2014

Dec. 4. Performance, with Trevor Sanders, guitar, YONA-sistema (Edmonton), Mother Teresa Elementary School, Edmonton, AB; Paganini 6 Sonatas, op. 3, Paganini Carnival of Venice for violin and guitar (excerpt), Paganini Moto Perpetuo for violin and guitar, op. 11, Paganini Caprice for solo violin op. 1, no. 24

Nov. 3. Performance, Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE) Annual General Meeting, Boyle Street Community Centre, Edmonton, AB; Ysaÿe Sonata no. 6

Oct. 26. Duo Recital, with Trevor Sanders, guitar, Studio 2-7, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Paganini 6 Sonatas for violin and guitar, op. 3, Paganini Grand Sonata in A major for guitar and violin, Paganini Carnival of Venice for violin and guitar, Paganini Moto Perpetuo for violin and guitar, op. 11

Oct. 24. Performance, with Trevor Sanders, prelude to Gala Concert, Music Alberta Conference, Edmonton, AB; Paganini 6 Sonatas, op. 3, Paganini Moto Perpetuo

Oct. 23. Performance, ‘Prism’ (Department of Music Showcase); the Enterprise Quartet, with Charles Pilon, viola, Colin Ryan, cello, and Trevor Sanders, guitar; Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Paganini, Quartet for guitar & strings no. 1 in A minor, Op. 4 (excerpts)

Oct. 4. Duo Recital, ‘Violinissimo’, Music at Convocation Hall Series, with Roger Admiral, piano; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Ysaÿe ‘L’Extase’, Poème no. 4 for violin and piano 'to Mischa Elman', Ysaÿe Solo Violin Sonata in E, op. 27 no. 6 ‘to Manuel Quiroga’, Ysaÿe Caprice after Saint-Saëns’ ‘Étude en forme de Valse’, op. 52 no. 6, Debussy (arr. G. Choisnel) ‘First Arabesque’, Debussy (arr. L. Roques) ‘La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin’, Prelude no. 8, Debussy (arr. A. Hartmann) ‘La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin’, Prelude no. 8, Debussy (arr. A. Hartmann?) ‘Minstrels’, Prelude no. 12, MacDowell (arr. A Hartmann) ‘To a Hummingbird’, from Fancies op. 7, MacDowell (arr. G. Saenger) Scotch Poem’, Chausson ‘Poème’, op. 25 'to Eugène Ysaÿe'

Sept. 30. Duo Recital, ‘Violinissimo’, with Roger Admiral, piano; Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; as above

June 3. Duo Recital, with Yue Deng, violin; excerpts of the following program: Shijiazhuang University, China; Leclair 6 Duos for 2 Violins, Op.3: Nos. 5 and 6; Milhaud Duo for 2 Violins (1947); Archer 3 Duets for Two Violins (1960); Mozart excerpts from Don Giovanni; Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices, Op.18, Nos. 1, 2, and 4

June 2. Duo Recital, with Yue Deng, violin; Hebei Art School and Shijiazhuang Technical University, China; as above, excerpts

May 31. Duo Recital, with Yue Deng, violin; Central Conservatory, Beijing, China; as above, excerpts

May 21. Duo Recital, with Yue Deng, violin; Meditation Mount, Ojai, Ca, USA; Leclair 6 Duos for 2 Violins, Op.3: Nos. 5 and 6; Milhaud Duo for 2 Violins (1947); Archer 3 Duets for Two Violins (1960); Mozart excerpts from Don Giovanni; Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices, Op.18, Nos. 1, 2, and 4

May 21. Duo Recital, with Yue Deng, violin; Sierra Linda Elementary School, Oxnard, CA, USA; Leclair 6 Duos for 2 Violins, Op.3: Nos. 5 and 6; Milhaud Duo for 2 Violins (1947); Archer 3 Duets for Two Violins (1960); Mozart excerpts from Don Giovanni; Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices, Op.18, Nos. 1, 2, and 4

May 17. Duo Recital, with William Corbett-Jones, piano; private home, San Francisco, CA; Mozart Violin Sonata in D major, K.306, Grieg Violin Sonata No.3, Op.45, Brahms Hungarian Dances No. 2 and 3 for Violin and Piano (arr. Joseph Joachim), Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Scherzo in D minor

May 13. Duo Recital, with Janet Scott-Hoyt, piano; Convocation Hall, Unversity of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Mozart Violin Sonata in D major, K.306, Grieg Violin Sonata No.3, Op.45, Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-3 for Violin and Piano (arr. Joseph Joachim), Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Scherzo in D minor

May 2. Duo performance, with Edmund Agopian, violin; as part of the Alberta String Association (ASA) Showcase, Craigie Hall, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; Wienawski 8 Etudes for 2 Violins, Op.18: Nos. 1, 2, 4

April 15. Chamber Music, Graduate Composers Concert: works for string quartet, & string quartet + 3 winds by Graduate Student Composers Nico Arnaez, Bogdan Focsaneanu and Andrew Israelsen; with the Enterprise Quartet, Daniel Gervais, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Amy Nicholson, cello, and guests Bill Damur, flute, Rob Spady, clarinet, and Shamilla Ramnawaj, horn; conducted by Andriy Talpash; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Focsaneaunu Conincidentia Oppositorum for String Quartet (2013) and Three Contrasts (2014), Israelsen KARAYN: an edifice of emptiness for string quartet (2013) and SEPTICK: adumbrations of solution and fragmentation for septet (2014), and Arnáez Sobre cómo pintar en el tiempo (2013).

April 2. Solo Recital, Christ Church Anglican, Grande Prairie, AB; program TBA

Mar. 23. Concerto, ‘From Tchaikovsky with Love’, with Yue Deng, 2nd violin, and the University Symphony Orchestra, Petar Dundjerski, cond.; Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB; Martinů: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra No. 2 in D major, H. 329 (1950 New York)

Mar. 19. Chamber Music, ‘Concerti for Two Violins: Vivaldi and Martinů’, with Yue Deng, violin and Mathew Walton, piano, Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, AB; Vivaldi Concerto For Two Violins and Strings in D Major, RV 512, Vivaldi Concerto For Two Violins and Stings in A minor, RV 522, Martinů: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra No. 2 in D major, H. 329 (1950 New York)

Mar. 17. Chamber Music, ‘Words, Songs, and Strings: The Visions of Schönberg, Berg, and Bartók’, sponsored by the Wirth Institute and Department of Music, University of Alberta; with the Enterprise Quartet, Yue Deng, violin, Charles Pilon, viola, Julian Savaryn, cello, and Catherine Abele, soprano, Jacques Arsenault, tenor, and Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp, piano; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; illustrations by the Enterprise Quartet of the String Quartets of Béla Bartók as part of Dániel Péter Biró and Harald Krebs (University of Victoria) lecture featuring the book: “The String Quartets of Béla Bartók: Tradition and Legacy in Analytical Perspective” (forthcoming with Oxford University Press in March 2014); Schönberg String Quartet No. 2 for soprano & string quartet in F sharp minor, Op. 10

Mar. 7. Solo and Chamber Music, ‘Echos of the Unheard’, Original compositions & sound art by: Howard Bashaw, Mark Hannesson, Scott Smallwood, and Andriy Talpash; with Roger Admiral (piano), Allison Balcetis (saxophones), Rob Spady (clarinets); Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Smallwood, Skyward and Northern Hero (2014), Bashaw Modular I and Buzz (2011) from Seven Movements for Violin or Viola, Hannesson pins (2014), Bashaw Loops – Five Shorts (2010)

Feb. 8. Solo and Duo Recital, with Elias-Axel Pettersson, piano, sponsored by the Wirth Institute and Department of Music, University of Alberta; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Ernst Élégie, Op. 10, Ernst‘The Last Rose of Summer’, Étude No.6, Ernst ‘Der Erlkönig’, Grand Caprice Op. 26 (Schubert), Janacek Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 (Pettersson), Janacek Sonata for violin & piano (1914)

Jan. 19. Chamber Music, ‘On the Path to Bach, Windows into the Times, Teaching and Traditions - A Bach Celebration’, with Marnie Giesbrecht, Judy Loewen, Wendy Markosky, Joachim Segger, and Jeremy Spurgeon, harpsichords, Marnie Giesbrecht, organ, Yue Deng, violin, Laura Veeze, viola, Josephine van Lier, cello, and Joseph Patrouch, narrator; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Paumann Mit ganzem Willen wünsch ich dir, Hofhaimer Zucht, Ehr und Lob, Schlick Maria zart, Frescobaldi Bergamasca (Fiori Musicali 1635), Buxtehude “Nun bitten wir den heilgen Geist” BuxWV 208, Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne BuxWV 137, J. S. Bach Concerto I in d minor BWV 1063, J. S. Bach Concerto II in C Major BWV 1064, J. S. Bach Concerto in a minor (Vivaldi) BWV 1065