He has worked with the New York City Opera and the Symphonies of New Jersey, North Carolina, Bangor, Meridian, Queens, New Amsterdam and Austin. He has appeared as guest conductor both in the United States and abroad. Glen Cortese is music director of the New York Chamber Sinfonia, and Principal Conductor at the Manhattan School of Music, where he is the director of orchestral studies. He has also received commissions to compose symphonic wind ensemble works for the Bi-Centennial of West Point and for the USAF Heritage of America Band at Langley AFB, VA. Ewazen's recent and upcoming commissions include a Double Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone and Orchestra, written for the principal players of the Tucson Symphony, a Bassoon Concerto for Florida State University, The Palace of Nine Perfections for Oklahoma University, a Symphony for Strings for the International Sejong Soloists and a piano trio for the Ahn Trio. premiere of Shadowcatcher with the American Brass Quintet. The Charleston (South Carolina) Symphony premiered his Concerto for Tenor Trombone and Orchestra and the West Virginia Symphony gave the U.S. Hornist Gail Williams and Larry Combs (principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony) were the first to perform The Art of the City along with the Chicago Chamber Musicians. Linda Strommen and the American Sinfonietta performed Ewazen's Oboe Concerto for the first time in Bellingham, Washington.
The Tenerife Symphony premiered the Ballade for Bass Trombone, Harp and String Orchestra in the Canary Islands. She-e Wu and the Orchestra Moments Musicales performed the Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan. The American Brass Quintet with the Orquesta Sinfonica Carlos Chavez performed Shadowcatcher, his brass quintet concerto for the first time in Mexico City.
Ewazen's orchestral and chamber works have been premiered around the world.
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