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Events - Premieres, Performances & Publication Dates​

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
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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

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​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 ​
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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/

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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

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

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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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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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