Forthcoming Engagements
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 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 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 Saturday 18 February 2023 NAVO Trio (Veronique Mathieu, Violin; Margaret Marco, Oboe; Ellen Sommer, Piano) Blue Sahara Crossing Navo Arts Concerts, Atonement Lutheran Church, Overland Park, Kansas, USA Sunday 19 February 2023 NAVO Trio Blue Sahara Crossing Great Spaces Recital Series, Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS USA Monday 20 February 2023 NAVO Trio Blue Sahara Crossing Ruel Joyce Concert Series, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS USA Saturday 25 February 2023 NAVO Trio Blue Sahara Crossing Birger Sandzèn Art Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, USA Sunday 26 February 2023 - at 1900 EST Dr. Lindabeth Binkley, Oboe The New Chevalier Sonata - Faculty Recital, Chamichian Recital Hall, Central Michigan University School of Music, 1200 S. Franklin St., Mich. 48859, USA Tuesday 28 February 2023 - Time TBA 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 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/ 2-4 March 2023 Margaret McGillivray, Horn Dahomey Passacaglia Music by Women Festival, Mississippi University for Women, 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS 39701, 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 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 |
March 31-April 2nd 2023
Margaret McGillivray, Horn Dahomey Passacaglia International Horn Society Mid-South Horn Workshop, The University of Arkansas, USA Tuesday 4 April 2023 at 1640 Member of ABRSM's panel at the ESTA conference (European String Teachers Association) at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales, UK. With Lincoln Abbotts, ABRSM Executive Director Saturday 8 April 2023 at 2000 Pacific Time, USA Ryan Zwahlen, Oboe Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe for Oboe, Viola & Piano Venue (West Coast) & Livestream details TBA 29 June 2023 at 1305 BST (GMT +1) Composer Feature Concert 2 - British premieres of recent work St Alfege Church, Greenwich Presented by the Saxophone Department at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London, England July 24-29 2023 Margaret McGillivray, Horn Dahomey Passacaglia International Horn Society Conference, Montreal, Canada Friday 19 April 2024 Mary Lynch VanderKolk, Oboe Ego Flos Campi Through her Window Concert Series, Octave 9, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Previous Engagements 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 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; Sara Fruehe, Bassoon; Stephen Innis, Piano; Sarah Roper, Oboe Althea Talbot-Howard, Viola & Tubular Bells |
IDRS Conference Repertoire
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, in Arch Form (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) *Indicates that multi-instrumental scores/parts are available |
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 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 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 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 |