Joshua Rubin

Selected Performances

2026

  • July 25, 2026
    Jessie Cox at PS21Pavilion Theater, PS21, Chatham NYEvent
  • July 1–10, 2026
    soundSCAPE Festival 2026Hindemith Music Centre, Blonay, SwitzerlandFestival
  • April 10, 2026
    Composing While Black, Vol. IIOberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin OHEvent
  • January 23, 2026
    Bach Collegium San Diego: Mozart Clarinet QuintetVerbatim Books & All Souls’ Episcopal Church, San DiegoMozart’s Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, with Bach fugues arranged by Mozart.

2025

  • November 23, 2025
    Wien Modern: PolyasporaMusikverein, Gläserner Saal, ViennaEvent
  • November 22, 2025
    Wien Modern: Composing While Black, Vienna Editionmdw Campus, ViennaEvent
  • October 29, 2025
    Memory of the FutureUC Irvine, Irvine CAWith Mari Kimura — Bartók, Saariaho, and new works.Event
  • October 24, 2025
    Double Yolk with Emi FergusonSierra Madre Playhouse, CAEvent
  • July 2025
    soundSCAPE FestivalHindemith Music Centre, Blonay, SwitzerlandFestival
  • June 5–8, 2025
    Ojai Music FestivalOjai, CAFestival
  • May 14, 2025
    Bridge Music SeriesUC San DiegoEvent
  • May 8, 2025
    Composing While BlackWinifred Smith Hall, UC Irvine, Irvine CAEvent
  • April 27, 2025
    Northwestern New Music Conference (NUNC!)Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Evanston ILEvent
  • April 19, 2025
    Waves in BloomSierra Madre Playhouse, CASolo show featuring Marta Tiesenga and Leila Adu.Info
  • April 7, 2025
    Scenius 2.1Huron Substation, Los Angeles
  • April 4, 2025
    Rand Steiger: Fromm Distinguished Scholar ConcertHarvard University, Cambridge MAEvent
  • April 3, 2025
    Beyond the Alps: Music in Shifting SpacesSwissnex, Cambridge MAJessie Cox’s Black/Blackness, with Rebekah Heller.Event
  • April 2, 2025
    Improvisation WorkshopHarvard University, Cambridge MAWith Yvette Janine Jackson, Rebekah Heller, and Fay Victor.
  • March 14, 2025
    Composing While Black, Vol. IOberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin OHEvent
  • February 9, 2025
    Dai Fujikura PortraitThe Phillips Collection, Washington DCEvent

2024

  • November 21, 2024
    International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick: “TOUCH : TRACE” by Zosha Di CastriRoulette, Brooklyn NYEvent
  • November 13, 2024
    Composing While Black, Paris EditionReid Hall (Columbia Global Center), Paris, FranceEvent
  • November 8, 2024
    Always, Already There: Composing While Black, Berlin EditionHaus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GermanyEvent
  • September 27, 2024
    Polyaspora Festival: AntropofagiaJohns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington DCEvent
  • June 30, 2024
    Bowling, Animals, & the OceanSierra Madre Playhouse, CAFeaturing Tesserae, Andrew McIntosh, and Marta Tiesenga.Review
  • June 6–9, 2024
    Ojai Music FestivalOjai, CAFestival
  • April 27, 2024
    HEAR NOW FestivalFRANKIE, Los Angeles CAEvent
  • April 25, 2024
    The American Academy in Rome at Carnegie HallCarnegie Hall, New YorkPremieres including a new work by Joshua Rubin/Cory Smythe: Impressions on Rhapsody
  • April 2024
    April in Santa Cruz Music FestivalSanta Cruz, CANew music, presented by UC Santa Cruz Arts.Info
  • February 8, 2024
    Composer Portrait: Carola BauckholtMiller Theatre, Columbia University, New YorkEvent
  • January 19, 2024
    Yvette Janine Jackson: “T-Minus: A Radio Opera”Roulette, Brooklyn, New YorkEvent
  • 2024
    Good Ton: Music of Georgian LondonLos Angeles, CAPeriod-instrument music with Tesserae Baroque.Info
  • 2024
    Postcards in Ultraviolet at Monk SpaceMonk Space, Los Angelesfeaturing Steve Lehman, Wilfrido Terrazas, Peter Ko, Brian Walsh, Shalini Vijayan.Info

2023

  • December 18, 2023
    Artists Studio: George Lewis / Amina Claudine MyersPark Avenue Armory, New YorkEvent
  • December 9, 2023
    Density 2036: Craig Taborn’s “Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms”Holden Chapel, Harvard, Cambridge MAEvent
  • November 1, 2023
    Composing While Black, Volume OneMerkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New YorkEvent
  • May 24, 2023
    Density 2036: Craig Taborn’s “Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms” (world premiere)The Kitchen at Westbeth, New YorkEvent

2022

  • November 30, 2022
    The Stone at The New SchoolNew YorkTrio with Rebekah Heller (bassoon) and Isabel Lepanto Gleicher (flutes).Event
  • November 22, 2022
    Masterclass at Oberlin ConservatoryOberlin, OH
  • November 19, 2022
    Workshop & lecture on improvisation and notationColburn School, Los Angeles
  • November 2, 2022
    Teatro Nuovo: Rossini’s Maometto SecondoRose Theater, Lincoln Center, New YorkRossini opera on period instruments.EventReview
  • October 15, 2022
    IFCA: “Peyvand” at SkirballNYU Skirball Center, New YorkIranian Female Composers Association with International Contemporary Ensemble; bass clarinet.Event
  • September 24–29, 2022
    Wunsch New Music FestivalLawrence, KSWith International Contemporary Ensemble — Marcos Balter, Unsuk Chin, Erin Rogers; clarinet-studio masterclass.Event
  • September 19–24, 2022
    or/And by Shih-Hui ChenAsia Society Texas Center, HoustonChamber operatic poem; masterclasses at Rice and the University of Houston.Event
  • August 20, 2022
    TIME:SPANS FestivalDiMenna Center, New YorkWith International Contemporary Ensemble — George Lewis, Nicole Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Jessie Cox.Event
  • July 7–16, 2022
    soundSCAPE FestivalBobbio, ItalySciarrino and Allison Loggins-Hull; taught a Pure Data electronics workshop.Festival
  • July 3, 2022
    or/And — premiere (Shih-Hui Chen)Neue Aula, University of Heidelberg, GermanyPremiere workshop performance of the chamber operatic poem.Report
  • June 15–30, 2022
    Berwick Academy, Oregon Bach FestivalEugene, OROrchestral and chamber music on historical clarinets.
  • June 12, 2022
    KODE & BIT20: Sound, Silence, and SpaceEdvard Grieg Museum, Bergen, NorwaySolo clarinet — Ahvenniemi, Lindquist, and Sciarrino.Info
  • May 26, 2022
    Kate Gentile: biome ii — world premiereRoulette, New YorkWith the International Contemporary Ensemble; live-streamed.EventVenue
  • May 5–6, 2022
    MATA FestivalRoulette & National Sawdust, BrooklynPremieres by Fernanda Navarro and Francisco del Pino.FestivalReview
  • April 30, 2022
    Nu Deco Ensemble feat. Robert GlasperArsht Center, MiamiWorld premiere works by Robert Glasper.EventVideo
  • April 24, 2022
    Monday Evening Concerts: Tyshawn Sorey’s “For George Lewis”Hauser & Wirth, Los AngelesEvent
  • April 9, 2022
    Noon to MidnightWalt Disney Concert Hall, Los AngelesPauline Oliveros with Claire Chase (flute) and Steven Schick (percussion).Program
  • April 7, 2022
    Portrait of Matana RobertsMiller Theatre, Columbia University, New YorkPremiere of “i call america” with Matana Roberts.EventPress
  • March 19, 2022
    wild Up with Martha Graham Dance CompanyThe Soraya, Los AngelesEvent
  • February 5, 2022
    FSU Festival of New MusicTallahassee, FLWith International Contemporary Ensemble and Pamela Z — Brittany J. Green; masterclasses in improvisation.EventFestival

2021

  • December 2, 2021
    Sonic Matter FestivalZürich, SwitzerlandWith International Contemporary Ensemble — Nicole Mitchell, Jessie Cox, George Lewis.Event
  • November 9, 2021
    Art of Elan: “Nostalgia”San Diego Museum of ArtEvent
  • November 4, 2021
    Target Margin @7: Nathan DavisTarget Margin Theater, BrooklynNew works by Nathan Davis.Event
  • July 13, 2021
    Walden School Faculty ConcertDublin, NHWadada Leo Smith, inti figgis-vizueta, Brittany J. Green, Niloufar Shiri.Event
  • April 21, 2021
    Dark Music Days: Ecognosis — world premiereRoulette, New York / Harpa, Reykjavík (remote)Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir premiere and Braxton’s Ghost Trance Music with Darius Jones; a live NY↔Reykjavík collaboration with remote electronics.EventFestival
  • February 20, 2021
    Ellen Reid SOUNDWALKCentral Park, New York & Griffith Park, Los AngelesProject
  • February 19, 2021
    Art of Elan: “Abstraction and Allegory”San Diego (streamed)Premiere of Jabberwocky (Andrea González) and Advice from a Caterpillar (Unsuk Chin) for bass clarinet.PressVideo

2020

  • December 15, 2020
    Tues@7: Civic Orchestra of Chicago + International Contemporary EnsembleChicago (remote)Side-by-side premiere of Nicole Mitchell’s Inescapable Spiral.Video
  • March 5, 2020
    Dai Fujikura Composer PortraitMiller Theatre, Columbia University, New YorkWorld premiere of the double clarinet concerto Gliding Wings.EventReview
  • February 8, 2020
    Iranian Female Composers AssociationSmithsonian Freer Gallery, Washington, DCWorld premieres by Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Aida Shirazi.
  • February 5, 2020
    Terry Riley’s “In C” (16th annual)(Le) Poisson Rouge, New YorkPresented by “Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant-Garde.”Event
  • January 28, 2020
    Jörg Widmann Composer PortraitZankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New YorkCo-curated with the composer; ensemble and chamber music with International Contemporary Ensemble.EventVenue
  • January 15, 2020
    Alvin Lucier: Monteverdi ShaperoAlice Tully Hall, New YorkOne of Lucier’s final works, with Juilliard students and Claire Chase (flute).Info