Cellist Philip von Maltzahnn joins the Western Piedmont Symphony, John Gordon Ross, Music Director, for the second of two world premiere performances of Bayolo’s cello concerto, Orfei Mors on April 10, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.  For more information on and tickets to this performance please visit http://www.wpsymphony.org/

Armando Bayolo and cellist Philip von Maltzahnn will join the Society for New Music in Syracuse, New York, for the first of two world premiere performances of Orfei Mors, Bayolo’s cello concerto written for von Maltzahnn and co-commissioned by the Society for New Music and the Western Piedmont Symphony.  The performance, part of the Society’s “Trendsetters” concert, will take place on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium on the campus of Syracuse University.  For more information and tickets please visit http://www.societyfornewmusic.org/concerts.cfm

Armando Bayolo and Great Noise Ensemble return to the National Gallery of Art on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. for the premiere of his cantata in memory of Russian American artist Mark Rothko, Kaddish:Passio:Rothko.  Commissioned by the Music Department of the National Gallery of Art, Kaddish:Passio:Rothko is inspired by Rothko’s Harvard murals and the events leading up to the artist’s death.  Great Noise Ensemble is joined by mezzo-soprano Tracy Cowart, the Orchestra of the National Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Art Vocal Arts Ensemble, Rosa LaMoreaux, Director for this event, which also features the premiere of the Motets from Carlos Carrillo’s Vespers inspired by Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin of 1610.  For information and tickets visit http://www.greatnoiseensemble.com/wordpress/category/calendar/

The saxophone and harp duo, Pictures on Silence, will present Bayolo’s “Crudely Spun Tales” at the International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on January 16, 2010.  Pictures on Silence (Noah Getz, saxophone and Jackeline Pollauf, harp) premiered “Crudely Spun Tales” at the Mansion at Strathmore in November, 2009.  For more information and a schedule of events please visit http://www.navyband.navy.mil/saxophonesymposium.shtml

Armando conducts Great Noise Ensemble in the second concert of their fifth season, Twilight Music. For more information visit http://www.greatnoiseensemble.com.

On September 25, Armando returns to conduct Great Noise Ensemble in the opening concert of their fifth season, Urban Saloon. For more information, visit http://www.greatnoiseensemble.com.

Great Noise Ensemble, Jameson Cooper, violin soloist, present “Musica Concertata”, conducted by Armando Bayolo.

Armando’s new symphony, Cancionero Mudo, receives its world premiere under his baton as guest conductor of the Wabbash Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Carrillo, Music Director, on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Lafayette, Indiana.

Conducting Great Noise Ensemble, “Tiffany Windows”: Music of Arlene Sierra, David Dzubay, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen and Jacob Cooper.

Conducting Great Noise Ensemble, “Machines, Love and Evolution”: works by Sparr, Bermel, Mellits and Don Freund.