2022
11/29: Wick & Bach
El Sol Brillante Garden, 5:30pm
Music by Bach and Charles Aznavour
7/26 - 31: Altria Theatre, Richmond VA
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
7/18 - 7/24: Proctor and Gamble Hall
Cincinnati OH
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
7/13: The Kennedy Center Instagram Channel Takeover
TUNE-IN HERE
7/5 - 7/17: The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater
Washington DC
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
5/21: Exquisite Drones by Wick Simmons & Laurie Olinder // Gyan Riley
The Owl Music Parlor, Brooklyn NY, 8:00pm
Music by inti figgis-vizueta; Conrad Tao; Jack McGuire; Films by Laurie Olinder
TICKETS HERE
5/16: Eunbi Kim in Residence - It Feels Like: MOM
The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR (live) and streaming on NY Public Radio, NYC, 7:00pm
Works by Pauchi Sasaki (world premiere), and Daniel Bernard Roumain
Curated by Eunbi Kim, joined by Wick Simmons, cello; Lauren Cauley, violin; Slanty Eyed Mama comedy duo; & Daphne Always, trans cabaret artist
TICKETS HERE
(more posted soon)
2021
11/29 - 11/19: The Dolby Theatre
Los Angeles CA
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
11/15 - 21: William H. Mortensen Hall
Hartford CT
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
11/1 - 7: Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Buffalo NY
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
10/26 - 10/31: Benedum Center
Pittsburgh PA
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
10/19 - 10/24: Andrew Jackson Hall
Nashville TN
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
10/12 - 10/17: Civic Center
Des Moines IA
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
10/4 - 10/10: Durham Performing Arts Center
Durham NC
The Band’s Visit 1st Broadway National Tour
TICKETS HERE
8/30-9/10: Artist Residency @ The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences
5/9: Exquisite Drones (digital premiere)
“seen / unseen” Online Concert Series, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge MA
Conceived & performed by Wick Simmons. Composed by inti figgis-vizueta, Conrad Tao, & Jack McGuire, films by Laurie Olinder
5/11: Online Composer Forum, guest speaker
Longy School of Music of Bard College, Boston MA
2020
6/21: Play It Forward, benefiting Lost-N -Found Youth
Virtual Concert
Works by Michael Gordon, JS Bach & Conrad Tao
3/28: The Moving Orchestra and NYC Quakers Present: Turning Points
Downtown Brooklyn, NYC
Works by Piazzolla, Vivaldi, and set improvisation. CANCELLED
2/28: International Contemporary Ensemble’s Collaborative Explorations: Raquel Klein
Church St School of Music, NY
Curated by Raquel Klein, joined by Jacob Greenberg, piano; Wick Simmons, cello; Izzi Stevenson, vocalist; Pablo O’Connell, clarinet; Yuma Uesaka, trombone; Katherine Lim, violin
2/21: Solo performer, Concert in the 21st Century
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Featuring music by Conrad Tao
2/18: Solo Performer, Concert in the 21st Century
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Featuring music by Chinary Ung
2/9-23: Residency @ The Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity
Concert in the 21st Century - with Hanako Yamaguchi, Pedja Muzijevic, Karen Zorn, & Daniel Pettrow
Banff, Canada
2019
12/6: The Moving Orchestra Presents: Transcending Panoramas
Chelsea, New York City
A GroupMuse multi-disciplinary event featuring various combinations and forms of improvisation.
12/3: Resonant City: Venice, for Solo Cello and Electronics
The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York, NY
Solo works by Andrea Liberovici
9/28: ARDE Collective
Spectrum NYC, Brooklyn
Works by Rameau, Josh Mastel, Amanda Schoofs, Konstantinos Baras, Conrad Tao, Camila Agosto, Isaac Blumfield. Wick Simmons, Cello; Carlos Aguilar, Flute; Robert Fleitz; Piano, Josh Mastel, Electronics.
8/23-25: Shattered Glass
Kneisel Hall residency, Blue Hill ME
Works by Cline, Golijov, Abels and Schoenberg
7/14: Thaikkudam Bridge & Pseutopia:
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx NY
5/10: Tactus Ensemble: Manhattan School of Music Graduation Ceremony
Riverside Church, New York
“Artificial Life” by George Lewis
4/28: ARDE presents Non-Verbal
Access Theater, New York NY
Music (including four world premieres) by Conrad Tao, Camila Agosto, Evan Anderson, Josh Mastel & Alex Held.
4/12: Tactus Ensemble
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Works by Missy Mazzoli, Fausto Romitelli, George Crumb
3/30: Dared to Pray: Solo MM Recital
Ades Performance Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Music by Ingram Marshall, Chinary Ung, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon & Jakhongir Shukur
2/19: Tactus Ensemble
Neidorff-Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Music by John Cage, Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski,
2/14-15: Wayang
Tisch Dance Works series at NYU, Jack Crystal Theater, New York NY
Wick Simmons, Cello; Raziman Sarbini, dance; Yiyao Nie, digital artist; Music by Chinary Ung
2018
12/5: Tactus Ensemble
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Conducted by Jeremy Gill
Featuring Music by Olga Neuwirth, Marjorie Merryman, George Lewis
11/9: Tactus: Solos, Duos, and More!
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Reza Vali’s Folk Songs (Set 9) for Flute & Cello
With Yoshi Weinberg, Flute
10/23: Music at St. Paul’s Series
St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, New York NY
Laura Falzon, Flute; Daniel Beliavsky, piano; Wick Simmons, Cello
Music Cesar Franck, Hilary Tann, Katrina Emtage
10/8: Tactus Ensemble
Ades Performance Space, Manhattan School of Music
Music of Coleman, Thorvaldsdottir, Woolf, Albright, Montague
6/28-7/1: Silkroad Ensembles’ Global Musician Workshop Concerts
DePauw University, Greencastle IN
With Bassam Saba, Hankus Netsky, Mike Block
2/26: Todd Alsup Live
The Slipper Room, New York NY
2/3: Julius Eastman: Macle, Trumpet, Joan d’Arc
The Kitchen, New York, NY
ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Julius Eastman’s “The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc” for 10 cellos, realized by Clarice Jensen
2017
10/15: Recital, Openhousenewyork (OHNY)
The Soros Room, International House NY,
Music by Bach, Ravel, Schubert and more. Wick Simmons, Cello; Ivan Gusev, Piano.
8/29: Solo Performance, “An Evening With Lin-Manuel Miranda”
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, NYC
Wick Simmons performs the music of Chinary Ung for the Anthony Quinn Foundation Award ceremony for Lin-Manuel Miranda. Hosted by Edward James Olmos.
8/5: Bang on a Can Summer Marathon
Hunter Center MASS MoCA, North Adams MA
Works by Jeffrey Brooks, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, Vanessa Lan, Steve Reich, Gyorgy Ligeti
8/2: Bang on a Can Summer Festival presents: The Music of Philip Glass
MASS MoCA, North Adams MA
With Ashley Bathgate, Greg August, Bang on a Can Summer Festival Fellows
7/31: Bang on a Can Summer Festival World Premiere Concert
Hunter Center, MASS MoCA, North Adams MA
Featuring works written for the festival by Cassie Wieland, Visnja Krzic, Aeryn Santillan and Susanna Hancock. Wick Simmons, Cello; Ford Fourqurean, clarinets; John Smigielski, percussion; Vicki Ray, Piano; Ross Wightman, Bass; Barry O’Halpin, Guitar
7/21: Bang on a Can Summer Festival - Lunchtime Concerts
Liz King Gallery, MASS MoCA, North Adams MA
Music by Chinary Ung
4/16: Graduation Recital, BM
Galvin Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago IL
Music by Bach, Chinary Ung, Ginastera, Bloch, Schubert.
Joined by Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, Alyssa Hensley, Shirley Trissell and Matthew Blancett
3/14: Solo Performer, New Music Performance Showcase
Galvin Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago IL
Music by Chinary Ung
2016
9/11 & 16: Recital
Canterbury Court and Fine Arts Auditorium at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Atlanta
With Shirley Irek, piano
Works by Ginastera, Bach, Cage, Ung, Shostakovich, Casals
3/2: Lecture Demonstration: Moorman, Cage, and the Avant-Garde
The Bloch Museum, Evanston IL
Realizations of John Cage’s 26’1.1499'‘ for a String Player (Cello realization)