Projects

Reno Phil Commissions/Premieres Under Laura Jackson

Michelle Isaac: Pressing Truths (2026)
Tells the forgotten story of Revolutionary heroine Mary Katherine Goddard who appended her name as printer to an early copy of the Declaration of Independence (info, interview & performance)

Marko Bajzer: The Sacrifice of Prometheus (2025)
A capturing the majesty and tragedy of the world's oldest bristlecone pine, featuring Russ DeLuna on bass oboe, in partnership with Nevada's Great Basin National Park (video interview and performance)

Jimmy López Bellido: Symphony No. 3: Altered Landscape (2022) engages themes of climate change and imagines a hopeful future of sustainable balance in relationship with the planet (interview & performance)

Monica Houghton: Respectfully yours (2022) evokes the natural beauty of the Great Basin and reminds us of its fragility and need for careful stewardship (video interview and performance)

Zhou Tian: Transcend (2019) commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's completion (PBS "making of" feature and performance)

Carlos Simon: Orchestral version of Amen! (2019) recreates Carlos’ childhood experience growing up in an African American Pentecostal church.

Jonathan Leshnoff: Guitar Concerto (2014) Commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Reno Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias.

Michael Gandolfi: Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 (2013) commemorating the 200th anniversary of the writing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key.

Sean Shepherd: Silvery Rills and Desert Garden (2011) Sean’s memories of growing up in Nevada as part of a fourth-generation Nevadan family.