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| A calendar highlighting selected performances of Steven Gerber's works during his lifetime. |
2015 |
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| May 2 |
String Quartet #6 (world premiere) |
Amernet String Quartet |
Sheldon
Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska |
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| April 13 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
Monroe Township Public Library, Jamesburg, NJ |
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| April 12 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
Wolfensohn Hall at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ |
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| March 8 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
First Congregational Church, Hendersonville, NC |
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| March 4 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
Reuter Center at University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC |
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| March 2 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
Scott Concert Hall, The Porter Center at Brevard College, Brevard, NC |
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| February 27 |
Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello |
Soprello |
Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC |
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2014 |
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| December 5 |
Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A |
Filharmonia Dolnoslaska
Piotr Gajewski, conductor |
Festival of American Music
Jelenia Gora, Poland |
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| November 24 |
Spirituals for String Orchestra |
Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra
Karen Griebling, conductor |
Reves Recital Hall
Conway, Arkansas |
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| August 11 |
Spirituals for string quartet;
String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5;
Norma's Variations for string quartet;
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola;
Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne for viola and cello |
Amernet String Quartet |
(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., NYC |
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| July 23 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Luis Casal, viola |
"Concerts at Cove", Cove Church, Covesville VA
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| June 20 |
Three Little Duets for piano |
Adam Tendler, piano |
New Music Collective; at Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St., NYC
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| April 18 |
Soliloquy for solo bassoon |
Jack Chan, bassoon |
New Music Collective; at Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St., NYC
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| April 12 & 13 |
Spirituals (world premiere of the version for String Quartet)
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Carpe Diem String Quartet |
Harrison Park Community Center, Columbus, Ohio
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| March 23 |
Two Lyric Pieces for violin and string orchestra |
Robert Spates, violin
Capital Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Gau, conductor |
Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
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| February 28 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Luis Casal, viola |
Brooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY
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2013 |
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| November 20 |
65th Birthday Concert
Norma's Variations; 6 Songs; 3 Poems of Ben Jonson (world premiere)
Spirituals, Book II (NY premiere); 5 Shakespeare Songs; Dreamwork;
Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich";
Two Antiphonal Pieces |
West End Duo: Eveline Kuhn, flute and Arash Amini, cello; Cyrus Beroukhim, violin and viola; Allison Pohl, soprano; Steven
Gerber, piano |
New York Society for Ethical Culture |
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| August 28 |
Soliloquy for solo bassoon
(world premiere)
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Bryan Young, bassoon |
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA
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| August 2 |
Fantasy for solo violin; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola; 2 Antiphonal Pieces (world premiere) for cello and piano; Norma's Variations for violin and piano; 5 Greek Folksongs (After Ravel) for violin and piano; Notturno for piano trio; 3 Folksong Transformations for piano trio; 3 Pieces for 2 violins; Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne for viola and cello |
Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Cyrus Beroukhim, violin + viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Steven Gerber, piano |
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker St., New York City
Doors open at 6:30
Concert begins at 7:30
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| March 22 |
5 Shakespeare Songs
(world premiere)
Words for Music Perhaps
| Emily Howard, soprano; Steven Gerber, piano
Emily Howard, soprano |
Brooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY
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| March 2 |
Two Lyric Pieces for violin and stirng orchestra (world premiere)
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductor; Elena Urioste, violin |
Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, MD
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2012 |
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| November 4 |
Words for Music Perhaps |
Third Millennium Ensemble; Susan Wheeler, soprano |
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. Bethesda, Maryland |
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| August 10 |
Spirituals Book II for flute and cello |
Eveline Kuhn, flute; Arash Amini, cello |
Private concert in Los Angeles, CA, in honor of Judea Pearl and his foundation |
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| May 18 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Misha Quint, cello |
Mannes College, The New School for Music, New York, NY |
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| April 23 |
Fantasy-Quartet for Percussion
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New Jersey Percussion Ensemble |
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
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2011 |
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| December 10 |
Two Intermezzi
Three Little Duets
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Steven Gerber, piano |
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
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| September 30 |
Three Little Duets
(world premiere)
Scherzo (from Piano Sonata) |
Steven Gerber, piano |
The Firehouse Space, 246 Frost St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY |
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| June 23 |
Duo in Three Movements |
Rolf Schulte, violin
Steven Gerber, piano |
Mannes College of Music, Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance |
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| June 15 |
Duet for solo clarinet
Dialogues for clarinet and piano |
Alan Kay, clarinet
Steven Gerber, piano |
American Composers Alliance festival, Symphony Space, NYC |
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| May 8 |
Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet |
Third Milennium Ensemble |
Paintbranch Unitarian Universalist Church
Adelphi, Maryland
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| April 13 |
Violin Concerto |
Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Kutztown University Orchestra, Willis Rapp, conductor |
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA |
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| April 8 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
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2010 |
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| October 11 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
Trinity College of Music, Greenwich, England |
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| March 23 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
Atelier de la Main d'Or, Paris |
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| February 17 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
Faculty House, Columbia University, New York City |
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| February 9 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales |
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| February 9 |
Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola |
Matthew Jones, viola |
Palmer Building, University of Reading, UK |
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2009 |
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| October 3 |
String Quartet No. 5 |
The Amernet String Quartet |
National Center for the Arts, Mexico City |
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| April 4 |
String Quartet No. 5 |
The Amernet String Quartet |
Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, Miami Beach, Florida |
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| March 25, 26, 27, and 28 |
Music in Dark Times (world premiere) |
San Francisco Symphony
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco |
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| February 9 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Christ Chapel, St. Peter, MN |
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| February 7 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Schauer Arts Center, Hartford, WI |
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| February 6 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Naperville, IL |
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| February 5 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Dayton, OH |
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| February 4 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Nashville, TN |
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| February 2 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Manchester, MO |
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| January 31 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
St. John's Lutheran Church, Des Moines, IA |
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| January 30 |
Spirituals for string orchestra |
Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN |
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2008 |
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| October 12 |
Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet |
Third Millennium Ensemble |
The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum,
Bethesda, Maryland |
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| July 24 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Michael Klotz, viola |
Bowdoin College Summer Festival; Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College |
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| June 25 |
Spirituals for String Orchestra |
Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor |
Weber Hall, University of Minnesota/Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota |
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| June 15 |
Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne |
Third Millennium Ensemble; Julius Wirth, viola and Barbara Brown, cello |
The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum
Bethesda, Maryland |
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| June 8 |
Symphony #2 |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia |
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| June 4 |
Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought for chorus a cappella (world premiere) |
New York Virtuoso Singers; Harold Rosenbaum, conductor |
Symphony Space, New York City |
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| June 1 |
Symphony #2 |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. |
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| February 17 |
Symphony #1 |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. |
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| February 10 |
Symphony #1 |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia |
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2007 |
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| December 9 |
Serenade for Strings |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC |
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| December 2 |
Serenade for Strings |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor |
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, Virginia |
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November 4
4 PM |
Spirituals for String Orchestra |
COSMIC Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor |
Huntingtown High School, Huntingtown, Maryland |
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November 3
7 PM |
Spirituals for String Orchestra |
COSMIC Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor |
Patuxent Presbyterian Church, California, Maryland |
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| October 24 |
Duet for Solo Clarinet |
Peter Furniss, clarinet |
The Warehouse, London England |
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| August 2 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Misha Quint, cello |
Schule Birklehof Musikhaus, Hinterzarten, Germany |
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| July 17 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Misha Quint, cello |
Interharmony Music Festival, Soesterberg, The Netherlands |
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| June 22 |
Fantasy for solo violin; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Two Intermezzi for piano; Cocktail Music (Song Without Words) for piano; Five Greek Folksongs (After Ravel) for violin and piano (world premiere) |
Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Steven Gerber, piano |
André Café Acoustique (Chester Performing Arts Project), Chester, Pennsylvania |
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June 21
12:00 PM |
Spirituals for Clarinet and String Quartet |
Members of the New York Philharmonic:
Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet
Michelle Kim, Minyoung Chang, violins
Robert Rinehart, viola, Eileen Moon, cello |
Make Music New York Festival, Lincoln Center Plaza |
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| June 7 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Misha Quint, cello |
Interharmony International Music Festival, Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center, Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
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| April 29 |
Three Songs Without Words |
Emily Bayer-Pacht, violin |
Black Box Theater, New York University |
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| April 16 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Alexis Lantgen, viola |
Florida International Universtiy, Miami, Florida |
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| April 11 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Misha Quint, cello |
Bernard Baruch College, 25th and Lexington Ave., NYC |
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| April 1 |
Ode for String Orchestra |
Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Boico, conductor |
The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, New York City |
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| February 18 |
Symphony #1 (first movement) |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic;
Ulysses S. James, conductor |
The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. |
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| February 11 |
Symphony #1 (first movement) |
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic;
Ulysses S. James, conductor |
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia |
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2006 |
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| November 18 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Jason Calloway, cello |
Holy Nativity Church
Los Angeles, CA |
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| October 10 |
Five Canonic Duos for oboe and bassoon
world premiere -- commissioned by The Lark Ascending |
The Lark Ascending |
Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC |
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| October 4 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Michael Klotz, viola |
Florida International University, Miami, Florida |
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| July 7 |
Duet for solo clarinet (world premiere) |
Alex Fiterstein, clarinet |
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY |
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| May 20 |
Four Songs |
Emily Howard, soprano, Scott Rednour, piano |
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY |
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| May 5 |
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" |
Carmel Music Society,
Katie Kadarauch, viola |
Carmel, California |
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| April 27 |
Three Songs Without Words |
Anat Kardontchik, violin |
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY |
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| March 26 | Symphony No. 2 ("Elegies and Fanfares") - world premiere | Skokie Valley Symphony, Daniel Boico, conductor | Skokie, Illinois |
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2005 |
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| September 20 | Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A | Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Richarson, conductor | Concert inaugurated new hall
Omaha, Nebraska |
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| June 17 | Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A | National Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductor | Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland |
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| June 8 | Notturno for piano trio; 3 Folksong Transformations for piano trio; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo cello; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Cocktail Music: Song Without Words for solo piano | Steven Gerber, piano; Emil Chudnovsky, violin; Daniel Levitov, cello | State Department, Washington, D.C. |
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| May 20 | Desert Places: 3 Poems of Robert Frost; 3 Poems of William Shakespeare | Christine Moore, soprano; Steven Gerber, piano | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY |
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| May 8 | Fantasy for solo violin | Cyrus Beroukhim, violin | Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| April 17 | Spirituals for string orchestra (U.S. premiere) | University of Tennessee Chamber Orchestra, James Fellenbaum, conductor | Knoxville, Tennessee |
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| April 2 | Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" | Misha Quint, cello | Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| March 18 | Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" | Juho Laitinen, cello | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY |
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| February 19 and 20 | Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A | University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, James
Fellenbaum, conductor | Knoxville, Tennessee |
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| January 30 | Spirituals for String Orchestra | State Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg
Vladimir Lande, conductor | Beloselski-Belozerski Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| January 21 | Notturno for piano trio; Three Folksong Transformations for piano trio | Anna Rabinova, violin; Arash Amini, cello; Steven Gerber, piano | Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New York, NY |
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| January 17 | Three Folksong Transformations for violin, cello, and piano | Elektra Ensemble | Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music |
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| January 8 | Clarinet Concerto (world premiere) | Jon Manasse, clarinet; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductor | F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, Rockville, MD |
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2004 |
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| December 11 | Two Intermezzi and Cocktail Music (Song Without Words) | Steven Gerber, piano | Brooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY |
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| November 23 | Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" | Suren Bagratuni, cello | Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan |
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| November 21 | String Quartet No. 5 | NOVA Chamber Artists | Kozlowski Auditorium, Seton Hall University,
South Orange, NJ |
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| September 5 and 6 | Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A | Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel Smith, conductor | Wheeling, WV (9/5); Morgantown, WV (9/6) |
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| July 28 | Fantasy for solo violin | Michael Vaiman, violin | Summit Music Festival, Recital Hall at Purchase College, State University of New York |
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| July 11 | Gershwiniana (world premiere of version for 2 violins and viola) | Alexandre Brussilovsky, violin, et al. | Festival at Abbé de Pontlevoy, France (Loire) |
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| June 17 | Spirituals for String Orchestra | Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky, conductor | Gnesin's State Academy of Music Concert Hall, Moscow |
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| June 15 | Fantasy | Rolf Schulte, violin | Mannes College of Music, Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance |
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| April 20 | Chaconne and Fugue for viola and cello (world premiere) | Karin Brown, viola; Daniel Levitov, cello | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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| March 14 | Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" | Vladimir Khalikoulov, viola | Festival at Moulin d'Andé, France |
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| March 13 and 14 | Triple Overture (world premiere) | Long Island Philharmonic, David Wiley, conductor | State University of NY at Stony Brook; Tilles Center for the Performing Arts |
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| February 20 | Serenade for String Orchestra | Connecticut Virtuosi, Adrian Mackiewicz, conductor | St.Patrick-St. Anthony Church, Hartford, CT |
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| February 8 | Fantasy | Rolf Schulte, violin | Reisinger Hall, Sarah Lawrence College,
Bronxville, NY |
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| February 7 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Montauk Library, Montauk, NY |
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| February 1 | Sonatina for Oboe and Guitar; Notturno for piano trio | The Poné Ensemble | irst Methodist Church, New Paltz, NY |
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| January 30 | Two Intermezzi (No. 2) | So Yeon Park, piano | Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY |
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| January 14 | Fantasy; Three Songs Without Words | Kurt Nikkanen, violin | El Paso Pro Musica 14th annual chamber music festival; University of Texas, El Paso |
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| January 11 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
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2003 |
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| December 9 | Fantasy for solo violin | Rolf Schulte, violin | Merkin Hall, New York, NY |
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| December 8 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Irish Arts Center, NYC |
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| December 5 | Ode for string orchestra | Bari Symphony Orchestra, Walter Proost, conductor | Basilica SS. Medici, Alborobello, Italy |
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| November 30 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Good Shepherd Cathoplic Church, Brooklyn, NY |
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| November 19 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | American Irish Historical Society, NYC |
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| November 16 | String Quartet No. 5 (world premiere) | Amernet String Quartet | Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| November 9 | Dirge and Awakening | Wilmington Community Orchestra, Ovidiu Marinescu, conductor | Wilmington Music School, Wilmington, DE |
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| November 7 and 21 | Numerous solo, chamber, and vocal works | Cyrus Beroukhim, Jennifer Choi, and Grigory Kalinovsky, violins; Arash Amini and Sophie Shao, cellos; Emily Howard and Nicole Taylor, sopranos; Stevem Gerber, piano | Faust Harrison Pianos, New York, NY |
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| November 4 | Fantasy | Rolf Schulte, violin | University of California, Davis |
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| October 30 | Symphony No. 1; Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A | Symphony Orchestra of the Kiev Philharmonic, Nikolai Dyedura, conductor | Philharmonic Hall, Kiev, Ukraine |
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| October 26 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Malden Public Library, Malden, MA |
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| October 4 | Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet | | Kiev International Music Festival 2003 |
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| September 27 | Serenade for string orchestra | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Daniel Boico, conductor | Festival of conservatory orchestras, St. Petersburg, Russia. Part of the Society and Values Division of the International Information Programs Bureau of the US Department of State, "The Third International Week of Conservatories." |
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| September 11 | Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A (world premiere) | University of Maryland Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Milton Stevens, conductor | VOA auditorium |
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| July 27 | Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shotakovich" for solo viola | Vladimir Khalikulov, viola | Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA |
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| May | Serenade for string orchestra | Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky, conductor | Moscow, Russia |
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| May 8 | Two Intermezzi | Beth Levin, piano | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, V |
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| April 27 | Two Intermezzi | Beth Levin, piano | Christ and St. Stephens Church, New York, NY |
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| April 11 | Two Intermezzi | Beth Levin, piano | The Music Room, Arlington, MA |
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| March 23 | Dirge and Awakening (U.S. premiere) | Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Boico, cond | Skokie, IL |
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| Feburary 17 | Three Songs Without Words | Gregory Harrington, violin | Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY |
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| Feburary 10 | Fantasy | Rolf Schulte, violin | Cleveland State University |
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| Feburary 8 | Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet | Michael Strauss, viola, et al. | Natural History Museum, Indianapolis, IN |
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