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

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