Events Archive

November 2007

Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 8:00 pm

Distler Hall, Perry & Marty Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: Tufts Composers with Trevor Weston ('89). An evening of Music by Tufts Alums, Faculty, Emeritus Faculty & Students. Tufts Music celebrates Trevor Weston’s three day residency with the department with a special concert of chamber music written by Tufts Composers, past and present. New chamber and piano works by Weston will be featured alongside compositions of faculty and emeritus faculty (Anderson, DeVoto, McDonald, and Aylward), as well as recently written works of undergraduate, graduate, and alumni Tufts composers (Worthley, Veiga, Safer, Van Lenten, Stallings, Bruno, and Foo).

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:00 pm

Distler Hall, Perry & Marty Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: Leaps And Bounds: A Tufts Choral Extravaganza with The Tufts Chorale & Chamber Singers, Andrew Clark, Conductor, The Boston Children’s Chorus, and Trevor Weston ('89). Conductor Anthony Trecek-King and the Boston’s Children’s Chorus come to Tufts to join together with the Tufts Chorale and Chamber Singers, with conductor Andrew Clark, for an evening of new and old choral music. Works by Trevor Weston (‘89) will be performed along with works by Monteverdi, Byrd, Steven Stucky, and others. John McDonald’s Ways to Jump will also be featured.

October 2007

Thursday, October 11, 2007, 8:00 pm

Distler Hall, Perry & Marty Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA. "The Tenor of Boston Composers " with Thomas Gregg, tenor, and John McDonald, piano. A fascinating program of mostly new art songs by local composers, featuring works by Larry Bell, Thomas Gregg, John McDonald, Richard McIntyre, Daniel Pinkham & Andy Vores. Premiere of McDonald's "Ammons Quintet " and featuring songs from "The Creatures Choir".

Thursday, October 21, 2007, 3:00 pm

Distler Hall, Perry & Marty Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA. "The Sounds of Autumn " with Elizabeth Reian Bennet, shakuhachi, Ayakano Cathleen Read, koto, and John McDonald, piano. Premiere of McDonald's "Haunt, Op.431 (2007) for shakuhachi and piano ".

June 2007

Saturday, June 16, 2007, 3:00 pm

Worcester Inc. presents "Sounds of Summer" featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Josquin des Prez, Irving Fine, and John McDonald with The Worcester Chorus under music director Andrew Clark. Premiere of McDonald's "Ways to Jump". Music Worcester (508) 754-3231. Worcester Telegram & Gazette

April 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007, 8:00 pm

Boston Conservatory, Concert Room, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA: Florestan Recital Project presents The Creatures' Choir with Jessica Bowers, mezzo soprano, and John McDonald, piano. John McDonald's elegant evening-length song cycle, The Creatures' Choir, sets 26 poems by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, translated from the French by Rumer Godden. (World Premiere Performance). Preconcert talk with the composer. John McDonald, 7:30.

December 2006

Friday, December 1, 2006, 8:00 pm

Longy School of Music, Edwin M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge, MA: Marti Eptein's and John McDonald's Piano Cavalcade. Featuring the music of composer/pianists Marti Eptein and John McDonald with pianists Donald Berman, Paul Carlson, Wayman Ching, Yoko Hagino, Andrew Rangell, and Chaden Yafi. Premieres of Epstein's "Haven" and McDonald's "Disappearences".

October 2006

Thursday, October 5, 2006, 8:00 pm

Tufts University, Alumnae Hall, 11 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: Chamber music recital by Tufts Applied Music faculty, Edith Auner, piano, Andrea Ehrenreich, soprano, Diane Heffner, clarinet, Anne Howarth, horn, Dana Russian, trumpet, Scott Woolweaver, viola, Karma Tomm, violin, Chaden Yafi, piano, Hans Bohn, trombone, Steven Morris, piano and David Patterson, guitar. Featuring Poulenc - Brass Trio, Mozart - Kegelstatt Trio, Paganini - Sonata Concertata, Schubert - Shepard on the Rock, and Mcdonald - Above the Palm Tree (World Premiere Performance)

Monday, October 16, 12:00 pm

Tufts University, The Parlour, 48 Professors Row, Medford, MA: Tufts Composers – Harpsichord Day (or Tufts Composers go for Baroque). For six years, our Parlour Music series has found its home in the parlours of two of Tufts’ historic houses on Professors Row. Join us as we have one last Parlour Music on Professors Row event before we move to our new building. Founder John McDonald and members of Tufts Composers create and perform new works for harpsichord as part of Harpsichord Day 2006.

September 2006

Sunday, September 10, 2006, 3:00-5:00 pm

Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA: Faculty Concert by Peter Sulski, viola & John McGinn, piano. Featuring the music of Rebecca Clarke, Kevin Allen, John McDonald, John McGinn and Paul Hindermith

Sunday, September 17, 2006, 3:00-5:00 pm

Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA: QX String Quartet - Krista Buckland Reisner, Rohan Greogory, Peter Sulski & Jan Müller-Szeraws. Featuring the music of Matt Malsky, Bela Bartok, David Claman, Anton Webern, & John McDonald

Sunday, September 30, 2006, 8:00 pm

Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA: Septemberfest 2006, Celebrating the art of teaching - "The Art of Inspiration"

August 2006

Saturday, August 6, 2006, 3:00 pm

Saco River Festival, Cornish School Auditorium, Parsonfield, Maine: Elizabeth Anker, Scott Woolweaver and John McDonald. Featuring Brahms Two Songs, Op.91, for Contralto, Viola and Piano and numerous new works

May 2006

May 4: Tufts Composers at Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA

May 6: Rebecca Brentano Sacks Composition Recital, at Goddard Chapel, Medford, MA

May 7: Vivian Taylor Celebration, Alumnae Hall, Medford, MA

May 19: "Chronicling at the Keyboard" concert at the Piano Factory, MA

April 2006

Saturday, April 1, 2006, 7:30 pm

St. Clement's Shrine, 1105 Boylston Street, Boston, MA: The Concordia String Trio with Marcia Henry, violin, Leslie Perna, viola, Darry Dolexal, cello and John McDonald, Guest Pianist. Featuring McDonald's "Six Poems of Paul Celan for Piano Quartet", and music by List, Colson and Reger.

Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8:00 pm

St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale Street, Beverly Farms Massachusetts: “A Musical Celebration of the Life of Gardner Read,” with D'Anna Fortunato, John McDonald, Janet Packer and Scott Woolweaver. Featuring the music of Gardner Read and a tribute to the composer by McDonald.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 8:00 pm

Tufts University, Alumnae Hall, 11 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: Tufts New Music Ensemble, co-directed by Donald Berman and John McDonald. Features improvisations and Terry Riley's "IN C".

Thursday, April 20, 8:00 pm

Tufts University, Alumnae Hall, 11 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: "Hitting and Exceeding the High Note" by Tufts Flute Ensemble and Tufts Composers. McDonald plays solo and chamber works by Geoff Brown, Jason Coleman, Kris Coombs, Michael Finnissy, and Thomas Keidel.

Friday, April 21, 7:30 pm

Salle Pierre Miche, Chassieu, France: Wilhem Latchoumia performs McDonald's "Several Lunes and a Whitney" for piano/toy piano (from Piano Album 2005).

Monday, April 24, 7:00 pm

Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, 8 Fenway Boston, MA: "Assortiment de Fromages Affines: Songs from Childhood" by the Florestan Recital Project with Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Amanda Forsythe, soprano; John McDonald, piano, Linda Osborn-Blaschke, piano; Karl Paulnack, piano. Featuring Poulenc, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Brahms and McDonald's (3 songs from "The Creatures Choir").

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Tufts University, Alumnae Hall, 11 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: Benefit concert for the Marty Guterman Award in Mathematics, with Ray Jackendorff, clarinet, John McDonald, piano, and guests Beth Guterman, viola, Irina Muresanu, violin and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner, piano. Presented jointly by the Depts. of Mathematics & Music and featuring the music of Mozart, Bartok, Niculescu, Dediu and McDonald's "Echo Fantasy Upon Mi, LA" for clarinet and piano.

March 2006

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 6-7:30 pm

Berklee College of Music Lecture/Recital, Room 2E 1140 Boylston Street, Boston, MA: "Chronicling at the Keyboard" featuring premiers by Cleary, List, Lisak and McDonald and works by Epstein, McDonald, Stoianova and Xu.

Sunday, March 12, 2006, 6:00 pm

Dardilly (France), private concert: "Minimos Concertos," piano/toy piano recital by Wilhem Latchoumia, (born 1974, Lyon, France). European premiere of McDonald’s "Formican Lullabies".

February 2006

Sunday, February 12, 2006, 2:30 pm postponed

Weston Public Library, Weston, 87 School Street, Weston, MA: Elizabeth Anker, contralto; Scott Woolweaver, viola; John McDonald, piano. Featuring McDonald’s "Forerunner" (piano solo) and "Mockingbird of Mockingbirds" (contralto, viola, and piano; poem by Denise Levertov).

Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 19:30

Chassieu (France), Salle des Expositions: Wilhem Latchoumia, piano/toy piano (born 1974, Lyon, France). European premiere of McDonald’s piece for piano/toy piano, "Several Lunes And A Whitney" (from Piano Album 2005). With music by Boucourechliev, Cage, Essl, Smith, Soleillant and others.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 12:00 pm

Tufts University Music Dept., Parlour, 48 Professors Row, Medford Campus, MA: Tufts Composers play Tufts Composers. Music by McDonald and Tufts graduate and undergraduate composers. Each composer will play someone else’s piece(s).

Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 8:00 pm

Tufts University, Alumnae Lounge, 11 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA: John McDonald, piano. Compositions for "The Politics of Fear," EPIIC International Symposium, February 22-26, 2006.

Sunday, February 26, 2006, 7:00 pm

Longy School of Music Faculty Recital, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, One Follen Street, Cambridge, MA: Elizabeth Anker and Friends. Repeat of some repertory from February 12 (see above).

Monday, February 27, 2006, 8:00 pm

Harvard Musical Association, 57A Chestnut Street, Boston, MA: Piano Recital by Yoko Hagino. McDonald: three pieces from Piano Album 2005. With music by Haydn, Liszt, Schubert.

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