[1][2][3] He made his New York City solo recital debut at Merkin Hall in 2000, sponsored by the League of Composers/ISCM.
He has performed solo recitals and appeared as featured soloist in Paris (at the Église St-Merri), New York, Rome (American Academy), Helsinki (Sibelius Academy), Athens (Mitropoulos Hall), Mexico City (National Museum of Art), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series), and elsewhere.
[6] Both Volume 5 of Burleson's Saint-Saëns series, and the Roy Harris CD, include several first recordings of unpublished works.
[4][5] Chamber recordings include Odd Couple[7], a duo CD with Matt Haimovitz including works of Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, David Sanford, and Augusta Read Thomas (on the Oxingale label); and AKOKA[8] (Pentatone) with a program featuring Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, as well as works by David Krakauer and DJ Socalled, with David Krakauer, clarinet; Matt Haimovitz, cello; and Jonathan Crow, violin.
Burleson is a core member of the American Modern Ensemble, Boston Musica Viva, SWARMIUS, Tribeca New Music, David Sanford’s Pittsburgh Collective, Ensemble Ipse, the IMPetus Trio, and Princeton University's Richardson Chamber Players.