Laura Schwendinger
at the performance of her Six Choral Settings with the Trinity Chor and Julian Wachner conducting, at Zankel Hall with the trinity Choir, May 2012
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Upcoming works and premieres (listed with most recent first)
Upcoming
Nov. 12, 2009 The Waking Dream for flute and ochestra; Richmond Symphony Orchestra, League of American Orchestras/ Music Alive Residency with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra
The league’s Music Alive: New Partnership Press Releases
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/pairing-composers-and-orchestras-with-an-eye-on-younger-audiences/?partner=rss&emc=rsshttp://www.americanorchestras.org/images/stories/press_releases/MusicAliveNewPartnershipsrelease.pdfhttp://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/league-of-american-orchestras-new-music-usa-announce-12-new-music-alive-residencies/http://letterv.blogspot.com/2014/10/music-alive-residency-in-richmond.html
2015/ 2016 A new work for the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, a Koussevitzky Foundation awarded commission(awarded Sept. 2014)
Friday, May 8, 2015 JACK performs at Wisconsin Union theater with the world premiere of Laura Schwendinger's new string quartet, Creature Quartet, with animation by French aristist Pauline Gagniere
The world premiere recording to be released on Albany Records, Summer 2014; Recording at Oktaven studio NY, supported by grants from Columbia Univ. Ditson foundation, a New Music USA CAPgrant, and from the Roger Shapiro foundation and the UW Graduate School
Spring 2015 A new work, Lakeshore Rush, Chicago
Spring 2015 Aviary, a new percussion work, for Clocks in Motion
2015 Daniel Grabois, Rapture and Bull By the Horn, Faculty Artist Series, UW Madison
March 22, 2015 The Violinists in My Life, Miranda Cuckson and Blair McMillen, piano; UW Madison, Crumb Festival
March, 2015 The Violinists in My Life, Miranda Cuckson and Blair McMillen, piano; Zinc Bar, New York
Jan. 2015 COMPOSERS AMONG US: LAURA SCHWENDINGER, with Arc of Fire and other works, Lincoln Trio, A Chamber Music America Commission, at WFMT studios, Chicago,Relevant Tones, New York. Chamber Music America commission series.
Jan. 2015 Patricia Green, mezzo soprano, in two performances of About A Mountai;at University of Western Ontario, and on the Primavera concert series, St. Catherine's, Ontario
Nov. 20, 2014 Soprano Nanette McGuinness, premiere of Three Kay Ryan Settings, Center for New Music, San Francisco. With with Dale Tsang, piano, and Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, cello
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Recent
Aug. 22, 2014 High Wire Act, Bennington Chamber Music Conference. With Conor Nelson, flute; Eriko Sato, violin; Kate Vincent, viola; Michael Finckel, cello and Blair McMillen, piano. Bennington Vermont.
Aug. 19, 2014 Wet Ink, premiere, Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Bennington Vermont.
Aug. 8, 2014 Arc of Fire, Lincoln Trio, A Chamber Music America Commission, at Bryant Park, New York. Chamber Music America Commission series.
April 19, 2014 Arc of Fire, Lincoln Trio, A Chamber Music America Commission, on WFMT's radio show Relevant Tones, MERIT school of Music, Chicago
March 7, 2014 from Srtring Quartet in three movements, move. 1 with the JACK Quartet. Merkin Hall, New York.
Feb. 3/14, High Wire Act, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Subscription Season 21, Some Serious Fun, 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
Jan. 30/14, High Wire Act, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Subscription Season 21, Some Serious Fun, 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
Nov. 2,3 2013 High Wire Act, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, A Vision so So Composed, First Church in Boston
May 5, 2013 Equatorial Jungle, CONCERT XXIII, Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Sole Nero; Jessica Johnson, piano and Anthony Di Sanza, percussion
April 12, 2013 Sinfonietta, The New Juilliard Ensemble, Joel Sachs, conductor at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
March 18, 2013 The Violinists in My Life, Desiree Ruhstrat and Marta Aznavoorian; Union League Club, Chicago
March 4, 2013 The Violinists in My Life, Wei He Hot Air Festival, the New Music Festival of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Feb. 24, 2013 in Just spring- Dawn Upshaw with pianist Kayo Iwama, Longy School of Music Boston, Bard "First Songs" series
Feb. 21, 2013 in Just spring- Dawn Upshaw with pianist Kayo Iwama, Morgan Library in NYC, Bard "First Songs" series; http://www.themorgan.org/public/program.asp?id=603
Feb. 18, 2013 C'e La Luna Questa Sera? The Center for New Music Ensmble; University of Iowa, http://www.uiowa.edu/~cnm/47.130217.html http://www.uiowa.edu/~cnm/47.130217.html
Nov. 16, 2012 Llorona premiere with The UW Madison Concert Choir, Beverly Taylor Director
Nov. 9, 2012 Treetop Studio for clarinet and cello. A work written for the Duo in memory of Andfew Inbrie. Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello and John Sackett, clarinet. UC Santa Cruz
Nov. 10, 2012 Treetop Studio for clarinet and cello. Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello Faculty Artist recital, SF Conservatory of Music
Oct. 8, 2012 The Violinists in My Life, Wei He violinist. San Francisco Conservatory of Music Faculty Artist Series (other regional premieres TBA by Miranda Cuckson, Curtis Macomber, Desiree Ruhstrat and Eleanor Bartsch)waking dream
Sept. 16, 21, 22, 2012 Footfalls, a companion piece to the Beckett play, as part of Sounding Beckett (see reviews on review page)
for Cygnus Ensemble's Sounding Beckett Project at Classic Stage Company
more information at http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/CSC-to-Present-SOUNDING-BECKETT-914-23-20120723
SOUNDING BECKETT - a singular evening of theater and music that pairs three plays by Samuel Beckett from his "ghost period" with new works by contemporary composers written expressly in response to those plays - will be presented September 14-23 at the Classic Stage Company (136 E. 13 St.) in Manhattan. This world-premiere production is directed by the award-winning theatre director Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director of The Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. along with the voice of the Tony-nominated and Drama Desk and two-time Obie Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant.
Read more: http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/CSC-to-Present-SOUNDING-BECKETT-914-23-20120723#ixzz21auK1YSo
http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/CSC-to-Present-SOUNDING-BECKETT-914-23-20120723#ixzz21atogYn1
June 2012 String Quartet in three movements, JACK Quartet, New Music on the Point
June 2012 Sudden Light, Jennifer Beattie with members of the JACK Quartet (Chris Otto, Ari Striesfeld and Kevin McFarland)
May 2012 Equatorial Jungle, Sole Nero with Jessica Johnson and Anthony Di'Sanza. MOMA New Muse Festival
May 2012 Six Choral Settings, Carnegie Zankel Hall, Trinity Choir, Julian Wachner Director
Dec. 2, 2011 High Wire Act, Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble, Glenn Hackbarth Director.
Nov. 4, 2011 C'e La Luna Questa Sera? Lincoln Trio, Morrison Artist Series, McKenna Theater, SF State University
Oct. 26, 2011 C'e La Luna Questa Sera? Lincoln Trio, (le) Poisson Rouge, New York
Aug. 19, 2011 The Lincoln Trio, play C'e La Luna Questa Sera at The Ravinia Festival, with CD release party
May 6, 2011 MISE-EN-SCENE, commisioned by Boston Musica Viva
March 7, 2011 Nonet, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Pollack Hall
March 4, 2011 SHADINGS for American Composers Orchestra, Carnegie Zankel Hall, UNSAFE Series,In collaboration with lighting artist Leni Schwendinger
Jan. 23, 2011 Song for Andrew, Empyrean Ensemble, Mondavi Performing Arts Center
Jan. 6, 2011 About a Mountain, Commissioned by Julia Bentley and Mary Stolper, DePaul University, Chicago
Jan. 8, 2011 About a Mountain, Nichols Auditorium, Chicago; Jan. 8, 2011 WFMT, Chicago
Dec. 1, 2010 High Wire Act, The University of Boulder Pendulum Series
Nov. 18, 2010 A newly commissioned work for Stony Brook New Music Ensemble at Merkin Hall
Nov. 17, 2010 A newly commissioned work for the Stony Brook New Music Ensemble, Stony Brook
Nov. 14, 2010 C'e La Luna Questa Sera? Lincoln Trio, The Music Institute of Chicago
Nov. 11, 2010 String Quartet in three movements, Jack Quartet, University of Iowa
Nov. 10, 2010 String Quartet in three movements, Jack Quartet, University of Wisconsin Madison
Nov. 7/ 8, 2010 High Wire Act, The Aspen Ensemble, Calgary ProMusica
Oct. 10, 2010 High Wire Act, Voices of Change Ensemble, Caruth Auditorium, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX
July 25, 2010 Song for Andrew, the New Juilliard Ensemble at MOMA Summergarden series
April 14, 2010 High Wire Act, Aspen Ensemble, University of Baltimore, Spotlight Arts Series
March 27, 2010 Equatorial Jungle, Sole Nero, Goshen College, Rieth Hall
March 15, 2010 Rapture, Musicians Club of Chicago, Union League Club, Chicago with Kuang Hao-piano and and Paula Kowsower-cello
March 12, 2010 Van Gogh Nocturnes, Christopher Taylor, Faculty Artist recital, UW MadisonMarch 5, 2010 An evening of music by Laura Elise Schwendinger, Four Score Festival, Music Inst. of Chicago
Nov. 24, 2009 The Equatorial Jungle for piano and percussion, Sole Nero with Jessica Johnson and Tony Di'Sanza,
Nov. 14, 2009 High Wire Act, with Eighth Blackbird and Contempo: A New Music Collective, University of Chicago. Shulamit Ran, Artistic Dir.
Nov. 12, 2009 The Waking Dream for flute and chamber ochestra; Christina Jennings, UW Madison Chamber Orchestra
Oct. 17, 2009 High Wire Act, the Delfinians Project, Fresno State University New Music Festival
July 17/ 18, '09 High Wire Act (in clarinet version), Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, City Theatre Mainstage, Pittsburgh
April 7 , 2009 Song for Andrew, University of Wisconsin Contemporary Chamber Players at UW Madison
April 1, 2009 Air and Buenos Aires for piano, Jenny Lin at BargeMusic, New York City
April 1, 2009 Sonata for Solo Violin, Lina Bahn at UW Madison
March 2009 High Wire Act (arranged for clarinet, violin, cello and piano), Orion Ensemble, Chicago; 3/18 Ganz Hall (7:30pm), 3/22,Fox Valley Presbyterian (7:00), 2/29) Nichols Hall (3pm) The Orion ensemble (Chicago, 3/18-22-29/08;)
March 26 2009 Peu de Morceau, Illinois State University New Music Festival, Angelo Favis Guitar; also Houghton College NY (2/19) and Crane School of Music at Suny Potsdam (2/21)
March 18, 2009 Air and Buenos Aires; Jenny Lin-piano at Greenwich House Music School , New York City; Women's Work
Feb. 26, 2009 Asherah, Joe Wytko saxophone, at UW Madison
Dec. 16, 2008 Garden of Earthly Delights, William Anderson and the Cygnus Ensemble, Sarah Lawrence College
Dec. 13, 2008 High Wire Act, Left Bank Bank Concert Society, Terrace Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Sept. 29, 2008 High Wire Act (2008), American Modern Ensemble, Times Center NYC
May 6, 2008 Song for Andrew (2008) for violin, viola, cello and piano (2008) for Young-Nam Kim and Sally Chisholm, in memory of Andrew Imbrie
March 8 , 2008 Three's a Crowd (2007), for Trumpet, Trombone and Tuba for theB3+ ensemble,with trombonist Dave Taylor, trumpeter Franz Hackl, John Clark, horn*
March 4, 2008 Three's a Crowd (2007), for Trumpet, Trombone and Tuba, The B3+ ensemble, Dave Taylor, Franz Hackl and John Clark
Nov. 18, 2007 Christopher Taylor solos in Laura's Chamber Concerto with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble of the University of Wisconsin Madison
April 22, 2007 High Wire Act, The Contemporary Music Forum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Jan. 24, 2003 String Quartet, the Arditti String Quartet. A Harvard Musical Association performance of awarded commission. MIT, Cambridge, MA