Join Ensemble Parallèle and conductor Nicole Paiement on the 29-31 January 2010 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for the California premiere of John Rea’s chamber orchestra version of Alban Berg’s haunting opera Wozzeck - a dark tale of a poor soldier driven to madness and murder by the oppressive conditions of his existence. (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) (The Wozzeck Project)

John Duykers as the Captain in Ensemble Parallele's product of Wozzeck.
Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo

Paiement wins the George Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in Spring 2009.

Paiement conducts the new season of the BluePrint Project in San Francisco, entitled Crosscurrents… where are converge. The BluePrint Project

Paiement conducts Milhaud’s La mort d’un Tyran and his Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion with pianists Robert Schwartz and Kristin Pankonin. Also on the program, Stravinsky’s immortal Soldie’rs Tale. 25 September 2009, 8:00 PM, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland. Tickets Concert Line: 510.430.2296.

Paiement collaborates with the American Conservatory Theater in a fully staged performance of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale on the 14th November 2009. San Francisco Concervatory of Music, Recital Hall, 7:00PM & 9:00 PM. Conservatory Box Office

On the 20th February 2010, Paiement collaborates with guitarist David Tanenbaum in the performance of Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie for guitar, string orchestra and percussion. (San Francisco Concervatory of Music, Concert Hall, 8:00 PM) Conservatory Box Office

In March 2010, PAIEMENT will conduct in Madison, the world premiere recording of Laura Schwendinger’s concerto for violin and orchestra entitled Chiaroscuro Azzuro, with violinist Linda Bahn.

Laura Schwendinger

Paiement conducts the premiere of the revised final version of renowned opera composer Conrad Susa’s opera The Love of Dom Perlimplin with the San Francisco Concervatory New Music Ensemble, in collaboration with the Opera Department. 13 March 2010 8:00 PM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall. Conservatory Box Office

In April 2010, Paiement conducts Ensemble Parallèle at the Pacific Rim Festival in an all Varèse concert. Pacific Rim Festival

PAIEMENT has commissioned composers a requiem for orchestra, soloists, chorus and visuals from composer Hi Kyung Kim, to be performed in November 2010. She has also commissioned a new chamber opera from composer Dante De Silva for performance with Ensemble Parallèle in 2012.

Paiement conducts on the new CD release: An 80th birthday tribute to an influential American composer: Chou Wen-chung (TROY1064-65)

Paiement conducts the full production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with the UCSC Opera Theater in June 2010.