PAST EVENTS
2024
Heliand “To Hugo & Other Tales”
with Mary Rowell, violin
November 3, 2024
Plainfield Opera House
Plainfield, VT
November 10, 2024
Barton United Church
Barton, VT
November 12, 2024
Music at Noon
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY
heliand.org >
EK Duo “Mad Rush” with Mary Rowell
October 19, 2024
Shows@ThePhoenix, Waterbury, VT
presented by TURNmusic
October 20, 2024
York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
presented by Catamount Arts
EK Duo “In Love and War” with Tom Burnett
September 27, 2024 - The Foundry, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2024 - House Concert, Accord, NY
September 29, 2024 - 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
June 21, 2024 - Faculty Concert I
June 22, 2024 - Faculty Concert II
June 23, 2024 - 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
NewBassoon Concerts at Michigan
June 2, 2024 - NewBassoon Faculty Recital
June 6, 2024 - “Arboretum” performance at the pond outside the SMTD
June 7, 2024 - Bassoon Fellows Concert #1
June 7, 2024 - “Rushes” performance in the SMTD Atrium
June 8, 2024 - Bassoon Fellows Concert #2
May 16-19, 2024 • Heliand’s “Danza Gaia”
May 16, 2024 - Live Performance & Interview on Vermont Public Classical with Walter Parker
Tune in to your radio or listen to the livestream
May 17, 2024 - United Church of Bakersfield & Fairfield, Bakersfield, VT
May 18, 2024 - First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
May 19, 2024 - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
presented by Catamount Arts
May 5, 2024 • 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
April 30, 2024 • Music-COMP
with Anne Decker, TURNmusic
Elley-Long Music Center
Colchester, VT
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
February 18-26, 2024 • EK Duo in Texas and Louisiana
February 18, 2024 - EK Duo Recital in the Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
February 19, 2024 - Bassoon masterclass at LSU
February 19, 2024 - EK Duo improvisation workshop with CNME new music ensemble at LSU
February 21, 2024 - Recital at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
February 22, 2024 - Recital and Improvisation workshop at University of Houston, Houston, TX
February 25, 2024 - Recital at the Performing Arts Center, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
February 26, 2024 - Improvisation Workshop at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TX
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 • Elf in Concert
December 22, 2023 • Elf in Concert
Wang Theatre at the Boch Center
Boston, MA
December 9-10, 2023 • Symphony New Hamphire
December 9, 2023 - Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH
December 10, 2023 - Concord City Auditorium, Concord, NH
December 5, 2023 • 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
Heliand Winter Concerts
December 2, 2023
Middlebury Community Music Center
Middlebury, VT
December 3, 2023
Plainfield Town Hall Opera House
Plainfield, VT
November 30, 2023 • 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 • 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 - 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
June 11-17, 2023 • NewBassoon Institute at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2023 Newbassoon institute PERFORMANCES
Sunday, June 11, 2023
NewBassoon Institute Opening Faculty Recital
Watkins Lecture Hall (Room 1350)
Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109June 14, 2023
House concert in Temperance, MI
7 pm reception, 8 pm concert
featuring EK Duo, with bassoon music from the faculty & fellows of NewBassoon InstituteJune 15, 2023
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, MIJune 16, 2023
Bassoon Solos Concert, performed by NewBassoon Institute fellows
Watkins Lecture Hall (Room 1350)
Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109June 17, 2023
”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 48109
May 6, 2023 • Otter Creek Music Festival’s Spring Benefit Concert
Heliand, with Atlantic Crossing and Claire Black
Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, VT
April 29, 2023 • Radius Ensemble
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
April 29, 2023 • Longy Bassoon Studio Recital
Wolfinsohn Room
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Heliand presents April Vignettes
April 23, 2023
United Community Church, UCC
1325 Main St
St. Johnsbury, VTApril 22, 2023
Mountain Top Music
House Concert Series
Silver Lake, NHApril 21, 2023
College Street Congregational Church
265 College St
Burlington, VermontApril 20, 2023
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
8 Bishop St
St. Albans, VermontApril 19, 2023
Live on Vermont Public Classical with Walter Parker
April 12, 2023 • EK Duo livestream
#Daystreaming with Paper Beat Scissors
EK Duo performs live from the Artfarm, streamed everywhere
March 17, 2023 • Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Chamber music masterclass
BoCo at Berklee, Boston, MA
March 16, 2023 • Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Chamber music masterclass
CRLS Public High School, Cambridge, MA
March 11, 2023 • EK Duo
EK Duo, David Yearwood & Friends
616 Congress St
Portland, ME
Sliding scale, pay as you wish
March 10, 2023 • EK Duo and nexbloom
The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA
Sliding scale, pay as you wish
March 3, 2023 • Radius Ensemble
Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
2022
December 10-11, 2022 • Symphony New Hamphire
December 10, 2022 - Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH
December 11, 2022 - Concord City Auditorium, Concord, NH
November 19-20, 2022 • Heliand Presents “Vignettes”
November 19, 2022 - South Church, St. Johnsbury, VT
November 20, 2022 - 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 - Open Studio/Live Recording Event at Artfarm Recording, Accord, NY
September 2, 2022 - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
September 17, 2022 - East Haven, CT
September 23, 2022 - The Apohadion Theater, Portland, ME
September 24, 2022 - Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
August 17-18, 2022 • Craftsbury Chamber Players
August 17, 2022 - Children’s/Mini concert, First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
August 17, 2022 - Beethoven Septet, First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
August 18, 2022 - Children’s/Mini concert, United Church of Christ, Greensboro, VT
August 18, 2022 - Beethoven Septet, Hardwick Town House, Hardwick, VT
July 22-24, 2022 • Heliand Cool of the Day Tour
July 22, 2022 - York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
July 23, 2022 - Artistree Community Arts Center, South Pomfret, VT
July 24, 2022 - Rochester Chamber Music Society, Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
June 13-16, 2022 • Divergent Quintet
Longy’s Divergent Studio
Cambridge, MA
May 25, 2022 • Heliand
Noon Music in May
Stowe Community Church
Stowe, VT
April 10, 2022 • Castle of our Skins
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, 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
July 1, 2021 • Rochester Chamber Music Society
Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
June 30, 2021 • Upright Steeple Society
York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
Divergent Premieres • Divergent Quintet
June 24, 2021
view the concert >
Monadnock Music
June 19, 2021
Depot Park, Peterborough, NH
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 >
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
March 7, 2020
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
2019 Highlight
Heliand and the Band
October 26, 2019
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
October 27, 2019
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 >