News and Upcoming
2/15/2025 ~ The Elise String Quartet have chosen Cholodenko’s “Twilight at Dawn” for their debut concert in Jordan Hall as a New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble, Boston, MA.
1/21/2025 ~ “Do Angels in the Sky Sing to the Moon” selected for the New England Philharmonic Readings Sessions and is Scheduled for rehearsal and public presentation at a reading in June in Cambridge, MA.
6/25/2024 ~ TEMPO new music ensemble announces Cholodenko as winner of their 2024 Call for Scores with a performance scheduled for September, Los Angeles, CA.
5/1/2024 ~ “Do Angels in the Sky Sing to the Moon” for large orchestra has been schosen as the winning entry to the Frost Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition and will be performed in Fall 2025 at Gusman Hall at University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
12/1/2023 ~ Cholodenko selected to write a new work for Saxophone, Bassoon, and Harp for The Blank Experiment, entitled “A Trip to Delphi” Miami, FL.
8/16/2023 ~ "Empathy, Symbolism, and Synchresis in Under the Skin (2013): How Mica Levi’s Score Shapes the Narrative" is published in University of Missouri-Kansas City’s interdisciplinary journal, JIDR.
6/07/2023 ~ “Chasing Memory” in arrangement for flute, saxophone, violin and cello to be presented and performer at June in Buffalo music festival, NY.
4/10/2023 ~ Cholodenko has received a special citation for his submission to the graduate mentoring program of the Society for Composers Inc..
3/30/2023 ~ “Sounds and Sweet Airs” for string quartet to be performed at the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts as part of the Red Note Festival, Normal, IL.
2/04/2023 ~“Three Miniatures for Percussion Duo” to be performed by Arx Duo in Coral Gables FL.
11/19/2022 ~ Cholodenko will speak on his work at Third Thursday Artist Talks in Nebraska City.
9/24/2022 ~ “Manic” selected for reading by the Miró Quartet in Clarke Recital Hall at the University of Miami.
8/15/2022 ~ In November Cholodenko will be a resident artist at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts.
7/15/2022 ~ “Chasing Memory” will receive its first public performance at the SCI conference in Syracuse, NY, in November 2022.
5/1/2022 ~ Cholodenko has been named as a grant recipient by Creatives Rebuild New York.
4/21/2022 ~ Cholodenko has been named a Gardner Laureate by the American Viola Society for “Duo for Viola and Piano.”
1/25/2022 ~ Mizzou New Music Initiative, as part of the Missouri Composer’s Project, has selected “Mountains in the Distance” as the open orchestral category winner for the 2022 call for scores.
1/2/2022 ~ “Mountains in the Distance” has been selected for the 2021 Gerald Kemner Prize for orchestral writing and is scheduled to be premiered by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Symphony Orchestra in March 2022.
10/19/2021 ~ Cholodenko has been selected as an associate artist in residence at Atlantic Center For the Arts for a 2022 residency.
7/21/2021 ~ “Adrenaline” arranged for Alto Sax, Cello, Piano, and Percussion will be premiered by Bent Frequency as part of the Charlotte New Music festival.
5/25/2021 ~ Cholodenko will present an analysis of the film score to the 2013 film Under the Skin, entitled “Empathy, Symbolism, and Synchresis in Under the Skin,” at the London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Film Studies, “The Anatomy of Cinematic Identities.” The paper will be subsequently published in IDEA journal.
3/17/2021 ~ “An Icarus Cycle” for String Quartet selected for performance and recording by JACK quartet’s University of Missouri-Kansas City streaming residency. Performance in April 2021.
3/4/2021 ~ “Chasing Memory” to receive honorable mention in the newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble’s Composition Contest.
12/9/2020 ~ “Chasing Memory” for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello selected to be premiered by HUB New Music Ensemble during their digital residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Performance in February 2021.
8/8/2020 ~ [Cancelled/Postponed] Cholodenko to attend the Sao Paulo Contemporary Composer’s Festival in October 2020 and write a new work for String Quartet + Double Bass to be performed and recorded by Quarteto Larianna & Pedro Gadelha.
2/19/2020 ~ [Cancelled/Postponed] Cholodenko to attend the Mostly Modern Festival in June 2020 and write two new works for both the American Modern Ensemble and the American Modern Orchestra.
2/8/2020 ~ “Duo for Viola and Piano” selected for performance by the Emerging Midwest Collegiate Composers call for scores on March 14th at the Diastole Scholars Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
9/21/2019 ~ “Duo for Viola and Piano” premiered at White Recital Hall by violist Elaine Ng and pianist Charles Tsui.
4/3/2019 ~ “Reflection” premiered at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts as part of the International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival.