Laurence Sherr


	Performances

2009–10 SEASON
Cello Concert Parry Karp, cello Madison, WI September 13, 2009 Elegy and Vision for solo cello KSU Faculty Composer’s Concert Bailey Performance Center Kennesaw State University, Atlanta September 23, 2009 8 pm 3 works by Sherr: Four Short Pieces for solo violin Dhammapada Verses for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano Duo Concertante for flute and percussion Additional works by Drew Dolan and Jennifer Covert Featuring Atlanta Symphony Orchestra flutist Paul Brittan and KSU Percussion Professor John Lawless, with guest artists Holocaust Memorial Event Seligenstadt, Germany October 13, 2009 St. Josefs Haus der Kath. Pfarrei St. Petrus und Marcellinus im Edith Stein Saal 19.30 Uhr Elegy and Vision for solo cello Sherr performs klezmer music on clarinet Presentation about Music and the Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Event for Stolpersteine Installation Kulturscheur Egelsbach, Germany October 14, 2009 18:00 Uhr Elegy and Vision for solo cello Remembrances for violin, clarinet, and cello Sherr performs klezmer music on clarinet Presentation about Music and the Holocaust Association for the Promotion of New Music Competition Winners Concert October 23, 2009 Tenri Cultural Center New York City 8 pm Four Short Pieces for solo violin Music & Conversation with Michal Schmidt January 30, 2010 Roberts Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College Haverford, PA 8 pm Elegy and Vision for solo cello Guest Artist Recital Parry Karp, cello March 9, 2010 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 7:30 pm Elegy and Vision for solo cello Piotr Szewczyk Violin Futura Concert Spring 2010 date and location TBA Midnight Dance for solo violin, World Premiere Athens Chamber Singers, Kevin Kelly, Director and Elliot Levine Friendship Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA April 11, 2010 (Holocaust Remembrance Day) 4 pm and Bailey Performance Center Kennesaw State University, Atlanta April 13, 2010 8 pm Choral works by Elliot Levine Sherr’s Flame Language for baritone, clarinet, cello, percussion, and piano, featuring Elliot Levine as vocal soloist Music and Nature–Piano Concert by Hee-Kyung Juhn First Presbyterian Church Hot Springs, Arkansas April 24, 2010 7:30 pm Sherr: concert lecture on nature and music Ouachita Waters, World Premiere Nocturne
PREVIOUS SEASONS – SELECTED EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL EIMI for violin, saxophone, percussion and piano ensemble Intégrales, KOFOMI Music Festival, Mittersill, Austria, 2006 Blue Ridge Frescos for classical guitar Manuel de Roo, guitar, Salzaburg, Austria, 2006 Capriccioso for clarinet and piano Joseph Eller, International Clarinet Association Clarinetfest 2005, Tokyo, Japan Elegy and Vision for solo cello Karen Becker – Contemporary American Music for Cello and Piano National School of Music, University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000 Museo de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000 University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2000 University of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2000	Banff Centre (Canada) musicians prior to a tour which included An Evening of Music by Laurence Sherr at the Off-Centre Centre in Calgary, 1982. From left: Paul Century (Canada), Sherr, Heather Hay (Canada), Klara Fenyo (Hungary), and Ramon Ramo (Mexico), with Mount Rundle in the background.

Four Short Pieces for solo violin
Borislava Iltcheva, College Music Society National Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000

Dhammapada Verses for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano
Montanea Festival International Composers Conference, Kirchenthurnen, Switzerland, 1992

Isolated (within) for narrator, piano, and dancer(s)
Holland, 1989

Interplay: Duo for Vibraphone and Marimba
Rosewood Duo, Canadian tours of Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario, 1982–1983

String Trio, Emergence, One (plus), and Interplay
An Evening of Music by Laurence Sherr, performers included Rosewood Duo, Paul Century, and Laurence Sherr, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1982 (picture at right)

Emergence for classical guitar
Paul Century
Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana, Cuba, 1982
various locations on a tour of western Canada, 1982

Choreopoem I: Movements for clarinet, trombone, vibraphone, percussion, string bass, and dancers
Laurence Sherr, conductor, Diedre Tarrant, choreographer, Banff Festival of the Arts, Banff, Canada, 1980 (two performances)

Waves (5,3,4) for Percussion Ensemble
Laurence Sherr, conductor, Banff Festival of the Arts, Banff, Canada, 1980

UNITED STATES

Elegy and Vision for solo cello
Michal Schmidt
   Philadelphia Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
   Andrea Clearfield Salon, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Parry Karp
   Madison, Wisconsin, 2009, 2006 (multiple performances)
   Red-Hot Lava Chamber Music Festival, Honolulu, HI, 2009, 2006

Wolfgang Laufer (cellist of the Fine Arts Quartet), Atlanta, GA, 2001

Karen Becker – Contemporary American Music for Cello and Piano
   Unitarian Congregation, Lincoln, NE, 2003
   Guest Artist Recital , Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 2002
   Guest Artist Recital , St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Huntington, WV, 2002
   Guest Artist Recital , Ohio, Athens, OH, 2002
   Guest Artist Recital , University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2002
   Guest Artist Recital , Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2002
   Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2001Joslyn Art Gallery,    Omaha, NE, 2001; broadcast on KNNO-FM, Omaha, NE, 2001
   University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2000
   Cellobration Festival, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2000
   University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2000

Daniel Kazez
   Guest Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, 1999
   Scottish Rite Auditorium, Cambridge, OH, 1999
   Halle Theatre, Cleveland, OH, 1999
   Jewish Community Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1998 (picture at right)
   College Music Society National Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 1998

Dorothy Lawson, Holocaust Memorial Concert, The Kitchen, New York, NY, 1997

at Daniel Kazez’s performance of Elegy and Vision in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1998

Theresa Villani, The Tampa Bay Composers’ Forum, Madeira Beach, FL, 1996 Ian Ginsburg Piedmont Chamber Players, Austell, GA, 1995 The Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, GA, 1993 (two performances) Judith Houlgate Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL, 1994 Resurrection Catholic Church (two performances), Sandestin, FL, 1994 Craig Hultgren, Guest Artist Recital, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1994 Dhammapada Verses for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano College Music Society SuperRegional Meeting, Louisiana State University, 2008 Doctoral Lecture-Recital, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2003 The McCormick Duo and guest artists, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2002-2003 (three performances) Festival of New Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001 Chamber Recital, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001 Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra New Directions Concert, Bakersfield, CA, 2000 Thamyris Society of Composers Region IV Conference, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1998 Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1992; broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, 1992 Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, 1992 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC, 1990; recorded for broadcast by WSCI-FM, Charleston, SC Focus XX: Music of our Time, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1990; broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, 1991 Brewton Parker College, Mt. Vernon, GA, 1990 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA, 1990 Louisiana State University New Music Ensemble, Baton Rouge, LA, 1996 San Diego State University Faculty New Music Ensemble, College Music Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1992 Journeys Within: Concerto for Flute and Chamber Ensemble Emi Hayashi with conductor Arthur Weisberg, Music In Our Time Festival, Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, FL, 2000 Kim McCormick with the University of South Florida Percussion Ensemble and conductor Robert McCormick Salvador Dali Museum, Society of Composers Region IV Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 1996 Faculty Recital, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1996 Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, FL, 1997 Annual Flute Fair, Florida Flute Association, Tampa, FL, 1997 Paul Brittan with Thamyris Tenth Anniversary Celebration, William C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1996 Georgia State University Concert Hall, Atlanta, GA, 1994; broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, 1994 Spivey Hall, Clayton College and State University, Atlanta, GA, 1994 Susan Murphy with NewEar and conductor Gary Hill, Kansas City, MO, 1995 Lorraine Roettges with conductor Willis Page, Delius Festival, Jacksonville, FL, 1995
Fugitive Footsteps for baritone solo and mixed chorus David Okerlund with the Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale, William Skoog, conductor, New Music and Art Festival, Bowling Green, OH, 2006 Daniel Gale with the Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers, Leslie Blackwell, director, A Kristallnacht Commemoration: Honoring the Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust, The Temple, Atlanta, GA, 2002 Duo Concertante for flute and percussion Marissa Olin and Bobby Fajardo Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs AR, 2009 (mvt.II) Christina Guenther and Scott Harris Stephen F. Austin State University, Nagadoches, TX, 2006 College Music Society National Conferece, Austin, TX, 2006 (Mvt. I) Christina Guenther and Dan Davis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2003 Nocturne for piano Jeri-Mae Astolfi 2009 tour: Faculty Guest Artist Recitals The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI Miami University, Oxford, OH Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA 2008 CD Release Tour: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY University of California, Los Angeles, CA San Jose State University, San Jose, CA University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL SCI National Conference, Atlanta, GA Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, 2007 Liuba Pupo, Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto, Rico, 2006 Ian Altman, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, Athens and Macon, GA, 2002 (five performances) David Watkins Georgia Music Teachers Association Convention, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA, 1999 Faculty Recital, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, 2000 Four Short Pieces for solo violin Helen Kim, College Music Society National Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2008 Dorothy Martirano, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, 2002 Dennis O’Boyle, New Directions Concert, Tampa Bay Composers Forum, St. Petersburg, FL, 2000
Illuminations for orchestra Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, Larry Sims, conductor, Gainesville, GA, 1999 Cobb Symphony Orchestra, Steven Byess, conductor, Atlanta, GA, 1997 (two performances); broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, GA, 1997 Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1, transcribed for orchestra Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra, Kevin McMahon, Director, Oglesby, IL, 2007 Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Paul Vermel, conductor, Des Plaines, IL, 1998 Macon Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Gnam, conductor Griffin, GA, 1998 Macon, GA, 1997 (two performances) DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Anderson, conductor, Atlanta, GA, 1997 Cobb Symphony Orchestra, Steven Byess, conductor, Atlanta, GA, 1994 (two performances); broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, GA, 1994 Blue Ridge Frescos for classical guitar Rusty Banks Artburst Concert, Birmingham, AL, 2007 Guest Artist Recital, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Artist Recital, Lincoln, NB, 2006 Thomas Koch, Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL, 1999 William Hearn Faculty Recital, Spivey Hall, Clayton College and State University, Atlanta, GA, 1995 College Music Society Southern Chapter Meeting, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1994 Mary Akerman, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1991 One (plus) for cello and percussion, with or without dancer(s) Thamyris, with choreography by Karen Graffeo, Atlanta, GA, 1997 Changes V: Theater concert, with choreography by Patricia Hruby, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL, 1988 Interplay: Duo for Vibraphone and Marimba Faculty Recital, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, 1988 American Music for Percussion concert, Charles Ives Center for American Music, New Milford, CT, 1988 Percussion Recital, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 1988 Rosewood Duo tours of Washington, Oklahoma, and Texas, 1982–1983 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Dallas, TX, 1982 Radio broadcast of ten works on the programs “The Present Edge”, KGNU-FM, Boulder, CO, and “Present Tense”, WREK-FM, Atlanta, GA, 1993. Composer interview included in both broadcasts.
The Fiber Sculptures of a Celestial Vision for violin, viola, cello, and piano Atlanta Chamber Players The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1991; broadcast on WABE-FM, Atlanta, 1991 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1991 Emergence for classical guitar Allison Bert, Composers Concordance concert, CAMI Hall, New York, NY, 1991 Five Aphorisms: Solo for Marimba and Assorted Percussion John Roscigno, Faculty Recital, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1991 Zonate III, Music of the Twentieth Century Festival, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1989 Waves (5,3,4) for Percussion Ensemble California Institute of the Arts Percussion Ensemble, Valencia, CA, 1988 University of Iowa Percussion Ensemble, Iowa City, IA, 1986 Milliken University Percussion Ensemble, Decatur, IL, 1984 Indiana University Percussion Ensemble, Bloomington, IN, 1981	at Thomas Koch’s performance of Blue Ridge Frescos in Seaside, FL, 1999

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