The performances in this Calendar are organized by year which are listed in reverse order.
PerformancesA History of Evil: Bible Families
Worthington United Methodist Church, Worthington OH (Maurice Casey conducting); 2 Jun 2001Kittyhawk M SERIES: Carla Trynchuk (violin) and Peter Cooper (piano), St Paul MN; 22 April 2001Success
St. Olaf College Orchestra (Garrison Keillor narrating, Philip Brunelle conducting); Northfield MN; 25 Feb 2001 San Juan College Orchestra (Keith Cochrane conducting); Farmington, New Mexico; 4 MayEmily Dickenson Songs
Stephen Swanson (baritone) and Christine Rutledge (viola), University of Northern Iowa; 19 Mar 2000Great River
Augsburg College Concert Band Ireland Tour (Robert Stacke conducting); 21 May-1 June2000 Performances Great River Augsburg College Concert Band Southwest Concert Tour03/19/2000; King of Glory Lutheran Church, 2085 E. Southern Ave., Tempe AZ. 2:00pm 03/20/2000; 7 pm, Flagstaff High School. 03/22/2000; 7 pm, Tuscon High School. 03/24/2000; 7 pm, Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix AZ. 03/26/2000; 3 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th St., Stillwater, MN. 04/01/2000; 7 pm, Central Lutheran Church, 333 South 12th St., Mpls, MN.
Kittyhawk Carla Trynchuk (violin) and Peter Cooper (piano), LaPorte County (Indiana) Symphony Orchestra chamber concert; February 6th Carla Trynchuk (violin) and Peter Cooper (piano), First Congregational Church in Saint Joseph MI; January 23rd
The Fallow Heart Plymouth Congregational Church, February 27
North Carolina Symphony in Cary, NC. Gerhaft Zimmermann, conducting. Randall Davidson, narrating. 06/17/2000 The Breckenridge Music Festival, 7/7/2000 Racine Symphony, 8/4/2000 San Diego Symphony 8/31/2000 Philadelphia Pops Orchestra 9/9/2000 Omaha Symphony 9/15, 9/16, 9/17/2000 Kansas City Symphony 9/21, 9/23/2000 Success Premiere: ACDA/MMEA Summer Conference, Christ Chapel, Gustavas Adolphus College; August 121999 Performances The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes [PREMIERE of two movements from the orchestral suite from the Worn-Out Dancing Shoes Consortium Commission], Grand Rapids (MN) Symphony; March 5th MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Land of Legend Philharmonic; Columbus, OH; March 15th Enid-Phillips OK Symphony; Enid, OK; March 23/25 Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawton, OK; April 23thThe Fourth Wise Man Syracuse Society for New Music, First United Methodist Church in Syracuse, NY; January 10th MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYThe Land Where One Never Dies Trio Minnesota, Macalester College in St. Paul MN; January 23thGod is Working on a Purpose for youth orchestra [PREMIERE] Winter Revival at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis; January 7thIt's All Right Prospect Park Players, Hamline University, Sundin Hall Minneapolis; January 13thMexico-Bolivar Tango Philomusica; Minneapolis, MN; May 23rdThe Fallow Heart [PREMIERE] Worthington (OH) United Methodist Church Choir, Maurice Casey, director; Worthington, OH; June 6th Worthington (OH) United Methodist Church Choir, Maurice Casey, director; Worthington, OH; June 13th1998 Performances The Fourth Wise Man Syracuse Society for New Music; January 3th & 11th Syracuse Society for New Music, First Night Out Celebration in Syracuse, NY; December 31st MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Austin (MN) Symphony; February 22nd Green Bay Symphony; May 18th Cleveland Orchestra; July 12th Fireland Symphony; July 16th Louisville Symphony, September 19th Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Delaware; October 17thThe Worn-Out Dancing Shoes Children's Theatre Company; February 10-April 3 (38 performances) MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYConcerning One Summer Pianist Young Kim; Schubert Club; February 25th Pianist Young Kim; DMA recital, University of Minnesota School of Music; April 9th Pianist Jill Dawe; American Association of University Women in Minneapolis, MN; April 13th Jill Dawe, Chatauqua Institute; August 6th Pianist Jill Dawe; Unity Church, St. Paul; October 3th Pianist Jill Dawe; residency in Rockford, Minnesota sponsored by Abondia Center and Rockford Community Education; April 13thFantasy on "Angelus ad Virginem" Brian Williams and Thomas Hiniker; Calvary Episcopal Church Noontime Concert Series, Rochester MN; December 15th Merilee Klemp and Robert Buckley Farlee; Christ Church Lutheran Church, Minneapolis MN; December 25th Merilee Klemp and David Cherwien; Grace Lutheran, Edina MN; September 27thThe Story of the First Nowell [PREMIERE], Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota, Welcome Christmas; December 6th, 12th, 13th NATIONAL BROADCAST: [PREMIERE], Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota, Public Radio International; December 20thThe Land Where One Never Dies Minnesota Piano Trio and composer narrating, Shubert Club Courtroom; November 5th M-Series Concert Recording [inaugural event]; Minnesota Piano Trio and composer narrating in Studio M @ Minnesota Public Radio; St. Paul MN; November 19thGood Night Rockford High School Choir; residency in Rockford, Minnesota sponsored by Abondia Center and Rockford Community Education; April 13th Rockford (MN) High School Choir; May 15thMexico-Bolivar Tango The Greater Grand Forks Symphony; December 31st Heartland Symphony; College of St. Benedict; April 19thLord, Whose Love in Humble Service Plymouth Congregational Church; July 5thWaltzing Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis at the Lake Harriet Bandshell; July 23rdGrandmother's Cat Ravinia Festival; September 6thMEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCY:
Lover's Lament with Red River High School Choir; May 8th
The Cricket [PREMIERE] Bruce Carlson 30th Anniversary celebration at the Schubert Club; Maria Jette-Sonya Thompson performing at the McKnight Theatre, St Paul; June 1st
Wolf and Butterfly Songs for young voices and piano [PREMIERE] Room 115 (1st and 2nd Graders) performing at Marcy Open School, Minneapolis; June 2nd
CTC Summer in the Cities production of Gulliver's Tantrums; Ordway-McKnight Theatre; August 12th and 13th
Meet the Composer Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA; May 1st-2nd
Children's Theatre Company Composition Workshop; First Graders @ Loring School, Minneapolis; May 8th
Children's Theatre Company Composition Workshop; Youth @ Jane Adams School for Democracy, Neighborhood House; May 12th
CTC Summer in the Cities music-theater program with Dan Hurlin and Suzie Overlie; St Paul; July 10-Aug.12
1998 Workshops
Rockford High School Concert Choir dance & song workshop in preparation of a commissioned work; May 19th
ASCAP/ASOL workshop: American Composers Forum; June 18th
BMI-American Music Center workshop: Basic Skills for Composers -- A Survival Guide in New York City; December 5th
1998 Lectures
University of St. Thomas Keynote: "Completing the Circle: From Composer to Performer to Listener," University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN; September 29th
SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MUSIC taught to St. Anthony High School humanities students; November 3rd
University of St. Thomas Endnote: "Completing the Circle: From Composer to Performer to Listener," University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN; November 23th
1998 COMPOSER'S ENTERPRISE:
Consultation with four composers on four successive Saturdays in Minneapolis; October 31-Nov 21
Consultation with five composers in New York City; December 5th
Concordia University College Symphony Orchestra, Alberta CANADA; April Utah Symphony; May 5th Strings in the Mountains Festival, Steamboat Springs CO; July 1st Lincoln Arts Festival, Booth's Harbor ME; August Music Academy of the West; August 9th Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival; August 31st Dakota Valley Symphony Orchestra; Minneapolis, MN; November 2nd & 23rdThe Fourth Wise Man Stephen F. Austin State University; Nagodoches,TX; November 23rd; 2 performancesMEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCY Grandmother's Cat Music Academy of the West; August 9th Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival; August 31stConcerning One Summer Pianist Jill Dawe; Iowa Composers Forum; November 13th Pianist Young Kim; University of MN School of Music; November 15thO Lux Trinitas Augsburg College Advent Vespers; December 5th (2 perf) & 6th (2 perf) Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis; January 26thLove is a Thread Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis; February 2ndThe Land Where One Never Dies Bethlehem Lutheran Church concert series, Minneapolis; March 9thPsalm 118 San Francisco Choral Artists directed by Magen Solomon; June 13th, 20th, and 22ndMexico-Bolivar Tango Missouri Symphony; June 20th and 21stIt's All Right Augsburg College Homecoming concert ; October 11thGood Night St Norbert College, Byron Walter Auditorium; October 26th"I See the Moon," "Over Yonder," "A Star Came Down" Arrangements of songs by Patricia McKernon Bethlehem Lutheran Church concert series, Minneapolis; March 9th1996 Performances The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Colorado Symphony; August 30th National Symphony Orchestra; September 3th Fort Worth Symphony; September 6th Fort Worth Symphony; September 7th and 8th St. Louis Symphony; September 13th Baltimore Symphony; November 26th and 27thWhoopi-Ti-Yi-O Dubuque Symphony Orchestra; September 1st Fort Worth Symphony; September 7th and 8thMexico-Bolivar Tango Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis; March 10th New Hampshire Music Festival; JulyStimme Christopher Kachian, guitar; January 13thLupie Lullaby [PREMIERE] Walker Art Center; April 21stGreat River [PREMIERE] University of St. Thomas Wind Ensemble; Matt George, conductor; October 20thPart Song [PREMIERE] Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; November 17th and 18th MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYYa Ribon VIDA; December 5t1995 Performances The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Los Angeles Philharmonic; September 10th Oregon Symphony Orchestra; September 12th Diablo Symphony Orchestra; September 23th Livermore-Amador Symphony; October 27th Rockford Symphony Orchestra; December 9th The Fourth Wise Man [PREMIERE] Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; December 3rd, 3th, and 10th NATIONAL BROADCAST: [PREMIERE]; Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; Public Radio International; December 17th MEET THE COMPOSER NEW RESIDENCYYa Ribon VIDA; October 5thHabanera Ravel-Davidson VIDA; October 5th"Life is a Feast" from History of Evil: Bible Families Maria Jette, soprano; November 2nd1994 Performances Ya Ribon VIDA; November 3rd VIDA; December 8thThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Wartburg (IA) Orchestra; December 10thCoMix [PREMIERE] Zeitgeist; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; May 12th"Doo Walk" from Good Night... Ensemble Singers from the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; May 21stAround Columbia Ensemble Capriccio; October 9th1993 Performances Lover's Lament Augsburg College Choir; March 19thThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; January 23rdAnniversary Sonata Merilee Klemp (oboe) and Christopher Kachian (guitar); September 19thFantasie in f minor Schubert-Davidson [PREMIERE] Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Christopher Hogwood, conducting; November 11th1992 Performances Song & Dance Kosower Cello Trio; St Paul MN; March 22ndThree Ways of the Sacred and Profance Tanya Remenikova, cello; March 13thWhoopi-Ti-Yo Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; July 11thThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; July 11thAnniversary Sonata [PREMIERE] Merilee Klemp (oboe) and Jeffrey Van (guitar); July 29thCome Rejoicing, Praises Voicing [PREMIERE] Dale Warland Singers with Dale Warland, conducting; December 3rd1991 Performances The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; March 18th Worthington (OH) Methodist Church; April 13thPiano and Orchestra Bench Overture Dallas Symphony Orchestra; March 18thWhoopi-Ti-Yo Dallas Symphony Orchestra; March 18thA History of Evil: Bible Families Worthington (OH) Methodist Church; April 13thAround Columbia Missouri Symphony Society; Columbia MO; June 25th Ensemble Capriccio; Minneapolis MN; July 13th1990 Performances Fantasy on "Angelus ad Virginem" Merilee Klemp (oboe), Scott Weidner (organ); Minneapolis MN; February 12thThe Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra Read the reviews
Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Minneapolis MN; March 12th National Repertory Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Estes Park CO; August 3thPiano and Orchestra Bench Overture Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Minneapolis MN; March 12th National Repertory Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Estes Park CO; August 3thWhoopi-Ti-Yi-O Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Minneapolis MN; March 12th National Repertory Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Estes Park CO; August 3thBlack & Blues Read the reviews
National Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Washington DC; October 19th New Jersey Symphony; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Neward NJ; October 21st Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Pittsburgh PA; November 3thPiano and Orchestra Bench Overture National Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Washington DC; October 19th New Jersey Symphony; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Neward NJ; October 21st Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Pittsburgh PA; November 3thRadio Announcer National Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Washington DC; October 19th New Jersey Symphony; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Neward NJ; October 21st Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Pittsburgh PA; November 3thWhoopi-Ti-Yi-O National Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Washington DC; October 19th New Jersey Symphony; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Neward NJ; October 21st Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Pittsburgh PA; November 3thSong & Dance Kosower Cello Trio; October 11th1988 Performances Piano and Orchestra Bench Overture [PREMIERE] Plymouth Music Series; Philip Brunelle, conducting; Minneapolis MN; April 7thBlack & Blues Read the reviews
UmeŒ Sinfonietta; Philip Brunelle, conducting; UmeŒ, Sweden; June 21stMoving, at a Distance [PREMIERE] Plymouth Music Series; Minneapolis MN; October 27th1987 Performances Around Columbia [PREMIERE] Ensemble Capriccio; Minneapolis MN; March 29th Ensemble Capriccio; Minneapolis MN; October 11th