, cond.; Crane Percussion Ensemble, Jim Peterczak, cond. (Neuma 185)
States of Play: From the Ground Up, Surge, Blues Box, Excavating the Perfect Farewell, A Gift…and an Invitation!, What’s Underfoot (also works of John McDonald) John McDonald, piano; Robert Black, bass; Scott Woolweaver, viola (Bridge 9564)
Open/Empty for mixed sextet; Foot in the Door, Edward Cumming, conductor (Naxos 8.559896)
Music for flutes: Forms of Floating, Birds and Flowers, River's Bend, and Sonatina; Janet Arms, flute and musicians [also featuring works of Larry Alan Smith] (ALBANY/TROY 1849)