Echoes from the Holocaust for oboe, viola and piano will be performed by Ensemble I & D on February 11 at the Hard Club Cultural Animation Centre, Mercado Ferreira Borges in Porto, Portugal. This performance is part of the Intercontinental #2 project, which involves the Composition Department of Portugal’s ESMAE School of Music and Performing Arts and the Composition Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Lament for viola ensemble will be performed by Helen Callus and accompanying violists on February 26 and 27 at Karl Geiringer Hall on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. This is part of the New Works for Viola Festival. Lament is 3 interconnected works – Lament for solo viola, Ghosts for 6 violas and Lament with Ghosts for solo viola with complement of 6 violas.