Copland Clarinet Concerto with Paragon Philharmonia
Saturday, April 26 at 5pm
Grace Episcopal Church, The Plains, VA
AND
Sunday, April 27 at 2pm
Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Very much looking forward to performing Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the Paragon Philharmonia in late April. We will be doing two performances - one in a beautiful, intimate church out in The Plains, VA; and another performance in the wonderful Terrace Theatre, within the Kennedy Center! This concerto is one our very best, showcasing beautiful lyrical melodies that make one weep juxtaposed with biting jazzy articulation and riffs.
More info about the Paragon Philharmonia, the rest of the program, and how to get tickets: www.paragonphilharmonia.org/event-details/music-of-the-americas
More info about the Paragon Philharmonia, the rest of the program, and how to get tickets: www.paragonphilharmonia.org/event-details/music-of-the-americas
CASM Trio in the "Off Season" Recital
Friday, April 4 at 7pm
Downriver Council for the Arts, Wyandotte, MI
Please join me, Minji Kim (piano), and Brandon LePage (flute), as we return to the DCA in Wyandotte for an exciting trio program! We will play an eclectic program of music by composers such as Jean Ahn, Jacob Bancks, Robert Muczynski, Elizabeth Poston, Chris Rogerson, and more!
More info about the performance and CASM: www.casmmusic.org/performances.html
More info about the performance and CASM: www.casmmusic.org/performances.html
2024 Newfound Chamber Winds Conducting Summit/Fellowship Program
June 10-20
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
I'm excited to be performing, teaching and coaching as a member of Newfound Chamber Winds (NFCW) this summer in Norfolk! We are welcoming our first ever fellows who will play chamber music amongst themselves; chamber music side-by-side with NFCW; and receive coachings, seminars, and lessons from the NFCW faculty. We also will be performing our own recitals/concerts, and acting as the personal chamber winds ensemble for the participants attending the conducting summit. There will be a mix of older standard chamber wind repertoire, in addition to world premieres of two chamber flute concerti!
DMA Recital #3: Contemporary Soundscapes from the British Isles
May 2 at 8:00 pm
Stamps Auditorium, North Campus, University of Michigan
Come hear my third and FINAL dissertation recital as part of finishing my DMA at the University of Michigan!
I'll be joined by Minji Kim on piano and Brandon LePage on flute. We'll be performing works by Sarah Frances Jenkins, Herbert Howells, Judith Weir and Elizabeth Poston.
I'll be joined by Minji Kim on piano and Brandon LePage on flute. We'll be performing works by Sarah Frances Jenkins, Herbert Howells, Judith Weir and Elizabeth Poston.
DMA Recital #2: Vienna 1900 - The Austrian Turn-of-the-Century Soundworld
February 11 at 6:00 pm
Cherrydale United Methodist Church
Come hear my second dissertation recital as part of finishing my DMA at the University of Michigan!
I'll be joined by Mark Irchai on piano, and we'll be performing works by Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Max Reger, and Johannes Brahms.
I'll be joined by Mark Irchai on piano, and we'll be performing works by Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Max Reger, and Johannes Brahms.
DMA Recital #1: Living American Voices
December 10 at 3:00 pm
NVCC Alexandria, Fine Arts Building (AFA), Multipurpose Room (AFA 118)
Come hear my first dissertation recital as part of finishing my DMA at the University of Michigan!
I'll be joined by Minji Kim on piano and Ryo Usami on violin. We'll be performing works by Shulamit Ran, Jennifer Higdon, Bright Sheng, Jessie Montgomery, Jacob Bancks, and Amanda Harberg.
I'll be joined by Minji Kim on piano and Ryo Usami on violin. We'll be performing works by Shulamit Ran, Jennifer Higdon, Bright Sheng, Jessie Montgomery, Jacob Bancks, and Amanda Harberg.
Maryland Chamber Winds, 2023 Maryland Wind Festival
June 13-17
More information about this summer's MCW concerts will shortly be at the link below:
marylandchamberwinds.org/events/
More information about this summer's MCW concerts will shortly be at the link below:
marylandchamberwinds.org/events/
Rite of Spring with Alexandria Symphony
April 15 at 7:30pm
Finally getting to play the Rite of Spring for the first time!
https://alexsym.org/performance/stravinsky-grieg/
Finally getting to play the Rite of Spring for the first time!
https://alexsym.org/performance/stravinsky-grieg/
Adam's Giselle with United Ukrainian Ballet
February 1st at 7:30pm
Enjoying performing with the KCOHO again, especially for such an important and moving performance of Adam's Giselle with the United Ukrainian Ballet.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/ballet/2022-2023/united-ukrainian-ballet/
Review of opening night: mdtheatreguide.com/2023/02/dance-review-united-ukranian-ballet-presents-giselle-at-the-kennedy-center-opera-house/
Enjoying performing with the KCOHO again, especially for such an important and moving performance of Adam's Giselle with the United Ukrainian Ballet.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/ballet/2022-2023/united-ukrainian-ballet/
Review of opening night: mdtheatreguide.com/2023/02/dance-review-united-ukranian-ballet-presents-giselle-at-the-kennedy-center-opera-house/
Holiday Pops with Richmond Symphony
November 26th at 8pm & 27th at 3pm
Having a great time playing with the Richmond Symphony for the first time on their annual Let It Snow! Holiday Pops concerts!
https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/let-it-snow-9/
Having a great time playing with the Richmond Symphony for the first time on their annual Let It Snow! Holiday Pops concerts!
https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/let-it-snow-9/
Richard Strauss' Elektra with Washington National Opera
November 7th at 7:30pm
I am extremely excited to be joining the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (KCOHO) for the first time to perform Richard Strauss' insanely difficult and beautiful one act opera, Elektra. The orchestra and vocalists sound incredible!
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/elektra/
I am extremely excited to be joining the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (KCOHO) for the first time to perform Richard Strauss' insanely difficult and beautiful one act opera, Elektra. The orchestra and vocalists sound incredible!
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/elektra/
Michigan Chamber Soloists Recital at Salon de Musique in Seoul, South Korea
July 22nd at 7:30pm
I will be performing in a chamber music recital with several pianist and violin colleagues who all went to University of Michigan with me and who are also all from South Korea! We will be performing in a popular house concert venue, Salon de Musique, which is in Buam-dong, a little northwest of Gyeongbokgung Palace. On this concert I will be performing Arthur Bliss' Pastoral and Gerald Finzi's Five Bagatelles, both for clarinet and piano - and as a collective chamber group we will be performing an arrangement William Bolcom's The Serpent's Kiss from his collection of rags, The Garden of Eden.
I will be performing in a chamber music recital with several pianist and violin colleagues who all went to University of Michigan with me and who are also all from South Korea! We will be performing in a popular house concert venue, Salon de Musique, which is in Buam-dong, a little northwest of Gyeongbokgung Palace. On this concert I will be performing Arthur Bliss' Pastoral and Gerald Finzi's Five Bagatelles, both for clarinet and piano - and as a collective chamber group we will be performing an arrangement William Bolcom's The Serpent's Kiss from his collection of rags, The Garden of Eden.
Maryland Chamber Winds, 2022 Maryland Wind Festival
June 15-June 20
Looking forward to performing with wonderful friends and new colleagues from across the country for some wind chamber music and recording sessions.
More info can be found at: marylandchamberwinds.org/events/
Looking forward to performing with wonderful friends and new colleagues from across the country for some wind chamber music and recording sessions.
More info can be found at: marylandchamberwinds.org/events/
ÆPEX Contemporary Performance, Ypsi Fest 2022
June 1-June 4
Looking forward to performing with ÆPEX Contemporary Performance for a world premiere by Garrett Schumann as well as music by Augusta Read Thomas and Tyson Davis.
More info can be found at: https://aepexcontemporary.org/festival
More info can be found at: https://aepexcontemporary.org/festival
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
2021-2022 Season
After almost two years, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will finally be returning to the stage in September 2021! I am so happy that this group survived during one of the most difficult times for all art organizations, and that we were actually able to restructure and come out ahead!
I'm thrilled to be performing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra in the beautiful Stambaugh Auditorium on May 2022! We will also be performing Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, Ginastera's Estancia Suite, Brahms' Violin Concerto (one of my favorites), Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and many more works throughout the season!
YSO 2021-2022 Season
2021-2022 Season
After almost two years, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will finally be returning to the stage in September 2021! I am so happy that this group survived during one of the most difficult times for all art organizations, and that we were actually able to restructure and come out ahead!
I'm thrilled to be performing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra in the beautiful Stambaugh Auditorium on May 2022! We will also be performing Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, Ginastera's Estancia Suite, Brahms' Violin Concerto (one of my favorites), Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and many more works throughout the season!
YSO 2021-2022 Season
Lima Symphony Orchestra
2021-2022 Season
This is my first season as Principal Clarinet of the Lima Symphony Orchestra (I had previously been 2nd clarinet for 4 seasons) and I am thrilled to work with our amazing music director Andrew Crust and the wonderful musicians that make up this ensemble. Some of the highlights of the season are Beethoven's Symphony No.5, Poulenc's Double Piano Concerto, Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, William Grant-Still's Afro-American Symphony and Massenet's Le Cid Suite. Check out the rest of the season below!
LSO 2021-2022 Season
2021-2022 Season
This is my first season as Principal Clarinet of the Lima Symphony Orchestra (I had previously been 2nd clarinet for 4 seasons) and I am thrilled to work with our amazing music director Andrew Crust and the wonderful musicians that make up this ensemble. Some of the highlights of the season are Beethoven's Symphony No.5, Poulenc's Double Piano Concerto, Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, William Grant-Still's Afro-American Symphony and Massenet's Le Cid Suite. Check out the rest of the season below!
LSO 2021-2022 Season
Flint Symphony Orchestra
2021-2022 Season
Below is the link for the FSO's upcoming season. We are playing some music this season that I have been wanting to play for years, including Mendelssohn's complete incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale", De Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite and many more!
FSO 2021-2022 Season
2021-2022 Season
Below is the link for the FSO's upcoming season. We are playing some music this season that I have been wanting to play for years, including Mendelssohn's complete incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale", De Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite and many more!
FSO 2021-2022 Season
2021
After last summer having zero orchestra concerts, I'm happy to announce that I will have several orchestra and pop-up concerts this summer across Michigan and Ohio! - they are listed below:
CASM pop-up concerts, June 26th
Ann Arbor, MI (Wurster Park - Ann Arbor, MI)
Akron Symphony Orchestra, June 27th
Akron, OH
Lima Symphony Orchestra, July 2nd
Patriotic Pops Concert
Ada, OH
Firelands Symphony Orchestra, July 4th
Independence Day Concert
Sandusky, OH
Firelands Symphony Orchestra, July 25th
Christmas in July Concert
Sandusky, OH
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, July 31st
Movie Music (Korngold Violin Concerto and multiple John Williams scores)
Gilmore Car Museum
Hickory Corners, MI
Canton Symphony Wind Quintet, August 19th
Devonshire Park
Canton, OH
Canton Symphony Orchestra, August 22nd
A Night at the Movies
Jackson Amphitheater
Massillon, OH
2020
All orchestra concerts are currently stopped due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but I am thankful to be able to still be making chamber music with a couple musicians in the form of live-streamed house concerts or pop-up chamber music concerts.
2019
Fiorire Soloists Debut Concert
November 18 at 7:30 PM
I'm excited to be a part of the first concert of the Fiorire Soloists - a group of young professional musicians based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I'll be performing Schumann's Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano with Minji Kim.
Kerrytown Concert House
Ann Arbor, MI
I'm excited to be a part of the first concert of the Fiorire Soloists - a group of young professional musicians based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I'll be performing Schumann's Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano with Minji Kim.
Kerrytown Concert House
Ann Arbor, MI
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
2019-2020 Season
Below is a link for the YSO's 2019-2020 season. I'm very excited for this season, as we're doing two amazing symphonies that are abound with beautiful clarinet solos - Beethoven Symphony No. 4 and Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 "Scottish". We are also doing a performance of the original 13 instrument version of Copland's Appalachian Spring on the 75th anniversary of the day it was premiered!
http://www.youngstownsymphony.com/venues/edward-w-powers-auditorium/youngstown-symphony-orchestra/
Below is a link for the YSO's 2019-2020 season. I'm very excited for this season, as we're doing two amazing symphonies that are abound with beautiful clarinet solos - Beethoven Symphony No. 4 and Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 "Scottish". We are also doing a performance of the original 13 instrument version of Copland's Appalachian Spring on the 75th anniversary of the day it was premiered!
http://www.youngstownsymphony.com/venues/edward-w-powers-auditorium/youngstown-symphony-orchestra/
Lima Symphony Orchestra
2019-2020 Season
Below is a link for the LSO's 2019-2020 season. This is an important season, as we are choosing our next music director! We have seven candidates, all of which are bringing diverse and exciting repertoire to each concert. Check out the candidates below!
https://www.limasymphony.com/tickets-2019
Below is a link for the LSO's 2019-2020 season. This is an important season, as we are choosing our next music director! We have seven candidates, all of which are bringing diverse and exciting repertoire to each concert. Check out the candidates below!
https://www.limasymphony.com/tickets-2019
Flint Symphony Orchestra
2019-2020 Season
Below is a link for the FSO's 2019-2020 season. We're playing some great repertoire this year, including some of my favorites like Brahms Symphony No. 4, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Borodin Polovtsian Dances and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. Please come check out a concert if you can!
https://thefso.org/concerts/
Below is a link for the FSO's 2019-2020 season. We're playing some great repertoire this year, including some of my favorites like Brahms Symphony No. 4, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Borodin Polovtsian Dances and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. Please come check out a concert if you can!
https://thefso.org/concerts/
AIMS Festival Orchestra
July 2-August 11
I will be playing in the AIMS Festival Orchestra this summer in Graz, Austria!
For the concert repertoire, look here: https://aimsgraz.com/the-program/concerts-repertoire/
I will be playing in the AIMS Festival Orchestra this summer in Graz, Austria!
For the concert repertoire, look here: https://aimsgraz.com/the-program/concerts-repertoire/
CASM - For Our Fathers
June 16 at 3:00 pm
Ginastera, Arnold, Szalowski, Bozza and Villa-Lobos
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
Ginastera, Arnold, Szalowski, Bozza and Villa-Lobos
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
CASM - Concert in the Community
June 9 at 3:00 pm
Haydn, Bach, Beethoven, Bozza, Hindemith, Fonsi, Spears
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
Haydn, Bach, Beethoven, Bozza, Hindemith, Fonsi, Spears
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
CASM - Afternoon in Paris
June 2 at 3:00 pm
Koechlin, Jolivet, Satie, Francaix
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
Koechlin, Jolivet, Satie, Francaix
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
CASM - Piano Plus
May 26 at 3:00 pm
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
Toledo Symphony Orchestra
May 17 and 18 at 8:00 pm
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
www.toledosymphony.com/events/2019/05/17/promedica-masterworks/mahler-s-resurrection/
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Toledo, OH
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
www.toledosymphony.com/events/2019/05/17/promedica-masterworks/mahler-s-resurrection/
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Toledo, OH
Akron Symphony Orchestra
March 16 at 8:00 pm
Also sprach Zarathustra
https://akronsymphony.org/event/also-sprach-zarathustra/
E.J. Thomas Hall
Akron, OH
Also sprach Zarathustra
https://akronsymphony.org/event/also-sprach-zarathustra/
E.J. Thomas Hall
Akron, OH
2018
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
November 3 at 8:00 pm
In Selfless Service
Edward W. Powers Auditorium
Youngstown, OH
In Selfless Service
Edward W. Powers Auditorium
Youngstown, OH
Ann Arbor Symphony
October 27 at 8 pm
Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor, MI
Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor, MI
Toledo Symphony Orchestra
September 29 at 8:00 pm
West Side Story: Film with Live Orchestra
www.toledosymphony.com/events/2018/09/29/keybank-pops/west-side-story-film-with-live-orchestra/
Stranahan Theatre
Toledo, OH
West Side Story: Film with Live Orchestra
www.toledosymphony.com/events/2018/09/29/keybank-pops/west-side-story-film-with-live-orchestra/
Stranahan Theatre
Toledo, OH
Berkshire Opera Festival
August 25 at 1:00 pm, August 28 and 31 at 7:30 pm
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
https://www.berkshireoperafestival.org/rigoletto
The Colonial Theatre
Pittsfield, MA
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
https://www.berkshireoperafestival.org/rigoletto
The Colonial Theatre
Pittsfield, MA
Chamber Artists of Southeast Michigan (CASM)
June 17, 3 pm
Trio Brilliant
CASM Artists Brandon LePage and Nick Thompson present an
intimate afternoon of flute, clarinet, and piano trio music.
Repertoire to include works by Jennifer Higdon, Shostakovich, and Maurice Emmanuel.
More info about CASM and this recital can be found here:
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
Trio Brilliant
CASM Artists Brandon LePage and Nick Thompson present an
intimate afternoon of flute, clarinet, and piano trio music.
Repertoire to include works by Jennifer Higdon, Shostakovich, and Maurice Emmanuel.
More info about CASM and this recital can be found here:
http://www.casmmusic.org/summer-season.html
Downriver Council for the Arts
Wyandotte, MI
MM Recital at University of Michigan, Stamps Auditorium
April 15 at 8:00 pm
MM Recital
Janos Komives - Flammes
Bohuslav Martinů - Sonatina
Max Reger - Romanze, Tarantella and Albumblatt
Charles-Marie Widor - Introduction et Rondo
Robert Muczynski - Fantasy Trio
Stamps Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI
MM Recital
Janos Komives - Flammes
Bohuslav Martinů - Sonatina
Max Reger - Romanze, Tarantella and Albumblatt
Charles-Marie Widor - Introduction et Rondo
Robert Muczynski - Fantasy Trio
Stamps Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI
Toledo Symphony Orchestra
February 23 & 24 at 8:00 pm
Seven Deadly Sins with Storm Large
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Toledo, OH
http://www.toledosymphony.com/events/2018/02/23/promedica-classics/seven-deadly-sins/
Seven Deadly Sins with Storm Large
Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Toledo, OH
http://www.toledosymphony.com/events/2018/02/23/promedica-classics/seven-deadly-sins/
Flint Symphony Orchestra
January 20 at 7:30 pm
Johann Strauss Jr. Gypsy Baron Overture and On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Beethoven Violin Concerto with Ray Chen, Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
The Whiting
Flint, MI
thefso.org/concerts/classical-concerts/january-20-2018
Johann Strauss Jr. Gypsy Baron Overture and On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Beethoven Violin Concerto with Ray Chen, Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
The Whiting
Flint, MI
thefso.org/concerts/classical-concerts/january-20-2018
2017
Toledo Symphony Orchestra
November 25 at 8:00 pm
Disney In Concert: Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Stranahan Theatre
Toledo, OH
http://www.toledosymphony.com/events/2017/11/25/special-events/disney-in-concert-tim-burton-s-the-nightmare-before-christmas/
Disney In Concert: Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Stranahan Theatre
Toledo, OH
http://www.toledosymphony.com/events/2017/11/25/special-events/disney-in-concert-tim-burton-s-the-nightmare-before-christmas/