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2024

October 29 | Faculty Recital: Dr. Timothy Bonenfant, Clarinets
Shatter, for clarinet
Timothy Bonenfant (clarinet)
Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX

October 12 | 2024 CWU New Music Festival

Shatter, for clarinet
Wonkak Kim (clarinet)
​Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

September 29 | The Walden School Celebration and Fundraiser
says the almanac, for string quartet
Friction Quartet
War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA

September 27 | Dreams and Memorials
says the almanac, for string quartet
Members of the Wooster Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
​Gault Recital Hall, Wooster, OH

September 23 | Malone Performing Artist Series Guest Artist Recital
Stories, Secrets, and Forgotten Wisdom, for tenor saxophone
Drew Hosler (tenor saxophone)
Malone University, Canton, OH


September 15 | The _____ Experiment Live at Kaiser Gallery
Stories, Secrets, and Forgotten Wisdom, for tenor saxophone
Drew Hosler (tenor saxophone)
Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, OH


July 29 | International Horn Symposium
Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, and piano
Trio SaeRon (Misook Yun, soprano, Caroline Oltmanns, piano, and Sean Yancer, horn)
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Fort Collins, CO


July 17 | Classical Revolution Cleveland
Stories, Secrets, and Forgotten Wisdom, for tenor saxophone
Drew Hosler (tenor saxophone)
Happy Dog Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

July 12 | The Walden School Young Musicians Program Faculty Commissioning Concert
says the almanac, for string quartet (premiere)
Friction Quartet
Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH

June 20 | The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat Performers Night
Être, for soprano and cello
R Kelvin McCartney Adesso (soprano) and Hannah Stone (cello)
Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH

June 2 | Local 4 Music Fund Presents She Scores 2024
Recurrences, for saxophone quartet
Perry Roth, Tyler Young, Drew Hosler, Gabriel Piqué (saxophones)
Cleveland Institute of Music Mixon Hall, Cleveland, OH

May 19 | Cleveland Composers Guild presents Creativity: Learning Through Experience XXXII
Pippin & Peppino, for harp (premiere)
Kailani Farivar (harp)
The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH

April 9 | Guest Artist Recital
Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, and piano
Trio SaeRon (Misook Yun, soprano, Caroline Oltmanns, piano, and Sean Yancer, horn)
Kent State University Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent, OH

April 2 | Kairos: A Multimedia Concert
Stories, Secrets, and Forgotten Wisdom, for tenor saxophone
Drew Hosler (tenor saxophone), Thom Haxo (video)
The College of Wooster Shoolroy Theatre, Wooster, OH


March 22 | Soundlab 216 with Local 4 Music Fund
Stories, Secrets, and Forgotten Wisdom, for tenor saxophone (premiere)
Andrew Hosler (tenor saxophone)
Disciples Christian Church, Cleveland Heights, OH

March 16 | 53rd Annual Pellegrini Festival of New Music
A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Forward Motion
Sursa Performance Hall at Ball State University, Muncie, IN

March 9 | Music by Women Festival 2024
Ripple, for flute and bass clarinet
The Weft and Weave Between Us, for flute and clarinet
Synergy 78 (Carol Shansky, flute, and Michelle Kiec, clarinets)
Mississippi University for Women Kossen Auditorium, Columbus, MS

January 18 | Clarinet Chamber Recital
Shatter, for clarinet
Michelle Kiec (clarinet)
Oklahoma City University Medium Rehearsal Hall, Oklahoma City, OK

January 9
Recurrences, for saxophone quartet
Hippocrene Saxophone Quartet
University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, Orlando, FL​
 

2023

November 19 | Ensemble Recital
Sideways, for 4 percussionists
Capital University Concert Percussion Ensemble
Huntington Recital Hall, Bexley, OH

November 4 | IAWM Annual Concert 2023

A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Lilith Ensemble & Friends
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Belgium

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November 3 | 2023 SCI Region V Conference
A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Alison Brown Sincoff (flute), Angela Opell (clarinet), Nathan Southwick (violin), Jose Rocha (cello)

Glidden Recital Hall, Athens, OH

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October 28 | 2023 CMS National Conference
Recurrences, for saxophone quartet
Hippocrene Saxophone Quartet
Miami Marriott Dadeland, Miami, FL

October 15 | Cleveland Composers Guild and North Coast Winds Quintet: Music for Winds
Variation, for woodwind quintet
North Coast Winds Quintet
Kent State Stark Fine Arts Building, North Canton, OH

October 8

hold/release, for violin and cello
Yu-Fang Chen (violin) and Peter Opie (cello)
Kimbrough Concert Hall, Pullman, WA


October 6 | 2023 CWU New Music Festival
hold/release, for violin and cello
Yu-Fang Chen (violin) and Peter Opie (cello)
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

October 2 | Faculty Artist Series
hold/release, for violin and cello
Yu-Fang Chen (violin) and Peter Opie (cello)
Sursa Performance Hall, Muncie, IN

​June 27 | Melodic Mixtures: Kaiser Gallery's June Concert Series
Steps, for soprano saxophone and harp
The _____ Experiment
Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, OH

June 4 | She Scores 2023
hold/release, for violin and cello
​Leah Goor-Burtnett (violin) and Derek Snyder (cello)
Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH


May 14 | Cleveland Composers Guild presents Creativity: Learning Through Experience 31
Spring Nocturne, for baritone voice and piano
Michael Temesi (baritone) and Lydia Yu (piano)
The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH

May 10
Refuge, for SATB choir, trombone, piano
Bangor Township Schools Varsity Choir (Anna Doering, director)
​John Glenn High School, Bay City, MI

April 2 | Deep Like the Rivers: Songs of Heavenly Natures
Sea-Grass, for SATB choir
Cleveland Chamber Choir (Gregory Ristow, Acting Artistic Director)
Drink Hall, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

March 26 | Chatter Music: Chatter Sunday
Exercices​, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
Splinter Reeds
912 3rd St. NW, Albuquerque, NM


March 23 | 51st Annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium
Exercices​, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
Splinter Reeds
University of New Mexico Keller Hall, Albuquerque, NM


March 16 | Women In Music
Exercices​, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
Atlantic Reed Consort
The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD


March 4 | 5-4-3-2-1
​Three Erasures, for 3 sopranos and 1 mezzo-soprano
Blue Dawn Quartet
St. John's Lutheran Church, Montreal, QC, Canada

February 25 | Women Composers

Exercices​, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
Atlantic Reed Consort
Harmony United Methodist Church, Hamilton, VA


January 5 | International Clarinet Association 2023 Low Clarinet Festival
7F, for bass clarinet
Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet)
Performing Arts Center Auditorium, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
 

2022

November 20
Variation, for woodwind quintet
Hawksbkill Winds
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fayetteville, AK

July 8
hold/release, for violin and cello
Josh Henderson (violin) of Warp Trio and Julia Henderson (cello)
Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall, Dublin, NH

July 2 | 46th (2022) National Women's Music Festival
Remember, for mezzo-soprano soloist, unison choir, chamber orchestra
Rhea Olivaccé (soprano), National Women's Music Festival Chorus (Renée Janski, director), National Women's Music Festival Orchestra (Nan Washburn, conductor)
Marriot Madison West Hotel & Conference Center, Middleton, WI

June 25 | She Scores 2022
I Shall Be Taller, for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
Kira McGirr (mezzo-soprano) and Alix Reinhardt (clarinet)
Harkness Chapel, Cleveland, OH

June 23 | She Scores 2022
A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Linda White (flute), Alix Reinhardt (clarinet), Leah Goor-Burtnett (violin), Derek Snyder (cello)
​Harkness Chapel, Cleveland, OH

April 29
A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano
The Wooster Chorus (Lisa Wong, director)
McGaw Chapel, Wooster, OH


April 11 | Beyond "Auf dem Strom"
Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano
Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano)
Guzzetta Hall, Akron, OH


March 30 | Beyond "Auf dem Strom"
Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano
Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano)
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH


March 2 |Beyond "Auf dem Strom"
Of which we dreamed not before, for soprano, horn, piano
Misook Yun (soprano), Sean Yancer (horn), Caroline Oltmanns (piano)
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

February 20 | Women in Music Columbus
Exercices, for soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
Calamus Reed Quintet
​Huntington Recital Hall, Columbus, OH
 

2021

September 12
A Chase in Purple, for piano
Anshul Sharma (piano)
BOP STOP at The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH

July 9

A Few Figs from Thistles, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Hub New Music
Louise Shonk Kell Recital Hall, Dublin, NH

June 26 | She Scores 2021
Windows, for clarinet and viola
Gunnar Hirthe (clarinet) and Esther Nahm (viola)
Pilgrim Congregational UCC, Cleveland, OH

June 25 | She Scores 2021
Shatter, for clarinet
Gunnar Hirthe (clarinet)
​Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH

May 1
Breath, for clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet
Hypotenuse Trio
Facebook livestream
 

2020

October 8-10 | SCI National Conference
[Canceled due to COVID-19]

​7F, for bass clarinet
Urban Alchemy Bar, Arlington, TX


​April 24 | Wind Symphony Spring Showcase
[Canceled due to COVID-19]

In Transit, for amplified SATB soloists and wind ensemble 
NDC Wind Symphony (Michael Krueger, conductor)
Notre Dame College, South Euclid, OH

April 5 | May Festival at the Basilica
[Canceled due to COVID-19]

A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano
May Festival Youth Chorus (Matthew Swanson, conductor)
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY

March 26 | RAM 2020 Concerts "We, the whole people"
[Canceled due to COVID-19]

Et puis encore, for string quartet
Random Access Music
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
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March 24 | RAM 2020 Concerts "We, the whole people"

[Canceled due to COVID-19]
Et puis encore, for string quartet
Random Access Music
The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

March 8 | CMS Northeast Conference
​Shatter, for clarinet
Michelle Kiec (clarinet)

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

March 6 | 2020 Music by Women Festival​
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7F, for bass clarinet
Timothy Bonenfant (bass clarinet)
Kossen Auditorium, Columbus, MS


February 29 | a very small consortium
Être, for soprano and cello
Courtney Sherman (soprano) and Michael Dewhirst (cello)
Fort Howard Hall, Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI

February 23 | Creative Commissions 2020 Premieres Recital
A Litany of Dreams, for SATB choir and piano
May Festival Youth Chorus (Matthew Swanson, conductor)
College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH
 

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