2014
East Coast Premiere of Principles, oratorio on texts of Thomas Jefferson
SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, Combined Community Choruses TBA, Baritone Soloist TBA
Kevin Scott, Conductor
Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, New York
April 2014
2013
Trotzky’s Train (mvt. III) , repeat performance of this prize-winning piece
Ravenna String Orchestra
Judy Drake, conductor
Judith Cohen, solo piano
Wednesday, Dec. 11 2013, 8 pm
Eckstein Middle School auditorium, Seattle WA
3 Outside, first performance of the revised version, first performance in Europe
ClariCoro Clarinet Choir
Lino Urdan, conductor
Trieste Conservatory of Music
Trieste, Italia
Fall 2013
Do You Believe in Angels? First performance in the version with
organ accompaniment (registrations by Terry Hicks)
Good Shepherd Chancel Choir women, Terry Hicks, Minister of Music, playing organ
David Avshalomov, Guest Conductor
Church of Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills, California
Sept. 30, 2013 Feast of St. Michael and All the Angels celebration concert for the church’s 90th anniversary
Co-premiere of Vignettes for band
Plus an additional work by the composer, to be announced
Palos Verdes (CA) Symphonic Band, David Stanton, Music Director
David Avshalomov, Guest Conductor
Labor Day Pops concert, Sept. 2 2013, 5:00pm
South Coast Botanic Garden Outdoors on the lawn. Bring a picnic dinner!
Co-premiere of Vignettes
Pomona Concert Band, Linda Taylor, Conductor
G. Stanton Selby Bandshell at Ganesha Park, Pomona, CA
July 2013
3 Performances of 4 selections from the Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Blake)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Josh Habermann, conductor (Music Director, Dallas Symphony Chorale)
July 26, July 30, August 6, August 13 2013, 8pm
Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe, Santa Fe New Mexico
Co-premiere of Vignettes for band, a new large-consortium-commissioned work
Band of Long Island, Michael Flamhaft, Director
Sunday June 23, 2013 2 PM
Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington, NY
Collegiate Premiere of Prime Time for concert band
Tarleton State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Anthony Pursell, conductor
Tarleton State University Concert Hall, Stephenville, Texas
Spring 2013
Collegiate Premiere of my transcription of Bach’s Sinfonia from Cantata 29 for solo Marimba and concert band
Jackie Kent, marimba solo
Palm Beach State College Symphonic Wind Ensemble
David L. Gibble, conductor
Palm Beach State College, Florida
May 2013
2012
Chanukah Tonight! Repeat performance
Lions’ Pride Chamber Singers, Cathedral City (CA) High School
The Official Choir of Cathedral City
F. May Le Roy, Director
Thursday Dec. 13, 2012, 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Chanukah Tonight! First performance with mandoline orchestra. What fun!
Harmony Singers of Wayne, NJ
Michael Sanflippo, Director
Annual Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 4:00 pm
Special guests: The Philadelphia Mandolin Ensemble
Pompton Reformed Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ
November 1, 2012: Avshalomov/Meredith Kennedy Blue Sky Album launches! Purchase album or tracks on CDBaby . . . More Info. . .
Repeat performance of It Ain’t Necessarily Jazz from the Flute Sonata
Ellen Burr, Flute (for whom it was written), Leo Marcus, Piano
Santa Monica Public Library
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, 3:00 PM
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT of our new low-fee, large-group Commissioning Consortium for a new work for community/amateur concert bands (working title: Vignettes)
Sept. 15, 2012
Read about the 2012 Bandwagon Consortium
PUBLICATION of the composer’s Findings from his online survey of community
band instrumentation, with recommendations for composers and arrangers
NBA and ACB Journals, Fall 2012.
Spring Rondo, finalist, Columbia Summer Winds 2012 Outdoor Composition Contest
August 2012 reading rehearsals
New York City
Liturgical Premiere of This Sacred Space for choir, organ and brass
Choir of Christ Community Church, Carmichael, CA, Grady Manley, Jr., Conductor
February 2012
East Coast Premiere of Spring Rondo, revised version
SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, Kevin Scott, Conductor
Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, New York
April 2012–postponed to Spring 2013
2011
Elegy for strings, repeat performance
Mission Chamber Orchestra, Emily Ray, Conductor
Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose CA
November 7 2011
World Premiere of Do You Believe in Angels? – ecstatic setting of an original poem by the composer, for treble chorus and high strings
Alabama School of Fine Arts female vocal ensemble, Concerto Delle Donne, and string orchestra, Laura Doss, conductor
Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Friday, November 18 2011
Alabama School of Fine Arts Theatre, Thursday , December 1
Guiding Light Church, Birmingham, Thursday, December 15
Premiere of Chanukah Tonight! for chorus with piano
Cantori Domino, Santa Monica CA, Maurita Phillips-Thornburgh, Conductor
St. Augustine’s Church, Santa Monica, CA
December 4 2011, 4:00 PM
World Premiere of Praise the Lord, Psalm 150 setting for chorus, organ, and cymbal
Camerata Singers of Long Beach, Robert Istad, conductor
Los Altos Church, Long Beach, CA, November 2011
Reading of Prime Time, toccata brillante for concert band
CSULB Wind Ensemble, John Carnan, conductor
October 2011
European premiere of 3 a cappella nature settings
Vocoza Chamber Choir, Sanne Nieuwhausen, conductor
Amsterdam, Holland, June 2011
Repeat performance of Diversion
John Tafoya, timpanist, James Stern, violinist
National Orchestral Institute, University of Maryland, May 2011
World Premiere of The Mixed Blessings, a mashup setting of the Beatitudes from Luke and Matthew, for mixed chorus, baritone solo, and handbell choir
Cantori Domino, Bunny Thornburgh, conductor.
St. Augustine’s by the Sea, Santa Monica, CA, May 2011
World Premiere of the orchestral version of Trotzky’s Train
At the 20th anniversary Gala concert of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Day Turner, conductor, with guest pianist Gwendolyn Mok
Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, CA, April 2011
Recent
Benefit performance of The Chocolate Carol by Cantus Panamá, Kristin Saltonstall, director, at the Museo Anthropológico Reina Torres de Araúz, Panama City, Panamá. Funds raised at this concert were donated to the Hogar Infantil San José de Malambo, Panamá, December 12, 2010.
First performance of Concertino for Oboe (orchestration of the Sonata Breve)
Amelia Russo Neustadt (commissioner of the work)
with Irvine Valley College Orchestra and guest harpist, conducted by Steven Rochford
IVC Performing Arts Center, Irvine, CA, May 2010
Recital premiere of “Our Civil Rights”, baritone aria from the Principles oratorio
David Wells, Baritone
Daniel Recital Hall, Cal State Long Beach, April, 2010