NEWS 2020
2020, what a weird year! Many events were cancelled, but a lot of creativity went into presenting concerts in new ways. Here are a few of my own humble contributions:
Godenrath, Svan. Your Opera Advisor Blog 11 July, 2021
“Drift” Volume 34 (Navona Records)
Translation: “Wild Silk” by Andrea Reinkemeyer is shaped in a captivating way through its rhythmically pointed piano passages. https://svensopernparadies.wordpress.com/2021/07/11/drift-volume-34-navona-records/
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE: Wings to Air for Flute (2013)
Friday, November 13, 2020 - 8 p.m. (PT)
Live Stream
from the San Francisco Center for New Music ($)
PROGRAM >>
HAILSTORK: The Pied Piper of Harlem (1980)
SHIM: On All Sides (2020) *
MISURELL-MITCHELL: Dolce, Purete (2014)
JONES: The people could fly (2020)
REINKEMEYER: Wings to Air (2013)*
* world premiere
PERFORMER:
Meerenai Shim, flute
PERFORMANCE: From Cycles of Eternity for Treble Voices (2017)
Saturday, October 24, 2020 - 7 p.m. (PT)
online, free access on YouTube
A video pairing of the Cycles of Eternity recording
with artwork by Rita Robillard
Details to follow (season brochure)
IN MULIERIBUS:
Anna Song, director
3. Arwen Myers, soprano
PERFORMANCE: Water Sings Fire for Orchestra (2019) - cancelled due to COVID-19
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 8:00 p.m.
A Nation Divided (program)
Cabrillo Festival of Music (link)
RODRIGUEZ: A Metaphor for Power
PUTS: Second Oboe Concerto: Moonlight
REINKEMEYER: Water Sings Fire
BATES: The Art of War
From the press release:
"Her Water Sings Fire feels oceanic, ebbing and flowing, as if giving voice to the sorrows and aspirations of disenfranchised people. It is dedicated "to women who sing truth though the world rains fire upon them."
CABRILLO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA:
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
ARTICLE:
League of American Orchestras, Symphony Magazine
Information about the Toulmin Award >
RADIO BROADCAST: in the speaking silence for Alto Saxophone and Bassoon (2018)
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 2:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
The New Edge, with host Ken Field (link), Episode #720
WMBR and 88.1 FM in Cambridge/Boston, MA
POST-HASTE REED DUO
Sean Fredenburg, alto saxophone
Javier Rodriguez, bassoon
ONLINE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE: Triptych: Three Disasters a Chamber Opera Scene for Two Sopranos, Baritone, Piano, Fixed Media (2020)
Patrick Wohlmut, libretto; Andrea Reinkemeyer, music
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 8:00 p.m. Video
New Music Gathering 2020 "Local Action" Details
Brett Campbell, Oregon Arts Watch (June 22, 2020)
Summer Streams: Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Bach Festival lead parade of Oregon summer shows from onstage to online (link)
RHYMES WITH OPERA
Elisabeth Halliday Quan, soprano
Bonnie Lander, soprano
Robert Maril, baritone
Christopher Wilson, piano
Andrea Reinkemeyer, electronics
PERFORMANCE: Water Sings Fire for Orchestra (2019) - cancelled due to COVID-19
Thursday, June 9, 2020 at 7 p.m.
Hot Springs Music Festival, Season 25
Oaklawn Magnet School, Hot Spring, Arkansas
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Fidelio
REINKEMEYER: Water Sings Fire
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
RAVEL: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
HOT SPRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA:
Sameer Patel, artistic director
PERFORMANCE: Smoulder for Wind Ensemble (2019) - cancelled due to COVID-19
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Ice Auditorium, Linfield University
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND:
Joan Paddock, conductor
PERFORMANCE: Opening Up for Narrator and String Quartet (2019) - cancelled due to COVID-19
March 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
"Hearings" Concert from the JUSTICE (Just US) Concert Series
Ice Auditorium, Linfield University
REINKEMEYER: Opening Up
QUICK: Stop the Clock
PACKWOOD: confrontation
FULTON: flowing more freely
FEAR NO MUSIC:
Sarah Maines, speaker
Inés Voglar Belgique, violin
Keiko Araki, violin
Jöel Belgique, viola
Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello
PERFORMANCE: Wrought Iron for Flute and Percussion (2012)
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 10:00 a.m. (program)
Music by Women Festival (link)
Mississippi University for Women
PERFORMERS:
Rebecca Johnson, flute
Danielle Moreau, percussion
PERFORMANCE: Four Poems for Robin for Soprano and Viola (1999)
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.
"La viola" (streaming)
State University of New York, Potsdam (press release)
PROGRAM (link):
CLARKE: Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for B-flat Clarinet and Viola (1941)
LARSEN: In Such a Night for Two Violas and CD (2010)
REINKEMEYER: Four Poems for Robin for Soprano and Viola (1999)
TANN: Duo for Oboe and Viola (1981)
CLARKE: Dumka for Violin, Viola, and Piano (c. 1940)
PERFORMERS:
Colleen Skull, soprano
Shelly Tramposh, viola
PERFORMANCE: Dos Danzas for Concert Band (2010)
Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 2 p.m. (2 dances on 2/20/2020 at 2!)
2020 Southwestern Division CBDNA Conference (link)
College Band Directors National Association
University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Featuring:
Aaron David PERKINS, Clutch
Jodie BLACKSHAW, Soulström
Andrea REINKEMEYER, Dos Danzas
Derek JENKINS, Rock Bottom
Ron NELSON, Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales)
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE:
Timothy Oliver, conductor
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE: Smoulder for Wind Ensemble (2019)
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. (free*)
PREMIERE at Oregon Music Educators' Association Conference (Schedule)
Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Eugene)
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (free)
OMEA Preview Concert
George Fox University
SHERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE:
Brant Stai, conductor