2008 5, 7 September Our Town Civic Opera Kansas City, MO 13, 25, 19, 20 June Our Town Skylark Opera St Paul, Minnesota 23, 25, 27 April Our Town Juilliard School of Music, New York 23, 25, 27 April Our Town Juilliard School of Music, New York 30 March The Stars Have Not Dealt for voice/piano Florestan Recital Project Boston Conservatory 27 March World Premiere The Stars Have Not Dealt for voice/piano Florestan Recital Project, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA 29 February, 1 March Our Town Catholic University of America Washington, DC 19 January Symphony No. 2 (UK Premiere) Helios Chamber Orchestra / Owen Leech Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church London, UK 8 January Picnic on the Marne Adam Swayne, Hannah Marcinowicz Purcell Room London, UK 2007 23 November Rorem and Bernstein program Thomas Lanners, piano Pianistes a la Maison du Peuple Brussels, Belgium 21 November Rorem and Bernstein program Thomas Lanners, piano Rode Pomt; Ghent, Belgium 3 November Lions (A Dream) North Carolina Symphony / Branford Marsalis Quartet / Grant Llewllyn Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, USA 2 November Lions (A Dream) North Carolina Symphony / Branford Marsalis Quartet / Grant Llewllyn Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, USA 1 November Lions (A Dream) North Carolina Symphony / Branford Marsalis Quartet / Grant Llewllyn Pinecrest High School Auditorium, Southern Pines, NC, USA 24 October Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano "Dolce Suono" Group, Haverford PA 18 October War Scenes Gerald Finley, baritone / Julius Drake, pft Wigmore Hall, London UK 10 October Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano "Dolce Suono" Group, Philadelphia 7 October Little Elegy Irene Drummond, soprano / Alasdair Beatson, piano Kings College Chapel, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK 26 September Romeo and Juliet Richard Hand, guitar, Jennifer Stinton, flute Sherwell Centre, Plymouth, United Kingdom 22 September Evidence Of Things Not Seen Florestan Recital Project, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA 7:00 pm 14 September Little Elegy, Andy Warhol Celebration Irene Drummond, soprano / Iain Burnside, piano National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK 11,14,17,19 August Festival Opera Walnut Creek CA Our Town West Coast Premiere 10 August Lions (A Dream) Aspen Festival Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO, USA 15 July Nocturne for Double Bass and Piano (World Primiere) The Basso Moderno Duo (Dr. Allen Von Schenkel db; Kristen Williams pft) McEnvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, DC 2 July Organ Concerto Saint Ignatius Church, New York 18 May Three Prayers Flemish Radio Choir / tbc Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium 17 May Three Prayers Flemish Radio Choir / tbc OLV-ter-Potterie, Brugges, Belgium 16 May Three Prayers (Belgian premiere) Flemish Radio Choir / tbc Flagey, Brussels, Belgium 21 April Erato Ensemble Mystics and Misfits / NR song Knight of the Grail St. Andrews-Wesley Church; Vancover B.C., Canada 21 April World Premiere: Afternoon On A Hill, Four Pieces for Chorus and Piano The Young People's Chorus of New York Francisco J. Nunez, artistic director 7:30 PM 92nd Street YMHA, New York 4-21 April San Francisco Ballet Company San Francisco CA World premiere: On Common Ground Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson; to music by NR, String Quartet #4 29 March World Premiere: Four Prayers for Flute and Piano Marya Martin Weill Hall, New York 29 March Mallet Concerto Evelyn Glennie, DBE, percussion / Akbank Chamber Orchestra / Cem Mansur Istanbul, Turkey 28 March Mallet Concerto (Turkish premiere) Evelyn Glennie, DBE, percussion / Akbank Chamber Orchestra / Cem Mansur Istanbul, Turkey 23 March 7:30, Zankel Hall, New York War Scenes for voice and piano, Gerald Finley, baritone 15, 16, 17 March Nashville Symphony/ Arild Remmerit Nashville TN Fantasy and Polka 5 March 92 St YMHA, Lexington Ave at 92 St, New York A Tribute to W.H. Auden with Shirley Hazzard, Sandy McClatchy, Edward Mendelson, Ned Rorem, Charles Rosen, and Oliver Sacks. Literary readings and performances. NR will accompany four songs on poems of Auden, with tenor Scott Murphree. 8:00 PM 26 February Romeo and Juliet Richard Hand, guitar, Jennifer Stinton, flute Sherwell Centre, Plymouth, United Kingdom 9,11 February Raleigh, North Carolina A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre Our Town Friday February 9 @ 8:00 PM, Sunday February 11 @ 2:00 PM 2,4 February Winston-Salem, North Carolina Stevens Center of the North Carolina School of the Arts Our Town Friday February 2 @ 8:00 PM, Sunday February 4 @ 2:00 PM 2 February Romeo and Juliet Richard Hand, guitar, Jennifer Stinton, flute Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom World Premiere 'Strada Duo' performs works including the World Premiere of Lullaby by NR Weil Concert Hall at Carnegie Hall Sunday, January 21, 2007 5:30 pm 2006 7 ,8 ,9 December Cleveland, Ohio English Horn Concerto Cleveland Symphony Orchestra 10 November Los Angeles, CA Violin Concerto Los Angeles Philharmonic 11 September Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center Broadway and 65 Street CD signing of new Naxos CD - Flute and Violin Concertos Discussion with NR, conductor José Serebrier, Flutist Jeffrey Khaner, violinist Philipe Quint Aspen Music Festival Aspen, Colorado Our Town: David Zinman, conductor Saturday July 29 @ 7:00 PM, Monday July 31 @ 7:00 PM, Wednesday August 2 @ 7:00PM 28 July @ 12:00 PM Aspen, Colorado Aspen Music Festival Screening of documentary film Ned Rorem: Word and Music Paepcke Auditorium 27 July @ 8:30 PM Aspen, Colorado Aspen Music Festival Ying Quartet performs United States: Seven Viewpoints for String Quartet 29 July @ 4:00 PM Aspen, Colorado Aspen Music Festival Chamber Music Concert of NR's Bright Music 26 July @ 12:00 PM Aspen, Colorado Aspen Music Festival Panel Discussion of Our Town 1,5,9 July Saratoga Springs, New York Lake George Opera Our Town July 1 @ 8:00 PM, July 5 @ 1:00 PM, and July 9 @ 1:00 PM. 20,21 June Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Centre The Royal Ballet perform the ballet Tanglewood set to Ned's Violin Concerto. Choreographed by Alastair Marriott, with conductor Barry Wordsworth and Solo Violinist Vasko Vassilier. 20 June St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwood, United Kingdom Scottish Ensemble, Nash Ensemble Strings Symphony 7 June Teatro Solis Montevideo, Uruguay Song program including works by NR Carole Farley; Julian Pello, piano 18 May New York City New Amsterdam Singers at Immanuel Lutheran Church perform From an Unknown Past. 2 May New York City Saint Peter's Church Songs of Post-War New York 17-25 April Chicago, Illinois Ned Rorem Retrospective: Northwestern University presents a festival of Ned's music, with performances of Eagles for orchestra, Evidence of Things Not Seen for four voices and two pianos, the Fourth String Quartet, Sinfonia for 15 Wind Instruments, and Air Music. 4,5 April New York City Aftermath is performed by Nathaniel Webster and the Laredo Kalichstein Robinson Trio at the YMHA. 15 March Saratoga Springs, NY Lake George Opera presents 'Songs & Writings of Ned Rorem' at Caffe Lena, 47 Phila Street. An evening of songs and readings of the works of Ned Rorem, featuring excerpts from Rorem's new opera version of Our Town. 8 March New York City The Ying Quartet performs Ned's String Quartet No. 5 at Symphony Space. 25 February Bloomington, Indiana Ned appears as a guest in Sharon Robinson's master class. 23 February Indianapolis, Indiana Claude Baker conducts an all-Rorem concert with the Indiana University New Music Ensemble. 3, 4 March 24, 25 February Bloomington, Indiana Our Town receives its world premiere by the Indiana University Opera. 21 January New York City Four Sonnets for Piano and Mixed Chorus is performed by the Gregg Smith Singers at the Church of St. Peter's at the Citicorp Center. 2005 16 December New York City Daron Hagen and Gilda Lyons perform the world concert premiere of 'Emily's Aria' from Ned's Our Town as part of their American song set on a concert at St. Matthew and St. Timothy's, 26 West 84th Street, 8:00 PM. 8 November New York City Ned is interviewed by Paul Schindler of Gay City News about Paul Goodman prior to a new film about Goodman. Gay and Lesbian Center, 208 West 13th Street. 29 October New York City Auden Poems are performed at the Cthedral of St. John the Divine. Tim Brumsfield, organ. 28 October Vassar College Five Elizabeth Bishop Songs are performed by Robert Osborne. 22 October New York City Ned appears from 5:45-6:10 to speak about 'The Book That Changed My Life' at Symphony Space. 19 October New York City So We'll Go No More Aroving and As I Walked Out One Morning from Evidence of Things Not Seen are performed by the New York Festival of Song at Merkin Hall. 1 June London, England Carole Farley performs Ned's music at the Wigmore Hall. 22 May Chicago, Illinois Winter Pages, Santa Fe Songs, Poems of Love and the Rain, 4th String Quartet performed by the Chicago Chamber Players. Ned will attend this concert. 1 May Boston, MA Symphony No. 3 performed by Ars Viva, Alan Heatherington, conductor. 15 April Montreal, Quebec, Canada Four Colours (Canadian Premiere) Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Judith Olson, piano. 1 & 3 April New York City In Time of Pestilence The New Amsterdam Singers, 316 East 88th Street, 4 PM. 12-20 March New York City Lingo Land, a celebration of the words of Kenwood Elmslie as set to music by Ned and other composers. For more information, call 212-935-5824. 11,12 March Baton Rouge, Alabama Symphony No. 2 performed by the Alabama Symphony. 3 March New York City Organ Concerto performed by Steven Hamilton - Holy Trinity Church 316 East 88 Street. PAST YEARS Choose a time period to read the events featured during that time: 2003: [Jan-Mar] [Apr-Jun] [Jul-Sep] [Oct-Nov] [Dec] 2004: [Jan-Mar] [Apr-Jun] [Jul-Sep] [Oct-Dec] 2004 January-March 21 January 04 Denver, Colorado Denver's Friends of Chamber Music performs String Quartet No. 4 15 February 04 Austin, Texas The Austin Chamber Ensemble performs Romeo and Juliet for Flute and Guitar 22 February 04 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Market Square Concerts present Flute Concerto, and Winter Pages at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center 26,27,28 February 04 Atlanta, Georgia Gary Graffman performs Ned's Left Hand Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony 6 March 04 New York City 14th Street Y performs the short opera, The Robbers 10 March 04 New York City American Composers Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Steven Sloane, performs Lions 13 March 04 Colchester, Vermont The Vermont Youth Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Troy Peters, performs Ideas 17 March 04 Helsinki, Finland The Double Concerto is performed, conducted by Michael Stern 27,28 March 04 Madison, Wisconsin Evelyn Glennie premieres Ned's Mallet Concerto with the Madison Symphony Orchestra 2,9,16 March 04 New York City Gregory D'agostino gives an All-Rorem recital at the Riverside Church which includes a rare performance of Ned's Organ Concerto April-June 04 3 April 04 Atlanta, Georgia Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson record Ned's Double Cocnerto with the Atlanta Symphony, Michael Stern conducting 8,9 April 04 New York City Evelyn Glennie premieres Ned's Mallet Concerto with the EOS Orchestra 16 April 04 Minneapolis, Minnesota Dr. Joseph Murphy performs Picnic on the Marne 25 April 04 New York City Magic Circle Repertory Theater performs Aftermath and other works at Merkin Hall 3 May 04 New York City Music for the Voice of Americans erform various Rorem works at Riverside Church 4 May 04 New York City Gregory D'Agostino performs the complete organ music of Ned Rorem at Riverside Church (first of two concerts!): Organboook 1, Organbook 2, Organbook 3, Six Pieces, A Quaker Reader 18 May 04 New York City Gregory D'Agostino performs the complete organ music of Ned Rorem at Riverside Church (second of two concerts!): Fanfare & Flourish for Brass and Organ, Pastorale, Fantasy & Toccata, Views from the Oldest House, Organ Concerto 21 May 04 Chicago, Illinois The William Ferris Chorale Ned at 80 Concert featuring Homer, Three Motets, Festive Alleluia 21 May 04 Chicago, Illinois The William Ferris Chorale performs Homer, Three Motets and Festive Alleluia July 04 23 July 04 Highland Park, Illinois The Stearns Institute presents the world premiere of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow 17 September 04 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Symphony performs Symphony No. 3 4 November 04 Portland, Maine The Portland Symphony performs English Horn Concerto August-September 04 19 August 04 Aspen, Colorado The Aspen Music Festival presents String Quartet No. 4 at Harris Concert Hall 29 August 04 Woodstock, New York the American String Quartet performs the 3rd Quartet at the Maverick Music Festival 17, 19 September 04 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Symphony (Neema Jarvis) performs the 3rd Symphony 19 September 04 Aspen, Colorado American String Quartet performs the 4th Quartet October-December 04 15 October 04 New York City NR is keynote speaker at the Music Critics Association of North America conference at Juilliard 19 October 04 New York City Magic Circle Opera Company (Ray Harell) performs Poems of Love and the Rain 23,24 October 04 Fort Worth, Texas The Van Cliburn Foundation, presents a birthday celebration for NR; October 23 3:00 Evidence of Things Not Seen. 26 October 04 New York City Marion Seldes and Brian Zeger perform Three Women for spoken voice and piano at Juillaird 15 November 04 Providence, Rhode Island Trinty Rep. choral music concert of NR works 18 November 04 New York City World premiere of Sound Points for piano; Gilles Van Sattell performs at Tully Hall 13 December 04 New York City NED ROREM: WORDS & MUSIC, a new film documentary about Ned. Florence Gould Hall, 7:00 PM Screening (55 E 59th St. NY, NY, 212-355-6160) January 03 11 January 03 Boston Evidence of Things Not Seen 15 January 03 Sandy, Utah Evidence of Things Not Seen Feburary 03 13 February 03 Saratoga Springs, New York Double Concerto is performed by the Albany Symphony, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson soloists, led by Music Director David Alan Miller 14, 15 February 03 Troy, New York Double Concerto is performed by the Albany Symphony, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson soloists, led by Music Director David Alan Miller 19 February 03 New York City The Santa Fe Songs and Bright Music are performed at the Manhattan School of Music 20 February 03 Montreal Ariel, Autumn Music, Five Poems of Walt Whitman, The End of Summer are performed on an all-Rorem concert at Pollack Hall 22 February 03 New York City Motets at St. Peter's Church March 03 3-7 March 03 San Francisco Ned is a featured speaker at the "Other Minds" Festival. A number of his works are performed, including Evidence of Things Not Seen and Three Barcaroles at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater. For more information, visit the Other Minds website by clicking here. 5 March 03 San Francisco Evidence of Things Not Seen 9 March 03 New York City Ned joins David Del Tredici, Tom Cipullo, Daron Hagen and others on a benefit concert to raise money for the Friends and Enemies of Music Concert Series 12 March 03 New York City Pas de Trois, a trio for oboe, violin and piano, is performed by the Cosmopolitan Chamber Players at Merkin Recital Hall 28, 29,30 March 03 Kansas City Cello Concerto is premiered by David Geringas and the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Michael Stern 28 March 03 New York City Fifth String Quartet is premiered by the Ying Quartet at Symphony Space. Ned will also accompany Scott Murphree in songs on poems of Paul Goodman April 03 24-25 April 03 WNYC is giving a five-hour-long broadcast of Ned's music, along with interviews, from Midnight to 5 AM on the evening of April 24-25 24,25,26 April 03 Washington, D.C. Leonard Slatkin conducts Lions with the National Symphony May 03 15-30 May 03 Ned makes appearances in Rome 15,16,17 May 03 Jacksonville, Florida Lions is performed by the Jacksonville Symphony, conducted by Fabio Machetti 17 May London, England, Wigmore Hall Andrew West, Emma Bell, Jane Peters perform Early in the Morning and For Poulenc June 03 4-5 June 03 Charleston, North Carolina Two concerts of Ned's chamber music are presented by the Spoleto Festival 6 June 03 Netherlands Cello Concerto receives its European premiere by David Geringas, cello, and the Residentie Orkestra, Anne Manson, conductor 7 June 03 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Six Variations for Two Pianos performed by Ursula Oppens and Jerome Lowenthal 21 June 03 New York City The Gay Gotham Chorus performs choral music of Ned Rorem at 86 West End Avenue July 03 6 July Aspen, Colorado Aspen Festival Orchestra, conducted by Murry Sidlin, performs Lions 7 July London, England, Wigmore Hall Anthony Davie and Efi Christ odoulou perform Violin Sonata 23 July 03 Indiana Concerts at the University of Indiana of Ned's music, as well as a special proclamation by the State of Indiana honoring him 28 July 03 Yanglewood An Evening of Ned Rorem Songs performed by Music Fellowship Students 25 July 03 The Indiana Historical Museum presents Ned with its Living Legend Award 26 July 03 Indiana University presents an All-Rorem Concert 27 July 03 Lenox, Massachusetts, Tanglewood Festival Phyllis Curtin hosts an evening of Ned's chamber music at Ozawa Hall August 03 6 August 03 Bridgehampton The Unquestioned Answer, a quintet, is premiered and Bright Music is performed 9 August 03 Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois Nathaniel Webster, Lisa Shihoten, Amy Sue Barston, and Leva Jokubaviciute perform Aftermath 17, 18 August 03 Menlo Park, California WEST COAST PREMIERE ofAftermath is performed by Nathaniel Webster, Carter Brey, Ani Kavafian, Gilbert Kalish Naxos releases Three Symphonies internationally September 03 10-13 September 03 San Francisco Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Fransisco Symphony in performances of Ned's Sunday Morning 15 September 03 New York City Fourth String Quartet is performed by the Emerson String Quartet at Zankel Hall (broadcast live at 7:30 on WNYC 93.9 FM, New York Public Radio as part of the opening festivities) 23 September 03 Coral Gables, Florida An Evening of Ned Rorem's Music presented by the University of Miami School of Music October 03 2 October 03 New York Ned speaks about Cocteau at Hofstra University 3,4 October 03 Rockville, Maryland Hyun-Su Shin, violinist, plays the Violin Concerto accompanied by the National Philharmonic conducted by Piotr Gajewski The Austin Chamber Ensemble performs End of Summer 10,14,15 October 03 The Unquestioned Answer is given its New York premiere at the 92nd Street Y 20 October 03 New York City Ned speaks and signs copies of the Three Symphonies Naxos release at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center Store 22 October 03 Texas State University-San Marcos All Ned Rorem Concert. 23 October 03 Philadelphia Evidence of Things Not Seen is performed at the Curtis Institute of Music 23 October 03 Munich, Germany Munchen Kammerorchester, David Geringas, cello soloist, give the German premiere of Ned's Cello Concerto 23 October 03 New York City New York Virtuoso Singers give a Ned Rorem program at the Cathedral of Saoint John the Divine 24 October 03 New York City Evidence of Things Not Seen is performed by the New York Festival of Song at the Miller Theater of Columbia University. Ned gives a pre-concert talk at 7 PM 25 October 03 New York City The New York Virtuoso Singers perform Seven Motets, Sermon on Miracles, Mercy and Truth are Met at the Church of Saint John the Baptist on West 31st Street 26 October 03 Philadelphia St. Mark's Church and the Curtis Institute Present The Organ and Sacred Choral Music of Ned Rorem: Sermon on Miracles, Seven Motets for the Church Year, Te Deum for Choir, Brass, and Organ 27 October 03 New York City Festival: Magic Circle American Masters Arts Festival Biennial An All-Rorem Concert at Merkin Hall features Four Dialogues, A Childhood Miracle, and other works 28 October 03 New York City Gerry Hancock presents an all-Rorem choral concert at Saint Thomas' Church at 7:30 PM 29 October 03 New York City Thomas Piercy, clarinettist, premieres Four Colors for clarinet and piano, and also gives the Nine Episodes for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano November 03 1 November 03 Westchester University Ned is Visiting Composer; premiere of a new song on words of Dana Gioia 2 November 03 Philadelphia Two Rorem Birthday Concerts at the Curtis Institute: 3 PM: a full recital of chamber works organized by Jeffrey Khaner, including Book of Hours, Flute Trio, Pas de Trois, and the Fourth String Quartet; 6 PM 2 November 03 Philadelphia All-Ned Rorem chamber music concert at the Curtis Institute, 8 PM 2 November 03 New York City All-Ned Rorem Concert presented by the University of Miami at Weill Recital Hall, 8 PM 7 November 03 Philadelphia Miss Julie, Ned's full-length opera, is given two performances (at 6 and 9) by the Opera Department of the Curtis Institute at the Kimmel Centre 9 November 03 Ned is featured in the Chicago Humanities Festival with a performance of Evidence of Things Not Seen by the New York Festival of Song 15 November 03 Simon's Rock Early College Ned accompanies Mark Ludwig in the Santa Fe Songs 23 November 03 Philadelphia An Evening of Ned Rorem Choral Works presented by the Curtis Institute 23 November 03 New York City Magic Circle American Masters Arts Festival Biennial presents a "Two Day Marathon" of all the solo vocal works of Ned. December 03 3 December 03 New York City Frances Richard of ASCAP presents Ned with ASCAP's Lifetime Achievement Award 4,5,6 December 03 Philadelphia Orchestra and soloist Jeffrey Khaner premiere Ned's Flute Concerto

A publicity still from around 2002. Ned and Susan Graham in 2004. Composing. Composing. With musicians performing his work. Ned speaking at the Other Minds Festival in California, 2004. Ned attending a rehearsal at the Other Minds Festival in California, 2004. New York 79th Birthday Concert, 2003. Publicity shot, 2002. Composing in New York, 2003. Photographed in Nantucket, 2002. Composing in New York City, 2003.

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