Performances
Performances
May 25th, 2025
2.00 PM
Schubertiade
A solo version of my Schubert-themed program originally presented in 2020 at the Ethical Society in Philadelphia. Part of the Salon Concerts Series at Klavierhaus, the program features variations on themes by Schubert by Lachenmann, Hoiby, and Fennimore, followed by Schubert’s last piano sonata (B-Flat, D. 960). The performance will be live-streamed, and seats for in-person attendance can be reserved here.
April 4th, 2025
3.00 PM
Honneger: King David
I join the orchestra as celeste player for a performance of Arthur Honegger’s dramatic oratorio with the choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown.
February 8th, 2025
2.00 PM
Music by Black Composers
Laurice Kennel, soprano, and Brenton Mattox, bass, present an eclectic mix of vocal work by Leslie Adams, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Rosephayne Powell and others.
November 2nd, 2024
8.00 PM
Chamber Music of George Walker
I will perform both as soloist and member of Arcana New Music Ensemble performing Walker’s Piano Sonata no. 4, a selection of songs, and Perimiters for Clarinet and Piano. Presented by Bowerbird.
May 9th, 2024
7.30 PM
Le Vent: Sounds of France
I collaborate with Philly Chamber Winds, a group founded by Jennifer Montone, principal horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The program includes the Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds, the Trio for Oboe Bassoon and Piano, and other solo and chamber works by French Composers.
April 20th, 2024
7.30 PM
Antheil's Ballet Mécanique: Where Music, History, and Circus Meet
I will be performing with members of Trenton’s Capital Philharmonic in George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique, a work scored for four pianos and percussion. I will also be playing Bach’s Concerto for Four Keyboard instruments, arranged by conductor Daniel Spalding for percussion as well.
September 23th, 2023
7.30 PM
House Concert with Thomas Kraines, cello
Fantastic cellist Thomas Kraines and I will both play solo as well as duo works, including the Rachmainoff Sonata for Cello and Piano. This is at the private residence of Mike and Laura Berenstain in Ambler, PA. Anyone may come but please send me a message for an invitation.
September 15th, 2022
7.30 PM
Recital with Paolo Tabaillone, flute
Presented by Powell Flutes. From 2006 to 2008 Paolo Taballione served as principal flute in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra conducted by Z. Mehta and in 2008 he became the flute soloist of the “Bayerische Staatsoper” in Munich. Works by Libermann and Saint-Saëns, among others.
May 9th, 2022
3.30 PM
Solo Recital
Works by Fauré, Bach, Shostakovich and Beethoven. RSVP not necessary, $20 suggested donation at the door.
March 27th, 2022
3.00 PM
Beethoven Choral Fantasy
Performing as soloist in an arrangement of Beethoven’s work for strings and piano and the choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown. Also on the program is Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass.
June 30th, 2021
7.00 PM
(online livestream)
Arcana: Coming Together
Here I participate in a prerecorded performance of Rzewski’s “Coming Together” with members of Arcana New Music Ensemble. All tracks recorded separately and combined in conjunction with the world premiere of a video by Moor Mother.
February 20th, 2020
8.00 PM
David Hughes: Schubertiade
A labor of love, mostly-solo concert curated by myself, and if I may allow myself to say such a silly thing in my event description, the crown jewel of my programming thus far. The first half of this program features mostly modern composers in pieces inspired by Schubert; the second half is Schubert’s last piano sonata, one of his greatest works. Assisted by Tom Kraines, cello, and Anaïs Naharro-Murphy, soprano. Offered on the occasion of my own 40th birthday (belatedly), this concert features everything I know about being human: love, death, hope, anxiety and everything in between.
February 8th, 2020
7.00 PM
David First: Same Animal, Different Cages--Night 2
I perform one solo work and one work with the Arcana Percussion Ensemble in Bowerbird’s second night of two concerts featuring compositions by multifaceted NYC-based composer David First.
October 10th, 2019
8.00 PM
George Crumb: Out of Darkness
Arcana New Music Ensemble performs works by George Crumb in the presence of the composer himself. This is part of a three-concert event, Zeitgeist: George Crumb at 90, produced by Bowerbird in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Department of Music and the Annenberg Center.
September 24th, 2019
9.30 PM
The Bearded Ladies Late Night Snacks Cabaret: Rotten Fruit
I collaborate with cast members of Opera Philadelphia’s production of Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges in a mixed opera and musical theater program.
September 21st, 2019
9.30 PM
The Bearded Ladies Late Night Snacks Cabaret: Jasmine Rice LaBeija
I collaborate with NYC-based trained opera singer-turned-drag queen Jasmine Rice LaBeija in a short set of classics.
September 19th, 2019
7.30 PM
Groupmuse Concert
My second solo performance via Groupmuse, featuring works by Liszt, Beethoven, Hoiby and Schubert. Register online in advance!
September 14th, 2019
11.30 PM
The Bearded Ladies Late Night Snacks Cabaret: Opera Philadelphia
I play piano for the Opera Philadelphia chorus in “A Chorus Whine: Opera Chorus Tells All” hosted by Cookie Diorio.
September 14th, 2019
11.30 PM
The Bearded Ladies Late Night Snacks Cabaret: Opera Philadelphia
I play piano for the Opera Philadelphia chorus in “A Chorus Whine: Opera Chorus Tells All” hosted by Cookie Diorio.
June 10th, 2019
6.00 PM
Singing Walt Whitman--Free Library of Philadelphia
See the WRTI broadcast event below for further description. This is a free admission concert
June 9th, 2019
6.00 PM
Orchestra 2001: Along the Delaware
I perform in the world premiere of Benjamin Wenzelberg’s Ultrathing in a concert of otherwise water-themed works. Free and open to the public.
May 30th, 2019
5.00 PM
Singing Walt Whitman: Rosenbach Museum
See the WRTI broadcast event for further description.
May 22th, 2019
12.10 PM
Craft Works Music: Singing Walt Whitman--WRTI live broadcast
accompany “podcast choir” Craft Works music in settings of Whitman’s poetry from the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Drinker Collection of Choral Music. The WRTI live broadcast precedes two further concerts featuring additional repertoire in celebration of Whitman’s 200th birthday.
April 17th, 2019
11.20 PM
Mallery Concert Series: Goldberg Variations
A solo performance of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach
Mallery Room, Fine Arts Building Rutgers. University Camden, N.J.
March 27th, 2019
8.30 PM
Undone: A Contemporary Concert Series
I’ll play Dreamwaking, a recently composed solo piece by Erin Busch, on the first installation of this series, which features both jazz and classical work.
March 21th, 2019
3.30 PM
Widener University Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Piano trios by Beethoven and Dvorak with Serban Petrescu, violin, and Mara Parker, cello.
Kapelski Hall Widener University Chester, PA
March 16th, 2019
8.00 PM
Johanna Beyer: Music of the Spheres--Night Two
Arcana New Music Ensemble is featured in the second of a two-day retrospective of music by pioneering American composer Johanna Beyer.
February 9th, 2019
8.00 PM
Strange City: The Music of Claude Vivier
Arcana New Music Ensemble presents a portrait concert of Vivier’s highly intense and unique work, curated and organized by David Hughes.