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2017

This summer, we were back at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, working hard, learning to play bocce, and locking in plans for the upcoming year.

June 10
The Pointe, Manchester, NH
John Harbison: Quintet, Pavel Haas: Quintet Op. 10, David Maslanka: Quintet No 3, Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville, Henri Tomasi: Cinq danses

June 9
Outreach concert: Havenwood/Heritage Heights, Concord, NH

Mike and Alice were on tour together premiering new works for soprano, flute, horn, and piano in the (greater) New York City area in April:
  • April 20 - Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY
  • April 21 - Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
  • April 22 - Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
  • April 23 - Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA
  • April 25 - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
More info about these performances is available here.

2016

This summer season started with another glorious week at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, making new friends and making great music before breaking out our passports and hopping on a plane to Italy. There, we accompanied Chamber Music Campania's inaugural Lucera Vocal Institute on the Adriatic Coast and premiered new works on the West Coast.
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July 1
"Farewell Concert," Chamber Music Campania
Hotel Rosapepe, Campagna, Italy
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Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra; Cody Forrest, Secret Litanies (European premiere); David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3
June 29
Chamber Music Campania
La Magnolia, Campagna, Italy
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Valerie Coleman: Umoja, Carl Nielsen: Quintet, W.A. Mozart: “Porgi amor” from Le nozze di Figaro, Whitney George: To Hold My Head High Above the Water, Giacomo Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, Hoagy Carmichael: The Nearness of You, David Maslanka: Quintet No. 3, Eduardo di Capua: ‘O sole mio!.
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June 26
"La musica per tutti," Chamber Music Campania
Chiostro del Duomo, Salerno, Italy
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Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, August Klughardt: Quintet, Valerie Coleman: Umoja, Eduardo di Capua: ‘O sole mio!
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June 25
Chamber Music Campania 
Hotel Maccarunera, Campagna, Italy
with Katie Dukes, soprano

Eric Nathan, Spires; Vincent Persichetti, Pastoral; Whitney George, To Hold My Head High Above the Water (world premiere); Samuel Barber, Summer Music; George Gershwin, "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Oh, Kay!; Giacomo Puccini, "Quando m’en vo" from La Bohème
June 19
with students of the Lucera Vocal Institute
Convento Cappuccino, Gargano, Puglia, Italy
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra, W.A. Mozart: “Una donna a quindici anni” from Così fan tutte, Enrique Granados: “El majo discreto” from Coleccióln de tonadillas, “Santa Lucia”, Claudio Monteverdi: “Pur ti miro” from L’incoronazione di Poppea, Giacomo Puccini: “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème, Irving Fine: Partita, W.A. Mozart: “In uomini, in soldati” from Così fan tutte, Giacomo Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, Eduardo di Capua: ‘O sole mio!, Gioachino Rossini (attrib.): Duetto buffo di due Gatti

June 18
Chamber Music Campania
Convento Cappuccini, Gargano, Puglia, Italy
Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; August Klughardt, Quintet; David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3; Carl Nielsen, Quintet; Samuel Barber, Summer Music

June 17
Lucera Vocal Institute
with students of the Lucera Vocal Institute
Sala Concerti “G. Paisiello,” Lucera, Puglia, Italy​
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra, W.A. Mozart: “Una donna a quindici anni” from Così fan tutte, Enrique Granados: “El majo discreto” from Coleccióln de tonadillas, “Santa Lucia”, Claudio Monteverdi: “Pur ti miro” from L’incoronazione di Poppea, Giacomo Puccini: “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème, Irving Fine: Partita, W.A. Mozart: “In uomini, in soldati” from Così fan tutte, Giacomo Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, Eduardo di Capua: ‘O sole mio!, Gioachino Rossini (attrib.): Duetto buffo di due Gatti

June 7
Children's outreach concert
Penacook Community Center, Concord, NH
​Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Carl Nielsen, Quintet; Valerie Coleman, Umoja

June 5
Private house concert
Manchester, NH

2015

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Fiati Five goes on tour!

We traveled down the eastern US coast in June and July, 2015, offering intimate, personalized performances in private homes along the way.  

More information available here.

We spent a productive, inspiring, and overall delicious week in residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Then, we performed a series of house concerts while traveling down the eastern US coast before arriving in Sarasota, FL, to be the ensemble-in-residence at Chamber Music Campania.  Our eight performances there ranged from celebrations of new American music to educational outreach about Italian culture, master classes for local high school students, and performances in retirement communities.
July 20
"Farewell Concert", Chamber Music Campania
Music at Selby Library, Geldbart Auditorium, Sarasota, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Eric Nathan, Spires; Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915; David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3; Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; W.A. Mozart, "Porgi amor" from Le nozze di Figaro; Giacomo Puccini, "Quando m'en vo'' from La Boheme; Giuseppe Verdi, "Va, Pensiero" from Nabucco; Eduardo di Capua, 'O sole mio!

July 18
Chamber Music Campania
New College of Florida, Mildred Sainer Pavilion, Sarasota, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Eric Nathan, Spires; Nikita Myullyari, Tone Narrative (2012); Irving Fine, Partita; Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915; David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3
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July 17
"Savory Sounds" happy hour, antipasti, and concert
Amore by Andrea, Longboat Key, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano

Irving Fine, Partita; Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915; David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3; Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Giacomo Puccini, Quando m'en vo and O mio babbino caro, Giuseppe Verdi, Va, Pensiero, Eduardo di Capua, O sole mio!

July 16
Artists' Conversation
New College of Florida, Mildred Sainer Pavilion, Sarasota, FL
Fiati Five talks about the artistic and collaborative process, joined by soprano Katie Dukes and composer Nikita Myullyari

July 15
Masterclass
Braden River High School, Bradenton, FL

July 15
Chamber Music Campania
Braden River High School, Bradenton, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano
David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3; Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Irving Fine, Partita; Eric Nathan, Spires

July 14
"Flavors of Italy", Chamber Music Campania
Community Resource Network of Florida, Port Charlotte, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, W.A. Mozart, "Porgi amor," Giacomo Puccini, "O mio babbino caro" and "Quando m'en vo," Giuseppe Verdi, "Va, pensiero," Eduardo di Capua, O sole mio!
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July 11
"Fiati Five on the Beach", Chamber Music Campania
Music at Peppertree Bay
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, August Klughardt, Quintet Op. 79, Giacomo Puccini, "O mio babbino caro" and "Quando m'en vo," Giuseppe Verdi, "Va, pensiero," Eduardo di Capua, O sole mio!


July 9
Chamber Music Campania
Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota, FL
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; W.A. Mozart, "Porgi amor" from Le nozze di Figaro; Irving Fine, Partita; Jean-Philippe Rameau, Gavotte et Six Doubles, Giacomo Puccini,  "Quando m'en vo," Giuseppe Verdi, "Va, pensiero," George Gershwin, "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Oh, Kay!; Eduardo di Capua, O sole mio!

July 5
Private house concert
Lilburn, GA
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July 5
Outreach concert
Trinity House Big Bethel, Atlanta, GA
with Katie Dukes, soprano

Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; August Klughardt, Quintet Op. 79; Irving Fine, Partita; Giacomo Puccini, "Quando m'en vo" from La Boheme; George Gershwin, "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Oh, Kay!; Eduardo di Capua, O' sole mio!

June 29
Private house concert
Margate City, NJ
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June 27
Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
with Katie Dukes, soprano

Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Sivilgia; W.A. Mozart, "Porgi Amor" from Le Nozze di Figaro; Irving Fine, Partita; Eric Nathan, Spires; Giacomo Puccini, "Quando m'en vo" from La Boheme; George Gershwin, "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Oh, Kay!; Eduardo di Capua, O' sole mio!

June 19
Outreach concert
Havenwood-Heritage Heights, Concord, NH
with Katie Dukes, soprano
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Irving Fine, Partita; Paquito d'Rivera, Aires Tropicales; Giacomo Puccini, "Quando m'en vo" from La Boheme

June 15-22
Residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Boscawen, NH

2014

August 17
"Sustainable Sounds" presented by Chamber Music Campania
Porter Farms, Rochester, NY
Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt; Vincent Persichetti, Pastoral; Kyle Werner, Riverside; Irving Fine, Partita

June 27
Chamber Music Campania 
Chiesa del Purgatorio, Vico del Gargano, Puglia, Italy
with Katie Dukes, soprano, and Francesco Mastromatteo, cello
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9, II. Largo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Porgi Amor” from Le Nozze di Figaro; Gyorgy Ligeti, Sechs Bagatellen; Nikola Resanovic, Drones and Nanorhythms; Carrie Magin, Be Music, Night (world premiere); George Gershwin, Someone to Watch Over Me; Giacomo Puccini, “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème

June 25 
“Fiati a Volontà”: Chamber Music Campania
Sala Concerti “G. Paisiello,” Lucera, Puglia, Italy
Elliott Carter, Woodwind Quintet; Robert Muczynski, Woodwind Quintet; Gyorgy Ligeti, Sechs Bagatellen; Jason Thorpe Buchanan, oggetti I (world premiere); Laura Staffaroni, Saturday Morning in South End (world premiere); Jean-Philippe Rameau, Gavotte et Six Doubles

June 20
Chamber Music Campania
Therme Rosapepe, Contursi, Campagna, Italy
György Ligeti, Sechs Bagatellen; Robert Muczynski, Woodwind Quintet; Nikola Resanovic, Drones and Nanorhythms, Kyle Werner, Riverside; Lucia Rosapepe, L’Amicizia; Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia

June 13 
Chamber Music Campania 
C'era Una Volta (Varano, Campania, Italy)
Leonard Bernstein, Overture to Candide; Robert Muczynski, Woodwind Quintet; Elliott Carter, Woodwind Quintet; Kyle Werner, Riverside (European premiere); Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2013

Sunday, November 24
Chamber Music Campania fundraising event for the 2014 season
Fortina Pizza, 17 Maple Ave, Armonk, NY
Irving Fine, Partita; Samuel Barber, Summer Music; Vincent Persichetti, Pastoral; Eric Nathan, Spires; Giuseppe Verdi, Va, Pensiero

June 28
Chamber Music Campania
Therme Rosapepe, Conturno, Campania, Italy
Eugène Bozza, Scherzo Op. 48; Irving Fine, Partita; Samuel Barber, Summer Music; Eric Nathan, Spires (world premiere); Giuseppe Verdi, Va, Pensiero; Eric Nathan, Four Italian Opera Transcriptions (world premiere); Giacomo Puccini, O mio babbino caro

June 22
Chamber Music Campania
Museo Trappetto, Gargano, Puglia, Italy
Vincent Persichetti, Pastoral Op. 21; Paquito D'Rivera, Aires Tropicales; Amy Beach, Pastorale Op. 151; Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf; Libero Mureddo, Movements in Possible Histories; Giuseppe Verdi, Va, Pensiero; Samuel Barber, Summer Music; Giacomo Puccini, Nessun dorma

June 15
Chamber Music Campania 
C'era Una Volta, Varano, Campania, Italy
Irving Fine, Partita; David Maslanka, Quintet No. 2; Jennifer Jolley, My End is My Beginning is My Beginning; Carl Nielsen, Quintet; Jean Françaix, Quintette; Valerie Coleman, Umoja