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Daron is currently working on Torchsongs for a Pyromaniac for bass-baritone Timothy Jones and collaborative pianist Scott Cuellar on words of Buck Ross.
The consortium for the New Work for Wind Ensemble honoring Joseph Schwantner is in formation. Learn more and join here. The consortium so far consists of: The University of Northern Colorado, Wesley Broadnax; The University of Tennessee, John Zastoupil; Yale University, Thomas Duffy; Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Daniel Farr; Texas Tech University, Sarah McKoin; University of North Texas, Eugene Migliaro Corporon; University of Nevada Las Vegas, Thomas Leslie; University of Michigan, Jason Fettig; The Royal Northern College of Music, Mark Heron; The St. Olaf Band, Henry L. Dorn; Western Kentucky University, Gary Schallert; Ball State University, Thomas Caneva; Pennsylvania State University, Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin
Duet with the Past is released as an audiobook on all major platforms including Audible, in May, with Daron reading. 9/10: Love Before the Fall is now streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime Video. I Hear America Singing is performing well at film festivals: laurels are gathered here.
Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy is scheduled for April 2026 publication by McFarland and Company. Pre-order it here or here or here.
Everyone, Everywhere has been released internationally on Naxos Records. Order it online here. Excellent press here, and here, and here. Reviews here. Good podcast about it here. Cercle Bach de Genève was conducted by Mark Shapiro in the European premiere of Everyone, Everywhere on 10 November in Geneva, Switzerland. Mark Shapiro and UN High Commissioner Volker Türk discuss the work here.
City of Light for full orchestra (commissioned by the Buffalo Philharmonic in celebration of music director JoAnn Falletta’s 25th year) opened the BPO’s season on 28 September 2024. See Buffalo News, Buffalo Spree, and here. Order it here. It is now streaming on all the platforms. Daron appeared on Robert Miller’s podcast here; thrilled that the new Buffalo Philharmonic recording of City of Light was featured on Performance Today.
More 9/10 press includes an interview with Daron in the Swedish International Film Festival magazine here; and in the Cannes World Film Festival blog here. An “audience feedback” reel from the Experimental Dance & Music Festival in Montreal here. An interview with Daron produced by the WILDSound Film Festival here. An article / interview in OperaWire here.
