Hannah A. Barnes

Recent and Upcoming Events

Places Hannah's music has been performed, and events Hannah has attended.

Forthcoming: November 2026 — Premiere of new work for violin and cimbalom, commissioned by Lamnth
Forthcoming: Fall 2026 — Premiere of new work for electric guitar and electronics for Matt Sargent
Forthcoming: July 22, 2026 — Ramification , Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Percussion; Faculty Recital, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia
Forthcoming: July 7th, 2026 — Selenetrope ; Jing Chen, viola; Graduating Recital, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany
Forthcoming: July 2026 — Ramification (Italian Premiere), Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Percussion; IlSuono New Music Week Guest Artist Recital; Sansepolcro, Italy
Forthcoming: June 20, 2026 — New Work for string quartet , Quatuor Bozzini, Bozzini Lab; Montréal
Forthcoming: June 6th, 2026 — Selenetrope (viola version premiere); Jing Chen, viola; Cologne, Germany
Forthcoming: May 27, 2026 — clouded winding paths ; Meggie Lacombe, violin; CIRMMT-RCMS-BRAMS Student Colloquium, Université de Montréal; presentation of the work followed by performance
Forthcoming: May 23, 2026 — Ramification ; Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion; Brisbane Music Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Forthcoming: May 17, 2026 — five images; Fellows of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago; Civic Orchestra x New Music Chicago, Symphony Center, Chicago
April 19, 2026 — Spectrehymnia (world premiere); Winfried Ritsch, piano automaton; outHEAR New Music Week, Thessaloniki, Greece
February 2026 — Now to begin - Why fear the end; MASC Ensemble, Hannah A. Barnes, conductor; Le Vivier Universitaire Annual Concert; Montréal, QC
January 2026 — The Mysteries Remain (premiere); Quatuor Memoire & Joanna Mieleszko; La Sala Rossa, Montréal, QC
December 2025 — clouded winding paths / chemins sinueux et nuageux; Jennifer Gersten, violin; live@CIRMMT, CIRMMT, Montréal, QC
November 2025 — Now to begin - Why fear the end (premiere); MASC Ensemble, Hannah A. Barnes, conductor; McGill Association of Student Composers Fall Concert, Montréal, QC
November 2025 — La Ligne de la Rupture (US premiere); Atlanta Contemporary Music Collective, Atlanta, GA, information here.
October 2025 — Erlkönig (F. Schubert, trans. H.A. Barnes) for vln. + cimb.; Lamnth’s 2025 Halloween Spooktacular, Boston, MA
October 2025 — Chanson; featured on the Queens Tape Music Festival: World of Tomorrow, Queens, NYC, information here.
October 2025 — A very short space of time through very short times of space (Aus premiere); Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Alex Rainieri; FourthWall Arts, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
October 2025 — Participating and presenting in “Gestures, Words, Sounds”: The Creative Worlds of Cathy Berberian and Luciano Berio, co-organized by the Paul Sacher Stiftung and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University; information here.
July 2025 — Selenetrope (premiere); Karl Jõgi, violin; Darmstadt Summer Courses 2025, Darmstadt, Germany
July 2025 — Participating in the Composing for Violin Workshop with Rebecca Saunders and Sarah Saviet at the Darmstadt Summer Courses
June 2025 — Participation in SPLICE Institute 2025; workshops in OpenMusic, OrchIdea, and Max MSP; Kalamazoo, MI
June 2025 — Workshop with Lamnth (Nicholas Tolle + Lilit Hartunian) for new works for 2025 and 2026; Boston, MA
July 2025 —clouded winding paths (premiere); Jennifer Gersten, violin; Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
July 2025 —Ramification; Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion; Marimbafest, Perth, Western Australia
April 2025 — Kyle Flens performed Ramification at University of Tulsa as part of Ensemble Dal Niente’s residency
February 2025 — Impuls Academy (Graz, Austria) — composer participant; trip partially funded by the Government of Québec through McGill’s Graduate Mobility Award
February 2025 — Piano solo presence of the absence of the presence was selected for Nicolas Hodges’ workshop and performed by pianist Martina Copello (2.23.25)
February 2025 —Ramification was featured as part of impulsradio’s (Radio Helsinki in partnership with Graz and Impuls) “Young International Composers” show. The first movement of five images was also included.
February 2025 —La Ligne de la rupture (premiere); McGill’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Prof. Mélanie Léonard
January 2025 — Closing Concert of Musikfabrik’s Virtual Brass Academy;in perpetuum (fragment); premiere for double-bell brass trio (Christine Chapman, Marco Blaauw, Stephen Menotti)
December 2024 — The Garden (with electronics) (premiere); Joanna Mieleszko, mezzo-soprano, live@CIRRMT
December 2024 — Participated in Musikfabrik’s Virtual Brass Academy
December 2024 — Release of Negative Capability: Works by Hannah A. Barnes (12.14.24)
November 2024 — Book of Hidden Cities; Bailey Wantuch, violin; McGill Association of Student Composers Fall Concert, Montréal, QC
November 2024 — Negative Capability, Negative Capability II; Jamie Monck, electric guitar; Frequency Series Presents rhythm is image, Chicago, Illinois
September 2024 — Book of Hidden Cities (premiere); Bailey Wantuch, violin; rhythm is image, Montreal, QC
September 2024 — A very short space of time through very short times of space (premiere); Flannau Duo; Constellation, Chicago
April 2024 — Ramification; Luke Helker, percussion; faculty recital, Benedictine College, Atchinson, KS
March 2024 — Whispering lunar incantations; Kalen Smith, harp; McGill University; Montréal, QC
March 2024 — The Garden (premiere); Joanna Mieleszko; SHE Festival of Women in Music, University of Arkansas
February 2024 — Ramification; Antonin Granier, percussion; Le Vivier InterUniversitaire; Montréal, QC
January 2024 — Now to begin— Why fear the end; Callithumpian Consort, New England Conservatory, Boston (postponed)
November 2023 — Ramification; Antonin Granier, percussion; McGill Association of Student Composers Fall Concert, Montréal, QC
August 2023 — Whispering lunar incantations (premiere); Melissa Achter, harp; Darmstadt Summer Courses 2023, Darmstadt, Germany
May 2023 - Catharsis (premiere); Nate Beaver, double bass; Frequency Series Presents rhythm is image
May 2023 - Antithesis; Matt Oliphant, horn; Frequency Series Presents rhythm is image
May 2023 - presence of the absence of the presence (premiere); Ian Pace, piano; City University of London
April 2023 - Ramification; Luke Helker, percussion; Earth to Ears Concert, Lawrence, Kansas
March 2023 - Antithesis; Tarre Nelson, horn; DMA Recital, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
March 2023 - Antithesis (premiere); Tarre Nelson, horn; Southeastern Horn Workshop, Orlando, Florida
March 2023 - Not buried, but just under the surface (premiere); Garden Unit, Julia Ansolabehere, bass clarinet, Cameron Roberts, tenor saxophone
February 2023 - five images; OSSIA Ensemble, Eastman School of Music
November 2022 - Ramification; Kyle Flens, percussion; Ensemble Dal Niente Presents Kyle Flens; Epiphany Center for the Arts
July 2022 -Negative Capability II (premiere); Jesse Langen, electric guitar; Hannah A. Barnes, electronics; Omaha Under the Radar Festival
June 2022 - un filo invisibile (premiere); Camilo Angeles, flutes; Han Gul Lee, piano; Russell Greenberg, percussion; DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City, New York; Yarn/Wire Summer Institute
May 2022 - sighing after something (premiere); Hannah Spear, violin; rhythm is image, Frequency Series
March 2022 - Dis/inte/gration; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music
February 2022 - Triskelion (premiere); Ensemble 20+, Michael Lewanski, conductor; DePaul University School of Music
September 2021 - Negative Capability (premiere); Jesse Langen, electric guitar; rhythm is image, Ear Taxi Festival
June 2021 - Ramification (premiere); Alexander Garde, percussion; Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, New England Conservatory
March 2021 - Dis/inte/gration; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; University of California at Davis
November 2020 - Dis/inte/gration (premiere); Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; University of California at Berkeley CNMAT
September 2020 - five images; Ensemble Dal Niente, DePaul University School of Music 2020 Season Update
September 2020 - five images; Ensemble Dal Niente, DePaul University School of Music Convocation
July 2020 - everything that will happen has happened; Landswallow, dir. Saskia Dixie, Ryan Skelton
July 2020 - five images; Ensemble Dal Niente (Katie Schoepflin-Jimoh, clarinets; Kyle Flens, percussion; Ben Melsky, harp; Theo Ramsey, violin/viola; Hannah A. Barnes, conductor), Dal Niente and DePaul Summer Residency for New Music
May 2020 - Negative Capability ; Jesse Langen, DePaul University School of Music (postponed)
May 2020 - Revenir ; DePaul University School of Music Composer’s Forum (postponed)
April 2020 - Dis/inte/gration ; Jungmin Kim, Purposeless Play; DePaul University School of Music (postponed)
April 2020 - Dis/inte/gration; Jungmin Kim, DePaul University School of Music Master’s Recital (postponed)
March 2020 - Revenir ; Tarre Nelson, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (postponed)
November 2019 - the Veil through which I could not see; Molly Wilson, Kelly Bartek, John Rogler, Ryan Senger; DePaul University School of Music Composer’s Forum
May 2019 - everything that will happen has happened; Ensemble 20+, Michael Lewanski, conductor; DePaul University School of Music
April 2019 - Mirrored; Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts Electroacoustic Music Festival
March 2019 - static electricity, dancing in circles, Mirrored, Landscapes; DePaul University School of Music Student Composition Recital
January 2019 - Landscapes; Aurora Lawrie, DePaul University School of Music senior recital
May 2018 - static electricity; DePaul University School of Music Composer’s Forum