Current Projects:

Aviary, a double concerto for koto and cello with mixed chamber group, commissioned by Duo Yumeno and Ensemble Interwoven, for debut during summer 2027 at the Maverick Concert Hall.

Built Up Dark (large orchestra version) for the Palm Beach Symphony’s 2027-28 season, Gerard Schwartz, conducting.

Great Lakes Partita, commissioned by the Agincourt Foundation, for winds and brass for fall 2027 premiere.

Barbaric Yawp, settings of Walt Whitman for chorus and orchestra, commissioned by Maryland Arts, fall 2027 premiere.

This Season’s Premieres:

Consolation (commissioned by the Steven Gerber Foundation) opens the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra’s season at the Kravis Center, conducted by Gerard Schwarz in November, along with a reprise of con gái: a greeting and a farewell.

Envoi for band (commissioned in honor of Joseph Schwantner by a consortium of college bands) took place in June, performed by the Royal Northern College of Music band conducted by Mark Heron in Manchester, England. Performances of the work by consortia members will take place over the course of the season.

Torch Songs for a Pyromaniac (on words by Buck Ross), The Heart Asks (three songs on words of Emily Dickinson), and two groups of songs on words by Reg Huston: Things That Will Remain and One Wish, will be premiered this season, as well as the delayed premieres of the song cycle Mata Hari Songs and Four Shakespeare Fragments for Three Players (for voice, piano and cello).

New Publications:

Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy, was published in May by McFarland and Company and charted on Amazon’s best sellers list for sixteen weeks. Daron will do occasional readings / signings during the 26-27 season promoting the book. Scheduled so far are, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia.

New Peermusic Classical print-music issues of the vocal scores of Just for the Night and Cradle Song, as well as Four Dickinson Songs come out in August. 26-27 season new print issues also include: The Art of Song (here), Piano Trio No. 3 (here), Torch Songs for a Pyromaniac (here), Sonata for Cello and Piano (here).

Other News:

The University of Wisconsin Mills Music Library and the Wisconsin Music Archives announced in March 2026 that they have acquired Daron’s personal papers, sketches, and archive.