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performances
2008
GLOBAL WARNING (2007)
American Premiere , 21 June 2008 -
Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall
Junghwa Lee, pianist
ISOLATED CRITERIA (2008)
First Performances of four new competition pieces performed by eight semi-finalists during the Klein International String Competition;
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 4 - Robin Scott, violin
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 1 - Char Prescott, 'cello
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 2 - Emily Deans, viola
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 4 - Ying Xue, violin
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 4 - Siwoo Kim, violin
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 3 - Ben Jensen, c. bass
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 4 - Tessa Lark, violin
ISOLATED CRITERION NO. 1 - Meta Weiss, 'cello
Commissioned by the Irving M. Klein Foundation for the 14-15 June 2008 competition in San Francisco.
SECRETS OF WAR (2003)
28 May 2008 - Contemporary Music Week, Bucharest
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Claude Dodin, conductor - Frank Stemper, pianist
BLUE (1968 - 2008)
European Premiere , 26 May 2008 -
Contemporary Music Week, Bucharest, Romania
Frank Stemper, pianist
THREE PIECES FOR CLARINET AND PIANO (2006)
European Premiere 26 May 2008 - Contemporary Music Week, Bucharest, Romania
Eric Mandat, clarinet - Frank Stemper, piano
STRING TRIO (2008)
First Performance, 21 MAY 2008 - Budapest, Hungary
Michael Barta, violin - Meng-Chun Chi, viola - Eric Lenz, 'cello
BLUE (1968 - 2008)
First Performance, 12 April 2008 - OUTSIDE THE BOX
Frank Stemper, pianist
MEMORIES FROM EUPHORIA (1987)
First Performance, 10 April 2008 - OUTSIDE THE BOX
Christopher Allen, guitar - David Lyons, harpsichord
GLOBAL WARNING (2007)
First Performance, 25 February 2008 - Orleans, France
Junghwa Lee, pianist
2007
SINFONIA COLIBRI 8 June 2007
First Performance by the Orquesta Sinfónica
Raúl García Velázquez, Music Director
with Gustavo Flores, tenor;
Martín Espinoza, guitar;
Gabriel Peña, electric guitar;
Drusila Flores Delgado, accordian;
Jésus Díaz, alto saxophone
THREE PIECES FOR CLARINET AND PIANO 6 April 2007
First Performance by Eric Mandat, clarinet - Frank Stemper, piano
OUTSIDE THE BOX Music Festival, Carbondale.
TOOT TOOT 6 April 2007
Robert Allison, trumpet - Robert Weiss, trombone - Frank Stemper, piano
OUTSIDE THE BOX Music Festival, Carbondale.
MODERN RITUALS FOR A PRIMITIVE SOCIETY
6 April 2007
Altgeld Chamber Players - Liviu Danceanu, conductor
OUTSIDE THE BOX Music Festival, Carbondale.
FOUR PIANO PIECES 4 April 2007
Rodica Danceanu, piano
OUTSIDE THE BOX Music Festival, Carbondale.
TOOT TOOT 17 February 2007
Robert Allison, trumpet - Robert Weiss, trombone - Frank Stemper, piano
Carbondale, Illinois
2006
(Seven) SEPARATE WAYS 5 April 2006
American Premiere by the Altgeld Chamber Players on the Altgeld Performing Artist Series.
A LOVE IMAGINED – Evening Milking 19 February 2006
David Dillard, baritone – Heidi Williams, piano
Old Baptist Foundation, Carbondale.
2304: Between the Alley and the Shorewood Sanitarium
24 January 2006
Canadian Premiere by Todd Rewoldt at the HAPPENING: Perspectives on New Music in Canada, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A LOVE IMAGINED 18 January 2006 – 8:15pm
Matthew Chellis, tenor – Heidi Williams, piano
Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University.
A LOVE IMAGINED 18 January 2006 – 1:00 pm
Matthew Chellis, tenor – Heidi Williams, piano
Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University.
2005
A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM MAKANDA, ILLINOIS 15 December 2005
REPEAT PREMIERE by Gustavo Flores and the Coro de Bellas Artes at the Holiday Festival in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM MAKANDA, ILLINOIS 8 December 2005
REPEAT PREMIERE by Gustavo Flores and the Coro de Bellas Artes in the Teatro de Los Heroes, in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM MAKANDA, ILLINOIS 2 December 2005
REPEAT PREMIERE by Gustavo Flores and the Coro de Bellas Artes in the Concert Music of Frank Stemper at the University of Chihuahua, in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM MAKANDA, ILLINOIS 10 November 2005
First Performance by Gustavo Flores and the University of Chihuahua Concert Choir during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
(Seven) SEPARATE WAYS 10 November 2005
North American Premiere by musicians from the Philharmonia de Chihuahua with Frank Stemper, conductor during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
FOUR PIANO PIECES 10 November 2005
Mexican Premiere by Cristina Ibarra during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A LOVE IMAGINED 10 November 2005
Mexican Premiere by Jesús José Rodriguez, tenor and Frank Stemper, piano during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
IMROVISATION FOR THREE ACTRESSES AND PIANO
10 November 2005
First Performance with Rocio Garcia, Mabel Morales and Sandra Ruis, actors and Frank Stemper, piano, during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM MAKANDA, ILLINOIS 10 November 2005
First Performance by Gustavo Flores and the University of Chihuahua Concert Choir, during the “Nueva Musica En Chihuahua” festival in the Teatro de los Héroes in Chihuahua, Mexico.
TRIO POLITIC 11 September 2005
First Performance by Cynthia Fogg, viola, Tom Flaherty, cello and Frank Stemper, piano in Bridges Hall of Music, Claremont, California
A LOVE IMAGINED 17 April 2005
First Performance by Eric McCluskey, tenor – Heidi Williams, piano
Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, Illinois.
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 31 January 2005
European Premiere by Roland Stillhard in the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium in Feldkirch, Austria
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 29 January 2005
Performed by Todd Rewoldt at the Twelfth Annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival in Clarmont, California.
2004
(SEVEN) SEPARATE WAYS 23 November 2004
Archaeus Ensemble, at the FESTIVAL SPAZIOMUSICA IN Cagliari, Italy.
(SEVEN) SEPARATE WAYS20 November 2004
Archaeus Ensemble, in Munich, Germany.
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 13 November 2004
Performed by Todd Rewoldt at the “IMAGINE II” Festival in Memphis, TN.
(SEVEN) SEPARATE WAYS25 October 2004
Archaeus Ensemble, at the Festival Archaeus, Bucharest, Romania.
LIMEHOUSE 8 August 2004
for viola, ‘cello and piano (4 mins.)
premiered by Celliolapia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC.
HOPE 8 August 2004
by Celliolapia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC.
ROCK BOTTOM 8 August 2004
performed by Celliolapia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC.
STELLA 8 August 2004
performed by Celliolapia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC.
SECRETS OF WAR 17 June 2004
Romanian Premiere International Festival of New Music Odiu Balan, conductor, Frank Stemper, piano; Bacau Philharmonic in Bacau, Romania.
(Seven) Separate Ways 14 June 2004
Archaeus Ensemble, International Festival of New Music, Bacau, Romania.
(SEVEN) SEPARATE WAYS12 June 2004
World Premiere, Archaeus Ensemble, Bucharest, Romania.
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 17 April 2004
Performed by Todd Rewoldt at the “Altgeld Performing Artist Series, Carbondale, Illinois.
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 26 March 2004
First Performance by Dante Bazúa at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the courtyard of the C. C. U. Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua, Mexico.
HIT'EM AGAIN n 26 March 2004
Performed by Jesús Díaz, Gabriel Peña, Hugo Gutíerrez, Octavio Maldonado, Fidel Gallegos and José Miguel Carbajal at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the courtyard of the C. C. U. Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua, Mexico.
LET IT GO 26 March 2004
Performed by Jesús Díaz, Gabriel Peña, Hugo Gutíerrez, Octavio Maldonado, Fidel Gallegos and José Miguel Carbajal at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the courtyard of the C. C. U. Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua, Mexico.
PANIC 2000 26 March 2004
Performed by Fidel Gallegos at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the courtyard of the C. C. U. Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua, Mexico.
PIANO SONATA 25 March 2004
Mexican Premiere by Anush Vardanyan at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the recital hall of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
2304: BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SHOREWOOD SANITARIUM 24 March 2004
First Performance by Dante Bazúa at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the recital hall of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
PANIC 2000 23 March 2004
Performed by Fidel Gallegos at the “XV FESTIVAL DE MARZO 2004” in the recital hall of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
2003
Toot tooT 9 December 2003
Performed by David Gier – trombone, David Greenhoe – trumpet, Shari Roads – piano at the School of Music, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
MODERN RITUALS FOR A PRIMITIVE SOCIETY 27 November 2003
Performance by "The Archaeus Ensemble" in Munich, Germany.
SO IT GOES (and Goes) 5 November 2003
First Performance by The Catalyst Ensemble, at the University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England.
HOPE 20 September 2003
Performed by Cindy Fogg—viola and Tom Flaherty—cello at Auer Concert Hall at Indiana University.
ROCK BOTTOM 20 September 2003
Premiered by Cindy Fogg—viola and Frank Stemper—piano at Auer Concert Hall at Indiana University.
STELLA (ar. 2003)
premiered 14 Sep. 2003 by Cynthia Fogg, Tom Flaherty and Frank Stemper at Pomona College, California.
HOPE 17 September 2003
Performed by Cindy Fogg—viola and Tom Flaherty—cello in OBF Recital Hall at SIUC..
ROCK BOTTOM 17 September 2003
Premiered by Cindy Fogg—viola and Frank Stemper—piano in OBF Recital Hall at SIUC.
STELLA (ar. 2003)
premiered 14 Sep. 2003 by Cynthia Fogg, Tom Flaherty and Frank Stemper at Pomona College, California.
TWO PIECES FOR BABY 14 September 2003
Performed by Tom Flaherty—cello at Bridges Concert Hall in Pomona California.
ROCK BOTTOM 14 September 2003
First Performance by Cindy Fogg—viola and Frank Stemper—piano at Bridges Concert Hall in Pomona California.
HOPE 9 September 2003
Performed by Cindy Fogg—viola and Tom Flaherty—cello during SANTAR in Claremont, California.
MODERN RITUALS FOR A PRIMITIVE SOCIETY 13 June 2003
Performance by "The Archaeus Ensemble" of Bucharest, Romania.
SECRETS OF WAR 1 April 2003
First Performance by the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra,
Eric Mandat conductor, Frank Stemper, piano;
Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, IL.
MODERN RITUALS FOR A PRIMITIVE SOCIETY 7 February 2003
Performance at the Incontri Europei Con La Musica – XXII, in Bergamo, Italy by "The Archaeus Ensemble" of Bucharest, Romania.
TAXIDERMY: STUFFING PATRIOTISM 5 February 2003
for soprano, flute, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, piano and percussion. Premiered 5 February 2003 at Hothouse, Chicago, Illinois.
2002
Toot tooT 14 November 2002
Performed by David Gier – trombone, David Greenhoe – trumpet, Shari Roads – piano in MURPHY Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Department of Music and Dance.
Toot tooT 13 November 2002
First Performance by David Gier – trombone, David Greenhoe – trumpet, Shari Roads – piano in Grant Recital Hall, University of Missouri—Kansas City, Conservatory of Music. PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
SO IT GOES 5 November 2002
Performed by PASTICHE in Whitley Auditorium, Elon University; Elon, North Carolina.
SO IT GOES 29 October 2002
Performed by PASTICHE in Clarice Smith Performance Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
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