Previous events

CD Release Concert for multiple GRAMMY® Award-nominated pianist Nadia Shpachenko’s new Reference Recordings album The Poetry of Places. This program will include 5 San Francisco premieres of architecture-inspired works by Amy Beth Kirsten, Han Lash, James Matheson, Harold Meltzer, and Jack Van Zandt from Shpachenko’s new CD, as well as 2 World Premieres and 2 West Coast premieres of works by Paul Chihara, Thea Musgrave, José Serebrier, and Lewis Spratlan.

Chamber Performance with the Villiers String Quartet

Works by William Alwyn, Elizabeth Kelly, Frederick Delius, and Frank Bridge

Chamber Recital with the Villiers String Quartet

Chamber Recital with Villiers String Quartet

Contemporary duo and trio works with Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano and Michael Hall, viola.

Contemporary voice, viola, and piano pieces by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Libby Larsen, Eric Malmquist, Jessica Meyer, Jessica Rudman, Garrett Schumann, and Nina C. Young, and others.

Contemporary voice, viola, and piano pieces by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Libby Larsen, Eric Malmquist, Jessica Meyer, Jessica Rudman, Garrett Schumann, and Nina C. Young, and others.

Solo and Chamber Recital at Harvey Mudd College

Nadia Shpachenko, piano
with guest artists Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano and Michael Hall, viola

Solo selections from Shpachenko’s new CD The Poetry of Places and contemporary trio works with Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano and Michael Hall, viola.

This concert at Symphony Space in New York will feature solo works by Harold Meltzer, Hannah Lash, James Matheson, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Jack Van Zandt from Nadia Shpachenko's upcoming March 1, 2019 CD Release The Poetry of Places, as well as the World Premiere of Lewis Spratlan's TWO RAGS (from SIX RAGS for Piano, Shpachenko will premiere the whole set in April) and Mechanical Dolls by Victoria Bond.

Guest Performance and Master Class with Shpachenko's Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble at Mannes School of Music. Musical exchange between Cal Poly Pomona University and Mannes School of Music.

Performance of Jack Van Zandt's Si An Bhru (inspired by the Newgrange Ancient Temple in Ireland) that will be released on March 1 on Shpachenko's upcoming album The Poetry of Places

World Premiere of Half Life and The New Frontier by Jack Van Zandt (composer) and Jill Freeman (librettist) at Hear Now Music Festival's opening concert at the Wende Museum.

Performed with soprano Stacey Fraser, percussionist Yuri Inoo, and bassist John Kennedy