Composers Conference
Chamber Music Center and Singers Workshop
at Wellesley College

Schedule

Concert Schedule

All concerts are at 8:00pm in Jewett Fine Arts Center Auditorium on the campus of Wellesley College unless otherwise indicated.  All concerts are free,  open to the public, and handicapped accessible. 

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 7:30pm, Jewett Auditorium

•   Lecture/Demonstration:  "How to Listen to New Music"  by Professor Gunther Schuller, New England Conservatory
   

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

• Aaron Einbond, Still Lives

  • Piccolo/Bass flute: Barry Crawford

  • Oboe/English Horn: Peggy Pearson

  • Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Bassoon/Contrabassoon: Donald McGeen

  • French Horn: Angela Cordell

  • Trumpet: Jerry Bryant

  • Trombone: Tom Hutchinson

  • Percussion: Stephen Paysen, Dominic Donato

  • Piano: Stephen Gosling

  • Violin: Laura Frautschi--David Fulmer

  • Viola: Louise Schulman--Lois Martin

  • Violoncello: Jan Muller-Szeraws

  • Contrabass: Pascale Delache-Feldman

   

• Gregory Cornelius, Handwoven

  • Flute: Barry Crawford

  • Bass Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Horn: Angela Cordell

  • Piano: Christopher Oldfather

  • Percussion: Stephen Paysen, Dominic Donato

  • Violin: Laura Frautshi--David Fulmer, Bayla Keyes--Cyrus Stevens

  • Violas: Louise Schulman--Lois Martin

  • Violoncellos: Joshua Gordon--Jan Muller-Szeraws

  • Contrabass: Pascale Delache-Feldman

  • Viola: Lois Martin

  • Violin: Bayla Keyes, Jennifer Elowitch

  • Viola: Liuh Wen Ting

  • Violoncello: Emmanuel Feldman

  • Contrabass: Pascale Delache-Feldman

   

Thursday, July 24, 2008

• Concert and Conversation with Guest Composer, Stephen Jaffe, with live performance and recorded works of the composer.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

• Miguel Galperin,  Bestiary (1. Ugly Creatures, 2. Vampire Bats Disgorge, 3. The Unicorn's Voice, 4. The Basilik's Gracious Strike)

  • Soprano: Christine Schadeberg

  • Alto Flute: Barry Crawford

  • Marimba: Stephen Paysen

   

• Bert Van Herck,

  • Flute: Barry Crawford

  • Oboe: Peggy Pearson

  • Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Bassoon: Donald McGeen

  • French Horn: Angela Cordell

  • Trumpet: Jerry Bryant

  • Trombone: Tom Hutchinson

  • Percussion: Stephen Paysen, Dominic Donato

  • Piano: Stephen Gosling

  • Violins: Laura Frautschi--David Fulmer, Bayla Keyes--Cyrus Stevens

  • Violas: Louise Schulman--Lois Martin

  • Violoncellos: Joshua Gordon--Jan Muller-Szeraws

  • Contrabass: Pascale Delache-Feldman

   

• Janet Jieru Chen  Isolated Island

  • Oboe: Peggy Pearson

  • Bass Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Percussion: Dominic Donato

  • Piano: Christopher Oldfather

  • Violin: Bayla Keyes

  • Viola: Louise Schulman

  • Violoncello: Joshua Gordon

   

• Stephen Danyew,  Sextet (commissioned by Composers Conference for Amateur Chamber Music Center participants)

  • Piano: Judy Feldman

  • Flute : Ellen Shapiro

  • Clarinet: Charles Allen

  • Oboe: Alan Hyde

  • Bassoon: Larry Kramer

  • French Horn: Stanley Corfman

   

Sunday, July 27, 2008, 7:30pm, Jewett Auditorium

•   Lecture/Demonstration:  "How to Listen to New Music"  by Professor John Heiss, New England Conservtory of Music
   

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

• Carolyn O'Brien, Electrum

  • Violin: Anna Lim

  • Violoncello: Mike Finckel

  • Piano: Stephen Gosling

   

• Chris Gendall   Agitato 

  • Flute: Tara O'Connor

  • Oboe: Robert Ingliss

  • Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • French Horn: Mike Atkinson

  • Trombone: Tom Hutchinson

  • Percussion: Stephen Paysen

  • Violins: Jennifer Elowitch--Bayla Keyes

  • Viola: Liuh Wen Ting

  • Cello: Joshua Gordon

  • Contrabass:  Pascale Delache-Feldman

   

Thursday, July 31, 2008

• Concert and Conversation with Guest Composer, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, featuring live and recorded works of the composer.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

• Alexander Sigman    mi(e)S(e)-En-abiMe

  • Bass Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Violoncello: Joshua Gordon

  • Percussion: Dominic Donato

  • Piano: Christopher Oldfather

   

• Eric Nathan    Onement

  • Flute: Tara O'Connor

  • Bass Clarinet: Jean Kopperud

  • Vibraphone: Dominic Donato

  • Keyboard: Stephen Gosling

  • Violin: Anna Lim

  • Contrabass: Pascale Delache-Feldman

   

• Jonathan Wilkes, Inner Movement   

  • Flute:  Tara O'Connor

  • Clarinet:  Jean Kopperud

  • Violin: Jennifer Elowitch

  • Cello: Michael Finckel

  • Piano:  Stephen Gosling

  • Percussion: Stephen Paysen

   

• Stephen Danyew,  Sextet (commissioned by Composers Conference for Amateur Chamber Music Center participants)

  • Piano: Michael Rasminsky

  • Flute : Pat Harleston

  • Clarinet: Georgiana McReynolds

  • Oboe: Tom Sheldon

  • Bassoon: Brad Morse

  • French Horn: Richard Sachs