Saturday, October 14
Pioneer PBS won an Emmy
Award for their documentary "Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death." Thank you to Dana Conroy and her team for making it happen. Thank you to Dr. Daniel Rieppel and Dr. Ryan Hugh Ross for commissioning me to compose the piece!
Watch the documentary here:
Friday, September 15
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
Song cycle featuring Dr. Dan Rieppel - piano, Dr. Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone, Guest appearances by poet
Dr. Athena Kildegaard and pianist William Eddins.
MetroNOME Brewery, Fingal's Cave, 7:00pm
385 Broadway St, St. Paul, Minnesota
Only 50 seats available. Link to tickets:
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
Song cycle featuring Dr. Dan Rieppel - piano, Dr. Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone
University of Minnesota Morris Campus, 7:30pm, Recital
Hall, 600 E. 4th St, Morris, Minnesota
https://events.morris.umn.edu/event/playing_haydn_for_the_angel_of_death
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Friday, September 8, 2023
Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
Song cycle featuring Dr. Dan Rieppel - piano, Dr. Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone
Boxelder Bug Days, 7:00pm, St. Pauls Evangelical
Lutheran Church, 412 East Lyon St, Minneota, Minnesota
Includes a viewing of the PBS documentary mentioned below.
The PBS documentary, Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death, follows Dr. Daniel Rieppel, composer Martha Helen Schmidt, and singer Ryan Hugh Ross as we prepared for the Icelandic premiere of the newly commissioned song cycle of a masterpiece of prose by the late Minnesota poet Bill Holm. Click the link below to see the full documentary. They did an excellent job! Thank you Dana Conroy and crew.
Thursday, August 11, 2022-Rescheduled for Oct. 20, 2022
Icelandic Premiere of Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
A Musical Tribute to poet Bill Holm
Song Cycle for Bass/Baritone and Piano
Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone, Dr. Daniel Rieppel - piano
8:00 pm, Frikirkjan i Reykjavik Lutheran Free Church
Reykjavik, Iceland
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Premiere of Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
A Musical Tribute to Minnesota's "Bard of the Prairie" Bill Holm
Song cycle for Bass/Baritone and Piano
Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone, Dr. Daniel Rieppel - Piano
7:30pm, Target Performance Hall, Open Book Literary Arts Center, 1011 S. Washington Ave #101, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Admission is free but registration is required. Click link below.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-haydn-for-the-angel-of-death-registration-329804603447
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Special preview performance of Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
A Musical Tribute to Minnesota's "Bard of the Prairie" Bill Holm
Song cycle for Bass/Baritone and Piano
Ryan Hugh Ross - Bass/Baritone, Dr. Daniel Rieppel - Piano
7:30pm, Southwest Minnesota State University, Campus Religious Center
1418 Birch Street, Marshall, MN 56258
Thursday, March 17, 2022
SongSLAM at the Ice House in Minneapolis
Premiere of my new Art Song entitled To Joy. Poetry of Sara Teasdale. Performers: Hannah Armstrong - Soprano,
Jared Miller - piano
Doors open at 6:00pm CST
Tickets can be purchased at:
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Lawrence University 175th Birthday Recital
Premiere of Art Song A Little While.
Karen Leighpost - Mezzo-Soprano, Anthony Padilla - Piano 8:00pm Live Stream at:
https://livestream.com/lawrenceuniversity
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
7:30 pm Pacific Time
Online event. Fontainebleau American Conservatory 100th Anniversary Concert. Hosted by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and organized by Dr. David Conte.
Click here for details:
https://sfcm.edu/performance-calendar/event/fontainebleau-100th-anniversary-concert
Three Sonnets for Bass/Baritone and Piano, Joseph Hubbard - Bass/Baritone, Nicholas Phillips - Piano
Other composers include David Conte, Emile Naoumoff, Laura Karpman, Malcolm Singer, Philip Lasser, and Robert Xavier-Rodriguez.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Petite Prelude and Fugue for Brass Quintet
Members of the Fargo Moorhead Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Virtual Concert. Purchase tickets here:
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https://www.fmsymphony.org/masterworks-3
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