Archive of Past Performances (selected)
this list documents my activities as a performer, and does not include performances of my compositions given by other performers
2013
January 17, 2013
Improvisation concert
featuring Scott Walton, Nathan Hubbard and Christopher Adler
University of San Diego
May 9, 2013
San Diego New Music Affiliated Artist Concert
Epitaph, by Witold Lutoslawski
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
May 11, 2013
Gunther’s Grass
with Marcelo Radulovich, hurdy gurdy
Christopher Adler, khaen
Stay Strange
Space4Art, San Diego
May 28-June 8, 2013
nief-norf Summer Festival
Furman University, Greenville, SC
Performance of Evan Ziporyn’s Where Was I?
June 21, 2013
San Diego New Music at the Carlsbad Music Festival Village Music Walk
A performance of Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union
June 22, 2013
Pop-up performance at the Mingei Museum
The Ostrich Ensemble
Thai classical music by Supeena Insee Adler, Candy Krajangsri and Christopher Adler
The Mingei Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
September 22, 2013
Thea Mesirow, cello, and Christopher Adler, piano, in recital
Evan Ziporyn, Where Was I?
and works by Webern, Messiaen and Xenakis
CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
September 28, 2013
Da Capo Chamber Players celebrate Chinary Ung’s 70th
with Christopher Adler, khaen performing
Babaylan, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
and Three Lai by Christopher Adler
Merkin Hall, New York City
October 16, 2013
Jie Ma, pipa and Christopher Adler, piano
Solo compositions and duo improvisation
University of San Diego
October 17, 2013
San Diego New Music Affiliated Artist Concert
with Stephanie Aston, soprano
and Christopher Adler, piano
performing works by Gyorgy Ligeti and Charles Ives
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2012
June 14-16, 2012
The Sixth Annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Once, in a grove of tamarisk, by Christopher Adler
Infinito Nero, by Salvatore Sciarrino
Dancer on a Tightrope, by Sofia Gubaidulina
Change, by Judd Greenstein
Auschnitte, by Evan Johnson
September 14-15, 2012
Technosonics Festival
(dis)Sensus by Matthew Burtner, performed by NOISE
Epilogue for a Dark Day, performed by Christopher Adler, khaen
Jolie Sphinx, performed by Mark Menzies, violin
University of Virginia
October 9, 2012
Art of Elan
Five Cycles with Christopher Adler, khaen
San Diego Museum of Art
October 22, 2012
Peak Frequency
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
will include Salvatore Sciarrino’s Infinito Nero
November 14, 2012
John Cage’s One2, for piano
Cage 100th anniversary celebration
Palomar College
November 18, 2012
Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, for piano four-hands
with Christopher Adler and Kay Etheridge
University of San Diego
November 19, 2012
Nathan Hubbard’s Passengers
with Christopher Adler, piano
Space4Art, San Diego
November 29, 2012
Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring for piano four-hands
with Christopher Adler and Kay Etheridge
University of San Diego
November 30, 2012
San Diego New Music
works by Cage, Lutoslawski, Part, Tuur and Hirs
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2011
January 10-18, 2011
International Meeting on Mathematics and Music Composition
Paris, France
with Tom Johnson, Samuel Vriezen, Michael Winter, Brian Parks, Steve Gisby and Christopher Adler
Jan 10-13 — Residency at La Métive, Ahun
Jan 14 — MaMuX Seminar, IRCAM, Paris
Jan 15 — Concert of mathematical organ music, American Church, Paris
world premiere of 11 Sequences for Tom Johnson
Jan 16 — Concert, Instants Chavirés
Jan 17 — Residency, University of Lille | video
March 1, 2011
New Musical Geographies
a recital of contemporary and traditional music for khaen and khaen with electronics
Compositions by Christopher Burns, Jeff Herriott, Sidney Marquez Boquiren,
David Loeb, and Christopher Adler
University of San Diego, Shiley Theatre
March 3, 2011
New Musical Geographies
Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
March 11-12, 2011
NOISE in residence at Adelphi University
with Lisa Cella, Franklin Cox and Christopher Adler
performing a new work by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
and my Petit Hommage à Jehan Alain
and works by Rei Munakata, Evan Ziporyn, Frank Cox, and David Loeb.
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
March 13, 2011
New Musical Geographies
Flushnik Studios, Brooklyn, NY
April 4, 2011
New Musical Geographies
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
April 5, 2011
Delenda Est Carthago
including Mastodon and Cleopatra, by Christopher Adler
and works by Alan Lechusza
Smith Recital Hall, San Diego State University
April 9, 2011
New Musical Geographies
Avant Studios, Encinitas, CA
April 14-17, 2011
New Musical Geographies
April 14, University of Wisconsin Whitewater (with the Sonict Ensemble)
April 16, Unruly Music, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
June 16-18, 2011
The Fifth Annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library , La Jolla, CA
Inchino, by Claus-Steffen Mahnkoph
The ocean inside, by Frances White
Babaylan and Missa cum Jubilo, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
(dis)Sensus, by Matthew Burtner
Mastodon, by Christopher Adler
Pouring Etiquette, by Rei Munakata
transients / images, by Thomas DeLio
Torus / N, by Juan Campoverde Q.
Confabulation 1.7, by Mauricio Meza
October 31, 2011
New Musical Geographies
Presentation and performance
Acoustical Society of America, 162nd meeting
San Diego, CA
2010
February 25, 2010
014442103231320, faculty piano recital
Aires (C, S, W and P), by Juan Campoverde Q.
Tilework and Counting Keys (i.-iv.), by Tom Johnson
Carillon and Homophonic Construction on Notes by O. Messiaen, by Christopher Adler
University of San Diego
March 6, 2010
repeat of 014442103231320, faculty piano recital
Avant Studios, Encinitas, CA
June 17-19, 2010
The fourth annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Shades of Raindrops, by Sungji Hong
Mnésique, by Nicolas Tzortzis
Trace II: Vestigium, by Iván Ferrer-Orozco
844 Chords, by Tom Johnson
Aires (C, S, A, W, and P), by Juan Campoverde Q.
Paper Pieces, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
September 8, 2010
NOISE performs at the International Festival Chihuahua, Mexico
including Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze, and works by Sidney Marquez Boquiren,
Matthew Burtner, Christopher Burns, Ignacio Baca-Lobera and Mark Menzies
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
at New Sounds Downtown, San Diego, CA
April 7, 2009
Delenda Est Carthago
Mastodon and compositions by Alan Lechusza
University of San Diego
June 18-20, 2009
soundON Festival of Modern Music
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
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 Stuart 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
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
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
2007
January 28, 2007
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, 2007
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, 2007
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, 2007
Soundfield Transonic Series
Epilogue for a Dark Day and String Quartet, by Christopher Adler
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
April 26, 2007
The Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo meets Scott Walton, contrabass
University of San Diego
April 28, 2007
Trummerflora’s Spring Reverb Festival
Gunther’s Grass (with Charles Curtis, cello and Scott Walton, contrabass)
Kava Lounge, San Diego
June 13-16, 2007
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
2006
January 22, 2006
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, 2006
The Christopher Adler Trio “Reunion”
University of San Diego
February 13, 2006
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2006)
improvising small ensemble with
the Christopher Adler Trio
UCSD
March 2, 2006
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2006)
improvising small ensemble with
the Christopher Adler Trio
Dizzy’s, San Diego
April 2, 2006
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, 2006
Gunther’s Grass (with Marcelo Radulovich and Scott Walton)
Trummerflora Spring Reverb Festival
Museum of Making Music
Carlsbad, CA
August 8, 2006
Gunther’s Grass (with Marcelo Radulovich and Scott Walton)
Rubble 2 release party
The Casbah, San Diego
November 7, 2006
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
2005
January 16, 2005
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, 2005
Gustavo Aguilar’s The Last Stop
large improvising ensemble with Christopher Adler, piano
San Diego, CA
March 26, 2005
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2005)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Los Angeles Harbor College
April 1, 2005
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2005)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Dizzy’s, San Diego, CA
April 21, 2005
Best Served Cold, by David Lipten
guest pianist with pulsoptional
Durham, NC
May 1, 2005
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, 2005
NOISE at the Library
Macula Lutea, by Rosalind Page
NOISE ensemble
The Athenaeum Library, La Jolla, CA
2004
January 11, 2004
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, 2004
Cendres, by Kaija Saariaho
Drei Kleine Stucke, Op. 11, by Anton Webern
NOISE Ensemble
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
January 14, 2004
Cendres, by Kaija Saariaho
Drei Kleine Stucke, Op. 11, by Anton Webern
NOISE Ensemble
CCRMA, Stanford University
February 19 and 20, 2004
New American Music for Solo Piano
Among Red Mountains, by John Luther Adams
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, 2004
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2004)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
February 28, 2004
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2004)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
Los Angeles Harbor College
March 7, 2004
Bear Woman Dances (i.), by Christopher Adler
Among Red Mountains, by John Luther Adams
The Rite of Spring, for piano four hands, by Igor Stravinsky
Kay Etheridge and Christopher Adler, pianos
San Diego Public Library
March 16, 2004
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
April 1, 2004
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, 2004
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, 2004
La noche de la Iguana, by Alan Lechusza
large ensemble with Christopher Adler, piano
University of California, San Diego
September 26, 2004
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, 2004
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, 2004
Acoustical Society of America Meeting
solo khaen performance of traditional and original music
San Diego, CA
December 18, 2004
New Sounds Downtown
solo khaen performance of traditional and original music
Voz Alta Gallery, San Diego, CA
2003
February 1, 2003
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2003)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
April 4, 2003
Free Reeds of Asia and Rare Chinese Instruments
compositions for solo khaen
City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY
October 19, 2003
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
2002
January 26, 2002
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2002)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
February 6, 2002
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
University of California Riverside
February 24, 2002
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, 2002
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, 2002
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
April 6, 2002
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, 2002
MATA Festival
the wind blows inside, by Christopher Adler
for solo khaen
Angle Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
October 20, 2002
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, 2002
Alan Lechusza (woodwinds), Christopher Adler (piano), Christopher Garcia (drums and percussion)
Improvised performance at ROCCO, Los Angeles, CA
2001
February 10, 2001
Alan Lechusza’s Side A/Side B (2001)
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
University of California, San Diego
March 3, 2001
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, 2001
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, 2001
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, 2001
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
October 9, 2001
Nathan Hubbard’s Skeleton Key Orchestra
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
San Diego City College
October 10, 2001
Nathan Hubbard’s Skeleton Key Orchestra
improvising large ensemble
with Christopher Adler, conductor
San Diego State University
October 27, 2001
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
University of California, San Diego
November 15, 2001
Circles and Octagons
Duo improvisation with Christopher Adler, piano, and Nathan Hubbard, percussion
Faculty Recital, University of San Diego
December 16, 2001
Metal with Reeds …. Reeds of Metal
solo khaen performances (with Alan Lechusza, saxophones)
Galoka Jazz Scene, La Jolla, CA
2000
October 28, 2000
Lineamenta, by Christopher Adler
The Seattle Creative Orchestra
with Christopher Adler, ranaat ek (Thai xylophone)
Seattle, WA
1999
May 2, 1999
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, 1999
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