calendar

2012

02/28/12 Tuesday 7PM
Pictures on Silence: CD Release Concert / Southwest Chamber Players
Washington, DC

Location: St. Augustine's Episcopal Church
Address: 6th Street and Maine Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20024

tight-rope dancing clowns (2011) (for saxophone and harp)
Commissioned by Pictures on Silence
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02/26/12 Sunday 3PM
Pictures on Silence: CD Release Concert
Baltimore, MD

Location: 834 On the Avenue
Address: 834 W. 36th Street, Baltimore, Maryland

tight-rope dancing clowns (2011) (for saxophone and harp)
Commissioned by Pictures on Silence

An afternoon of music amd conversation.
Tickets are $5, light appetizers included.
Wine and beer available for purchase from 834.
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Past Events

10/27/11 Thursday 8PM
Martha Morrison w/guests + Pictures on Silence
Baltimore, Maryland

Location: Windup Space

Piece for unaccompanied violin (2011) [PREMIERE]
written for Martha Morrison
Martha Morrison, violin

tight-rope dancing clowns (2011) (for saxophone and harp)
Commissioned by Pictures on Silence
- a harp and saxophone chamber duo
Pictures on Silence (Jacqueline Pollauf and Noah Getz)

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5/14/11 Saturday 7PM
Taiwan Culture Center Presents "Taiwan Night 2011 Concert"
2011年台灣之夜音樂會
Rockville, Maryland

on behalf of the Taiwanese Cultural Center
Washington DC (台灣文化中心音樂會)

Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

Huai-En Tsai, trombone

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4/30/11 Sunday
Trombone Department Recital
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall

Emperor Joseph 1: Alme Ingrate

Hui-En Tsai, trombone
Ying-Chen Kao, organ

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4/19/11 Tuesday
Pictures on Silence
King's Chapel Concert Series
Boston, Massachusetts

Location: King's Chapel
Address: 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

tight-rope dancing clowns (2011) (for saxophone and harp)

Commissioned by Pictures on Silence
- a harp and saxophone chamber duo
more information

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2/13/11 Sunday 3:00 PM
Pictures on Silence
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory, Goodwin Hall
Address: 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland

tight-rope dancing clowns (2011) (for saxophone and harp)

Commissioned by Pictures on Silence
- a harp and saxophone chamber duo
more information

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1/31/11 Monday 7:30pm
Peabody Computer Music Consort
Baltimore, MD
Concert dedicated to Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923-2010), founder of the Peabody Electronic Music Studio

Location: Peabody Conservatory, Leith Symington Griswold Hall
Address: 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland

Scott Pender: Sonata (for violin and piano)

Martha Morrison, violin
Ying-Chen Kao, piano
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11/05-12/2010
Pianist Jenny Lin's China Tour
Nov. 5 Ningbo Grand Theatre, Ningbo
Nov. 6 Hangzhou
Nov. 8 Chongqing
Nov. 10 Jinhua
Nov. 12 Xiaoshan Grand Theatre, Hangzhou

Program includes Bach, Shostakovich, Chou Wen-Chung, Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Ying-Chen Kao, Ligeti, and Chopin.

Formosa, the Old Train (2010) (for solo piano)
Commissioned by Jenny Lin
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7/8/10 Thursday 6:45PM-9:30PM
音樂學堂之古典音樂饗宴
Taipei, Taiwan

Location: 建國本部大夏館
Address: 台北市建國南路二段231號

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

Huai-En Tsai, trombone

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5/7/10 Friday 7PM
Taiwan Culture Center Presents "Taiwan Night 2010 Concert"
2010年台灣之夜音樂會
featuring pianist Jenny Lin
Washington DC/Maryland

on behalf of the Taiwanese Cultural Center
Washington DC (台灣文化中心音樂會)

Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland

Formosa, the Old Train (2010) (for solo piano)
Commissioned by Jenny Lin

Jenny Lin, piano

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4/19/10 Monday 8PM
Jing Irene Wu's senior recital
Griswold Hall, Baltimore, MD

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

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3/3/10 Wednesday 10PM
Zach Herchen and Guests
The Stone, New York, NY

The Stone
16 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009.

I am Dancing Blue Flame (2010 revision)
for soprano Bonnie Lander
Text by H.A. Kares

Bonnie Lander, soprano
Zachary Herchen, tenor saxophone
David Witmer, piano

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1/16/10 Saturday 1:00PM
33rd International Saxophone Symposium,
hosted by the US Navy Band
Fairfax VA

AM/PM saxophone quartet
George Mason University, Fairfax VA.

Frustration Factory (2009) PREMIERE
(for saxophone quartet)
Commissioned by AM/PM saxophone quartet

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1/15/10 Friday 7:30PM
Trombone for Two
亞歷山大、高崇文長號聯合音樂會
Kaohsiung Music Center (高雄市音樂館演奏廳),
Kaohsiung Taiwan.

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

由高雄市交響樂團的兩位長號演奏家帶來一整晚的長號獨奏及重奏曲目，曲目自巴洛克時期一直到現代國人作品，另外，還有改編自小提琴獨奏極為炫技的柴爾達斯，將長號宏偉又柔美的特性發揮的淋漓盡致，精彩可期。
Ticket Info: NT 150 欲購票請洽年代售票系統

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12/02/09 Wednesday 7:30PM
- Composition Department Recital
Griswold Hall, Baltimore, MD

Solitary (2009) (for bariton, clarinet, cello and piano)
Commissioned by Dr. Andrew Talle
poem by Dr. Hollis Robbins

Richard Giarusso, baritone
Miles Jaques, clarinet
Andrew Talle, cello
Tim Hoft, piano

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7/04/09 Saturday 7:30PM - Bach Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Huai-En Tsai Trombone Recital (長號給妳的甜美與哀愁)

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

Bach Recital Hall
民權西路53號B1 (捷運民權西路站)

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5/30/09 Saturday 7:30PM - Cambridge, MA
Arcturus Chamber Ensemble

530.623 (2004) (trio for clarinet, violin and viola)

Arcturus Chamber Ensemble
Jesse Irons, violin
Sarah Darling, viola
Thomas Weissschnur, clarinet

Lowell House Junior Common Room
Harvard University
Address: 10 Holyoke Place Cambridge, MA 02138

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5/29/09 Friday 7:30PM - Carlisle, MA
Arcturus Chamber Ensemble

530.623 (2004) (trio for clarinet, violin and viola)

Arcturus Chamber Ensemble
Jesse Irons, violin
Sarah Darling, viola
Thomas Weissschnur, clarinet

First Religious Society - On the Green
Address: 27 School Street Carlisle, MA 01741

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4/16/09 Thursday 12:00pm
Prix D'Ete Recital
Baltimore, MD

Lilac.Star.Bird (2007)
Frist Prize of the 2009 Prix D'Ete composition Competition

Lilac.Star.Bird (2007)
written for for guitarist Tracy Anne Smith

Tracy Anne Smith, Guitar

Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
Address: 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100
 more information

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4/10/09 Friday 8:00pm - Baltimore, MD
Aesthetic Research Series
Rescheduled, new date TBA

Frustration Factory (2009)
written for AM/PM Saxophone Quartet

Jeremiah Baker, Soprano Saxophone
Zachary Herchen, Alto Saxophone
Miguel A. Bolivar, Tenor Saxophone
Cara Salveson, Baritone Saxophone

2225 Hargrove Alley
Baltimore, MD

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1/29/09 Thursday 8:00pm - Towson, MD
1/30/09 Friday 8:00pm - Baltimore, MD
2/01/09 Sunday 8:00pm - New York, NY

East Coast tour:

Surreal Perception (2008)
written for REDSHIFT ensemble

1/29/09 Thursday 8:00pm - Towson, MD
Towson University
Recital Hall
Center for the Arts, 2nd Floor
Address: Osler and Cross Campus Drive, Towson, MD 21252
Tickets: free

1/30/09 Friday 8:00pm - Baltimore, MD
2640 Sunday Room, Baltimore, MD
more information: click here
Tickets: $10/$5 students

2/01/09 Sunday 8:00pm - New York, NY
St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, New York
Address: 131 East 10th St, New York, NY 10003, is located at the intersection of 10th and Stuyvesant Streets and 2nd Avenue in the East Village in New York City
more information: click here
Tickets: $15/$10 students

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11/08/08 Saturday 8:00PM - Towson, MD
Touch your Heart- Music from Formosa

Stephens Hall Theater, Towson University

    

Take a musical journey through songs and tales with a group of talents from Taiwan, the island nation, also known as Formosa. After centuries of progress that incorporated traditional Chinese culture, Japanese culture and Western culture, Taiwan has developed a culture of its own, which is rich in cultural contrast and spiritual distinction. This concert, featuring Taiwanese music that draws from both traditional and contemporary influences in a selection of folk songs and new compositions, provides a kaleidoscopic view of Taiwan’s multicultural dynamism. This program is organized in cooperation with the Taiwan American Association-Greater Baltimore Chapter.

ancient memory (2008) (for solo tenor trombone)

RESERVE TICKETS: 410-704-2787
Tickets: $15 general; $12 seniors & students, and $10 AA&CC members

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12/6/08 Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Baltimore, MD

Song of the Darkness (2008)
(for mezzo soprano ,violin, viola, cello and vibraphone)
Commissioned by musicology prof. Andrew Talle

the Interfaith Center on the Homewood Campus

Diane Schaming, mezzo soprano
Vieen Leung, violin
Kate Zahradnik, viola
Andrew Talle, cello
Lane Harder, vibraphone

12/8/2008 Monday:
Meet and greet the composers and poet from 3:00 to 4:00
Johns Hopkis University
the Mattin Center on the Homewood Campus

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4/21/08 Monday at 6:30pm
Bonnie Lander Voice Recital
Baltimore, MD

I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008) PREMIERE
(for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video)
for soprano Bonnie Lander
Text by H.A. Kares

Bonnie Lander, soprano
Zachary Herchen, tenor saxophone
David Witmer, piano
Jenny Beck, Max/MSP
Ying-Chen Kao, video

Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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3/29/08 Saturday 7:30pm
New Music – Organically Grown
Baltimore, MD

Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series

The Blue of the End (2007)
(for saxophone and organ)
Commissioned by Jazz saxophonist Gary Thomas and organist Donald Sutherland


Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Dan Marcellus, Drums, Alumni Artist
Donald Sutherland, Organ
Gary Thomas, Tenor Saxophone
Jay Clayton, Voice

Program:
Tim Murphy: Escapements
Ying Chen Kao: The Blue of the End
Jay Clayton: Fortune Cookie
Jerry Granelli: Raga
Gary Thomas: Seehear Suite Movement II
Jay Clayton: 7/8 Thing

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

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03/14/08
Jason Reed's Senior Recital
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Goodwin Hall

World Premiere Janon Reed's piano piece "oneplayertwopianos..."
Ying-Chen Kao, pianos

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12/07/07
Bonnie Lander Voice Recital
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Leith Symington Griswold Hall

Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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11/04/07 Sunday 4:00pm
Organized Sound
Baltimore, MD

Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Donald Sutherland, Organ
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Narrator
Gary Thomas, Saxophone
Elizabeth Dow, Soprano
Matt Horwitz-Lee, Violin
Asheton Lemay, Tubular Bells

Program:
Ying Chen Kao: The Blue of the End
David Bennett Thomas: Juliet
William Albright: The King of Instruments

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

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04/14/07 Saturday, 7:30pm
04/15/07 Sunday, 3:00pm
New Work 2007(A Collaborative Showcase)
Baltimore, MD

"Collidescope" (2007)
(for video and dancers)

Elizabeth Gahl, choreograher
Ying-Chen Kao, music/video

Peabody Conservatory Friedberg Hall1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100
$14 adults
$7 childern, seniors and students with ID

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04/11/07 Wednesday, 7:00pm
Peabody Composition Department Recital
Baltimore, MD



Haunted by an angel (2005)
(trio for baritone, violin and guitar)
Text by H.A. Kares

Jason Buckwalter, baritone
Elise Blake, violin
Benjamin Beirs, guitar

Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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04/11/07 Wednesday, 7:00pm
Stephen Pfleiderer's Recital
Baltimore, MD

Black Carrot (2007)
(for bass clarinet and piano)
Commissioned by clarinetist Stephen Pfleiderer

Stephen Pfleiderer, bass clarinet
Michael Sheppard, piano

Peabody Conservatory Cohen-Davison Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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12/06/06
Peabody Composition Department Concert
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Leith Symington Griswold Hall

Viola Concerto by Geoff Knorr (b.1985) (Premiere)
Timothy Hager, violin
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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10/18/06
Peabody Composition Department Concert
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Cohen-Davison Family Theatre

Moon Song by Ruby Fulton (b.1981)(Premiere)
Bonnie Lander, soprano
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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05/23/06 Tuesday, 8:00pm
Living Music Concert Series
New York, NY

Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers



Christ&St. Stephen's Church
120 W 69 St New York ,NY 10023

Music of composer Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer

Artists:
Jesse Irons, violin
Martin P. Shultz, violin
Karin Hardin, viola
Jason Fisher, viola
Caleb Jones, cello
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
David Witmer, Piano
Stephen Pfleiderer, clarinet

Guest composers:
Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov

$5 Admission

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05/13/06 Saturday, 8:00pm
Living Music Concert Series
Baltimore, MD

Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers



An die Musik
409 North Charles Street Second Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
A wine reception will follow the concert!

Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers
Artists:
Jesse Irons, violin
Martin P. Shultz, violin
Yang Lu, viola
Karin Hardin, viola
Caleb Jones, cello
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
David Witmer, Piano
Stephen Pfleiderer, clarinet

Guest composers:
Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov

$8 / $5 Student

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03/08/06 Wednesday,7:30pm
CAGE (Conservatory Avante-Garde Ensemble)
Baltimore, MD

Baltimore city paper:
Critic's Pick

Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-8100

Program:
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood
Ying-Chen Kao: Cloud Burst (PREMIERE)
(for cello and piano)
Commissioned by Michael Kannen, head of Peabody’s Chamber music department, and founding member of the Brentano String Quartet.
Lou Harrison: Varied Trio (for violin, piano and percussion)
John Cage: Wonderful Widow of Eighteen
Springs
Portishead: Humming
John Cale: Selections from the movie Kiss

Artists:
McGregor Boyle, Audio Engineer, Claves
Matthew P. Dingels, Tenor
Michael Formanek, Double Bass
Jesse Irons, Violin, Claves
Ann Teresa Kang, Piano, Synthesizer, Director
Michael Kannen, Violoncello
Courtney Orlando, Violin, Vocals, Claves
Karine Rousseau, Viola
Tracy Anne Smith, Electric Guitar
Svetoslav Stoyanov, Percussion
Andrew Talle, Violoncello, Claves

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05/16/05 Saturday,7:30PM
Peabody Camerata
Baltimore, MD

Winning work in the 2005 Peabody Camerata Student Composer Contest



Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall

"530.623" (2004)
(Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)

Noah Weber-B-flat Clarinet
Sonya Chung-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

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05/05/05 Thursday,12:00PM
Thursday Noon Recital
Baltimore, MD

Peabody Conservatory Friedberg Hall

"530.623" (2004)
(Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)

Noah Weber-B-flat Clarinet
Sonya Chung-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

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02/20/05
24 hc The Twenty -Four Hour Concert
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Cohen-Davison Family Theatre

Zwalt I, II by David Witmer (Premiere)
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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01/26/05 Wednesday, 6:00PM
Baltimore, MD

Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

"530.623" (2004)
(Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)

Noah Weber-B-flat Clarinet
Jesse Irons-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

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11/14/04
Composition Recital by Ransom Prestridge, George Lam, and Jeremy Irish
Baltimore, MD

Location: Peabody Conservatory Leith Symington Griswold Hall

Sonatina for Bassoon and Piano (2004) by Ransom Prestridge (Premiere)
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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03/31/04 Wednesday, 8:00PM
Ying-Chen Kao / Senior Composition Recital
Coral Gables, FL

L. Austin Weeks Center for Recoding and Performance "Streaming"-come back on 3/31/2004
to experience this program live

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11/22/03
Pao-Ling Huang's Master Piano Recital
Miami, FL

Location: Maurice Gusman Concert Hall

Op.17 for Two Pianos, Four Hands by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Introduction
Waltz
Romance
Tarantella
Pao-Ling Huang, piano
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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11/21/03
SCI National Concert played piano in the concert
Miami, FL

Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall

"....The Hinge of The Way..." by Maxwell Dulaney
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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11/04/03
Seungah J. Lee's Doctoral Piano Recital
Miami, FL

Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Assal Lento
Lento, Ma Non Troppo
Allegro Non Troppo
Seungah J. Lee, piano
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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11/01/03
Mei-Hsien Lee's Doctoral Piano Recital
Miami, FL

Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall

Op.17 for Two Pianos, Four Hands by  Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Introduction
Waltz
Romance
Tarantella
Mei-Hsien Lee, piano
Ying-Chen Kao, piano

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10/19/03
The Miami Music Teacher Association - Student of Diane F. Mauch
Miami, FL

Location: Steinway Piano Gallery Recital Hall

Accompany for
Ann Barber, Soprano:
Amor y Odio by E. Granados, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by J. Kern
Accompany for Rick Percoco, Tenor:
Spirate by S. Donaudy, You Must Meet My Wife by S. Sondheim
Accompany for Emily Lau,Mezzo-Soprano and Ann Barber:
Belle Nuit (Les Contes D'Hoffman) by J. Offenbach

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09/20/03
Gala Opening Night of Festival of Miami
Miami Symphony Orchestra
Miami, FL

Location: Maurice Gusman Concert Hall

Primavera Lombarda by Alba Rosa Victor (Florida Premiere)
Picture at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel
Ying-Chen Kao, celesta and piano

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09/08/03
Wan-Chun Liao's Percussion Doctoral Recital
Miami, FL

Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall, Miami

Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra (1999) by Gordon Stout (b.1952)
Ying-Chen Kao, celesta and piano

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07/30/03
Anderi Moiseyve Trumpet Recital
Miami Beach, Florida

Location: St. Patrick Catholic Church

Toccata in D Major by G. Martini (1706-1784)
Sonata in F Major by R. Valentino
Legend for Trumpet and Piano by Georges Enesco (1881-1955)
Trumpet Sonata by F. Peeters (1903-1986)

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