Hello, world! My busy season was so busy that I didn’t have time to blog, but the good news is that I’ve accumulated a huge amount of writing material in my head. Let’s start with the music that was keeping me busy:

Works performed in public:

Barber Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, No. 3 (choral version)
Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring”
Berg Violin Concerto (Andante—Allegretto)
Brahms “O liebliche Wangen” from Fünf Lieder, Op. 47, No. 4
Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 (selected movements)
Corigliano Fern Hill
Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (selected movements)
Foster, arr. Parker and Shaw Gentle Annie
Gluck “O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride ed Elena
Khachaturian Flute Concerto (Allegro vivace)
Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro
Messiaen Le merle noir
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (Allegro)
Mozart Ave verum corpus in D major, K. 618
Rorem “As Adam Early in the Morning” from 14 Songs on American Poetry
Rorem “O You Whom I Often and Silently Come” from 14 Songs on American Poetry
Roussel Joueurs de flûte
Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Saint-Saëns Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G major, Op. 168
Schönberg “Als wir hinter dem beblümten Tore” from Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, Op. 15
Schönberg “Wenn sich bei heilger Ruh” from Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, Op. 15
Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 24
Shadle, Charles The Hills of Dawn (World Premiere)
Taktakishvili Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major
Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444
Weissenborn Romanze, Op. 3

Works prepared for auditions, juries, and recordings:

Brahms Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2
Brahms Es hing der Reif, Op. 106, No. 3
Britten “Asleep, my love?” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64
Chausson Le colibri, Op. 2, No. 7
Debussy Clair de lune (1882)
Donizetti “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’Elisir d’Amore
Handel “V’adoro, pupille” from Giulio Cesare
Haydn “On mighty pens” from The Creation
Schumann “Widmung” from Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 1
Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, AV 132
Vaughan Williams Linden Lea

I haven’t included children’s choir repertoire (I play for grades K through 8) and music that was prepared in lesson or rehearsals but not performed.

More blog posts to come, I promise!