2 0 1 5 C o n c e r t s
Saturday, January 17 at 1:00pm
CCPA Brass Faculty Recital
With trumpeter Mark Ridenour, hornists Greg Flint and David Griffin, trombonist Reed Capshaw and tubist Charles Schuchat
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Nehlybel: Scherzo Concertante from Horn and Piano
Stevens: Variations in Olden Style for Tuba and Piano
Sulek: Sonata Vox Gabrieli (1973) from Trombone and Piano
Wilder: Suite for Horn, Tuba and Piano
Glière: Nocturne for Horn and Piano
Arban: Fantasie Brilliante for Trumpet and Piano
Sunday, January 18th at 12:00pm
Not My Language
with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, violinist Janet Sung and cellist Brant Taylor
PianoForte Chicago, Chicago, IL
Schubert: Aria from Metastasio’s Didone
Beethoven: Scottish Folksongs, Op. 108
Ravel: Violin Sonata
Ives: Three French Songs
Susan Botti: Dido Refuses to Speak (2011)
Babbitt: Three Theatrical Songs (1981)
Sunday, January 18th at 4:00pm
Intersection: Jazz meets Classical song
With soprano Patrice Michaels, violinist Zach Brock and cellist Larry Gray
Concert with soprano Patrice Michaels, violinist Zach Brock cellist Larry Gray
Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Selections from the CD
Monday, January 19th at 8:00 pm
Live from WFMT
Not My Language
with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, violinist Janet Sung and cellist Brant Taylor
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com, Chicago, IL
see program from Jan. 18
Tuesday, February 3rd at 8:00pm
Intersection: Jazz meets Classical song
With soprano Patrice Michaels, violinist Zach Brock and cellist Nicholas Photinos
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Selections from the CD
Wednesday, February 18 at 7:30pm
Recital with flutist Gaby Vargas
Curtiss Hall-Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
Reinecke: Sonata Undine, Op.167
Vinicio Meza: Tango (1995)-Midwest Premiere
Fauré: Morceau de Concourse
Dutilleux: Sonatine
Doppler: Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26
Friday, February 20 at 8:00pm
New Music DePaul
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Dutilleux: from Correspondances (2003)
Thursday, February 26 at 7:30pm
Chicago Composers Consortium
With soprano Henriët Fourie and violist Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff
Kathleen Ginther: Two Apollinaire Songs (2007)
Sunday, March 8 at 4:00pm
Second Sunday Concert Series
with violinist Janet Sung
Howard Performing Arts Center, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E;flat Major, Op. 18
Ravel: Violin Sonata
March 19
Chamber Music Masterclass at North Park University
March 27 at 4:30pm
College Music Society Great Lakes Conference
with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Jacob Bancks: Southern Harmony (2013)
March 31st
Adjudicator for Wheaton College Chamber Music Competition
Friday, April 10 at 7:30pm
with pianist Winston Choi
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Kyong Mee Choi: Dawn and Dusk (2012)
Saturday, April 11 at 7:30pm
Polarity
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
With trumpeter Stephen Burns
Geneva, IL
Sulek: Sonata Vox Gabrieli (1973)
Somei Satoh: Hikari (1986)
Sunday, April 12 at 3:00pm
Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players
w/violinist Mathias Tacke and cellist Paula Kosower
United Church of Hinsdale
Hinsdale, IL
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No.2
Schumann: Piano Trio in F major, Op. 80
Wednesday, April 15 at 12:15pm
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
With violinist Piotr Filochowski
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Brahms: Sonatensatz
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.108
Wieniawski, Polonaise brillante No. 2, Op. 21
Saturday, April 18 at 12:00pm
Graduate Recital
With cellist Lia Kohl
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Brahms: Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
Sunday, April 19 at 3:00pm
Faculty Recital
With CSO cellist Brant Taylor
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Bach: Sonata in G major, BWV 1027
Messiaen: Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
Bach: Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029
Janacek: Pohádka
Bach: Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028
Tuesday, April 21 at 6:00pm
Kennedy Center Conservatory Project
Recital and live webcast with students from Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
With mezzo-soprano Kelsey Park, violinist Lena Zeliszewska and cellist Brannon Cho
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington, DC
Arias by Strauss and Rossini; Song by DuParc (with mezzo-soprano Kelsey Park)
Lutoslawski: Subito (with violinist Lena Zeliszewska)
Ravel: Tzigane
Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volston (with cellist Brannon Cho)
Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30pm
Faculty recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Concordia University-Chicago,River Forest, IL
Ives: Three French Songs (1901)
Schnabel: Lieder, Op. 14 (1904)
George Crumb: Apparition (1979)
Friday, May 8 at 8:00pm
A Musical Feast
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Ives: Three French Songs (1901)
Schnabel: Lieder, Op. 14 (1904)
George Crumb: Apparition (1979)
Wednesday, May 13th
EarTaxi Festival launch event
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Harris Theater, Chicago, IL
Selections from Jacob Bancks Southern Harmony (2013)
Friday, May 15 at 7:00pm
Faculty Recital
with saxophonist Jeremy Ruthrauff
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Ravel (arr. David Walter): Sonatine (1903-05)
Schmitt: Le Songe de Coppélius, Op. 30 (1906/1927)
Debussy: Rhapsody (1903)
Desenclos: Prélude, Cadence and Finale (1956)
Schmitt: Légende, Op. 66 (1918)
Decruck: Sonata in C-sharp (1943)
Sunday, May 17 at 2:00pm
Chicago Flute Club Silver Anniversary Concert
With flutists Jennie Brown, Jonathan Keeble, Yukie Ota, Thomas Robertello, Mary Stolper, Marie Tachouet
Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
Shulamit Ran: Birds of Paradise (2014)
Sancan: Sonatine
Joseph Schwantner: Black Anemones
Joseph Schwantner: Just follow... from Looking Back
Doppler: Andante and Rondo
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Martin: Ballade
Monday, June 1 at 6:00pm
CSO First Chairs
With CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Debussy: Sonata in G Minor
Aaron Jay Kernis: Air (1996)
Sarasate: Spanish Dances
Wednesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm
Howl: Music and Poetry from Bauhaus to Beat
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Wolpe: Quartet (1954)
George Flynn: American Howl (2010) (link for composer--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Flynn)
June 21 all day
Make Music Chicago!!
Sunday, June 21 at 1:00pm
Rush Hour Concert
With soprano Patrice Michaels and cellist Larry Gray
Live broadcast on WDCB 90.9fm and streaming on the internet
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Including works by Previn, Musto, Bauer, Kapustin, Israels and Harsanyi
Wednesday, June 24 at 1:30pm
Guest Recital
With tubist Charles Schuchat
Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
Barat: Introduction and Dance
Stevens: Variations in Olden Style
Gregson: Tuba Concerto
Thierry Thibault: Molto Tango (2007)
Tuesday, July 21 at 5:45pm
Rush Hour Concert
With CSO cellist Brant Taylor
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on the internet
St. James Cathedral, Chicago, IL
Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6
August 17-21
Rocky Ridge Music Festival
Chamber Music Workshop Faculty
Friday, August 21 at 7:00pm
Rocky Ridge Music Festival
Faculty concert
With violinist Jacob Murphy, violist John Dexter, cellist Judith Glyde
Mahler: Piano Quartet
Schnittke: Piano Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Friday, September 11 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley and baritone John Muriello
North Park University, Chicago, IL
Geoffrey Gordon: Sonnets from Neruda (2015) (world premiere)
Argento: A Few Words about Chekhov (1996)
Sunday, September 13 at 3:00pm
Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley and baritone John Muriello
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Geoffrey Gordon: Sonnets from Neruda (2015)
Argento: A Few Words about Chekhov (1996)
Sunday, September 20 at 3:00pm
Faculty Recital
With cellist Brant Taylor
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
September 25 at 3:00 pm
Chamber Music Masterclass at SUNY-Fredonia
Sunday, September 27 at 2:00pm
Faculty Recital
With cellist Natasha Farny
SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Beethoven: Variations on “Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fühlen”, WoO46
Kernis: Air (1995)
Papandopulo: Rhapsodia Concertante
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6
Wednesday, September 30 at 12:15pm
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
With violinist Ania Filochowska
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Brahms: Sonatensatz
Debussy: Sonata
Chopin-Sarasate: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No.2
Chopin-Milstein: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. post.
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sunday, October 4 at 4:00pm
The Art Complex Museum
With cellist Natasha Farny
Duxbury, MA
Beethoven: Variations on “Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fühlen”, WoO46
Kernis: Air (1995)
Papandopulo: Rhapsodia Concertante
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6
Wednesday, October 14 at 6:30pm
Stradivari Society Concert
With violinist Augustin Hadelich
Woman’s Athletic Club, Chicago, IL
Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo
Stravinsky: Divertimento
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
Sunday, October 18 at 3:00pm
CCPA PianoFest
All-Bach Program
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Bach: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30pm
CCPA PianoFest
The Pianist-Composer/Composer-Pianist
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Laurie Altman: Ten Miniatures (2012) (world premiere)
Thursday, November 5 at 7:30pm
Strathmore: Music in the Mansion
With saxophonist Ashu
Washington, DC
Ibert: Concertino da Camera
Rachmaninoff: Andante from Sonata, Op.19
Villa-Lobos: Fantasia
Creston: Sonata
Piazzolla: Four Tangoes
Morricone: Italian Film Suite
Demersseman: Fantasie sur un thème Original
Friday, November 6 at 8:00pm
The Woodlands Salon Series
With saxophonist Ashu
The Woodlands, TX
See Nov. 5 program
Saturday, November 7 at 7:00pm
Fundraiser for Chicago Academy of Music
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Block 37, Chicago, IL
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Part: Fratres
Monday, November 9 at 8:00pm
Live from WFMT
With flutists Mary Stolper and Jen Brown
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
Chicago, IL
Shulamit Ran: Birds of Paradise (2014)
Joseph Schwantner: Black Anemones
Joseph Schwantner: Looking Back
Tuesday, November 10 at 6:00pm
Life with Lenny
Rush Hour Concerts Fall Benefit
With soprano Michelle Areyzaga, violist Anthony Devroye and cellist Brant Taylor
Woman’s Athletic Club, Chicago, IL
Bernstein: selection of songs
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata (arr. for viola)
Bernstein: Meditation No. 1 for cello and piano
Sunday, November 15 at 1:00pm
Dempster St. Pro Musica
With CSO members violinist Qing Hou, violinist Lei Hou, violist Larry Neumann, cellist Ken Olsen and bassist Alexander Hanna
SPACE, Evanston, IL
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Major
Schubert: Quintet in A Major, D.667 “Trout”
Wednesday, December 16 at 7:30pm
18th Annual Concert for Peace
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Chopin Theatre, Chicago, IL
Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 4 (1987)
Antonio Celso Ribiero: Forgotten Hamlets from Syrian Requiem (2014)
John Luther Adams: The Light Within (2007)
George Flynn: American Howl Quartet (2010)
Saturday, December 19 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm
INTUIT Dance Show
Dominican University
River Forest, IL
Kapustin: 6 Preludes from Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53
Monday, December 21st
Recording session for Shulamit Ran’s Three Fantasy Pieces with cellist Barbara Hafner