2025 events
January 15. Minot Air Force Base. Jazz quartet Tyler Schwan and the RhythUMrunners performs for an event at MAFB, with Tyler Schwan, Briana Schwan and Tim Olson.
January 26. Minot, ND. Hartnett Recital Hall, 4pm. Dianna and Erik Anderson, sonatas for cello and piano by Andre Previn (1993) and Ludwig van Beethoven (Op. 69, 1808), the third recital in a series of five planned for the 2024-2025 season. Each will feature one of the five sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven paired with repertoire from the 20th century.
February 1. Minot, ND. Annual private fundraising gala in ANNH. Collabration with Dianna Anderson on cello-piano rep and Abbie Eads for some 2cello selections. Always a fun evening!
February 2. Minot, ND. Hartnett Recital Hall, 4pm. Luminus performs the trio in g minor by Antonin Dvorak. MSU Woodwind professor Charlie Young joins for the remainder of the program, TBA.
February 7, 8. Minot, ND. Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. The Minot Symphony performs their annual family concert, this time in conjunction with the inaugural Side-by-Side festival, hosted jointly by the Division of Fine and Performing Arts and the Minot Symphony. Auditioned high school string students will perform on the symphony program as a chamber orchestra and side by side with the MSO.
February 22. Denver, CO. Honored to be the guest artist for the annual Colorado Cello Summit. Masterclasses, a presentation on Bach and interpretation, cello ensemble rehearsal and a final concert in an exciting day full of cello!
February 28-March 1. Williston, ND. I will join Jon Rumney and two MSU string majors for a two-day string workshop with students in the Williston area, sponsored by Harmonic Creative World. Masterclasses, ensemble rehearsals, and a final concert Saturday night.
March 22. Minot, ND. Minot Symphony Orchestra performs one of my favorites, Saint Saens “Organ” Symphony (famously used in the movie Babe). Studying this one in Musicianship II this semester, as we did with last year’s class. Nothing like the experience of hearing a full length work that you know intimately–makes all the difference.
April 5. Minot, ND. Community Rocks! at the Clarion Hotel. 7pm show, with proceeds to benefit the F5 Project. 15+ rock and pop hits, including new arrangements of original songs by local rap artist Dakotah Faye. Tickets and info available at www.communityrocksnd.org.
April 6. Jamestown, ND. Jamestown College, 4pm. Performance of the Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich as part of a larger conference on the Holocaust at Jamestown University that week. Collaborating with pianist John Clodfelter and violinist Laura Prokopyk.
April 11, 12. Minot, ND. Western Plains Opera Company presents Oliver! Always love playing musical theater in a pit orchestra, despite the nagging ear-worms that accompany all day, every day…
May 3. Minot, ND. Minot Symphony Orchestra season finale and a new spectacle for our community, as the MSO accompanies a screening of Disney’s The Lion King. Someday, all this could be yours…
June 15-22. Minot, ND. Dakota Chamber Music. 29th annual chamber music workshop, hosting 60+ musicians from around the region for an intensive week of exploration, growth and shared music-making. Applications due in late April. High school and adult programs available, including a shorter weekend session, Thursday night through the Saturday concert.
June 23-28. Boise, ID. In our third summer as ISI, Dianna and I are excited to continue a legacy started by my undergraduate cello teacher, Bill Wharton, over the past several decades at the Idaho Suzuki Institute. Hosted by the Idaho Suzuki Association, we will work with beginning to advanced string and piano players in 5 days of lessons, masterclasses, ensemble work, and performances. 100 degrees? Not indoors.
Past Event Highlights
January 2024, Sweets and Suites! House concert of the complete Bach cello suites, each preceded by a small bite reminiscent of the musical character. Modern cello for G, d, C, and Eb; 4-string Baroque for the c minor; 5-string Baroque for the D major.
Concerto Nova, for 5-string electric cello and orchestra, performed three times in the Bay area with orchestras led by Scott Krijnen, all in the Spring of 2024.
Lalo Concerto with the Greater Grand Forks Symphony, May 2023, Alejandro Drago, conducting.
July 20, 2021. Lecture/performance over Zoom as part of the annual High Peaks Festival, in NY. Language, Storytelling and Music. Complete video recording on youtube.
June 7, 2021 World Premiere of the unaccompanied work Yellow Bird, by composer Sean Neukom, for cello and voice (one performer).
Feb 21, 2021 Lecture/performance s a guest of the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas, Carlton Monroe, director. The two for us discuss the intersection and roles of art and craftsmanship in music. Complete video available on youtube.
September 28-29, 2019 Beethoven Triple Concerto with pianist Dianna Anderson and violinist Andrew Sords; a reunion with Scott Seaton, former conductor of the Minot Symphony.
July 25, 2019 Super fun rendition of Man of Constant Sorrow, Oh, Brother Where Art Thou style, with Blaine Baiduk and Tim Nelson rounding out the vocal trio. Faculty night never disappoints for collaboration and variety! http://internationalmusiccamp.com/
June 3, 2018 Joined Malte Roessner, bass voice, and Bay area musicians for the world premier of Clint Borzoni’s song set for bass and string quartet, The Hidden Singer. Also performing Mendelssohn Op. 13 as part of the Musica Marin Series (San Francisco, CA) http://musicamarin.org
April 29, 2017 Soloist for Dvorak Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104 with Minot Symphony Orchestra.
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