Welcome
…and thank you for visiting!
J. Andrés Ballesteros composes original music for a wide range of ensembles, from orchestral to choral and beyond, for the concert stage and for media. Andrés works to expand the possibilities of what music can do through community engagement, as well as what music can be through advocacy around representation and inclusion. You can learn more about him here and contact him here. He promises not to write his reply in 3rd person.
You can also find him on Instagram, Twitter, and SoundCloud.
Upcoming Dates
All times Eastern Time (USA) unless otherwise noted
Apr 11 @ 7:30pm — Performance of Regateando by Border Bones (Alex Velarde López and Juan Saldivar) at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY; contact me for details
Apr 24 @ 8pm CT — Premiere of De Colores by Loke Lovett in Denton, TX; livestream and details available here
Apr 26 @ 7pm — Performance of Mystic Dark and Joyous Light (lyrics by Jim Henderson) by Crooked Mowth in Clarksville, MD at a house concert (contact me for details)
Apr 27 @ 2pm — Performance of Mystic Dark and Joyous Light by Crooked Mowth in Princeton, NJ at Princeton Porchfest; details here
Apr 27 @ 8pm — Performance with the Horizon Ensemble at Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA; performing on violin, program includes Ryan Johnston's Piano Concerto and Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony; details here
May 4-5 — Premiere of Ave Maria by Jameson Singers in Cambridge and Newton, MA; additional information here, tickets available soon
…and some recent ones
Apr 7 ‘24 — performance of “Mystic Dark and Joyous Light” (lyrics by Jim Henderson) at Crooked Mowth’s Eclipse Eve Concert in Burlington, VT
Mar 27 — premiere of “Prayers for Democracy,” music by Kitty Brazelton/lyrics by J. Andrés Ballesteros at the Public Library of Brookline as part of White Snake Projects’ Sing Out Strong: Emancipated Voices
Mar 1 — Speaker at the inaugural Harvard Creative Careers Panel; open to Harvard College undergraduates and local Harvard College recent graduates
13 & 14 Jan — Performances of “Gaudete” by the Brattleboro Concert Choir (VT)
9 Dec ‘23 — Premiere of “Sailboats in Melaka” by the Greensboro Concert Band (Greensboro, NC) at Dana Auditorium, 7:30pm
19 Nov-9 Dec ‘23 — Performances of “Self-Portrait” by the Lamont Trio (Denver, CO), the Pelgrim Trio (Dordrecht, the Netherlands), and Ensemble Flex (Brisbane, Australia) as part of the Towards a Shining Light 50 for 50 Global Composer project, led by Paul Kopetz
12-15 Jul ‘23 — Premiere of “Regateando,” duet for tenor and bass trombones commissioned by Border Bones at the International Trombone Festival (Salt Lake City, UT)
15 Jun ‘23 — Fanfare for Composing Women concert with Ballets Russes Arts Initiative and Congregation Kehillath Israel, featuring the first performance of a new orchestration of Fanny Hensel’s Piano Sonata in G Minor by Patricia Wallinga; concert producer (Brookline, MA)