2003

January 2003

The Road Home
Mixed Chorus a cappella
United States Army Soldiers' Chorus
Clinic at Ohio Music Educators Association Conference

January 16, 2003
8:00 pm

Preludes (#3 and #4)
Solo Piano
Lara Downes, Piano
New CD: "ReForm: New Takes on Traditional Forms"
Crossover Media, presentor
Knitting Factory, Alterknit Theatre
New York, New York

January 24, 2003

Whitman's Dream
Two Mixed Choruses, Brass and Timpani
Missouri All-Collegiate Choir, 120-voice honors choir
Missouri Music Educators Association
Dr. Jerry McCoy, Guest Conductor
Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage, Missouri

February 12, 2003
9:30 - 10:20 am

All Things New
Mixed Chorus and Keyboard
Trinity Choir, Trinity University
Scott MacPherson, Conductor and Clinician
Texas Music Educators' Association Convention
Lila Cockrell Theater at
Henry Gonzales Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas

February 13, 2003

Pilgrim's Hymn
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Duquesne University Chamber Singers
Brady Allred, Conductor
American Choral Directors Association Nat'l Convention
New York, NY

February 15, 2003
11:30 pm

Sing Creations Music On
Treble Chorus
Texas All-State Women's Choir
Sandra Snow, Conductor
Texas Music Educators' Association Convention
Lila Cockrell Theater at
Henry Gonzales Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas

February 15, 2003

Over One Hundred Years, movement II, "Reflections"
Concert Band
MMEA Mid-Winter Inservice Clinic
Dr. Timothy Mahr, Conductor
Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 1, 2003
7:30 pm
March 2, 2003
3:00 pm

Meditations of Li Po
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Androscoggin Chorale
Maine Music Society Concert: "Choral Contrasts"
Peter Frewen, Artistic Director
March 1:
Second Congregational Church
Norway, Maine
March 2:
United Baptist Church
Lewiston, Maine

March 2, 2003
3:00 pm

Courtship Songs
Flute, Oboe, Cello and Piano
Walden Chamber Players
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, Massachusetts

March 7, 2003
9:30 pm
March 8, 2003
4:00 pm & 9:30 pm

The Village Singer
Opera
Nippert Studio of the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, Ohio

March 7, 2003
8:00 pm

The Five Senses
for Narrator and Orchestra
(World Premiere)
Janet Bookspan, Narrator
Gil Rose, Conductor
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
New England Conservatory of Music, Jordan Hall
Boston, Massachusetts

March 12, 2003
7:30 pm
March 14, 2003
11:00 am, 8:00 pm

Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Associate Principal Strings:
Sarah Kwak, Violin
Robert Handford, Violin
Richard Marshall, Viola
Janet Horvath, Cello
Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 13, 2003
7:30 pm

Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Associate Principal Strings:
Sarah Kwak, Violin
Robert Handford, Violin
Richard Marshall, Viola
Janet Horvath, Cello
Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
College of Saint Benedict
St. Cloud, Minnesota

March 16, 2003
4:00 pm

Mass for a Sacred Place
(World Premiere)
The Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D.C.
Reilly Lewis, Conductor
National Cathedral
Washington, DC

March 22, 2003
7:30 pm

Reflections: Four Movements on a Theme of Wallace Stevens
Chamber Orchestra
Maine Chamber Ensemble
Maine Music Society Concert: "Invisible Reflections"
Peter Frewen, Artist Director
United Baptist Church
Lewiston, Maine

March 22, 2003
7:00 pm

Songs of Love and Longing
7 movement song cycle
"Classically Minnesota" concert
Aimée Petra, Soprano
Mindy Eschedor, Piano
Landmark Center, Weyerhaeuser Auditorium
St. Paul, Minnesota

March 22, 2003
7:00 pm

Piano Concerto
(World Premiere)
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York
Richard Kapp, Conductor
Anton Nel, Piano
Grace Rainey Auditorium
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY

March 23, 2003
3:00 pm

Piano Concerto
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York
Richard Kapp, Conductor
Anton Nel, Piano
Performing Arts Center
Purchase College
Purchase, New York

March 22 - 29, 2003

Shall I Compare Thee?
(World Premiere)
Men's Chorus, a cappella
Harvard Glee Club
Spring Concert Tour
Jameson N. Marvin, Conductor
Florida performance dates:
March 22, University of Miami, Gusman Concert Hall, Miami
March 23, St. Michael's Church, Orlando
March 25, Epiphany Cathedral, Venice
March 26, Ft. Myers
March 27, North Naples United Methodist Church, Naples
March 29, Key West

Spring 2003

New work for middle school band
(World Premiere)
Commissioned by American Composers Forum
for their "New Band Horizons" program
St. Paul Academy Middle School
Michael Scott, Conductor
St. Paul, Minnesota

March 30, 2003

Pilgrim's Hymn
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Dale Warland Singers
Mack Wilberg, Conducting
Temple Square
Salt Lake City, Utah

April 4, 2003

The Old Church
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, Conducting
Library of Congress
Washington, DC

April 2003

Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble
(World Premiere)
Commissioned by Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
William Ransom, Piano

April 19, 2003

The Old Church
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, Conducting
Nelson Museum
Kansas City, KS

April 20, 2003
Easter Sunday

Love Opened A Mortal Wound
Mixed Chorus a cappella
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, Conducting
Saint Paul Sunday radio program
Minnesota Public Radio, and
Public Radio International, 200+ stations
To find a station visit sunday.mpr.org/stations/index.shtml

April 27, 2003
 

Life Motifs
String Trio
20th Century American Chamber Music
Sponsored by the West Village Chorale
Nina Evtuhov, Violin; Arthur Fiacco, Cello;
Michael Conley, Piano
Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street
New York, NY

April 27 & 29, 2003

The Old Church
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, Conducting
"Best of the Chorale" Season Concert
Kansas City, KS

May 4, 2003
4:00 pm

King David's Dance
Organ
Organ Recital
Timothy Albrecht, Organ
Christ United Methodist Church
Lincoln, Nebraska

May 10, 2003
8:00 pm
May 11, 2003
3:00 pm

The Age of American Passions, 1st movement
Work for Orchestra
Cape Symphony Orchestra
Royston Nash, Conductor
BHS Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, Massachusetts

May 11, 2003
9:30 am, 11:00 am

Awakening
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Ruth Palmer, Conductor
Unity Unitarian Church
St. Paul, Minnesota

May 11, 2003
6:00 pm

Kind David's Dance
Organ
Organ Recital: The King of Instruments Meets the Pied Piper
Timothy Albrecht, Organ
Emory University, Glenn Auditorium
Atlanta, Georgia

May 15, 2003

Organ Concerto
Minnesota Public Radio Broadcast
Chamber Orchestra of St. Olaf Church, Minneapolis
Kenneth Freed, conductor

May 28, 2003
6:00 pm

"Berceuse" from Divertimento for
Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Solo Harp
Mary Dicken, Harp
WUOL Radio
Louisville, Kentucky

June 2003

New work for Carillon
(World Premiere)
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America

June 2003

Mass
Mixed Chorus, Organ and Orchestra
American Guild of Organists, Region IV
Charleston Symphony Chorus
Rob Taylor, Conductor
Charleston, South Carolina

June 4-7, 2003
Chorus America Conference

The Old Church
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, Conductor
Evensong
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, Conductor
Chorus America Conference
Kansas City, Kansas

June 17, 2003
7:30pm

Bravo Bells for Carillon
John Gouwens, Carillon
World Premiere
Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

June/July 2003

Hymn for America
Mixed Chorus a cappella
Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Tour
Craig Jessop, Conductor
June 24: Interlochen Arts Festival, Traverse City, MI
June 25: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
June 26: Toy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
June 28: Chautauqua Festival, Chautauqua, NY
June 30: Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
July 1: Saratoga Music Hall, Saratoga, NY
July 2: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
July 4: Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
   Nationally televised with the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, Conductor
July 5: Wolf Trap Festival, Washington, DC
July 7: The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA
July 11: Tanglewood, with the Boston Symphony, Berkshires, MA

July 15, 2003

Hester Prynne at Death
Soprano, Eight-voice Chorus and Chamber Ensemble
"An Appalachian Summer Festival:
Works in Progress Series"
Workshop performance of this music drama
Elizabeth Dabney, Soprano
Terry Quinn, Libretto
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

Summer 2003

Kind David's Dance
Organ
Organ Recital
Timothy Albrecht, Organ
Vienna, Austria

Summer 2003

An Ocean of Clouds,
from "Songs from the Japanese"
Mixed Chorus a cappella
San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir
Dr. Harry Carter, Conducting
18-day Concert Tour of Italy
Including Verona, Venice, Florence and Rome

September 22, 2003

Courtship Songs
Flute, Oboe, Cello and Piano
Walden Chamber Players
Calgary Pro Musica Society
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

October 2003

The Road Home
High School All County Chorus
Gaston County, North Carolina
Janis Bryant, Conductor

October 4, 2003

Voices from the Gallery
Topeka, KS
Conductor: John Strickler
Narrator: Janet Bookspan

October 17, 2003
October 18, 2003

The Three Hermits
St. Joseph University Church
Rev. Jacob Ledwon

October 17, 2003
October 18, 2003
October 25, 2003

The Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, Founder/Artistic Director
“Splendid Jewel,” World Premiere performances
10-17-03 8pm at College of St. Catherine
10-18-03 8pm Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN
10-25-03 8pm Gustavus Adolphus College

October 18, 2003
October 24, 2003 

Paean
Duet for Organ
Victor L. Fields and Robert Frazier
10-18-03 First Presbyterian Church of York, PA
10-24-03 Octave Hall at the Allen Organ Company International Headquarters in Macungie, PA

October 24, 2003
October 25, 2003
October 26, 2003

American Vignettes
Grand Rapids Ballet Company
DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Center, Grand Rapids, MI.
Choreographer, Gordon Pierce Schmidt

October 25, 2003
8:00pm

Mass, Organ Concerto
Valley Chamber Chorale
Kathy Handford, Organist
Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN

October 29, 2003
October 30, 2003
October 31, 2003

Concertante, Voices of Light
Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival
Louisville Orchestra
Guest Visiting Composer: Stephen Paulus

November 1, 2003
November 2, 2003

We Gather
World Premiere performances
The Dale Warland Singers
Concerts also include The Old Church, The Road Home, and Pilgrims’ Hymn

November 7, 2003
November 8, 2003

Pilgrims’ Hymn
South Dakota All-State Choir
Rapid City Civic Center

November 12, 2003

1:35-3:35pm open rehearsal
Q&A/Roundtable discussion 4pm
Composer-to-Composer session
Round table discussion following rehearsal of Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra

November 13, 2003
7:30pm
November 14, 2003
8:00pm
November 15, 2003
8:00pm

Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra
Orchestra
(World Premiere)
Doc Severinsen and Manny Laureano, Trumpets
Minnesota Orchestra
Minneapolis, Minnesota

November 13, 2003
7:30pm
November 14, 2003
8:00pm

Voices from the Gallery
Narrator and Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony
David Lockington, Conductor
St. Cecilia Music Society
Grand Rapids, MI

November 21, 2003
8:15

We Gather
The Dale Warland Singers
Minnesota ACDA Convention
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi

November 22 and 23, 2003
8:15

“I Love” World Premiere, two movements
San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir
Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley, CA

December 4, 2003
8:00pm

Three Nativity Carols
Steven Curtis, director
University of Oklahoma

December 6, 2003
7:30pm

Three Nativity Carols, Gabriel’s Message
Mad River Chorale
Harwood Union H.S. Duxbury, VT Route 100

December 7, 2003
4:00pm

Three Nativity Carols, Gabriel’s Message
Mad River Chorale
Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, VT Main Street

December 12, 2003
7:30pm

The Holly and the Ivy and Be Merry
The Master Singers of Eau Claire, Wisconsin
First Congregational Church UCC
310 Broadway, Eau Claire, WI

December 12, 2003
8:00pm

Three Nativity Carols
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati
Director Earl Rivers
St. Boniface Catholic Church,
1750 Chase Avenue, Northside

December 13, 2003
8:00pm

Three Nativity Carols
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati
Director Earl Rivers
Athenaeum of Ohio, 6616 Beechmont Avenue,
Mt. Washington

December 14, 2003
2:00pm

Three Nativity Carols
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati
Director Earl Rivers
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church,
10345 Montgomery Rd., Montgomery

December 14, 2003
2:30pm

Three Nativity Carols
Des Moines Choral Society
Jim Rodde, Conductor
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church,
Plymouth Congregational Church, Des Moines, IA