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Past Events - Performances and Residencies

2015 - 2021


2021

October 9, Tampa
Hocket, premiere performance
Cygnus and Vulpecula (from Constellations)
Eunmi Ko, piano
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

September 29, Rochester
Moon Song Variations, for oboe and piano
premiere performance
Alex Lynch, oboe, and Kevin Wang, piano
Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music
2020

August 16, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
Trio for Viola, Percussion, and Piano
Arts Centre Chamber Series, performed by Mark Menzies (violin / viola), Justin DeHart (percussion) & Reuben de Lautour (piano)
The Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ. 2pm

July 25, Live Streamed Performance
Starpoints, for solo violin
Nurit Pacht, violin, WCM 2020 season concerts

July 6, LaGrasse, FRANCE - CANCELED
Star Light, for solo piano, performed by Eunmi Ko in a concert of solo works about the night.
En Blanc et Noir 2020 festival, July 4 to 6
Midnight

March 21, New York - CANCELED
Freight, for solo guitar, performed by Aaron Larget-Caplan in a concert of music for viola and guitar sponsored in part by the American Composers Alliance. Other composers include David Froom, Francine Trester, John Anthony Lennon, Darlece Mitchell, Thomas Read, Tom Flaherty, Alice Shields, and Matthew Davidson.
National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY; 7:30 pm

March 22, Boston - CANCELED
Freight, for solo guitar, performed by Aaron Larget-Caplan in a concert of music for viola and guitar.
Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116; 7:30 pm


February 3, Rochester, NY
Under the Resurrection Palm
Duo Cortona - Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano, and Ari Steisfeld, violin
Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

2019

November 18, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sticks, Bones, and Dust for solo marimba premiered by Transient Canvas
UNLV - Nextet concert series, Doc Rando Recital Hall, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV
8 pm

November 10, Rochester
The Sleepers, for soprano and chamber orchestra, is performed by soprano Tyler Cassidy-Heacock with Cordancia, Rachel Lauber conducting 
Memorial Art Gallery, Cutler Union, 500 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 at 7 pm


November 9, Rochester
The Sleepers, for soprano and chamber orchestra, is performed by soprano Tyler Cassidy-Heacock with Cordancia, Rachel Lauber conducting
Hochstein School Performance Hall, 50 Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, NY 14614 at 7 pm


October 18, Rochester
The Sacred Harp is performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday conducting
Eastman School of Music, Kodak Hall, 7:30 pm


October 7, Rochester, NY
Constellations, for solo piano
Eunmi Ko, piano, performs Constellations and George Crumb's Makrokosmos II in an album release concert for the innova cd Constellations, which will be released on September 27th. 
Eastman School of Music, Hatch Hall, 7:30 pm


September 27
CD Album release on innova Recordings - "Constellations"
Eunmi Ko, piano, performs Constellations, for solo piano, and Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra, with the McCormick Percussion Group led by Robert McCormick.
innova 031


September 22, Durham, NC
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano

Duke University


September 19, Columbia, SC
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano

University of South Carolina


September 18, Rochester
Soundings is performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday conducting
Eastman School of Music, Kodak Hall, 7:30 pm


September 16, Charleston, SC
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano

College of Charleston


August 22, San Francisco
Constellations, performed by pianist Eunmi Ko
San Francisco International Piano Festival
Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo, CA 94590
7:30 pm


August 11, Sacramento, CA
Duo, for flute and clarinet
Duo Esplanade
Crocker Art Museum
3 pm


August 10, Roseville, MN
Octet "It Began with a Dream"
Neotoric Chamber Winds
Roseville Lutheran Church, 1215 Roselawn Avenue West, 7 pm
1215 Roselawn Avenue West, Roseville, MN 55113


August 8, Minneapolis, MN
Octet "It Began with a Dream"
Neotoric Chamber Winds
MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 7 pm
501 S 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401


May 9, Kansas City, MO

Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano
University of Missouri


April 13, Canoga Park, CA

Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano
Madrid Theater

March 15
CD Album release on New Focus Recordings - "Dove Songs"
Dove Songs, Impromptus, The Sighs, and Sonata for Cello and Piano are performed by soprano Tony Arnold, guitarist Dieter Hennings, violinist Renée Jolles, cellist Steven Doane, and pianists Alison d'Amato, Margaret Kampmeier, and Barry Snyder.
FCR224

2018

December 12, Rochester
Folgore's Months, four songs for soprano and wind ensemble
Tony Arnold, soprano; Eastman Wind Ensemble Mark Scatterday, conductor
Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 PM

November 27, Los Angeles, CA
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano
Piano Spheres

Zipper Hall

October 26, New York
Impromptus, for violin and piano
Renée Jolles, violin; Margaret Kampmeirer, piano
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, 8 PM

October 14, Boston, MA
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano
Northeastern University

October 12, Ithaca, NY
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano, will perform a collection of short pieces written by a wide range of composers commissioned by her to write tributes honoring Steven Stucky.
Barnes Hall Auditorium, Cornell University, 8 pm

September 27, New York, NY
Epitaph, for piano
Garlands for Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng, piano
Bargemusic

September 29, Geneva, NY
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Pia Liptak, violin; Yi-Wen Chang, piano
A program of American music also featuring violin sonatas by Aaron Copland and Charles Ives
Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 7:30 PM

August 21-25, North Cascades National Park, Washington State
Performances of Two Nocturnes by Music in the American Wild
Emlyn Johnson, flute; Ellen Breakfield-Glick, clarinet; Daniel Ketter, cello
Commissioned with by a project grant from New Music USA, these performances will take place in various locations within North Cascades National Park, as part of a residency by Music in the American Wild.

August 1, Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions, Kitchener-Waterloo, NY
Persephone Drinks, from Songs for Persephone
Malina Rauschenfels, soprano; Sara Constant, flute; An-Laurence Higgens, guitar
WRCMS, 8 PM

June 15, Rochester
Premiere performance of Two Nocturnes
Emlyn Johnson, flute; Ellen Breakfield-Glick, clarinet; Daniel Ketter, cello
Sunset Concerts
 presented by The Landmark Society of Western New York
St. Joseph's Park, 7 PM

June 15, Cleveland
Duo, for flute and clarinet
Gunnar Owen Hirthe, clarinet, and Hong-Da Chin, flute
Appletree Books, 7 PM

April 28, Chicago
Constellations for solo piano
Zuzanna Kwon, piano
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale, IL, 6 PM

April 10, Oberlin OH
Ancient Songs, for baritone solo with instrumental ensemble
Timothy LeFebvre, baritone, and the Oberlin Sinfonietta conducted by Timothy Weiss
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin College and Conservatory
8 PM

April 7, Tampa, FL
Premiere performance of Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra
Eunmi Ko, piano; McCormick Percussion Group, conducted by Robert McCormick
University of South Florida
8 PM

March 16, Los Angeles
Melissa's Quilt, for viola and marimba
UCLA Flux, Jan Popper Theater, Herb Alpert School of Music, 8 PM 

March 11, Peace Memorial Prespbyterian Church, Clearwater, FL
February 11, Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake, IL
January 20, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ballast, for viola and organ
Rodland Duo

2017

December 1, Rochester
Premiere performance of Through the Brightening Air for wind orchestra
Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theater
8 PM

Garlands for Steven Stucky - 
new piano miniatures from 32 composers
November 10, Brown University
November 11, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York
November 12, Cooperage Project, Honesdale, PA
Gloria Cheng, piano

September 24, First Muse Chamber Music
Cold Litanies, for flute, cello, and piano
7:30 PM, First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester, NY

August 23, San Francisco
Pianist Eunmi Ko plays selections from Constellations and music by Bela Bartok and Robert Schumann
San Francisco International Piano Festival
The Freight & Salvage, 202 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
7:30 PM

August 19, Staunton Music Festival
Piano Roll Blues, for piano-seven hands, performed in a concert featuring music for one piano, from one to eight hands
12 PM, First Presbyterian Church, 100 East Frederick St, Staunton, VA

May 10, Rochester, NY
Broken Cries, for cello octet
Eastman Cello Ensemble
12:10 to 12:50 PM, Hochstein School of Music Performance Hall
Live broadcast on Rochester Public Radio WXXI Classical 91.5 FM "Noon from Hochstein" series

March 25, New York
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 6 pm, Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street

March 23, Rochester
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 3:30 pm, Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music

March 21, Provo, UT
Guest Composer at Brigham Young University
Piano Trio No. 2 
Ballast
 
for viola and organ

March 20, Conroe, TX
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 2 pm, Lone Star College

March 19, Baytown, TX
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 7:30 pm, Lee College, Performing Arts Center Black Box

March 18, Houston
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 3 pm, Kindred Lutheran Church, 2515 Waugh Drive

March 12, New York
Focusing
Deviant Septet
3 pm, Church of the Holy Trinity

February 19, Houston
Focusing 
Deviant Septet
8 pm, Duncan Hall, Rice University

February 10, Rochester
Constellations for piano
Yi-Wen Chang, piano
7:30 pm, Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue

January 29, Rochester
premiere performance
Impromptus for violin and piano
Renée Jolles, violin, and Margaret Kampmeier, piano
3 pm, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

January 22, Rochester
Ballast
the Rodland Duo in concert at Third Presbyterian Church, 3 pm

January 20, Miami
Constellations: Orion, Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Argo Navis, Aquila
Eunmi Ko, piano
10 am, Florida International University

January 17, Miami
Constellations: Orion, Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Argo Navis, Aquila
Eunmi Ko, piano
Kaleidoscope Piano Concert Series, 7pm

2016

November 23
Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
November 24
Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Madrid
premiere performances in Madrid, SPAIN
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers (Sini Virtanen, violin, Julia Keller, double bass, and Eunmi Ko, piano)

November 2, Rochester
Folgore’s Months, The Sacred Harp
the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, Mark Scatterday conducting

September 18, Tampa - Steinway Series, University of South Florida
September 13, Gainesville - University of Florida
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Columba, Argo Navis, & Lyra
Eunmi Ko, piano

August 13 - 8 pm, Naum Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
August 10 - 7 pm, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, & Lyra
Eunmi Ko, piano

June 11, Rome, Italy
June 13, Maccagno, Italy
June 14, Lucca, Italy
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, & Lyra
pianist Eunmi Ko at the Sala dell’Immacolata in Rome, the Auditorium di Maccagno, and the Cluster Associazione di Compositori in Lucca.

June 11, Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music
June 21, Houston
premiere performances
Ballast
Rodland Duo (Carol Rodland, viola, and Catherine Rodland, organ) 
Commissioned for premiere performances at the American Viola Society Festival, at Oberlin, on June 11th, and the American Guild of Organists national convention in Houston, on June 21st

May 25, Bogotá, Columbia
Songs for Persephone
Concierto Camerata Javeriana, at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

April 30, Rochester
Focusing
Deviant Septet in concert, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Benson Forum on Creativity, April 29 and 30

April 1, Rochester
Octet
the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, Kevin Holzman conducting

March 22, Columbia, Missouri
Rhapsodies
New Music Enemble, conducted by Stefan Freund
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Missouri

March 20, Chatter Cabaret, Albuquerque
March 17, William Harris Lee & Co., Chicago
March 16, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
March 12, Britt Music & Arts Festival, Medford, OR
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar

March 11, Boston
Refrain and Beauty and the Beast, from Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano, and Alison d’Amato, piano
the Florestan Recital Project

February 26, Columbia, Missouri
premiere performance
Focusing
Deviant Septet in concert at the University of Missouri
Koussevitzky Foundation for Music commission for Deviant Septet

February 24 - 26, Columbia, MO
guest composer, Mizzou New Music Initiative 
University of Missouri

2015

December 6, Lexington, KY
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky

November 29, Salida, CO
Melissa’s Quilt
Walden Chamber Music Society
Matt Diekman, viola; Rachel Hargroder, percussion

November 11, Louisville
from Preludes: Shadows, Dancing Light, First Star, Rooks
University of Louisville New Music Ensemble
University of Louisville New Music Festival, November 10-15

November 6, Rochester
November 8, Ithaca
premiere performances
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar
Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music; Ford Hall, Ithaca College

September 9, New York
Beauty and the Beast, from Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano; Jacob Greenberg, piano
Resonant Bodies Festival, 7:30 pm, Merkin Hall, New York

June 27, Crested Butte, CO
String Quartet No. 3
JACK Quartet
Crested Butte Music Festival

April 10, Tampa
Alive
Constellations
Saffron
Commedia
New Music Consortium, Barness Recital Hall, University of South Florida
McCormick Percussion Group; McCormick Duo; Eunmi Ko and Ivana Muncan, piano; Alexander Ravitz, clarinet, Lindsey Jones, violin

April 9 - 11, Tampa
Guest Composer, New Music Consortium
University of South Florida

March 16, Rochester
Away
Rochester Institute of Technology Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra

February 8, Rochester
premiere performance
The Sleepers, on text by Walt Whitman
Jamie Jordan, soprano; Cordancia chamber orchestra
Christ Church

January 25, Syracuse
Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano; Alison d’Amato, piano
Society for New Music, Syracuse

January 16, New York
premiere performance
String Quartet No. 3
JACK Quartet, Roulette performance space, Brooklyn

David Liptak © 2022