Performances
SEPTEMBER 19 Sliding Scales and Chorale Fantasy (piano etudes). John Aylward, piano. Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
SEPTEMBER 20 Dorian Blue (etude 72) and Chase (etude 71). Donald Berman, piano. Bellefield Hall Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
SEPTEMBER 22 When the Bow Breaks (violin solo). Curtis Macomber, violin. Fletcher Recital Hall, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
SEPTEMBER 23 Rule of Three (fl, cl, piano) *American premiere*. Cadenzato, Minsky Recital Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
SEPTEMBER 25 Sliding Scales and Chorale Fantasy (piano etudes). John Aylward, piano.Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
SEPTEMBER 26 Rick's Mood (etude #65). Michael Boriskin, piano. Music from Copland House, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York.
SEPTEMBER 29 Locking Horns (concerto for horn and chamber orchestra). Tianxia Wu, soloist. Joel Sachs, conductor. New Juilliard Ensemble, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Juilliard School, New York City.
OCTOBER 8 Moody's Blues (etude #52). Michael Kirkendoll, piano. Fine Arts Recital Hall, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska.
OCTOBER 13 Moody's Blues (etude #52). Michael Kirkendoll, piano. Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
OCTOBER 14 Dorian Blue (etude 72) and Chase (etude 71). Donald Berman, piano. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
OCTOBER 24 Strident, Schnozzage, Bop It and Martler (piano etudes). Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano. Recital Hall, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina.
NOVEMBER 2 Piano Concerto (piano/toy piano and orchestra) *premiere*. Marilyn Nonken, soloist. Gil Rose, conductor. Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Jordan Hall, Boston.
NOVEMBER 9 Close Enough for Jazz and Schozzage (piano etudes). Linda Reichert, piano. Network for New Music "flying solo", Marshall Auditorium, Roberts Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
NOVEMBER 10 Disparate Measures (piano quintet). Lydian String Quartet and Stephen Drury, piano. Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
NOVEMBER 11 Close Enough for Jazz and Schozzage (piano etudes). Linda Reichert, piano. Network for New Music "flying solo", Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NOVEMBER 27 Sara (solo piano), To Be Sung on the Water and Scatter (voice and piano). Judith Bettina, soprano; James Goldsworthy, piano. Reisinger Concert Hall, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1:30 pm.
JANUARY 16 Sex Songs (voice, cl, vln, vla, vc, pno) *premiere*. Susan Narucki, soprano, Network for New Music, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
JANUARY 19 Pied-a-Terre (violin and piano) *premiere*. Daniel Stepner, violin, and Sally Pinkas, piano. Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
JANUARY 29 Violin Songs (violin and voice). Susan Narucki, soprano, and Curtis Macomber, violin. Music From Copland House. National Arts Club, New York City.
JANUARY 31 Zipper Tango (etude #51). Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano. Pianocentric Series, Symphony Space, New York City.
FEBRUARY 9 Moody's Blues (etude #52). Michael Kirkendoll, piano. Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Center, Irvine, California.
FEBRUARY 15 Moody's Blues (etude #52). Michael Kirkendoll, piano. Fine Arts Concert Hall, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
FEBRUARY 18 F This (etude #82 *premiere*). Marilyn Nonken, piano. Music at the Forefront Series, Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. To be played as an encore.
FEBRUARY 21 F This (etude #82). Marilyn Nonken, piano. Loewe Theater, New York University, New York City. To be played as an encore.
FEBRUARY 29 Pied a Terre (violin and piano). Curtis Macomber, violin and Aleck Karis, piano. Speculum Musicae, A.J Fletcher Recital Hall, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
MARCH 1 You Dirty Rag (etude #23), Dorian Blue (etude #72), Clave (etude #76 *premiere*), Horned In (etude #24) and Moody's Blues (etude #52). Geoffrey Burleson, piano. A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
MARCH 2 Cantina (wind ensemble) *premiere*. "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, Col. Michael Colburn, conductor. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia.
MARCH 19 Strident, Rick's Mood, Bop It, and Martler (piano etudes). Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano. Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
MARCH 26 Bop It, Strident, Plucking A, and Martler (piano etudes). Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano. Keys to the Future Concert 2, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House, New York City.
APRIL 4 Moody's Blues (etude #52). Michael Kirkendoll, piano. University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
APRIL 9 Sonnet 22 (SATB, 1976) *premiere*. Brandeis University Chamber Choir, Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
APRIL 10 Strident, Rick's Mood, Bop It, and Martler (piano etudes). Old Baptist Recital Hall, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
APRIL 16 Fireworks (etude #80 *premiere*) and Kai'n Variation (etude #81 *American premiere*). Seunghee Lee, piano. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
APRIL 25 Cantina (wind ensemble) *premiere*. Meadows Wind Ensemble, Jack Delaney, conductor. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
JUNE 12 When the Bow Breaks (solo violin), Attitude Problem (piano trio), Gli Uccelli di Bogliasco (flute/piccolo and two pianos). Rolf Schulte, violin; Marc Ponthus, piano; and others. Mannes School of Music, New York City.
David Rakowski
Performances 2007-8
(they're continuing to come in, so get a spoon and something spoonable, spoon some, and return here often)
OCTOBER 23 WMBR FM (88.1), Cambridge, MA. The New Edge, hosted by Ken Field. 3-4 pm.
Live radio appearance
June 18-July 29, 2008 Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Italy.
Colony hop
FEBRUARY 8 Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FEBRUARY 29 Eastern Carolna University, Greenville, North Carolina.
MARCH 24 Tufts University, Somerville, Massachusetts.
Colloquia, etc.