past events
2025
October 10-12, 2025
EK Duo residency at Artfarm Recording
Accord, NY
sponsored by EK Arts
October 7, 2025 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
September 7, 2025 @ 3 pm
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
EK Duo with Katie Oprea, oboe and Matthew Elliott, guitar/voice
presented by Catamount Arts
August 24, 2025 @ 10 AM
City Hall Park
Burlington, VT
Sponsored by BCA
2024
November 3-12, 2024 • Heliand “To Hugo & Other Tales”
with Mary Rowell, violin
Sunday 11/3/24 at 4 pm
Plainfield Opera House
Plainfield, VT
Sunday 11/10/24 at 3 pm
Barton United Church
Barton, VT
Tuesday, 11/12/24 at 12 pm
Music at Noon
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Troy, NY
heliand.org >
Saturday, October 19, 2024 • EK Duo “Mad Rush”
with Mary Rowell
Shows@ThePhoenix
Waterbury, VT
presented by TURNmusic
Sunday, October 20, 2024 • EK Duo “Mad Rush”
with Mary Rowell
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
with Mary Rowell, violin
presented by Catamount Arts
September 27-29, 2024 • EK Duo “In Love & War”
with Tom Burnett
Friday, September 27 @ 7 pm - The Foundry, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, September 28 - House Concert, Accord, NY
Sunday, September 29 @ 7:30 pm (7 pm doors) - Andrea Clearfield’s SZALON, Philadelphia, PA
program and performers >
July 21-25, 2024 • Tuple and EK Duo at the 53rd Annual IDRS Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona
Tuesday, July 23 @ 3:15 pm: Tuple performs “Music of Armor and Earth”, Studio Theater, Kitt School of Music
Wednesday, July 24 @ 9:30 am: EK Duo performs “New Music for Bassoon and Percussion”, Recital Hall, Kitt School of Music
> July 23 program (PDF)
> July 24 program (PDF)
June 21-23, 2024 • Easton Chamber Music Festival
Friday, June 21 @ 7:30 pm: Faculty Concert I
Saturday, June 22 @ 7:30 pm: Faculty Concert II
Sunday, June 23 @ 5 pm: Final Concert
Covenant Congregational Church
Easton, Massachusetts
June 2-8, 2024 • NewBassoon Institute at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Shocks & Aftershocks
with Jeffrey Lyman, Michael Harley, Lynn Hileman and Rachael Elliott
Ann Arbor, MI
2024 NEWBASSOON CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, June 2 @ 5 pm: NewBassoon Faculty Recital
Thursday, June 6 @ 12 noon: “Arboretum” performance at the pond outside the SMTD
Friday, June 7 @ 3 pm: Bassoon Fellows Concert #1
Friday, June 7 @ 7 pm: “Rushes” performance in the SMTD Atrium
Saturday, June 8 @ 12 noon: Bassoon Fellows Concert #2
May 16-19, 2024 • Heliand’s “Danza Gaia”
May 16, 2024 at 11 am - Live Performance & Interview on Vermont Public Classical with Walter Parker
Tune in to your radio or listen to the livestream
May 17, 2024 at 7:30 pm - United Church of Bakersfield & Fairfield, Bakersfield, VT
May 18, 2024 at 7:30 pm - First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
May 19, 2024 at 3 pm - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
presented by Catamount Arts
May 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM • Longy Bassoon Studio Recital
Rey-Waldstein Building, N-1 Salon
33 Garden St
Cambridge, MA
May 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM • Rushes Ensemble at Long Play Festival (Bang on a Can)
Irondale
85 S Oxford St in Fort Greene
Brooklyn, NY
May 3, 2024 • EK Duo at ShapeShifter Lab
837 Union St
Brooklyn, NY
info >
April 30, 2024 at 6:30 PM • Music-COMP
with Anne Decker, TURNmusic
Elley-Long Music Center
Colchester, VT
April 29, 2024 at 8 PM • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
FREE
April 26, 2024 - EK Duo & Friends at Portico Brewing
101 South St, Somerville, MA
April 26, 2024 - EK Duo at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Chamber Music masterclass
Boston, MA
EK Duo in North Carolina
April 15, 2024 - School of Music, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2 pm - EK Duo recital in Watson Hall
April 17, 2024 - University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
April 5-7, 2024 • Heliand • ZODIAC DUST with percussionist Thomas Kozumplik
April 5, 2024 at 7:30 pm - The Opera House at Enosburg Falls, Enosburg Falls, VT
April 6, 2024 at 7 pm - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
April 7, 2024 at 4 pm - Westford Music Series, Westford Common Hall, Westford, VT
April 3, 2024 at 5:30 pm • Bassoon class on contemporary bassoon techniques
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
March 12-16, 2024 • Tuple | Mappa Mundi with Lynn Hileman in California
March 12, 2024 at 1:20 pm - Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
March 13, 2024 at 6 pm - UCLA Bassoon Master Class, Los Angeles
March 15, 2024 at 7:30 pm - Center for New Music, San Francisco
March 16, 2024 - 7:30 pm Recital at Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco
March 5, 2024 at 8 PM • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
FREE
February 18-26, 2024 • EK Duo in Texas and Louisiana
2/18/24 at 6 pm - EK Duo Recital in the Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2/19/24 at 2:30 pm - Bassoon masterclass at LSU
2/19/24 at 4 pm - EK Duo improvisation workshop with CNME new music ensemble at LSU
2/21/24 - Recital at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
2/22/24 - Recital and Improvisation workshop at University of Houston, Houston, TX
2/25/24 at 5 pm - Recital at the Performing Arts Center, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
2/26/24 at 2 pm - Improvisation Workshop at the Music Department
February 1, 2024 • Radius Ensemble 25th Anniversary Celebration
The Lilypad
Cambridge, MA
January 27, 2024 • EK Duo Recital with Special Guests
with Jonathan Reddix, piano; Tyler James, cello; and Longy students
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
27 Garden St
Cambridge, MA
2023
December 23, 2023 at 1 pm • Elf in Concert
December 22, 2023 at 7 pm • Elf in Concert
Wang Theatre at the Boch Center
Boston, MA
December 9-10, 2023 • Symphony New Hamphire
12/9 at 7:30 pm - Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH
12/10 at 3 pm - Concord City Auditorium, Concord, NH
December 5, 2023 at 8 pm • Harvard New Music Ensemble
Claire Chase, director
Featuring Terry Riley’s “In C” with students & faculty from Longy School of Music and Berklee School of Music
Paine Concert Hall, Harvard Music Building
3 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA
FREE CONCERT
December 3, 2023 at 4 pm • Heliand
Plainfield Town Hall Opera House
Plainfield, VT
December 2, 2023 at 7:30 pm • Heliand
Middlebury Community Music Center
Middlebury, VT
November 30, 2023 at 7 pm • EK Duo
with Liza Knight, bassoon and Elise Hill, saxophone
with Matthew Elliott, vocals and guitar
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
October 29, 2023 at 7:30 pm • EK Duo
Andrea Clearfield’s Halloween SZALON
Philadelphia, PA
SZALON info >
EK DUO • FALL TOUR
September 27, 2023 - Ithaca College
Recital and Pedalboard Playground
Ithaca, NY
September 30, 2023 - West Virginia University
Recital, Pedalboard Playground, Bassoon & Percussion Masterclass
Morgantown, WV
October 13, 2023 - Interview on WGXC 90.7 FM with Tom Roe
listen to the archived show > (our interview begins in the 2nd hour)
October 16, 2023 at 7 pm - Time and Space Limited
434 Columbia St
Hudson, NY
October 19, 2023 - SUNY Fredonia
Recital, Entrepreneurship, Masterclass, Pedalboard Playground
Fredonia, NY
October 21, 2023 - Woodwind Summit 2023 at Crane School of Music
EK Duo Recital, Percussion masterclass, Improvisation class
Potsdam, NY
EK DUO • RESIDENCY AT ARTFARM
August 22-29, 2023 - Residency at Artfarm Recording, Accord, NY
Sponsored by EK Arts
HELIAND • SUMMER TOUR OF VERMONT
Friday, July 28, 2023
Summer Music at Grace Church
Grace Church, 215 Pleasant St, Sheldon, VTTuesday, August 1, 2023
House Concert
Rutland, VTWednesday, August 2, 2023
Otter Creek Music Festival
Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St, Salisbury, VTFriday, August 4, 2023
Catamount Arts
York Street Meeting House, 153 York St, Lyndon, VTSaturday, August 5, 2023
Frank Suchomel Memorial Arts Center
1231 Hagget Rd, Adamant, VTSunday, August 6, 2023
Rochester Chamber Music Society
Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
EK DUO • RESIDENCY AT ARTFARM
July 18-21, 2023 - Artfarm Recording, Accord, NY
Sponsored by EK Arts
June 15-24, 2023 • Longy’s Divergent Studio
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, June 24 at 1 pm
Closing Concert
Pickman Hall at LongyThursday, June 22 at 8 pm
Divergent Quartet
Pickman Hall at Longy
June 11-17, 2023 • NewBassoon Institute at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2023 Newbassoon institute PERFORMANCES
Saturday, June 17 at 12 pm
”Bassoon Rebellion” Closing Concert of chamber music and large ensemble pieces
Watkins Lecture Hall (Room 1350)
Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109Friday, June 16 at 4 pm
Bassoon Solos Concert, performed by NewBassoon Institute fellows
Watkins Lecture Hall (Room 1350)
Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109Thursday, June 15 at 11 am
13 bassoons performing Brad Balliett’s “Arboretum”, an outdoor, site-specific musical installation in which each bassoonist is next to, and playing music inspired by, various trees found in the Arb
Nichols Arboretum "Heathdale" area, near Washington Heights entrance
Ann Arbor, MIWednesday, June 14 at 8 pm
House concert in Temperance, MI
7 pm reception, 8 pm concert
featuring EK Duo, with bassoon music from the faculty & fellows of NewBassoon InstituteSunday, June 11 at 5 pm
NewBassoon Institute Opening Faculty Recital
Watkins Lecture Hall (Room 1350)
Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
May 6, 2023 at 7 PM • Otter Creek Music Festival’s Spring Benefit Concert
Heliand, with Atlantic Crossing and Claire Black
Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, VT
April 29, 2023 at 8 PM • Radius Ensemble
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
April 29, 2023 at 3 PM • Longy Bassoon Studio Recital
Wolfinsohn Room
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
FREE
April 24, 2023 at 8 PM • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
FREE
Heliand presents April Vignettes
April 19-23, 2023
April 23, 2023 at 3 PM
United Community Church, UCC
1325 Main St
St. Johnsbury, VTApril 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Mountain Top Music
House Concert Series
Silver Lake, NHApril 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
College Street Congregational Church
265 College St
Burlington, VermontApril 20, 2023 at 7:30 PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
8 Bishop St
St. Albans, VermontApril 19, 2023 at 11 AM (Eastern)
Live on Vermont Public Classical with Walter Parker
April 13, 2023 at 5 PM • NewBassoon Online Workshop
NewBassoon Masterclass
Performance opportunities available!
FREE
April 12, 2023 at 3 PM • EK Duo livestream
#Daystreaming with Paper Beat Scissors
EK Duo performs live from the Artfarm, streamed everywhere
April 2, 2023 at 4 PM • NewBassoon Online Workshop
NewBassoon Roundtable Discussion
FREE
March 17, 2023 at 11 AM • Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Chamber music masterclass
BoCo at Berklee, Boston, MA
March 16, 2023 at 3 PM • Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Chamber music masterclass
CRLS Public High School, Cambridge, MA
March 11, 2023 at 6 PM • EK Duo
EK Duo, David Yearwood & Friends
616 Congress St
Portland, ME
Sliding scale, pay as you wish
March 10, 2023 at 8 PM • EK Duo and nexbloom
The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA
Sliding scale, pay as you wish
March 6, 2023 at 8 PM • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
FREE
March 3, 2023 at 8 PM • Radius Ensemble
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
2022
December 10-11, 2022 • Symphony New Hamphire
12/10 at 7:30 pm - Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH
12/11 at 3 pm - Concord City Auditorium, Concord, NH
December 1, 2022 at 8 PM • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
November 19-20, 2022 • Heliand Presents “Vignettes”
11/19 at 3 pm - South Church, St. Johnsbury, VT
11/20 at 3 pm - House concert, Rochester, VT
October 30, 2022 • EK Duo with Thomas Kozumplik
Andrea Clearfield SZALON
Salon Concert with In-Person and Livestream options
Philadelphia, PA
September 27, 2022 • Michael Gordon’s “Rushes” with Rushes Ensemble
Crosstown Arts
Central Atrium, Crosstown Concourse
Memphis, TN
September 2022 • EK Duo Tour with Thomas Kozumplik
September 1, 2022 at 7:30 pm - Open Studio/Live Recording Event at Artfarm Recording, Accord, NY
September 2, 2022 at 7 pm - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
September 17, 2022 - East Haven, CT
September 23, 2022 - The Apohadion Theater, Portland, ME
September 24, 2022 at 3 pm - Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
August 17-18, 2022 • Craftsbury Chamber Players
August 17, 2022 at 4 pm - Children’s/Mini concert, First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
August 17, 2022 at 7:30 pm - Beethoven Septet, First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
August 18, 2022 at 2 pm - Children’s/Mini concert, United Church of Christ, Greensboro, VT
August 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm - Beethoven Septet, Hardwick Town House, Hardwick, VT
July 22-24, 2022 • Heliand Cool of the Day Tour
July 22, 2022 at 7 pm - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
July 23, 2022 at 3 pm - Artistree Community Arts Center, South Pomfret, VT
July 24, 2022 at 4 pm - Rochester Chamber Music Society, Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
June 13-16, 2022 • Divergent Quintet
Longy’s Divergent Studio
Cambridge, MA
June 4-11, 2022 • NewBassoon Workshop
hosted by Dark in the Song in collaboration with the National Music Festival
June 11, 2022 • Bassoon Rebellion
The Annual Bash combining NewBassoon Workshop and National Music Festival Bassoons
Chestertown, MDJune 9, 2022 • Arboretum
NewBassoon Workshop performance of Brad Balliett’s outdoor, site-specific work, “Arboretum”
Adkins Arboretum
Ridgely, MDJune 7, 2022 • Dark in the Song Bassoon Performance Competition
Final Round held LIVE during NewBassoon Workshop
Chestertown, MDJune 5, 2022 • NewBassoon Workshop Faculty Recital
Chestertown, MD
May 25, 2022 • Heliand
Noon Music in May
Stowe Community Church
Stowe, VT
Watch the rebroadcast >
May 8, 2022 • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
FREE
May 7, 2022 • Jenna Driscoll, percussion recital
performing excerpts from Marc Mellits’ “Tight Sweater”
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
FREE
April 16, 2022 • Dark in the Song Virtual Masterclass
11:00 am Eastern, Zoom link shared with registered participants
FREE
Dark in the Song Bassoon Performance Competition
Preliminary Round Audition Tapes Due April 15
April 10, 2022 • Castle of our Skins
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, MA
April 2, 2022 • Career Coaching Workshop
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
April 1, 2022 • Dark in the Song Virtual Masterclass
4:00 pm Eastern, Zoom link shared with registered participants
March 26, 2022 • Career Coaching Workshop
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
March 21, 2022 • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
March 8, 2022 • Ensemble Uncaged
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
February 16, 2022 • Chamber Music Masterclass
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Cambridge, MA
January 23, 2022 • Longy Reed Day
Faculty recital of chamber music by Sarah Gibson, Michael Gordon, Franz Krommer and others
Watch the Faculty Recital rebroadcast >
Faculty Recital Program (PDF)
2021
First Night North
December 31, 2021
Heliand Consort rings in the New Year, presented by Catamount Arts and First Night North
view the concert >
Beethoven Septet Goes Modern
November 17, 2021
Goethe-Institut Boston
Program and info >
Dreams and Illusions • Faculty Artist Recital
September 18, 2021
music by Brad Balliett, Fang Man, Gilda Lyons and the live premieres of three new works commissioned & premiered by Rachael Elliott:
Fort Greene (2021)* by Padma Newsome
for bassoon and looper
Spider Kites (2021)* by Padma Newsome
for bassoon, organ and looper
Perfectly Logical (2021)*† by Tawnie Olson
for bassoon and delay
* commissioned and premiered by Rachael Elliott
† 2021 recipient of the International Double Reed Society's “50 for 50” commissioning grant
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
August 25, 2021
music by Steven Stucky, Sousa, William Grant Still, and Omar Thomas’ phenomenal "Come Sunday”
Hatch Memorial Shell
Charles River Esplanade, Boston
Alone Together • Solo Recital
July 31, 2021
International Double Reed Society’s 2nd Annual Virtual Symposium
music by Gary Powell Nash, Padma Newsome, Tawnie Olson, Brad Balliett
view the concert >
Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
July 2, 2021 • First: Earth Summer Series
Isham Family Farm, Williston, VT
info >
Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
July 1, 2021 • Rochester Chamber Music Society
Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
info >
Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
June 30, 2021 • Upright Steeple Society
York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
info >
Divergent Premieres • Divergent Quintet
June 24, 2021
view the concert >
Monadnock Music
June 19, 2021
Depot Park, Peterborough, NH
Heliand@Home • Virtual Concert Series
May 8, 2021
Northern VT Online Music Festival
April 14, 2021
Double Reed Power! workshop
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
April 16, 2021
hosted by Dr. Amy Pollard, University of Georgia
with Nanci Belmont
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
March 27, 2021
hosted by Dr. Shannon Lowe, UF and Professor Jeffrey Keesecker, FSU
with Nanci Belmont
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
March 26, 2021
hosted by Dr. Scott Pool, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
with Nanci Belmont
Double Reed Day at Longy
March 20, 2021
co-hosted by Nanci Belmont, Rachael Elliott and Kemp Jernigan
info >
view the Faculty Recital >
Heliand@Home • Virtual Concert Series
March 13, 2021
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
March 12, 2021
hosted by Dr. Ryan Romine, Shenandoah University
with Nanci Belmont
2020
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 23, 2020
hosted by Dr. Shannon Lowe, University of Florida
with Nanci Belmont
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 13, 2020
hosted by Professor Michael Burns, UNC-Greensboro
with Nanci Belmont
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 4, 2020
hosted by Professor Laura Koepke and Dr. Sarah Hamilton, SUNY-Fredonia
with Kemp Jernigan
Live Online Recital and Coaching/Flow Workshops
October 28, 2020
hosted by Professor John Steinmetz, UCLA
with Lynn Hileman
Heliand@Home :: Virtual Concert Series
August 16, 2020
July 18, 2020
June 13, 2020
Radius Ensemble • Tracing
March 8, 2020
Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg, MA
Radius Ensemble • Tracing
March 7, 2020
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
2019
Heliand and the Band
October 26, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
October 27, 2019 at 3 pm
Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT
Featuring the New England premiere of Nico Muhly's "Reliable Sources" for bassoon and wind ensemble
Rachael Elliott, bassoon soloist
Anne Decker, conductor
Patrick Evans, narrator
Heliand Consort presents two eclectic shows of music untethered from the norms, with solos for piccolo and vibraphone, a narrated counting piece about cows, a musical illustration of popcorn popping, and a 30-piece wind ensemble performing the New England premiere of "Reliable Sources" by Vermont-born composer, Nico Muhly.
live from Chandler Center for the Arts >
Caspian Monday Music
August 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Highland Center for the Arts
Greensboro, VT
Join us for the annual chamber orchestra concert, part of the 2019 Caspian Monday Music Series in the stunning Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, Vermont.
Heliand Consort at RCMS :: Draw the Circle Wide
Sunday, June 30, 2019
4:00 PM
Rochester Federated Church
Rochester, VT
Heliand Consort returns to the Rochester Chamber Music Society’s 25th Summer Season with a buoyant selection of chamber music for oboe, bassoon and piano. We’ll perform piano solos by Lily Boulanger and Clara Schumann, duos by Nancy Galbraith, Padma Newsome and Robert Schumann, and our favorite trios by Peter Hope and Francis Poulenc. And some singing – yes!
more info >
NewBassoon Institute
June 1 - 8, 2019
National Music Festival
Chestertown, MD
Dark in the Song returns to Chestertown, Maryland for our 2019 NewBassoon Institute, hosted by the National Music Festival. A week of intensive study and performance featuring contemporary bassoon solo and ensemble music, including world premieres of new bassoon music by Brad Balliett
more info >
Gotta Play Schubert
April 30, 2019
Cathedral Church of St Paul
Burlington, VT
The 2nd annual “Gotta Play Schubert” returns to Cathedral Arts in Burlington for a fabulously energetic performance of the beloved Octet
Tuple Bassoon Duo
April 17, 2019
Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuple Bassoon Duo
April 16, 2019
Art Museum of WVU
Morgantown, WV
Tuple performs bassoon duos by Louis Andriessen, Gerald Resch, Alexandre Ouzounoff, and Isang Yun
Bassoon Day at Longy
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA
Hosted by Nanci Belmont and Rachael Elliott, bassoons
With Vanessa Breault Mulvey, Body Mapping Specialist
Join us for an exciting day of workshops open to all bassoonists at Longy. Topics include Bassoon Fundamentals, BYOR (Bring Your Own Reeds) for expert reed-finishing advice, and an Introduction to Body Mapping for Bassoonists. Performances include a Faculty Recital, Masterclass, and Bassoon Band.
Faculty Recital Program
Vézelay (2016) by Alexandre Ouzounoff
Niggun (1993) by Philippe Hersant
A Rift Within (2017) by Seth Cluett
Duo Sonata (1977) by Sofia Gubaidulina
Bassoon Masterclass at UNH
April 8, 2019
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
I’ll be leading a Bassoon Masterclass for Janet Polk’s bassoon students at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.
Location: Bratton Recital Hall from 2:45-4:00 pm.
Mar
26
Music-COMP
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Vermont College of Fine Arts (map)
Opus 34 is Music-COMP’s 2019 spring concert and features world premieres of compositions by students in grades 3-12 written for a combination of winds, strings and piano.
Feb
21
Heliand Consort
Thursday, February 21, 2019
11:00 AM 12:00 PM
Vermont Public Radio (map)
Heliand Consort performs live in VPR’s Stetson Studio One. This intimate public performance is part of our recording project, taking place at VPR on Thursday, February 21st through Friday, February 22nd. We’re thrilled to be working with VPR engineer, Peter Engisch on this project!
Jan
13
A Musical Celebration
Sunday, January 13, 2019
10:30 AM 12:00 PM
400 harvard st cambridge, ma (map)
A celebration of music at Old Cambridge Baptist Church. Music by Telemann, Vivaldi, Louis Andriessen and Padma Newsome performed by Rachael Elliott, Bryan Tyler (viola), Beth Barefoot (piano) and Bohdan Shevchenko (bassoon)
Dec
19
Radius Ensemble
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
2:45 PM 4:00 PM
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (map)
workshop performance for music students at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Nov
3
Radius Ensemble
Saturday, November 3, 2018
8:00 PM 9:30 PM
Longy School of Music of Bard College (map)
Reminiscence: Music of Crumb, Dohnányi, Mazzoli and Janáček
Oct
22
Debut Faculty Recital
Monday, October 22, 2018
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Longy School of Music of Bard College (map)
works by Galbraith, Lang, Ouzounoff, Newsome & others
with Nanci Belmont and Lynn Hileman, bassoons
Cynthia Huard, piano
Sep
30
MassOpera
Sunday, September 30, 2018
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
Boston Center for the Arts (map)
workshop-performance of Kamala Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents
Sep
27
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Thursday, September 27, 2018
5:30 PM 7:00 PM
SFA School of Music (map)
masterclass and recital
Sep
26
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
7:00 PM 9:30 PM
Baylor School of Music (map)
performance and masterclass
Sep
25
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Butler School of Music (map)
masterclass
Butler School of Music
Sep
21
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Friday, September 21, 2018
1:00 PM 3:00 PM
University of North Texas (map)
masterclass and recital
Paul Voertman Concert Hall
Sep
11
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
8:00 PM 9:00 PM
West Virginia University (map)
Music of Yun, Gubaidulina & Mellits