Calendar
This Season's events
2011
| Date | Venue | City/State | Performer |
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August 20 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "Gala Opening Concert" For more information on Malibu Coast Music Festival concerts, go to www.malibucoastmusicfestival.org/august2011concerts.html or call 310-589-0295. Concerts feature resident artists Maria Newman, violin/composer, Scott Hosfeld, viola/conductor, and guest artists from around the nation. Single tickets $40/$20. Opening concert features works by Brahms, Lizst, Mozart, Muczynski, and Maria Newman. | |||
August 21 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "A Twilight Seaside Soiree" Works by Mozart, Liszt, Newman, and Muczynski. | |||
August 23 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "Old Fashioned Fish Fry" Works by Martinu, Newman, Prokofiev, Schumann, and Clarke. | |||
August 25 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Indoor-Outdoor Festival Stage | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "A Feast for the Eyes and Ears" Music by Mozart, Martinu, Schumann, and Newman. | |||
August 26 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Indoor-Outdoor Festival Stage | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "A Night at the Not-So-Silent Movies" Movie scores by Maria Newman and other works by Schumann and Bolcom. | |||
August 27 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Indoor-Outdoor Festival Stage | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| "Fantastic Festival Finale" Works by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Newman, and Joplin. | |||
September 4 4:00pm | Center for Faith and Life, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs at the Luther Music Faculty Showcase. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
September 18 2:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs on Spencer Martin's faculty viola recital. Works by Paulus and others. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
September 24 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs on Tarn Travers' faculty violin recital. Works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Ysaye. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
October 7 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs on a chamber music concert featuring Luther College woodwind faculty. Works by Mozart and others. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
October 30 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo recital. Works by Beethoven, Newman, Popper, Boulanger, and Chopin. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
November 4 7:30pm | University of Iowa, Recital Hall, University Capitol Centre, 201 S. Clinton Street | Iowa City, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital. Works by Beethoven, Popper, Boulanger, Piazzolla, and Chopin. | |||
November 20 3:00pm | Sioux City Chamber Music Association. First Presbyterian Church, 608 Nebraska Street. | Sioux City, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital. Works by Beethoven, Popper, Boulanger, Piazzolla, and Chopin. For information call 712-279-5567. | |||
December 4
1:00pm |
KUNI Studios, Campus of the University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs a one-hour concert and interview, broadcast live on Iowa Public Radio's Performance Iowa program. Works by Beethoven, Piazzolla, Popper, Schumann, and Boulanger. Streamed online at http://iowapublicradio.org/classical/. | |||
2012
| Date | Venue | City/State | Performer |
|---|---|---|---|
February 18 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs solo recital. Works by Liszt, Prokofiev, and Beethoven. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
February 25 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs on Andrew Whitfield's faculty voice recital. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
March 10 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs Brahms and Dvorak Piano Quintets with faculty string colleagues. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
April 14 6:00pm | Opus Concert Cafe, 119 Third Avenue Southeast | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs Dvorak Piano Quintet with Orchestra Iowa principal players. Admission $20. For tickets, call 800-369-TUNE, or visit www.orchestraiowa.org. | |||
April 14 8:30pm | Opus Concert Cafe, 119 Third Avenue Southeast | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs Dvorak Piano Quintet with Orchestra Iowa principal players. Admission $20. For tickets, call 800-369-TUNE, or visit www.orchestraiowa.org. | |||
April 15 2:00pm | Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church, 207 Church Street | Spillville, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs Brahms and Dvorak Piano Quintets with Luther College faculty string colleagues. | |||
April 16 7:30pm | Temple for the Performing Arts, 1011 Locust Street | Des Moines, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs Brahms and Dvorak Piano Quintets with Luther College faculty string colleagues. For information call 515-280-3332. | |||
May 30-June 4 | Eastman School of Music | Rochester, New York | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs Walker Viola Sonata with Spencer Martin at the International Viola Congress. Details forthcoming. | |||
last season's events
2010
| Date | Venue | City/State | Performer |
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August 21 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs concerts of chamber music with Maria Newman, violin, Scott Hosfeld, viola, and other artists. Works by Chopin, Dvorak, Gershwin, and Doppler. | |||
August 22 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Doppler, Newman, and Martinu. | |||
August 24 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| Works by Dvorak, Corigliano, Newman, and Corigliano. | |||
August 26 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| Works by Brahms, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Newman. | |||
August 27 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Great Room | Malibu, California |
Murasaki Duo
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| Works by Brahms, Newman, and others. | |||
August 28 7:30pm | Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture, Indoor-Outdoor Festival Space | Malibu, California | Eric Kutz |
| Festival Finale with chamber orchestra, Scott Hosfeld, conductor. Works by Gershwin, Newman, Bach, Mozart, and Joplin. | |||
September 5 4:00pm | Center for Faith and Life, Luther College. | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs at the Luther Music Faculty Showcase. Free admission. Works by Chopin, Bach, and others. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
September 25 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital. Works by Chopin, Saint-Saens, Barber, and the world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen's Elegy, commissioned by the Murasaki Duo. With Tarn Travers, violin. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
October 14 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs with Tarn Travers, violin, and Spencer Martin, viola, as the Luther College String Trio/Piano Quartet. Concert Features the world premiere of Laudate eum in cordis by Brooke Joyce, written in celebration of Luther College's sesquicentennial. Also features works by Beethoven and Brahms. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
October 23 8:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs in Luther's new music series, Music in the Shape of a Pear. Works by Pound, McGowen, and others. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
November 21 3:00pm | Concert Hall, Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs with Luther College flute colleague Carol Hester on Randall Bauer's faculty composition recital. For information call 651-696-6000. | |||
December 10 7:30pm | Lourdes Chapel at Assisi Heights | Rochester, Minnesota | Eric Kutz |
| Eric is cello soloist on several pieces with the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble. Works by Clausen, Jennings, and others. Tickets $25, $15, $10. For more information, contact CAE at 507-252-8427. | |||
December 11 7:30pm | Lourdes Chapel at Assisi Heights | Rochester, Minnesota | Eric Kutz |
| Eric is cello soloist on several pieces with the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble. Works by Clausen, Jennings, and others. Tickets $25, $15, $10. For more information, contact CAE at 507-252-8427. | |||
December 12 4:00pm | Church of Saint Pius X | Rochester, Minnesota | Eric Kutz |
| Eric is cello soloist on several pieces with the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble. Works by Clausen, Jennings, and others. Tickets $25, $15, $10. For more information, contact CAE at 507-252-8427. | |||
2011
| Date | Venue | City/State | Performer |
|---|---|---|---|
January 24 7:00pm | Lloyd Ulton Recital Hall, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs a concert of viola and piano music with Spencer Martin. Works by Dale, Juon, Walker, and others. Free admission. | |||
February 5 2:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs on violist Spencer Martin's faculty recital. Works by Dale, Juon, Walker, and others. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
February 12 8:00pm | First Lutheran Church, 1555 40th Ave. NE | Columbia Heights, Minnesota | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs as cello soloist with The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists in the world premiere of AMASS by Jocelyn Hagen, for choir, marimba, cello solo, and cello quartet. Tickets $25/$20/$10. For more information call 651-917-1948 or visit www.singersmca.org/ticket_order_select.php4 | |||
February 14 7:00pm | Center for Faith and Life, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Eric Kutz |
| Eric performs his own arrangement of Ernest Bloch's Suite from Jewish Life with the Dorian Chamber Orchestra. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
February 19 2:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs on violinist Tarn Travers faculty recital. Works by Ravel, Cortez, and others. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
February 23 8:00pm | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs a concert of clarinet and piano music with Suzanne Tirk. Works by Weber, Schumann, Penderecki, and others. | |||
February 24 8:30pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs a concert with Suzanne Tirk, clarinet. Featuring Brahms Trio in A minor, as well as works by Weber, Penderecki, and others.Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
February 26 7:30pm | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1285 3rd Ave. SE | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs with Orchestra Iowa concertmaster Holly Mulcahy. Works by Saint-Saens, Ravel, and Debussy. Admission $20. For tickets, call 800-369-TUNE, or visit www.orchestraiowa.org. | |||
March 10 7:00pm | Noble Recital Hall, Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs solo recital. Works by Cowell, Beethoven, and Dvorak. With Tarn Travers, violin, Spencer Martin, viola, and Eric Kutz, cello. Free admission. Call Luther College Music Office at 563-387-1208. | |||
March 27 11:00am | Mayne Stage, 1328 Morse Avenue | Chicago, Illinois |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo performs a one-hour concert and interview, broadcast live on WFMT. Works by Cowell, Hagen, Barber, and Piazzolla. Call 773-381-4554 for tickets to the concert. Listen on the radio at 98.7 FM in Chicago, or online at www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4,5,8 . | |||
March 27 4:00pm | Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55th Street | Chicago, Illinois |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital, with Tarn Travers, violin. Works by Cowell, Barber, Hagen, Saint-Saens, and others. | |||
March 29 1:00pm | University of Illinois at Chicago, Recital Hall, EPASW Building, 1040 W. Harrison Street | Chicago, Illinois |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital on the "Tuesdays at One" series, with Gene Collerd, clarinet. Works by Cowell, Hagen, and Brahms. Free admission. Call 312-996-2977 for information. | |||
May 2 7:30pm | Froemke Auditorium, Foss Hall, Valley City State University | Valley City, North Dakota |
Murasaki Duo
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| Murasaki Duo Recital. Featuring Jocelyn Hagen's Elegy. Also works by Chopin, Barber, and others. | |||
May 7 7:30pm | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1285 3rd Ave. SE | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Miko Kominami |
| Miko performs Brahms G minor Piano Quartet with Orchestra Iowa principal players. Also features Beethoven Septet. Admission $20. For tickets, call 800-369-TUNE, or visit www.orchestraiowa.org. | |||