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Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3:00 PM

New York, NY 

Music in Our Time: 2010

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Friday, January 22, 2010

Boston, MA 

Gramercy Trio

World Premiere

Shuffle and Blues (2009)

November 9-13, 2009

London, England 

Daniel Asia rehearsed and recorded new CD
of his choral music with the BBC Singers
Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

November 2009

 

release of Perennials, American Guitar Solos
including Asia's Songs of Transcendence
Joseph Pecoraro, guitar

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Norman, OK 

Jonathan Shames, piano
School of Music Sutton Artist Series

Scherzo Sonata (1987)
for solo piano

commissioned by Jonathan Shames

University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Tucson, AZ 

Jonathan Shames, piano
part of Ives/Copland and the American Spirit Festival

Scherzo Sonata (1987)
for solo piano

commissioned by Jonathan Shames

Friday, January 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM

Austin, TX 

Sounds Seen, Hues Heard

Orange (1979)
for viola

Aurelien Petillot, viola

Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Buenos Aries, Argentina 

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, guitar

World Premiere of Symphony No. 5

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

George Hanson, Music Director and Conductor
2008/09—80th Season
MasterWorks I
George Hanson, conductor
Robert Swenson, tenor
Kelly Anderson, baritone
Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Bruce Chamberlain, director
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
DANIEL ASIA
Symphony No. 5
World Premiere
I. Adonai Z’kharaynu
II. The Baal Shem Tov………….
III. God’s Hand in the World
IV. Brooklyn………….
V. Jerusalem
VI. Fluid Mechanics
VII. Through Two Points Only
VIII. Psalm #23
IX. I shall cook me bacon, Lord
X. Sonnet from the Voyage
XI. Where we Once Refused to Go
XII. Almost a Love Poem
XIII. You See My Old Wandering Jew – Pont L’Archiveche
XIV. A young Soldier – From In a Right Angle: a Cycle of Quatrains
XV. Barukh Adonai L’Olam

Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Tucson, AZ 

Symphony No. 5 (2008)

Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Tucson, AZ 

Symphony No. 5 (2008)

Friday, November 7, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Oro Valley, AZ 

Symphony No. 5 (2008)

Canyon Del Oro High School
Oro Valley, AZ 

Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 8:30 PM

Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, guitar

Casal of Catalunya
Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, guitar

Conservatorio “Beethoven”
Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM

London, England 

The Second London Festival of American Music
Programme IV

A Lament (2001)
for cello and piano

The Warehouse
London, England 

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM

London, England 

The Second London Festival of American Music
Programme II

Timothy McAllister, soprano saxophone

The Alex Set
for soprano saxophone

The Warehouse
London, England 

Fall 2008

Tucson, AZ 

New Work for Tenor, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
In honor of the 60th Birthday of Israel

commissioned by America Israel Friendship League

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

April 10, 11 & 13, 2008

Tucson, AZ 

Why (?) Jacob (2007)

commissioned by The Leslie Grusin Family

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Kansas City, MO 

Gateways (version for wind ensemble) (2003)

UM/Kansas City Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Steve M. Davis, conductor

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Kansas City, MO 

Recording Session

Gateways (version for wind ensemble) (2003)

UM/Kansas City Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Steve M. Davis, conductor

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Cortona, Italy 

Cortona Contemporary Music Festival

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Neumann Hall
Cortona, Italy 

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Würzburg, Germany 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Hochschule für Musik
Würzburg, Germany 

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Schlitz, Germany 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Landesmusikakademie Hessen
Schlitz, Germany 

Monday, July 2, 2007

Fulda, Germany 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Kapelle im Vonderau Museum
Fulda, Germany 

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Meiningen, Germany 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Städtische Galerie Ada
Meiningen, Germany 

Friday, May 18, 2007

San Jose, CA 

String Quartet No. 3 (2007)

commissioned by The Argosy Foundation and the Cypress String Quartet

Cypress String Quartet

Saturday, April 21, 2007

 

Black Light (1990)
for orchestra

commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra,
Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

Wyoming Symphony

Friday, March 2, 2007

San Francisco, CA 

World Premiere

String Quartet No. 3 (2007)

commissioned by The Argosy Foundation and the Cypress String Quartet

Cypress String Quartet

Friday, December 15, 2006

Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, guitar

Provincial Conservatory “Luis Gianneo”
Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, guitar

Casal of Catalunya
Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Akron, OH 

Kulas Foundation Concert Series

New Set (2004)
for guitar and violin

Duo 46

University of Akron
Akron, OH 

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Tucson, AZ 

first performance in soprano saxophone version

The Alex Set
for soprano saxophone

Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Friday, October 27, 2006

Tucson, AZ 

Music of the Americas

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

World Premiere

New Set (2004)
for guitar and violin

Duo 46

Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 7:30 PM

Tucson, AZ 

At the Home of Sidney and Richard Wolff
2500 East Camino La Zorrela
Tucson, Arizona

Why Jacob? (1983)
for piano

Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 11:30 AM

Tucson, AZ 

ACCESS TO MUSIC

Elizabeth Wolff, Pianist and Director
At the Arizona Senior Academy
7907 South Galileo Lane

Thursday, June 1, 2006

London, England 

The Warehouse
London, England 

Friday, April 21, 2006 at 8:00 PM

New York, NY 

performed by Robert Dick, and his students

Plum-DS II (1977)
for flute and pre-recorded flutes

commissioned by Robert Dick

Loewe Theater
New York, NY 

Monday, February 6, 2006

Fresno, CA 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

CSU Fresno
Fresno, CA 

Friday, February 3, 2006

Berkeley, CA 

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Beth Schneider, violin; Matt Gould, guitar

U. C. Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 

Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:00 PM

Brooklyn, NY 

Forecast Music

Christine Perea performs this now classic 1976 work written for Robert Dick which was recently released on the Summit CD SOLOS.

Friday, December 2, 2005 at 8:30 PM

New York, NY 

Forecast Music

Christine Perea performs this now classic 1976 work written for Robert Dick which was recently released on the Summit CD SOLOS.

Plum-DS II (1977)
for flute and pre-recorded flutes

commissioned by Robert Dick

Forecast Music

Christine Perea, flute

November 1, 2005, 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Tucson, AZ 

an informal house concert

The quartet, who gave the world premiere of Daniel Asia's String Quartet No.2 and recorded the work on the Summit CD TRILOGY, will perform and talk about chamber music and the string quartet literature.

excerpts from String Quartet No. 2 (1985)
for two violins, viola and cello

Cypress String Quartet

Monday, October 24, 2005

Oberlin, OH 

Guitar Foundation of America Festival and Conference

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Beth Schneider, violin; Matt Gould, guitar

Oberlin Conservatory
Oberlin, OH 

Monday, January 17, 2005

Ramat Aviv, Israel 

Presentation of the Music of Daniel Asia

Music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, songs, and computers

January 13, 2005, 4 to 6 PM

Jerusalem, Israel 

The Music of Daniel Asia
Kol Yisrael
(National Radio of Israel)

A broadcast of the CD "Trilogy"
(Brass Quintet, Woodwind Quintet, String Quartet No. 2)
and other recent music

Woodwind Quintet (1998)

commissioned by the Dorian Woodwind Quintet and the National Endowment of the Arts

Brass Quintet (2001)

commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, for the American Brass Quintet

String Quartet (1976)

Monday, January 10, 2005

Paris, France 

The Music of Daniel Asia:
From Dream Sequences to Sacred and Profane

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Sacred and Profane (1999)
electro-acoustic/computer works by Asia/Haahiem

IRCAM

Sunday, November 7, 2004

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Ragflections (2004)
for piano (or organ)

commissioned by Philip Vance

Pamela Decker, organ

Holsclaw Hall
Tucson, AZ 

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Ragflections (2004)
for piano (or organ)

commissioned by Philip Vance

Pamela Decker, organ

Monday, March 29, 2004

London 

World Premiere

Breath In a Ram’s Horn (2003)
for chamber ensemble and tenor

Sacred Songs (2003)
version for flute, cello, piano, soprano

Lontano

Odaline de la Martinez, Music Director

Daniel Asia, Odaline de la Martinez, conductors

Robert Swensen, tenor; Carmen Pelton, soprano

Purcell Room
London 

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Salt Lake City, UT 

World Premiere (partial performance)

Pines Songs II (2002)
for tenor and voice

commissioned by Downtown Alliance of Salt Lake City, for First Night festivities

George Dyer, tenor

Warner Arts Center
Salt Lake City, UT 

December 3 & 4, 2003

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

What About It (2003)
for orchestra

commissioned by Tucson Symphony Orchestra, George Hanson, Music Director

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Tucson Music Hall
Tucson, AZ 

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Unicorns are Fireproof (2002)
for solo flute

Nancy Andrews, flute

Holsclaw Hall
Tucson, AZ 

September 22 & 23, 2002

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Bear Down Arizona (2002)
for orchestra

Arizona Symphony Orchestra (UA)

Daniel Asia, conductor

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

Thursday, August 8, 2002

Aspen, CO 

Aspen Music Festival

Brass Quintet (2001)

commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, for the American Brass Quintet

American Brass Quintet

Harris Concert Hall
Aspen, CO 

March 2002

Cincinnati, OH 

A Lament (2001)
for cello and piano

Steve Honigsberg, cello; James Tocco, piano

Sunday, March 3, 2002

Washington, DC 

World Premiere

A Lament (2001)
for cello and piano

Steve Honigsberg, cello; James Tocco, piano

February 2002

 

European Premiere for their British Tour

European Premiere

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Duo 46

Sunday, November 11, 2001

New York, NY 

Sonic Boom Festival

Sonata for Violin and Piano (2001)

commissioned by private patrons

Curt Macomber, violin; Christopher Oldfather, piano

The Knitting Factory
New York, NY 

May 2001

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Songs of Transcendence (1999)
three songs for guitar

commissioned by private patron

Randall Avers, guitar

January 2001

New Haven, CT 

World Premiere

Momentary Lapses (2000)
for violin and guitar

Verdery/Aki

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

October 2000

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere of Songbook II

An E.E. Cummings Songbook (1998)
for high voice and piano

Robert Swensen, tenor

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

May 2000

 

World Premiere

Once Again (1999)
for large orchestra

commissioned by The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

Lucas Richman, Music Director

April 2000

New York, NY 

Woodwind Quintet (1998)

commissioned by the Dorian Woodwind Quintet and the National Endowment of the Arts

Dorian Woodwind Quintet

broadcast by WQXR-FM

Kosciusko Foundation
New York, NY 

February 2000

Tucson, AZ 

Sacred and Profane (1999)
electro-acoustic/computer works by Asia/Haahiem

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

Wednesday, November 3, 1999

Tucson, AZ 

Piano Variations (1998)

Tannis Gibson, piano

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

November 1999

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere of Songbook I

An E.E. Cummings Songbook (1998)
for high voice and piano

Robert Swensen, tenor

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

September 1999

 

Then Something Happened (1999)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Friday, October 2, 1998

New York, NY 

World Premiere

Embers (1995)
for flute and guitar

commissioned by Rie Schmidt, flute, and Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Rie Schmidt, flute; Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Friends Meeting House
New York, NY 

January 24 & 26, 1998

 

Cello Concerto (1997)
for cello and orchestra

commissioned by a consortium of orchestras and Carter Brey

Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

Carter Brey, cello

July 1997

Stowe, VT 

Elan Music Festival
Stowe VT

World Premiere

Piano Trio (1996)

commissioned by Philip Vance, in memory of Jeannette Vance

Meadowmount Trio

February 1997

Tucson, AZ 

World Premiere

Breath in a Ram's Horn (1996)
for high voice and piano

commissioned by Paul Sperry

Paul Sperry, tenor; Tannis Gibson, piano

Crowder Hall
Tucson, AZ 

November 1996

 

Purer Than Purest Pure (1996)
for SATB chorus

commissioned by the Ithaca College Chorus, Lawrence Doebler, Director

Ithaca College Chorus

Lawrence Doebler, Music Director

June 1995

Seattle, WA 

National Music Critics’ Conference

World Premiere

The Alex Set (1995)
for solo oboe

commissioned by Alex Klein

Alex Klein, oboe

February 1995

 

Piano Concerto (1994)
for piano and large orchestra

commissioned by Meet Composer/Readers Digest for Andre-Michel Schub, piano, and six orchestras, including Phoenix, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Grand Rapids, Jacksonville (FL), and Chattanooga

Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra

Andre-Michel Schub, piano

Carl St. Clair, conductor

Other performances by the remaining orchestras in the 1995-6, 1996-7 seasons.

November 1994

 

World Premiere

Five Images (1994)
for flute and bassoon

commissioned by The Phoenix Public Library and the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library for Arpeggio

Arpeggio

October 7 & 8, 1994

 

World Premiere

Gateways (1993)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in honor of their 100th season

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Michael, conductor

March 1994

New Haven, CT 

World Premiere

Your Cry Will Be a Whisper (1992)
for solo guitar

commissioned by Benjamin Verdery

Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

October 27 & 28, 1993

 

World Premiere

Symphony No. 4 (1993)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Phoenix Symphony with support of the National Endowment for the Arts

Phoenix Symphony

James Sedaris, Music Director

Daniel Asia, conductor

May 6, 7 & 8, 1993

 

Symphony No. 3 (1992)
for large orchestra

commissioned by The Phoenix Symphony and Meet The Composer, Inc.

Phoenix Symphony

James Sedaris, Music Director

Sunday, November 1, 1992

 

At The Far Edge (1991)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Phoenix Symphony

James Sedaris, Music Director

Daniel Asia, conductor

Wednesday, May 27, 1992

 

Symphony No. 1 (1987)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, and the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

Phoenix Symphony

James Sedaris, Music Director

Daniel Asia, conductor

April 30 & May 1, 1992

 

World Premiere

Symphony No. 2 (1990)
for orchestra

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Robert Bernhardt, conductor

November 21 & 22, 1991

 

Black Light (1990)
for orchestra

commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra,
Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

Phoenix Symphony

James Sedaris, Music Director

November 1991

Indianapolis, IN 

American Premiere

Piano Quartet (1989)

commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation

Scott Chamber Players

Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN 

Sunday, October 13, 1991

New York, NY 

World Premiere

Black Light (1990)
for orchestra

commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra,
Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

American Composers Orchestra

Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

Carnegie Hall
New York, NY 

September 1991

Waco, TX 

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

August 1991

 

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

May 1991

New York, NY 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Quintet of the Americas

Merkin Hall
New York, NY 

April 1991

Los Angeles, CA 

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

Friday, March 8, 1991

Seattle, WA 

World Premiere

At The Far Edge (1991)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Ruben Gurevich, Music Director

Opera House
Seattle, WA 

March 1991

New York, NY 

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

St. John of the Divine
New York, NY 

March 1991

 

Songs from the Page of Swords (1986)
for bass-baritone and mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Sara Watkins, oboe

John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone

Daniel Asia, conductor

February 1991

Bellingham, WA 

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

February 1991

Hartford, CT 

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

January 1991

Tallahassee, FL 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Thursday, November 29, 1990

Bloomington, IN 

Rivalries (1981)
for chamber orchestra

Bloomington Contemporary Ensemble

Daniel Asia, conductor

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 

August 1990

Aspen, CO 

World Premiere

Songs from the Page of Swords (1986)
for bass-baritone and mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

Aspen Festival Orchestra

William Sharp, bass-baritone

Daniel Asia, conductor

Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, CO 

July 1990

Syracuse, NY 

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

March 29 & 30, 1990

 

Mid-West Premiere

Symphony No. 1 (1987)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, and the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

February 19, 20 & 21, 1990

 

World Premiere

Symphony No. 1 (1987)
for large orchestra

commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, and the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Kendall, conductor

February 1990

 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Baltimore Chamber Music Society

January 1990

 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players

Ralph Shapey, conductor

November 1989

Seattle, WA 

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Marzena

Saturday, September 30, 1989

London, England 

Piano Quartet (1989)

commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation

Domus Piano Quartet

Wigmore Hall
London, England 

Thursday, June 15, 1989

Winston-Salem, NC 

2nd American Guitar Congress

World Premiere

Two Sacred Songs (1989)
for guitar, soprano, flute, and cello

commissioned by the D'Addario Music Foundation for Benjamin Verdery, guitar

March 1989

Tucson, AZ 

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Monday, February 27, 1989

San Francisco, CA 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players

Green Room
San Francisco, CA 

Tuesday, November 29, 1988

New York, NY 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Musical Elements

Jane Manning, soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

92nd Street Y
New York, NY 

Tuesday, November 29, 1988

London, England 

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Lontano

Odaline de la Martinez, Music Director

St. John's
London, England 

Tuesday, October 11, 1988

Santa Fe, NM 

CMS National Convention

World Premiere

She (1982)
for SATB chorus

commissioned by Hampshire College Chorus

University of Arizona Chamber Chorus

Maurice Skones, conductor

August 1988

Aspen, CO 

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Asia, conductor

Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, CO 

Sunday, May 15, 1988

 

Cantor Morton Shames

Celebration (1988)
for baritone (cantor) and mixed ensemble

commissioned by Temple Beth-El, Springfield, MA

Tuesday, May 10, 1988

New York, NY 

World Premiere

B for J (1988)
for mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Musical Elements Jacob Druckman 60th Birthday Celebration Concert

Musical Elements

Daniel Asia, conductor

92nd Street Y
New York, NY 

Tuesday, May 10, 1988

London, England 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Lontano

Odaline de la Martinez, Music Director

Jane Manning, soprano

Recorded by the BBC

Queen Elizabeth Hall
London, England 

Tuesday, March 29, 1988

 

Recorded by the BBC Singers

She (1982)
for SATB chorus

commissioned by Hampshire College Chorus

Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

Monday, March 7, 1988

London, England 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Endymion Ensemble

Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano

Saturday, November 7, 1987

 

Scherzo Sonata (1987)
for solo piano

commissioned by Jonathan Shames

Jonathan Shames, piano

first performed by Jonathan Shames on November 7, 1987, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; subsequent performances in Atlanta, GA, and Columbus, OH in Spring, 1988; Germany and Yugoslavia, 1990.

Wednesday, July 1, 1987

London, England 

Sand II (1978)
for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble

Endymion Ensemble

Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

St. John's
London, England 

Tuesday, March 31, 1987

New York, NY 

World Premiere

Songs from the Page of Swords (1986)
for bass-baritone and mixed ensemble

commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

Musical Elements

John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone

Sara Watkins, oboe

Daniel Asia, conductor

92nd Street Y
New York, NY 

Friday, August 8, 1986

 

Rivalries (1981)
for chamber orchestra

Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Asia, conductor

Tuesday, July 22, 1986

 

New York Premiere

Three Movements for Trumpet and Orchestra (1984)

commissioned by The Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Music Director

Washington Square Festival Orchestra

Wilmer Wise, trumpet

Daniel Asia, conductor

Friday, June 13, 1986

 

Rivalries (1981)
for chamber orchestra

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, April 13, 1986

 

Psalm 30 (1986)
baritone (cantor), violin and piano

commissioned by Congregation Tefereth Israel, Columbus, OH

Jack Chomsky, baritone; Daniel Heifetz, violin; J.K. Randal, piano

January 22 & 23, 1986

New York, NY 

New York Premiere

Rivalries (1981)
for chamber orchestra

Brooklyn Philharmonic

Daniel Asia, conductor

1986

San Francisco, CA 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano and piano

Composers, Inc.

1986

Houston, TX 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Cimmaron Wind Quintet

Tuesday, November 5, 1985

Milwaukee, WI 

V'Shamru (1985)
for baritone (cantor) and chamber orchestra

commissioned by Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun

Jack Chomsky, baritone

November 1985

Oberlin, OH 

Sand II (1978)
for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble

Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble

April 15-21, 1985

Seattle, WA 

Ossabaw Island Dream (1982)
for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra

commissioned by Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Northwest Chamber Orchestra

Margaret Russell, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

Monday, February 4, 1985

New Haven, CT 

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano and piano

Shelley Benning, soprano; Peter Allen, piano

Yale University
New Haven, CT 

1985

New York, NY 

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Jeremy Berkman, trombone

1985

Amherst, MA 

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Jeremy Berkman, trombone

Tuesday, July 17, 1984

Estes Park, CO 

World Premiere

Three Movements for Trumpet and Orchestra (1984)

commissioned by The Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Topilow, Music Director

Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra

Michael Saks, trumpet

Carl Topilow, conductor

April 1984

Oberlin, OH 

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

Scott Lawton, trombone

Thursday, February 23, 1984

Oberlin, OH 

World Premiere

Orange (1979)
for viola

Jeffrey Irvine, viola

subsequent performances in Cleveland and Kent, OH

Thursday, February 16, 1984

Oberlin, OH 

World Premiere

Marimba Music (1983)

commissioned by Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen, marimba

Tuesday, February 14, 1984

Cincinnati, OH 

Sand II (1978)
for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble

Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Contemporary Ensemble

Scott Lawton, conductor

Thursday, October 27, 1983

New York, NY 

Ossabaw Island Dream (1982)
for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra

commissioned by Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Musical Elements

Mary Feinsinger, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

Fall 1983

 

in Amherst, MA and Brooklyn, NY

Why Jacob? (1983)
for piano

Tuesday, May 10, 1983

 

World Premiere

Pines Songs (1983)
for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano

commissioned by Oberlin College in honor of its sesquicentennial celebration

Oberlin Woodwind Quintet

Marlene Ralis Rosen, soprano

Sanford Margolis, piano

Monday, January 17, 1983

 

(Partial Performance)

Ossabaw Island Dream (1982)
for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra

commissioned by Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Edwin London, conductor

Sunday, January 16, 1983

 

World Premiere

Why Jacob? (1983)
for piano

Sanford Margolis, piano

November 18 & December 5, 1982

Cleveland, OH 

Sand II (1978)
for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble

Reconnaissance

Mary Feinsinger, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

Monday, April 12, 1982

New York, NY 

New York Premiere

She (1982)
for SATB chorus

commissioned by Hampshire College Chorus

Hampshire College Chorus

Monday, April 5, 1982

Amherst, MA 

World Premiere

She (1982)
for SATB chorus

commissioned by Hampshire College Chorus

Hampshire College Chorus

Thursday, February 18, 1982

 

World Premiere

Rivalries (1981)
for chamber orchestra

Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble

Daniel Asia, conductor

Monday, October 8, 1979

New York, NY 

World Premiere

Sand II (1978)
for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble

Musical Elements

Mary Feinsinger, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

Carnegie Recital Hall
New York, NY 

Thursday, September 27, 1979

 

Gaudeamus Festival
The Netherlands

Piano Set II (1976)
for two pianos

Saturday, July 14, 1979

 

Line Images (1978)
for double reed ensemble

Tanglewood Fellows

Gunther Schuller, conductor

March 1979

 

New York Premiere

On the Surface (1975)
for soprano and chamber ensemble

Musical Elements

Sunday, February 11, 1979

Seattle, WA 

World Premiere

Why Jacob? (1979)
for chorus and piano (opt. elec. organ)

commissioned by Lakeside School Chorus, Seattle, WA, Peter Seibert, Music Director

Lakeside School Chorus

Peter Seibert, conductor

Lakeside School
Seattle, WA 

Monday, May 29, 1978

 

World Premiere

Sand I (1977)
for flute, horn, and bass

Musical Elements

February 1978

New Haven, CT 

Plum-DS II (1977)
for flute and pre-recorded flutes

commissioned by Robert Dick

Robert Dick, flute

since then performed widely by him both in the USA and in Europe, including broadcast recordings for NRK, Oslo, October 1, 1982, Radio France-Paris, October 15, 1982, ORF Vienna (also public concert), October 18, 1982, and performances at the Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland, October 4, 1982, Rohsska Konstslojdsmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden, October 10, 1982; Tucson, AZ, November, 1989; Seattle, WA, February, 1990; recorded for Attacca, released on CD in Europe and America, January, 1991.

Yale University
New Haven, CT 

1978

New Haven, CT 

String Quartet (1976)

Rymour Quartet

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

November 1976

Amherst, MA 

Piano Set I (1975)
for piano

Nicholas Underhill, piano

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 

March 1976

New Haven, CT 

World Premiere

Dream Sequence I (1975)
for amplified trombone

William Cross, trombone

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

February 1976

New Haven, CT 

Shtay (1975)
an electronic tape

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

October 1975

New Haven, CT 

World Premiere

On the Surface (1975)
for soprano and chamber ensemble

Yale Contemporary Ensemble

Amy Rosenthal, soprano

Daniel Asia, conductor

Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT 

Spring 1973

 

World Premiere

Sound Shapes (1973)
for chorus and pitchpipes

Lakeside School Chorus

Hampshire College Chorus

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