Isabelle O’Connell
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Things to look forward to in 2010!
- Release of first solo CD on Diatribe label, featuring solo works by nine Irish composers.
- April/May - Touring with the CRASH ensemble
Concerts include:
King’s Place, London
Le Poisson Rouge, New York and
the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
May 10th @ 6.30pm - Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
with Crash ensemble
May 7 - 9th - Montclair University, New Jersey
with Crash ensemble
May 6th - Millenium Stage, Kennedy Center
Washington D.C.
with Crash ensemble
April 24th - King’s Place, London
with Crash ensemble
April 20th @ 8pm - Solo Recital
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Featuring Crumb’s Makrokosmos
April 16th @ 7.30pm - Diatribe CD Launch
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
March 20th @ 8pm - Newport, Rhode Island
with Emma-Kate Tobia, soprano and Gregory Harrington, violin
March 19th @ 7pm - Unity, Maine
Unity College Center for the Performing Arts
with Emma-Kate Tobia, soprano and Gregory Harrington, violin
March 18th @ 7pm - Carthage, Maine
Skye Theater for the Performing Arts
with Emma-Kate Tobia, soprano and Gregory Harrington, violin
January 27th - Diller-Quaile Faculty Concert
Diller-Quaile School of Music, New York
2009
December 4th - Greenwich Music House
Performing work by Jeff Myers with Forecast Music
November 10th - Julia Wolfe CD release concert
Joining Lisa Moore and four other pianists in performance of
Julia Wolfe’s ‘My Lips From Speaking’ for six pianos
Faust-Harrison Pianos, W.58th St, New York @ 2.30pm
November 8th - Gogol Bicentennial Festival
Performing two-piano work by Leonid Hrabovsky with Anna Vinnitsky
at Ukrainian Embassy, New York @ 4pm
September 12th - Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
with Mantra Percussion and Friends
July/August - Recording upcoming solo CD
June 19th - St. Iberius Church, Music for Wexford
Duo recital with Elodie Guillot, viola
Program: Schumann, Brahms, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
May 30th - National Gallery of Ireland
May 29th - Cork School of Music
March 7th - Good Shepherd Church, NYC
with Camerata Notturna
New York premiere of ‘Absolute Ocean’ by Augusta Read Thomas
February 17th - Memorial Concert for Terry Winter Owens
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
Performing ‘Red Shift’ and ‘Ancient Breath of the Sea / Pulling Away from the Material World’ by Terry Winter Owens
February 13th - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 8pm
Performing with Alarm Will Sound in multimedia show: ‘1969’
February 1st - St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, NYC
Playing music by Baltimore collective 3NW with Redshift ensemble
http://www.redshiftensemble.com/Concerts.html
January 30th - 2640 Sunday Room, Baltimore
Playing music by Baltimore collective 3NW with Redshift ensemble
http://www.redshiftensemble.com/Concerts.html
January 29th - Towson University, Maryland
Playing music by Baltimore collective 3NW with Redshift ensemble
http://www.redshiftensemble.com/Concerts.html
January 9th - filming scene for short film ‘Adan’
2008
November 11th - 19th International Electroacoustic Festival,
Brooklyn College, NY
“Then and Now and Forever” by Morton Subotnick
with Scott Gerhardt, clarinet; Lynn Bechtold, violin;
and Morton Subotnick, electronics
November 1st - The Stone, NYC
Guest artist performing Andy Akiho’s “to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem”
October 24th- Belfast Festival
‘Dead Body’ at the Meter House
Performing world premieres by Brian Irvine and Peter Rosser
October 17th – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York, USA
Jane O’Leary - Piano Quintet with ConTempo String Quartet
October 2nd – Steinway Hall, New York
with Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Music by Piazzolla and Marquez
September 2nd 2008 – Concerto with National Symphony Orchestra
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
with live broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM
Mozart Concerto K.414 with Gerhard Markson, conductor
June 15th – 28th 2008 - Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
New Music Workshop at Yale Summer School
Norfolk, Connecticut, USA
June 27th 2008 - Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble
Music by: Jacob ter Veldhuis, Rzweski, Feigenbaum, Goldman, Rogerson
June 26th 2008 - Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble
Music by: Stravinsky, Feigenbaum, Danyew
June 13th 2008 - Old First Church, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA
REDSHIFT ensemble makes their SF debut!
Check out www.oldfirstconcerts.org
May 28th 2008 - Bang on a Can Benefit, Winter Garden, NYC
World Financial Center
New York City, USA
John Cage - Cheap Imitation
May 16th 2008 - Sydney Conservatoire
Sydney, Australia
Playing with Crash ensemble:
Music by Donnacha Dennehy, Michael Smetanin and Philip Glass
May 14th 2008 - Canberra International Chamber Music Festival
Canberra, Australia
Playing with Crash ensemble:
Music by Donnacha Dennehy, Kat McGuffie and Michael Gordon
May 12th 2008 - Canberra International Chamber Music Festival
Canberra, Australia
Playing with Crash ensemble: Music by Michael Smetanin and Philip Glass
May 10th 2008 - Faculty concert, Diller-Quaile School of Music
24 E. 95th St.
New York, USA
Messiaen - Amen de la Consommation from Visions de l’Amen
with Laura Barger, piano
April 25th 2008 - Yamaha Artist Services, NYC
689 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor,
New York, USA
Messiaen’s Vision de l’Amen for two pianos with Laura Barger
March 20th 2008 - Upper Hutt, Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Recital with Gregory Harrington, violin
March 19th 2008 - University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Recital with Gregory Harrington, violin
March 17th 2008 - Te Awamutu Music Federation
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Recital with Gregory Harrington, violin
March 16th 2008 - Waikanae Music Society
Waikanae, New Zealand
Recital with Gregory Harrington, violin
Check out: www.waikanaemusic.org
February 24th 2008 - Royal Irish Academy of Music
Dublin, Ireland
Lecture/Masterclass for the European Piano Teachers Association
February 23rd 2008 - Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg
Bochum, Germany
solo recital
February 22nd 2008 - Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg
Bochum, Germany
solo recital
February 20th 2008 - Dundalk Institute of Technology
Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
Concert and workshop featuring extended piano techniques
February 19th 2008 - Cork School of Music
Cork, Ireland
Concert to include George Crumb’s Makrokosmos Bk. 1 and masterclass on extended piano techniques
February 15th 2008 - Ireland/U.S. Council
Palm Beach, Florida, USA
January, 23rd 2008 - Merkin Concert Hall
W. 67th St.
New York, USA
Lucy Moses School faculty concert
Brahms - Sonata in d minor with Cordelia Hagmann, violin
2007
December 10th 2007 - Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Premiere of new work by Chris Marianetti for piano and percussion
with Joe Bergen, percussion
December 8th 2007 - Chelsea Art Museum
John Cage – Suite for Toy Piano
Jacob ter Veldhuis – The Body of Your Dreams
November 2nd 2007 - Galerie Icosahedron, Tribeca
New York, USA
Cost:$15
Galerie Icosahedron in Tribeca, with REDSHIFT,
playing music by James Holt, David Lang, Paul Moravec and Marc Mellitts
October 25th 2007 - Chelsea Art Museum
New York, USA
Music by Terry Winter Owens
October 14th 2007 - New Music, New Ireland, New York
Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall
W. 57th St.
New York, USA
Concert showcasing the new generation of contemporary Irish composers. Artistic Directors: Isabelle O’Connell and Carol McGonnell. Includes a world premiere by Donnacha Dennehy.
September 12th 2007 - Feis Ceoil Showcase Concert, Farmleigh House
Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park
Dublin, Ireland
Benefit concert showcasing illustrious past prizewinners of Europe’s largest and longest running music festival, the Feis Ceoil.
July 28th 2007 - Bang on a Can Marathon at MassMoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Music by Don Byron, Mark Mellits, Louis Andriessen
July 27th 2007 - Bang on a Can Festival @ Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Performing music written by composer fellows:
Isabelle O’Connell, piano, Nick Photinos, cello and Brian Archinal, percussion
July 25th 2007 - Bang on a Can Music Festival at Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Performing: David Lang - Cheating, Lying, Stealing with Cristhian Rodriguez, clarinet, Dave Sedlins, cello and Bill Sallak, Brian Archinal, Mike Compitello, percussion
July 24th 2007 - Bang on a Can Festival at Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Performing: Kate Moore - Antechamber and David Crowell - Mapfumo
with Vicky Ray, piano, Mike Compitello, percussion and Brian Archinal, percussion
July 23rd 2007 - Bang on a Can Festival at Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Performing: Marc Mellitts - Tight Sweater Annie Gosfield - Wild Pitch
with Nick Photinos, cello and Brian Archinal, percussion
July 21st 2007 - Bang on a Can Festival at Mass MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Performing: Makrokosmos by George Crumb for amplified piano
July 18th 2007 - Bang on a Can Festival @ MCLA
North Adams, USA
Performing: Marc Mellitts - Tight Sweater
with Nick Photinos, cello Brian Archinal, percussion
May 20th 2007 - Gold Hall, Hewlett-Woodmere Library, Long Island
Hewlett-Woodmere, New York, USA
Recital: Beethoven, Ligeti, Liszt
May 4th 2007 - Third St. Music Settlement
New York, USA
Music by Debussy, Shostakovich and Crumb with Leigh Stuart, cello and Jessica Schmitz, flute
May 25th 2008 - Seaport District Cultural Association
@ South St. Seaport
New York, USA
April 11th 2007 - Chicago Cultural Center
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series
Chicago, Illinois, USA
April 1st 2007 - Royal Irish Academy of Music
Dublin, Ireland
Lecture and Masterclass for EPTA Ireland: Contemporary Irish Piano Music and Student Repertoire
April 1st 2007 - Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland
Solo recital including Ligeti - Musica ricercata and Beethoven’s Sonata Op.110
March 31st 2007 - Dublin Philharmonic Society, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Music of Beethoven, Ligeti and Buckley
March 30th 2007 - Music for Wexford
St. Iberius Church
Wexford, Ireland
Ligeti - musica ricercata Beethoven - Sonata Op.110,
Webern – Variations, Liszt - Sonata in b minor
March 11th 2007 - Weill Hall, NYC
Carnegie Hall, W. 57th St.
New York, USA
Recital with Jessica Schmitz, flute. also Eleonore Oppenheim, bass and Alek Stevens, laptop. Program of works by Fujikura, Rigler, Dick, and Fisher with premieres of pieces by Irene Buckley and Alek Stevens
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