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.

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/

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.