2011 Concerts
Thursday, January 6
Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Rochberg: Eleven Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg (1969)
Saturday, January 8
Concert with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Music Institute of Chicago
Evanston, IL
Rochberg: Eleven Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg (1969)
Monday, January 10
"Live from WFMT"
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley and friends
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
Chicago, IL
Fine: Two Tangoes
Rochberg: Eleven Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg (1969)
Ives: Selected Songs
Thursday, January 20
Elmira College Encore Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Elmira, NY
Debussy: Rhapsody
Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera
Ibert: Concertino da Camera
Schumann: Abendlied
Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart
Piazzolla: Two Tangoes
Sunday, January 23
Live from the Mayne Stage "Rush Hour Encores"
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
Morse Theatre
Chicago, IL
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15
Debussy: Children's Corner
Wednesday, February 9
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
With violinist Karina Canellakis
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major, K.454
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Monday, February 21
Concert with flautist Mary Stolper
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Saint-Saens: Odelette
Mel Bonis: Sonate
Kenji Bunch: Velocity (2006)
Laura Schwendinger: Rapture (1999)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Sueños se Chambi (2002)
Sunday, February 27
Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
Poulenc: Tel jour, telle nuit
Caplet: 3 Fables de Jean de la Fontaine
Canteloube: Selections from Chants d'Auvergne
Wednesday, March 2
CSO All-Access Chamber Concert
With violinist Yuan-Qing Yu and cellist Jonathan Pegis
Buntrock Hall, Symphony Center
Chicago, IL
Mozart: Violin Sonata in C Major, K.296
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.49
Thursday, March 3
CCPA Composition Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Stacy Garrop: songs from Book of American Poetry
Friday, March 4
The PianoForte Salon Series Live
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Sherwood Community Music School
Chicago, IL
Poulenc: Tel jour, telle nuit
Caplet: 3 Fables de Jean de la Fontaine
Canteloube: Selections from Chants d'Auvergne
Saturday, March 19
Abendmusik
With saxophonist Ashu
Morristown, NJ
Sunday, March 20
Calvary Episcopal Church
With saxophonist Ashu
Summit, NJ
Tuesday, March 22
Fulcrum Point Concert Series
Harris Hall
Chicago, IL
Geoffrey Gordon: Tiger Psalms
Mischa Zupko: Rising
Sunday, March 27
Sunday Salon Series
with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Poulenc: Tel jour, telle nuit
Caplet: 3 Fables de Jean de la Fontaine
Ned Rorem: Poems of Love and the Rain
Monday, March 28
Faculty Recital
With CSO cellist Brant Taylor
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Respighi: Adagio and Variations
Franck: Sonata
Tuesday, April 5
Santa Fe Concert Association
With saxophonist Ashu
Santa Fe, NM
Saturday, April 9
Concert with mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Ned Rorem: Poems of Love and the Rain
Rochberg: Eleven Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg (1969)
Laura Schwendinger: Chansons Innocentes (2000)
William Bolcom: selected songs
Sunday, April 10
First Presbyterian Church Bristol Arts Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Bristol, TN
Friday, May 13
New Music DePaul
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Elena Firsova: Dream
Stacy Garrop: songs from Book of American Poetry
Saturday, May 14
Trinity Concert Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Watertown, NY
Sunday, May 15
Port Washington Public Library Chamber Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Port Washington, NY
Monday, May 23
Chapel Concert Series
With clarinetist Blagoj Lamnjov and CSO cellist Brant Taylor
St. Pauls United Church of Christ
Chicago, IL
Poulenc: Sonate for clarinet and piano
Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Saturday, June 4
Fulcrum Point Concert Series
Harold Washington Library
Chicago, IL
Book Sounds in partnership with Chicago Tribune Printers Row LIT Fest
Tuesday, June 21
Rush Hour Concert as part of Make Music Chicago
With pianist Winston Choi
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
St. James Cathedral
Chicago, IL
Ravel: La valse
Wednesday, June 29
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
With cellist Injung Song
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Dvorak: Silent Woods
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Piazzolla: Grand Tango
Sunday, July 10
Thaxted Festival
With saxophonist Ashu
Thaxted, England
Wednesday, July 13
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www. wfmt.com
With violinist Mathias Tacke and cellist Cheng-Hou Lee
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Mischa Zupko: Rising
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.70 No.2
Tuesday, July 19
Rush Hour Concert
With mezzo-soprano Emily Lodine
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
St. James Cathedral
Chicago, IL
Lee Hoiby: Bon Appétit
Thursday, July 21
Summer Stars Classical Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Ocean Grove, NJ
Tuesday, August 9
Rush Hour Concert
in conjunction with the Poetry Foundation
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
St. James Cathedral
Chicago, IL
Shostakovich: selected works from Preludes, Op.34
Monday, August 15
Classical Monday Series
With violinist Rika Seko, violist Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff and cellist Nicholas Photinos
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Friday, August 19
Michigan City Chamber Music Festival
1st Presbyterian Church
Michigan City, IN
Recital of Italian Arias
Tuesday, August 23
Rush Hour Concert
With cellist Marina Hoover
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
St. James Cathedral
Chicago, IL
Works by de Falla, Granados and Cassado
Wednesday, September 7
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
With violinist Piotr Filochowski
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Wieniawski: Polonaise Brilliante No.2 in A Major, Op.21
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (arr. Milstein)
Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op.15
Saturday, September 17
Recital with saxophonist Ashu
Chamber Music Society Fairfield
Fairfield, IA
Wednesday, September 21
CCPA Faculty Recital
with cellist Cheng-Hou Lee
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Barber: Cello Sonata (1932)
Carter: Cello Sonata (1948, rev. 1992)
Poulenc: Cello Sonata (1948)
Sunday, September 25
First Presbyterian Church Music Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Fort Wayne, IN
Thursday, September 29
NIU Faculty Recital
With cellist Cheng-Hou Lee
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
Barber: Cello Sonata (1932)
Carter: Cello Sonata (1948, rev. 1992)
Poulenc: Cello Sonata (1948)
Sunday, October 2
Fairmont Chamber Music Society
With saxophonist Ashu
Fairmont, WV
Tuesday, October 4
Gordon College Recital Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Barnesville, GA
Friday, October 7
Crown Concert Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Lancaster, PA
Saturday, October 8
Christ Church Concert Series
With saxophonist Ashu
La Plata, MD
Sunday, October 9
Sundays at Central Concert Series
With saxophonist Ashu
Towson, MD
Saturday, October 15
Water Music Festival
With saxophonist Ashu
Long Beach, WA
Friday, November 4
Lecture recital with Jonathan Zimmer
Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
Scriabin: Deux Danses, Op.73
Scriabin: Etude, Op. 65, No.3
Roslavets: Selections from Five Preludes (1922)
Lourie: Deux Poemes, Op. 8 (1908)
Sabaneyev: Selections from Five Esquisses, Op. 14
Wednesday, November 9
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and on www.wfmt.com
With clarinetist Blagoj Lamnjov
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Messager: Solo de Concours
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces
Bernstein: Sonata
Francaix: Tema con Variazioni
Saturday, November 12
CCPA Piano Fest
Lecture recital with Jonathan Zimmer
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Scriabin: Deux Danses, Op.73
Scriabin: Etude, Op. 65 No.3
Roslavets: Selections from Five Preludes (1922)
Lourie: Deux Poemes, Op. 8 (1908)
Sabaneyev: Selections from Five Esquisses, Op. 14
Sunday, November 13
CCPA Piano Fest
Festival Finale with pianist Winston Choi
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Bach: Art of the Fugue for two keyboards
Ravel: La valse for two pianos
JacobTV: The Body of Your Dreams (2003)
John Adams: Hallelujah Junction for two pianos(1996)
Wednesday, November 16
Fulcrum Point Benefit Concert
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
JacobTV: The Body of Your Dreams (2003)
Sunday, November 20
Faculty Recital
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, violinist Blaise Magniere and cellist Cheng-Hou Lee
Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
Rachmaninoff: selected songs
Bacewicz: selected songs
Mussorgsky: selections from The Nursery
Shostakovich: Romanzen Suite, Op. 127
Monday, November 21
"Live from WFMT"
With mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, violinist Blaise Magniere and cellist Cheng-Hou Lee
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
Chicago, IL
Rachmaninoff: selected songs
Bacewicz: selected songs
Mussorgsky: selections from The Nursery
Shostakovich: Romanzen Suite, Op. 127
selection of piano works by Scriabin, Roslavets, Lourie and Sabaneyev
Sunday, December 4
Concert with CSO principal flautist Mathieu Dufour
Washington, DC
Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Major, K.526
Schubert: Variations on "Trockne Blumen", D.802
Mouquet: Sonata
Bourne: Carmen Fantasy
Poulenc: Flute Sonata
Sunday, December 18
Live from the Mayne Stage "Rush Hour Encores"
With violist Anthony Devroye
Live broadcast on WFMT 98.7fm and www.wfmt.com
Morse Theatre
Chicago, IL
Shostakovich: selected works from Preludes, Op.34
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata