PAST EVENTS

Concert #4 of the 2018-19 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Cuarteto Latinoamericano and composer Dan Román. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with the members of Cuarteto Latinoamericano for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Concert #3 of the 2018-19 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the Handel and Haydn Society. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with members of the Handel and Haydn Society for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

The Mattinate Musical Internazionali program will include Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings, as well as music by Glazunov and Barber.

Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni
Massimo Belli, conductor
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone

"Serate Musicali" will include music by Larry Alan Smith (four of his Emily Dickinson Songs), as well as music by Hagen, Mangani, Massenet, Bates, and Puccini. The performers: Pianist Tracy Cowden, soprano Anna Caterina Cornacchini, flutist Marialaura Mangini, violinist Elisabetta Mattacena, and hornist J. Drew Stephen.

Strolling on a World Map
Four Corners Ensemble
Shuying Li, Composer and Artistic Director
Joshua Anderson, clarinet
The program will include a performance of Larry Alan Smith's Le maschere (2018).

Concert #2 of the 2018-19 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with the members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Virtuosity & Beyond
Wa Concert Series
Ayako Oshima, clarinet
The program will include the New York Premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Le maschere (2018).

Light Enough – A Concert of American Song
Robert Barefield, baritone
Kelly Horsted, piano
The program will include Larry Alan Smith's Songs of Time, Patience and Longing

Collettivo Dadalouve (Stefania Di Massa, artistic director) will perform for the ceremony celebrating the restoration of the statue of Ovid (Ovidio). Music by Larry Alan Smith ("Three Pieces for Piano")

Concert #1 of the 2018-19 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey and jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey and jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Oboist James Austin Smith will play Larry Alan Smith's Three Angularities for solo oboe at the 2018 International Double Reed Society Conference. The score is published by the Theodore Presser Company, and it is available at www.presser.com.

Collettivo Danza Dadalouve di Stefania Di Massa
Stefania Di Massa, choreographer
Paolo Canale, piano
Music by Larry Alan Smith ("Three Pieces for Piano")
Festival: Piano Piano per Sulmona 2018

Larry Alan Smith will be a member of the 2018 Composition Faculty at Connecticut Summerfest. Connecticut Summerfest is a weeklong contemporary music festival for the education and career advancement of emerging composers and performers. The festival is comprised of seminars, lessons, rehearsals, and recording sessions for participants, as well as a free concert series open to the public, featuring our ensembles-in-residence and new works by participant composers!

Pianist Irma Vallecillo's program will include "Flor de Fango" from Larry Alan Smith's Three Pieces for Piano.

Clarinetist Ayako Oshima will give the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Le Maschere (2018).

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Wind Ensemble
J. Thomas Seddon IV, conductor
The program will include the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Invocations (2018) for wind ensemble.

Larry Alan Smith will be speaking to University of Wisconsin-La Crosse music students at their weekly forum.

Larry Alan Smith will be speaking to the University's Composers' Seminar.

Larry Alan Smith's Wind Quintet No. 2 (2018) – "Three Bas-Reliefs" will be given its world premiere as part of the Asian Composers League-Korea International Music Festival.

Larry Alan Smith will be speaking to the University's Composers' Seminar.

Larry Alan Smith will be speaking to the University's Composers' Seminar.

Larry Alan Smith will be speaking to the University's Composers' Seminar.

The Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) will give the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Una donna, un uomo ed alcune pecore (2017) as part of its CCRMA Spring Concert II. Dr. Smith's work, Fugue You, Donald will also be included.

As part of the University of Hartford's Presidents' College, Garmany Series Curator Larry Alan Smith and Presidents' College Director Steve Metcalf will discuss trends in classical music programming and presenting, with a special focus on how 21st century chamber music ensembles are positioning themselves to be successful in a rapidly changing world.

Larry Alan Smith will introduce the first concert of The Hartt School's two-concert commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy – Après un siècle. The second concert will take place on Sunday, April 8th at 6:00 pm.

Concert #4 of the 2017-18 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the Attacca Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with the members of the Attacca Quartet for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Canadian premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Symphony No. 4

The Poet Sings: Emily Dickinson
Soprano Sonja Tengblad, tenor Eric Neuville and pianist Michelle Schumann explore Emily Dickinson's poetry through the works of today's best living composers of vocal music. This program includes songs by Larry Alan Smith.

The Poet Sings: Emily Dickinson
Soprano Sonja Tengblad, tenor Eric Neuville and pianist Michelle Schumann explore Emily Dickinson's poetry through the works of today's best living composers of vocal music. This program includes songs by Larry Alan Smith.

Concert #3 of the 2017-18 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring flutist Emmanual Pahud and pianist Alessio Bax. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Oboist James Austin Smith will perform Larry Alan Smith's Three Angularities for Solo Oboe as part of Tertulia's February 2018 event.

Larry Alan Smith will speak to the Hartt Composers' Seminar. The topic: Compositional Working Methods.

Larry Alan Smith's Three Pieces for Piano will be performed by pianist and Ethel Walker faculty member Marguerita Oundjian Smith.

Concert #2 of the 2017-18 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Trio Latitude 41 and composer Jonathan Berger. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with the members of Trio Latitude 41 for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Larry Alan Smith, curator of the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series, will moderate a discussion with the members of the Heath Quartet for the University of Hartford's Presidents' College.

Concert #1 of the 2017-18 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the Heath Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Larry Alan Smith will participate in a concert marking the 65th birthday of composer David Macbride. Dr. Smith will perform his work, Lane Tells Gladstone Belle His Story (2007) for narrator and pianist.

The Hartt Orchestra, soprano Cherie Caluda and conductor Edward Cumming will premiere Epistulae ex Ponto – Letters from the Black Sea (2017) for soprano and orchestra by Larry Alan Smith. The texts are drawn from works by Ovid.

Concert #4 of the 2016-17 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Decoda – The Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

Concert #3 of the 2016-17 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the Chiara String Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

This concert was snowed out on both February 9th and 12th! It eventually took place on Monday, April 3rd.

Concert #2 of the 2016-17 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the Juilliard String Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

The Vincent Persichetti Society will join with several other organizations to present a very special program featuring pianist Mirian Conti. Larry Alan Smith is the President of the Society. Please check back for more details.

Cantabile Project will present a recital entitled "War and Peace" featuring art songs by Leonard Bernstein, Tom Cipullo, Scott Gendel, John Kander, John Lennon and Larry Alan Smith.

Concert #1 of the 2016-17 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring the PRISM Quartet. Larry Alan Smith is the curator of the Series.

LA Harptette will perform Larry Alan Smith's Poems (1984) for Harp Ensemble.

World Premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Symphony No. 4 (2016)
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor

World Premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Symphony No. 4 (2016)
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor

The program will include the world premiere of Ars Amatoria (complete ballet: Books I-III)
Music by Larry Alan Smith
Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley
Bowen McCauley Dance
Laura Smith, oboe/English Horn
William Kelly, clarinet/bass clarinet
Sean Neidlinger, cello
Marguerita Oundjian Smith, piano

The program will include the world premiere of Ars Amatoria (complete ballet: Books I-III)
Music by Larry Alan Smith
Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley
Bowen McCauley Dance
Laura Smith, oboe/English Horn
William Kelly, clarinet/bass clarinet
Sean Neidlinger, cello
Marguerita Oundjian Smith, piano

A program of music by Larry Alan Smith will be presented by the Camerata Musicale Sulmonese as part of its 2015-16 season. Larry Alan Smith will be speaking about the music and performing as a pianist.

The performers will include:
Stefania Franchini, violin
Sandro Carbone, flute
Massimo Magri, cello
Larry Alan Smith, piano
Coro Sine Nomine (Teramo, Italy) – Ettore Sisino, director

The program:

Trio for Three Flutes (1983)
Ti seguo . . . Mi segui (2015) for flute duo
One Hour to Madness and Joy (1975) for solo flute
Scat (2012) for flute quartet
Pibroch Fantasy (1977) for violin, cello and piano
Three Pieces for Piano (2015)*
Psalms of David (2016)* for three-part female choir
Tre madrigali (2015)* for three-part female choir
Ave Maria (2015)* for two-part female choir
Ille ego qui fuerim (2015)* for three-part female choir

*World premiere performances

Atlas Intersections Festival 2016: Moveius Contemporary Ballet
Perspectives: Modern Women in Dance
World premiere of Ars Amatoria (Book I)
Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley
Music by Larry Alan Smith
Kelly Peral, oboe
Chad Martin, clarinet
Sean Neidlinger, cello
Marguerita Oundjian Smith, piano

The Artsong Repertory Theater Company production of forgetting. will include a performance of Larry Alan Smith's A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray!. The concept has been developed by Cory O'Niell Walker & Jennifer Beattie.

The Artsong Repertory Theater Company production of forgetting. will include a performance of Larry Alan Smith's A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray!. The concept has been developed by Cory O'Niell Walker & Jennifer Beattie.

Larry Alan Smith at 60 – A Birthday Celebration

This event will be streamed live.

Janet Arms, flute
Cherie Caluda, soprano
Eric Dahlin, cello
Allison Hughes, flute
Natalia Kaminska-Palarczyk, flute
Christopher Ladd, guitar
Maura Rabuffo, soprano
James Austin Smith, oboe
Larry Alan Smith, piano
Shannon Vandzura, flute

Trio for Three Flutes (1983)
Ti seguo . . . Mi segui (2015) for flute duo – World Premiere Performance
One Hour to Madness and Joy (1975) for solo flute
Scat (2012) for flute quartet
Songs without Words (2010) for solo cello
Songs of the Darkness (1991) for soprano, flute and guitar
Three Angularities (2006) for solo oboe
Epigrams (2015) for soprano and piano – World Premiere Performance
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1988)

This event is free and open to the public. Seating will be limited.

Composer Larry Alan Smith will make a presentation to the Hartt Composers' Seminar. The focus will be on works that he has written for dance. This event (5:00-6:20 pm) is free and open to the public. The Bliss Music Room is located in the Fuller Music Center.

Larry Alan Smith will be participating in a panel discussion about the life and work of his former teacher and mentor, Vincent Persichetti.

The Juilliard School is presenting VINCENT PERSICHETTI (1915-1987) – A Centennial Tribute on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. There will be a pre-concert panel at 7:00 pm followed by a concert of music by Vincent Persichetti at 8:00 pm. Both events will take place in Paul Hall. Peter Schickele will serve as the moderator for the panel that will include Philip Glass, Elena Ruehr, Larry Alan Smith and Robert Taub. The performers for the concert will include the Blue Hill Quartet, pianist Jennifer Chu, pianist Mirian Conti, organist Ryan Kennedy, violist Milan Milisavljević and trumpeter Theodore Van Dyck.

Larry Alan Smith will participate in a panel discussion that is being presented by the Network for New Music in honor of the centennial of Vincent Persichetti's birth. The "Persichetti Diaspora" panel will include several of his former students.

Aternus Chamber Orchestra
Leonid Sigal, violin
Eric Dahlin, cello
Fabio Witkowski, piano
Larry Alan Smith, conductor

Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia in D Major, Op. 18, No.1
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Larry Alan Smith: Aurora (2013) – U.S. Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56

This concert is free and open to the public.

Conspirare presents . . . The Poet Sings: Emily Dickinson
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Eric Neuville, tenor
Michelle Schumann, piano
The program will include three songs from Larry Alan Smith's A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray!.

Conspirare presents . . . The Poet Sings: Emily Dickinson
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Eric Neuville, tenor
Michelle Schumann, piano
The program will include three songs from Larry Alan Smith's A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray!.

Oboist James Austin Smith will perform Larry Alan Smith's Three Angularities (2006) on a program that will also include Louis Andriessen's For Pauline O.

Bowen McCauley Dance will perform TWO with choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith. Look for BMD near Cibo!

Bowen McCauley Dance will perform TWO with choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith.

CONTEMPORARY ELEMENTS - NEW SONG IN NEW YORK
Celebrating the eclectic voice of NYC song composers
Soprano Justine Aronson will sing Larry Alan Smith's "Wild Nights – Wild Nights!" from his Emily Dickinson Songs (2005)
Ken Drake, piano
Tami Petty and Sarah Griffiths, Co-Artistic Directors

Contemporary Music Ensembles
The concert will include Larry Alan Smith's Songs of the Darkness (1991)
Taylor Lewis, flute
Jacob Liutkus, guitar
Stephanie Brassard, soprano

Performance of Larry Alan Smith's A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray! (2010)
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Tami Petty, soprano
Brent Funderburk, piano
This concert is being curated by Paul Sperry.

Performance of Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings (2010)
Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Pasquale Veleno, conductor

Performance of Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings (2010)
Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Pasquale Veleno, conductor

Performance of Larry Alan Smith's Aurora (2013) for orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio "L. D'Annunzio"
Roberto Molinelli, conductor

Workshop Performance – The Washington Ballet Studio Company

This will mark the first public presentation of a recently commissioned work by choreographer Lucy Bowen McCauley and composer Larry Alan Smith. The 14-minute work is scored for piano trio (violin, cello and piano).

Performance of Larry Alan Smith's Poems
Crane Harp Ensemble
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis, Director

"I dwell in Possibility" – A CD Launch Celebration
Cherie Caluda, soprano with composer-pianists Larry Alan Smith and Juliana Hall and pianist Miguel Campinho
A reception will follow the brief performance/presentation

The 2014 edition of Settimane Musicali in Abruzzo will take place in August.
Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic Director of the Festival.

The 2014 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy will run from July 7-August 3, 2014. Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic and Executive Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts.

The Studio Company of the Washington Ballet will premiere a new dance work with choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith. Check back for details.

“One Look Too Close": a lecture-recital by guitarist Thomas Schuttenhelm on contemporary American Art song for voice and guitar featuring music by Larry Alan Smith, Ken Steen, Tony Solitro and Thomas Schuttenhelm. Presented with soprano Sarah Hersh-Armstrong.

The Kalisz Philharmonic, conducted by Pasquale Veleno, will perform Larry Alan Smith's A Fanfare for Wolfgang (1991).

Bowen McCauley Dance will present two performances at the Kennedy Center. Larry Alan Smith is the Music Director of Bowen McCauley Dance. Details of the program will be announced soon.

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Christopher Zimmerman, will present Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra (2010). Carrie Koffman will be the soloist.

Conductor Roberto Molinelli and the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese will present the second performance of Larry Alan Smith's Aurora (2013).

Conductor Roberto Molinelli and the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese will present the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Aurora (2013).

Alfred Savia conducts the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Quick Silver (2013). This work, commissioned by the orchestra, celebrates Alfred Savia's 25th Anniversary as EPO Music Director.

The 2013 edition of Settimane Musicali in Abruzzo will take place in August.
Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic Director of the Festival.

The 2013 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy will run from July 8-August 4, 2013. Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic and Executive Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts.

The Cygnus Ensemble will perform An Infant Crying . . . (1984) as part of the Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival 2013. These concerts are hosted by composer Victoria Bond.

Tenor Andrew Fuchs
Final Doctoral Recital
The program will include Songs of the Silence (1983) by Larry Alan Smith.

Bowen McCauley Dance
Maryland Youth Ballet
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Rebecca Racusin, violin
Megan Yanik, viola
Jessica Sammis, cello
Fabio Witkowski, piano
Gisele Witkowski, piano
Marguerita Oundjian Smith, piano
Larry Alan Smith, piano
McCauley – Smith: Before the Fall
McCauley/Paul – Soluri: Fire and Ice
McCauley – Maurice: Tableaux de Provence
McCauley – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Aternus Chamber Orchestra
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Larry Alan Smith, conductor
Music by Tartini, Persichetti, Wolf-Ferrari, White and Piazzolla.

Butler University Graduate Recital: Kyle Wernke, conducting
The concert will include a performance of Serenade (1978) by Larry Alan Smith

Aternus Chamber Orchestra
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Larry Alan Smith, conductor
Music by Tartini, Persichetti, Wolf-Ferrari, White and Piazzolla.

Oboist James Austin Smith's program will include Three Angularities (2006) by Larry Alan Smith.

Cathryn Cummings Graduate Horn Recital – Reconstruction: Everything Old is New Again
The Hartt School of the University of Hartford
The program will include a performance of Fancie by Larry Alan Smith.

Larry Alan Smith will give a presentation for the Charlottesville Music Teachers Association that has been entitled: "A Cacaphonous Quodlibet - Larry Alan Smith's Musical Life" – There is limited space for guests. Contact Larry Alan Smith if you would like to attend.

I Solisti Aquilani
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Larry Alan Smith, conductor
Music by Haydn, Suk, Michael White and Bernstein

Bowen McCauley Dance will present a 2013 Conference Showcase at APAP/NYC. TWO (Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and Music by Larry Alan Smith) will be performed. Larry Alan Smith's recording of the solo piano work will be used for this performance.

Carrie Koffman, saxophone
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Larry Alan Smith, piano
This program will include a performance of Larry Alan Smith's Poesie (2012) for alto saxophone and piano.

Larry Alan Smith will be presenting a three-session course for the University of Virginia's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute entitled "American Music/French Roots – The Influence of Nadia Boulanger on American Composers of the 20th Century"

Course Description:

In 1921, a young American composer named Aaron Copland went to France in order to continue his musical studies. He encountered the French composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger, and the rest, as they say, is history. Fifty-five years later, Larry Alan Smith would follow in the footsteps of Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Walter Poston, David Diamond, Philip Glass and countless other American composers by studying with Nadia Boulanger. This class will explore Boulanger’s extraordinary life and family, her impact on American music and her ground-breaking performances as a female conductor. Dr. Smith will share his personal experiences, and he will also speak about music education in France and the United States.

Session #3 of 3

Larry Alan Smith will be presenting a three-session course for the University of Virginia's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute entitled "American Music/French Roots – The Influence of Nadia Boulanger on American Composers of the 20th Century"

Course Description:

In 1921, a young American composer named Aaron Copland went to France in order to continue his musical studies. He encountered the French composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger, and the rest, as they say, is history. Fifty-five years later, Larry Alan Smith would follow in the footsteps of Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Walter Poston, David Diamond, Philip Glass and countless other American composers by studying with Nadia Boulanger. This class will explore Boulanger’s extraordinary life and family, her impact on American music and her ground-breaking performances as a female conductor. Dr. Smith will share his personal experiences, and he will also speak about music education in France and the United States.

Session #2 of 3

Bowen McCauley Dance will present TWO (Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith). Larry Alan Smith will be the pianist.

Bowen McCauley Dance will present Ozone and TWO (Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith). Soprano Barbara Paterson, flutist Janet Arms and cellist Han-Wei Lu will be the performers for Ozone. Larry Alan Smith will be the pianist for TWO.

Larry Alan Smith will be presenting a three-session course for the University of Virginia's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute entitled "American Music/French Roots – The Influence of Nadia Boulanger on American Composers of the 20th Century"

Course Description:

In 1921, a young American composer named Aaron Copland went to France in order to continue his musical studies. He encountered the French composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger, and the rest, as they say, is history. Fifty-five years later, Larry Alan Smith would follow in the footsteps of Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Walter Poston, David Diamond, Philip Glass and countless other American composers by studying with Nadia Boulanger. This class will explore Boulanger’s extraordinary life and family, her impact on American music and her ground-breaking performances as a female conductor. Dr. Smith will share his personal experiences, and he will also speak about music education in France and the United States.

Session #1 of 3

Bowen McCauley Dance will present the premiere performance of TWO (Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith). Larry Alan Smith will be the pianist. This performance is part of a three-day residency at Shenandoah University. Larry Alan Smith will be speaking with the composition and arts management majors.

Dancers Iris Andersen and Dustin Kimball from Bowen McCauley Dance will present a private preview performance of TWO (Choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith). Larry Alan Smith will be the pianist.

I Solisti Aquilani
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone
Larry Alan Smith, conductor
Music by Haydn, Suk, Michael White, Persichetti and Bernstein

The 2012 edition of Settimane Musicali in Abruzzo will take place in August. Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic Director of the Festival. He will be conducting three concerts with I Solisti Aquilani. Check back for details.

This concert, presented by flutist Janet Arms, is a part of the 40th Annual National Flute Association Conference. Larry Alan Smith's Scat (2012) for flute quartet will be premiered on a program entitled "Flute Music Now: A Recital Featuring the Works of the Hartt School Faculty Composers."

Classics I - Larry Alan Smith conducting the Wintergreen Chamber Players in a performance of Bruckner's "Symphony No. 7" arranged for 10 players under the supervision of Arnold Schoenberg.

Classics I - Larry Alan Smith conducting the Wintergreen Chamber Players in a performance of Bruckner's "Symphony No. 7" arranged for 10 players under the supervision of Arnold Schoenberg.

The 2012 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival will run from July 6-August 5, 2012. Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic and Executive Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts.

Opening Night of the 2012 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival with Larry Alan Smith conducting the Wintergreen Chamber Players in works by Debussy and Hindemith.

The Studio Company of the Washington Ballet premieres Before the fall (2012) with choreography by Lucy Bowen McCauley and music by Larry Alan Smith. The new work is scored for piano/four-hands, and it will be performed by pianists Marguerita Oundjian Smith and Larry Alan Smith.

Larry Alan Smith will conduct a concert of music by Michael Haydn, Josef Suk, Michael White (world premiere) and Leonard Bernstein with I Solisti Aquilani. Saxophonist Gaetano Di Bacco will be the concerto soloist.

Bowen McCauley Dance presents Lucy Bowen McCauley's Ozone which uses two of Larry Alan Smith's works . . . Songs without Words (2010) for solo cello and Songs without Words (2011) for soprano and flute. Yvonne Caruthers, cello; Barbara Paterson, soprano and Janet Arms, flute - Larry Alan Smith is the Music Director of Bowen McCauley Dance. Poet Rita Dove will read her poem, Ozone, at both performances.

Five of Larry Alan Smith's Chansons de Prévert will be performed at récital conférence "Prévert et la chanson" by soprano Marie-Caroline Kfouri and pianist Pierrette Mari.

Edward Cumming conducts the Hartt Symphony Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of Larry Alan Smith's "Symphony No. 3."

This concert will feature Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra (2010)
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Larry Alan Smith, guest conductor
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone

Opening Night of the 2011 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival
This concert will feature the U.S. premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra (2010)
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Larry Alan Smith, guest conductor
Gaetano Di Bacco, saxophone

Við Djúpið Music Festival in Ísafjörður, Iceland
Hádegistónleikar // Lunch Consert
James Austin Smith, óbó // oboe
The concert will include a performance of Larry Alan Smith's Three Angularities (2006).

This concert, honoring the work of the ESCA (English Speaking Cancer Association . . . www.cancersupport.ch), will include the European Premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Songs without Words (2010) for solo cello. Daniel Grosgurin will be the cellist.

Bowen McCauley Dance
Lucy Bowen McCauley, Artistic Director

The program will include a new dance work choreographed by Lucy Bowen McCauley with music by Larry Alan Smith. The dance work is based on Ozone, a poem written by Rita Dove.

The dance score combines two of Dr. Smith's recent works, Songs without Words (2010) for solo cello and Songs without Words (2011) for soprano and flute.

The performers will be:
Millicent Scarlett, soprano
Kerrin Kampa, flute
Yvonne Caruthers, cello


A gala will follow the performance at 9:30 pm.

Music and Memories of the Civil War
Ariana Wyatt, soprano
Tracy Cowden, piano

This program will include music by Larry Alan Smith

Music from Mount San Angelo - A Celebration of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

This program will include music by Larry Alan Smith.

Soprano Cherie Caluda will give a performance of works from her upcoming recording project, including Larry Alan Smith's Emily Dickinson Songs (2005) and A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray! (2010). Larry Alan Smith will be the pianist.

Larry Alan Smith Unplugged is a fundraiser for Wintergreen Performing Arts, and it will feature Larry Alan Smith as composer, pianist and raconteur.

This event is SOLD OUT.

Session #3 of 3

Larry Alan Smith will present a three-part course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia. The lecture is entitled Art Song: Uniting Words and Music.

Art song is one of the most intimate and emotionally charged genres of classical music. Generally defined as a poem set to music, art songs are performed by a solo singer and pianist. Composer, pianist and poet Larry Alan Smith will present a variety of examples from the past 300 years, including some of his own art songs. There will be a live performance during the final class.

New Music Now
World premiere of Songs without Words (2010) for solo cello
Kevin Krentz, cello
West Coast premiere of A Slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray! (2010) for soprano and piano (Poems by Emily Dickinson)
Gilda Lyons, soprano
Robert Frankenberry, piano

Larry Alan Smith will be one of the composers-in-residence at the 2010 Season Music Festival from October 9-13, 2010.

Session #2 of 3

Larry Alan Smith will present a three-part course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia. The lecture is entitled Art Song: Uniting Words and Music.

Art song is one of the most intimate and emotionally charged genres of classical music. Generally defined as a poem set to music, art songs are performed by a solo singer and pianist. Composer, pianist and poet Larry Alan Smith will present a variety of examples from the past 300 years, including some of his own art songs. There will be a live performance during the final class.

Session #1 of 3

Larry Alan Smith will present a three-part course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia. The lecture is entitled Art Song: Uniting Words and Music.

Art song is one of the most intimate and emotionally charged genres of classical music. Generally defined as a poem set to music, art songs are performed by a solo singer and pianist. Composer, pianist and poet Larry Alan Smith will present a variety of examples from the past 300 years, including some of his own art songs. There will be a live performance during the final class.

I Solisti Aquilani
Gaetano di Bacco, soprano saxophone
This concert will feature the world premiere of Larry Alan Smith's Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra (2010)

The 2010 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy - Nearly 300 events in 28 days. Larry Alan Smith is the Artistic and Executive Director. The theme for 2010 is Vienna.

The Hymn Tune Project - The Phoenix Concerts celebrates its fifth season with ten premieres commissioned for its new Ensemble-in-Residence, The Finisterra Piano Trio. Each premiere will take as its starting point a traditional work, hymn, or spiritual and will be paired in concert with the original work that inspired it, performed by vocalists Gilda Lyons and Elaine Valby, in this one-hour program. One of the commissioned works will be by Larry Alan Smith.

The Hymn Tune Project - The Phoenix Concerts celebrates its fifth season with ten premieres commissioned for its new Ensemble-in-Residence, The Finisterra Piano Trio. Each premiere will take as its starting point a traditional work, hymn, or spiritual and will be paired in concert with the original work that inspired it, performed by vocalists Gilda Lyons and Elaine Valby, in this one-hour program. One of the commissioned works will be by Larry Alan Smith.

Preview - The Hymn Tune Project - The Phoenix Concerts celebrates its fifth season with ten premieres commissioned for its new Ensemble-in-Residence, The Finisterra Piano Trio. Each premiere will take as its starting point a traditional work, hymn, or spiritual and will be paired in concert with the original work that inspired it, performed by vocalists Gilda Lyons and Elaine Valby, in this one-hour program. One of the commissioned works will be by Larry Alan Smith.

As a result of his successful debut with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in October 2008, Dr. Smith will return to historic Fort Revelin in May. The soloist and program will be announced soon.

Students who participated in the Larry Alan Smith Vocal Music Workshop will present a final concert. The program will consist of songs written by Larry Alan Smith, and Dr. Smith with be the pianist for the performance.

Workshop on American Vocal Music: Art Songs of Composer Larry Alan Smith

Larry Alan Smith will give a workshop on his vocal music for voice students from the Academy of Music in Zagreb and the Academy of Fine Arts in Split. Students of Cynthia Hansell-Bakic and other prominent teachers will participate.

Larry Alan Smith will present a lecture for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia. The lecture is entitled Programming a Summer Music Festival: Letting One's Imagination Run Wild.

Using the upcoming 2010 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy as a case study, Dr. Smith will talk about his approach to programming from conception to implementation. The theme for 2010 is Vienna, and the lecture will demonstrate how music, dance, film, theatre and many other elements can be combined to create a comprehensive regional festival with more than 200 events.

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Larry Alan Smith will deliver his Humanities Center lecture at the University of Hartford. The theme of the 2009-10 Humanities Seminar is "Framing War." In addition to a discussion of Dr. Smith's Symphony No. 2 and All Good Men (both works relate to war), the lecture will include the premiere of a new war-related song cycle. Soprano Cherie Caluda and pianist Larry Alan Smith will be the performers.

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation and The Phoenix Concerts are sponsoring an evening of Art Song at Galapagos, and the program includes All Music, All Delight by Larry Alan Smith. The performers for Art Song Forward: unplugged will be soprano Martha Guth (who will sing the Smith song), mezzo-soprano Nicole Mitchell, countertenor Daniel Gundlach, tenor/baritone Daniel Neer and pianist Michael Fennelly. The composers: Aaron Alon, Juhi Bansal, Chandler Carter, Jesse D’Aiello, Stephen Dembski, Ryan Thomas Gee, Scott Gendel, Zachary Green, Daron Hagen, Jocelyn Hagen, Martin Hennessy, Gilda Lyons, Eli Marshall, Russell Platt, Ned Rorem, Larry Alan Smith, Martha Sullivan, Damien Top, Craig Urquhart and Zachary Wadsworth. The 21c Salon Series is being curated and produced by Beth Morrison Projects.

The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra will perform a program that will include Larry Alan Smith's "Symphony No. 2."

Larry Alan Smith will be talking about his music and playing some examples as part of CCC's Lunchtime Lecture Series.

Larry Alan Smith presented a lecture-demonstration on the life and music of his teacher and mentor Vincent Persichetti

Vincent Persichetti: Eclectic Composer . . . Compelling Voice

Fanfara (2009) for brass ensemble (4.3.3.1) was premiered by the Hartt Wind Ensemble and conductor Glen Adsit.

Joy in Singing celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala in New York City. Larry Alan Smith's "Since Yesterday," commissioned by Joy in Singing, was performed by Sharla Nafziger, soprano and Brad Moore, piano.

Cherie Caluda, soprano
Larry Alan Smith, piano
Performance included four songs by Larry Alan Smith (poems by Paul Turner, Francis Jammes and Larry Alan Smith), as well as music by Robert Carl, Arthur Hernandez, David Macbride and Dan Roman. The concert is free and open to the public. Click on "Related Site" in order to see a complete list of the performers.

Symphony No. 3 (2009) was premiered by the Orchestre de la Cité internationale and conductor Adrian McDonnell.