The [Verdehr Trio's] premiere was of Russell Platt's "Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano," a three-movement set... This is music with an accessible architectural road map that leads light-handedly through a rich emotional journey.
recent performances
The Avenue (II) for voice and piano world-premiered by Five Boroughs Music Festival as part of the "Five Borough Songbook" at Brooklyn's Galapagos, Oct. 6, 2011; at Flushing Town Hall, Nov. 12, 2011; and at Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, Jan. 12, 2012
Peter Kolkay and the Tessera String Quartet perform Quintet for Bassoon and Strings on Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music Series at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Nov. 20, 2011
Eurydice (a serenade for strings) is world-premiered by Sinfonie Orchester Biel (Bienne), Switzerland, Howard Griffiths, conductor, Sept. 28, 2011
Now That We've Come to The End is given triple world-premiere by the Knights at Bargemusic, Brooklyn; Westport Arts Center, Conn; and (live) over WQXR radio, Sept. 16-18
Two Whitman Panels performed at 21c Liederabend at the Kitchen, New York, April 7, 2011
Peter Kolkay and the St. Petersburg Quartet perform Quintet for Bassoon and Strings at Maverick Concerts, Woodstock, July 10, 2011; at Music Mountain, Falls Village, Conn., July 17, 2011; and at Westport Arts Center, Oct. 3, 2010
Marya Martin and Shai Wosner world-premiere Memoir for Flute and Piano at Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, August 2010
Peter Kolkay world-premieres Three Songs for Unaccompanied Bassoon at International Double Reed Society conference, Univ. of Oklahoma, June 24, 2010
New York Festival of Song (with singers Anne-Carolyn Bird, Paul Appleby, and Andrew Garland) presents three songs from From Noon to Starry Night: A Walt Whitman Cantata at Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, May 4, 2010
Russell is guest composer at Williams College in Massachusetts, speaking with students and attending a performance of the Sonata for Violin and Piano (by violinist Joanna Kurkowicz and pianist Doris Stevenson) at Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Feb. 19, 2010
Verdehr Trio performs New York premiere of Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano at Bargemusic, Jan. 22, 2010
Mirror Visions Ensemble performs From Noon to Starry Night: A Walt Whitman Cantata on Friends & Enemies of New Music concert at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, New York, Sept. 30 2009
Colin and Eric Jacobsen world-premiere Duo for Violin and Cello at Bargemusic, Brooklyn, Sept. 5-6 2009, repeating it at the Westport Arts Center on Nov. 22
Baritone Jesse Blumberg and pianist Steven Beck perform Two Whitman Panels (from the Whitman Cantata) at Bargemusic, Brooklyn, Sept. 2 2009
Three Paul Muldoon Songs performed on Friends & Enemies of New Music concert celebrating Paul Sperry at Good Shepherd Church, NYC, April 26 2009
Peter Kolkay and St. Petersburg String Quartet perform Quintet for Bassoon and Strings at Bargemusic, Brooklyn, April 11-12 2009
New York Festival of Song offers “Cuba” and “Why Brownlee Left” from Paul Muldoon Songs at “Songs of the Irish Poets” program at Merkin Concert Hall, New York, March 17 2009
Mirror Visions Ensemble performs From Noon to Starry Night: A Walt Whitman Cantata at American University in Paris, France, April 22 2009
Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano world-premiered by Verdehr Trio at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., March 8 2009; repeated at Michigan State University, May 27 2009
Mark Peskanov and Steven Beck perform the New York premiere of Sonata for Violin and Piano at Bargemusic, Brooklyn, Nov. 21-22 2008
Bassoonist Peter Kolkay, conductor Alexander Platt, and Wisconsin Philharmonic world-premiere Concerto for Bassoon and Strings, Nov. 16 and 18 2008
I Virtuosi Italiani chamber orchestra with conductor André Bernard and clarinettist Michel Lethiec performs European premiere of Concerto for Clarinet, Percussion, and Strings, Feb. 24 2008