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“Jessica Rivera Sings Romantic
Music,” Jessica Rivera, soprano, Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet, L. Mark
Carver, piano URTEXT DIGITAL CLASSICS, - Contains: CANTAR DE LOS
CANTARES |
Released Oct. 1, 2008 |
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“Time Will Tell,” Valarie King,
flute, KANGU - Contains: DA CHARA in a
new jazz version by Ms. King |
Released May 2, 2006 |
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“Pastorale,” Valarie King,
flute, Anisa Angarola, guitar, LISSADELL - Contains: AIR |
Released Jan. 31, 2002 |
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Sampling of Recent and Upcoming Concert Performances: |
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“Cantar de los Cantares,”
Jessica Rivera, soprano, Todd Palmer, clarinetist, Maryanne Kim,
pianist. Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York |
March 13, 2009 |
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Lullaby, Debussy Trio, Lyon
& Healy Series, Chicago, Illinois |
Feb. 7, 2009 |
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Cinco Canciones Insólitas,
Aralia Duo, Megan Sesma, harp, Patricia Schuman, soprano, First Congregational Church,
Madison, Wisconsin Wesleyan University University of
Connecticut |
Oct. 25, 2008 Sept. 28, 2008 Sept. 26, 2008 |
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Air, Douglas James, guitarist,
Alicia Chapman, oboe, Music at St. John’s, Valle Crucis, North Carolina |
Aug. 3, 2008 |
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Chiacona (guitar and
orchestral version – premiere), Scott Tennant, guitar, Los Angeles Festival.
Orchestra conducted by Jong Bae, Disney Hall, Los Angeles |
July 24, 2008 |
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On the Beach At Night, Michael
Dean, baritone, UCLA Wind Ensemble conducted by the composer, Schoenberg
Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles |
May 14, 2008 |
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On the Beach At Night,
(premiere of version for bass and piano) Hugh Givens, bass, Douglas Bachorik,
piano, Manila, Philippines |
Spring, 2008 |
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Variations on a Moldavian
Hora, Joshua Millard, guitar, Bello Grand Hall, Bryant University,
Smithfield, Rhode Island |
Feb. 22, 2008 |
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Cronica, (abridged version
premiere) St. Cloud State Wind Ensemble, conducted by Rikard Hansen, MME
Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Feb. 15, 2008 |
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Cronica, St. Cloud State Wind
Ensemble, conducted by Rikard Hansen, St. Cloud, Minnesota |
Nov. 15, 2007, |
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Piano Murmurs, Gary Gray,
clarinet, Movses Pogossian, violin, Antonio Lysy, cello, Neal Stulberg,
piano, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA |
Nov. 14, 2007 |
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Invocation Ekatherina’s Throne Room Glazunov Hall Katherine Giaquinto, soprano,
Victoria Zimina, piano St. Petersburg Conservatory,
Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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it is as moments I have
dreamed, on text by e.e. cummings. LA Chamber Singers conducted
by Peter Rutenberg at the annual Chorus American concert in LA . |
Fall 2007 |
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Invocation, Katherine
Giaquinto, soprano, Maryanne Kim, piano, Nextet, Doc Rando Recital Hall,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Oct. 5, 2007 |
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Cantar de los Cantares,
Jessica Rivera, soprano, Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet, Mark Carver,
piano, Blas Galindo Hall, Centro Nacional De Las Artes, Mexico City |
Aug. 15, 2007 |
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Thamar y Amnon, Laura Gilbert,
flute, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Stacey Shames harp, Francestown |
July 28, 2007 |
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Cantar de los Cantares,
Jessica Rivera, Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet, Mark Lowell Carver, Piano,
First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
July 13, 2007 |
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Cho-hon (orchestral version)
Kyung Chi, soprano, Korean Youth Community Center Orchestra conducted by Jong
Bae, Disney Hall, Los Angeles |
June 14, 2007 |
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Tientos, Stephanie Jutt -
flutist, Bach Dinner and Dancing Society Hillside Theater, Taliesen,
Spring Green,Wisconsin Overture Center Playhouse,
Madison, Wisconsin |
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it is at moments after
i have dreamed Los Angeles Chamber Choir directed by Peter Rutenberg St. Vibiana’s Church, Los
Angeles Mount St. Mary’s College, Bel
Aire, California |
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Cronica, Northwestern
University Symphonic Band, conducted by Ryan Nelson |
June 1, 2007 |
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Selected songs on texts by
Lorca, Suzanna Guzman Music in the Chamber, Culver City |
March 9, 2007 |
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On The Beach At Night
(baritone and chamber winds) Premiere performances · St. Cloud State Wind
Ensemble directed by Rik Hansen UCLA, Los Angeles. · San Luis Obispo, ABA
Conference · Sauk Rapids,
Minnesota |
March 5, 2007 |
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“50th Birthday Concert,”
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles -Music In Four Sharps (guitar
and string quartet), Peter Yates, guitar, Lorenz Gamma and Lindsey
Strand-Polyak, violins, Paul Coletti, viola, Antonio Lysy, cello) -At the Edge of Firelight,
Debussy Trio with Julie Long, flutist -Elegy, Lindsay Deutsch,
violin, Gloria Cheng, piano -Cinco Canciones Insólitas,
Suzanna Guzman, mezzo-soprano, Debussy Trio -Invocation, Jessica Rivera,
soprano, Maryanne Kim, piano |
Feb. 14, 2007 |
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Thamar y Amnon, Aureole Trio,
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Durham |
Jan. 21, 2007 |
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Canta Luna, (Cancion de Luna,
Cancion de los vecinos, Giraba, giraba la rueda, Romance de la Guardia Civil
Espanola) Suzanna Guzman, Zebulon
Projects, Boston Court Theatre, Pasadena, California |
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1, 6, 7, 8,
2006 |
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Three Friends, Willy Sucre,
viola, Lynn Gorman, harp, Valerie Potter, flute Placitas Artist Series, Las
Placitas, New Mexico |
Nov. 12, 2006 |
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Invocation [Premiere], Jessica
Rivera, soprano, Maryanne Kim, piano, Bel Aire Presbyterian Church, Los
Angeles |
Aug. 26, 2006 |
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Love Duet from Lorca, Child of
the Moon, Kalil Wilson, tenor, Khori Dastoor, soprano, Aspen Music
Festival |
July, 2006 |
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Lullaby, Debussy Trio,
‘Sundays Live at Los Angeles County Museum of Art,’ Broadcast on KMZT |
April 30, 2006 |
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Canciones Melancólicos
(soprano and guitar quartet) [premiere performances], Michele Williams,
soprano, Iren Arutyunyan, Taylor Ballenger, Colin Davin, Tim Dobby, guitars ‘Pepe Romero Masterclass,’ USC
Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles USC Guitar Departmental
Recital |
April 8, 2006 |
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Dror Yikro, Kieran
Greeson, guitar, Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa |
April 29, 2006 |
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Prayers At A Mountain Shrine
(from ‘Lorca, Child of the Moon’) Kyung Chy, soprano, Judith Hansen,
piano, Popper Recital Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles |
April, 2006 |
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Cho-hon, Jessica Rivera,
soprano, Maryanne Kim, piano, Schoenberg Hall, UCLA |
March 9, 2006 |
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Tri Chairde and Lullaby
Debussy Trio, Carthage College Concert Series Kenosha, Wisconsin |
Feb. 26, 2006 |
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Da Chara, Jessica Pierce,
flute, Almer Imamovic, guitar, Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall, USC, Los
Angeles |
Feb. 2, 2006 |
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Folías (transcribed for
marimba quartet by Jim Latimer) Madison Marimba Quartet, Madison, Wisconsin |
Dec. 26, 2005 |
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Da Chara, Scott Tennant,
guitar, Jessica Pierce, flute, ‘Guitarra Del Mar’, Pasadena |
Nov. 18, 2005 |
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Dror Yikro, Ronald Pearl,
guitar, First Skidmore College Guitar Festival, Saratoga Springs, New
York |
Oct. 29, 2005 |
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Variations On A Moldavian Hora
and Trois Tableaux d’Andersen and Antique Suite After
Neusidler, (with Iren Arutyunyan, Taylor Ballenger, Brandon Jones,
guitarists) |
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Dror Yikro and Air, Tim Dobby,
guitar, USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles |
Oct. 28, 2005 |
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Tientos, Julie Long, flute |
Sept., 2005 |
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Romance of the Spanish Civil
Guard and Giraba la rueda and Invocation of the Moon, Suzanna Guzman, mezzo
soprano, Roger Cantrell, piano, [two performances] El Museo Cultural,
Ainadamar Festival, Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico |
July, 2005 |
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Thamar y Amnon, Aureole Trio Christ Church, Pensacola,
Florida Pollard Auditorium, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee |
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Da Chara, Jessica Pierce, flute,
Almer Imavovic, guitar, Wahlberg Recital Hall, California State University,
Fresno |
April 21, 2005 |
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Lorca, Child of the Moon (An
opera in three acts) [premiere performances], Jonathan Stockhammer director,
UCLA Opera, Freud Playhouse, UCLA, Los Angeles |
March 17 – 20, 2005 |
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Selections from ‘Lorca, Child
of the Moon’ , UCLA Opera Studio, James West Alumni Center, UCLA, Westwood
Homeowner’s Association, Los Angeles |
March 12, 2005 |
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Music In Four Sharps,
[premiere performances], Pacific Serenades (Jack Sanders, guitar, Roger
Wilkie, violin, Brendan Speltz, violin, Simon Oswell, viola, David Speltz,
cello) Home of Alice and Joe
Coulombe, Pasadena Neighborhood Church, Pasadena UCLA Faculty Center, Los
Angeles |
Feb. 13, 2005 Feb. 15, 2005 |
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Tientos, Ensemble Green,
Neighborhood Church Chapel, Pasadena, California |
Feb. 25, 2005 |
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Selections from ‘Lorca, Child
of the Moon’ UCLA Opera Studio, Opera Buffs, Popper Recital Hall, UCLA,
Los Angeles |
Jan. 9, 2005 |
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American Interlude, Michigan
State University Wind Symphony conducted by John Whitwell |
Dec. 1, 2004 |
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Lorca’s Women,Theatrical
production of scenes from Lorca’s plays with music by Ian Krouse, Bilingual
Foundation of the Arts |
Fall, 2004 |
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American Interlude, Northwestern
University Symphonic Band conducted by Ryan Nelson, Northwestern University,
Evanston, Illinois |
Nov. 3, 2004 |
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Chiacona [Premiere
performances], Christoph Bull, organ, Scott Tennant, guitar, Royce Hall,
UCLA, American Guild of Organists National Convention, Los Angeles |
9:15 &10:45 A.M., July 6,
2004 |
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Air and Da Chara, Jessica
Pierce, flute, Almer Imavovic, guitar, Velika Sala, Sarajevo, Bosnia |
June 10, 2004 |
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Tientos, Definiens Project,
(Alaina Bercilla, flute, Ryan Lee, violin, Marisa Bushman, viola, Carter
Dewberry, cello) Los Angeles |
May 19, 2004 |
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Da Chara, Almer Imavovic,
guitar, Alfred Newman Hall, University of Southern California |
May 7, 2004 |
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Air and Da Chara, Jessica
Pierce, flute, Almer Imavovic, guitar, Claremont Community School of Music,
Claremont, California |
April 28, 2004 |
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American
Interlude, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, Ithaca, New York |
April 3, 2004 |
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Thamar y Amnon, Debussy Trio,
El Camino College, Los Angeles |
Spring, 2004 |
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Da Chara, Jessica Pierce,
flute, Almer Imamovic, guitar, Multiforo del ICBC, Baja California, Mexico |
March 24, 2004 |
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Variations On A Moldavian
Hora, Joshua Millard, guitar, Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College, Syracuse,
New York |
March 18, 2004 |
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Variations On A Moldavian
Hora, Jason Vieaux, guitar, Sara M. Snell Music Theater, SUNY Potsdam, New
York |
March 22, 2004 |
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Tres Canciones Sobre Lorca,
Debussy Trio with Suzanna Guzman, El Camino College, Los Angeles |
March 14, 2004 |
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Double Concerto for Clarinet,
Violin, and Wind Symphony, UCLA Wind Ensemble conducted by Thomas Lee,
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles |
March 10, 2004 |
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Eternal Lullaby, Verdehr Trio,
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles |
March 5, 2004 |
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Crónica del último año en la
vida de un mexicano, St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble conducted by
Rik Hansen, Cincinnati Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Feb. 21, 2004 |
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Double Concerto for Clarinet,
Violin, and Winds Symphony [Premiere], Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr, clarinet, Walter
Verdehr, violin, Michigan State University Wind Symphony directed by John
Whitwell, Wharton Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan |
Feb. 20, 2004 |
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Crónica del último año en la
vida de un mexicano, St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble conducted by
Rik Hansen Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Minnesota St. Cloud, Minnesota |
Feb. 17, 2004 Feb. 15, 2004 |
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Eternal Lullaby ,Verdehr Trio Phillips Collection,
Washington, D.C. Koskiuzko Foundation, New York
City |
Feb. 8, 2004 Jan. 18, 2004 |
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Variations On A Moldavian Hora,
Jason Vieaux, Emerson Unitarian Church, Houston, Texas |
Jan. 24, 2004 |
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