Virginia B. Toulmin Orchestral Commissions Program: Upcoming Premieres and Events

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2025

Chelsea Komschlies’s Mycelialore: world premiere by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and music director José Luis Gomez on February 1 and 2, 2025

Brittany J. Green’s TESTIFY!: North Carolina premiere by the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and conductor Stefan Sanders on February 22, 2025

Arlene Sierra’s Kiskadee: Texas premiere by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and music director Fabio Luisi on March 6-9, 2025

Angel Lam’s Please let there be a paradise…: Quad Cities premiere by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and music director Mark Russell Smith on April 5 and 6, 2025

Karena Ingram’s RAINN: world premiere by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and music director Robert Moody on May 17 and 18, 2025

Gity Razaz’s Methuselah (In Chains of Time): Bay Area premiere by the Berkeley Symphony and music director Joseph Young on June 1, 2025

Chelsea Komschlies’s Mycelialore: Illinois premiere by the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra and artistic director Giancarlo Guerrero on August 13, 2025

Marina López’s Moño: world premiere by the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and music director Eckart Preu on August 16, 2025

Chelsea Komschlies’s Mycelialore: Ohio premiere by the Lima Symphony Orchestra and music director Andrew Crust on October 11, 2025

Meilina Tsui’s Floridian Symphony: Colorado premiere by Symphony of the Rockies and music director Devin Patrick Hughes on October 11, 2025

Meilina Tsui’s Floridian Symphony: Tennessee premiere by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and music director Aram Demirjian on October 16 and 17, 2025

Karena Ingram’s RAINN: Louisiana premiere by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and music director Matthew Kraemer on October 22, 2025

Chelsea Komschlies’s Mycelialore: Vermont premiere by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and music director Andrew Crust on October 25, 2025

Karena Ingram’s RAINN: Western U.S. premiere by Orchestra Nova Northwest and music director Steven Byess on November 15 and 16, 2025

Moni (Jasmine) Guo’s the sound of where i came from: world premiere by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg on November 20, 21, and 22, 2025

Moni (Jasmine) Guo’s the sound of where i came from: Kentucky premiere by the Lexington Philharmonic and music director Mélisse Brunet on November 22, 2025

Wang Jie’s The Winter that United Us: Southern New York premiere by the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and music director Toshiyuki Shimada on December 13, 2025

2026

Andreia Pinto Correia’s Ciprés: New Jersey premiere by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and music director Rossen Milanov on January 10 and 11, 2026

Angel Lam’s Unearthing the Heart: The Thousand Grottoes of Dunhuang: world premiere by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and music director Mark Russell Smith on February 7 and 8, 2026

Julia Adolphe’s Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra): Nebraska premiere by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and music director Edward Polochick on February 13, 2026

Brittany J. Green’s TESTIFY!: Kentucky premiere by the Lexington Philharmonic and music director Mélisse Brunet on February 21, 2026

Angel Lam’s Please let there be a paradise…: Wisconsin premiere by the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and music director Andrew Sewell on February 27, 2026

Meilina Tsui’s Floridian Symphony: Ohio premiere by the Canton Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson on February 28, 2026

Cindy Cox’s Dreaming a world’s edge: Washington premiere by North Corner Chamber Orchestra on March 7 and 8, 2026

Moni (Jasmine) Guo’s the sound of where i came from: Virginia premiere by the Richmond Symphony and music director Valentina Peleggi on March 7 and 8, 2026

Stacy Garrop’s Goddess Triptych: Louisiana premiere by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and music director Matthew Kraemer on March 12, 2026

Marina López’s Moño: California premiere by the Monterey Symphony and music director Jayce Ogren on March 21 and 22, 2026

Stacy Garrop’s CHROMA: world premiere by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and music director Matthew Kraemer on March 21, 2026

Moni (Jasmine) Guo’s the sound of where i came from: Missouri premiere by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and music director Stéphane Denève on March 27 and 28, 2026

Karena Ingram’s RAINN: North Carolina premiere by the Asheville Symphony and music director Darko Butorac on May 16, 2026

Brittany J. Green’s TESTIFY!: Oregon premiere by the Oregon Symphony and music director David Danzmyr on May 30 and 31, 2026

Brittany J. Green’s TESTIFY!: Wisconsin premiere by the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and music director Andrew Sewell on July 1, 2026

Leanna Primiani’s VISIONS: Concerto for Orchestra: world premiere by ROCO (TX) and artistic director Alecia Lawyer on September 26, 2026   

Brittany Green’s TESTIFY!: Texas premiere by The Amarillo Symphony and music director George Jackson on October 23 and 24, 2026 

Melody Eötvös’s Red Dirt | Silver Rain: California premiere by the Stanford Philharmonia and music director Paul Phillips on November 8, 2026 

2027

Courtney Bryan’s Rejoice: Ohio premiere by the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conductor Joseph Young on January 16, 2027

Marina López’s Moño: Arkansas premiere by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and music director Geoffrey Robson on April 3 and 4, 2027

Andrea Reinkemeyer’s Water Sings Fire: South Carolina premiere by the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and music director Lee Mills on April 10 and 11, 2027

Check back soon! Additional dates will be announced.