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A calendar highlighting selected performances of Steven Gerber's works

2015
May 2 String Quartet #6 (world premiere) Amernet String Quartet Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
April 13 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello Monroe Township Public Library, Jamesburg, NJ
April 12 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello Wolfensohn Hall at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
March 8 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello First Congregational Church, Hendersonville, NC
March 4 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello Reuter Center at University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC
March 2 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello Scott Concert Hall, The Porter Center at Brevard College, Brevard, NC
February 27 Wessex Songs (poems by Thomas Hardy) for soprano and cello Soprello Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC

2014
December 5 Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A Filharmonia Dolnoslaska
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Festival of American Music
Jelenia Gora, Poland
November 24 Spirituals for String Orchestra Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra
Karen Griebling, conductor
Reves Recital Hall
Conway, Arkansas
August 11 Spirituals for string quartet;
String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5;
Norma's Variations for string quartet;
Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola;
Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne for viola and cello
Amernet String Quartet (le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., NYC
July 23 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Luis Casal, viola "Concerts at Cove", Cove Church, Covesville VA
June 20 Three Little Duets for piano Adam Tendler, piano New Music Collective; at Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St., NYC
April 18 Soliloquy for solo bassoon Jack Chan, bassoon New Music Collective; at Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St., NYC
April 12 & 13 Spirituals (world premiere of the version for String Quartet)
Carpe Diem String Quartet Harrison Park Community Center, Columbus, Ohio
March 23 Two Lyric Pieces for violin and string orchestra Robert Spates, violin
Capital Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Gau, conductor
Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
February 28 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Luis Casal, viola Brooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY

2013
November 20 65th Birthday Concert
Norma's Variations; 6 Songs; 3 Poems of Ben Jonson (world premiere) Spirituals, Book II (NY premiere); 5 Shakespeare Songs; Dreamwork; Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"; Two Antiphonal Pieces
West End Duo: Eveline Kuhn, flute and Arash Amini, cello; Cyrus Beroukhim, violin and viola; Allison Pohl, soprano; Steven Gerber, piano New York Society for Ethical Culture
August 28 Soliloquy for solo bassoon
(world premiere)
Bryan Young, bassoon Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA
August 2 Fantasy for solo violin; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola; 2 Antiphonal Pieces (world premiere) for cello and piano; Norma's Variations for violin and piano; 5 Greek Folksongs (After Ravel) for violin and piano; Notturno for piano trio; 3 Folksong Transformations for piano trio; 3 Pieces for 2 violins; Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne for viola and cello Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Cyrus Beroukhim, violin + viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Steven Gerber, piano
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker St., New York City
Doors open at 6:30
Concert begins at 7:30
March 22 5 Shakespeare Songs
(world premiere)

Words for Music Perhaps
Emily Howard, soprano; Steven Gerber, piano

Emily Howard, soprano
Brooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY
March 2 Two Lyric Pieces for violin and stirng orchestra (world premiere) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductor; Elena Urioste, violin Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, MD

2012
November 4 Words for Music Perhaps Third Millennium Ensemble; Susan Wheeler, soprano Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. Bethesda, Maryland
August 10 Spirituals Book II for flute and cello Eveline Kuhn, flute; Arash Amini, cello Private concert in Los Angeles, CA, in honor of Judea Pearl and his foundation
May 18 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Misha Quint, cello Mannes College, The New School for Music, New York, NY
April 23 Fantasy-Quartet for Percussion New Jersey Percussion Ensemble William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

2011
December 10 Two Intermezzi
Three Little Duets
Steven Gerber, piano The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
September 30 Three Little Duets
  (world premiere)
Scherzo (from Piano Sonata)
Steven Gerber, piano The Firehouse Space, 246 Frost St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
June 23 Duo in Three Movements Rolf Schulte, violin
Steven Gerber, piano
Mannes College of Music, Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance
June 15 Duet for solo clarinet
Dialogues for clarinet and piano
Alan Kay, clarinet
Steven Gerber, piano
American Composers Alliance festival, Symphony Space, NYC
May 8 Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet Third Milennium Ensemble Paintbranch Unitarian Universalist Church
Adelphi, Maryland
April 13 Violin Concerto Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Kutztown University Orchestra, Willis Rapp, conductor
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
April 8 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2010
October 11 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola Trinity College of Music, Greenwich, England
March 23 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola Atelier de la Main d'Or, Paris
February 17 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola Faculty House, Columbia University, New York City
February 9 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales
February 9 Elegy on the name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola Matthew Jones, viola Palmer Building, University of Reading, UK

2009
October 3 String Quartet No. 5 The Amernet String Quartet National Center for the Arts, Mexico City
April 4 String Quartet No. 5 The Amernet String Quartet Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, Miami Beach, Florida
March 25, 26, 27, and 28 Music in Dark Times (world premiere) San Francisco Symphony
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
February 9 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Christ Chapel, St. Peter, MN
February 7 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Schauer Arts Center, Hartford, WI
February 6 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Naperville, IL
February 5 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Dayton, OH
February 4 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Nashville, TN
February 2 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Manchester, MO
January 31 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
St. John's Lutheran Church, Des Moines, IA
January 30 Spirituals for string orchestra Gustavus String Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN

2008
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October 12 Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet Third Millennium Ensemble The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, Maryland
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July 24 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Michael Klotz, viola Bowdoin College Summer Festival; Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College
June 25 Spirituals for String Orchestra Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
Warren Friesen, conductor
Weber Hall, University of Minnesota/Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
June 15 Fantasy, Fugue, and Chaconne Third Millennium Ensemble; Julius Wirth, viola and Barbara Brown, cello The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum
Bethesda, Maryland
June 8 Symphony #2 Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia
June 4 Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought for chorus a cappella (world premiere) New York Virtuoso Singers; Harold Rosenbaum, conductor Symphony Space, New York City
June 1 Symphony #2 Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C.
February 17 Symphony #1 Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C.
February 10 Symphony #1 Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia

2007
December 9 Serenade for Strings Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC
December 2 Serenade for Strings Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, Virginia
November 4
4 PM
Spirituals for String Orchestra COSMIC Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor
Huntingtown High School, Huntingtown, Maryland
November 3
7 PM
Spirituals for String Orchestra COSMIC Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor
Patuxent Presbyterian Church, California, Maryland
October 24 Duet for Solo Clarinet Peter Furniss, clarinet The Warehouse, London England
August 2 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Misha Quint, cello Schule Birklehof Musikhaus, Hinterzarten, Germany
July 17 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Misha Quint, cello Interharmony Music Festival, Soesterberg, The Netherlands
June 22 Fantasy for solo violin; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Two Intermezzi for piano; Cocktail Music (Song Without Words) for piano; Five Greek Folksongs (After Ravel) for violin and piano (world premiere) Kurt Nikkanen, violin
Steven Gerber, piano
André Café Acoustique (Chester Performing Arts Project), Chester, Pennsylvania
June 21
12:00 PM
Spirituals for Clarinet and String Quartet Members of the New York Philharmonic:
Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet
Michelle Kim, Minyoung Chang, violins
Robert Rinehart, viola, Eileen Moon, cello
Make Music New York Festival, Lincoln Center Plaza
June 7 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Misha Quint, cello Interharmony International Music Festival, Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center, Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
April 29 Three Songs Without Words Emily Bayer-Pacht, violin Black Box Theater, New York University
April 16 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Alexis Lantgen, viola Florida International Universtiy, Miami, Florida
April 11 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Misha Quint, cello Bernard Baruch College, 25th and Lexington Ave., NYC
April 1 Ode for String Orchestra Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Boico, conductor The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, New York City
February 18 Symphony #1 (first movement) Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic;
Ulysses S. James, conductor
The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C.
February 11 Symphony #1 (first movement) Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic;
Ulysses S. James, conductor
Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, Virginia

2006
November 18

Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"

Jason Calloway, cello

Holy Nativity Church
Los Angeles, CA

October 10 Five Canonic Duos for oboe and bassoon
world premiere -- commissioned by The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC
October 4 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Michael Klotz, viola Florida International University, Miami, Florida
July 7 Duet for solo clarinet (world premiere) Alex Fiterstein, clarinet Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY
May 20 Four Songs Emily Howard, soprano, Scott Rednour, piano Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
May 5 Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" Carmel Music Society,
Katie Kadarauch, viola
Carmel, California
April 27 Three Songs Without Words Anat Kardontchik, violin Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
March 26Symphony No. 2 ("Elegies and Fanfares") - world premiereSkokie Valley Symphony, Daniel Boico, conductorSkokie, Illinois

2005
September 20Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-AOmaha Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Richarson, conductorConcert inaugurated new hall
Omaha, Nebraska
June 17Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-ANational Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductorMusic Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland
June 8Notturno for piano trio; 3 Folksong Transformations for piano trio; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo cello; 3 Songs Without Words for solo violin; Cocktail Music: Song Without Words for solo pianoSteven Gerber, piano; Emil Chudnovsky, violin; Daniel Levitov, celloState Department, Washington, D.C.
May 20Desert Places: 3 Poems of Robert Frost; 3 Poems of William ShakespeareChristine Moore, soprano; Steven Gerber, pianoBrooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
May 8Fantasy for solo violinCyrus Beroukhim, violinWisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 17Spirituals for string orchestra (U.S. premiere)University of Tennessee Chamber Orchestra, James Fellenbaum, conductorKnoxville, Tennessee
April 2Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"Misha Quint, celloDuquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
March 18Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"Juho Laitinen, celloBrooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
February 19 and 20Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-AUniversity of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, James Fellenbaum, conductorKnoxville, Tennessee
January 30Spirituals for String OrchestraState Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Vladimir Lande, conductorBeloselski-Belozerski Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
January 21Notturno for piano trio; Three Folksong Transformations for piano trioAnna Rabinova, violin; Arash Amini, cello; Steven Gerber, pianoBruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
January 17Three Folksong Transformations for violin, cello, and pianoElektra EnsembleGreenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
January 8Clarinet Concerto (world premiere)Jon Manasse, clarinet; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Piotr Gajewski, conductorF. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, Rockville, MD

2004
December 11Two Intermezzi and Cocktail Music (Song Without Words)Steven Gerber, pianoBrooklyn Conservatory, Brooklyn, NY
November 23Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"Suren Bagratuni, celloMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
November 21String Quartet No. 5NOVA Chamber ArtistsKozlowski Auditorium, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
September 5 and 6Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-AWheeling Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel Smith, conductorWheeling, WV (9/5); Morgantown, WV (9/6)
July 28Fantasy for solo violinMichael Vaiman, violinSummit Music Festival, Recital Hall at Purchase College, State University of New York
July 11Gershwiniana (world premiere of version for 2 violins and viola)Alexandre Brussilovsky, violin, et al.Festival at Abbé de Pontlevoy, France (Loire)
June 17Spirituals for String OrchestraChamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky, conductorGnesin's State Academy of Music Concert Hall, Moscow
June 15FantasyRolf Schulte, violinMannes College of Music, Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance
April 20Chaconne and Fugue for viola and cello (world premiere)Karin Brown, viola; Daniel Levitov, celloMaryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
March 14Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"Vladimir Khalikoulov, violaFestival at Moulin d'Andé, France
March 13 and 14Triple Overture (world premiere)Long Island Philharmonic, David Wiley, conductorState University of NY at Stony Brook; Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
February 20Serenade for String OrchestraConnecticut Virtuosi, Adrian Mackiewicz, conductorSt.Patrick-St. Anthony Church, Hartford, CT
February 8FantasyRolf Schulte, violinReisinger Hall, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
February 7 Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinMontauk Library, Montauk, NY
February 1Sonatina for Oboe and Guitar; Notturno for piano trioThe Poné Ensembleirst Methodist Church, New Paltz, NY
January 30Two Intermezzi (No. 2)So Yeon Park, pianoManhattan School of Music, New York, NY
January 14Fantasy; Three Songs Without WordsKurt Nikkanen, violinEl Paso Pro Musica 14th annual chamber music festival; University of Texas, El Paso
January 11Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinHugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2003
December 9Fantasy for solo violinRolf Schulte, violinMerkin Hall, New York, NY
December 8Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinIrish Arts Center, NYC
December 5Ode for string orchestraBari Symphony Orchestra, Walter Proost, conductorBasilica SS. Medici, Alborobello, Italy
November 30Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinGood Shepherd Cathoplic Church, Brooklyn, NY
November 19Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinAmerican Irish Historical Society, NYC
November 16String Quartet No. 5 (world premiere)Amernet String QuartetContemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
November 9Dirge and AwakeningWilmington Community Orchestra, Ovidiu Marinescu, conductorWilmington Music School, Wilmington, DE
November 7 and 21Numerous solo, chamber, and vocal worksCyrus Beroukhim, Jennifer Choi, and Grigory Kalinovsky, violins; Arash Amini and Sophie Shao, cellos; Emily Howard and Nicole Taylor, sopranos; Stevem Gerber, pianoFaust Harrison Pianos, New York, NY
November 4FantasyRolf Schulte, violinUniversity of California, Davis
October 30Symphony No. 1; Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-ASymphony Orchestra of the Kiev Philharmonic, Nikolai Dyedura, conductorPhilharmonic Hall, Kiev, Ukraine
October 26Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinMalden Public Library, Malden, MA
October 4Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet Kiev International Music Festival 2003
September 27Serenade for string orchestraOrchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Daniel Boico, conductorFestival of conservatory orchestras, St. Petersburg, Russia. Part of the Society and Values Division of the International Information Programs Bureau of the US Department of State, "The Third International Week of Conservatories."
September 11Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A (world premiere)University of Maryland Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Milton Stevens, conductorVOA auditorium
July 27Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shotakovich" for solo violaVladimir Khalikulov, violaJewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA
MaySerenade for string orchestraChamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky, conductorMoscow, Russia
May 8Two IntermezziBeth Levin, pianoRandolph-Macon College, Ashland, V
April 27Two IntermezziBeth Levin, pianoChrist and St. Stephens Church, New York, NY
April 11Two IntermezziBeth Levin, pianoThe Music Room, Arlington, MA
March 23Dirge and Awakening (U.S. premiere)Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Boico, condSkokie, IL
Feburary 17Three Songs Without WordsGregory Harrington, violinWeill Recital Hall, New York, NY
Feburary 10FantasyRolf Schulte, violinCleveland State University
Feburary 8Spirituals for clarinet and string quartetMichael Strauss, viola, et al.Natural History Museum, Indianapolis, IN




Steven R. Gerber