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