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Events
  • September 12, 2025
    EMPAC, Troy, NY. new work in collaboration with Christopher Chandler and the the [Switch~ Ensemble] with audiovisual processing system. World Premiere.
    Troy, NY
  • October 12, 2024
    Lauren Cauley, the [Switch~ Ensemble], Novalis Festival, Croatia. new work for solo violin and audiovisual processing system. World Premiere.
    Osijek, Croatia
  • May 25, 2024
    Line Upon Line, Tetractys Festival, Austin. Ecology of Disruption for trio and audiovisual processing system. World premiere.
    Austin, Texas
  • January 06, 2024
    Group Improvisation with Sound&Fury Ensemble, led by Stefan Prins.
    HfM Konzertsaal, Dresden, Germany
  • December 23, 2023
    IntAct 2023, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. new work for trio and generative electronics. World premiere
    Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
  • November 17, 2023
    Continuum Contemporary Music, Toronto. walkside, lost for three percussionists, electronics, and live video processing. Canadian Premiere.
    The Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • May 03, 2023
    Performing Electronics for Adriana Hölszky's work Tragödia at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden. Historical reproduction of electronics from 1996/97. Conductor Nicolas Kuhn.
    HfM Konzertsaal, Dresden, Germany
  • March 02, 2023
    University at Buffalo Residency
    Buffalo, NY
  • December 25, 2022
    IntAct 2022, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. walkside, lost Thai premiere
    Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
  • December 20, 2022
    ICIT 2022, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand. Faculty Artist & Mentor.
    Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
  • November 18, 2022
    PS21 Chatham, Resonant Mechanisms: The Experimental Tradition in Upstate New York
    Chatham, NY
  • July 30, 2022
    MICF 2022 - Alarm Will Sound: Eight World Premieres, Managing Director.
    Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO
  • July 25, 2022
    Mizzou International Composers Festival with Alarm Will Sound, Managing Director.
    Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO
  • June 18, 2022
    Managing Director of the Mizzou Summer Composition Institute with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    Sinquefield Music Center, Columbia, MO
  • June 18, 2022
    Managing Director of the Mizzou Summer Composition Institute with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    Sinquefield Music Center, Columbia, MO
  • April 23, 2022
    [Switch~ Ensemble] residency at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, performing music by José Martínez, Kelley Sheehan, Anna-Louise Walton, and more.
    Colby College, Waterville, ME
  • March 29, 2022
    University at Buffalo Residency
    Buffalo, NY
  • March 25, 2022
    Five Premieres: New commissions from Leilehua Lanzilotti, Santiago Diez Fischer, Anna-Louise Walton, Forbes Graham, and Kelley Sheehan by the [Switch~ Ensemble]
    Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
  • February 15, 2022
    [Switch~] is Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Missouri. Conducting the Missouri premiere of soliloquios del viento (2016; rev. 2017) alongside works by Cathy van Eck, Anna-Louise Walton, and Mizzou student composers with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    Crow Hall, Columbia, MO

Updates
  • December 18, 2023
    ICIT 2023. “Dec. 18-22, 2023, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist.”
  • October 23, 2023
    BabelScores Catalog. “Oct. 23, 2023: Happy to have recently joined the catalog of composers with works available through BabelScores! Head on over to check out my scores here: https://www.babelscores.com/composer?userid=10235&view=vendorprofile
  • December 20, 2022
    ICIT 2022. Dec. 20-22, 2022, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist.
  • November 11, 2022
    Interview with Jason Thorpe Buchanan by Sandris Murins: Music as system of interactions. Nov. 11, 2022: Sandris Murins has conducted interviews with excellent composers all over the world about their work, technology, and more. During the interview, Sandris and composer Jason...
  • September 14, 2022
    Oggetti I (2014) awarded 2nd prize in 'New Vision' Composition Competition.. Sep. 14, 2022: Oggetti I (2014) for wind quintet was awarded 2nd prize in the ‘New Vision’ Composition Competition, adjudicated by the Cracow Golden Wind Quintet and the...
  • August 09, 2022
    Faculty appointment at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, Hybrid Music Lab. In September, Jason Thorpe Buchanan will join the faculty of the Hybrid Music Lab at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden as Artistic Associate/Lecturer in...
  • February 17, 2022
    Bangkok Metropolitan Orchestra. Feb. 17-18, 2022, Bangkok: Bangkok Metropolitan Orchestra, composition workshop with new works by student composers of Mahidol University and Royal Holloway University in London. Mentor composers Dr. Jason...
  • February 06, 2022
    Mizzou New Music Initiative Interim Managing Director. Jason Thorpe Buchanan joins the University of Missouri School of Music’s New Music Initiative. Projects and events include the Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) with Alarm Will Sound,...
  • January 26, 2022
    Oggetti Ii. Score and video recording of oggetti II World Premiere at the Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium with the TACETi Ensemble now available.
  • December 13, 2021
    ICIT 2021. “Dec. 13-19, 2021, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist.
  • May 07, 2021
    The socially distanced version of all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019) for ensemble and augmented conductor has been released, performed by Less Than 10 Ensemble. “May. 7, 2019: The video of the socially distanced version of all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019) for ensemble and augmented conductor, performed by Less Than 10 Ensemble, is now available.”
  • May 07, 2021
    Reflexive Iterations 1.a (2020) score for ensemble and no-input mixer now available. Video coming soon!. “May 7, 2021: The score for Reflexive Iterations 1.a (2020), written for the TACETi Ensemble for ensemble and no-input mixer, is now available. Audio and Video from the...
  • December 07, 2020
    ICIT 2020. “Dec. 7-12, 2021, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist. More at https://www.tmaomusic.com/apply”
  • October 14, 2020
    Ball State University Digital Lecture. Oct. 14, 2020, Ball State University, School of Music: Guest Composer Digital Lecture.
  • August 19, 2020
    UT Austin: Visiting Lecturer in Composition & Interim Director of Electronic Music Studios. I’m thrilled to be joining the faculty as Visiting Lecturer in Composition & Interim Director of the Electronic Music Studios (UTEMS) at the Butler School of Music -...
Jason Thorpe Buchanan