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Events - Premieres, Performances & Publication Dates​

Forthcoming Engagements (2025)

Thursday 12 June 2025 at 1305 BST
Composer Feature Concert 3 (with British premieres of recent work)
Presented by the Saxophone Department, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London 
Led by Professor Melanie Henry, Saxophone
​St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London, SE10 8NA, UK
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Friday 13 June to Saturday 18 October 2025
Heidi Fardell, Recorder & Sounds Historical
Three Country Dances for Recorder Duet (new arrangement)
British Tour
7 Concerts in Stroud, Combe, Sutton Coldfield, Coventry, Salisbury, Merevale, Chipping Norton, UK 

​Previous Engagements (2025)
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Sunday 18 May 2025 at 1600 NZST
Bede Hanley, Oboe & Gracie Francis, Piano
The Door of No Return NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE
Symphonia Hall, 59 Wellington Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, NZ


Tuesday 13 May 2025, Time TBC
​Annabelle Duxbury, Soprano Sax 
& Collaborative Pianist TBA
The Deep River Sonata
Final Recital, 
Philip Carne Room, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London 


Monday 28 April 2025 at 1930 CDT (0130 GMT+1)
Emily Foltz, Oboe
Fantasia Dodecaphonica

Faculty Recital, Carole Chapel, Washburn University, Topeka, KS, USA


Friday 18 April 2025 at 1930 CDT (0130 GMT+1)
Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon & Alan Huckleberry, Piano
Byzantion II - Through Space and Time
Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
LIVESTREAM


Monday 14 April 2025 at 1930 CDT
Brendon Bushman, Oboe; Andrew Towsey-Grishaw, Viola; Amy Grinsteiner, Piano
Trans-Atlantic Triptych
CSB & SJU Music Department
Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, 2840 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville MN, USA

Friday 04 April 2025 at 1900 CDT
Peter Buller, Oboe &
 Dr. Christina Liu, Piano
Deep River

Senior Recital, Bethel College, North Newton, KS, USA
LIVESTREAM
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Thursday 03 April 2025 at 1230 BST
Tailleferre Ensemble
Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia

​​​Music on Thursdays at LMC 
Leatherhead Methodist Church, 
Church Rd, Leatherhead KT22 8AY, UK


Sunday March 23 2025 at 1400 EDT
Amherst Chamber Ensemble

Paul Schlossman, Oboe; Leslie Bahler, Viola; Linda Mabry, Piano
​Trans-Atlantic Triptych
Buffalo-Toronto Public Media WNED Live Onstage #24, USA


Sunday March 16 2025 at 1500 EDT
Amherst Chamber Ensemble

Paul Schlossman, Oboe; Leslie Bahler, Viola; Linda Mabry, Piano
​Trans-Atlantic Triptych
Trinity Performing Arts Center, 
​711 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Amherst, NY, USA

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Sunday 16 March 2025 at 0815 & 1045 CDT

Nina Morwell, Bassoon & Anita Hutton, Piano
The Church at Errislannan
First United Methodist Church, Carbondale, Illinois, USA


Saturday 15 March 2025 at 0830 CDT
Kathleen Carter Bell, Cor anglais;  
Conor Bell, Bassoon
 & Sarah Rushing, Pf
Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia
SHE: Festival of Women in Music
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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​​​Thursday 13 March 2025 - DIGITAL WORLD PREMIERE
​Rachel Becker, Oboe d'amore;  Nicole Molumby, Flute &
Leslie Moreau, Bass Clarinet
Three-Ply Yarn for Woodwind Trio (2024)
Morrison Centre Recital Hall
​Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA


Wednesday 05 March 2025 at 1230 CST
Tyrell Hardlotte, Cor anglais; Jon Tait, Bassoon
On Walmer Beach
​Quance Theatre, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada


Monday 03 March 2025 at 1900 GMT

The Tailleferre Ensemble's International Women's Day Recital
Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia
Nottingham Trent University, University Hall, 48 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK​

Sunday 02 March 2025 at 1600 MST

Denise Wilson, English Horn & Joseph Kluesener, Bassoon
On Walmer Beach

Scottsdale Chamber Music Series,
Steinway Concert Hall, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA


Saturday/Sunday 01-02 March 2025 (Day & Time TBC)
Sarah Roper, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia 
SPANISH PREMIERE

Asociación de Doble Caña de Sevilla (Seville Double-Reed Society)
Seville, Spain​

Wednesday 12 February 2025
New Schott Music publication - My Favourite Melodies Volume II, for Alto Recorder curated by leading recorder player Sarah Jeffery. Prelude: The Seafront is no. 14, the final piece in the volume

Saturday 08 February 2025 at 1110 PST
Rachel Becker, Oboe d'amore
Fantasia Dodecaphonica
Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music, Kimbrough Recital Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

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​Saturday 08 February 2025 at 1100 CST
​
Jennet Ingle, Oboe ​& Catherine Herbener, Piano

The Deep River Sonata
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Double Reed Day
Westbrook Music Building, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA


Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 1500 CDT
Hayden Natinsky, oboe & Mary Jo Cox, piano
Troparion 
Chamichian Recital Hall, Central Michigan University, USA 

Saturday 01 February 2025
David Cook, Clarinet & Farren Mayfield, Piano
The Deep River Sonata
 (first Clarinet & Piano performance)

Northeastern State University Single Reed Day
Northeastern State University Broken Arrow, OK, USA

Previous Engagements (2024)

​Saturday 08 December 2024 at 1900 EST
Anne Howarth, Horn; Julia Scott Carey, Piano
Deep River
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Boston
First Baptist Church of Medford - Medford, MA, 01255, USA

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​Saturday 19 October 2024 at 1930 CST
Erin Brophey, Cor anglais & Stephanie Unverricht, Bassoon
On Walmer Beach
Convocation Hall, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada


Saturday 21 September 2024 at 1930 BST
Rachel Broadbent, Oboe
Seville Cathedral, A Study in Memory
Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK


Saturday 31 August at 1930 BRT (2330 BST)
Sarah Jeffery, Recorder
Prelude: The Seafront

MARATONA SUZUKI DE FLAUTA DOCE DE SÃO PAULO 2024
Brazil


​Tuesday 27 August 2024 at 1930 CDT
Conor Bell, Bassoon & Sarah Rushing, Piano
Byzantion II - Through Space and Time
Faculty Showcase
Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall

​WTAMU, Canyon, TX, USA

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Sunday 18 August 2024 at 1800 NZST (GMT+12)
Bede Hanley, Oboe & Stephen de Pledge, Piano
The Deep River Sonata
The Arts House Trust Recital

Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough,
Auckland, New Zealand​
​

Summer concerts in the USA can be found on the IDRS 2024 page.
​

Monday 10 June 2024 at 1930 (1230 BST)
Kanoknapa Jansiri, Oboe
The Church at Errislannan
Prof. Trungjai Recital Hall, Silpakorn University Faculty of Music, Bangkok, Thailand


Friday 07  June 2024
Amelia Johnson, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia
John Mack Oboe Camp, Wildacres, Little Switzerland, North Carolina, USA


​Tuesday 04 June 2024 at 1230 BST
Nicholas Daniel, Oboe & Huw Watkins, Piano
The New Chevalier Sonata
Celebrity Recital, Ulverston International Music Festival
Ulverston Parish Church, 20 Church Walk, Ulverston, Cumbria, 
LA12 7EN, UK

Monday 03 June 2024 at 1300 BST
Nicholas Daniel, Oboe & Huw Watkins, Piano
The New Chevalier Sonata
Luchtime Recital
The Wesley Centre, 
 Oxford Street, Harrogate, N. Yorks. HG1 1PP, UK

Friday 31 May 2024 2024 at 1830 (EDT)
David de la Nuez, Oboe
Deep River
Private Studio Recital
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 
116 Pinehurst Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY 10033,  NYC, USA

Saturday 25 May 2024 at 1930 BST
Opus Sax
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
St. Mary's May Music Festival
St. Mary the Virgin Church, 
1 Langley Drive, London E11 2LN, UK

Thursday 16 May 2024 at 1700 BST
Betsey Selner's Final Recital - Blue Sahara Crossing (Oboe)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London, UK

Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 1500 EDT
Natasha Buckman's Final Recital - Dahomey Passacaglia (Horn)
Longy School of Music, Bard College, New York, USA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 - All Day
Steph Barker's Final Recital - Ego Flos Campi (Soprano Sax)
Jake Phillips' Third Year Recital - The Door of Return (Soprano Sax)
Amadea Topalli's Third Year Recital - Ego Flos Campi (Soprano Sax)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London, UK

Saturday 04 May 2024 at 1300 BST
Mikey Sluman, Oboe d'amore & Jenny Hobbins, Piano
Troparion & The Church at Errislannan
York Unitarian Chapel, 31 St. Saviourgate, York YO1 8NQ, UK


Friday 19 April 2024, Time TBA
Mary Lynch VanderKolk, Oboe
Ego Flos Campi
Through her Window Concert Series, Octave 9, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA

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​Saturday 13 April 2024 at 1930 CDT
Amelia Johnson, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia  State Premiere
Voxman Music Building, 
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Saturday 13 April 2024 at 1930 CDT
NAVO Trio
Trans-Atlantic Triptych
Atonement Lutheran Church, 
9948 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA
​

​Saturday 30 March 2024 at 1930 MDT (0230 + 1 BST)
Sara Renner, Oboe 
The Deep River Sonata

University of Texas at El Paso Department of Music Faculty Recital
LIVESTREAM


Tuesday March 26 2024 at 1100, Central
Anna Bradford, Oboe & Marilyn Bourgeois, Piano
The Door of No Return 
Lecture Recital, Kindig Performing Arts Center, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois, USA
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Saturday 23 March 2024, GMT TBA
Seville Cathedral, A Study in Memory UK PREMIERE
​Performers TBA
BDRS/RWCMD Double Reed Day, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Friday 22 March 2024 at 1100 GMT
Opus Sax Quartet 
Rievaulx, A Study in Memory - in Arch Form
Trinity Laban Chamber Music Takeover - Day 5: The Hearn Recital Room, Blackheath Concert Halls, London, UK


Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 1730 CDT (2230 GMT)
Martin Van Klompenberg, Bassoon

Fantasia - La Folia  State Premiere
Challey School of Music, North Dakota State University, USA

​Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 1030 GMT
TL Clarinet Quartet (Sarah Richardson, Victoria Churcher, Ben Pattinson, Lucy Irving) with Theo Francis-Crossley, percussion
Rievaulx, A Study in Memory - in Arch Form
Trinity Laban Chamber Music Takeover - Day 2: The Great Hall, Blackheath Concert Halls, London, UK


​​Sunday 17 March 2024 at 1400 EDT (1800 GMT)
David de la Nuez, Oboe & Mike James, Piano
Deep River
Day of Musical Action 2024 Fundraiser
The Kaufmann Music Center, 
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023, USA

​Friday 15 March, 2024 - Time TBC (CDT/GMT)
Eugene Ryoo, Soprano & Alto Saxophones & Casey Dierlam Tse, Piano
The Door of No Return & Troparion

North American Saxophone Alliance Conference
Greenwood School of Music, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

​Thursday 07 March 2024 at 1700 CST (2300 GMT)
Brenda Luchsinger, Horn; 
Kristofer Sanchack, piano
Dahomey Passacaglia from Lift! Horn Solos
Concert 4, Kossen Auditorium, Music by Women Festival, Mississipi University for Women, 
100 College Street, Columbus, MS 39701, USA
LIVESTREAM

Saturday 02 March 2024 at 1400 Central (2000 GMT)

NAVO Trio
The Great Circle - World Premiere
​SHE: Festival of Women in Music, FPAC, Billingsley Music Building 201, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
LIVESTREAM


Saturday 02 March 2024 at 1430 Eastern (1930 GMT)
Joshua Thomas, Saxophone 
Fantasia - La Folia 
- Saxophone World Premiere
The Concert Hall, Eastern Connecticut State University, FIAC, 83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT 06226, USA
LIVESTREAM

Friday 01 March 2024 at 1600 Eastern (2100 GMT)
Theresa Delaplain, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia for Solo Oboe  State Premiere
SHE: Festival of Women in Music, FPAC, Billingsley Music Building 201, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
​LIVESTREAM


Sunday 25 February 2024 at 1900 MST (0200 GMT+1)
Margaret Schultz, Oboe & TBA, Piano
Ego Flos Campi

Masters Recital, Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, Phoenix, AZ USA
LIVESTREAM LINK


Friday 16 February 2024
​Margaret Schultz, Oboe & TBA, Piano
Ego Flos Campi

Area Recital, University of Arizona School of Music, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Sunday 11 February 2024 at 1500 MST (2200 GMT)
Denise Wilson, Cor anglais, Sean Barela, Bassoon
On Walmer Beach  West Coast Premiere
Chandler Symphony Chamber Concert Series

Risen Savior Lutheran Church North (new) Building 23620 S Alma School Road Chandler, AZ 85248 USA 

Sunday 11 February 2024
Jennet Ingle, Oboe; Ellis Anderson, Piano
The Deep River Sonata

Michigan City Chamber Music Festival
Trinity Episcopal Church 600 Franklin Street, Michigan City, IN, USA ​

Saturday 03 February 2024 at 2000 EST (0100 GMT)
Anne Howarth, Horn; Julia Scott Carey, Piano
Deep River
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Boston

First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA

​​Monday 29 January 2024 at 2000 (8pm) ET
Blake Johnson, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia
Campbellsville University School of Music, Kentucky, USA


Saturday 27 January 2024 at 2000 EST (0100 GMT)
Anne Howarth, Horn; Julia Scott Carey, Piano
Deep River
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Boston
Multicultural Arts Center,
 41 Second St, East Cambridge, MA 02141 USA
LIVESTREAM


Saturday 13 January 2024 at 1600 EST
Margaret McGillivray, Horn

Dahomey Passacaglia
The Canadian Women's Brass Collective Conference, Room 209 Edward Johnson Building, The University of Toronto, Canada

​​Previous Engagements (2023)

Saturday 25 November 2023 at 1800
William Wielgus, Oboe
​
The Bamboula from The Deep River Sonata
Recital - Palácio São Clemente, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

​​
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Dione Chandler, Oboe
The Door of No Return
Stetson University
 School of Music at Stetson University Lee Chapel, Deland, FL, USA
​​
Sunday 12 November 2023 at 1500 CT
Conor Bell, Bassoon - with
 Kathleen Carter Bell, Cor anglais
Fantasia - La Folia BASSOON WORLD PREMIERE
On Walmer Beach WORLD PREMIERE

Mary Moody Northen Hall, Texas A & M University, Canyon, TX, USA 
​LIVESTREAM

Friday 03 November 2023 at 1800 MDT (Midnight GMT)
Rachel Becker, Oboe
Fantasia - La Folia
  WORLD PREMIERE
The Center for Visual Arts, Boise State University, Idaho, USA
LIVESTREAM

Monday 30 October 2023 at 1305
Nicholas Daniel, Oboe; Huw Watkins, Piano
The New Chevalier Sonata
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, The Wigmore Hall, London, UK


Wednesday 18 October 2023 (all day)
Lily Skinner, Soprano Saxophone; Staff pianist
The Door of Return
Trinity Laban Saxophone competition, The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK 


Sunday 24 September 2023 at 1600, Eastern Time
Sarah Fruehe, Bassoon, & members of the Off-Broadway Trio
Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia (2022)

Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University, 4225 University Ave., Columbus, Georgia, USA
​LIVESTREAM

​Saturday 16 September at 1930

Nicholas Daniel, Oboe; Huw Watkins, Piano
The New Chevalier Sonata

Wensleydale Concert Series
St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, Yorkshire, UK
​

​Friday 01 September 2023 at 1210 CST
Ashley Ertz, Oboe; Lillia Woolschlager, Piano
The Deep River Sonata
Fourth Presbyterian Church, 
126 E Chestnut St Chicago, IL, US 60611


​Friday 4 August 2023
Zachary Allen, Oboe; Jeffrey Panko, Piano
The Deep River Sonata

Bethel United Church of Christ, 315 E St Charles Rd, Elmhurst, IL 60126, USA

Saturday 29 July 2023
Margaret McGillivray, Horn, TBA, Piano
Dahomey Passacaglia

55th International Horn Symposium, L'
Université de Montréal,
Canada

Sunday 16 July 2023
Sara Fraker, Oboe & Casey Robards, Piano
The Door of Return
Bay View Music Festival Vespers Concert, Little Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, MI 49770, USA
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​
Thursday 29 June 2023 at 1305 BST
Composer Feature Concert 2 - British premieres of recent work
​Presented by the Saxophone Department at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, led by 
Professor Melanie Henry, Saxophone
​St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London, SE10 8NA, UK
​

​Monday 19 June 2023 at 1930 EST
Nikki LaBonte, Horn & Patti Wolf, Piano
Deep River for Horn & Piano
Faculty Recital, Kendall Betts Horn Camp, Lisbon, New Hampshire, USA


Saturday 17 June 2023 at 1100 CDT
Zachary Allen, Oboe
The Deep River Sonata (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. AT-H)
Live-to-Air recital at WFMT Radio, Chicago - Watch on YouTube

​Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 1400 EDT
Mekhi Gladden, Oboe
Dahomey from The Door of No Return; & Deep River (SC-T arr. AT-H)
Memorial Recital, St. Mark's Church, Philadephia, PA, USA
Watch on YouTube

​Thursday 11 May 2023 at 1215 CDT
Navo Trio
Blue Sahara Crossing

2nd Thursday Recital Series, Village Presbyterian Church
Prairie Village, Kansas, KS, USA


​Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 1320 BST
Rachel Becker, Oboe & Althea Talbot-Howard, Piano
Two Miniatures (Chanson de l'Eternel & The Church at Errislannan)
​Raleigh Music Society Recital, The Old Labs, Newnham College, Cambridge, UK


Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 1230 BST
Lily Skinner, Soprano Saxophone
Betty's Hope from The Door of No Return
Don't Stop the Carnival - Trinity Laban Lunchtime Recital
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK

Monday 1 May 2023
Tyler Morrison, Oboe
The Door of No Return
Junior Recital, Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

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​​​​Sunday 30 April 2023 at 1530
Lisa Ryoo, Oboe  
​Doctoral Recital & Composer Feature Concert 
Voxman Music Building, ​The University of Iowa, 
Iowa City, IA, USA
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Saturday 29 April 2023 at 1930 CDT, USA (1330 BST)
Lindsay Flowers, Oboe
​USA Premiere - Seville Cathedral, A Study in Memory - in Arch Form, for Oboe & String Trio
​Collins Recital Hall, The Hamel Music Center, The University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music
Livestream
Tuesday 18 April 2023 at 1930 CDT, USA
Keith Sorrels, Oboe d'amore
The New Chevalier Sonata - for Oboe d'amore & Piano 

Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
Livestream

Saturday 8 April 2023 at 1400 PDT, USA
Ryan Zwahlen, Oboe & Flute
Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe for Oboe, Viola & Piano
The Church at Errislannan, for Flute & Piano
Wille Hall, COCC, Bend, Oregon, USA
​Livestream details TBA

​Tuesday 4 April 2023 at 1640

Member of ABRSM's panel at the 51st ESTA conference (European String Teachers Association) at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
​With Lincoln Abbotts, ABRSM Executive Director


March 31-April 2nd 2023
Margaret McGillivray, Horn
Dahomey Passacaglia

International Horn Society Mid-South Horn Workshop,
​The University of Arkansas, USA


Saturday 1 April 2023 at 1930 EDT (0130 BST+ 1 Day)
Amelia Johnson, English Horn
Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia - Honors Recital: Music & Art 
​The Recital Hall, Voxman Music Building, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Livestreamed on YouTube
​​​

Friday March 31 2023 at 1200 EDT, USA
Ann Lemke, Oboe (& Oboe d'amore)
Deep River & Troparion (oboe d'amore premiere)
Lenten Concert, 
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
620 Romeo Rd, Rochester, MI 48307, United States


Saturday 18 March 2023 at 1900
Heidi Fardell, Recorder
Prelude: The Seafront
Grantham Music Festival - Trophy Presentation & Solo Recital
Christ Church, Finkin Street, Grantham, UK


​Saturday 11 March 2023 at 1930 CST ​ (GMT -6)
Dr. Conor Bell, Bassoon & Dr. Tomoko Kashiwagi
The Door of No Return 
& Fantasia Dodecaphonica
SHE: Festival of Women in Music, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR, USA


Sunday 5 March 2023 at 1200 CET (GMT +2)
Sarah Roper, Oboe
Cuarteto Emispherio
​World Premiere - La Catedral de Sevilla, Un Estudio en la Memoria (Seville Cathedral, A Study in Memory) for Oboe Quartet (Oboe & String Trio)

Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville - Chamber Music Series, Seville, Spain

2-4 March 2023
Margaret McGillivray, Horn
Dahomey Passacaglia
Music by Women Festival, Mississippi University for Women, 
1100 College Street, Columbus, MS 39701, USA

Tuesday 28 February 2023 - Time TBA
The Door of No Return 
Gabriella Beltran, Oboe - MM Recital, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona USA 
https://music.arizona.edu/news-events/events/

Tuesday 28 February 2023 - 1900 
Launch of "Solos for the Student Horn Player by Black Composers"
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
Project Leader:  Dr Margaret McGillivray

Livestream:

Saturday 25 February 2023 at 1700 CST

Jillian Camwell, Oboe
Dahomey from The Door of No Return
Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi Double Reed Day by the Bay


Saturday 25 February 2023

NAVO Trio 
Blue Sahara Crossing
Birger Sandzèn Art Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, USA
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Monday 20 February 2023 at 1200 CST
NAVO Trio 
Blue Sahara Crossing
Ruel Joyce Concert Series, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS USA

Sunday 19 February 2023 at 1930 CT
The Kansas Virtuosi
Blue Sahara Crossing
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA


Sunday 19 February 2023 at 1500 CT, USA
NAVO Trio 
Blue Sahara Crossing
Great Spaces Recital Series, Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS USA​​

Saturday 18 February 2023 at 1930 CT
NAVO Trio (Veronique Mathieu, Violin; Margaret Marco, Oboe; Ellen Sommer, Piano)
Blue Sahara Crossing

Navo Arts Concerts, Atonement Lutheran Church, Overland Park, Kansas, USA

Saturday 18 February 2023 at 1900 CT
Kathleen Carter Bell, Oboe & Cor anglais & Tiantian Liang, Piano

The Door of No Return & Byzantion I, Hagia Sophia -
Faculty Recital, Performing Arts Centre, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA


Monday 13 February 2023 - at 1800 CT, USA (Midnight GMT) 
Conor Bell, Bassoon and Dr. Adam Clark, Piano
The Door of No Return & The Church at Errislannan -
Faculty Recital, Hinton Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@mtsuschoolofmusiclivestrea9436​

Friday 3 February 2023 at 1930 MST (GMT -7)
Rachel Becker, English Horn
Fantasia Dodecaphonica
Woodwind Faculty Recital, 
Morrison Center Recital Hall (C200), Boise State University, Idaho, USA
Livestream link: 
https://www.youtube.com/@boisestatemusic/streams

​​Previous Engagements (2022)​

Saturday 19 November 2022 - ​1930 Alaska Standard Time (GMT-9)
Sharman Piper, Oboe; Susan Wingrove-Reed, Piano
The Door of No Return
Kaleidoscope Chamber Recital Series, Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Laurence Theatre, 621 W. 6th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 Alaska, USA

Tickets available for  Livestream ​

​Tuesday 6 September 2022 - 2 graduating recitals: 1410 & 1510 BST
Troparion for Alto Saxophone & Piano
performed by
Natacha Hansen - followed by Ashley Brand, Saxophone
Daniel King Smith, Piano

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, Greenwich, London

​IDRS Conference Repertoire

Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 July 2022
International Double Reed Society Conference, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
(All times, MDT - Mountain Daylight Time)


JULY 26, 2022 1400-1425 WORLD PREMIERE - EGO FLOS CAMPI
https://idrs2022.org/sessions/recital-solo-kathleen-bell/
JULY 27, 2022 1600-1625
https://idrs2022.org/sessions/recital-chamber-althea-talbot-howard/
JULY 28, 2022 1300-1325 WORLD PREMIERE - HAGIA SOPHIA
https://idrs2022.org/sessions/recital-chamber-conor-bell/
JULY 29, 2022 1500-1525 DEBUT PERFORMANCE - THE DEEP RIVER SONATA
https://idrs2022.org/sessions/recital-chamber-althea-talbot-howard-2/


​IDRS Conference Performers
Hassan Anderson, Oboe; Rachel Becker, Oboe d'amore; Kathleen Carter Bell, Oboe; Conor Bell, Bassoon; Daniel Cruz, Cor anglais; 
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Sara Fruehe, Bassoon; Stephen Innis, Piano; Sarah Roper, Oboe
Althea Talbot-Howard, Viola & Tubular Bells
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*Indicates that multi-instrumental scores/parts are available


Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe for Oboe* (2021-22), Viola & Piano
Byzantion I: Hagia Sophia for Cor anglais, Bassoon & Piano (2022) - WORLD PREMIERE
The Door of No Return (2020-21) for Oboe* & Piano
Ego Flos Campi (2017) for Oboe* & Piano - WORLD PREMIERE
Rievaulx: A Study in Memory (2021) - for Double Reed Quartet* with Bells
Troparion (2018) for Oboe* & Piano
WITH
The Deep River Sonata (Opus 59 nos. 3/7/8/10) a new arrangement of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
DEBUT PERFORMANCE

The New Chevalier Sonata* - a new arrangement of music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

​Friday 15 July 2022 at 2230 CEST
Dahomey & The Door of Return from The Door of No Return
with

Sarah Roper, Oboe & Ignacio Torner, Piano
Nights in the Gardens of the Real Alcázar, Seville 2022

Thursday 30 June 2022 at 1305 BST
Composer Feature Concert 1 - Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
British Premieres of Troparion, The Door of No Return, The New Chevalier Sonata Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe with Rievaulx - A Study in Memory for Saxophone Quartet at St Alphege's Church, Greenwich, London, SE10
Monday 27 June 2022
The Door of Return with Zachary Allen, Oboe From the Top Episode 416
Available online, on the radio, on Spotify, etc.


​Sunday 19 June 2022 - (Juneteenth) at 0930 CDT
'Dahomey' from 'The Door of No Return'
Performed by Ryan Zimmerman & Dr Caroline Hofer
Sunrise Presbyterian Church, Selina, Kansas USA

​Thursday 09 June 2022
Publication of the new ABRSM Piano Syllabus 2023-2024
'Rondo' from the Quartet for Harpsichord & Strings
Grade 2 Piano List A:11


Thursday 2 June 2022
The Door of Return with Zachary Allen, Oboe Gala Performance for the Music Institute of Chicago, The four Seasons Hotel, Chicago

Sunday 29 May at 1800 CDT
Troparion with Kelley Osterberg, Oboe Bachelor's Recital, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA 

Thursday 19 May 2022
The Door of Return with Zachary Allen, Oboe
Chicago Musical Pathways Recital Series, De Paul University, IL, USA

Tuesday 21 April 2022 at 1700 CDT

Deep River (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arr. AT-H)
with 
Bailey Dean, Oboe
Haas Fine Arts Centre, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, USA

Sunday 13 March 2022 1800 GMT
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory
Radley College Chapel Gala Concert
Radley College, Kennington Road, Radley OX1 2HR

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Wednesday 9 March 2022 1800 US CST (0000 + 1 GMT)
The Door of No Return with Keith Sorrels, Oboe Faculty Recital,
Live-streamed from the University of Western Kentucky, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA


Composer-in-Residence
Saturday 5 March 2022 at 1100 EST (1600 GMT) Troparion (2018) for Oboe & Piano & The New Chevalier Sonata by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)  Realized & Arranged from the 'Sonata for the Harp - with obbligato Flute' by Althea Talbot-Howard
Live-streamed from An die Musik, 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA


​Thursday 24 February 2022, 1930 EST
Troparion (2018) for Cor anglais (English Horn) & Piano with
Anna Mattix, English Horn Buffalo Chamber Players

Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14202 USA

Thursday 10 February 2022, 1900 CST/0100+1 GMT
The Door of No Return with Dr Jillian Camwell, Oboe Tingting Yao, Piano
Faculty Recital,Troy University, 600 University Avenue, Troy, Alabama, USA

Wednesday 9 February 2022, 1930 CST/0130+1 GMT
The Door of No Return (2020-21) with Dr Jillian Camwell, Oboe Tingting Yao, Piano
Live-streamed from University of South Alabama, 307 N University Blvd, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA
https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/music/livestream.html

​Composer-in-Residence
​Saturday 5 February 2022 at 1100 EST (1600 GMT)
World Premiere of Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe (2021-22) for Oboe, Viola & Piano Live-streamed from An die Musik, 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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Previous Engagements (2021)
Composer-in-Residence
Sunday 5 December 2021 at 1100 EST (1600 GMT)
World Premiere of Fantasia Dodecaphonica sopra Amarilli, mia bella for Solo Oboe Live-streamed from An die Musik, 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

Saturday 20 November 2021 at 1930 GMT
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory for Quartet of Oboes, Brunel Museum
Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 4LF


Thursday 18 November 2021 at 1300 GMT
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory for Quartet of Oboes
Leicester International Music Festival Lunchtime Concert, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, ​53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA


​​Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 1300 GMT
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory for Quartet of Oboes
Leeds International Concert Season at Leeds Conservatoire
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PD


Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 1305 GMT
London Premiere of Rievaulx - A Study in Memory for Saxophone Quartet
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
'Love Your Lunchtime' Concert Series
​The Old Royal Naval Chapel, 
Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN
​​Monday 25 - Wednesday 27 October 2021
Rievaulx - A Study in Memory (2021) for Quartet of Oboes, The Marches Double Reed Chamber Course, The Bleddfa Centre, LD7 1PA
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Composer-in-Residence
Saturday 4 September 2021 at 1100 EST (US Eastern Summer Time)
Live World Premiere of The Door of No Return (2020-2021)
Live-streamed from An die Musik, 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

​​Wednesday 18 August 2021 at 1300 BST
World Premiere of Rievaulx - A Study in Memory (2021) for Quartet of Reeds
North Yorks Moors Chamber Music Festival


Thursday 8 July 2021
Publication of ABRSM's New Woodwind Syllabus (from 2022)
6 licensed pedagogical works
2 Arrangements of music by Saint-Georges
Andante & Menuetto
1 Commission
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Based in London, England, international prizewinning musician Althea Talbot-Howard is a classical composer who began her professional career in 1992 as a soloist and orchestral guest principal. In 2005, Gramophone Magazine called her “a superb oboist”.  A graduate of Girton College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music; she won Third Prize in the Paris-Ville d'Avray International Oboe Competition in 2007; and was one of twelve equal prizewinners in the Ora Singers Christmas Gift Composition Competition in 2019. 
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Of Afro-British ancestry, she is a 12th-generation direct descendant of King Charles II, who formalized Britain’s involvement in the Atlantic slave trade; and therefore a 14th-generation descendant of King James I & VI, who commissioned the Authorized Version of the Bible.  Both anti-slavery and 
Christian themes feature strongly in her compositional output. 
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