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Bay Area Performances
Bay Area Performances
PIANO QUARTET IN D MINOR – for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola & Pianoforte
Premiere Performance: March 1996
Palo Alto High School Auditorium Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Teresa Merchant, Mary Driscoll, Cynthia de Lamar & B.J. Floersheim.
SINFONETTA IN D MAJOR (1st Mov) – for String Orchestra
Premiere Performance:
Spangenburg Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by The All-City Orchestra of PAUSD, Mary Driscoll Conducting
PIZZICATO TIME – for String Orchestra
Premiere Performance:
Spangenburg Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by The District Festival Orchestra of PAUSD, Mary Driscoll Conducting
THE SALAMANDER RAG – for Small Orchestra
Premiere Performance: March 1997
Palo Alto High School Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Members of the Palo Alto Unified School District Music Faculty
ANONYMOUSE – A Cat and Mouse Poetic Narration set to Music
Music by Daniel Leo Simpson
Text by R. Scott Penza
Commissioned by the Palo Alto Foundation For Education
Premiere Performance: March 1998
Palo Alto High School Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Members of the Palo Alto Unified School District Music Faculty and Student Scholorship Recipients.
Narated by Al ________
PIANO TRIO IN Bb – for Violin, Viola & Pianoforte Premiere Performance: March 1998
Palo Alto High School Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Mary Simpson, The Composer, and Luba Kardonchic.
SOLILOQUY – for Solo Violin & Pianoforte Premiere Performance: March 1999
Palo Alto High School Auditorium - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Mary Simpson, and Luba Kardonchic.
POÉME - for Violoncello & Orchestra Commissioned by the El Camino Youth Symphony
Premiere Performance: March 21,1999
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Performed by the El Camino Symphony Youth Symphony, Dr. Camilla Kolchinsky Conducting
Featuring World-renowned Cellist Dr. Michail Gelfandbein as Soloist
BERCEUSE - for Solo Violin & Piano Premiere Performance: March 1999
Jordan Middle School- Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Andrew & Luba Kardonchic
SOLILOQUY - for Two Cellos & String Orchestra May 31, 2000
J.L. Stanford Middle School - Palo Alto, CA
Soloists April Dinwiddie & Shimon Kolkowitz
TOAD PIZZA - for Flute, Clarinet & BassoonPremiere Performance: June 10, 2000
Palo Alto Cultural Center - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Diana Tucker-Flute, Michael Kimbell-Clarinet, Kathleen Johannessen-Bassoon
SOLILOQUY - for Solo Violin & Piano June 17, 2000
Jewish Community Center - Palo Alto, CA
Performed by Anat Kardontchik, soloist
POLONAISE in D minor - for Piano 4 Hands Premiere Performance: October 26, 2000
The Palo Alto Two Piano Club, Portola Valley, CA
Performed by Marge Cassingham and Helen Price
BERCEUSE - for Soprano Voice and Pianoforte accompanimentNovember 11, 2000
Palo Alto Cultural Center - Palo Alto, CA
SOUVENIR OF SALZBURG - Concerto for Pianoforte & String Orchestra Premiere Performance: May 24, 2001
Spangenberg Theater, Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA
Performed by the Gunn High School String Orchestra Susan Macy, Director; Chris Chung, Piano
SOUVENIR OF SALZBURG - Concerto for Pianoforte & String Orchestra Premiere Performance: June 6, 2001
(This Orchestra actually premiered the first rehearsal of the piece)
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
Performed by the Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School String Orchestra Mary Simpson, Director; Julian Habdank-Kolaczkowski, Piano
SOUVENIR OF SALZBURG - Concerto for Pianoforte & String Orchestra Premiere Performance: June 5, 2002
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
Performed by the JLS Middle School String Orchestra Mary Simpson, Director; Alexandra Makarova, Piano
FLORENCE'S FAREWELL - Arco Bass & String Orchestra Premiere Performance: June 5, 2002
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
Mary Simpson, Director; Florence Mcgee,Soloist
SOUVENIR OF SALZBURG - Piano & String Orchestra March 2003
Spangenburg Theatre, CA
Mikail Gelfenbein Conductor;
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