Upcoming Performances
Lindan Burns Recital
April 28th, 2024 3:00 pm | Paul Hall, NYC
Lindan Burns will premiere Aidan’s new viola solo piece It Should Go This Way.
Ember Choral Arts: On the Heart of Being, Amidst Machines
May 17th, 2024 7:30 pm | The Actor’s Chapel, NYC & May 19th, 2024 5:00 pm | Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Montclair NJ
Ember Choral Arts will premiere Aidan’s new choral piece You Our Music.
Past Performances
DMA Lecture-Performance: Interactive Musical Relationships and Gesture
April 4th, 2024 5:30 pm | Morse Hall, NYC
Aidan Gold presented his research on interactive musical relationships in works by Mauricio Kagel, George Lewis, Lawrence “Butch” Morris, and Walter Thompson.
Yeji Pyun Recital
April 2nd, 2024 8:00 pm | Ades Performance Space, Manhattan School of Music, NYC
I’m Actually Just Making Stuff Up (for Clarinet Quartet) performed by Yeji Pyun, Gabe Henkin, Clara Cho, and Ruben Høgh
Baron Fenwick Recital
April 1st, 2024 5:30 pm | Morse Hall, NYC
A Musical Game of Musical Life performed by Baron Fenwick, Anju Aoto, Gabrielle Chou, and Dominic Law
Juilliard Composer’s Concert
December 11th, 2023 7:30 pm | Paul Hall, NYC
A Musical Game of Musical Life performed by Gabrielle Chou, Baron Fenwick, Anju Aoto, and Aidan Gold
Juilliard Composer’s Concert
October 30th, 2023 7:30 pm | Paul Hall, NYC
Music Speech Music performed by Valerie Kim, Gabrielle Chou, Lindan Burns, and Jiaxun Yao
Mayflower Art Center musiCON Concert
October 28th, 2023 7:30 pm | National Opera Center, NYC
I’m Actually Just Making Stuff Up (for Clarinet Quartet) performed by Yeji Pyun, Yuting Cheng, Clara Cho, and Foo Jeng Wong
Bowdoin International Music Festival – Young Artist Concert featuring Composers
July 30th, 2023 | Studzinski Recital Hall, Brunswick ME
The Making of the Sleigh performed by Nathaniel Wolff, Bethia Kong, Jean Smith, Amy Ahn, Justin Cao, and Aidan Gold
Music from a Pile of Sound performed by Sadie McLeod, Nathaniel Wolff, Bethia Kong, and Derek Hartmann
Bowdoin International Music Festival – Composers at the Museum
July 29th, 2023 | Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick ME
The Making of the Sleigh performed by Nathaniel Wolff, Bethia Kong, Jean Smith, Amy Ahn, Justin Cao, and Aidan Gold
Bowdoin International Music Festival – Young Artist Concert
July 14th, 2023 | Studzinski Recital Hall, Brunswick ME
We Play New Music Like It’s Old performed by Aidan Gold, Chris Williams, Rina Kubota, Phoebe Jenkins, Isabelle Nichols, and Yuan Zhou
Bowdoin International Music Festival – Guinea Pigs and Bow Ties Concert
July 1st, 2023 | Studzinski Recital Hall, Brunswick ME
A Musical Game of Musical Life performed by Sadie McLeod, Steven Baloue, Mark Kliesen, and Vicky Cai
Nief Norf Music Festival – Composer Premieres II Concert
June 12th, 2023 | Powell Recital Hall, Knoxville TN
Time Windows performed by JY Yuan, Ashley Walters, McKenzie Squires, and Albert Lau
Nief Norf Music Festival – Norf Space Showcase Concert
June 9th, 2023 | Powell Recital Hall, Knoxville TN
Music from a Pile of Sound performed by Stephen Tamas, Hayden Mesnick, Brandon Gouin, Marc Perez, Lexi Eubanks, & Ian Jones
Juilliard Composer’s Concert
May 1st, 2023 | Paul Hall, NYC
We Play New Music Like It’s Old performed by Gabrielle Chou, Lindan Burns, Dominic Law, Baron Fenwick, Aidan Gold, and Jake Safirstein
Columbia Bach Society Spring Concert
April 29th, 2023 | St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, NYC
Hard Weather I: Introduction performed by the Columbia Bach Society
Gabrielle Chou – Recital
April 13th, 2023 | CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Music From A Pile of Sound and I’m Actually Just Making Stuff Up (for Clarinet Quartet) performed by Gabrielle Chou, Jingrui Liu, Dominic Law, and Baron Fenwick
Juilliard Liederabend
December 13th, 2022 | Paul Hall, NYC
Try, Showdown in the San Fernando Valley, and Child from Hard Weather performed by Jazmine Saunders, Ji Youn Lee, and Irene Kang
Blueprint Fellowship Concert
December 11th, 2022 | National Sawdust, NYC
Dividing Light performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble
Juilliard Choreographers and Composers Concert
November 18th & 19th 2022 | Wilson Hall, NYC
How is it that we know what we are? performed by Gillian Alexader, Polina Mankova, Jeremy Villas, Ori Manor, Baron Fenwick, Christopher Choi, Jatin Himatsinghani, and Lili Ostojic-Gibson
New Music on the Point
June 15th 2022 | Point Counterpoint, Vermont
“Like a Bell” performed by Aidan Gold
New Music on the Point
June 8th, 2022 | Point Counterpoint, Vermont
I’m Actually Just Making Stuff Up performed by JACK Quartet
Juilliard Orchestra Composer’s Concert
April 18th, 2022 | Alice Tully Hall, NYC
Ripple the Ocean of Eyes performed by the Juilliard Orchestra
Juilliard Composer’s Concert
March 21st, 2022 | Morse Hall, NYC
How to Talk to People performed by Yuyu Ikeda
Juilliard Composer’s Concert
December 6th, 2021 | Paul Hall, NYC
For Whom do We “Perform”? performed by Baron Fenwick, Yoonah Kim, Marisa Karchin, Gracie Francis, and Raphael Vogl
USC MaxMSP Showcase Concert
May 11th, 2021 | Online
Pulling the Strings performed by Conner Shaw and Aidan Gold
Master of Music Recital
May 6th, 2021 | Online
Percussion Concerto on Songs from Turkmenistan performed by the Student Symphony Orchestra of USC
Showdown in the San Fernando Valley performed by Sherley-Ann Belleus, Aidan Gold, and You Zhao
Transmission Fog performed by Iris Bečaj, Anju Goto, Adam Karelin, Adam Zolty, and Aidan Gold
Wandering Worlds movement II performed by the Aizuri Quartet
Spiraling performed by the Student Symphony Orchestra of USC Percussion Ensemble
Hard Weather performed by USC musicians
Student Symphony Orchestra of USC Spring Concert
May 1st, 2021 | Online
Percussion Concerto on Songs from Turkmenistan performed by the Student Symphony Orchestra of USC
Aizuri Quartet Workshop
April 26th, 2021 | Online
Wandering Worlds movement II performed by the Aizuri Quartet
USC Electroacoustic Showcase Concert
February 19th, 2021 | Online
Transmission Fog performed by Iris Becaj, Anju Goto, Adam Karelin, Adam Zolty, and Aidan Gold
USC Thornton Virtual Voices Concert
December 6th, 2020 | Online
Transmission Fog performed by Iris Becaj, Anju Goto, Adam Karelin, Adam Zolty, and Aidan Gold
USC Thornton Composition Showcase Concert
March 8th, 2020 | Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles
The Paradox of Stillness performed by Aidan Gold, Nicholas Bentz, Benjamin Webster, Joshua Altrock, Conner Shaw, and Milaena Martinez
USC Writer/Composer/Singer Showcase
February 11th, 2020 | Ramo Recital Hall, Los Angeles
Try performed by Natalie Sheppard and Aidan Gold
USC Thornton Composition Showcase Concert
November 10th, 2019 | Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles
Cataracts in Shattered Glass performed by Milaena Martinez and Aidan Gold
June 5th, 2019- Aidan performed his piece The Stars are Falling for Marimba (Meany Percussion Studio, Seattle)
May 31st, 2019- Aidan performed his piece You Said (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
April 16th, 2019- The UW Modern Ensemble performed Aidan’s In Memory of What Never Was (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
March 19th, 2019- The Talea ensemble read Aidan’s In Memory of What Never Was (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
December 21st, 2018- Bonnie Whiting and the Turkmen State Symphony Orchestra performed Aidan’s Percussion Concerto on Songs from Turkmenistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)
November 30th, 2018- The UW Percussion Ensemble performed Aidan’s piece River Echo (Meany Hall, Seattle)
June 2nd, 2018- The Inverted Space Ensemble performed Aidan’s The Paradox of Stillness. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
May 31st, 2018- The UW Wind Ensemble read Aidan’s piece A Luminous Fog of Voices at a rehearsal. (Meany Hall, Seattle)
January 31st, 2018- Aidan Gold performed a recital that included his unfinished Quartet piece The Voices, as well as his Violin Sonata and Apocalittico. (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
December 9th, 2017- Caitlin Beare, Chris Young, and Hexin Qiao performed Aidan’s The Task of the Translator. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
December 1st, 2017- The UW Percussion Ensemble performed Aidan’s Symphony for Percussion Ensemble. (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
October 29th, 2017- The UW Wind Ensemble Percussion Section performed Aidan’s Metallic Spectra. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
August 4th, 2017- Aidan Gold, Evan Berge, Timothy Buck, and Olivia Pidi performed Aidan’s Parting Memory at the Marrowstone Music Festival 2017. (Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham)
June 15th, 2017- The UW Corda Quartet performed the 3rd movement of Aidan’s Wandering Worlds. (Groupmuse in Downtown Seattle)
May 27th, 2017- The UW Corda Quartet performed the 3rd movement of Aidan’s Wandering Worlds. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
May 2nd, 2017- The Seattle Symphony Orchestra read Aidan’s Ladakhi Call. (Benaroya Hall, Seattle)
November 21st, 2016- A piano reduction of the cut version of Aidan’s Percussion Concerto was performed at the UW Concerto Competition. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
June 8th, 2016- Aidan Gold, Evan Berge, Emmeran Pokorny, and Judith Kim performed Aidan’s Apocalittico. (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
June 4th, 2016- “Like A Bell” was performed at the UW Undergraduate Composition Concert. Aidan Gold, vibraphone. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
May 25th, 2016- A piano reduction of the cut version of Aidan’s Percussion Concerto was performed at the UW Percussion Ensemble concert. Aidan Gold, percussion; Conney Vernall, piano. (Meany Studio Theater, Seattle)
May 2nd, 2016- Fanfare Landscape was performed at the 2016 Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop Concert. Wesley Schulz, conductor; Brian Chin, C trumpet; Jessica Choe, piano; Ryan Wagner, bass trombone; Karen Sunmark, timpani & percussion; André Goodrich, horn; Sammy Lesnick, Bb/Eb clarinet & Bb bass clarinet; Judson Scott, C trumpet; Seth Tompkins, tuba; Michael Werner, percussion; Janet Putnam, oboe and English horn. (Benaroya Hall Lobby, Seattle)
Jan. 23rd, 2016- A piano reduction of the cut version of Aidan’s Percussion Concerto was performed at a Bellevue Youth Symphony Masterclass. Aidan Gold, percussion; Alex Sanchez, piano. (First Presbyterian Church, Bellevue)
June 10th, 2015- Firestorm was performed at the UW Chamber Lab concert. Mona Sangesland, flute; Bhavani Kotha, oboe; Stephanie Lee, piano. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
June 1st, 2015- Parting Memory was performed at the 2015 Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop Concert. Brittany Boulding, violin; Tony DiLorenzo, trumpet; Matt Kocmieroski, percussion; Rob Tucker, percussion. (Benaroya Hall Lobby, Seattle)
May 17th, 2015- A Winter Dream, Dilation of Time, and Spiral Towers were all performed at the UW Undergraduate Composition Concert. Aidan Gold, percussion; William Mapp, percussion; Stephanie Lee, piano. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
May 10th, 2015- A Winter Dream was performed at the Bellevue Youth Symphony Showcase IIIB concert. Percussionists: Aidan Gold, Brian Yarkosky, Tyler Bateman, Haruto Hosokawa, Neal Ma, Ethan Pelton. (Meydenbauer Center, Seattle)
Dec. 6th, 2014- Music for Climbing Equipment and A Winter Dream were performed at the UW Undergraduate Composition Concert. Musicians: Aidan Gold, Huck Hodge, Stephanie Lee, Colin Moen, William Mapp. (Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle)
May 9th, 2014- Solis Ortus Tonalis was performed at the 2014 Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop. Michael Miropolsky, conductor; Penelope Crane, viola; Mara Gearman, viola; Jeffrey Fair, horn; Adrianna Hulscher, violin; Joseph Kaufman, bass; Matt Kocmieroski, percussion; Seth Krimsky, bassoon; Rajan Krishnaswami, cello; Larey McDaniel, clarinet; Robin Peery, flute; Janet Putnam, oboe; David Ritt, trombone; Kimberly Russ, piano; Paige Stockley, cello; Jeannie Wells Yablonsky, violin; Alexander White, trumpet. (Benaroya Recital Hall, Seattle)
Summer 2012- Sonata for Flute, Cello, and Piano was performed at the Cornish College Composer’s Intensive by the Cornish Faculty Ensemble. (Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle)
May 2012- The 2nd movement of Aidan’s Oboe Sonata was performed by Bhavani Kotha. (Bellevue)