Recent Performances
2016
April 15: Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
Maurice Durufle, complete choral works and Suite Op.5
With UNI choral ensembles directed by Dr. John Wiles, and organist Dr. Mariko Morita
Wicks op.3047, 1950/1981-2002
January 27: Stanford University, Memorial Church, preview of Organon Novus
Contemporary American organ works, featuring:
John Anthony Lennon, Misericordia, world premiere
Tom Johnson, 55 Chords, west coast premiere
Ken Ueno, An Idea of Order, west coast premiere
Aaron Travers, Exodus, west coast premiere
Murray Harris, 1901/1925/1933
C. B. Fisk op.85, 1983
2015
July 4: Martinikirche, Siegen, Germany
Diesterweg Fellowship lecture-recital featuring compositions and improvisations for organ with electronics.
Stephen Ingham, Forging, with tape
Bengt Hambraeus, Extempore, with live sampling through an Ableton PUSH
Steve Everett, Vanitas, with live-electronics through Kyma performed the composer - German Premiere
March 3: University of Northern Iowa, Jebe Hall
Works by David Lang, John Liberatore Roberto Sierra, Joan Tower,
Aaron Travers, and George Walker
Wolff op.43, 2000
2014
November 15: Harvard University, Memorial Church
Works by contemporary American composers Lukas Foss, Jennifer Higdon, David Lang,
Nico Muhly, Shulamit Ran, Joan Tower, Aaron Travers, and George Walker
C. B. Fisk op.139, 2012
October 11: University of Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel
Works by contemporary American composers Lukas Foss, Jennifer Higdon, David Lang,
John Liberatore, Nico Muhly, Larry Polansky, Shulamit Ran, Erik Santos,
Augusta Read Thomas, Joan Tower, and George Walker
featuring Aaron Travers, Exodus, world premiere
E. M. Skinner op.634, 1928
September 16: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Auer Hall
Works by contemporary American composers Lukas Foss, Jennifer Higdon, David Lang,
John Liberatore, Nico Muhly, Larry Polansky, Shulamit Ran, Erik Santos,
Joan Tower, Aaron Travers, and George Walker
C. B. Fisk op.135, 2010 - Jackson A. and Maidee H. Seward Organ
April 8: University of Northern Iowa, Jebe Hall
With percussionist Matthew Andreini and guests, works for organ with percussion
Dan Locklair, Constellations, for organ and percussion
Jacob TV, The Shining City, for organ, percussion, and tape
Lou Harrison, Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra
Wolff op.43, 2000
March 3: University of Northern Iowa, Jebe Hall
With UNI faculty Ann Bradfield, Randy Grabowski, Fred Halgedahl, Mariko Morita, and David Rachor
Works for organ with other instruments, including Anthony Plog's Four Themes on Paintings of Edvard Munch
and UNI composition professor Jonathan Schwabe's Stir by Still, both for organ and trumpet, as well as
James Whitbourn's A Brief Story of Peter Abelard for organ and soprano saxophone
Wolff op.43, 2000
2013
September 13: lecture and recital, Wartburg College Chapel, Waverly IA
Works by Ludwig Thiele (1816-1848)
Dobson op.67, 1996
May 4: Westminster Presbyterian Church, Waterloo IA
Franz Liszt: complete Études d'exécution transcendante (world premiere transcription)
Casavant op.3830, 2004
April 26: First Presbyterian Church, Waterloo IA UNI School of Music
Works from the English cathedral tradition by Bainton, Elgar, and Howells
With the UNI Cantorei, directed by Dr. John Wiles
Ernest Skinner, 1920s
April 15: Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi MN music at St. Andrew's
Franz Liszt: nearly complete Études d'exécution transcendante (world premiere transcription)
Casavant op.1177, 1927
March 17: Grace Episcopal Church, Elmira NY
Works by Ludwig Thiele (1816-1848)
Richard Strauss, 1992
2012
October 12: University of Northern Iowa, Jebe Hall
Contemporary works by Bengt Hambraeus, Stephen Ingham, James MacMillan, Arvo Pärt, and Shulamit Ran
Wolff op.43, 2000
September 21: Cornell University, Anabel Taylor Hall
Compositions by student and faculty composers from Cornell and the Eastman School of Music
featuring an improvisation with the Cornell Avant Garde Ensemble (CAGE)
Yokota GOArt, Schnitger-style "Cornell Baroque Organ", 2011
September 14: Eastman School of Music, Christ Episcopal Church
Compositions by student and faculty composers from Eastman and Cornell University
featuring an improvisation with the Cornell Avant Garde Ensemble (CAGE)
Yokota GOArt, Casparini-copy "Craighead-Saunders Organ", 2009
April 30: Cornell University, Sage Chapel
Transcriptions of works by Franz Liszt, including various etudes and the B-minor Sonata (trans. Haas)
G. Donald Harrison, Aeolian-Skinner, 1940
March 13: Cornell University, Sage and Anabel Taylor Chapels
New innovative works by Cornell composers, including works for organ with live-electronics and other instruments
G. Donald Harrison, Aeolian-Skinner, 1940
Yokota GOArt, Schnitger-style "Cornell Baroque Organ", 2011
February 29: Cornell University, Sage Chapel
21st-century organ works by Chen Yi, Shulamit Ran, and James MacMillan
G. Donald Harrison, Aeolian-Skinner, 1940
February 1: Cornell University, Barnes Hall
Complete organ fantasies by 18th-century composer Johann Gottfried Müthel
Yokota GOArt, Dallas Morse Coors Chamber Organ, 2003