Performances
September 26, 2026
9:00 PM
Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund
Matthew Aucoin leads musicians from the Dortmund Philharmonic in an adventurous concert program that explores music of the Industrial Age, from the techno-optimism (and wariness) that defined the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the more recent effects of climate change and unchecked technological development.
September 29, 2026
7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund
AUCOIN Heath
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Conductor Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in this season-opening performance of Aucoin’s Heath, an orchestral work inspired by King Lear, as well as music by Britten and Mahler.
September 30, 2026
7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund
AUCOIN Heath
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Conductor Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in this season-opening performance of Aucoin’s Heath, an orchestral work inspired by King Lear, as well as music by Britten and Mahler.
October 2, 2026
6:00 PM
La Grua Center
Aucoin performs his song cycle Merrill Songs (vocal soloist TBA) as part of the centennial celebration of the birth of James Merrill, in the poet’s longtime hometown of Stonington, CT.
April 9, 2027
7:30 PM
McGuire Theater, Walker Art Center
Matthew Aucoin joins forces with fellow pianist Conor Hanick and Sandbox Percussion to perform Simeon ten Holt’s minimalist classic Canto Ostinato.
April 16, 2027
7:30 PM
Brockman Hall for Opera
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Lina González-Granados, conductor
Matt Hune, stage director
The opera program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music presents the Texas premiere of Eurydice.
April 18, 2027
7:30 PM
Brockman Hall for Opera
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Lina González-Granados, conductor
Matt Hune, stage director
The opera program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music presents the Texas premiere of Eurydice.
April 19, 2027
Matthew Aucoin conducts the Dortmund Philharmonic in this “Deep Dive” concert program, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony #3 (“Eroica”)
May 9, 2027
5:00 PM
Roulette Intermedium
Brooklyn, NY
Baritone Gregg Feldman and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa perform Aucoin’s Three Whitman Songs on a program that also includes a new cycle by composer/baritone Will Liverman.
AUCOIN Three Whitman Songs
DOVE Tennyson Songs
LIVERMAN New Work (World Premiere, BASS Commission)
LIVINGSTON Hyacinth
PUTS Evening
June 29, 2027
7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund
AUCOIN Two Thresholds (European premiere)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in the European premiere of Aucoin’s Two Thresholds (Symphony). The program also includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird.
June 30, 2027
11:00 AM and 7:30 PM
Konzerthaus Dortmund
AUCOIN Two Thresholds (European premiere)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
Jordan de Souza leads the Dortmund Philharmonic in the European premiere of Aucoin’s Two Thresholds (Symphony). The program also includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird.
