2011 Jan 28, 2011, San Francisco Concerts at Old First Presents: CMASH Steven Bailey, Piano Rise & Fall by Jake Heggie, Chicago Songs by Kurt Erickson, Silver Apples by Liam Wade, and new works by Matthew O'Malley and Miriam Miller. $14/$17, 8pm 2010 Nov 9, 2010, Sacramento CMASH @ Sacramento Festival of New American Music Steven Bailey, Piano Rise & Fall by Jake Heggie, Chicago Songs by Kurt Erickson, Silver Apples by Liam Wade, and premieres by Matthew O'Malley and Miriam Miller. Free admission, 8pm Nov 8, 2010, Sacramento A Masterclass with CMASH Directors Ann Moss & Liam Wade "Composing for the Solo Voice: Collaborating with Singers" We will explore the technical workings of the solo voice, as well as the nature of the singer as a collaborative musician, and the collaborative process between composers and performers. Time TBA Nov 6, 2010, Fresno CMASH @ The Fresno New Music Festival Steven Bailey, Piano Rise & Fall by Jake Heggie, Chicago Songs by Kurt Erickson, Silver Apples by Liam Wade, and premieres by Matthew O'Malley and Miriam Miller. Free admission, 2pm Nov 5, 2010, Fresno A Masterclass with CMASH Directors Ann Moss & Liam Wade "Composing for the Solo Voice: Collaborating with Singers" We will explore the technical workings of the solo voice, as well as the nature of the singer as a collaborative musician, and the collaborative process between composers and performers. Time TBA Oct 22-24, 2010, Bay Area California Bach Society Purcell - Hai!l Bright Cecilia Handel - Acis and Galatea Performances in SF, Menlo Park & Berkeley $10/$18/$25 www.calbach.org Oct 18, 2010, San Francisco Noe Valley Chamber Music House Concert Heidi Moss, Soprano; Steven Bailey, Piano Details TBA Aug 29, 2010, Port Angeles WA One Art Ensemble: Music of Britain and America Miriam Miller - Mame Loshn (2010, encore performance) Vartan Aghababian - 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano (2010) Benjamin Britten - Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48 John Dowland - Flow My Tears, If My Complaints Roger Quilter - Elizabethan Lyrics Aghababian - When We Were Very Young Holy Trinity Church, 301 Lopez Avenue 6:00pm, Admission with Donation Aug 27, 2010, Port Townsend, WA One Art Ensemble: Music of Germany and America Miriam Miller - Mame Loshn (2010, world premiere) Vartan Aghababian - 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano (2010) Robert Schumann - Adagio & Allegro Op. 70 for Viola & Piano, Robert Schumann - Selected Songs Works on the theme of childhood by Jake Heggie, Howard Frazin, and Jessica Rugani. Quimper Unitarian Church, 2333 San Juan Ave 7:00pm, Admission with Donation Aug 15, 2010, San Francisco One Art Ensemble & UCDavis Composition Department New works by Scott Perry, Ching-Yi Wang, Garrett Shatzer, Hendel Almetus, Benjamin Irwin, Liam Wade Cafe Revolution, 7pm Aug 14, 2010, Davis CA One Art Ensemble & UCDavis Composition Department New works by Scott Perry, Ching-Yi Wang, Garrett Shatzer, Hendel Almetus, Benjamin Irwin, Liam Wade UC Davis Concert Space, 6pm Aug 13, 2010, San Francisco Concerts at Old First Presents: EUOUAE Messe de Tournai - Sacred Music From 12th-14th Century France Steven Sven Olbash, director 1751 Sacramento Street $14/$17, 8pm June 5, 2010, Lincoln MA One Art Ensemble Nature, Love, and Fantasy: Three Centuries of Story and Song Drei Träume by Liam Wade, Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano by Vartan Aghababian, works by Jake Heggie, Robert Schumann, John Duke, Felix Mendelssohn, and Paul Hindemith. Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Road Admission with Donation, 4pm Apr 30, 2010, San Francisco Concerts at Old First Church One Art Ensemble Nature, Love, and Fantasy: Three Centuries of Story and Song Drei Träume by Liam Wade, Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano by Vartan Aghababian, works by Jake Heggie, Robert Schumann, John Duke, Felix Mendelssohn, and Paul Hindemith. 1751 Sacramento Street $14/$17, 8pm April 22, 2010, San Francisco Humanities West & Mechanics’ Institute Present Medicean Music and Francesca Caccini: Virtuosa to the Medici Lecture-Discussion with Kip Cranna & Richard Savino, with Soprano Ann Moss Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post Street $15. 6pm Apr 11 2010, San Francisco Noe Valley Chamber Music & CMASH Present: In Her Words with Steve Bailey, piano; Hausman String Quartet; One Art Ensemble Virgil Thomson - Preciosilla (1927) Jake Heggie - Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia (1999) Weslie Brown - Candlelight Cafe (2010, Premiere) Liam Wade - Drei Träume, (2009) Cathy Berberian - Stripsody (1966) Vartan Aghababian - Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano, (2010, Premiere) Weslie Brown - Practice Your Flamenco (2008) Liam Wade - 4 Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay, (2008) 1021 Sanchez Street (at 23rd) $15/18 Admission, 4pm Mar 14 2010, Lafayette Camille Saint-Saëns - Requiem & Carnival of the Animals Martin Morley, conductor OSLC Chancel Choir Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette Free and open to the public, 7pm Mar 5 2010, Palo Alto Stanford Bing Concert Series with Hillary Nordwell, piano; Adrienne Taylor, cello Songs and Sonatas from America, France and Germany Stanford Hospital Atrium, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA Free and open to the public, 12:30pm Feb 6 2010, San Francisco Third Annual CMASH New American Chamber Music Program with Picasso String Quartet, One Art Ensemble, Luke Aaron Mayer Liam Wade - String Quartet No. 3 (2009) Matthew O'Malley - Music to Hear (2009) Vartan Aghababian - 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola, and Piano (1988) Miriam Miller - Anachronisms for Piano (2009) Weslie Brown - Candlelight Cafe (2009) Vartan Aghababian - 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola, and Piano (2001) Weslie Brown - Practice Your Flamenco (2008) Liam Wade - Drei Träume (2009) Christ Church Lutheran, 1090 Quintara St Admission with donation, 6pm (5pm Pre-concert reception) Jan 27 2010, San Francisco Classical Revolution Presents: Happy Birthday Mozart! Socha Cafe, 3235 Mission Street (@ Valencia) This performance will serve as a fundraiser for Haitian Relief. Please donate as much as you are able. 8pm Jan 24 2010, Palo Alto California Bach Society Presents: Celebrating Bach With Tenor Brian Thorsett, Alto Paul Flight, and the CBS Chorus All Saints' Church, 555 Waverley Street $25/30 Admission, 4pm 2009 Dec 3 2009, San Francisco Classical Revolution: The Hausmann Quartet Liam Wade - String Quartet No. 4 (world premiere) 4 Poems By Edna St. Vincent Millay (2008) Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Fulsom Street 7:00pm Nov 20 - 22 2009, San Francisco Handel - Dixit Dominus Scarlatti - St. Cecilia Mass Sanford Dole, conductor Bay Area Choral Guild Friday at Campbell United Methodist, 8pm Saturday at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal, SF, 8pm Sunday at St. Mark’s Episcopal, Palo Alto, 4:30pm Oct 26 2009, San Francisco Recital: Paul Hersh and Friends Brahms - LiebesLieder Waltzes for quartet and piano 4-hands SFCM Recital Hall, 8:00pm Oct 1 2009, San Francisco Classical Revolution at Red Poppy Art House with Hillary Nordwell, piano Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Duke, Heggie, Dunhill, Aghababian Red Poppy Art House, 7:00pm Sep 1 2009, San Francisco San Francisco Noontime Concerts One Art Ensemble: Ann Moss, Alexa Beattie, Hillary Nordwell Schumann - Märchenbilder Op. 113 Vartan Aghababian - 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano, (1988) When We Were Very Young (2002) 2 Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano, (2001) Jake Heggie - My True Love Hath My Heart (1996) Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California Street $5 donation; 12:30pm Aug 26 2009, San Francisco SFCM Alumni Concert and Reception with Hillary Nordwell, piano New songs by Joshua Fishbein SFCM Concert Hall, 7:00pm Reception at 5:30, prior to concert Aug 15 2009, Port Angeles, WA One Art Ensemble: Ann Moss, Alexa Beattie, Hillary Nordwell Liam Wade - Drei Träume (on poems by CMASH Poet Lisa DeSiro) Vartan Aghababian - Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano; When We Were Very Young Works by Heggie, Duke, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and more. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 301 E. Lopez St. 98382 Admission with donation; 7:00pm Aug 13 2009, Port Townsend WA One Art Ensemble: Ann Moss, Alexa Beattie, Hillary Nordwell Liam Wade - Drei Träume (on poems by CMASH Poet Lisa DeSiro) Vartan Aghababian - Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano; When We Were Very Young Works by Heggie, Duke, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and more. Upstage Restaurant 923 Washington St. 98368, (360) 385-2216 7:00pm, $10/8 Cover July 28 2009, San Francisco San Francisco Noontime Concerts One Art Ensemble: Hillary Nordwell, piano; Alexa Beattie, viola Brahms - Viola Sontata in F minor Songs of Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 12:30 pm 660 California Street (@ Grant) Admission with $5 Donation June 12 2009, San Francisco Yoshi's San Francisco Modus Operandus: JooWan Kim's hip-hop production team with Kirby Dominant, Rico Pabon, DAT, Rafael Casal, EMN singer Christopher Nicholas, and Ann Moss 1330 Fillmore St. $10 Cover Charge, 10pm June 2 2009, LA Recital - Weslie Brown, composer Includes So Excited Again, Stand Alone Woman, Practice Your Flamenco CSU LA Recital Hall Free and open to the public, 5:00 pm June 2 2009, LA CMASH Event: Masterclass with Artistic Director Ann Moss "Composing for the Solo Voice: Collaborating with Singers" California State University Los Angeles, 11am We will explore the technical workings of the solo voice, as well as the nature of the singer as a collaborative musician. Topics of discussion will include the German Fach system of voice classification, basic principles of vocal production, how to prepare a vocal score, range vs tessitura, understanding register shifts, extended techniques, vocal melodic textures and instrument pairings. We will also explore more esoteric themes, such as how to choose text, ways to start a productive dialogue with your vocal collaborator, and the thrills and spills of working with a “diva” personality. May 31 2009, LA El Mundo: ¡Zarzuela! Richard Savino, Director Million Dollar Theater, 4:00 pm May 27 2009, Cambridge Faculty Artist Recital The Music of Vartan Aghababian Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA 8pm May 26 2009, Cambridge Faculty Artist Recital Elizabeth Anker, Contralto Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA 8pm May 15 2009, San Francisco Recital: Alexa Beattie, viola V. Aghababian - Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Concert Hall Free and open to the public, 8:00 pm Apr 29 2009, Palo Alto Recital: Bing Concert Series One Art Ensemble: Hillary Nordwell, piano; Alexa Beattie, viola V. Aghababian - When We Were Very Young, Songs for Soprano, Viola & Piano J. Bertrand - A. E. Housman Songs Standards from the American Songbook. Stanford Hospital Atrium, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA Free and open to the public, 12:30pm Apr 26 2009, San Jose SFBay NACUSA Composers and Friends II Cheryl Cellon, piano Liam Wade - Silver Apples (2008) Foothill Presbyterian Church 5103 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 3pm Apr 4 2009, Cambridge Songs and Solos: The Music of Heather Gilligan Heather Gilligan, composer World Premiere, Battlegrounds (2009) on poetry of E. Ethelbert Miller Other works TBA Killian Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA 7pm Admission with Donation Apr 3 2009, Cambridge CMASH Event: Masterclass with Artistic Director Ann Moss "Composing for the Solo Voice: Collaborating with Singers" Killian Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA 2pm-4pm We will explore the technical workings of the solo voice, as well as the nature of the singer as a collaborative musician. Topics of discussion will include the German Fach system of voice classification, basic principles of vocal production, how to prepare a vocal score, range vs tessitura, understanding register shifts, extended techniques, vocal melodic textures and instrument pairings. We will also explore more esoteric themes, such as how to choose text, ways to start a productive dialogue with your vocal collaborator, and the thrills and spills of working with a “diva” personality. Mar 22 2009, Berkeley CA The Music of Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis, Kálló Folk Dances, Este Dal, Kösöntö Chora Nova Paul Flight, Conductor First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 7:30pm Mar 14 2009, Lafayette Bicentennial Concert: 1809-2009 Haydn - Lord Nelson Mass Mendelssohn - Excerpts from Elijah Martin Morley, conductor OSLC Chancel Choir Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette Admission is free, 7pm Mar 7 2009, Edinburg, Texas CMASH EVENT New American Chamber Music for Voice and Piano with Cheryl Cellon, piano Works for soprano and piano by John Thow, Jake Heggie, Liam Wade, Vartan Aghababian, Joowan Kim, & Jacob Bertrand. University of Texas Pan-American, Recital Hall, 8pm Jan 31 2009, Oakland CA Haydn - Mass in Time of War Sanford Dole - The Fabric of Peace (world premiere) Oakland Symphony Chorus 50th Anniversary Gala Lynne Morrow, Conductor Holy Names College Jan 24 2009, San Francisco CMASH INAUGURAL CONCERT New American Chamber Music for Voice and Piano with Steven Bailey, piano Works for soprano and piano by John Thow, Jake Heggie, Liam Wade, Vartan Aghababian, Joowan Kim, & Jacob Bertrand. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall, 8pm Pre-Concert talk with Jake Heggie and Liam Wade, 7:30pm 2008 Dec 5 2008, Davis CA Schubert - Mass in G Beethoven - Gloria from Missa Solemnis UC Davis University Chorus Jeffrey Thomas, Conductor Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall Nov 23 2008, Davis CA Beethoven - Gloria from Missa Solemnis UC Davis Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Gala UC Davis University Chorus Jeffrey Thomas, Conductor Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall Nov 22 2008, Berkeley CA Kuhnau - Magnificat Jan Dismas Zelenka - Requiem (US Premiere) Chora Nova Paul Flight, Conductor First Congregational Church of Berkeley Nov 1 2008, San Francisco Tomas Luis de Victoria - Requiem St. Francis Lutheran Church Choir David Schofield, conductor 152 Church Street, San Francisco Free Admission, 8pm Oct 4 2008, Lafayette CA CMASH EVENT: STORY/SONG Martin Morley, piano; Asher Davison, clarinet Narrative song repertoire from 1700 to the present Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Songs by Mozart, Strauss, Barber, Wolf, Duke, Barber World Premieres by Kerrith Livengood & Jacob Bertrand. Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette Admission with donation, 7pm Oct 2 2008, Berkeley Private Event - Say NO to Prop. 8! Kristin Clayton & Nicolle Foland, sopranos Dawn Harms, violin; Emil Miland, cello; Jake Heggie, piano Suggested donation: $500. Sep 19 2008, Palo Alto Recital: Bing Concert Series Hillary Nordwell, piano Stanford Hospital Atrium, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA Free and open to the public, 12:30pm Jul 14-25 2008, Fresno CSU Summer Arts "Composer/Performer Collaboration Workshop" Guest Artist Jun 10 2008, Boston Boston Guitarfest Opening Night Richard Savino, Guitar; Ricardo Gallén, guitar Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory 30 Gainsborough Street, 8pm May 3-11 2008, Berkeley Ravel, L'enfant et les sortilèges (Feu, Princesse, Rossignol) Jonathan Khuner, conductor Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater 2640 College Avenue Apr 6 2008, San Francisco Noe Valley Chamber Music Carey Bell, Clarinet; Bryndon Hassman, Piano Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Brahms and Poulenc sonatas for clarinet and piano 1201 Sanchez Street (at 23rd), 4pm Mar 30 2008, San Francisco Switchboard Music Festival Erik Jekabson - A Step Away From Them Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, SF Mar 12 2008, Palo Alto Recital: Bing Concert Series Hillary Nordwell, piano Works by Schubert, Schumann, Duke, Heggie, Dunhill, Bach, Liszt Stanford Hospital Atrium, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA Free and open to the public, 12:30pm Mar 7 2008, San Francisco Other Minds Festival 13 Dieter Schnebel, composer Quintessenz, Poem für 4 Köpfe Kanbar Hall, JCCSF, 3200 California Street, 7pm Mar 2 2008, Lafayette Music in the Twentieth Century Rutter Requiem, Barber Three Songs Op. 45 Plus chamber works by Kronke, Shostakovitch, and Reich Martin Morley - conductor, piano; Susan Clark, flute Kymberly Speer, oboe; Jukka-Pekka Vainio, cello Erin Downey, harp; Ken Crawford, timpani Robert Hamaker, glockenspiel; OSLC Chancel Choir Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette Admission is free, 4pm Mar 22 2008, San Francisco Pergolesi, Stabat Mater Simon Berry, organist and conductor St. Dominic's Solemn Mass Choir 7:30pm, 2390 Bush Street, SF St. Dominic's Catholic Church Feb 8 2008, San Francisco Recital: New American Chamber Music for Voice, Piano, and Strings The Yeager String Quartet; Kristal Schwartz, harp; Steven Bailey, piano Works by Samuel Barber, Vartan Aghababian, Joowan Kim, Liam Wade, Jacob Bertrand. San Francisco Conservatory of Music Recital Hall, 8pm 2007 Dec 13 2007, Berkeley Recital with Steven Bailey, piano Private Event 1324 Bay View Place, 7:30pm Nov 10 2007, Pittsburgh El Mundo Chamber Ensemble Richard Savino - director, guitar Spanish Zarzuela and Mission Opera of Latin America Synod Hall, 8pm Nov 5 2007, Sacramento Earplay Chamber Music Ensemble Sacramento Festival of New American Music Wayne Peterson, composer Freedom and Love, & Tympan Ally for Soprano and Percussion CSU Sacramento, Music Recital Hall, 8pm Nov 2 2007, Cambridge Recital: Lisa DeSiro and Friends, A Tribute Art Songs from France, Germany, Russia, America, England Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 8pm Oct 6 2007, Santa Cruz New Music Works: Kernis at the Keys Axel Strauss, violin; David Tanenbaum, guitar; Aaron Jay Kernis, piano Aaron Jay Kernis - Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby (2006) UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall, 8pm Sep 30 2007, San Rafael Marin Symphony Family Concert: "Heroes and Villains" Program George Thomson, conductor Mozart Der Hölle Rache from Magic Flute Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 3pm Sep 20 2007, San Francisco Earplay Chamber Music Ensemble A Tribute to Wayne Peterson, composer Freedom and Love for Soprano and Percussion (World Premiere) San Francisco State University, 7pm May 13 2007,San Francisco Noe Valley Chamber Music Season Finale Jake Heggie, piano, composer Bach Cantata BWV 51, Jauchzett Gott in allen Landen! Noe Valley Ministry, 4pm May 02 2007, San Francisco Recital To benefit Florence Crittenton Services Steve Bailey, piano Vocal and Piano Music by Copland, Heggie, Schubert, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Joni Mitchell, Harold Arlen, Mussorgsky Swedenborg Chapel, 7pm Apr 15 2007, Berkeley with Karen Rosenak, Piano John Thow - for Love: 3 Songs for Soprano and Piano Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, 4pm Mar 8,14,16,18 2007, Berkeley Mozart, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Seraglio (Blondchen) George Thompson, conductor Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater 2640 College Avenue Feb 10 2007, San Francisco Recital: San Francisco Song Festival, Hook Line & Singer II with Steve Bailey, piano Ruth Huber - Lorca Songs Selected songs by Jake Heggie John Harbison - Mirabai Songs San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 8pm SF Song Festival 2006 Dec 1 2006, Orinda Handel, Messiah Martin Morley, conductor St. Stephen's Church, Orinda Nov 12 2006, Berkeley Erik Jekabson's Vista Nonet Works for voice and jazz ensemble (World Premiere) Berkeley Jazz School, 4pm Oct 13-15 2006, San Francisco Ives String Quartet with Mockingbird Quartet New music for vocal quartet and string quartet John Peterson - Sunrise Land( US Premiere) Margaret McCallister - Annail Cune (World Premiere) Graham Hair - Stonehenge(World Premiere) St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto Le Petite Trianon, San Jose Noe Valley Chamber Ministry, San Francisco Sep 17 2006, Amherst Itasca, Vocalise Eric Sawyer, composer Music for voices, pre-recorded electronics, narrator Amherst College, Buckley Hall, 7:30pm Jun 17 2006, Cambridge Recital: Lisa DeSiro and Friends, Life is A Cabaret! Music of Poulenc, Satie, Weill, Bolcom, Gilligan Longy School of Music, 8pm May 11 2006, Berkeley Itasca, Vocalise (world premiere) Eric Sawyer, composer Music for voices, pre-recorded electronics, narrator UC Berkeley Center for New Music and Technology, 7:30pm Jan 28; Feb 1,3,5 2006, Berkeley Verdi, Falstaff (Nannetta) Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater 2640 College Avenue (@Derby)