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Upcoming Engagements

Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 4:30-9:00: Complete Songs of Charles Ives - MARATHON. Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn.
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 4:00-9:15: Richard Wilson's Three Songs on Poems of John Ashbery, with Richard Wilson, pianist; Scott Eyerly's Algonquin Songs and Sheila Silver's Transcending, with Peggy Kampmeier, pianist. Music of Now Marathon Concert as part of the Composers Now Festival. Symphony Space, New York City. http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6944-music-of-now-marathon

Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 3:00: Music for Voice, Cello & Piano, with David Heiss, cello and Warren Jones, piano. Works by Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Borodin, Verdi, Bernstein and Britten. Vassar College, Skinner Recital Hall, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 8:00: Mozart's Requiem with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and Fordham University Chorus. The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, corner of Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street, New York City.

Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 3:00: Mozart's Requiem with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and Fordham University Chorus. Fordham University Church, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx.

Sunday, May 5, 2012 at 2:00: A Cabaret for Gertrude, with Richard Gordon, pianist. Cabaret songs by Marchetti, Porter, Gershwin, Wiéner, Waxman, Spoliansky, and others. Part of the Symphony Space Wall-to-Wall Gertrude Stein marathon. Symphony Space, New York City. FREE. http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6956-wall-to-wall-gertrudes-paris

Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.: Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter, role of François Mignon in the workshop production of a new chamber opera, directed by Robert Wilson, music by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon. Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

Monday, July 9, 2012 at 7:30: role of Colonel James Blood in Victoria Bond's opera Mrs. President. Anchorage Opera and Symphony Space co-production. Symphony Space, New York City.

Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 8:00: Concert of microtonal works. Harry Partch's Eleven Intrusions and O Frabjous Day! and Dean Drummond's Congressional Record with Newband. Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Featured concert of the Harry Partch Legacy: Microtonal Constructions and Intercultural Dialogues Symposium and Festival, sponsored by Northeastern University, New England Conservatory and Goethe Institute Boston. http://www.music.neu.edu/harrypartch/schedule/

Friday, October 5, 2012 at 8:00: role of Colonel James Blood in Victoria Bond's opera Mrs. President at the Discovery Theater/Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in a production by the Anchorage Opera, Anchorage, Alaska. http://www.anchorageopera.org/pressreleases.html

Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 4:00: role of Colonel James Blood in Victoria Bond's opera Mrs. President at the Discovery Theater/Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in a production by Anchorage Opera, Anchorage, Alaska. http://www.anchorageopera.org/pressreleases.html

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 8:00: Crazy for...Gershwin! at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Symphony Space. With Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano and James Bassi, pianist. Songs of George Gershwin. Also on the program are renowned musicians Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist; Anne Marie McDermott, pianist; Le Train Bleu with Ranson Wilson, conductor. Symphony Space, 95th and Broadway, New York City.

Saturday, October 27, 2012 from noon-4:00: Songs of Salvatore Guaragna (a.k.a. Harry Warren) in celebration of the Italian region of Calabria, CUNY Graduate Center. With Joy Hermalyn, mezzo-soprano and Richard Gordon, pianist. 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:30: Harry Partch's Barstow and Eleven Intrusions and Dean Drummond's Congressional Record with Newband. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, University of Washington, 1313 Northeast 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98105.

Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 3:00: Songs from the High Wire: the Circus in New York. A cabaret of songs about the circus in conjunction with an exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center. With Mary Testa, mezzo-soprano and Richard Gordon, pianist. Songs by Berlin, Rodgers, Arlen, Blitzstein, Mancini, Ives, Porter, Weill and others. Bard Graduate Center, 18 West 86th Street, New York.

Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.: Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter, role of François Mignon in the new chamber opera, directed by Robert Wilson, music by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon. Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 4:00: Mozart's Requiem and Solemn Vespers. With the Long Island Choral Society, Meredith Baker, conductor. Soloists: Kimberly Christie, soprano; Cybele Gouveneur, mezzo-soprano; David Kellett, tenor; Robert Osborne, bass-baritone. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. http://www.lics.org/concerts.html

Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.: Giuseppe Verdi: Arias and Ensembles. Musicale in support of the Verdi-themed documentary film "27" by August Ventura. Hotel des Artistes, 1 West 67 Street, NYC.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.: Don Quixote in Music. A recital of songs, arias, and piano music inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote. With Blair McMillan, pianist. Music by Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert, Jules Massenet, Erich Korngold. Recital Hall in the new Bito Conservatory Building, Bard College.

Friday, April 12, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.: Don Quixote in Music. A recital of songs, arias, and piano music inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote. With the Four Nations baroque ensemble and Blair McMillan, pianist. Music by Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert, Jean-Baptiste Morin, Jules Massenet, Erich Korngold. Martel Recital Hall, Vassar College. http://music.vassar.edu/concerts/

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.: Harry Partch's The Wayward (Barstow, San Francisco, The Letter, U.S. Highball) with Newband, conducted by Dean Drummond. Carnegie Hall's Collected Stories series curated by David Lang. Zankel Hall, NYC. http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2014/4/22/0600/PM/follected-stories-hero/

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