2023
February 16, 4:30pm
Recital with Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoon
Grand Valley State University, MI
April 4, 7:30pm
Recital with Amir Eldan, cello
Works for cello & piano by Fanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Henriette Bosmans, and Dora Pejačević
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
June 22, 7pm
Pops at the Pier with Holland Symphony Orchestra
Carl Topilow, guest conductor
Connor Bogart O’Brian, guest vocalist
June 26 – July 21
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
September 29, 5pm
Pine Grove Choir Concert
Featuring Hope College’s Chapel Choir, College Chorus, SPERA, and student soloists
Peter Kadeli and Pam Pierson, conductors
Holland, MI
October 11, 7:30pm
Gala Concert with Mihai Craioveanu, violin
Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
November 3, 7pm
Society of Composer’s Inc. Region V Conference
Benjamin Krause: Taxonomies of Pulse for two pianos
Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH
December 9, 3:30 & 7:30pm
Celebrate the Season with Holland Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Müller Stosch, conductor
Allison and Steven Martin, soloists
2022
January 22, 4pm
Senior Recital of Emma Clark, soprano
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
February 5, 11am & 8pm
Music of Hope and Resilience: Concert 1 (virtual)
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
Features 13 world premieres performed by 4×5 Piano Duo (Christina Giuca, Benjamin Krause) and Fear No Music
Watch
February 12, 11am & 8pm
Music of Hope and Resilience: Concert 2 (virtual)
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
Features 12 premieres performed by 4×5 Piano Duo (Christina Giuca, Benjamin Krause) and Delgani String Quartet
Watch
February 26, 11am & 8pm
Music of Hope and Resilience: Concert 4 (virtual)
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
Features 15 premieres performed by 4×5 Piano Duo (Christina Giuca, Benjamin Krause), Delgani String Quartet, and Fear No Music
Watch
March 17, 12pm
Piano chamber music masterclass (virtual)
for piano students of Dr. Yerin Kim
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
May 21, 2pm
beautiful small things (presented by LYNX Project and The Poetry Foundation)
Album release concert
The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Watch
June 20-July 1
¡Canto! A Latinx Vocal Intensive
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
2021
January 11 – February 25
Artist Faculty – Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Winter Session
February 4, 11am
4×5 Recital
Music for piano, four-hands and two pianos with Benjamin Krause
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
June 27 – July 25
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
October 22, 7:30pm
Homecoming Gala Concert with Gabe Southard, flute
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
October 23, 7:30pm
Faculty Recital with Gabe Southard, flute
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
November 5-6, 2021
4×5 Duo (Christina Giuca, Ben Krause), guest artists
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium 2021 (virtual)
Premiered and recorded 16 new works for piano, four-hands
November 19, 2021, 10am
“It Takes Two: Teaching Piano Students to Collaborate”
Presentation for Holland Piano Teachers Forum (affiliate of MMTA & MTNA)
First Reformed Church, Holland, MI
2020
February 8 & 14, 7:30pm, February 16, 3pm
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
Freedom Ride* (Dan Shore)
Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, directed by Tazewell Thompson
The Studebaker Theater, Chicago, IL
February 7, 7pm
Recital with Ember Miller, clarinet and Lisa Canning, clarinet
PianoForte Studios, Chicago, IL
March 7, 7pm
Autism Advocacy Series: Chicago Premiere (presented by LYNX Project)
With Olivia Doig, soprano, Emma Smart, mezzo-soprano, Nick Ward, baritone
Anderson Chapel, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Watch
March 9-22 – cancelled due to COVID-19
“Outside the Lines” Artist Residency (presented by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)
St. Louis, MO
April 19, 3pm – postponed due to COVID-19
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
The Transformation of Jane Doe* (Stacy Garrop)
Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, directed by Joachim Schamberger
Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
April 24, 7:30pm & April 26, 2pm – cancelled due to COVID-19
North Park University, Rehearsal Pianist
Dialogues des Carmélites (Poulenc)
Conducted by James Setapen, directed by George Cederquist
The Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL
June 28 – July 26 – cancelled due to COVID-19
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
September 24, 11am
Faculty Recital with Barbara Corbató, viola
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
October 15, 11am
Faculty Recital with Gabe Southard, flute and Sarah Southard, oboe
Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College, Holland, MI
2019
January – February
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
The Scarlet Ibis (Stefan Weisman)
Conducted by David Hanlon
The Studebaker Theater, Chicago, IL
January 20, 2pm
“To the Moon”
Recital with Anne Marie Bice, soprano
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
February 16, 2pm
Recital with Samantha Farmilant, soprano
Presented by Floating Opera Company
First United Methodist Church – Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL
February 23, 7pm
“Snapshots of Every Voice,” Lynx Project
PianoForte Studios, Chicago, IL
February – April
North Park University, Staff Pianist and Coach
Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) and Masque of Angels (Argento)
Conducted by Nyela Basney
North Park University, Chicago, IL
March 17, 11am
MTNA National Conference
Performance of Taxonomies of Pulse by Benjamin Krause
Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA
April 14, 6pm
Chicago songSLAM
*Solitaire by Benjamin Krause
With Angela DeVenuto, soprano
The Promontory, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
April 20, 2pm
Recital with Matthew Nix, cello
Benefit recital for Project Fierce Chicago
The Sandbox, Chicago, IL
April – June
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Music Staff
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), Rigoletto (Verdi), The Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi), *Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Terence Blanchard), Center Stage 2019
The Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
July 1-21
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
September 16, 7:30pm
Recital with Ericka Grodrian, horn
Moody Music Building Concert Hall, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
September 24, 5:30-8pm
Chicago Fringe Opera at the Taproom
Lagunitas Brewing Company, Chicago, IL
October 16, 11am
2019 Scholarship Winners in Concert
American Opera Society of Chicago
Performance with Olivia Doig, soprano
October 27, 3pm
“From Armenian Dance to Argentinian Tango”
Recital with Mihai Craioveanu, violin and Alicia Eppinga, cello
Jack H. Miller Center, Hope College, Holland, MI
November 3, 3pm
Snapshots of Every Voice: Salon Series (presented by LYNX Project)
With Anna Laurenzo, mezzo-soprano and Achilles Bezanis, tenor
Chicago, IL
November 8 & 9
Music Director
Opera Scenes: People Who Make a Scene
North Park University, Chicago, IL
Directed by George Cederquist
November 21-24
Pianist and Coach
Dog Days (David T. Little)
Conducted by Alan Pierson, directed by Joachim Schamberger
Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
December 6, 8pm
Snapshots of Every Voice: Salon Series (presented by LYNX Project)
With Caitleen Kahn, soprano, Carmenchú Dominguez, soprano, and Hope DeCelle Shepherd, cello
Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, IL
December 13
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
Workshop of The Transformation of Jane Doe (Stacy Garrop)
Conducted by Josh Quinn
Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2018
January 24, 7:30pm
The Song Continues: Marilyn Horne Master Class
Carnegie Hall, Resnick Education Wing, New York, NY
Watch
January 25, 7:30pm
The Song Continues: Graham Johnson Master Class
Carnegie Hall, Resnick Education Wing, New York, NY
Watch
January 26, 7:30pm
The Song Continues: Renée Fleming Master Class
Carnegie Hall, Resnick Education Wing, New York, NY
February 18, 2pm
Recital with Anne Marie Bice, soprano
Featuring art songs of 19th-century Norway.
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
March 22, 7pm
Lenten Recital Series
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Recital
with Hannah Rose Kidwell, soprano
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Houston, TX
March 26, 7pm
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Recital
with Hannah Rose Kidwell, soprano
Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara, CA
March 28, 12:15pm
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Recital
with Hannah Rose Kidwell, soprano
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Watch or Listen
March 30, 7pm
Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Recital
with Hannah Rose Kidwell, soprano
Steinway Hall, New York, NY
April 23 – June 24
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Music Staff
La Traviata (Verdi), *An American Soldier (Huang Ruo), Regina (Blitzstein), Orfeo and Euridice (Gluck)
The Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
July 1-29
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
October 6
Indiana Music Teachers Association State Conference
*Taxonomies of Pulse by Benjamin Krause
Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne, IN
Watch
October 9, 5:30pm
Chicago Fringe Opera at the Taproom
Lagunitas Brewing Company, Chicago, IL
2017
February 10
Recital of Benjamin Krause, composer
with Sonja Harasim, violin
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
April 2
“Nature’s Way”
Recital with Emily Yiannias, soprano
also featuring Jack Marquardt, clarinet
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
April 23
Mixed Choir Spring Concert
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
April 28
Recital with Samantha Bessey, flute
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
June – August
Vocal Piano Fellowship
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA
2016
February 14
“Beloved/Beheaded: Art Song of Women Composers”
Recital with Emily Yiannias, soprano
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
April 7
“CONNECTIONS”
Recital of Benjamin Krause, composer and pianist
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
April 17
Mixed Choir Spring Concert
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
June 25 – July 7
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium residency
New works for solo piano and chamber ensemble
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
July 1
“New Pathways II: Music by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and David Crumb”
with Molly Barth, flute and Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
September 19
“Beloved/Beheaded: Art Song of Women Composers”
Recital with Emily Lyday Yiannias, soprano
St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN
October 6
Outreach concert with Emily Herdeman Kelly, violin and Josh Kelly, viola
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, Rockford, IL
October 7
Concert with the Herdeman Kelly Duo
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, Rockford, IL
October 30
“Magic, Mischief and Monsters”
Recital with Anne Marie Bice, soprano
also featuring Ryan de Ryke, baritone
Benefit recital for Save the Dunes
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
2015
June 27
Vivaldi Music Academy Faculty and Student Recital
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY
October 4
“All Creatures of Our God and King”
Recital with Anne Marie Bice, soprano
also featuring Maura Janton Cock, soprano
Benefit recital for Lakeshore PAWS
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
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