October, 2017
- Trio488 has been invited to tour Colombia. The tour will include residencies at Uno Minuto and EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia. The ensemble will present a number of concerts and give a series of master classes. These residencies will take place in March 2018 and is part of Texas State University's Latin America Engagement Initiative.
November, 2017
- Trio488 has been invited to tour Mexico. The tour will include a residency at University of the State of Mexico. While there, the ensemble will present a number of concerts and give a series of master classes. This residency will take place in March 2018 and is part of Texas State University's Latin America Engagement Initiative.
- Trio488 has been invited to tour Ecuador. The tour will include a residency at University of the Americas. While there, the ensemble will present a number concerts and give a series on master classes. These residency will take place in April 2018 and are part of Texas State University's Latin America Engagement Initiative.
January, 2018
- Myron Welch, Conductor of the Blue Lake Festival Band, has invited Ian to perform the Rimsky-Korsakov Oboe Concerto, Variations on a Theme of Glinka, with the ensemble at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in July of 2018. The concert will be presented as part of the 2018 Summer Arts Festival Season and will be broadcast live on NPR affiliate, Blue Lake Public Radio.
February, 2018
- Texas Bach Festival Artistic Director Barry Williamson has invited Ian to appear as soloist at the 2018 Texas Bach Festival performing Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, along with flutist Mathew Krejci, violinist Richard Kilmer, and trumpeter Kyle Koronka.
April 2018
- From the Austin Chronicle. "Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2017, and April 30, 2018, and settled on what was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span and announced the nominees for the 2018 Critics Table Awards." Ian was nominated in the Best Instrumentalist category for his work in the Austin Symphony Orchestra October 2017 Subscription Series Performances - A Feast of Voices. This is Ian's second nomination in this category having previously been nominated for his work with the Chamber Soloists of Austin presentation of The Complete Brandenburg Concertos.
May, 2018
- Trio488 has been invited to tour Mexico. The tour will include a residency at University of Guadalajara. While there, the ensemble will present a number concerts and give a series on master classes. This residency will take place in August 2018 and are part of Texas State University's Latin America Engagement Initiative.