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Past performances

Artwork by Wes Yonamoto

Here is a listing of some of my recitals and other performances. Orchestra listings are for principal flute unless otherwise indicated.

The program notes are pdf files, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1995 |

| 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 |

2008

May 3, 2008 Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose, MA

von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Karidoyanes
Yerakina
Bizet
Carmen Suite
Music of Harrison, Brayton, & Harrison
Joel Harrison Jazz Ensemble
Rodgers
King and I
Berlioz
Rakoczy March
Anderson
Typewriter
Schreiner
American Emblems Sing Along

March 1, 2008 - Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose, MA

Vignieri
World Premier Overture
Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto — Andrew Mark, Cello
Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2

Sunday January 13, 2008 - House concert, Cambridge, MA
Taffanel and Fauré Morceaux de Concours

2007

Saturday December 8 and Sunday December 9 Franklin Performing Arts Company*, Franklin, MA

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

Saturday October 27, 2007, Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose
with Richard Svoboda, bassoon

Mozart
Don Giovanni Overture
Gandolfi
Bassoon Concerto — Richard Svoboda, Bassoon
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5

Saturday May 5, 2007 Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose
with Ken Radnovsky, saxophone;

Mozart -Marriage of Figaro Overture
Anderson - Jazz pizzicato
Schreiner - Red Dragonfly Variations
Copland - Hoedown
Ibert - Concertino for Saxophone
Gould - American Salute
Strauss - Radetzky March
Sousa- Washington Post March
P.I. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Finale

Saturday March 10, 2007
Sunday March 11, 2007 Franklin Performing Arts Company *, Franklin, MA

Sondheim's Into the Woods

March 3, 2006 8PM Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Main Street, Melrose MA

Wagner Meistersinger Overture
Arias - Junko Watanabe, Soprano
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

2006

Saturday December 9, 2006
Sunday December 10, 2006 Franklin Performing Arts Company *, Franklin, MA

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

Friday November 3, 2006 Quicy Symphony Orchestra*, North Quincy High School, Quincy
with Lucia Lin, violin;

Mozart - Magic Flute Overture
Bruch - Violin Concerto
Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 2, op. 30

Saturday October 28, 2006 Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose
with Michael Lewin, Piano;

Rossini - Semiramide Overture
Mozart - Piano Concerto in D minor
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2

Saturday March 11, 2007
Sunday March 12, 2007 Franklin Performing Arts Company *, Franklin, MA

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Saturday, March 4, 2006 Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall, Melrose
with Irina Muresanu, violin; Yoichi Udagawa conductor

Bartok - Romanian Dances
Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8

2005

Saturday December 10, 2005
Sunday December 11, 2005 Franklin Performing Arts Company *, Franklin, MA

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

Sunday, Sept 11, 2005 Boston Ahts Festival

Christopher Columbus Park, Boston

with Jan Pfeiffer, cello & Matthew Doherty, harp

Various transcriptions of beloved melodies from Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze to Schubert's Traumerai .

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 in celebration of my mom's 80th birthday

University of Wisconsin - Marinette

with David Giebler, piano

Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando - Philippe Gaubert
3 Etudes - Bright Sheng
Sonata in A - J. S. Bach
Sonatine - Henri Dutilleux

2003

Thursday, October 23, 2003

Great Americans - The Community Music Center

with Meara Jones, mezzo-soprano and Stephen Yenger, piano

Songs by Ned Rorem and Twelve Poems by Emily Dickinson - Aaron Copland, and Copland's Duo for flute & piano and Emily's Images by Vivian Fine.

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

The Gore Place

with Matthew Doherty, harp

Ned Rorem's Romeo & Juliet, William Schumann's XXV Opera Snatches (solo flute) and Salzedo - Chanson de la nuit, and Irish songs.

Friday, April 11, 2003

Through Time & Space II - Community Music Center, Boston

with Frances Rios, viola; Mary Jane Rupert, harp; and Stephen Yenger, piano

Messiaen Merle Noir, Debussy Sonate for flute, viola & harp.

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2002

Sunday, November 24, 2002

Thanksgiving Concert - University of Wisconsin - Marinette campus

with the Bay Shore Chamber Orchestra, David Giebler, conductor

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Stephen Pauley's Personals and other pieces.

October 10, 2002

Ned Rorem Birthday Concert - Community Music Center, Boston

With Michael Lofton, baritone; Aaron Caplan, guitar; Matthew Doherty, harp; Jan Pfeiffer, cello; and Stephen Yenger, piano

Celebrating the beginning of Mr. Rorem's 80th year.

5 Songs to poems of Walt Whitman
Romeo & Juliet (flute and guitar)
Book of Hours (flute and harp)
Trio for flute, cello and piano

Program Notes

July 20, 2002

Homecoming III- University of Wisconsin - Marinette campus

To celebrate my parents' 51st wedding anniversary

Techno Yaman - Robert Dick (flute & drum machine)
Sonata in a - C.P.E. Bach
Suite - Jean Françaix
XXV Opera Snatches - William Schuman

June 7, 2002

Summer Winds II- Community Music Center - Boston, MA

with Fernando Brandão, Earl Grant-Lawrence, flute; Ann
Rosandich, oboe; and Jennifer Elowsky-Fox, and Stephen Yenger, piano; Danielle Harrell, cello; Adrian Jojato, bassoon; Mary Kennedy and Alan Weiss, flute; Aaron Caplan, guitar, and Stephen Yenger, piano

Ned Rorem's Romeo and Juliet for flute and guitar, Haydn's London Trio (Hob. IV:1) for flute, oboe and bassoon, J.S. Bach Trio Sonata in G (BWV 1039) for two flutes and continuo, and Radames Gnattali's Sonatina in D for flute and piano

April 5, 2002

Through Time & Space - Community Music Center - Boston, MA

with Aaron Caplan, guitar, and Stephen Yenger, piano

Techno Yaman - Robert Dick (flute & drum machine)
Sonata in a - C.P.E. Bach
Suite - Jean Françaix
Romeo and Juliet - Ned Rorem (flute & guitar)
3 American Pieces - Lucas Foss

Program Notes

February 10, 2002

Valentine's Day Recital - Glenn Moore Chapel, Florida Homes, Lakeland, FL

with Jan Ranck, flute

Flute duets by Kuhlau, Mozart, Telemann and Valentine

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2001

June 8, 2001

Summer Winds - Community Music Center, Boston

with Stephen Yenger, piano and Richard Hunter, harp

  • Toward the Sea (1981) - Toru Takemitsu
  • Ha-no (Elegy) (2000) - John Thow

April 3, 2001

No Joke 33 1/3 - Community Music Center, Boston

with Stephen Yenger, piano

  • Air (1996) - Toru Takemitsu
  • Ha-No (Elegy) (2000) - John Thow
  • Sonata Appassionata (1919) - Sigfried Karg-Elert
  • Fantasy 1966 - Malcolm Arnold
  • Sonata in E - J.S. Bach
  • Image - 1939 - Eugène Bozza

March 4, 2001

Works for solo flute - Lakeland, FL

  • Air (1996) - Takemitsu
  • Sonata Appassionata (1919) - Karg-Elert
  • Fantasy 1966 - Arnold
  • Image - 1939 - Bozza

January 29, 2001

Flute and Harp Odessey - GBFA Winter Event

  • Bachianas Brasilieras - Villa-Lobos (arranged for flute and 10 harps)

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2000

June 11, 2000

Spring Event - Greater Boston Flute Association - Weston, MA

Debussy - Sonate for flute, viola and harp

April 30, 2000

ENCORE!! - University Lutheran Church, Cambridge, MA

with Kaja Schuppert, soprano, Frances Rios, viola, Matthew Doherty, harp and Stephen Yenger, piano

  • Varèse - Density 21.5
  • Ibert - Deux Stèles Orientées
  • Schickele - The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  • Crawford-Seeger - Diaphonic Suite
  • Dutilleux - Sonatine
  • Debussy - Sonate for flute, viola and harp

March 31, 2000

No Joke Part Deux - Community Music Center, Boston, MA

with Kaja Schuppert, soprano, Frances Rios, viola, Matthew Doherty, harp and Stephen Yenger, piano

  • Varèse - Density 21.5
  • Ibert - Deux Stèles Orientées
  • Schickele - The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  • Crawford-Seeger - Diaphonic Suite
  • Dutilleux - Sonatine
  • Debussy - Sonate for flute, viola and harp

Program Notes

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1999

September 9, 1999

9/9/99: Debussy and Ravel - Community Music Center, Boston

Matthew Doherty, harp, Sandra Eddy, mezzo-soprano, Courtney Furno, harp, Ann Miklich, violin, Gregg Pauley, piano, Jan Pfeiffer, cello, John Ranck, flute, Stephen Yenger, piano

  • Syrinx (1913) - Claude Debussy
  • Prélude á l'aprés-midi d'un faune (1894) (arr. Whit Dudley) - Claude Debussy
    John Ranck, Matthew Doherty and Courtney Furno
  • Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (1915) - Claude Debussy
    Jan Pfeiffer and Stephen Yenger
  • Pavane pour une infante d&#acute;funte (1899) - Maurice Ravel
    Gregg Pauley
  • Chansons Madécasses (1926) - Maurice Ravel
    Sandra Eddy, John Ranck, Jan Pfeiffer and Stephen Yenger
  • Sonate pour violon et violoncelle (1922)
    Ann Miklich and Jan Pfeiffer

Program Notes

June 17, 1999

Homage: Music for flute, 'cello and piano - Community Music Center - Boston, MA

with Jan Pfeiffer, 'cello and Gregg Pauley, piano

  • Ned Rorem - Sonata for flute, cello and piano
  • J.S. Bach - Sonata in b for flute and keyboard
  • Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flûte for flute and piano
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata for flute and piano

May 16, 1999

A Day In May - Watertown Public Library, Watertown, MA

with Richard Hunter, harp

Works by Fauré, Damase and Inghelbrecht

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1998

October 6, 1998

French and American music for flute, harp and other instruments - Community Music Center, Boston, MA

with Gregg Pauley, piano, Richard Hunter, harp, and Ensemble Aubergine

  • Ned Rorem - Book of Hours for flute and harp
       in celebration of Mr. Rorem's 75th birthday
  • Damase - Sonate pour flûte et harpe
  • Francis Poulenc - Sextuor for woodwind quintet and piano
  • Schickele - Spring Serenade for flute and piano
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April 1, 1998

April 1: No Joke - Community Music Center, Boston, MA

with Valerie Anastasio, soprano, Bruce Berg, vibraphone, Jennifer Elowsky, piano, Radmila Hvezda, piano

  • J.S. Bach - Sonata in A for flute and piano
  • Copland - Duo for flute and piano (1971)
  • Steven David Stalzer - Meditations on a Green Earth (1998)
    based on texts by Hildegard of Bingen. Valerie Anastasio and Radmila Hvezda
  • Albert Roussel - Deux poemes de Ronsard for flute and soprano (1924)
  • Serge De Gastyne - Deux chansons françaises for soprano, flute and vibraphone (1968)
    based on texts by Ronsard and Verlaine

Program Notes

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1993

April 1, 1993

Hommage à Tom: A recital in memory of Thomas Nyfenger - Community Music Center, Boston, MA

with Ann Rosandich, oboe; Ann Miklich, violin; Jan Pfeiffer, cello; and Calvin Herst, piano

  • Philippe Gaubert - Deuxième Sonate (1924) for flute and piano
  • Arthur Foote - Trois Pièces, op. 31 (1896) for oboe and piano
  • Vivian Fine - Emily's Images (1987) for flute and piano
  • Vincent d'Indy - Suite en Parties for flute, violin, viola, cello and piano

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1992

February 9, 1992 and March 1, 1992

Flûte à la France!

with Kathryn Komidar, soprano, Juli Miller, harp, Ann Miklich, violin, Frances Rios, viola and Jan Pfeiffer, 'cello

Music by Roussel, Ibert, Debussy, Ravel and Ropartz

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1990

August 12, 1990

Music of the Paris Conservatory - Rahr West Art Gallery, Manitowoc, WI

with David Giebler, piano

  • François Devienne (1759-1803) - Sonata in G
  • Joseph Guillou (1787-1853) - Theme and Variations on a Scottish Melody
  • Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) - Deuxième Sonate
  • Louis Dorus (1812-1896) - Variations on a theme from Anna Bolena
  • Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) - Andante Pastorale et Scherzettino

Program Notes

June 7, 1990

Sounds of the City Series - Community Music Center, Boston, MA

with Boaz Heilman, piano

  • Louis Dorus (1812-1896) - Variations on a theme from Anna Bolena
  • Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) - Deuxième Sonate
  • Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) - Andante Pastorale et Scherzettino

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1988

February 23, 1988

First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, CA

with Jeffry Hayward, flute and Roxanne Michaelian, piano

  • W.A. Mozart - Duet in G op. 75, no. 1
  • G.F. Handel - Sonata in F
    (Mr. Hayward and Ms. Michaelian)
  • Fredrich Kuhlau - Duo concertante, op. 87, no. 2
  • Robert Muczynski - Duos for flutes, op. 34
  • Paul Taffanel - Fantasie sur le Freyschutz
    (Dr. Ranck and Ms. Michaelian)
  • Franz Doppler - Andante and rondo, op 25

Program Notes

April 8, 1988

Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY

with Alan Moverman, piano

  • J.S. Bach - Sonata in A
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata in D
  • Paul Taffanel - Fantasie sur le Freyschutz
  • Robert Schumann - Fantasy pieces for piano
  • Aaron Copland - Duo for flute and piano

October 28, 1988

Music by American Composers - Bruno Walter Auditorium, NYC

with Mitchell Vines, piano

  • Charles Griffes - Poem (1922)
  • Vivian Fine - Emily's Images (1987)
  • Aaron Copland - Duo for flute and piano (1971)
  • Arthur Foote - Trois Pièces Brêves
  • Peter Schickele - Spring Serenade (1984)

November 2, 1988

Music by American Composers - Third Street Music Settlement, NYC

with Mitchell Vines, piano

  • Charles Griffes - Poem (1922)
  • Vivian Fine - Emily's Images (1987)
  • Aaron Copland - Duo for flute and piano (1971)
  • Arthur Foote - Trois Pièces Brêves
  • Peter Schickele - Spring Serenade (1984)

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1987

May 26, 1987

Music by American Composers - St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC

with The New Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble: William Anderson, guitar, Mary McClain, soprano and Karl Parens, 'cello

  • James Park - Narratio Melica (1986)
    Mr. Ranck, Mr. Parens, Mr. Anderson
  • Edward Smaldone - Diptych (1983)
    Mr. Anderson
  • Dennis Riley - Summer Music (1979)
    Ms. McClain, Mr. Ranck, Mr. Anderson
  • Tyson Street - Variations (1977)
    Mr. Ranck, Mr. Parens, Mr. Anderson
  • Ned Rorem - Romeo & Juliet (1977)
    Mr. Ranck, Mr. Anderson

June 11, 1987

Music by American Composers - Bruno Walter Auditorium, NYC

with The New Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble: William Anderson, guitar, Mary McClain, soprano and Karl Parens, 'cello

  • James Park - Narratio Melica (1986)
    Mr. Ranck, Mr. Parens, Mr. Anderson
  • Edward Smaldone - Diptych (1983)
    Mr. Anderson
  • Dennis Riley - Summer Music (1979)
    Ms. McClain, Mr. Ranck, Mr. Anderson
  • Edgard Varèse - Density 21.5 for flute solo (1936)
  • Ned Rorem - Romeo & Juliet (1977)
    Mr. Ranck, Mr. Anderson

August 23, 1987

Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI

with James Dennihan, piano

  • J.S. Bach - Sonata in A
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata in D
  • Frederic Chopin - Ballade in F, op. 36
  • Frederic Chopin - Nocturne in B, op. 62
  • Aaron Copland - Duo for flute and piano

November 4, 1987 - American Music Week

Music by Five American Composers played by Five Young American Flutists - Third Street Music Settlement, NYC

with Janet Axelrod, Peter Bacchus, Magdalena Gonzalez, Rochelle Itzen, flute
and Alan Moverman, Timothy Hester, Mary Jo Pagano and Daemon Denton, piano

  • Aaron Copland - Duo for flute and piano (1971)
    John Ranck and Alan Moverman
  • Eldin Burton - Sonatina (1948)
    Rochelle Itzen and Timothy Hester
  • Mario Lavista - Canto del alba (1980)
    Peter Bacchus
  • Norman Dello Joio - The Developing Flutist (1972)
    Ms. Gonzalez and Mary Jo Pagano
  • John LaMontaine - Sonata for flute solo (1948)
    Ms. Axelrod

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1986

April 2, 1986 - Bruno Walter Auditorium

The New Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble

with Mary McClain, soprano, Dawn Buckholz, cello, James Dennihan, piano

  • Claude Debussy - Syrinx (1913)
  • Edgard Varèse - Density 21.5 (1936)
  • Ruth Crawford-Seeger - Diaphnic Suite (1930)
  • Albert Roussel - Deux Poèmes de Ronsard (1924)
  • Jacques Ibert - Deux stèles orietées (1925)
    John Ranck, Mary McClain
  • Maurice Ravel - Chansons Madécasses (1926)
    Mary McClain, John Ranck, Dawn Buckholz, James Dennihan

May 8, 1986 - Hubbard Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music

DMA Wind Quintet

with Lorrie Berkshire, oboe, Mary Jane Kubeck, clarinet, Gail Hightower, basoon, Carolyn Clark, french horn

  • Elliot Carter - Woodwind Quintet (1948)
  • Jean Françaix - Quintette (1948)
  • Hale Smith - Variations for Six Players(1983)
    with Mitchell Vines, piano
  • Francis Poulenc - Sextuor (1934)

November 7, 1986 American Music Week

The New Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble

Janet Day and Mary McClain, soprano, Kerry Russo, oboe, Joel Willette, bassoon, James Dennihan and Donna Racik, piano, Diane Taublieb, flute, Eric Nelson and Silvio Scambone, clarinet

  • René Meyer - Two songs* (1985)
  • Aaron Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickenson (1951)
    Ms. McClain and Mr. Dennihan
  • Peter Schickele - Spring Serenade (1983)
    John Ranck and James Dennihan
  • Dennis Riley - Masques (1982)
    John Ranck, Kerry Russo, Silvio Scambone, Joel Willette, William Hughes
  • Lester Trimble - Four Fragments (1967)
    Janet Day, Eric Nelson, Diane Taublieb, Donna Racik

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* 2nd flute in the Hanson
* 2nd flute/picc

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