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2021
oggetti II
Commissioned by Thailand New Music & Arts Symposium
quintet, electronics and electronics

2020
Reflexive Iterations 1.a
Commissioned by Thailand New Music & Arts Symposium
quintet, electronic musician, and electronics

2019
all-forgetting-is-retrieval
Commissioned by Thailand New Music & Arts Symposium
septet, augmented conductor, and electronics

2018
surface, tension
Commissioned by the Embassy of Foreign Artists
two performers and electronics

2017
soliloquios del viento
Commissioned by Royaumont, sextet version for Ensemble Interface
sextet or septet and electronics

2017
PANIC ARCHITECTURE
Commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation & TIME SPANS Festival for Talea
sinfonietta and electronics

2017
ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY
Commissioned by Royaumont Ensemble Voix Nouvelles
soprano, octet, and electronics

2016
soliloquios del viento
Commissioned by Royaumont for the Talea Ensemble+EXAUDI
octet and six singers

2015
walkside, lost
Commissioned by Gaudeamus Muziekweek
trio and electronics

2015
Second Study for Alto Saxophone, Video, and Electronics: pulp
Commissioned by Matt Evans, Casey Grev, Emily Loboda, Marta Tiesenga, & Sean Fredenburg
solo and electronics

2015
HUNGER (Part III)
Commissioned by Darmstadt Contemporary Opera Workshop & The Industry, L.A.
octet, three singers, and electronics

2015
hunger fragments
Commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers
sixteen solo voices

2015
gimme shelter
Commissioned by Eklekto Percussion Geneva
trio and electronics

2015
de/ter|       |ior.ation
Commissioned by the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra as winner of Iron Composer 2014
chamber orchestra

2014
oggetti 1
Commissioned by Chamber Music Campania (Italy) & Fiati 5 Wind Quintet
quintet

2014
Double Concerto for Two Horns and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by the International Horn Society for the Eastman Music Nova Ensemble, Jeff Nelsen, Mike Walker, and Brad Lubman
chamber orchestra

2014
antistasis
Commissioned by Tzlil Meudcan International Contemporary Music Festival for Ensemble Nikel
trio

2013
...durat(A)ions: 'broken landscape'
Commissioned by Iktus Percussion
percussion quartet

2013
Asymptotic Flux: Second Study in Entropy
Commissioned by the Mizzou International Composers Festival for Alarm Will Sound
sinfonietta

2012
First Study for Alto Saxophone: doublethink
Commissioned by Michael Rene Torres for the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Conference
solo

2012
Asymptotic Flux: First Study in Entropy
Co-commissioned by the Switch~ Ensemble and OSSIA
quartet and electronics


Updates
  • December 20, 2022
    ICIT 2022. “Dec. 20-22, 2022, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist. More at tmaomusic.com”
  • 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. More at tmaomusic.com”
  • 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 -...
  • April 17, 2020
    POSTPONED - MATA Commission for ICE and HKNME. MATA has commissioned The End of Forgetting for octet and electronics, originally conceived for the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble before the COVID-19 pandemic. To be premiered in...
  • April 09, 2020
    New video of Songs for Antonin by Esaias Järnegard. New video recording of Esaias Järnegard’s Songs for Antonin (2018) at Areté Venue and Gallery with the [Switch~ Ensemble], Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductor & A/V recording.
  • January 22, 2020
    The video recording of all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019) for ensemble and augmented conductor has been released. “Dec. 27, 2019: The video for all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019), written for the TACETi Ensemble and Piyawat Louilarpprasert for ensemble and augmented conductor, is now available.”
  • January 20, 2020
    Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Guest Composer Lecture, Singapore. Jan. 20, 2020: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Guest Composer Lecture, Singapore.
  • December 27, 2019
    all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019) score for ensemble and augmented conductor now available. Video coming soon!. “Dec. 27, 2019: The score for all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019), written for the TACETi Ensemble and Piyawat Louilarpprasert for ensemble and augmented conductor, is now available. Audio and Video from...

Events
  • June 05, 2023
    June in Buffalo, ensemble-in-residence
    Buffalo, NY
  • 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 19, 2022
    Hallwalls, Resonant Mechanisms: Hennies, Cheah, Eastman, Kutler
    Buffalo, NY
  • 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
  • February 13, 2022
    [Switch~] is Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Missouri. Works by Leilehua Lanzilotti, Christopher Chandler, and Heather Stebbins at the George Caleb Bingham Art Gallery.
    George Caleb Bingham Art Gallery, Columbia, MO
  • December 19, 2021
    World premiere of oggetti II at the Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium with the TACETi Ensemble at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
    Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
  • October 30, 2021
    Conducting the German premiere of soliloquios del viento at the SinusTon festival in Germany with the Switch~ Ensemble. Tech for Katharina Rosenberger's Up Close (2019).
    Magdeburg, Germany
  • October 15, 2021
    Conducting the American premiere of soliloquios del viento (2016; rev. 2017) and Clay Mettens' Into the empty sky with the [Switch~ Ensemble]. Tech for world premiere of Katharina Rosenberger's Up Close (2019).
    DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY
  • May 02, 2021
    Producing University of Missouri 2021 Virtual Residency with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    The Internet, New York, NY
  • April 24, 2021
    Producing SEAMUS 2021 Digital Conference concert with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    The Internet, New York, NY
  • April 08, 2021
    all-forgetting-is-retrieval (2019), Less Than <10, online, socially distanced recording premiere.
    The Internet, Austin, TX
  • March 05, 2021
    Producing three online world premieres by Zach Sheets, Zachary Watkins, and Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    The Internet, New York, NY
  • January 22, 2021
    Producing five telematic world premieres by UT Austin graduate student composers, with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    The Internet, Austin, TX
Jason Thorpe Buchanan