Orfei Mors, Armando’s 2009 cello concerto, will be presented twice in 2011.  First by the Columbia Civic Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Stefan Freund, on February 26, 2011 in Columbia, Missouri.  A little over a week later, on March 5, 2011 Great Noise Ensemble, under Armando’s direction, will present the Washington, D.C. premiere of Orfei Mors as part of their “Homespun Tales” program featuring music by GNE associated composers.  Both performances feature cellist Philip von Maltzahn, for whom the work was written.

The Peabody Wind Ensemble, Harlan Parker, Music Director, presents Armando’s Fanfares (2004) for wind ensemble on Wednesday, February 16, 2011.

Armando’s new trombone concerto, Absolute Music, will receive its world premiere by trombonist Philip Brown and the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, under maestro Maximiano Valdez on January 21 and 23, 2011 in Sorderborg, DK.

Caprichos, a new work commissioned by Dutch group Hexnut, will receive its world premiere on January 11 at the Karnatic Lab, Amsterdam.

Armando will be the guest composer at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY on December 7, 2010, presenting two Beatles-inspired pieces: Calm Down, Ringo! (1998) for four drum sets and Two Beatles, based on songs from the “White Album,”  commissioned by LeMoyne College’s chamber orchestra.