Chamber Music
Alarm Will Sound member (2002-present)
Curiously Strong Winds, Founding Member (1998-present)
- Bang on a Can Marathon (1998)
- Festival of the Hamptons (2000)
- Bard Music Festival (2003)
Sequitur member (2001-present)
Founding member Vanguard Chamber Players (wind quintet), 2nd Prize Winners 1995 Alliance Northeast Competition for Chamber Ensembles
- Carnegie Hall Neighborhood concert series, Presenting educational concerts in public libraries and community centers in the New York City area (1995-99)
- Trinity Church Noontime Concert Series recital (December 1996)
- Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium recital (February 1998)
- Midori and Friends Foundation, giving educational presentations in public schools throughout the NYC area during the school year (1994-present)
Member of CYGNUS (1995-2002) (vln, vc, fl, ob, 2 gtrs) recipients of many grants from organizations such as NYSCA, Ditson Fund, BMI, Aaron Copland Fund, American Composers Forum, And Koussevitsky Foundation
- Founding Member 1998 - Present
- March 2000 tour of California including recital at Los Angeles County Museum of Art Monday Evening Concert Series, classes at UCLA, and performances in the Bay Area
- September 1999 recording first full CD Broken Consort (CRI). Music by Charles Wuorinen, Anthony Braxton, John Halle, Sebastian Currier, Bill Anderson, Chet Biscardi, Robert Pollock and David Lang (all except the Lang are CYGNUS commissions)
- November 1998 recital/workshop tour of the San Francisco/Sacramento area
- March 1998 recital tour of Russia and Tatarstan residence in Kazan's "East/West Festival"
- May 1997 tour of Holland and Denmark
Freelance work with various NYC area chamber ensembles such as Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, Ensemble Sospeso, Ensemble 21.
Orchestra
- Bershire Opera Company Principal Oboe (summer 2003)
- SEM Ensemble Orchestra member (1993-present)
- Jupiter Symphony member (1997-2000)
- STX Ensemble member (1994-1999)
- Essential Music Orchestra (Lincoln Center Summer Festival 1996)
- Principal Oboe, Utah Festival Opera Co. (summer 1995)
- Co-principal Oboe, Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, Spain (1991-94)
Freelance work with NYC area ensembles such as Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Steve Reich Ensemble, and Gotham City Orchestra.
Solo Appearances
- Monday November 7, 2005 at 8pm
Manhattan School of Music
New York NY
Ursula Mamlok Concert
Ursula Mamlok, 5 Capriccios for Oboe and Piano
- Sunday October 23, 2005
Athenaeum Library
1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, CA
NOISE
Guest chamber musician and soloist
performing works by Ronald Roseman, Thea Musgrave and Luciano Berio
- February 24, 2005 8pm
Iannis Xenakis DMAATHEN for oboe and percussion soloists
Steve Schick, percussion
U. C. San Diego Concert Hall
- Sunday October 3, 2004 at 3:30pm
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
Millbrook, NY
15th Annual Millbrook Benefit Concert
Soloist in J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for oboe, violin and strings BWV 1060
- September 26, 2004 3pm
Merkin Hall
W. 67th Street
New York City
NY Chamber Music Initiative Concert
PREMIERE of Marc Mellits' PARKING VIOLATION for oboe with reverb
- June 8, 2004 8pm
North/South Consonance
Christ and St. Stevens Church
New York City, West 69th Street
Bernard Rands, Oboe Concertino
- March 5 and 6, 2004 at 8pm
Fromm Players
Harvard University
Paine Concert Hall
Soloist in Bernard Rands' Oboe Concertino
- November 14, 2003, 8pm
Composers Concordance Concert
Church of Christ and St. Stephens
New York City
Bernard Rands "Memo 8" for oboe alone
- October 19 and 20, 2003
Premiere of Charles Wuorinen
"The Long Boat" for English Horn and Mezzo-soprano
with Mary Nessinger, Mezzo-soprano
- October 19 and 20, 2003 8pm
"Works and Process" series concert
Guggenheim Museum
New York City
- October 9, 2003 8pm
Solo Recital
"North River Recital Series"
Greenwich House of Music
46 Barrow Street, New York, NY
- Eastman School of Music, Musica Nova, soloist Luciano Berio "Chemins IV" (2003)
- Cooper Union Concert Series, New York City, Luciano Berio "Sequenza VII" (2002)
- Slee Sinfonietta, U. of Buffalo, NY, music of Ives, Berio and Copland, soloist in Copland's "Quiet City" (2002)
- Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theatre, soloist in Iannis Xenakis' "Dmaathen" (2001)
- Maurizio Pollini's "Works and Process" concert performing Luciano Berio's "Sequenza VII" (2001)
- Sospeso Ensemble, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, World Premiere of Bernard Rands' "Memo 8" for oboe alone (2000)
- Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, soloist Bernard Rands' "Concertino" (2000)
- June in Buffalo Festival Concert, soloist Bernard Rands' "Concertino" (2000)
- Performances at North Carolina School of the Arts, performing Bernard Rands' "Memo 8" and "Concertino"(2000)
- World Premiere of Bernard Rands "Memo 8", at Carnegie Weill recital hall (2000)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino", Warebrook Contemporary Music festival. Derby Lin, Vermont (2000)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino" at the Eastman School of Music (1999)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino" with the composer conducting, Guggenheim Museum Concert Series (1999)
- Telemann's Overture in Bb Major (9-movement work for oboe solo and orchestra) 1999 at the Prague Spring Festival and 1996 Alice Tully Hall concert with SEM Ensemble Orchestra
- Soloist with Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra (1994)
- Soloist with Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, SPAIN (1992)
- Soloist with Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra (1985)
Festivals
- Sebago Lake Chamber Music Festival (2003)
- Berkshire Opera Company (2003)
- Bennington Chamber Music Conference Faculty and Guest Artist (2002-present)
- Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music (1999-present)
- June in Buffalo (1997-present)
- Utah Festival Opera Co. (1995)
Chamber Music
Alarm Will Sound member (2002-present)
Curiously Strong Winds, Founding Member (1998-present)
- Bang on a Can Marathon (1998)
- Festival of the Hamptons (2000)
- Bard Music Festival (2003)
Sequitur member (2001-present)
Founding member Vanguard Chamber Players (wind quintet), 2nd Prize Winners 1995 Alliance Northeast Competition for Chamber Ensembles
- Carnegie Hall Neighborhood concert series, Presenting educational concerts in public libraries and community centers in the New York City area (1995-99)
- Trinity Church Noontime Concert Series recital (December 1996)
- Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium recital (February 1998)
- Midori and Friends Foundation, giving educational presentations in public schools throughout the NYC area during the school year (1994-present)
Member of CYGNUS (1995-2002) (vln, vc, fl, ob, 2 gtrs) recipients of many grants from organizations such as NYSCA, Ditson Fund, BMI, Aaron Copland Fund, American Composers Forum, And Koussevitsky Foundation
- Founding Member 1998 - Present
- March 2000 tour of California including recital at Los Angeles County Museum of Art Monday Evening Concert Series, classes at UCLA, and performances in the Bay Area
- September 1999 recording first full CD Broken Consort (CRI). Music by Charles Wuorinen, Anthony Braxton, John Halle, Sebastian Currier, Bill Anderson, Chet Biscardi, Robert Pollock and David Lang (all except the Lang are CYGNUS commissions)
- November 1998 recital/workshop tour of the San Francisco/Sacramento area
- March 1998 recital tour of Russia and Tatarstan residence in Kazan's "East/West Festival"
- May 1997 tour of Holland and Denmark
Freelance work with various NYC area chamber ensembles such as Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, Ensemble Sospeso, Ensemble 21.
Orchestra
- Bershire Opera Company Principal Oboe (summer 2003)
- SEM Ensemble Orchestra member (1993-present)
- Jupiter Symphony member (1997-2000)
- STX Ensemble member (1994-1999)
- Essential Music Orchestra (Lincoln Center Summer Festival 1996)
- Principal Oboe, Utah Festival Opera Co. (summer 1995)
- Co-principal Oboe, Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, Spain (1991-94)
Freelance work with NYC area ensembles such as Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Steve Reich Ensemble, and Gotham City Orchestra.
Solo Appearances
- Monday November 7, 2005 at 8pm
Manhattan School of Music
New York NY
Ursula Mamlok Concert
Ursula Mamlok, 5 Capriccios for Oboe and Piano
- Sunday October 23, 2005
Athenaeum Library
1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, CA
NOISE
Guest chamber musician and soloist
performing works by Ronald Roseman, Thea Musgrave and Luciano Berio
- February 24, 2005 8pm
Iannis Xenakis DMAATHEN for oboe and percussion soloists
Steve Schick, percussion
U. C. San Diego Concert Hall
- Sunday October 3, 2004 at 3:30pm
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
Millbrook, NY
15th Annual Millbrook Benefit Concert
Soloist in J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for oboe, violin and strings BWV 1060
- September 26, 2004 3pm
Merkin Hall
W. 67th Street
New York City
NY Chamber Music Initiative Concert
PREMIERE of Marc Mellits' PARKING VIOLATION for oboe with reverb
- June 8, 2004 8pm
North/South Consonance
Christ and St. Stevens Church
New York City, West 69th Street
Bernard Rands, Oboe Concertino
- March 5 and 6, 2004 at 8pm
Fromm Players
Harvard University
Paine Concert Hall
Soloist in Bernard Rands' Oboe Concertino
- November 14, 2003, 8pm
Composers Concordance Concert
Church of Christ and St. Stephens
New York City
Bernard Rands "Memo 8" for oboe alone
- October 19 and 20, 2003
Premiere of Charles Wuorinen
"The Long Boat" for English Horn and Mezzo-soprano
with Mary Nessinger, Mezzo-soprano
- October 19 and 20, 2003 8pm
"Works and Process" series concert
Guggenheim Museum
New York City
- October 9, 2003 8pm
Solo Recital
"North River Recital Series"
Greenwich House of Music
46 Barrow Street, New York, NY
- Eastman School of Music, Musica Nova, soloist Luciano Berio "Chemins IV" (2003)
- Cooper Union Concert Series, New York City, Luciano Berio "Sequenza VII" (2002)
- Slee Sinfonietta, U. of Buffalo, NY, music of Ives, Berio and Copland, soloist in Copland's "Quiet City" (2002)
- Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theatre, soloist in Iannis Xenakis' "Dmaathen" (2001)
- Maurizio Pollini's "Works and Process" concert performing Luciano Berio's "Sequenza VII" (2001)
- Sospeso Ensemble, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, World Premiere of Bernard Rands' "Memo 8" for oboe alone (2000)
- Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, soloist Bernard Rands' "Concertino" (2000)
- June in Buffalo Festival Concert, soloist Bernard Rands' "Concertino" (2000)
- Performances at North Carolina School of the Arts, performing Bernard Rands' "Memo 8" and "Concertino"(2000)
- World Premiere of Bernard Rands "Memo 8", at Carnegie Weill recital hall (2000)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino", Warebrook Contemporary Music festival. Derby Lin, Vermont (2000)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino" at the Eastman School of Music (1999)
- Bernard Rands "Concertino" with the composer conducting, Guggenheim Museum Concert Series (1999)
- Telemann's Overture in Bb Major (9-movement work for oboe solo and orchestra) 1999 at the Prague Spring Festival and 1996 Alice Tully Hall concert with SEM Ensemble Orchestra
- Soloist with Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra (1994)
- Soloist with Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, SPAIN (1992)
- Soloist with Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra (1985)
Festivals
- Sebago Lake Chamber Music Festival (2003)
- Berkshire Opera Company (2003)
- Bennington Chamber Music Conference Faculty and Guest Artist (2002-present)
- Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music (1999-present)
- June in Buffalo (1997-present)
- Utah Festival Opera Co. (1995)
