UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

January 16-January 18 – Tulane University Vocal Arts Festival & Symposium (New Orleans)
Recital & Masterclass with baritone Chris Thompson

January 21 - Recital with baritone Chris Thompson
7:30pm - C Minor Recital Hall, Missouri State University
Works by Robert Schumann, H. Leslie Adams, and others

January 23 - Recital baritone Chris Thompson
@ Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)

February 9 - Recital with saxophonist Matt Tracy
@ University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

February 22 - Recital with saxophonist Matt Tracy
@ Baker University (Baldwin City, KS)

March 6 - March 8 - Music by Women Festival
Performance of Julianna Hall’s Godiva with mezzo-soprano Loralee Songer
@ The W (Columbus, MS)

March 10 - Missouri State University Faculty Chamber Music Recital
@ 7:30 - C Minor Recital Hall

SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES

October 22, 2024 - Recital with trombonist Jason Hausback
Works by James M. David, Lisa Neher, and Chris Evan Hass

September 4, 2024 - Recital with saxophonist Matthew Tracy
Works by Joel Love, Desenclos, and Karalyn Schubring

August 27, 2024 - Recital with mezzo-soprano Ann Marie Daehn
Works by de Falla, Debussy, Poulenc, Weil, & Coleridge-Taylor

August 25, 2024 - Recital with saxophonist Matthew Tracy @ UMKC
Works by Joel Love, Desenclos, and Karalyn Schubring

June 19-22, 2024 - Belvedere Chamber Music Festival @ Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Memphis, TN)
World Premiere of No Regrets by Mark Volker with cellist Craig Hultgren
Works by Jennifer Margaret Barker, Jonathan Wilson, Lisa Neher, Benjamin Britten, & Bela Bartok

June 7, 2024 - Recital with trombonist Jason Hausback
Works by James M. David, Lisa Neher, and Chris Evan Hass

April 14, 2024 - Concert with the Missouri State University Chorale (Cameron LaBarr, conductor)
Premiere of Will Averitt’s Argentina NIghts for chorus & piano 4-hands (with Parker Payne, piano)

April 7, 2024 - Recital with bass trombonist Denson Paul Dollard & tubist Ryan Robinson
C Minor Recital Hall (Missouri State University

January 3-7, 2024 - Recitals with cellist Craig Hultgren
Beethoven Club (Memphis, TN), Missouri State University, Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
Works by Lukas Foss, George Walker, Jerry Owen, Warren Gooch, and Mark Volker

September 8-10, 2023 - New Music by Iowa Composers
A co-production with Iowa Composers Forum and Luna Nova Music
With Michelle Vigneau (oboe), Craig Hultgren (cello), and Robert Patterson (horn)
Read about the performances HERE.

Potter House (Decorah, IA) with Michelle Vigneau & Robert Patterson (September 2023, Photo Credit: Jonah Elrod)

August 28, 2023 - Faculty recital with mezzo-soprano Ann Marie Daehn
Music by Heggie, Kirchoff, and Higdon
C. Minor Recital Hall (Missouri State University)

June 21-24, 2023 - Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Memphis, TN)
Performances with members of Luna Nova
World Premiere of Dan Lazarescou’s Wallachian Retakes with oboist Michelle Vigneau and cellist Craig Hultgren
Works by Piazzola, Owen, and Gooch

March 26, 2023 - Perry & Friends (Bettendorf, IA)
With Rob Miller (clarinet), Paul Mizzi (flute), and Liz Logan (cello)
Works by Joseph Haydn, Libby Larsen, William Grant Still, Germaine Tailleferre, & Chee-Hwa Tan

March 17, 2023 - Avanti Artists Series (Memphis, TN)
Music by Bonnie Johansen-Werner, Robert Martin, Julie Rivé-King, William Campbell, Jonah Elrod, & Brooke Joyce
World Premiere of Where Light Doesn’t Shine by Evan Erickson

October 16 - Licorice Stick: New Music for Clarinet & Piano
A Music@St. Pete’s & Iowa Composers Forum co-production
With Rob Miller, clarinet
Works by Jonah Elrod, Denise Knaack, Warren Gooch, Evan Erickson, Brooke Joyce, and others

June 16-18 - Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (Memphis, TN)
Performances with members of Luna Nova
World Premiere of Robert Patterson’s Freda’s Voice for piano quartet
Works by Poulenc, Bach, Foss, and Still

June 3-4 - Iowa Composers Forum Festival (Luther College - Decorah, IA)
New and recent works by Lisa Neher, Bonnie Johansen-Werner, Jeremy Beck, William Campbell, Elaine Erickson, and others
With flutist Carole Hester and soprano Megan Gloss

Craig Hultgren & Perry Mears @ the 2019 Belvedere Festival Photo courtesy of Lucy Owens

Craig Hultgren & Perry Mears @ the 2019 Belvedere Festival
Photo courtesy of Lucy Owens

April 29, 2022 - “From Bach to Larsen” (St. Ambrose University)
Solo piano music by Bach, von Paradis, Rivé-King, Cheatham, and Larsen

August 11-14, 2021 - Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (Memphis, TN)
Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata with cellist Craig Hultgren
Wallace McLain Cheatham’s Three Preludes for solo piano
Watch Here
Dan Lazarescou’s Baba Dochia (World Premiere) with Luna Nova Music

Recital with Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano (October 2019)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall)
World Premiere: Little Black Book, by Susan LaBarr
American Premiere: Godiva, by Julianna Hall

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Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (June 2019)
World Premiere of Cantabile, by Dan Lazarescou

Recital @ Missouri State University (Springfield, MO) with Loralee Songer (March 2019)

Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (June 2018)
     Performances with Sabrina Warren, Robert Patterson, Gregory Maytan, Nobuko Igarashi, & John McMurtery
     Works by AJ Harbison, Jennifer Margaret Barker, Leonard Berstein, Nadia Boulanger, and others

Casual Classics Concert @ St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA) with Loralee Songer (February 2018)

"With Flute and Song" with flutist John McMurtery and mezzo-soprano Loralee Songer (2018)
     Performances at Music@St. Pete’s, Coe College, and Western Illinois University
Music by Liebermann, Previn, and others

The Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (June 2017)
     Performances with Paul Murray, Sabrina Warren, Robert Patterson, and Michelle Vigneau
     Works by Justin Rubin, Casey Rule, Rachel DeVore Fogarty, and Libby Larsen

The Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (June 2016)
     Performances with Paul Murray, Loralee Songer, Marisa Polesky, and Michelle Vigneau
     Works by Jennifer Margaret Barker, Juliàn Fueyo, Raymond VunKannon, Jake Heggie, and Charles Ives

With soprano Sabrina Warren at the 2018 Belvedere Chamber Music Festival

With soprano Sabrina Warren at the 2018 Belvedere Chamber Music Festival