Past Events

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2025-10-19
2025-10-19
2025-10-19
2025-10-19
archive and clarinet
Alejandro Lobo: calloused pages, turned by a tortured friend (2025)
Yoshiaki Onishi, clarinet; Connor Fone, cello; Angel Serrano, percussion, Christopher Gage, piano
5:30pm (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
Together with my colleague and students at UD, I played in Alejandro Lobo's senior composition degree recital.

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2025-06-01
2025-06-01
2025-06-01
2025-06-01

2025-08-25
2025-08-25
2025-08-25
2025-08-25
composition and residency
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Residency
I have been selected as one of the Composition Fellows at the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.

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2025-05-18
2025-05-18
2025-05-18
2025-05-18
composition
PmuD III (2024-25) for alto flute, bass clarinet, cello, and piano (world premiere)
Network for New Music
3:00pm (Eastern Time), The American Philosophical Society: Benjamin Franklin Hall

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2025-05-15
2025-05-15
2025-05-15
2025-05-15

2025-05-25
2025-05-25
2025-05-25
2025-05-25
clarinet
Mizzou New Music Ensemble South American Tour
Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Stefan Freund, cond.
Various Locations in Perú and Colombia
I am joining the University of Missouri's Mizzou New Music Ensemble as the clarinetist for their second South American Tour.

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2025-05-11
2025-05-11
2025-05-11
2025-05-11
conducting
UD Composers Showcase I
5:30pm (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
I am conducting Robbie Strauss's Daffodils in its new version for soprano, piano, and string quartet in this concert showcasing works by composition students at the University of Delaware. Livestream link here

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2025-05-11
2025-05-11
2025-05-11
2025-05-11
clarinet
UD Composers Showcase II
8:00pm (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
I will be playing two pieces in this concert showcasing works by composition students at the University of Delaware: P.D. Harden: Amor de Madre for bass clarinet and string quartet; Robbie Strauss, All of the Voices for clarinet, violoncello, percussion and piano. Livestream link here

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2024-12-15
2024-12-15
2024-12-15
2024-12-15
composition
***New Text*** LilyPond Contemporary Notation Cookbook: Snippets and Their Grammars
Regularly updated, a practical guide to contemporary notation in LilyPond. Available on GitHub

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2024-11-09
2024-11-09
2024-11-09
2024-11-09
clarinet and composition
Composers Now - Dialogues
Onishi-Beis Duo
2:00pm (Eastern Time), Queens Public Library, Jamaica, NY
Santiago Beis is one of the three featured composers for this Composers Now event.

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2024-10-27
2024-10-27
2024-10-27
2024-10-27
clarinet and composition
Onishi-Beis Duo at University of Delaware
Onishi-Beis Duo and Miles Brown
3:00pm (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
Culminating event of Santiago Beis's residency, Onishi-Beis Duo appears with Miles Brown as part of the New Music Delaware event at the University of Delaware More Information

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2024-10-13
2024-10-13
2024-10-13
2024-10-13
clarinet
Robbie Strauss, Undergraduate Composition Recital
Yoshiaki Onishi, clarinet, Matthew Kiple, piano, and more
3:00pm (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
Onishi performs two pieces in Robbie Strauss's undergraduate composition recital

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2024-06-08
2024-06-08
2024-06-08
2024-06-08

2024-06-15
2024-06-15
2024-06-15
2024-06-15
composition and teaching
Mizzou Summer Composition Institute
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Onishi is back in Missouri, offering composition lessons to high school students.

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2024-03-27
2024-03-27
2024-03-27
2024-03-27
composition
Invited Lecture at Hunter College
5:00pm (Eastern Time), Appel Hall, Hunter College
By the invitation of Yayoi Uno Everett and Suzanne Farrin, Onishi will give a lecture at Hunter College

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2024-03-25
2024-03-25
2024-03-25
2024-03-25
composition
Invited Lecture at the CUNY Graduate Center
10:00am (Eastern Time), CUNY Graduate Center
By the invitation of Douglas Geers, Onishi will give a talk at the CUNY Graduate Center

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2024-02-23
2024-02-23
2024-02-23
2024-02-23
clarinet and composition
Onishi-Beis Duo at the CUNY Graduate Center
Onishi-Beis Duo
7:30pm (Eastern Time), Elebash Recital Hall, New York, NY
Onishi-Beis Duo makes a NYC debut

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2024-02-17
2024-02-17
2024-02-17
2024-02-17
clarinet
New Music Delaware
Faculty Members of the University of Delaware School of Music
8:00pm (Eastern Time), Puglisi Orchestral Hall, University of Delaware
I appear as a bass clarinetist in this all-improvisation concert

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2023-10-14
2023-10-14
2023-10-14
2023-10-14
conducting and residency
New music exchange with Japan: A creative Residency and Concerts by the Ensemble Kujoyama
Ensemble Kujoyama, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond.
7:30pm (Pacific Time), CCRMA Stage, Stanford University

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2023-10-12
2023-10-12
2023-10-12
2023-10-12
conducting and residency
New music exchange with Japan: A creative Residency and Concerts by the Ensemble Kujoyama
Ensemble Kujoyama, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond.
7:30pm (Pacific Time), CCRMA Stage, Stanford University

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2023-10-04
2023-10-04
2023-10-04
2023-10-04
clarinet
Still Breathing 1
Various Artists
8:00am (Eastern Time), Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware
Yoshiaki Onishi performs iv 3 for clarinet solo by Mark Andre.
Event Details
Live Streaming

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2023-07-28
2023-07-28
2023-07-28
2023-07-28
conducting
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Yoshiaki Onishi cond.
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, University of Missouri School of Music
Footage Here Mizzou New Music Ensemble, featuring four works by Tania León, Marcos Balter, Kevin Day, and Santiago Beis

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2023-07-26
2023-07-26
2023-07-26
2023-07-26
clarinet and composition
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Onishi-Beis Duo
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, University of Missouri School of Music
Footage Here Onishi-Beis Duo appears in the MICF Event, in collaboration with Dismal Niche, featuring Eli Wallace

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2023-05-10
2023-05-10
2023-05-10
2023-05-10

2023-05-24
2023-05-24
2023-05-24
2023-05-24
clarinet
Mizzou New Music Ensemble TX/South American Tour
Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Stefan Freund, cond.
Locations in Texas, Colombia, Argentina

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2023-04-23
2023-04-23
2023-04-23
2023-04-23
archive and conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Yoshiaki Onishi cond.
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2023-04-16
2023-04-16
2023-04-16
2023-04-16
archive and composition
The Call of Life for orchestra (2022)
Columbia Civic Orchestra, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond.
7:30pm (Central Time), First Baptist Church, Columbia, MO
MOCOP Festival 2023

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2023-04-12
2023-04-12
2023-04-12
2023-04-12
archive, clarinet, and conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (Central Time), University of Missouri-Kansas City
Part of América Festival

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2023-04-10
2023-04-10
2023-04-10
2023-04-10
archive and conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Part of América Festival

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2023-02-26
2023-02-26
2023-02-26
2023-02-26
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Conducting world premiere of the revised version of The Clouds are Machines by Santiago Beis as well as Arpège by Franco Donatoni.
Live Stream Here

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2023-02-24
2023-02-24
2023-02-24
2023-02-24
conducting
Chancellor's Arts Showcase
The University Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Hernandez (toy piano)
7:30pm (Central Time), Missouri Theatre
I am conducting world premiere of toy piano concerto (2022–23) by morima (2023 Sinquefield Prize winner)

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2023-01-09
2023-01-09
2023-01-09
2023-01-09
composition
Gz II for two accordions (2017/22) (world premiere)
Christine Paté and Anna-Katharina Schau, accordions
8:00pm (Central European Time), Theater im Delphi

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2022-12-04
2022-12-04
2022-12-04
2022-12-04
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Dani Major (mezzo-soprano)
7:30pm (Central Time), Sheryl Crow Hall, University of Missouri School of Music

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2022-11-06
2022-11-06
2022-11-06
2022-11-06
composition
jeux enjeux (2022) (world premiere)
Ensemble Apparat
8:00pm (Central European Time), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1

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2022-10-11
2022-10-11
2022-10-11
2022-10-11
clarinet and composition
Images-After
Onishi-Beis Duo
New Album released! Click here for details!

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2022-10-09
2022-10-09
2022-10-09
2022-10-09
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Livestream will be available on Mizzou School of Music YouTube Page

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2022-07-29
2022-07-29
2022-07-29
2022-07-29
clarinet and composition
Mizzou International Composers Festival: Dismal Niche Presents
Onishi-Beis Duo
7:30pm (CDT), University of Missouri-Columbia
Guest Artists Katina Bitsicas, Onishi-Beis Duo, and William Basinski perform their work, presented by Dismal Niche and the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Watch YouTube Stream Here

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2022-07-27
2022-07-27
2022-07-27
2022-07-27
conducting
Mizzou International Composers Festival: Mizzou New Music
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (CDT), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Part of Mizzou International Composers Festival. Watch YouTube Stream Here

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2022-07-25
2022-07-25
2022-07-25
2022-07-25

2022-07-30
2022-07-30
2022-07-30
2022-07-30
clarinet, composition, and conducting
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
University of Missouri-Columbia

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2022-07-01
2022-07-01
2022-07-01
2022-07-01

2022-07-16
2022-07-16
2022-07-16
2022-07-16
clarinet
The Missouri Symphony
Missouri Theatre, etc. (Columbia, MO)
I am appearing on several concerts of the Missouri Symphony's Summer Music Festival. Details here

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2022-06-11
2022-06-11
2022-06-11
2022-06-11

2022-06-18
2022-06-18
2022-06-18
2022-06-18
teaching
Summer COMP Camp
University of Missouri-Columbia
I teach composition in the summer composition camp to high school students in Missouri

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2022-05-28
2022-05-28
2022-05-28
2022-05-28
composition
PmuD II (2021)
Sputter Box
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, New York

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2022-05-07
2022-05-07
2022-05-07
2022-05-07
clarinet and composition
Illumination Summer Series
Onishi-Beis Duo
Stephens Lake Amphitheater
Opening Event of Dismal Niche's Illumination Summer Series, Onishi-Beis Duo performs for Chicago-based Circuit Des Yeux.

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2022-05-03
2022-05-03
2022-05-03
2022-05-03
conducting
Dean Minderman Memorial Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
8:00pm, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis
Mizzou New Music Ensemble plays Sound of Art concert, performing five works inspired by jazz. Watch

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2022-04-24
2022-04-24
2022-04-24
2022-04-24
clarinet and conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2022-03-20
2022-03-20
2022-03-20
2022-03-20
conducting
Devin Cholodenko: Mountains in the Distance
Columbia Civic Orchestra, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond.
7:30pm (Central Time), First Baptist Church, Columbia, MO

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2022-03-19
2022-03-19
2022-03-19
2022-03-19
clarinet
David Ibbett: Branches (2015)
Yoshiaki Onishi, bass clarinet; Jordan Nielsen, Marimba/Electronics
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Jordan Nielsen, Graduate Percussion Degree Recital Footage Here

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2022-02-27
2022-02-27
2022-02-27
2022-02-27
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
7:30pm (Central Time), Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2021-12-05
2021-12-05
2021-12-05
2021-12-05
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2021-10-10
2021-10-10
2021-10-10
2021-10-10
conducting
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2021-07-28
2021-07-28
2021-07-28
2021-07-28
conducting
Mizzou International Composers Festival
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2021-07-16
2021-07-16
2021-07-16
2021-07-16
conducting
Makoto Shinohara Portrait Concert
Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo, Japan

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2021-04-29
2021-04-29
2021-04-29
2021-04-29
composition and teaching
Composition Masterclass
Use of CAC Software Programs in My Compositional Process, in Several Examples
University of California-Santa Cruz

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2021-04-14
2021-04-14
2021-04-14
2021-04-14
clarinet and conducting
George Lewis – Les Exercices Spirituels (2010, rev. 2021) (Premiere of the revised version)
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music

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2021-04-13
2021-04-13
2021-04-13
2021-04-13
composition and teaching
Online Composition Masterclass
Composing at a Standstill: 
Tracing my aesthetic/philosophical perspectives through my music, 2009–2021
University of Memphis


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2021-03-25
2021-03-25
2021-03-25
2021-03-25
clarinet
Oswald Huynh – Aubade with Ashen Clouds, Scarlet Sky (2020)
 (Online Premiere)
Yoshiaki Onishi, bass clarinet

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2020-03-06
2020-03-06
2020-03-06
2020-03-06
clarinet and composition
Gz III for bass clarinet and bassoon (World Premiere)
Leigh Muñoz, bassoon; Yoshiaki Onishi, bass clarinet
Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis

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2020-02-20
2020-02-20
2020-02-20
2020-02-20
composition
Second String Quartet (2019-20) (World Premiere)
Quatuor Diotima
Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia

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2020-02-01
2020-02-01
2020-02-01
2020-02-01
conducting
Niko Schroeder, Construction
Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Sinquefield Music Center, Univ. of Missouri School of Music
Sinquefield Music Center Dedication

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