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2007 Performances
January 5, 2007
Performance of Spoletude I for solo trombone
Steven Parker, trombone
Philadelphia, PA – Bowerbird
January 8, 2007
PoMozart – A Post-modern Musical Wake for WAM
Presented by Santa Fe New Music
Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe
Featuring music by Mozart, Michael Nyman, Alexander Raskatov, and Alfred Schnittke
SFNM Orchestra – John Kennedy, conductor
February 12
Premiere of fp for violin solo
Piotr Szewczyk, violin
New World Symphony Forum Concert
Miami Beach, FL – Lincoln Theater
March 18
Performance of The Winged Energy of Delight for toy piano
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Tokyo, Japan – Uplink Factory
March 26
Premiere of chamber opera Trinity
Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center
March 27
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center
March 28
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Lumberton, NM – St. Francis Auditorium
April 2-5
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Albuquerque, NM – KiMo Theater
April 10-12
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
El Paso, TX – Chamizal Theater
April 16
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Roswell, NM – Anderson Museum
April 16-20
First Deconstruction (in plastic) for two percussion
Presented by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM – 18 performances in the schools
April 17
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Artesia, NM – Artesia High School
April 19
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Carlsbad, NM – Gerrells Performing Arts Centre
April 20
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Clovis, NM – Town Hall
April 21
Music of Tan Dun
Presented by Santa Fe New Music
Stieren Hall, Santa Fe Opera
Featuring the Concerto for Pizzicato Piano
Margaret Leng Tan, soloist
John Kennedy, conductor
April 22
Water Walk
Premiere of O Waters, for three percussion
Presented by Santa Fe New Music
Benildus Hall, The College of Santa Fe
April 23-24
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Lubbock, TX – Cavasos High School
April 27
Trinity – A Chamber Opera in One Act
Presented by The Santa Fe Opera
Alamogordo, NM – Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
May 7
Performance of fp for violin solo
Piotr Szewczyk, violin
Eau Claire, WI - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
May 26 – June 7
Music in Time concert series
John Kennedy, Director
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC
College of Charleston Recital Hall
May 27
Faustus, The Last Night – Opera by Pascal Dusapin
American Premiere
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC – Sottile Theater
John Kennedy, conductor
May 29
Faustus, The Last Night – Opera by Pascal Dusapin
American Premiere production
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC – Sottile Theater
John Kennedy, conductor
May 30
Music Critics Association of North America
Panel discussion with Pascal Dusapin
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC – Gailliard Auditorium
June 2
Faustus, The Last Night – Opera by Pascal Dusapin
American Premiere production
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC – Sottile Theater
John Kennedy, conductor
June 5
Music in Time – Dusapin and Weill
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC
College of Charleston Recital Hall
American Premiere of Kurt Weill “Alabama Song” arranged by Morton Feldman
Other works by Pascal Dusapin and Wolfgang Rihm
The Spoleto Festival Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
June 7
Performance of fp for violin solo
Piotr Szewczyk, violin
Music in Time concert series
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC
College of Charleston Recital Hall
June 9
Premiere performance of dance to One Body
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, WA
Choreographed by Peter Boal
October 10
Rainforest/Sea Tropes
Presented by Santa Fe New Music
Stieren Hall, Santa Fe Opera
Sea Tropes by Ingram Marshall, World Premiere
Rainforest, by Henry Brant
SFNM Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
December 15
Premiere of Horn Concerto
Commissioned by The Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Composed for Rich King, Principal Horn, Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland, OH
2008 Performances
February 20
Performance of fp for violin solo
Piotr Szewczyk, violin
Santa Fe, NM
April 10
Music of Kaija Saariaho
Stieren Hall, Santa Fe Opera
Terrestre and other works, Kaija Saariaho
SFNM Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
May 24 – June 3
Music in Time concert series
John Kennedy, Director
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston SC
May 24
Music in Time, Spoleto Festival USA
You have the Right to Remain Silent, and
Litany of Sins, by Anthony Davis
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
May 27
Music in Time, Spoleto Festival USA
Works by Steve Heitzeg, Somei Satoh, Christopher Thoefanidis
Premiere of Kennedy Variations on B-A-G-H-D-A-D for string orchestra
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
June 1
Intermezzo Concert, Spoleto Festival USA
Concerto winners from Festival orchestra in concerti
Orphic Memories, by Ingram Marshall
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
June 8
Finale Concert, Spoleto Festival USA
Sinfonia India, by Carlos Chavez
Interlude No. 2 from The Civil Wars, by Philip Glass
Blur, by Todd Levin
Symphony No. 3, by Aaron Copland
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
John Kennedy, conductor
July 13
New Chorale Music
Tag des Jahrs, by Kaija Saariaho
Seven Sounds Unseen, by Robert Moran
Graveside, by Kim Sherman
Miserere, by Arvo Pärt
Santa Fe Desert Chorale and Santa Fe New Music
John Kennedy, conductor