Recent Performances

************** Perf. 2020

Performance of Moments from SANTA FE TRAIL ECHOES  for Violoncello at NACUSAsf “Composer and Friends” Concert, St. Teresa of Avila Church, 1490 19th St., San Francisco, CA, Anne Lerner-Wright, violoncello, February 8th, 8 pm 

Performance of A WHITMAN “SAMPLER” for Baritone and Piano by Andrew White, baritone and Nathan Buckner, piano, January 26th, 3 pm at  All-Faiths Chapel, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Performance of  TOCCATA FANTASY I, for Piano, NACUSA LA "A Winter Piano Gala" Concert, Hollywood Piano, 323 S. Front St., Burbank, CA, Sebastian Chang, piano, January 12th, 3 pm 

************** Perf. 2019

Repeat Performance of A WHITMAN “SAMPLER” for Baritone and Piano by Andrew White, baritone and Nathan Buckner, piano, December 8th at  3 pm, Kimball Recital Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

Premiere and Performance of A WHITMAN “SAMPLER” for Baritone and Piano by Andrew White, baritone and Nathan Buckner, piano, December  2nd, 7:30 pm at University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE 

West Coast premiere of LIFSCHEY CARDS II (Image Music XLI) for Oboe, Viola and Piano, Cascadia "Shades of Autumn" Concert, Rm. 75,  Lincoln Hall, Catherine Lee, oboe; Julie Asparro, viola; Colleen, piano, November 15, 2019, 7:30 pm 

Performance of movements from NORTHWEST SKETCHES II, ver. for Flute and Clarinet, NACUSA LA Ace Trio Concert, Cypress Hall, CSUN, Northridge, CA, Shannon Canchola, flute, Ryan Glass, clarinet , and Jason Still, piano, October 6th, 5 pm 

Premiere and Performance of “Civil Wars” for Baritone and Piano at Radius Center, San Antonio, TX, Andrew White, Baritone & John McGinn,  Piano, September 28th, 4:30 pm

Performance of RANDOM BLACKOUTS I (Image Music XXXIII) for Baritone and Piano 4 Hands at Seddon Recital Hall, Luella Bennack Music  Center, UIW San Antonio, TX, Chiawei Lee, Baritone & Ara Koh & Jean Park, Piano, September 27th, 7:30 pm 

Performance and premiere of entire SANTA FE TRAIL ECHOES, ver. for Violoncello at Ensemble for These Times Concert, Angelico Hall,  Dominican University of CA, San Rafael,CA, Anne Lerner-Wright, violoncello, September 13th, 7:30 p.m. 

Release of IFOUR DESULTORY EPISODES for Oboe and Fixed Media on on a RMN Classical CD (Greg A Steinke, oboe), Electroacoustic &  Beyond, Vol. 4 (07/05/19) (iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, Deezer)

Release of Sarabande for Alto Flute on Phasma-Music Foundation CD (Iwona Glinka, flute) ( via NAXOS) (7/19)

Performance of Movement 1 from EXPRESSIONS  for String Quartet at NACUSAsf “Friction Quartet” concert, Palo Alto Art Center Aud., 1313  Newell Rd., Palo Alto, CA, Friction Quartet, June 8th, 8 pm 

Performance of Mvmnt 2 (Dance of Life) from EXPRESSIONS  for String Quartet at NACUSAsor “Wine…with strings attached” concert, Grizzly  Peak Winery, 1600E. Nevada St., Ashland, OR, NACUSAsor players, June 9th, 2 pm 

Release of Inquietude Revisited II ver. for Alto Flute on Phasma-Music Foundation CD (Iwona Glinka, flute) ( via NAXOS) (5/3/19)

Performance of FOUR DESULTORY EPISODES for Oboe and Fixed Media at NACUSA Cascadia “All Wired Up” Concert, The Old Church,  Portland, OR, Catherine Lee, oboe, April 20th, 4 pm

Performance and premiere of Sarabande for Trumpet, a very small consortium ensemble, Weidner Cen. Perf. Arts, University of Wisconsin-Green  Bay, Green Bay, WI,  Adam Gaines, Trumpet, April 22nd, 7:30 pm 

Performance of EXPRESSIONS  for String Quartet at NACUSA Cascadia “Founders” Concert, Room 75, Lincoln Hall, PSU, Portland, OR, Fear  No Music Quartet, March 22nd, 7:30 pm

Premiere and Performance of RANDOM BLACKOUTS IV (Image Music XLIV) ver for Tenor and Guitar, at Hahn Recital Hall, Ball State  University, Muncie, IN, Rory Wallace, Tenor & Paul Reilly, Guitar, March 19th, 7:30 pm 

Performance of From ARMGART for Soprano, NACUSAsor “Songs for a Winter Night” Concert at Ashland First Congregational Church,  Ashland,OR by Jeffri Carrington, Soprano & Nic Temple, Piano, January 12, 7:30 pm

************** Perf. 2018

Performance of From ARMGART for Soprano, NACUSALA “Local Vocal” Concert at St. Athanasius Episcopal Church,  LosAngeles, CA by Rachel Labovitch, Soprano & James French, Piano, October 7, 4 pm

Performance of TO GET TO FRESNO ver. for Reciter, Clarinet (or Flute) and Piano, America Home: A Concert  by Row Twelve Ensemble in  Harvard, MA on September 17th, 2 PM; Karen Henry, Reciter, Katherine Kleitz, Flute, Marc Lauritsen, Piano 

Performance of FAMILY PORTRAIT for Piano at NACUSA Cascadia Made in Oregon Concert (as part of Astoria Music Festival), Carey Lewis,  Piano, June 20th 7:30 pm

Performance of FAMILY PORTRAIT for Piano at NACUSA Cascadia In Good Hands Concert, Room 75, Lincoln Hall, PSU, Portland, OR, Leo  Trajano, Piano, June 16th, 3 pm

Release of Van Gogh Vignettes for Flute Duet on Phasma-Music Foundation CD (Iwona Glinka,flutes) ( via NAXOS) (5/3/18)

Performance and recording for YouTube of INQUIETUDE for Flute Solo by Robin Meiksins as part of her 52 Weeks of Flute Project, April 22– 28th

Performance of Van Gogh Vignettes (Image Music XXII) for Flute Duet at CMS 2018 Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, Kimbrough Hall,  Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sophia Tegart, Flute/Piccolo & Leonard Garrison, Flute & Alto Flute, April 27th, 8 pm 

Premiere and Performance of FANFARE I for Brass and Percussion at 2018 Big Horn Brass Spring Concert “Music Masters Past and Present,” co- sponsored with NACUSA Cascadia, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, OR, David Bryan, Conductor, April 21st, 7 pm

Performance of ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING II (Image Music V-a)for Guitar as Part of 30th Annual Guitar Festival at Hahn Recital Hall, Ball  State University, Muncie, IN, Paul Reilly, Guitar, April 19th, 7:30 pm

Performance of INCANTATION - MEDITATION - DANCE for Trumpet/Flügelhorn and Organ on NACUSALA “Pull Out the Stops” Concert  at  St. Athanasius Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA by John Thomas Burson, Trumpet/Flügelhorn & James French, Organ, April 8, 4  pm

Performance of SIX PIECES for Piano on NACUSAsf “A Concert of New American Music”, Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose, CA, Libby  Kardontchik, Piano, April 7th, 8 pm

Performance of WIND RIVER COUNTRY (3 mvmnts) for Woodwind Quintet at SCI National Conference, All-Faiths Chapel Auditorium,  Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Konza Winds Woodwind Quintet, April 6, 4:30 pm 

Performance of DON’T WE, for Clarinet Solo at NACUSA 2018 National Conference, Gano Chapel, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO,  Madelyn Moore, Clarinet, March 17th, 2 pm

Premiere and Performance of A MEMORIAL, ver. for Violoncello at NACUSA 2018 National Conference, J.C. Nichols Auditorium, WW I  Museum, Kansas City, KS, Esther Seitz, Violoncello, March 16th, 7 pm

Performance of SUITE for Piano on NACUSAor “Winter Tales“ Concert at Ashland Methodist Church, Ashland, OR, Owen Hucke,  Piano, February 3rd, 7:30 pm

************** Perf. 2017

Performances of VAN GOGH Vignettes, version for Flute Duet on Two Minutes for Two Flutes Concerts  at Municipal Conservatory of Patra,  Old Municipal Hospital of Patra, Patra, GREECE & An Art Artistry, Monis Asteriou, Plaka, Athens, GREECE, December 18 & 19th, 8:30  PM, Iwona Glinka & Renata Guzik, flutes

Performance of From ARMGART for Soprano, NACUSAsf Composers’ Performance Ensemble Concert, Foothills Congregational Church, Los  Altos, CA & Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Belmont, CA, Amy Foote, Soprano, Paul Dab, Piano, November 11th, 8 pm & 12th, 3 pm

Performance of RUDIMENTALISIS for Percussion Soloist on NACUSAor “Good Vibes“ Concert at Ashland Congregational Church,  Ashland, OR, Jared Brown, Percussion, November 4th, 7:30 pm

Premiere and performance of LIFSCHEY Cards I (Image Music XLIII) for Oboe and String Quartet; performances of From SONGS OF THE  FIRE CIRCLES (Image Music XLII) for String Quartet, SACRÉ BLEU! for Bass Clarinet (with Low C extension) at NACUSA Cascadia  Concert (The Birthday Bash Boys [75th]) Room 75, Lincoln Hall, PSU, Portland, OR, Greg A Steinke, Oboe, Delgani String Quartet,  Roger Cole, Bass Clarinet, November 3rd, 7:30 pm

Performance of RANDOM BLACKOUTS I (Image Music XXXIII) for Baritone and Piano (4 Hands) Fresh Squeezed Opera’s “Showcase”  Concert, The Cell Theater, New York, NY, Sean Patrick Jernigan, baritone; Walter Aparicio, piano; Sugar Vendil, piano, 

November 2nd, 8 pm 

Premiere and performance of From SUSPENDED (Image Music XXVII A) version for English Horn and Strings at NACUSA Cascadia Concert  (Music from Cascadia’s Frontiers), Community Music Center, Portland, OR, Greg A Steinke, English horn and Delgani String Quartet,  October 14th, 7:30 pm; repeat performance at First Christian Church, Eugene, OR, October 15th, 3 pm 

Performance of DAIJOUBO for Reciter and Oboe and “LET US TAKE WHAT WE CAN FOR THE OCCASION” for Reciter, Flute, Bass and  Piano, Harvest and Renewal: A Concert  by Row Twelve Ensemble in Harvard, MA on September 17th, 2 PM; Karen Henry, Reciter,  Katherine Kleitz, Flute, Greg Steinke, Oboe, Andy Brewster, Bass, Marc Lauritsen, Piano 

Performance of FOUR DESULTORY EPISODES for Oboe and Fixed Media, NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival, Abrons Arts Center, New  York, NY, Jacqueline Leclair, Oboe, June 19th, 8 pm 

Performance of DIVERSIONS & INTERACTIONS for Percussion Trio, PSU & NACUSA Cascadia CeLOUbration, Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR,  the Percussion Group, June 16th, 7:30 pm 

Performance of SACRÉ BLEU! for Bass Clarinet (with Low C extension) at CMS 2017 Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, Fir 113, Capilano  University, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, Roger Cole, Bass Clarinet, April 28th, 8 pm 

Premiere and performance of BOLOS (a film score) for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Percussion and Piano at Sounds of Silent Film Festival  by ACM, Music Box  Theater, Chicago, IL, April 22nd, 7:30 pm 

Premiere and Performance of From SONGS OF THE FIRE CIRCLES (Image Music XLII) for String Quartet, Delgani Quartet Concert, United  Lutheran Church, Eugene, OR March 21 @ 7:30 pm 

Premiere and Performance of DAIJOUBO for Reciter and Oboe and REVISITNG for Reciter and Desk Bell and performance of A JAPANESE  FOLK  SUITE for Reciter and Oboe at NACUSA Cascadia Concert, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR, Greg a Steinke, Oboe and  Lawson Inada, Reciter, March 12, 2 pm  

Premiere and Performance of SACRÉ BLEU! for Bass Clarinet (with Low C extension) at SCI Region VIII, Kimbrough Hall, Washington State  University, Pullman, WA, Roger Cole, Bass Clarinet, March 4th, 3 pm 

Premiere and performances of TOCCATA FANTASY I for Piano Portland Piano, Rising Star Series, concerts at Marylhurst University, Feb. 2  @1:30  pm; Terwilliger Plaza Aud, Feb. 3 @ 7:30 pm; Pacific Northwest College of Art, Feb. 5 @ 5 pm; Portland Piano Company, Feb 6  @ 7 pm; Lewis & Clark College, Feb. 7 @ 12:40 pm, Yuanfan Yang, Piano 

************** Perf. 2016

Premiere and performances (10) of COLVIN HOUSE HAUNTS for Violin and Violoncello for Access Contemporary Music and Open House  Chicago 2016!, Colvin House, Chicago, IL, Jeff Yang, Vln., Alyson Berger, Vlc., October 15th, 12 - 3 pm 

Performances of Mvmnts 1 & 2 from Moments at Canyon de Chelly for Flute and Oboe and Mvmnts 1 & 3 from Van Gogh Vignettes ver. for  Flute and Violoncello, on ICF fall Concerts in Decorah, IA (Porter House Museum) and Davenport, IA, Heather Armstrong, Ob., Carol  Hestor, Fl., Craig Hultgren, Vlc., (Figge Art Museum), October 13th and October 16th, 7:30 pm & 3 pm.

Performance of Mvmnts 1 & 3 from Moments at Canyon de Chelly for Flute and Oboe, Faculty Artist Series, Luther College, Decorah, IA, Heather  Armstrong, Ob., Carol Hestor, Fl., October 8th , 4 pm 

Performance of MEMORIES II of Chief Joseph for Bassoon and Piano at NACSUALA Chapter Concerts - New Horizons for Bassoon,  Private  homes in Northridge and Culver City, CA, Jonathan Stetney, Bsn., Mark Menzies, Pno., August 27th and 28th, 4 pm. 

Performance of Mini Scherzando for Harpsichord "In Good Hands" NACUSA Cascadia Concert at The Old church, Portland, OR on July 28th, 4  pm; Jesse Neiman, Harpsichord 

Performances of Family Portrait: 5 Vignettes for Piano & mvmts III. & V. from Suite for Piano, Terwilliger Plaza (sponsored by NACUSA  Cascadia), Portland, OR, June 17th, 7 pm, Paul Safar, Piano 

Performance of EXPRESSIONS III for Cl., Vln., Vc., Perc., Pno. at MusCan Fast Forward Concert, Congress 2016, Univ of Calgary, Calgary,  Alb. CAN, Eckhardt-Gramatté, Rozsa Centre, Fast Forward Ens, June 2nd, 8 pm 

Performance of THREE EARLY MOVEMENTS for Woodwind Trio, NACUSAor Chapter Concert by Firebird Wind Trio, First Congregational  United Church of Christ , Ashland, OR, Gwen Hutchins, Cl., Lori Groshong, ob., Tiffany Schmidt, bn, May 28th, 7:30 pm. 

Performance of TIP TOP TAP BALLROOM BONANZA for Alto Sax and Contrabass at Classical Revolution “Call for Scores!” Concert, @  Waterworks. Tallahassee. FL, Christian Marshall & Cole Belt, April 26th, 9 pm 

Premiere and performance of MEMORIES II of Chief Joseph for Violin and Piano at NACSUAsf Chapter Concert, Foothill Presbyterian Church,  San Jose, CA,  April 17th, 3 pm.

Premiere and performance of PARACOSM Death of Ego (a film score) for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Percussion and Piano at Sounds of  Silent Film Festival by ACM, Music Box Theater, Chicago, IL, April 16th, 7:30 pm 

Premiere and performance of MEMORIES of Chief Joseph for Bassoon and Marimba, DMA Chamber Recital, Morphy Recital Hall, School of  Music, Univ. Wisc., Madison, WI, Juliana Mesa-Jaramillo, Bsn., Alex Valois, Mar., Mar. 29th, 6:30 pm 

Presentation of Music and the Poetry of Lawson Fusao Inada at CMS 29th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference at Pacific University, Forest  Grove, OR on March 20th.

Performances of TOMORROW ON YESTERDAY (Image Music IV) and TOCCATA FANTASY II  for Harp Solo by Meredith Clark, Harp at Hot  Air Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, March 6th, 1 pm. 

Premiere and performance of TOCCATA FANTASY II  for Harp Solo by Meredith Clark, Harp at NACSUAsf Chapter Concert, Foothills  Congregational Church, Los Altos, CA, March 5th, 8 pm. 

Performance of THREE EARLY MOVEMENTS for Woodwind Trio, Iowa Composers Forum, Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa  City, IA, Christine Burke, Cl., Elizabeth Flewissner, ob., Alex Widstrand, bn, February 20th, 3 pm. 

Performances of Moments from SANTA FE TRAIL ECHOES (Image Music VIII) for Solo Cello, Craig Hultgren, cello (ICF Cello Program Series)  University of Northern Iowa Davis Hall, Cedar Falls, IA, February 8th at 8 pm; Luther College Noble Recital Hall, Jenson-Noble Hall of  Music, Decorah, IA, February 9th, 7:30 pm; and Iowa Composers Mini Festival, University of Iowa, Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA,  February 20th, 7:30 pm. 

Performance of Moments from SINGING HEART (Image Music XII) (Apache Morning Song and Don’t We) for Choir by Clavem Lux Vocal  Ensemble, NACUSAor Chapter Concert, First Congregational United Church of Christ , Ashland, OR, February 6th, 7:30 pm. 

Performance of From ARMGART for Soprano, NACUSA GP Chapter Concert, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO, Sara Tannehill  Anderson, Soprano, Daniel Veliger, Piano. January 7th, 6 pm 

Honorable Mention from Cortona Prize 2016 for my From ARGART for Soprano and Piano (1/2/16

************** Perf. 2015

Performance of From ARMGART for Mezzo-Soprano, Lakehead University New Music Ensemble, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ONT,  Canada, Cecilia Morris, Mezzo-Soprano, Amy Ongaro, Piano. December 4th, 8 pm 

Performance of TO GET TO FRESNO ver. for Voice, Flute and Piano, NACUSAsf Concert, SF Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., San  Francisco, CA, Nov. 7th, 8 pm, Michael Desnoyers, Ten., Teresa Orozco, Fl., Libby Kardontchik, Pno.

Performance of a portion of EXPRESSIONS for String Quartet on NACUSA Cascadia Concert, “Healing at the Speed of Sound” at Community  Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St., Portland, OR on November 1st, 3 pm, by Raphael Spiro String Quartet 

Performance and premiere of LIFSCHEY CARDS II for Oboe, Viola and Piano, Con Vivo Trio, as part of Double Entendre Old and New series,  Season 2, Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY on October 25, 2015, Karisa Antonio, oboe; Amelia Hollander Ames, viola; Denise  Fillion, piano

Performance of IN MEMORIAM - Sacajawea, version for Saxophone Quartet on Ciclo de Concertos 2015 “Música para el terrier milenio” by  Foundation Sax-Ensemble at Auditorio San Francisco, Ávila, Spain, October 25th, 12 noon.

Performance of ONE by ONE, version for Sop. Sax and Harp on NACUSA Cascadia Concert, “Cascadia Ventures Forth” at Mago Hunt Recital  Hall, Univ. Of Portland, Portland, OR on October 16th, 7:30 pm Sean Fredenburg, sop. Sax and Kate Petak, harp

Performance and premiere of TIP TOP TAP BALLROOM BONANZA ver. for Flute and Contrabass, Adah Jones, Fl. and David Dawson, Cb. at  Fall 2015 Joint Conf. Of SW AMS and Texas NACUSA, Texas State University San Marcos, TX (10- 10-15) 

Was finalist (Chamber Music - Professional Division) in the America Prize in Composition  Competition for 2015 for Random Blackouts I for  Baritone and Piano 4 Hands,  a 15’ work. (Sept.)

Performance of VAN GOGH Vignettes, version for Flute and Viola on TEMPO Concert  at Cal. St. U, Northridge, Northridge, CA, October 4th,  7:30 PM, (David Shostac, flute; Nancy Roth, viola)

Performance of movement one of Moments from WHITE BLOWING DAFFODIL SEEDS for Piano Trio on NACUSA LA  Concert at Cal. St. U,  Northridge, Northridge, CA, September 19th, 7:30 PM, (Nancy Roth, violin; Maksim Velichkin, violoncello; Françoise Regnat, piano)

Performance of INQUIETUDE for Flute Solo, “Lunch Concert”, Cathedral of Turku, Finland on July 30th,  Ilari Lehtinen, Flute 

Performances of a portion of EXPRESSIONS for String Quartet as a part of RSQ-RACC project performances in Portland by Raphael Spiro  Quartet

April 8:  Parry Children's Psychiatric Residency Center, 3415 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

May 29:  Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Child Life Program, Oregon Health & Science Univ., 707 SW Campus Dr., Portland, OR 97239

May 29:  Randall Children's Hospital, Legacy Emanuel, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave, Portland, OR 97227

June 24:  Providence Child Center, 830 NE 47th Ave, Portland, OR 97213

July 8:  Edwards School Day Program, Trillum Family Services, 1715 SE 32nd Pl., Portland, OR 97214

July 8:  Providence Child Center (second performance), 830 NE 47th Ave, Portland, OR 97213

Sept. 30:  Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Child Life Program, Oregon Health & Science Univ., 707 SW Campus Dr., Portland, OR 97239

Sept. 30:  Randall Children's Hospital, Legacy Emanuel, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave, Portland, OR 97227

Was a semi-finalist (Orchestra Music - Professional Division) in the America Prize in Composition  Competition for 2015 for All in a Moment’s  Time for Viola and Orchestra,  a 28’ work. (July)

Performance of FAMILY PORTRAIT for Piano, NACUSAor “A Spring Concert” Concert, Congregational United Church , Ashland, OR on May  9th, 7:30 pm, Cynthia Stauffer, Piano

Performance of “Dance” from INCANTATION MEDITATION DANCE for Trumpet and Organ at Davis and Jebe Halls, Gallagher Bludorn PAC,  University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, March 28th, 10 AM, Randy Grabovski, Tpt. & Randall Harlwo, Org

Performances of VAN GOGH Vignettes, version for Flute Duet at All Faiths Chapel, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 12th, 5:45  PM & at Lincoln Music Center, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, March 20th, 7:30 PM, Tammy Evans Yonce & Elizabeth  Robinson, flutes

Performance of VAN GOGH Vignettes, version for Violin and Viola on Pictures & Serenades Concert by Duo Scordatura at First Presbyterian  Church of Houston, TX on February 13th, 7:30 PM, Nicholas Leh Baker, Vln. & Faith Magdalene Jones, Vla 

Performance of EAST OF . . . . WEST OF for Guitar on NACUSA Cascadia Concert, “January Jubilation” at Colonial Heights Presbyterian  Church, 7:30 PM, Portland, OR on January 24th, Peter Zisa, Guitar