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