The Buffalo Philharmonic has commissioned City of Light, a large-scale work for full orchestra to open their 90th season in September 2024 in honor of JoAnn Falletta and the BPO. See Buffalo News, and here.

I Hear America Singing, a combination documentary and operafilm, is filming in Pittsburgh; Daron directs both the staged production and the film; Talal Jabari, the DOP for the operafilm 9/10: Love Before the Fall, is the DOP; Tevi Eber is assistant director. The production / film stars Robert Frankenberry, Desirée Soteres, and Christopher Scott. It will be released to film festivals in September 2025. More information here.

Naxos released The Art of Song (featuring Lyric Fest) in January and will release Heike Quinto (featuring Duo YUMENO) on 24 May worldwide.

9/10: Love Before the Fall continues to garner laurels at film festivals internationally—both online monthly ones, and bricks-and-mortar screenings at the larger festivals. Laurels (in formation) can be seen HERE. The Albany Times Union ran an excellent review of a recent screening here. There’s also a good interview about 9/10 with Daron in the Swedish International Film Festival magazine here.

Ensemble INTERWOVEN will premiere the chamber ensemble version of the forthcoming double concerto for Koto and Cello (a consortium-in-formation) called Aviary  during the 25-26 season. Learn more about the project here.