CUBE:
WORKS PERFORMED 1987-PRESENT
NOMADS OF MODERN MUSIC PRESENTS CUBE
Southend Musicworks, November 1987
John Weinzweig, Intermissions for
flute and oboe
Igor Stravinsky, Three Pieces for
Solo Clarinet
Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5 for
solo flute
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sub-Music
and Song for solo flute
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Im
Freundschaft for solo oboe
Bruno Maderna, Serenate per un
Satellite
Shulamit Ran, For an Actor,
Monologue for Solo Clarinet in A
Luciano Berio, Sequenza for Solo
Flute
Luciano Berio, Sequenza VII for
Solo Oboe
Bruno Maderna, Due Frammenti per
Corno Inglese
Malcolm Arnold, Divertimento for
flute, oboe and clarinet
CUBIST FANTASIES
Arts Club of Chicago, April 1989
Elliot Carter, Esprit rude/Esprit
doux for flute and clarinet
Jonathan Elliott, Fantasies —
Variations for oboe and piano (World
premiere)
Elliot Carter, Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, On Thin
Ice for flute and guitar (World
premiere)
M. William Karlins, Music for
English Horn and Piano
Steve Reich, Vermont Counterpoint
MUSICA MADERNA
Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, October 1989
Bruno Maderna, Aulodia per Lothar
for oboe d'amore and guitar
Patricia Morehead, Flares and
Phasars for two alto flutes
Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea for
alto flute and guitar
Gunther Schuller, Sonata for Oboe
and Piano
Harvey Sollberger, Riding the Wind
II for solo flute
Roger Sessions, From My Diary for
solo piano
Bruno Maderna, Honeyrêves for
flute and piano
Ann Stimson, Mirage for oboe and
piano (World premiere)
MUSIC OF CHICAGO COMPOSERS
WFMT Radio, Chicago, live broadcast, December 1989
MUSIC OF MANY LANDS
Northtown Branch, Chicago Public Library, February 1990
Igor Stravinsky, Pastorale
Igor Stravinsky, Berceuse from The
Fire-Bird
Igor Stravinsky, Dance of the
Ballerina from Petroushka
Paul Ben-Haim, Three Songs Without
Words for Oboe and Piano
Rogert Sessions, Two Movements
from From My Diary for solo piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, On Thin
Ice for flute and guitar
Astor Piazzola, Two Movements from
Five Pieces for Guitar
Ernest Bloch, Suite Modale for
flute and piano
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Three Arts Club, February 1990
Ruth Lomon, Furies for oboe
M. William Karlins, A Suite of
Preludes for piano
Karlheinz Stockhausen, No. 5
Zeitmasse
Easley Blackwood, Suite for Guitar
in 15-Note Equal Tuning (World
premiere)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, No. 4
Klavierstück V
Karlheinz Stockhausen, No. 41-1/2
Tierkreis
NEW MUSIC CHICAGO FESTIVAL PREVIEWS
WBEZ Radio, Chicago, live broadcast, April 1990
A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Southend Musicworks, May 1990
Toru Takemitsu, Continu and Incidental from Masque pour deux flûtes
James Dashow, Oro, Argento e Legno
for flute and electronic tape
Tom Johnson, Chord with
Interruption for solo piano
Robert Hall Lewis, A Due, for oboe
and percussion
Barbara Kolb, Homage to Keith
Jarrett and Gary Burton for flute and vibraphone
Henry Cowell, Two Woofs and Two Encores for solo piano
Harrison Birtwistle, Pulse Sampler for Oboe and Claves
A SPECTRUM OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC
Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library, October 1990
Igor Stravinsky, Lullaby from The
Rake's Progress
Igor Stravinsky, Selections from
The Five Fingers
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sub-Music
and Song for solo flute
Bright Sheng, Five Pieces for Oboe
amd Violoncello
Astor Piazzola, Two tangos for
solo guitar
Patricia Morehead, Design One for
solo oboe
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for guitar
NAKED NEON
Dancespace Performance Center, Fine Arts Building, March 1991
Patricia Morehead, Flares and
Phasers for two alto flutes
Morris Knight and Jeffrey Kust, Del
Camino for guitar and tape
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Mad Song
for a cappella chorus
William Doerrfeld, Naked Men Music
John Cage, Child of Tree for solo
percussion
Richard Santiago, Susan Bradfore, and
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, C Factory
(World premiere)
A SPECTRUM OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC
Mostly Music at the home of Dan Tucker, April 1991
Igor Stravinsky, Lullaby from The
Rake's Progress
Igor Stravinsky, selections from
The Five Fingers
Dan Tucker, Peter Beagle's Pavan
Dan Tucker, Monologue for solo
guitar
Benjamin Britten, Temporal
Variations for oboe and piano
Ernst Kolz, Kleine Variationene
über La Doulce Saison for flute and guitar
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sub-Music
and Song for solo flute
Patricia Morehead, Elegy for
english horn and piano
Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit
for solo piano
COMMON SPACE/UNCOMMON TIME
Southend Musicworks, May 1991
Ruth Lomon, Desiderata
Frederic Hand, "Allegro"
from Trilogy
Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, After
the History
Eric Lyon, Pornography for oboe (World premiere)
Joan Tower, Snow Dreams for flute
and guitar
Keiko Abe, Michi for solo marimba
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Uncommon
Time for solo flute (World premiere)
Bruno Maderna, Serenata per un
Satellite
A SALUTE TO RALPH SHAPEY
Arts Club of Chicago, May 1991
Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5
Ralph Shapey, O Jerusalem
Stefan Wolpe, Form for piano
Ralph Shapey, Form for piano
Ralph Shapey, Quartet for oboe and
strings
John Eaton, Two Plaudits for Ralph
Shapey (World premiere)
Ralph Shapey, String Quartet No. 5
Ralph Shapey, Fantasy for Violin
and Piano
Ralph Shapey, 21 Variations for
Piano
A "360" CONCERT: A BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE TO THREE CHICAGO COMPOSERS
Arts Club of Chicago, February 1992
Robert Lombardo, Contrasti a due
Alan Stout, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
Robert Lombardo, Sudden Departures
John Austin, Piccolo serenata
(World premiere)
M. William Karlins, Woodwind Quintet No. 2
M. William Karlins, Introduction and Passacaglia
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Echoes of Obiter Dictum (World premiere)
Alan Stout, Music for Oboe and Piano
Sheldon Atovsky, Veils, Gauze, Gasps (World
premiere)
Robert Lombardo, Overture, Aria and Tango
MUSICA EUROPA
New Music Chicago Festival, Café Voltaire, May, 1992
Olivier Messiaen, Excerpt from Le merle noir
Igor Stravinsky, Duos for Two Flutes
Patricia Morehead, Design One for solo oboe
Violeta Dinescu, Atréju for flute and guitar
Jeffrey Miller, Mélange for solo oboe (World premiere)
Thomas Eastwood, Uirapuru for flute and guitar
Bruno Maderna, Dialodia for flute and oboe
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Two movements from Tierkreis
Tristan Murail, Tellur for solo guitar
Luciano Berio, Sequenza for solo flute
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Im Freundschaft for solo oboe
Peter Maxwell Davies, Solita for flute with optional music box
Bruno Maderna, Due Frammenti for solo English horn
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Mobius Trip for solo flute
Harrison Birtwistle, Pulse Sampler for oboe and claves
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Three movements from Tierkreis
HOT OFF THE CUBE
Southend Musicworks, Chicago, June 1992
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Deconstruction
Blues (World premiere)
Luciano Berio, Sequenza XI
Max Lifschitz, Transformations No. 3
John Eaton, Two Plaudits
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Rush Life Rush
Sheldon Atovsky, Veils, Gauze, Gasps
Patricia Morehead, Design II (World premiere)
Philip Fried, Trio for Oboe, Cello and Piano (World premiere)
CRITICAL CUBE
Sherwood Conservatory of Music, Chicago, November 1992
Don Malone, LAMP, an installation with semi-automatic pilot (World premiere, CUBE commission)
Shulamit Ran, East Wind
Robert Lombardo, Dark Pastorale
Robert Lombardo, Sudden Departures
Ralph Shapey, Form for Piano
Patricia Morehead, Triptych for soprano and string quartet
M. William Karlins, Quartet No. 1 for Saxophones
Kathleen Ginther, Windpool for solo guitar (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, After the History for voice, flute and percussion (World premiere)
MUSIC OF OUR TIME
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, January 1993
Astor Piazzola, from Tango Suite
Samuel Dolin, Sonata fantasia
(World premiere)
Patricia Morehead, Design One for solo oboe
M. William Karlins, Chameleon for harpsichord
Thomas Eastwood, Uirapuru for flute and guitar
Stuart Smith, Songs I-IX for actor percussionist
William Sydeman, Variations for Oboe and Harpsichord
Kathleen Ginther, Windpool for solo guitar
Gordon Jacob, Trio for flute, oboe and harpsichord
ECHOES FROM BELOW
Café Voltaire, Chicago, March 1993
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Echoes of Obiter Dictum for flute, guitar and
percussion
Ruth Lomon, Desiderata for oboe, marimba, and DX7
Kazuo Fukushima, Mei for solo flute
Gustavo Leone, 6 AP for guitar
Patricia Morehead, Echoes of an Opera to Be (World premiere)
Stuart Smith, Songs I-IX for actor percussionist
Robert Lombardo, Dark Side of the Moon for alto flute
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Deconstruction Blues
Joan Tower, Snow Dreams for flute and guitar
AMERICAN EXPERIMENTALISM: IVES TO OLIVEROS
Curtiss Hall, Chicago, May 1993
Charles Ives, Variations on America, arr. for ensemble
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Two Ricercari for mezzo and piano
Henry Cowell, Works for Piano
Charles Ives, Songs
John Cage, 4'33"
John Cage, Solo for voice I
John Cage, Lecture on Nothing, Lecture on Something
Earle Brown, December 1952
Cathy Berberian, Stripsody
John Eaton, Songs for R.P.B.
Pauline Oliveros, "Telepathic Meditation" from Sonic Meditations
Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff in Cambridge
CUBE AT THE HOTHOUSE
HotHouse Music Festival, June 1993
Harvey Sollberger, Riding the Wind
Francis Klenjans, To the Dawn of the Final Day for solo guitar
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Deconstruction Blues for English horn and DX7
Stuart Smith, Songs I-IX for actor percussionist
Patricia Morehead, Design One for solo oboe
Douglas Ewart, Red Hills
CHICAGO CONNECTIONS AND STEFAN WOLPE
Roosevelt University, Chicago, September 1993
Stefan Wolpe, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Anton Webern, Drei Lieder for soprano, E-flat clarinet and guitar
Patricia Morehead, The Edible Flute for flute and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Speechscape for solo saxophone
Stefan Wolpe, Three Songs after Friedrigh Hölderlin
Ralph Shapey, Evocation No. 3 for viola and piano
Herbert Brün, Gesto for piccolo and piano
M. William Karlins, Infinity for oboe d'amore, clarinet, viola, and voice
Stefan Wolpe, Three songs from the Hebrew
NORSKUBE
Trinity Lutheran Church, Des Plaines, IL, October 1993
Edvard Grieg, Three Songs
Edvard Grieg, from Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, arr. for flute
Edvard Grieg, from Peer Gynt Suite I for piano duet
Nils Vigeland, Two Variations for Guitar Solo
Edvard Grieg, Four Songs
Edvard Grieg, Norwegische Tänze for piano duet
Edvard Grieg, Four Works arr. for flute and guitar
Edvard Grieg, from Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, arr. for oboe and
organ
Finn Mortensen, from Five Solos for solo flute
Edvard Grieg, Five Songs
CANTUS INTERRUPTUS
Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, March 1994
Tristan Murail, Tellur for solo guitar
Barbara Kolb, Hommage to Keith Jarrett and Gary Burton for flute and
vibraphone
Patricia Morehead, Episode in the Life of a Proton for solo piano
Eugene Kurtz, The Last Contrabass in Las Vegas for female voice and male
bassist
Brian Ferneyhough, Coloratura for oboe and piano
John Anthony Lennon, Echolalia for solo flute
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Cantus Interruptus for two saxophones, piano and
percussion (World premiere)
John Corigliano, from Three Irish Folk Song Settings for voice and flute
NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Smart Museum, Chicago, April 1994
Bruce Saylor, Soggetti Cavati II for flute and harpsichord
Ursula Mamlok, From My Garden III for solo viola
Kelsey Jones, Sonata da Camera for flute, oboe and harpsichord
Luiz Anunciação, Capoeira for flute, berimbau and guitar
Patricia Morehead, A Chantar for voice, oboe d'amore, viola and percussion
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Simultaneities II for flute and percussion (World premiere)
Astor Piazzolla, Two Works for solo guitar
John Corigliano, from Three Irish Folk Song Settings for voice and flute
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CUBE
WFMT-FM, Chicago, October 1994
Douglas Ewart, Red Hills for ensemble
Patricia Morehead, The Edible Flute for flute and piano
John Corigliano, from Three Irish Folk Song Settings for voice and flute
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Dark was the Night for solo guitar (World premiere)
Paul Ben Haim, from Three Songs Without Words for oboe and piano
Finn Mortensen, Five Studies for Solo Flute
Luis Anunciação, Capoeira for flute, berimbau and guitar
Benjamin Britten, from Temporal Variations for oboe and piano
Toru Takemitsu, Masque for two flutes
Ken Schaphorst, When the Moon Jumps for ensemble
WHEN THE MOON JUMPS
Café Voltaire, Chicago, November 1994
John Anthony Lennon, Echolalia for solo flute
Dane Richeson and Matt Turner, Breathe for cello and percussion
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Dark was the Night for solo guitar
Ken Schaphorst, When the Moon Jumps for ensemble
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Scat/Rap Counterpoint for voice and percussion (World premiere)
Luis Anunciação, Capoeira for flute, berimbau and guitar
Kathleen Ginther, Windpool for solo guitar
Douglas Ewart, Red Hills for ensemble
CUBE PRESENTS MUSIC FOR OBOE AND GUITAR
University of Wisconsin – Parkside, February 1995
Kathleen Ginther, Windpool for solo guitar
Elizabeth Start, From O.D.E. for solo oboe
Bruno Maderna, Aulodia for Lothar for oboe d'amore and guitar
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Dark was the Night for solo guitar
Patricia Morehead, Design One for solo oboe
Jeffrey Kust, Symphony Samba for oboe and guitar
PRISM - MIRROR - LENS
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, February 1995
Jeffrey Miller, Capriccioso for piccolo, oboe and piano
Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah for flute and vibraphone
Claudio Spies, Dreimal Sieben for oboe and piano
Patricia Morehead, Alaskan Songs for mezzo, clarinet and piano
Richard Blocker, Prism - Mirror - Lens for ensemble (World premiere, CUBE commission)
Cristoph Cech, Pendel III for bass clarinet
Bruce Saylor, Magnificat for mezzo, flute, and guitar (World premiere)
VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
Mostly Music, Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL, March 1995
Charles Ives, Variations on America, arr. for ensemble
Stuart Smith, Songs I-IX for actor percussionist
Ruth Crawford Seeger, from Two Ricercari for mezzo and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Simultaneities II for flute and percussion
John Cage, Lecture on Nothing, Lecture on Something
Henry Cowell, Works for Piano
John Corigliano, from Three Irish Folk Song Settings for mezzo and flute
VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
Mostly Music, Smart Museum, U. of Chicago, June 1995
Douglas Ewart, Red Hills for ensemble
Patricia Morehead, Flares and Phasers for two alto flutes
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, On Thin Ice for flute and guitar
John Cage, Child of Tree for percussionand plants
Charles Ives, Variations on America, arr. for ensemble
CHICAGO MUSIC ALLIANCE
Music Tent, Evanston, September 1995
Frank Wigglesworth, Duo for Oboe
and B-flat Clarinet
Patricia Morehead, Design Two for solo flute
Ulysses Kay, Suite for Flute and Oboe
Malcolm Arnold, Trio for flute, oboe and clarinet
A SALUTE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS
WFMT-FM, Chicago, November 1995
Ulysses Kay, Suite for Flute and Oboe
Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah for flute and vibraphone
William Grant Still, Trio for flute and piano
Betty Jackson King, Lullaby for flute and piano
Rita Warford, Zoro Alas, Our Eyes are Watching for singer and jazz combo (World premiere)
Margaret Bonds, Troubled Water for solo piano
George Walker, Five Pieces for solo piano
Florence B. Price, Juba Dance, arr. for solo guitar
Spirituals: Wade in the Water and
Sometimes I Feel lika a Motherless Child, arr. for English horn and guitar
CUBE GOES LUNAR
Lunar Cabaret, Chicago, November 1995
Ruth Lomon, Desiderata for oboe and marimba
Patricia Morehead, Design Two for solo flute
Florence B. Price, Juba Dance, arr. for solo guitar
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Are You Ready? for voice (World premiere)
Evan Ziporyn, "Disco Bay" from China Song for oboe and piano
Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah for flute and vibraphone
Jeffrey Kust, Symphony Samba for guitar and oboe
Jeffrey Kust, Samba for solo guitar
Tom Johnson, Eggs and Baskets for flute, oboe and narrator
RECITAL SEMINAR
Palm Beach Atlantic College, Palm Beach, FL, February 1996
Thea Musgrave, Impromptu No. 1 for flute and oboe
Patricia Morehead, Variations for solo piano
Maurice Ohana, Neumes* for oboe and piano
Patricia Morehead, The Edible Flute for flute and piano
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for oboe and piano
MARK ROTHKO: THE SPIRIT OF MYTH
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, February 1996
John Cage, The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs for voice and piano
Ralph Shapey, Rhapsody for oboe and piano
Morton Feldman, Durations 2 for cello and piano
Paul Hindemith, Acht Stücke für Flöte allein
Stefan Wolpe, Four Songs for voice and piano
Stefan Wolpe, To the Dancemaster for voice, clarinet and piano
John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Virgil Thomson, Party Pieces, arr.
for flute, clarinet, cello and piano by Robert Hughes
Ruth Crawford Seeger, "China, Laundryman" for voice and piano
Morton Feldman, Intersection 3 for solo piano
Earle Brown, December 1952 for mixed ensemble
EVENT HORIZON
Auditorium, Harold Washington Library Center, June 1996
Toru Takemitsu, Masques pour deux flûtes
Makoto Shinohara, Obsession for oboe and piano
Shirish Korde, The Tenderness of Cranes for solo flute
Fengshi Yang, Suite for Trio for flute, oboe and harp
Toru Takemitsu, Itinerant for solo flute
Surat Kemaleelakul, Time for Marimba
Minoru Miki, Sounds of Haiku, improvisation for mixed ensemble
LUNAR TUNES
Lunar Cabaret, Chicago, November 1996
Earle Brown, December 1952 for mixed ensemble
Gustavo Leone, Refrains for oboe and piano (World premiere)
Elliott Carter, Scrivo in vento for solo flute
Bob Becker, Figure Ground for two percussionists
Barney Childs, Music for Two Flute Players
Tom Johnson, from Private Pieces: Pianoforte Pieces for Self-Entertainment
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Scat/Rap Counterpoint for voice and percussion
CHICAGO MUSES, A PROGRAM IN HONOR OF
GEORGE FLYNN
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, January 1997
John Eaton, Golk Sonatina for oboe and piano (World premiere)
George Flynn, 'Til Death for violin and piano
Patricia Morehead, Music for an Abandoned Warehouse for voice and bass
clarinet
M. William Karlins, Under and Over: Four Impromptus for flute and contrabass
(World premiere)
Howard Sandroff, Chant de femmes for flutes and electronic sounds
William Neil, Three Songs from The Waters Are Shaking the Moon for soprano
and piano
Rami Levin, shiramina for three flutes
A SALUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR
WOMEN IN MUSIC
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, April 1997
Lili Boulanger, D'un matin de printemps for flute and piano
Carol Barnett, Due canti meridionali for soprano and piano
Laura Schwendiger, La charmeuse de serpent for flute, oboe and piano
Ruth Lomon, Songs from a Requiem for soprano and piano
Stacy Garrop, Self Expression for soprano and piano
Betty Jackson King, Lullaby for flute and piano
Anna Rubin, Ice Song for soprano and percussion
Andrea Clearfield, Love Song for soprano, oboe and piano
CUBIC MASS: CUBE and MASS Ensemble
Harold Washington Library Chautauqua Series, May 1997
Marta Ptasazynska, Graffito for Marimba
MASS Ensemble, Water, for long bow, drums, cello, percussion
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, On Thin Ice for flute and marimba
Patricia Morehead, Black Hawk Speaks for baritone, 2 flutes, Oboe/EH, cello.
long bow, percussion, dancer/sampana (World
premiere)
MASS Ensemble, Hawk's Gaze for long bow, cello and dancer
Roscoe Mitchell, En route for
flute/conductor, oboe/EH, cello, long bow, percussion and dancer
CHAMPAIGNE CUBE
University Place Christian Church, Champaign-Urbana, IL, September 1997
Herbert Brün, Gesto for flute and piano
Timothy Bowlby, Just One 'More for flute and piano (World premiere)
Patricia Morehead, The Edible Flute for flute and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, On Thin Ice for flute and marimba
Steve Reich, Vermont Counterpoint for flutes and tape
John Eaton, "Golk" Sonatina for oboe and piano
Earle Brown, December 1952 for mixed ensemble
THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC IDENTITY:
The Roots and the Flowering
Goodspeed Hall, The University of Chicago, January 1998
Arnold Schoenberg, Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19, for solo piano
Roger Sessions, From my Diary for solo piano
Igor Stravinsky, Aria of Jocasta from dipus Rex for mezzo-soprano and piano
Patricia Morehead, Triptych for soprano and string quartet
Edgar Varèse, Density 21.5 for solo flute
John Eaton, Lettere for soprano, flute, harp and string quartet
Kurt Weill, Two Songs from The Threepenny Opera
George Gershwin, Three Songs by George Gershwin
Arnold Schoenberg, Two Cabaret Songs
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSES
Auditorium, Northeastern Illinois University, March 1998
Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint for clarinet and prerecorded clarinets
Harvey Sollberger, Riding the Wind II for amplified flute and percussion
improvisation
Howard Sandroff, Chant de femmes for flutes and electronic sounds
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Deconstruction Blues for English horn and DX7
Stuart Smith, Songs I - X for actor-percussionist
Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l'ombre double for clarinet and
computer-controlled spatialization
GENERATIONS OF CHICAGO COMPOSERS
Auditorium, Harold Washington Library, March 1998
George Frederick Root, Rosalie, the Prairie Flower for mezo-soprano and
piano
Henry Clay Work, Grandfather's Clock for mezzo-soprano and piano
Carrie Jacobs-Bond, I Love You Truly for mezzo-soprano and piano
John Alden Carpenter, Two Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
Philip Morehead, Three French Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
Donald Steven, Sapphire Song for solo clarinet
Donald York, Two Companion Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
Patricia Morehead, I Dream for mezzo-soprano and piano (World premiere)
Bruce Saylor, Two Companion Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano (World premiere)
Julia Miller, Princes for solo flute/voice
John Eaton, Mass for mixed chorus, clarinet, percussion, piano and
electronic processing
CUBE TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
CLARINET SUMMIT: THE NEW VIRTUOSITY AND THE THIRD STREAM
The Arts Club of Chicago, May 1998
Howard Sandroff, La Joie for three clarinets
Elliott Carter, Esprit rude, esprit doux for flute and clarinet
Stefan Wolpe, To the Dancemaster for soprano, clarinet and piano
Mwata Bowden and Douglas Ewart, Stories from Tales Untold: A Tribute to Paul
Robeson for clarinets and percussion (World
premiere)
Shulamit Ran, Private Game for clarinet and cello
David Keberle, Clariphonic Rapture for nine clarinets and percussion (World premiere, CUBE commission)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Alone Together for bass clarinet and double bass
Patricia Morehead, Jezebels for solo clarinet (World premiere)
Gunther Schuller, Densities I for clarinet, harp, double bass and vibraphone
Douglas Ewart, Red Hills for mixed ensemble
SPIRITS AND SHADOWS
Columbia College, January 1999
Steve Reich, Clapping Music
Janice Misurell-Mitchell/Catherine
Slade, Gift of Tongues (World
premiere)
Luiz Anunciação, Capoeira
Iannis Xenakis, Dmaathen
MASS Ensemble, Solstice, Renaissance, Fire
Patricia Morehead, excerpts from Black Hawk Speaks
CUBE FACES THE MUSIC
HotHouse, April 1999
Janice Misurell-Mitchell/Catherine Slade, Gift of Tongues
Kristin Norderval, Aura
Maurice Ohana, Neumes
Margaret de Wys, Pulse
Pauline Oliveros, Meta Colors
Sorrel Hays, Wake Up and Dream
Morton Feldman, Trio for Flutes
Monique Buzzarté, None are Silent
Herbert Brün, Mutatis Mutandis
FIRST HEARINGS
The Arts Club of Chicago, June 1999
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Kiddush
Donald Steven, Illusions
Ralph Shapey, Lullaby (World
premiere)
George Crumb, The Sleeper
Dr. Samuel Dolin, Variables
Patricia Morehead, It Is Dangerous to Read Newspapers (World premiere)
Timothy Bowlby, Imprints (World premiere,
CUBE commission)
NEON CONVERSATIONS
Columbia College Concert Hall, November 1999
Timothy Edwards, Folding Into White
(World premiere, CUBE commission)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell/Richard Santiago, Neon Conversations (World premiere)
Tristan Murail, Le fou aux pattes bleues
Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms No. 6
Olivier Messiaen, Le merle noir
WITH STRINGS ATTACHED
Columbia College Concert Hall, February 2000
Maria Niederberger, Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Ensemble
Yehudi Wyner, Quartet for Oboe and String Trio (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, String Quartet No. 1
Augusta Read Thomas, Spring Song
William Russo, selected art songs
MUSIC FOR THE END OF TIME
DePaul University Concert Hall, April 2000
Abbie Conant/William Osborne, Music for the End of Time
Morton Feldman, Intersection 3
Luciano Berio, Sequenza V
Malcolm Goldstein, Soweto Stomp
Malcolm Goldstein, configurations
in darkness
KINDRED SPIRITS
Arts Club of Chicago, May 2000
William Ferris, Eden Garden, a musical
menagerie for instruments and a singer (World
premiere, CUBE commission)
Robert Lombardo, Affreschi caldi
M. William Karlins, Kindred Spirits (World
premiere)
Craig First, Contrapuntal Variations
Joan Tower, Wings
EDEN GARDEN
First Congregational Church of LaGrange, May 2000
William Ferris, Eden Garden, a
musical menagerie for instruments and a singer
Craig First, Contrapuntal
Variations
William Ferris, Rhapsody for
clarinet and piano
Patricia Morehead, Just Before the Rain for clarinet, cello and mandolin (World premiere)
Francis Poulenc, Déploration for
oboe and piano
PROGRAM OF WORKS FROM JOHN CAGE’S
NOTATIONS PROJECT
February 15, 2001, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago
April 25, 2001, Music Library, Northwestern University, Evanston
Larry Austin, Square
George Cacioppo, Cassiopeia
John Tenney, String Complement
Philip Corner, Mississippi River
South of Memphis
Dick Higgins, Graphis 1: tout ce
que j’ai pu apprendre sur mon art aide beaucoup cetter rencontre heureuse de la
grâce
SOUTH LOOP FESTIVAL PREVIEW CONCERT
March 14, 2001 at Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Patricia Morehead, It’s Dangerous
to Read Newspapers for soprano and piano
Russell Grazier, Helix 3 for solo oboe
Marilyn Shrude, Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1st mvt. (World premiere)
Sebastian Huydts, L’ironie du sort
for oboe and piano (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Blooz Man/Poet Woman for voice/flute
Olivier Messiaen, Le merle noir for
flute and piano
Marta Ptaszynska, Spiderwalk for
solo percussion
EUROCURRENTS/AMERICAN STREAMS
March 30, 2001 at Columbia College, Chicago
Ranon Zupko, Folksody for piano, violin, and cello
Peter Gena, La Peste for oboe
d’amore and tape (Chicago premiere)
Peter Maxwell Davies, Solita for
solo flute with optional music box
Violetta Dinescu, cîme lointain
for solo oboe (Chicago premiere)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kathinka’s Gesang from the opera "Licht" for solo flute and six percussionists (Chicago
premiere)
Bruce J. Taub, An Exaltation of Larks for flute/alto flute/piccolo and piano (Chicago premiere)
Russell Grazier, Leaving, Arriving for
violin solo, woodwind quintet, piano, and percussion (World Premiere, CUBE
commission)
MARIMBA RHUMBA
April 8, 2001 at HotHouse, Chicago
Concert followed by the Jackie Allen
Trio
David Maslanka, Song Book for alto
saxophone and marimba
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Mamiwata
for solo marimba (World Premiere)
Ruth Lomon, Desiderata for oboe,
marimba, and synthesizer
Astor Piazzolla, Histoire du tango
for soprano saxophone and marimba
Herbert Brün, Mutatis Mutandis for
ensemble
THE SOPRANOS
April 20, 2001 at Columbia College, Chicago
Concert followed by a reception with
music provided Bobbi Wilsyn’s all-woman jazz septet "She"
Rob Zuidam, Caligramme (il pleut) for
soprano and mezzo-soprano, poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire
Sebastien Huydts, Three Serious Songs for voice, woodwind quartet, string trio, piano, and percussion, poetry
by Margaret Atwood (World Premiere, CUBE commission)
John Eaton, opening duet from Antigone for soprano, mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Eugene Kurtz, The Last Contrabass in Las Vegas for female voice and male bassist
Ralph Shapey, O! Jerusalem for
soprano and flute
Dorothy Rudd Moore, three songs from Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death for soprano, violin, and piano
Patricia Morehead, Music for an Abandoned Warehouse for soprano and bass clarinet
Deborah Kavasch, Double Double for
three sopranos (poetry by Shakespeare)
80TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO RALPH SHAPEY
June 6, 2001 at Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago
All works by Ralph Shapey
Quartet for oboe and string trio
Lullaby I for soprano and flute
Lul-la-by II for soprano,
flute/alto flute/piccolo and tape (World Premiere)
Night Music I for three flutes and
tape (World Premiere)
Night Music II for violin/viola
and tape (World Premiere)
Rhapsodie for oboe and piano
Form for solo piano
Evocations III for viola and piano
Images for oboe, piano and
percussion (Chicago premiere)
CUBE AT THE STEFAN WOLPE SYMPOSIUM
December 1, 2001 at Northwestern University, Evanston
Ralph Shapey, Night Music 3 for viola, oboe, piano, and tape (World premiere)
Ralph Shapey, Night Music 2 for
violin/viola and tape
Ralph Shapey, Form for piano solo
Stefan Wolpe, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
WORDS AND IMAGES CUBE'D
November 3, 2001 at St. James Cathedral, Chicago
Patricia Morehead, Down Quicksand
Alleys for woodwind quintet and
piano, poetry by Chicago poet Nina Corwin (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Rush Life Rush for voice/flute and percussion
A Little Light Music for musical
ensemble and audience members
MOSTLY MUSIC AT NEIU PRESENTS CUBE
March 1, 2002, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
M. William Karlins, String Trio
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Liszten,
My Husband is not a hat! for solo
piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Godmother's
Lesson for soprano and piano
Pozzi Escot, Sonata for solo cello
Robert Lombardo, Making a Nest, Five Songs on Pregnancy for mezzo soprano and English Horn
Julian Harvey, Sonata for Piano (World
Premiere)
Ursula Mamlok, Haiku Settings for voice and flute
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Diaphonic Suite IV for oboe and cello
Elizabeth Start, Reliefs for
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, percussion, cello and piano (World Premiere)
CUBE IN KALAMAZOO
March 2, 2002, at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
Patricia Morehead, Elegy for English horn and piano
Elizabeth Start, ODE for solo oboe
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Liszten,
My Husband is not a hat! for solo
piano
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Godmother's
Lesson for soprano and piano
Pozzi Escot, Sonata for solo cello
Robert Lombardo, Making a Nest, Five Songs on Pregnancy for mezzo soprano and English Horn
Julian Harvey, Sonata for Piano
Patricia Morehead, Love Song for
Marie for voice and piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Diaphonic Suite IV for oboe and cello
Elizabeth Start, Reliefs for
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, percussion, cello and piano
THE TELL-TALE HEART/CHICAGO COMPOSERS I
March 8, 2002, Columbia College Concert Hall, Chicago
Ilya Levinson, The Tell-Tale Heart for baritone and instrumental ensemble (World
Premiere - CUBE commission)
Gustavo Leone, Sextet for flute,
oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano
Ilya Levinson, Klezmer Rhapsody
for violin and instrumental ensemble
THE TELL-TALE HEART/CHICAGO COMPOSERS II
March 17, 2002, The Theatre Building, Chicago
Ilya Levinson, The Tell-Tale Heart for baritone and instrumental ensemble
Patricia Morehead, Jezebels for
soloe oboe/oboe d'amore/English horn and improvised percussion (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Profaning the Sacred for flute/voice/alto flutge and clarinet/bass
clarinet (Chicago premiere)
THE TELL-TALE HEART/CHICAGO COMPOSERS III
March 20, 2002 at Anderson Chapel, North Park College, Chicago
Ilya Levinson, The Tell-Tale Heart for baritone and instrumental ensemble
Patricia Morehead, Homage to Thurber: A Tribute to Marshall Patner for narrator, tuba, flute/piccolo/alto flute,
clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, and cello (World premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Blooz Man, Poet Woman for flute/voice (World premiere)
Patricia Morehead, The Handmaid's Tale for two pianos
IMPROV EN ROUTE
March 24, 2002, at HotHouse,
Chicago
Roscoe Mitchell, The Remorse of
the Dead for baritone and chamber
ensemble
Malcolm Goldstein, Ishi/"man waxati" Soundings for solo violin
Bongani Ndodana, African Rain Song
for alto saxophone and piano (World Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell, En Route for
chamber ensemble and dancer
Bongani Ndodana, Iinkomo Zifile
for baritone and piano
Roscoe Mitchell, Improvisation for two musicians for saxophone and percussion
Malcolm Goldstein, Regarding the Tower of Babel for chamber ensemble
OUTSIDE THE CUBE: MUSIC FROM THE EUROPEAN
UNION
April 5, 2002, at Sherwood Conservatory Concert Hall, Chicago
Jane O'Leary, Silenzio della terra for flute and percussion
Chiara Maresca, Nelle stanze della pioggia che cade for guitar
Annette Kruisbrink, Homenaje a Andrés Segovia for guitar
Beatrice Campodonico, La leggenda di Vassilissa for guitar
Nikos Skalkottas, Concertino for oboe and piano
Barbara Heller, Nun sind die
Kraniche längst im Süden for
mezzo-soprano and piano
Roberto Gerhard, Three Impromptus
for solo piano
Pierre Boulez, Sonatine for flute
and piano
CUBE ON WFMT: LIVE FROM STUDIO ONE
Monday, October 28, 2002
Ralph Shapey, Night Music III for
oboe, viola and piano (World
premiere)
Lou Harrison, First Concerto for
flute and percussion
Ralph Shapey, Evocations III for
viola and piano
Shulamit Ran, Private Game for
clarinet and cello
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Blooz
Man/Poet Woman for flute/voice
Betty Jackson King, Lullaby for
clarinet and piano
Patricia Morehead, It's Dangerous
to Read Newspapers for soprano and piano
Harvey Sollberger, Riding the Wind
II for flute and percussion
Sebastian Huydts, L'Ironie du sort
for oboe and piano
Stefan Wolpe, To the Dance Master
for voice, clarinet and piano
Patricia Morehead, The Edible
Flute for flute and piano
KLEZMER KUBE
Sunday, February 2, 2003, KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Uncommon
Time for flute
Patricia Morehead, Homage to
Thurber: Tribute to Marshall Patner for soprano and chamber ensemble
Marc Lavry, Plada K'hula for voice and piano
Marc Lavry, Shchora Ani for voice
and piano
Paul Ben-Haim, Three Songs without
Words for oboe and piano
Kurt Weill, Ba'amenucha for
soprano, violin, piano and percussion
Kurt Weill, Buddy on the Night
Shift for voice and piano
Traditional, Eili, Eili for
English horn and piano
Ilya Levinson, Klezmer Rhapsody
for violin and chamber ensemble
FAR-EASTERN CUBE
Wednesday, February 26, 2003, Chicago Cultural Center
Makoto Shinohara, Obsession for
oboe and piano
Chen Yi, Monologue for clarinet
Jin Fuzai, Spring in the Air for
pipa and erhu
Patricia Morehead, Just before the
rain for clarinet, pipa and erhu
Keiko Abe, Michi for marimba
Isang Yun, Garak for flute and
piano
Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea for
alto flute and marimba
Li Yiding, Mountain Song for oboe
and piano (World premiere)
Lou Pei, Birds and the Phoenix for
clarinet, pipa and erhu
CUBE'S THE UNCOMMON WOMAN
Friday, March 7, 2003, Mostly Music at Northeastern University Concert Hall
Chen Yi, Monologue for clarinet
Li Yiding, Mountain Song for oboe
and piano
Keiko Abe, Michi for marimba
Donna Marsh, Parhelion 6 for
flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn and piano (World premiere - CUBE commission)
Jennifer Higdon, running the edgE
for two flutges and prepared piano
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Horizon
II for oboe
Patricia Morehead, Variations for
piano
PERSIAN GARDEN STYLE
Saturday, March 22, 2003, Chicago Botanic Garden
Reza Vali, Folk Songs No. 9,
selected movements
Agnes Bashir-Dzodtsoeva, Moments
of the East for oboe
Reza Vali, Folk Songs No. 15,
selected movements
Behjad Ranjbaran, Dance of Life
for violin and contrabass
Henry Cowell, Persian Set for ten
instruments
CELEBRATING THE MUSES: CUBE's 15th
Anniversary Concert
Sunday, March 16, 2003, Harold Washington Library Auditorium
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Dichophony
for two trumpets
Patricia Morehead, The Wonderful
Musician for voice and chamber orchestra
Patricia Morehead, Good News Falls
Gently for voice and chamber orchestra
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sermon
of the Middle-Aged Revolutionary Spider for tenor, chamber ensemble and Gospel
choir
running the edgE
Friday, March 28, 2003, Columbia College Concert Hall
Sebastian Huydts, Found on the
Street for clarinet and piano (World
premiere - CUBE commission)
Patricia Morehead, Variations for
piano
Harvey Sollberger, New Millennium
Memo for flute
Geoffrey Gordon, Lines Written in
Early Spring for flute, English horn and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sometimes
the City is Silent for flute (World
premiere)
David Smooke, Taste Sensation for
oboe and cello (World premiere - CUBE
commission)
Jennifer Higdon, running the edgE
for two flutes and percussive piano
Elizabeth Start, Smatterings for
narrator and chamber ensemble (World
premiere, CUBE commission)
VIENNESE CUBE
Friday, April 25, 2003, Sherwood Conservatory Concert Hall
Alban Berg, Vier Stücke for
clarinet and piano
Olga Neuwirth, Fondamenta: Hommage
à Joseph Brodsky for bass clarinet, saxophone and cello
Ernst Krenek, Four Pieces for oboe
and piano
Anton Webern, Quartet for violin,
clarinet, saxophone and piano
Arnold Schoenberg, Serenade Op. 24
for male voice and instrumental ensemble
CUBE ON "CRITICAL THINKING" WITH
ANDREW PATNER
Sunday, November 2, 2003, WFMT-FM
Patricia Morehead, excerpt from
Good News Falls Gently for soprano and chamber orchestra
Ned Rorem, Paris then for clarinet
and piano
Patricia Morehead, Design Two for
solo flute, 1st mvt.
Ralph Shapey, Rhapsody for oboe
and piano
Julian Harvey, Two Pieces for Oboe
and Piano (World premiere - CUBE
commission)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Sometimes
the City is Silent for solo flute/voice
Arnold Schoenberg, Serenade Op.
24, 1st mvt.
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, excerpt
from Sermon of the Middle-Aged Revolutionary Spider for tenor and chamber
ensemble
Patricia Morehead, Lament for
English horn (World premiere)
Lawrence Axelrod, work for piano
Patricia Morehead, Variations for solo piano
CUBE AT THE CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 9, 2003, Thorne Auditorium
Ned Rorem, Winter Pages for
chamber ensemble
CUBE ON "LIVE FROM WFMT"
Monday, November 17, 2003, WFMT-FM
William Ferris, Lux aeterna for
viola and flute
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Motel...loneliness for voice/flute
Lawrence Axelrod, excerpts from Solar Cycle for piano solo
M. William Karlins, Improvisations on "Lines Where Beauty
Lingers" for bass clarinet
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Una voce perdita for alto flute (World premiere)
Patricia Morehead, Elegy for viola and piano
Patricia Morehead, Down Quicksand
Alleys for woodwind quintet and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Deconstruction
Blues for English horn and synthesizer
Laura Schwendinger, La Charmeuse
de serpent for flute, oboe and piano
Robert Lombardo, The Dark Side of
the Moon for alto flute
CHIAROSCURO CUBE
Saturday, March 13, 2004, Columbia College Concert Hall
Cassandra Gouletas, Frosted Woods
for flute, oboe and sleigh-bells
Howard Sandroff, Chant de femmes
for flutes and electronic sounds
Lawrence Axelrod, Four Postcards
for solo piano
Anna Rubin, Stolen for oboe, live
electronics and digital audio
Timothy Bowlby, Trio for oboe,
bass clarinet and vibraphone (World
Premiere - CUBE commission)
Laura Elise Schwendinger, Lontano for
oboe, cello and percussion (World
Premiere - CUBE commission)
Jody Nagel, Gandalf the Grey for clarinet and electronic tape
Philip Seward, Hopewell Community
for oboe, violin, cello, piano and percussion (World Premiere - CUBE commission)
"Flutes CUBE'd"
Saturday, April 3, 2004, Grace Place
Otto Luening, Sonority Canon for
flutes
Toru Takemitsu, Masque pour deux
flûtes
Amy Williams, Cineshape for alto
flute and percussion (Chicago
premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Paradigms for seven flutes, percussion and bass
Ricardo Szpilman, Peça um mote
para tres flautas
Charles Ives, The Unanswered
Question for trumpet, flutes and string quartet
Tilo Medek, Abfahrt einer
Dampflokomotive for six flutes
AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Friday, April 30, 2004, Sherwood Conservatory of Music
Marilyn Shrude, Secrets for voice
and string quartet (World Premiere -
CUBE commission)
John Harbison, Mirabai Songs for
voice and piano
Ned Rorem, Ariel for voice,
clarinet and piano
Lawrence Axelrod, Anges et déesses
for voice and string quartet
Patricia Morehead, con amore for
b.c. for oboe d'amore and string quartet
CUBE WITH THE WILLIAM FERRIS CHORALE
Friday, May 21, 2004, Mt. Carmel Church
Ned Rorem, Homer for chorus, soloists and eight instrumentalists
SOUNDING THE SACRED
Sunday, February 13, 2005, Lutheran School of Theology
Janice Misurell-Mitchell &
Catherine Slade, The Tower of Babel
for flute/voice and actress
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Kiddush
for voice/flute
Jeffrey Hoover, Spirit of Light
for solo clarinet
Olivier Messiaen, Le banquet céleste
for organ
Julia Miller, Secreta for organ
and drum set (World premiere - CUBE commssion)
Patricia Morehead, The Heavens Declare the Glory of God for soloists, flute, harp and organ
Jan Koetsier, Partita for English Horn and Organ
Alan Hovhaness, Sonata for two oboes and organ
LIVE FROM WFMT: MUSIC FROM THE EUROPEAN
UNION
Monday, March 14, 2005, WFMT-FM 98.7
Osvaldo Balakauskas, Nine Springs for oboe and piano
Edith Lejet, Quatre Melodies sur le Poeme de Cante Jondo for soprano and piano
Joan Guinjoan Gispert, Tres Piezas
for clarinet
Jens Hedman, Glitter/Splinter for
piano and electronics
Gyula Fekete, Sonata for Flute and Piano (World premiere - CUBE commission)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Omaggio a(n) Tony for voice
Jane O'Leary, Silenzio della terra
for flute and percussion
Anthony Gilbert, Sinfin parados fo
two vibraphones
EUROPE NOW
April 8, 2005, Curtiss Hall
Valerio Sannicandro, Enfasi
cobalto for oboe, clarinet, viola,
cello, piano, and percussion
Johanna Bruzdowicz, 16 Tableaux d'une Exposition Salvador Dali for piano
Helmut Zapf, Albedo VII, for alto
flute, piano, and percussion
Judith Weir, The King of France
for piano
Tristan Murail, Le fou à pattes bleues for flute and piano
Hilary Tann, The Walls of Morlais Castle for oboe, viola, and cello
Herbert Brün, Gesto for piccolo
and piano
Sebastian Huydts, On an Abandoned Theme for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano
PERCUSSION DISCUSSION
April 25, 2005, Columbia College Concert Hall
Gustavo Leone, Ritmos II for persuiion and piano (World premiere - CUBE
commission)
Tiffany Sevilla, dialogue with my other self for oboe and electronics (World premiere - CUBE
commssion)
Lawrence Axelrod, Autumn Cycles
for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Cantus Interruptus for two saxophones, percussion, and piano
David Snow, Timor Timur for piano
Lou Harrison, Concerto for Violin and Percussion for violin and percussion ensemble
AMERICAN SONGBOOK II
Friday, June 10, 2005, Sherwood Conservatory Recital Hall
Libby Larsen, Try Me, Good King for soprano and piano
Tania León, Prelude No. 1 "Sorpresa" for piano
Tania León, Prelude No. 2 "Pecera" for piano
Tania León, Momentum for piano
Lita Grier, Two Songs from Emily Dickinson for soprano and piano
Lita Grier, Four Children's Songs
for soprano and piano
Ursula Mamlok, Haiku Settings for
soprano and flute/alto flute
Thea Musgrave, Primavera for
soprano and flute
Patricia Morehead, Salome Gives Seven Explanations for a Kiss for soprano, oboe, cello, marimba, and piano (World
premiere)
Lee Hoiby, The Life of the Bee for
soprano, cello, and piano
RENAISSANCE CUBE
Thursday, June 9, 2005, Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago
Stefan Wolpe, Piece in Two Parts for flute and piano
Shulamit Ran, East Wind for flute
Robert Morris, Wildlife for oboe,
piano, and percussion (World premiere)
Robert Morris, Ode for piano
Robert Morris, Out and Out for
clarinet and piano
Ruth Lomon, Esquisses for piano
M. William Karlins, Two Preludes
for piano
HAMMERED CUBE
Sunday, October 23, 2005, Merit School of Music, Gottlieb Concert Hall
Colin McPhee, Ceremonial Music, for two pianos
Ted Rounds, Viewfinder, for two
marimbas
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Agitaçion,
for two pianos and percussion (World Premiere)
Glenn Hackbarth, Passage, for
piano, percussion and electronics
Anthony Gilbert, Sinfin parados,
for two vibraphones
Astor Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango
for two pianos
SOUNDING THE SACRED II
Sunday, February 19, 2006, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Patricia Morehead, Antiphonal for English horn and cello
Pozzi Escot, Quartet No. 5 - Jubilation" for string quartet
Ralph Shapey, O Jerusalem for
soprano and flute/alto flute
Lawrence Axelrod, The Immanence of Angels for baritone and piano
William Ferris, A Lenten Meditation
for solo clarinet
Robert Cogan, Utterances for
soprano
Paul Ben Haim, Three Songs Without Words for oboe and piano
Margaret Bonds, The Negro Speaks of Rivers for voice and piano
Florence Price, Song to the Dark Virgin for voice and piano
FACETS OF CUBE
Sunday, March 12, 2006, Gottlieb Concet Hall, Merit School of Music
Edward Eicker, Sketches of a
Summer Night for ensemble (World
Premiere - CUBE commission)
Bernard Rands, Memo 8: For Solo Oboe
Patricia Morehead, Tears for
Cassandra for solo cello
Ilya Levinson, Out of the Depth I Cry
for soprano and ensemble (World Premiere - CUBE commission)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Uncommon Time for flute and frame drum
George Walker, Five Fancies for
clarinet and piano four hands
Elizabeth Start, Truth, Justice, And…
for electric cello, flute, English horn, percussion, and piano (World Premiere)
CUBIST CORNUCOPIA
Friday, April 7, 2006, Columbia College Concert Hall
Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and
Piano
Charles Ives, From Early Italian
Poets for voice and piano
Timothy Bowlby, Impressions for Solo Flute (World Premiere - CUBE commission)
Elliott Carter, Tempo e Tempi for
voice and ensemble
M. Lewis Spratlan, Cornucopia for solo piano
Jason Eckardt, Flux for alto flute and cello
Doug Lofstrom, Walking, Running, Standing Still for jazz trio and ensemble (World Premiere - CUBE
commission)
CUBE LIVE ON WFMT 98.7
Monday, April 20, 2006
Charles Ives, From Early Italian
Poets for voice and piano
Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano
Ralph Shapey, O Jerusalem for soprano and flute/alto flute
Elliott Carter, Tempo e Tempi for
voice and ensemble
George Walker, Five Fancies for
clarinet and piano four hands
Jacob Druckman, Reflexions on the Nature of Water for marimba
Leon Kirchner, Lily for flute and
marimba
M. Lewis Spratlan, Cornucopia for solo piano
CUBE WITH NEW MUSIC CHICAGO
Sunday, May 7, 2006, Chicago Cultural Center
Drew Hemenger, Which Way Home?
for voice and piano (Chicago premiere)
AMERICAN SONGBOOK III
Sunday, May 21, 2006, Merit School of Music, Gottlieb Hall
Robert Lombardo, Concertino for
Piano and Three Instruments (World
Premiere)
Dominick Argento, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf for voice and piano
Ricky Ian Gordon, I Am Waiting for You to Love Me for baritone and ensemble (World Premiere - CUBE
Commission)
CUBE AT ST XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Friday, October 6, 2006, St. Xavier University, Chicago
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Patricia Morehead, The Edible Flute for flute and piano
Bruce Saylor, Cantos from The Inferno for clarinet and piano
Lou Harrison, Concerto for flute and percussion
Malcolm Arnold, Divertimento Op. 37 for flute, oboe, and clarinet
BRUCE SAYLOR: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Sunday, October 8, 2006, PianoForte Chicago
Bruce Saylor, In Imitation of Ancient Songs for erhu, flute, clarinet, and piano
Bruce Saylor, Cantos from The Inferno for clarinet and piano
Bruce Saylor, Psalm 23 for voice, oboe, and piano
Bruce Saylor, Five Short Pieces for piano
Bruce Saylor, Snø og granskog for voice and piano
Bruce Saylor, Whispers for erhu
Bruce Saylor, Diptych for voice, flute, and piano
CUBE AT SONIC IMPACT
Sunday, October 29, 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Patricia Morehead, Multiples for oboes, English horn, and CD playback
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Rush Life Rush for voice/flute and percussion
Patricia Morehead, It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers for voice and piano
CUBE AT THE CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 12, 2006, Ganz Hall
Charles Ives, Two Songs of the War for voice and piano
Patricia Morehead, It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers for voice and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, After the History for voice/flute and percussion
Ilya Levinson, Out of the Depths I Cry for soprano and chamber ensemble
CUBE LIVE ON WFMT 98.7
Friday, November 24, 2006, PianoForte Chicago
Witold Lutoslawski, Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos
Sebastian Huydts, Noël for piano
Patricia Morehead, The Handmaid's Tale for two pianos
SOUNDING THE SACRED III
Sunday, February 18, 2007, Lutheran Schoo of Theology at Chicago
Beverly Grigsby, Fragments from Augustine the Saint for tenor, harp, oboe, and percussion
Ruth Lomon, Five Ceremonial Masks for piano
Judith Shatin, Fasting Heart for solo flute
Victoria Bond, Sacred Sisters for harp and violin
THE SILK ROAD AND BEYOND: CUBE LIVE ON WFMT
Monday, March 26, 2007
Agnes Bashir-Dsodtsoeva, Moments of the East for solo oboe
Kawai Shiu, Winter Tide for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Bruce Saylor, Whispers for solo erhu
Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee, Politics of Civility for flute and cello
Erdem Helvacioglu, Happy Days for piano and electronics
Douglas Brush, Poem for Hafiz for new, oud, and riq
Shirish Korde, Tenderness of Cranes for solo flute
Lawrence Axelrod, Mandala for solo piano
Bruce Saylor, In Imitation of Ancient Songs for erhu, flute, clarinet, and piano
HIGH WINDS OF CUBE
Tuesday, March 27, 2007, Columbia College Concert Hall
Thea Musgrave, Impromptu No. 1 for flute and oboe
Ramon Zupko, Fluxus V for clarinet and tape
Julian Harvey, Reflecting for two flutes (Premiere)
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Blooz Man/Poet Woman for flute/voice
Patricia Morehead, Flares and Phasers for alto flute and clarinet
Stephen Gorbos, Prelude for flute/piccolo, oboe, and two clarinets
POINT COUNTERPOINT
Friday, March 30, 2007, Columbia College Concert Hall
Joseph Cerqua, Point for dancers and ensemble (Premiere)
Timothy Edwards, Somnambulist for piano and digital audio
Erdem Helvacioglu, Happy Days for piano and electronics
Douglas Brush, Poem for Hafiz for nez, oud, and riq
Patricia Morehead, The Handmaid's Tale for two pianos
Witold Lutoslawski, Paganini Variations for two pianos
CUBE AT THE CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
Sunday, April 22, 2007, Preston Bradley Hall
Margaret Bonds, Troubled Water for solo piano
Mischa Zupko, Seven Deadly Sins for flute and piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Three Songs for voice, oboe, piano, and percussion
Stephen Gorbos, Prelude for flute, oboe, and two clarinets
Dorothy Rudd Moore, Songs of the Rubaiyat for voice and oboe
Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee, Politics of Civility for flute and cello
Patricia Morehead, Flares and Phasers for alto flute and clarinet
Patricia Morehead, Y2K for two clarinets
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Une voce perduta for solo alto flute
CUBE GOES FOR BRECHT
Thursday, May 3, 2007, Fulton Recital Hall, The University of Chicago
Helmut Zapf, Brecht ab den Sang der Maschinen, Brecht auf! for soprano, ensemble, and CD
Anna Rubin, Tschindrara for soprano and CD
Johannes Hildebrandt, Be for ensemble
Sebastian Stier, Vier Liebeslieder nach texten von Bertolt Brecht for soprano, flute, oboe, slarinet, and horn
Lawrence Axelrod, Three Ostinatos on Love Poems of Bertolt Brecht for clarinet, cello, horn, and percussion
Ellen Hünigen, Von des Cortez Leuten—VERSunkenE Landschaft IV for soprano and CD
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Alles wandelt sich for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello and percussion
John Eaton, Two Songs for soprano, flute/bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, and cello
AMERICAN SONGBOOK IV
Sunday, May 20, 2007, Merit School of Music
Charles Wuorinen, Fenton Songs for voice, violin, cello, and piano
Laura Elise Schwendinger, Lady Lazarus for voice and ensemble
Earl Kim, Letters Found Near a Suicide for voice and piano
Lawrence Axelrod, Night of Stars for voice and piano
Jake Heggie, Statuesque for voice and ensemble
Patricia Morehead, Stolen Moments for clarinet, violin and cello (Premiere)
MÚSICAS LATINAS
Sunday, November 18, 2007, Merit School of Music
Clarice Assad, Pole to Pole for piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, bass, percussion
Hilda Paredes, Metamorfosis for solo guitar
Tanya León, A la Par for piano and percussion
Graciela Paraskevaídis, libres en el sonido presos en el sonido for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Ana Lara, Epitafios y otras muertes for baritone and piano
Marcela Pavia, Solentiname for clarinet and guitar
Chiquinha Gonzaga, Solo piano pieces
Adina Izarra, Dos miniaturas medievales for clarinet and piano
ICE-CUBE
Sunday, December 9, 2007, Merit School of Music
Charles Wuorinen, Iridule for oboe and six players
Keith Horn, Without Hands for solo marimba
Sebastian Huydts, Sonata Breve for bassoon and piano
Patricia Morehead, Ladders of Anxiety for flute, guitar and string trio
Howard Sandroff, Adagio for solo piano
Iannis Xenakis, Dmaathen for flute and percussion
SOUNDING THE SACRED IV
Sunday, February 3, 2008, Lutheran School of Theology
Helmut Walcha, Three Chorale Preludes
Hugo Distler, Geistliche Konzerte for voice and organ
Daniel Pinkham, Variations for oboe and organ
Patricia Morehead, It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers for voice and piano
Jan Bender, The Wedding Sonata for trumpet and organ
Hermann Schroeder, Concertino for violin, oboe and organ
Pierre Mercure, Dissidence for voice and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Profaning the Sacred for voice/flute
Flor Peeters, Arioso for oboe and organ
Harald Genzmer, Sonate für Trompete in C und Orgel
COMMONWEALTH CONNECTIONS
Monday, February 4, 2008, Live on WFMT
Jack Body, Five Melodies for solo piano
Jack Behrens, Two Songs for voice, flute and piano
Rick Baitz, Two Poems for Flute and Alto Flute Solo
Bongani Ndodana-Breen, Apologia at Umzimvubu for string quartet
Pierre Mercure, Dissidence for voice and piano
Bongani Ndodana-Breen, African Rain Song for English horn and piano
Patricia Morehead, Ladders of Anxiety for flute, guitar, violin, viola, and cello
Bongani Ndodana-Breen, “A Jazz Song” from the opera Orange Clouds for voice, oboe, clarinet, wiolin and cello
John Beckwith, “Mrs’ Brown’s Soliloquy” from Night Blooming Cereus for voice and piano
Mary Gardiner, A Resonance in Time for flute, clarinet and piano
VIOLA FANTASY
Friday, March 28, 2008, Merit School of Music
Eleanor Cory, Mood Swing (premiere) for oboes, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Patricia Morehead, Elegy for viola and piano
William Ferris, Lux Aeterna for flute and viola
Lawrence Axelrod, Duo Concertante for viola and piano
Ben Babbitt, Frankincense Immediate for viola and electronics
Sam Cole, The Unbearable Lightness of Being…a Composer for oboe, clarinet, trombone, and percussion
Jorge Liderman, Tropes IV for solo piano
Kurt Coble, Moth’s Wing for viola
Gyula Fekete, Divertimento Celebration C-U-B-E for viola, flute, oboe, trumpet, and piano
CHICAGO CONNECTIONS
Thursday, April 3, 2008, Columbia College Recital Hall
Robert Ceely, GYMEL for two oboes
Kotoka Suzuki, Slipstream for flute and tape
Marybeth Bradfish, Patricias (premiere) for oboe, piano and percussion
Rick Baitz, Two Poems for Flute and Alto Flute Solo
Sebastian Huydts, Found on the Street for clarinet and piano
GROOVIN' HIGH, GROOVIN' LOW
Sunday, May 11, 2008, Ganz Hall
Claude Debussy (arr. Misurell-Mitchell, Mitchell, Pittman) Syrinx à trois for three flutes
Meira Warshauer Shevet Achim for two bass clarinet
Arnold Schoenberg "Der Kranke Mond" from Pierrot Lunaire for flute and voice
AACM 43 for flute, voice/piano, two clarinets/didgeridoos, and percussion
Jody Rockmaker Bottom Dog for two bass clarinets and contrabass clarinet
The Girl Group sisters switching for female voices and flute/voice
Janice Misurell-Mitchell X-marks for mixed ensemble
MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICAN COMPOSERS
October 19, 2008 Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music
Teresa Carreño, Plainte! Op. 17 for solo piano (1866)
Carmen Barradas, Fabricación for piano solo (1922)
Adina Izarra, Retratos de Macondo for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1997)
Gabriela Ortíz, Su-Muy-key for solo piano (2004)
Gabriela Ortíz, 100 Watts for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1998)
Marcos Balter, Delete/Control/Option for alto flute and cello (2008)
THE BIG GESTURE
Saturday, November 8, 2008, Chicago Cultural Center/Cassidy Theater
Tickets $15 general and FREE for students, seniors and educators
Jerome Kitzke, The Big Gesture for oboe, bass clarinet and percussion
Margaret Brouwer, Skyriding for flute, violin, cello, piano
Reginald Robinson, three original ragtime pieces for solo piano
Joan Tower, Big Sky for piano trio
Charles Wuorinen, Big Epithalamium for clarinet ensemble
Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint
ARCTICUBE Composers from the Arctic Circle
Monday, January 26, 2009
Live from Studio One - WFMT 98.7 FM
Alaska: John Luther Adams, Nunataks for solo piano;
Stefan Hakenberg, (German/USA) Ein Gesang der Loreley for flute, clarinet, violin
Iceland: Snorri Sigfuss Birgisson, Songs for Flute and Piano
Finland: Kaija Saariaho, Oi Kuu for cello and clarinet
Kaija Saariaho, Cendres for flute, cello, and piano
Russia: Dmitri Capyrin, Music for Two for clarinet and piano
Sweden: Martin Q Larsson, 8 for piano/electronics
Norway: Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred, Coherent Opposites for flute, violin, cello, and piano
AMERICAN MASTERPIECES: Chamber Music from Coast to Coast – Concert I
Sunday, March 29, 2009, Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music
Henry Cowell, Quartet for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord
Joan Tower, Petroushkates for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Bruce Saylor, Reliquary for violin, viola, clarinet, cello and piano
Laurel Firant, Dance for violin and piano
George Crumb, Gnomic Variations for solo piano
Michael Daugherty, Sinatra Shag for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Ulysses Kay, Suite for flute and oboe
Patricia Morehead, Fantasy Variations for harpsichord
DAVID HOLZMAN, pianist
"The Flickering Within…Jazz in the Abstract Expressionists"
Friday, April 10, 2009, Columbia College Music Center
Stefan Wolpe, Blues and Tango
Stefan Wolpe, Passacaglia
Stefan Wolpe, Two Songs Without Words
Donald Martino, Late in the Day
John Harbison, Monk Trope
DAVID HOLZMAN, pianist
"Lively Rhythms and the Abstract"
with guest artists David Bowlin, violin, and Patricia Morehead, oboe
Saturday, April 11, 2009, Concert Hall, Columbia College Music Center
Stefan Wolpe, Blues and Tango
Stefan Wolpe, Passacaglia
Stefan Wolpe, Two Songs Without Words
Donald Martino, Late in the Day
Donald Martino, Three Preludes
John Harbison, Monk Trope
Ralph Shapey, Rhapsody for oboe and piano
Roger Sessions, Waltz for Brenda
Roger Sessions, Adagio
Roger Sessions, Duo for Violin and Piano
SOUNDLY SANDROFF
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Concert Hall, Columbia College Music Center
Howard Sandroff, Chant de Femme (1996) for flutes and electronic sounds
Howard Sandroff, Tephillah (1990) for clarinet and computer controlled audio processors
Howard Sandroff, Adagio (1985) for piano
AMERICAN MASTERPIECES: Chamber Music from Coast to Coast – Concert II
Sunday, May 17, 2009, Elizabeth Stein Company, Fine Arts Building
Margaret Brouwer, Skyriding for flute, violin, cello and piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Everything Changes for flute/voice and percussion
William Bolcom, Aubade for oboe and piano
Ralph Shapey, Discourse Encore for violin, cello, clarinet and piano
Terry Riley, Cinco de Mayo for piano four hands
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Lamentations for solo cello
Samuel Barber, Despite and Still for voice and piano
A SUMMER SONGBOOK
Friday, June 5, 2009, Merit School of Music
Patricia Morehead, Triptych for soprano and string quartet
Georgi Sztojanov, Malchanie for soprano and violin
Lawrence Axelrod, Mandala #5 for string quartet
J.S. Bach, "Die Seele ruht" from Cantata 127
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for voice and piano