Robert Carl with poet Charles Simic, at the premiere of Simic Songs Sounding and “Muting” sound sculptures for Sounding Sea/Silent Sea Performing the Ritratto... at FOCAM festival, Washington State U., February 2010

10/9/10: A Clean Sweep for shakuhachi flute and fixed media (MaxMSP), performed by Ko Umekazi (shakuhachi for Yo-Yo-Ma's Silk Road Ensemble), University of California/Irvine

Week of September 12, 2010: Opening of Talking Trees, a sculptural sound installation in collaboration with Karen McCoy, Kansas City Art Institute and Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, commissioned in honor of 125^th anniversary of KCAI

9/3/10: performance of the variation-set "Darling, I´m indeed useless to you" (including one variation by Robert Carl) by Kai Schumacher, piano, "Casino der Volksbank", Kaiserslautern, Germany (8pm).

8/4/10: Where Sound and Thought Meet for saxophone quartet, Saxophone Perugia, Bolognola, Italy

5/27/10: Premiere of Quantum Dances for piano trio at Turkish National Conservatory, Ankara

5/13/10: Breaking the Surface for mixed quartet; Miklos Quartet, Windsor (CT) Arts Center

4/21/10: Updraft for ten trombones and MaxMSP (premiere), Hartt Trombone Choir, Millard Auditorium, Hartt School, University of Hartford, West Hartford CT 

3/11-13/10: Premiere of choreographed version of Bullet Cycle by Full Force Dance Theater, Katie Stevinson, director; Handel Performing Arts Center, Hartford, CT

2/27/10: Solo Song for Unaccompanied Voice, Patrice Michaels, soprano; Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.

2/4-6/10: Residency as featured composer at the Festival of Contemporary Art Music, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Lectures, masterclasses and performances of the following works:

Pulse Field for laptop(s)

A Clean Sweep for shakuhachi and fixed media

Bird Escapes Cage, Takes Flight for solo clarinet

Coloring Sound’s Scent for oboe, cello, and piano

Sonatina, “The Dance of Sound and Space,” for violin and piano

Bells Dance, Drums Ring for percussion quartet

Ritratto dei Gironi e delle Notte su Lago di Como for piano and environmental sounds

Brown Velvet for solo bassoon and live electronics (premiere)

From the Ground Up, versions for both piano and wind ensemble

A Slow Arch for flute and string orchestra

Shake the Tree for piano four-hands

January-April 2010: soundart piece on internet, Sounding Sea/Silent Sea, as part of collaboration with sculptor Karen McCoy, Sculpture Key West 2010

1/16/10: Where Sound and Thought Meet for saxophone quartet, Preludio Saxophone Quartet, International Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

12/3/09: La Ville Engloutie, University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble, Jeffrey Renshaw conducting, Vonder Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT

10/30/09: Premiere of From The Ground Up for wind ensemble, Hartt Wind Symphony, Glen Adsit, conductor (orchestration of eponymous piano work; a fanfare in a project honoring trumpeter Roger Murtha) 

9/24/09: Bullet Cycle for two improvisers, rhythmic time-keeper, and electroacoustic accompaniment; Capitol Community College, Hartford 

9/17/09: La Ville Engloutie for wind ensemble, Arizona State University Wind Symphony, Gary Davis, conductor; Tempe AZ 

9/4/09: Delivery of keynote address (one of two, the other by Tom Johnson) at Second International Conference on Minimalism and Music, Kansas City, MO 

August 2009: release of new book, Terry Riley’s In C, published by Oxford University Press  

7/8/09: The Wind’s Trace Rests on Leaves and Waves, the Miami String Quintet with bassist Scott Haigh, Kent Blossom Festival, Kent Ohio also: 7/13/09, Kent Tuscarawas Campus,Tuscarawas, OH 

6/19/09: Shake the Tree for for piano four-hands with John McDonald and Don Berman; Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, NYC