THE 2025/2026 CONCERT SEASON
PUBLICITY TOUR: Afri-Piano Series
23-30 August
Pretoria, Potchefstroom, and Johannesburg, South Africa
Vol. 8 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 1
Vol. 9 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 2
Vol. 10 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 3
Vol. 11 Piano Tales
Vol. 12 Imaginary Adventures
Pretoria, Potchefstroom, and Johannesburg, South Africa
Vol. 8 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 1
Vol. 9 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 2
Vol. 10 Twenty Studies on Twentieth Century Sounds Book 3
Vol. 11 Piano Tales
Vol. 12 Imaginary Adventures
RADIO PLAY: Works for saxophone
14 September 9:00 pm
WCLV Ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Innovations with Mark Satola
Linea Instrumentalis No. 6 - Todd Gaffke, alto sax
Hlaba Igama - Todd Gaffke, tenor sax, and James Wilding, piano
WCLV Ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Innovations with Mark Satola
Linea Instrumentalis No. 6 - Todd Gaffke, alto sax
Hlaba Igama - Todd Gaffke, tenor sax, and James Wilding, piano
Soliloquy for solo piano
Take Nine for solo piano
28 September 3:00 pm
Private Setting in Stow, Ohio
James Wilding, piano
Private Setting in Stow, Ohio
James Wilding, piano
FESTIVAL GUEST ARTIST
23-25 October 7:00 pm
Pueblo Keyboard Arts Festival, Colorado State University
Pueblo Keyboard Arts Festival, Colorado State University
PREMIER: Two Pieces for Two Pianos Eight Hands
Abigail Silverberg, Emily Thomas, Zahari Metchkov, and James Wilding
Take Nine for multiple pianos
Gavin Grant, Heejin Wang, Cole Kottenstette, Drew Dyson, Thomas Morrisey-Nelson, Abigail Silverberg, Emily Thomas, and Zahari Metchkov, with James Wilding conducting
Staying at Home for orchestra
9 November 3:00 pm
Tallmadge High School
Akron Youth Symphony
Eric Benjamin, conductor
Tallmadge High School
Akron Youth Symphony
Eric Benjamin, conductor
CONCERT PREVIEW: The Cleveland Orchestra
20, 21, 22, 23 November 6:30 pm
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Revueltas La Noche de los Mayas, and Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World"
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Revueltas La Noche de los Mayas, and Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World"
WORLD PREMIER: Emlanjeni for orchestra
3 December 7:00 pm
E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron, Ohio
Akron Bicentennial Concert: “A Concert for Akron, by Akron"
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron, Ohio
Akron Bicentennial Concert: “A Concert for Akron, by Akron"
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Summer Waves for solo piano
FESTIVAL: Meisterkurs Kaufbeuren
2-6 January
Ludwig Hahn Sing- und Musikschule
Kaufbeuren, Germany
Ludwig Hahn Sing- und Musikschule
Kaufbeuren, Germany
Without for solo violin, I. Rapid Eye Movement
4 January 7:30 pm
Pianofactum, Kaufbeuren Festival, Bavaria
Julia Kuhn, violin
Pianofactum, Kaufbeuren Festival, Bavaria
Julia Kuhn, violin
RADIO PLAY: Emlanjeni for orchestra
28 January 8:00 pm
WCLV Ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Innovations with Mark Satola
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
WCLV Ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Innovations with Mark Satola
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
CONCERT PREVIEW: The Cleveland Orchestra
12, 14 February 6:30 pm
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Crumb A Haunted Landscape, Ruggles Sun-Treader, Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Gershwin Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Crumb A Haunted Landscape, Ruggles Sun-Treader, Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Gershwin Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)
JURY MEMBER: Children’s Concert Society of Akron: Scholastic Composers Contest
Students in grades K-12th grade who reside in or are enrolled in public, private, parochial or home schools in Summit County and the surrounding area are welcome to submit an original composition.
The deadline is 20 February.
All first-place winners are invited to perform their work at the Premiere Performance on 29 April.
Results will be announced early April.
The deadline is 20 February.
All first-place winners are invited to perform their work at the Premiere Performance on 29 April.
Results will be announced early April.
Summer Waves for solo piano
23 February 7:00 pm
Malone University. Ohio
14 March 7:30 pm
Aurora School of Music, Ohio
18 March 12:00
Butler Institute of American Art
27 March 7:30 pm
Aufseßsaal Germanisches National Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
18 April 2:00 pm
Southern Ohio Museum of Arts
Caroline Oltmanns, piano
Malone University. Ohio
14 March 7:30 pm
Aurora School of Music, Ohio
18 March 12:00
Butler Institute of American Art
27 March 7:30 pm
Aufseßsaal Germanisches National Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
18 April 2:00 pm
Southern Ohio Museum of Arts
Caroline Oltmanns, piano
CONCERT PREVIEW: The Cleveland Orchestra
9, 10, 11 April 6:30 pm
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2, Schubert Symphony No. 9 “The Great"
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
James Wilding introduces the evening's program: Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2, Schubert Symphony No. 9 “The Great"
TBA for tuba and piano
19 April 1:00 pm
Guzzetta Recital Hall
The University of Akron, Ohio
Chris Blaha, tuba
Jamies Wilding, piano
Guzzetta Recital Hall
The University of Akron, Ohio
Chris Blaha, tuba
Jamies Wilding, piano
