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Events
  • November 23, 2026
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    Würzburg Tage der Neuen Musik, works to be performed as new Professor für Komposition mit digitalen Medien.
    Würzburg, Germany
  • June 07, 2026
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    Composition Faculty member for the June in Buffalo Festival. Works to be performed TBD with the Slee Sinfonietta
    Buffalo, NY
  • May 23, 2026
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    UCSB Residency, performance of GRIDS for the [Switch~ Ensemble] alongisde works by Julie Herndon, Igor Santos.
    Santa Barbara, CA
  • May 08, 2026
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    Ensemble-in-Residence at UCSD, performing works by Obermüller, Gilbert, Oliveira, Barger, Coronado, Cui, and De Cossio
    La Jolla, California
  • May 06, 2026
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    Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of New Mexico, performing works by Obermüller, Gilbert, Thorpe Buchanan, Rizo, Ortiz, Feng, Medina, and Lopez
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • April 10, 2026
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    Overdrive Festival NYC, performance of selections from GRIDS for the [Switch~ Ensemble] alongisde works by Kitty Xiao, Tobias Fandel, Itzá García, Louis Goldford, and more
    Manhattan, NY
  • March 05, 2026
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    [Switch~] is Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Louisville. Kentucky premiere of soliloquios del viento (2016; rev. 2017) alongside a premiere by Sarah Hennies and works by Sam Pluta, Victor Tswei, and Gabriel Fynsk with the [Switch~ Ensemble].
    Louisville, KY
  • December 21, 2025
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    Premiere of Like a Scattering from a Fixed Point for cellist Mariel Roberts Musa and the TACETi Ensemble, led by conductor Boon Hua Lien.
    Bangkok, Thailand
  • September 12, 2025
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    EMPAC, Troy, NY. new work in collaboration with Christopher Chandler and the the [Switch~ Ensemble] with audiovisual processing system. World Premiere.
    Troy, NY
  • December 23, 2024
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    Premiere of Ecology of Disruption 2.0 for trio, feedback instruments, sensors, DMX lighting, and generative audiovisual processing system by the TACETi Ensemble.
    Bangkok, Thailand
  • September 26, 2024
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    First visit of three for a residency at EMPAC in Troy, NY as part of a larger, two year residency for the creation of a GRIDS for the [Switch~ Ensemble] and audiovisual processing system, in collaboration with Christopher Chandler. The World Premiere will take place a year later in September, 2025
    Troy, NY
  • May 26, 2024
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    Premiere of Ecology of Disruption for Line Upon Line, commissioned by Tetractys New Music's 'Here Be Monsters' Festival.
    Austin, Texas
  • December 23, 2023
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    IntAct 2023, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. new work for trio and generative electronics. World premiere
    Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Updates
  • July 13, 2026
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    SWR Experimentalstudio Workstay #1. July 13-17, 2026, SWR Experimentalstudio Workstay #1
  • June 01, 2026
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    Senior Composer Lecture, June in Buffalo Festival. June 1, 2026, June in Buffalo Festival, Senior Composer Lecture
  • April 01, 2026
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    Guest Composer Lecture, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. April 1, 2026, Bates College, Guest Composer Lectures, Lewiston, Maine
  • March 04, 2026
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    Guest Composer Lecture, University of Louisville, Kentucky. March 4, 2026, University of Louisville, Guest Composer Lecture, part of [Switch~ Ensemble] residency with works by Sam Pluta, Sarah...
  • September 23, 2025
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    Appointment as Professor für Komposition mit digitalen Medien, Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany. In October, as I approach 3 years living in Germany and teaching at the Hybrid Music Lab in Dresden, I...
  • May 14, 2025
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    Guest lecture, Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, Norway. May 14, 2025, Grieg Academy of Music’s Composition Research Group, University of Bergen, Norway
  • January 25, 2025
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    ICIT 2025. “Dec. 15-21, 2025, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist alongside fellow faculty Emily Koh, Ken Ueno, Scott...
  • January 23, 2025
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    SWR Experimentalstudio Workstay. “I’m excited to have been awarded a 2026 SWR Experimentalstudio Workstay in Freiburg, Germany, where I will be developing new...
  • December 16, 2024
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    ICIT 2024. “Dec. 16-22, 2024, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist.”
  • July 02, 2024
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    Guest lecture, Musikhochschule Lübeck, Studio for Elektronic Music.. July 2, 2024, Hochschule für Musik Lübeck, guest lecturer, Studio for Elektronic Music.
  • May 20, 2024
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    Aaron Copland Bogliasco Fellowship. “I’m thrilled to have been awarded a 2024 Aaron Copland Bogliasco Fellowship in Music, where I will spend November-December as...
  • December 18, 2023
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    ICIT 2023. “Dec. 18-22, 2023, Bangkok: International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) Faculty Artist.”
  • October 23, 2023
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    BabelScores Catalog. “Oct. 23, 2023: Happy to have recently joined the catalog of composers with works available through BabelScores! Head on over...
Jason Thorpe Buchanan