PUBLICITY TOUR: Afri-Piano Series
23-30 August 2025
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: WCLV Cleveland
14 September 2025 at 9:00 pm
Innovations with Mark Satola
Linea Instrumentalis No. 6 - Todd Gaffke, alto sax
Hlaba Igama - Todd Gaffke, tenor sax, and James Wilding, piano
Neuma Records
Innovations with Mark Satola
Linea Instrumentalis No. 6 - Todd Gaffke, alto sax
Hlaba Igama - Todd Gaffke, tenor sax, and James Wilding, piano
Neuma Records
Soliloquy
Take Nine
28 September 2025 at 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 2025 at 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
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
9 November 2025 at 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 2025
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
3 December 2025 at 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
FESTIVAL: Meisterkurs Kaufbeuren
2-6 January 2026
Ludwig Hahn Sing- und Musikschule
Kaufbeuren, Germany
Ludwig Hahn Sing- und Musikschule
Kaufbeuren, Germany
CONCERT PREVIEW: The Cleveland Orchestra
12, 14 February 2026
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 2026.
All first-place winners are invited to perform their work at the Premiere Performance on 29 April 2026.
Results will be announced early April 2026.
The deadline is 20 February 2026.
All first-place winners are invited to perform their work at the Premiere Performance on 29 April 2026.
Results will be announced early April 2026.
CONCERT PREVIEW: The Cleveland Orchestra
9, 10, 11 April 2026
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"
