Events
Greensboro, NC: Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra
Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, conducted by Peter Zlotnick, performs Two Lives One Body in Greensboro, NC.
Herne, Germany: Blaues Rauschen Festival
Solo electronics, voice, + video set at Blaues Rauschen Festival in Herne, Germany.
Charlottesville, VA: New City Arts
Exhibition featuring resonances of disability-centric physical and digital spaces, such as hallways, ramps, elevators, Zoom hangouts, access checks, and more.
Chicago, IL: CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians explore the art of remix in a program highlighting women composers, including Molly Joyce’s Light and Dark for flute, percussion, and electronics.
Toronto, CA: University of Toronto
Performing at University of Toronto as part of book launch for the Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education. Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Music, Women & Gender Studies, and Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto.
Columbus, MS: Music by Women Festival
Ryan M. Smith performs Figure and Form at the Music by Women Festival at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS.
Roanoke, VA: Hollins University
Galbraith Guest Artist/solo performance at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Wind Symphony
The University of Georgia Wind Symphony performs All or Nothing in Athens, GA.
Olympia, WA: Emerald City Music
Garnering praise for her artistic versatility in concert halls across the globe, acclaimed singer Mikaela Bennett joins forces with the Metropolis Ensemble for works by two American composers, Molly Joyce and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Charlottesville, VA: Val Jeanty
Val Jeanty premieres new work featuring disability resonances, as part of UVA Department of Music’s Graduate Composers Concert.
Seattle, WA: Emerald City Music
Garnering praise for her artistic versatility in concert halls across the globe, acclaimed singer Mikaela Bennett joins forces with the Metropolis Ensemble for works by two American composers, Molly Joyce and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Amsterdam, NL: Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Gerard Bouwhuis performs Rave, as part of Nieuw Amsterdams Peil at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Hague, NL: Kluster5
Kluster5 performs Lost and Found, as part of the social-artistic project Groeten uit Segbroek, in co-production with Theatre De Regentes and Festival Dag in de Branding.
The Hague, NL: Kluster5
Kluster5 performs Lost and Found, as part of the social-artistic project Groeten uit Segbroek, in co-production with Theatre De Regentes and Festival Dag in de Branding.
The Hague, NL: Kluster5
Kluster5 performs Lost and Found, as part of the social-artistic project Groeten uit Segbroek, in co-production with Theatre De Regentes and Festival Dag in de Branding.
The Hague, NL: Kluster5
Kluster5 performs Lost and Found, as part of the social-artistic project Groeten uit Segbroek, in co-production with Theatre De Regentes and Festival Dag in de Branding.
Pleasant Hill, CA: Diablo Valley College Bands
Diablo Valley College Bands performs All or Nothing.
Lüneburg, Germany: Ensemble Reflektor
Ensemble Reflektor, conducted by Holly Hyun Choe, performs The forest we could not see.
Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow Residency
Choreographer and dancer Jerron Herman joins with longtime collaborator Candace L. Feldman to develop Many Ways to Raise a Fist, a full-length devised theater piece produced by INTERIM and featuring a fully disabled cast. Drawing from Aeschylus’ Oresteia, where justice and superego are entangled in an eternal battle, the play centers Pros, who sits marooned on a literal and metaphorical island awaiting a trial on his “thought crimes.” The piece is written and performed by Herman, based on a 2019 solo. This new extension welcomes multifaceted artists Christopher Unpezverde Núñez, Ogemdi Ude, and vocalist/composer Molly Joyce. Together the ensemble will, through litigation and Structuralism, devise defenses that interrogate the method and necessity of protest.
Boston, MA: Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Longwood Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jotaro Nakano, performs Side by Side.
Charlottesville, VA: WTJU Offbeat Roadhouse
Performing alongside Gaelynn Lea as part of WTJU’s Offbeat Roadhouse series.
Blacksburg, VA: Gaelynn Lea and the Music Inclusion Ensemble
Violinist, vocalist, composer, and internationally-renowned disability rights advocate Gaelynn Lea joins the Music Inclusion Ensemble with founder Adrian Anantawan, and composer Molly Joyce.
The Music Inclusion Ensemble centers disability narratives and performs a diverse repertoire by disabled composers. Together, they create a more explicit culture around disability and music, leading the way in artistic innovation.
New York, NY: “State Change” Album Release Show feat. Anna Roberts-Gevalt
Album release show for “State Change,” released in July 2025 on Better Company Records and FatCat Records’ 13070 imprint, at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Also featuring a set by musician Anna Roberts-Gevalt.
Detroit, MI: New Music Detroit
New Music Detroit performs Conform as part of the Strange Beautiful Music Festival at Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI.
Charlottesville, VA: In Feeling: Empathy & Tension Through Disability
Curated by Molly Joyce, Dean’s Doctoral Fellow, Department of Music at UVA and Kristen Nassif, Ph.D., Curator of Collections at The Fralin the Museum of Art and
Is it possible to fully understand someone’s point of view? In Feeling: Empathy and Tension Through Disability features works by nine contemporary artists that reckon with how we empathize. Literally meaning “in feeling,” empathy implies the action of understanding or experiencing the feelings and thoughts of another. Yet the practice of empathizing—being aware of and sensitive to the experience of someone else—can also engender tensions relating to one’s own position and expectations. Exploring the relationship between empathy and tension, this exhibition highlights and celebrates perspectives that challenge assumptions about ways of being and living.
Participating artists include JJJJJerome Ellis, Jerron Herman, Molly Joyce, Jeff Kasper, Christine Sun Kim, Park McArthur, Finnegan Shannon, Andy Slater, and Liza Sylvestre.
Amsterdam: Catchpenny Ensemble
The program Light Echoes is a celebrating profile concert by Catchpenny Ensemble, featuring six works from composers who, at some point in their careers, have been or are currently part of the ensemble. Catchpenny has invited the composers to look back at one of their pieces and to re-think how their music speaks to the present time and to the current concept of Catchpenny Ensemble. The six selected pieces will be presented in two sets, with a combination of acoustic works and works with electronics as well as arrangements for works using different formats of organs. Light Echoes is a back-and-forth, old-and-new programme of transformation that marks a turning point towards a new beginning for Catchpenny Ensemble.
Molly Joyce - Less is More
Nikos Kokolakis - Seven Pebbles (world premiere)
Jimena Maldonado - Mosaic No. 1
Ilya Ziblat Shay - algo_altar
Sascha Thiele - pause:reset
Jan Foote - Cala N2
New York, NY: Juilliard Orchesta
Premiere of new orchestra work with Juilliard Orchestra.
Queens, NY: Pianist Ju-Ping Song
Pianist Ju-Ping Song performs Rave, as part of the Queens New Music Festival.
Portland, OR: Third Angle New Music
Premiere of new work for percussion quartet and American Sign Language performer, featuring ASL libretto by Meg Day, presented by Third Angle New Music in Portland, OR.
Charlottesville, VA: I-Jen Fang + UVA Percussion Ensemble
UVA Department of Music presents “A Night of Percussion” featuring new compositions by graduate composer Molly Joyce and alumni composer Cameron Church with the UVA Percussion Ensemble.