Upcoming Events



February 28, 2012 at 6:00pm
Master class at Peabody
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Cacioppo is hosted by pianist Ben Pasternack to conduct a master class for students working on the “Pawnee Preludes” as the contemporary music component of Pasternack’s course syllabus.
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March 24, 2012 at 9:00am
Recording sessions
University of Delaware, Gore Hall
Cacioppo records the award winning music of composer Mark Hagerty, including the monumental cycle “The Realm of Possibility” (written for him) and the 10 piece collection “After Duchamp” for a Meyermedia CD release, supported by a Delaware Arts Council grant. Bösendorfer 280 concert grand provided by Cunningham Piano Company. Sessions run March 24 - 27.
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May 12, 2012 at 8:00pm
Cantata of the Angels on Month of Moderns
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
THE CROSSING - Donald Nally, conductor
In Concert at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Join The Crossing for an exciting reprise of Curt Cacioppo’s Vermillion Vespers
(aka Cantata of the Angels).
This concert will highlight the extraordinary Mander organ at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hiill played by Scott Dettra, principal organist of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
This performance will be recorded for subsequent broadcast on WRTI-FM.
more information coming soon at www.crossingchoir.com/mom1_12.html
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July 15, 2012 at 3:00pm
Premiere of new work at Carmel Bach Festival
Carmel, CA
Premiere of new work for string chamber orchestra and cembalo commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival, Paul Goodwin, Music Director. The piece is a contemporary response to Bach’s “Air on the G String,” and will take the place of the original movement in the ensemble’s performances of the 3rd Orchestral Suite.
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July 22, 2012 at 3:00pm
Performance at Carmel
Carmel, CA
Repeat performance of new work for string chamber orchestra and cembalo commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival, Paul Goodwin, Music Director. The piece is a contemporary response to Bach’s “Air on the G String,” and takes the place of the original movement in the ensemble’s performances of the 3rd Orchestral Suite.
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Past Events

February 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
Cacioppo performs at Cornell
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Pianist Curt Cacioppo performs Klavierstück Nr. 3 by Charles Cacioppo on new music concert at Barnes Hall, Cornell University.
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February 4, 2012 at 1:00pm
Performance in Long Beach
Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach, CA
Performance of Cacioppo’s “Philadelphia Diary” by pianist Althea Waites on African Heritage Month recital at Long Beach Public Library.
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January 28, 2012 at 8:00am
KUSC broadcast
Los Angeles, CA
Hear movements I & II from Cacioppo’s “Philadelphia Diary” on the KUSC-FM ‘Arts Alive’ program as pianist Althea Waites interviews about her February 4th “MUSIC UNTOLD” recital and her upcoming CD release. 8-9 AM Pacific Time, 11-12 EST. “KUSC — the world’s best classical music station.”
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December 29, 2011 at 9:00pm
“Kinaaldá” broadcast
Tucson, AZ
“Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman” by Curt Cacioppo on
Arizona Public Radio KUAZ-FM/npr 90.5
(performed by the Borromeo String Quartet)
4 broadcasts (Dec. 2011):
Sunday, December 18 at 3:00 p.m. and
Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 p.m
Sunday, December 25 at 3:00p.m. and
Thursday, December 29 at 9:00 p.m.
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December 25, 2011 at 3:00pm
“Kinaaldá” broadcast
Tucson, AZ
“Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman” by Curt Cacioppo on
Arizona Public Radio KUAZ-FM/npr 90.5
(performed by the Borromeo String Quartet)
4 broadcasts (Dec. 2011):
Sunday, December 18 at 3:00 p.m. and
Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 p.m
Sunday, December 25 at 3:00p.m. and
Thursday, December 29 at 9:00 p.m.
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December 22, 2011 at 9:00pm
“Kinaaldá” broadcast
Tucson, AZ
“Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman” by Curt Cacioppo on
Arizona Public Radio KUAZ-FM/npr 90.5
(performed by the Borromeo String Quartet)
4 broadcasts (Dec. 2011):
Sunday, December 18 at 3:00 p.m. and
Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 p.m
Sunday, December 25 at 3:00p.m. and
Thursday, December 29 at 9:00 p.m.
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December 18, 2011 at 10:00pm
Broadcast of “Red Dove of Libya”
Philadelphia, PA
Broadcast of “Red Dove of Libya” on the program NOW IS THE TIME hosted by Kile Smith, streaming on WRTI-HD2. Performers include David Cramer (flute), Angela Zator Nelson (percussion), Kimberly Rowe (harp), Rob Kessleman (bass), with Curt Cacioppo (celesta) and Lily Press (voice-overs), from the recent Navona Records CD “ITALIA.”
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December 18, 2011 at 3:00pm
Premiere at Curtis Institute
Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA
The Borromeo String Quartet gives the East Coast premiere of Cacioppo’s “Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman” on a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Pre-concert forum with the composer begins at 1:45.
Also, a series of broadcasts of the same begins at 3PM MT as follows:
“Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman” by Curt Cacioppo on
Arizona Public Radio KUAZ-FM/npr 90.5
(performed by the Borromeo String Quartet)
4 broadcasts (Dec. 2011):
Sunday, December 18 at 3:00 p.m. and
Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 p.m
Sunday, December 25 at 3:00p.m. and
Thursday, December 29 at 9:00 p.m.
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December 5, 2011 at 8:00pm
World premiere by New York Chamber Brass
Purchase College Conservatory of Music, Purchase, NY
Premiere of the new work “Pharaonic Suite” written for Graham Ashton and the New York Chamber Brass. POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 2012 — date TBA.
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November 21, 2011 at 4:15pm
Native American Thanksgiving Tribute
MacCrate Recital Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Pianist Emanuele Arciuli and Curt Cacioppo offer a colloquium celebrating the art and music of Native Americans past and present, as part of the Guest Artists Series Thanksgiving tribute. The art of the Anasazi and pueblo peoples will be presented along with contemporary examples by Kevin Red Star and others, and traditional songs will be heard side by side current day crossover music by Taos flutist Robert Mirabal and a host of tribal talents.
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November 20, 2011 at 3:00pm
Arciuli plays piano music of Cacioppo
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
“Lyric Visions from the Pawnee” will be performed by award winning pianist Emanuele Arciuli along with other works inspired and composed by Native Americans in a Thanksgiving tribute concert on the Haverford College Guest Artists Series.
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November 13, 2011 at 3:00pm
performance by Lyric Fest
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Performance of “Volgi, Beatrice” for soprano and string quartet, based on lines from Dante’s Purgatorio, will be presented by the art song ensemble Lyric Fest,
Elizabeth Weigle, soprano, with Solomiya Ivakhiv and the Ravenhill String Quartet.
lyricfest.org/featured1112/to-kiss-the-earth-potter-poet-and-guide
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November 12, 2011 at 3:00pm
Premiere by Lyric Fest
Ravenhill Chapel, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
The premiere performance of “Volgi, Beatrice” for soprano and string quartet, based on lines from Dante’s Purgatorio, will be presented by the art song ensemble Lyric Fest, Elizabeth Weigle, soprano, with Solomiya Ivakhiv and the Ravenhill String Quartet.
lyricfest.org/featured1112/to-kiss-the-earth-potter-poet-and-guide
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November 11, 2011 at 12:30pm
Commission for new work
Carmel, California
Commission for new work from Carmel Bach Festival, Paul Goodwin, conductor.
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November 10, 2011 at 9:15pm
Premiere in Sicily
Catania, Sicily
L’ Associazione Musicale Etnea presenta il pianista Emanuele Arciuli, chi ha vinto il premio Abbiati quest’ anno, in concerto a Palazzo Biscari colla musica di Curt Cacioppo – suo lavoro “Visioni liriche dal Tribù Pawnee” basato su canti indigeni nord americani — in prima esecuzione in Italia
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November 8, 2011 at 9:00pm
Conferenza a Treviso
Treviso, Italy
Curt Cacioppo presenta la sua nuova cantata “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” per coro, soprano solo e organo, sul testo del poeta Luigi Cerantola, alla Fondazione Benetton — commenti e osservazioni del compositore, e la prima esecuzione assoluta del lavoro intero dal coro The Crossing diritto di Maestro Donald Nally, con Scott Dettra, organista, in registrazione — anche sarà presente il poeta
www.fbsr.it
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November 7, 2011 at 7:15pm
Cantata presentation
Venice, Italy
Cacioppo presents his Cantata concertante degli Angeli (Vespero Vermiglio) in recording to a private invited audience at Palazzo Albrizzi in San Polo, Venice. This is the first in person meeting between Cacioppo and the work’s librettist, Luigi Cerantola, though the two have been collaborating for three years already electronically. The evening is graciously hosted by Baron Ernesto Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi.
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November 4, 2011 at 8:00pm
World premiere of choral work
St. David’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, PA
Conductor Donald Nally leads his ensemble THE CROSSING in the world premiere of Curt Cacioppo’s “Cantata of the Angels” (aka ‘Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio’ or ‘Vermillion Vespers’) in its entirety. Scott Dettra, principal organist of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is featured in the concertante solo part. The concert is in conjunction with the Haverford College Guest Artists Series. For more information, visit
www.crossingchoir.com/vermillion_vespers.html
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September 22, 2011 at 8:00pm
Commission for new work
Venice, Italy
Commission for new piano quintet from the Quartetto di Venezia, the premiere of which will feature the composer as pianist in collaboration with the quartet.
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August 9, 2011 at 1:00pm
radio broadcast
Provincetown, MA
“The Buffalo & the Crow,” “The Woman Imitates the Buffalo,” “I Hear
the Sound of a Child Crying,” “Spring is Opening” and “Beloved
Emblem” from PAWNEE PRELUDES on the Capstone Records
MUSIC OF CURT CACIOPPO album aired August 9, 2011 over
92.1 WOMR’s THE LATEST SCORE hosted by Canary Burton.
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July 26, 2011 at 9:00am
CD release
North Hampton, NH
July 26 is the official release date for the Navona Records organ music CD “Heavy Pedal.” The disc features DI CIBO CELESTE by Curt Cacioppo, performed by organist Robert Gallagher. The work, commissioned by the Settimana Organistica Internazionle of Piacenza, Italy, is a ciaconna-fantasia on elements from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Cacioppo’s work stands alongside those of four fellow composers, the compilation representing international talent from the U.S., England, Australia, Germany and the Czech Republic. The CD also includes an enhanced content component which allows you to follow the score while listening, read artist biographies and commentaries, view session photos, and more. This is Cacioppo’s 11th composer release. www.amazon.com/Heavy-Pedal-Works-Organ-Russ/dp/B0055T96ME/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310669310&sr=1-1
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July 20, 2011 at 12:00pm
Performance at the Temple Church
The Temple Church, London, England
Organist Robert Gallagher performs “Visione delle Crociate” (”Vision of the Crusades”) on his recital at the historic Temple Church, built by the Knights Templar, in London.
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June 28, 2011 at 1:00pm
Broadcast of “Pawnee Preludes”
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of PAWNEE PRELUDES from the CD “Monsterslayer: Music of Curt Cacioppo,” Curt Cacioppo, pianist, on the program The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton, WOMR-FM 92.1, Provincetown.
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June 25, 2011 at 8:00pm
Concert in Germany
Bad Harzburg, Germany
The Quartetto di Venezia gives the European premiere of “Impressioni venexiane” on the Bad Harzburg Musiktagen Festival at Bündheimer Schloss. Cacioppo appears on the program as pianist with the quartet in a performance of the Brahms Quintet in f-minor, Op. 34, and also offers his solo piece “Glück auf!”
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June 19, 2011 at 7:30pm
Taos premiere
Taos, New Mexico
Performance of “Kinaaldá” by the Borromeo String Quartet, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Taos Community Auditorium.
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May 21, 2011 at 8:45pm
Vespers in Padova
Celeseo di Sant’Angelo di Piove - Padova
nella Chiesa Parrocchiale Presentazione della Beata Virgine a Sant’Angelo di Piove, tra Padova e Venezia, l’organista Luigi Celeghin eseguirà brani dalla cantata “Vespero Vermiglio” in collaborazione con il Coro Accademia Musicale di Venezia diretto di Maestro Mario Merigo — recorded by Televenezia for TV news segment
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May 3, 2011 at 7:30pm
Choral performance
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
The Chamber Singers of Haverford & Bryn Mawr Colleges, Tian Hui Ng, director, perform Cacioppo’s new piece commissioned by them and written in complement with Monteverdi’s “Il Lamento d’ Arianna” in this Center City landmark.
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April 28, 2011 at 4:30pm
Choral premiere
Haverford, PA
The Chamber Singers of Haverford & Bryn Mawr Colleges, Tian Hui Ng, director, premiere Cacioppo’s new piece commissioned by them and written in complement with Monteverdi’s “Il Lamento d’ Arianna.”
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April 16, 2011 at 10:30am
ACF panel
Philadelphia, PA
Panelist for the American Composers Forum Community Partners program.
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March 26, 2011 at 8:00pm
premiere of “O Principessa”
Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
World premiere of “O Principessa” on recital by soprano Colette Young. Text is from the sestinamento “Operistica” by the contemporary Italian poet Luigi Cerantola.
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March 16, 2011 at 4:00pm
Performances & screenings
Palazzo Bomben, Treviso, Italy
Performances of “Gloria” and “Largo” by the Venice Cello Ensemble, along with screenings of the video “Incontro con Curt Cacioppo.” Mar 16 & 17
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March 10, 2011 at 8:00pm
World premiere by the Borromeo Quartet
Leo Rich Theater, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ
The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music present the Borromeo String Quartet in the world premiere of Curt Cacioppo’s “Kinaaldá,” a work dedicated to Changing Woman, the principal deity of the Navajo Indians. This completes Cacioppo’s cycle of four quartets based on Navajo creation legends. The first quartet in the series, “A Distant Voice Calling,” was premiered at the AFCM Winter Festival by the American String Quartet in 2002. Pre-concert interview with James Reel at 7:30.
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March 10, 2011 at 4:30pm
Colloquium, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Colloquium for composition students at the University of Arizona School of Music — Cacioppo discusses his quartet cycle “WOMB OF THE SACRED MOUNTAINS” and other examples of his music. Hosted by Daniel Asia, chair of composition.
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March 4, 2011 at 4:15pm
Performance by the Ceccomori-Harbova Duo
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Performance of “Under the Treaty Elm” and “Boathouse Row” from PHILADELPHIA DIARY by pianist Elitza Harbova, on a Music and Conversation Series appearance by the Andrea Ceccomori-Elitza Harbova flute and piano duo from Italy.
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February 28, 2011 at 7:00pm
Committee appointment
Venice, Italy
Named to the international Honorary Committee (Comitato d’Onore) for the Quartetto di Venezia concert series at the Fondazione Cini di Venezia, Isola di S. Giorgio, Sala degli Arazzi March – June 2011. Among others on the committee are Piero Farulli, Michele Campanella, Pavel Vernikov and Claus-Christian Schuster.
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February 25, 2011 at 5:30pm
performance of “Amazing Grace” fantasy
Rock Hall, Boyer College of Music, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Performance of “Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s AMAZING GRACE,” Hannah Horine, pianist. Music of Haydn, Chopin & Debussy also featured.
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February 19, 2011 at 5:00pm
performance at Yale
Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges will be performing at Yale University in Marquand Chapel. The concert will feature a preview of Curt Cacioppo’s “Arianna” as part of the group’s RECALLING ARIADNE project. This madrigal sets a text by contemporary Italian poet Luigi Cerantola.
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February 6, 2011 at 7:00pm
“Beloved Emblem” in new book, Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Albert Sassmann writes about Cacioppo’s “Beloved Emblem” from PAWNEE PRELUDES in his new book, “In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister” - Technik und Ästhetik der Klaviermusik für die linke Hand allein ["It is in working within limits that the master reveals himself" - Technique and aesthetic of Piano music for the left hand alone]. Tutzing: Musikverlag Hans Schneider, 2010. ISBN: 978 3 7952 1296 4.
(www.schneider-musikbuch.de)
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February 6, 2011 at 7:00pm
publication of essay
Venice, Italy
Publication of essay “Un pianista nell’ Inferno di Dante” in the annual peer reviewed international journal ACOUSTICAL ARTS AND ARTIFACTS: TECHNOLOGY, AESTHETICS, COMMUNICATION (AAA-TAC 7 - 2010), Giovanni Morelli, editor, published by Fabrizio Serra Editore Pisa – Roma under the sponsorship of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto per la Music, Venezia, p. 147 – 154. ISSN 1824-6176 ISSN Elettronico 1825-3873
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January 30, 2011 at 7:00pm
Youtube interview
Venice, Italy, Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello
“Incontro con Curt Cacioppo” — the composer speaks to students at the Venice Conservatory after a performance by the Venice Cello Ensemble — clicca qui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ualySn_JdIU
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January 17, 2011 at 9:00pm
Concert in Treviso
Treviso (Veneto), Italy
The Venice Cello Ensemble under the direction of Angelo Zanin performs Curt Cacioppo’s “Largo” and “Gloria”. A video interview with the composer and members of the ensemble will be shown during the event.
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January 16, 2011 at 3:00pm
Los Angeles performance of “Philadelphia Diary”
Shatto Chapel, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA
Pianist & Steinway concert artist Althea Waites gives the central LA premiere of “Philadelphia Diary” on her all-American contemporary music program for Martin Luther King Day
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January 15, 2011 at 8:00am
Radio interview - “Arts Alive”
Los Angeles, CA
Radio interview on the KUSC-FM 91.5 program “Arts Alive” hosted by Gail Eichenthal and Brian Lauritzen. Hear it at kusc.podbean.com/2011/01/15/arts-alive-january-15-2011 - segment begins at 00:19:58.
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December 9, 2010 at 8:00pm
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society premiere
Settlement Music School, Queen St, Philadelphia, PA
Pianist Charles Abramovic gives the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of “Philadelphia Diary” commissioned by PCMS in 2007
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November 19, 2010 at 8:00pm
Orchestral performance
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
performance of “Crying for Justice” by the Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra, Heidi Jacob, Music Director
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November 5, 2010 at 8:00pm
performance in California
Rolling Hills, California
Althea Waites includes on her program at Rolling Hills Methodist Church “Consolatio” from the new cantata “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio.”
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October 25, 2010 at 7:00pm
lecture on Native American influence
MacCrate Recital Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Cacioppo discusses Native American influences in his music, processes of composition in “Crying for Justice,” and the completion of his quartet cycle “Womb of the Sacred Mountains.” Hosted by the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra, Heidi Jacob, Music Director.
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October 18, 2010 at 5:00pm
video interview in Venice
Conservatorio “Benedetto Marcello,” Campo San Stefano, Venezia, Italy
Cacioppo speaks with students and faculty of the Venice Conservatory in a dialogue session about his music. The filmed interview will be produced as a video for educational, promotional and pre-concert use by the Venice Cello Ensemble.
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October 17, 2010 at 8:00pm
concert at Palazzo Albrizzi
Palazzo Albrizzi, S. Polo, Venezia, Italy
Curt Cacioppo performs his own music along with that of his son Charles and his mentor Leon Kirchner in the Tempio of Barone Albrizzi’s 16th century Venetian palace
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October 17, 2010 at 5:00pm
performance of “Gloria” & “Largo” in Venice
Venice (Mestre, Teatro Kolbe), Italy
The Venice Cello Ensemble (VCE) premieres the “Gloria” from the new cantata “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” and performs the “Largo for Strings,” both works in versions by the composer scored for 8 cellos. The ensemble is headed by Angelo Zanin, cellist of the Quartetto di Venezia and professor at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice. Il concerto terrà venerdì il 17 ottobre alle ore 17 a Mestre Teatro Kolbe vicino alla chiesa di via Aleardi all’inizio del Corso del Popolo.
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October 14, 2010 at 9:00pm
Concert in Rome
American Academy in Rome, Villa Aurelia
Curt Cacioppo, pianista
14 Ottobre 2010, a Roma, a Villa Aurelia, concerto organizzato dalla compositrice Ada Gentile in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata USA e con l’Accademia Americana. Il programma comprende opere di autori americani (Ingrid Arauco, Charles Cacioppo, Leon Kirchner, Richard Trythall, ed un brano in 1^ assoluta di Curt Cacioppo) ed italiani (Riccardo Piacentini, e due opere commissionate per l’occasione a Beatrice Campodonico e Paolo Porto). Il concerto è della 31^ edizione del Festival di Musica Contemporanea “Nuovi Spazi Musicali” curato dalla Gentile. Encores include the finale movement of Cacioppo’s “Philadelphia Diary,” and the world premiere of “Consolatio” from his new cantata “Vespero Vermiglio.”
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October 10, 2010 at 2:00pm
Monica Jakuc plays “Pawnee Preludes”
North Hall, Huntington, MA
Monica Jakuc Leverett plays Pawnee Preludes 1 - 6 on her program at North Hall, 40 Searle Road, Huntington, MA • www.northhallhuntington.org
Admission $10 For more visit www.monicajakucleverett.com/index.html
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September 27, 2010 at 8:00pm
choral commission
Haverford, PA
Commission from Maestro Tian Hui Ng and the Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges for a madrigal to complement Monteverdi’s “Lamento d’ Arianna” as part of the ensemble’s RECALLING ARIADNE program project. The text for Cacioppo’s piece is Luigi Cerantola’s “Arianna” which contemplates one of Giorgio de Chirico’s paintings on this theme.
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September 13, 2010 at 9:00am
Cacioppo’s piano music referenced in new book
Torino, Italy
Pianist and author Emanuele Arciuli gives attention to the piano music of Curt Cacioppo in his new book, published by EDT in Turin, “Musica per pianoforte negli Stati Uniti.” Tre secoli di fortuna pianistica nella storia americana raccontati da uno dei massimi interpreti del nostro tempo. Visit www.edt.it/musica/arciuli for more.
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September 7, 2010 at 7:00pm
premiere in Venice
Venice, Italy
Selections from the new Cantata Concertante “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” for soprano solo, chorus and organ will be premiered in Venice at the Chiesa dei Miracoli.
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September 4, 2010 at 7:00pm
performance in Venice
Venice, Italy
Performance of “Largo for Strings” by the Venice Cello Ensemble directed by Angelo Zanin, of the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, Venice, Italy. Il concerto ha tenuto nella Chiesa Arcipretale di Piazza Castello S. Giorgio a Noale, Provincia di Venezia.
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August 28, 2010 at 10:00am
completion of KINAALDÁ
Orleans, MA
The new string quartet “KINAALDÁ: the Rite of Changing Woman,” for the Borromeo Quartet, is completed. This marks the completion also of the entire cycle “WOMB OF THE SACRED MOUNTAINS,” a two hour series of 4 quartets inspired by episodes from the Navajo Creation Story.
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August 12, 2010 at 9:00pm
first performance of “Occhio intatto”
Citerna, Italy
The festival chorus of Citerna in Umbria, Italy performs movement XV, “Occhio intatto,” from the new cantata “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” on a text by Luigi Cerantola, with the poet in attendance.
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August 2, 2010 at 10:00am
Cantata completion
Orleans, Massachusetts
Completion of the Cantata Concertante “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” for organ, soprano solo and chorus SATB. The close to one hour work sets a text by the contemporary Italian poet Luigi Cerantola. Cast in 15 sections, it is to be premiered in late March of 2011 in Venice.
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July 12, 2010 at 9:00am
Canadian broadcast of “ITALIA”
Waterloo, Ontario
Broadcast of music from Curt Cacioppo’s CD “ITALIA” from station CKWR-FM, 98.5, Ontario, on host Tom Quick’s weekly contemporary classical program.
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June 30, 2010 at 7:00am
Commission from Mélonamie
Wilmington, DE
Commission to write a new work for the ensemble Mélonamie, a group dedicated to the performance of Baroque repertoire alongside contemporary compositions. Premiere date to be announced.
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June 20, 2010 at 8:00pm
Recording sessions
G. R. Daniel Hall, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Completion of recording sessions on “Philadelphia Diary” and “Fantasy Choruses on This Little Light of Mine” by pianist and Steinway artist Althea Waites for her upcoming Kuumba Records CD of American piano music.
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May 19, 2010 at 8:00pm
Choral commission
Haverford, PA
Commission to set the 11 part “Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” of Luigi Cerantola for chorus with soprano solo and organ concertante — Italian world premiere to take place in Venice.
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May 2, 2010 at 4:00pm
performance in Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
performance of “Philadelphia Diary” by pianist Althea Waites on her recital at Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall, Cole Conservatory of Music, CSULB — program also includes music of Bach, Mendelssohn and Scriabin
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May 1, 2010 at 5:00pm
Broadcast of “Lenape Refrains”
Philadelphia, PA
Curt Cacioppo’s work “Lenape Refrains” will be broadcast
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5-6 PM on WRTI’s “Discoveries from the Fleisher
Collection.” “Lenape Refrains” was composed for the Philadelphia
Classical Symphony in 2009, and was premiered in Philadelphia and at
Haverford last May, under the direction of Karl Middleman, and
featuring the renowned clarinetist David Krakauer as soloist. The
composer also performs. The American Indian themed program also
includes works by the emerging Native American composer Jerod
Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, and the 19th century Indianist Edward
MacDowell. More information below.
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection
Listen to WRTI 90.1 FM Philadelphia or online at_ wrti.org_.
Encore presentations of the entire/ Discoveries/ series every
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. on WRTI-HD2
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April 26, 2010 at 8:00pm
Web site launch - “ITALIA”
Hampton, NH
Launch date for the enhanced content website that will accompany Navona Records release “Italia” featuring works by Curt Cacioppo inspired by his travels and sojourns in Italy. The innovative, enhanced content/multi-media website co-sponsored by Naxos will offer video shows synched with the music, video and audio composer commentaries, track and desktop image downloads, program notes in English and Italian, personnel information, and study scores.
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April 4, 2010 at 10:00pm
Radio braodcast
Philadelphia, PA
Curt Cacioppo’s Navajo inspired work “Nayénezgani (MONSTERSLAYER),” commissioned and performed by the Emerson String Quartet, will air Sunday night, April 4th at 10 o’clock on the program “Now is the Time” on WRTI-HD2 and on the all-classical webstream at wrti.org. The program is hosted by Kile Smith. For more information, visit

kilesmith.com/on-the-radio/now-is-the-time
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March 29, 2010 at 10:00am
Recording sessions
Long Beach, CA — Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall, CSULB
Continuation of recording sessions of “Philadelphia Diary” and “Fantasy-Choruses on This Little Light of Mine” by pianist and Steinway artist Althea Waites for her upcoming Kuumba Records CD of American music. (January sessions were curtailed by severe weather.)
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February 21, 2010 at 3:00pm
“Pawnee Preludes” in Holyoke
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
Pianist Monica Jakuc Leverett performs selections from “Pawnee Preludes” on a concert entitled “American Originals” Feb. 21, 2010 at 3 pm at Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA 01040-3904
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February 21, 2010 at 3:00pm
“Fantasy-Choruses” in Long Beach
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs “Fantasy-Choruses on This Little Light of Mine” on her solo recital February 21, 2010 at 3:00 pm at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3rd and Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802
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January 23, 2010 at 3:00pm
“Pawnee Preludes” at Mohawk Trail State Forest
Charlemont Inn, Charlemont, MA
Pianist Monica Jakuc Leverett performs selections from “Pawnee Preludes” on a music & poetry program celebrating the Mohawk Trail State Forest January 23, 2010 at 3 pm at the Charlemont Inn, 107 Main Street, Charlemont, MA 01339-9703
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January 19, 2010 at 7:00pm
Recording sessions
Long Beach, CA
Recording sessions January 19 - 22 of “Philadelphia Diary” and “Fantasy-Choruses on This Little Light of Mine” by pianist and Steinway artist Althea Waites for her upcoming Kuumba Records CD of American music. Music of the emerging African American composer Jeremiah Evans will also be included in the project.
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November 30, 2009 at 8:00pm
Carnegie Hall premiere
Zankel Hall
premiere of “When the Orchard Dances Ceased” for the American Composers Orchestra on the ensemble’s “underground” concert series at Zankel (Carnegie) Hall, NYC, Stefan Lano, conductor — subsequent performance at Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, details to be announced — for more information, visit www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/series/brochure/ser_618.html
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November 20, 2009 at 4:15pm
Presentation in Harlem
512 West 143rd St, NYC, NY
Presentation on American Indian music for The Brotherhood-SisterSol of West Harlem
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November 14, 2009 at 7:00pm
Cape Cod performance of piano works
Orleans Historical Society, Cape Cod, MA
Pianist Kenneth Fearn performs “¡Angelus!” and selected “Pawnee Preludes” along with other American Indian inspired works by Curt Cacioppo. Fearn is joined by pianist Anne Francoise Perrault in the two piano version of “Ghost Dance.”
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November 6, 2009 at 8:00pm
performance of “Largo for Strings”
Rochester, Michigan
Conductor Daniel Walshaw leads the Rochester Symphony Orchestra in Curt Cacioppo’s “Largo for Strings, with timpani & piano obbligato” along with music of Beethoven and Mendelssohn
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October 31, 2009 at 4:00pm
Broadcast of “Coyoteway”
Philadelphia, PA
Broadcast of the string quartet “Coyoteway” on WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia on the program New Releases hosted by Mark Pinto — as recorded by the Moscow Quartet on MSR Classics
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October 11, 2009 at 4:00pm
American premiere of “Philadelphia Diary”
Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Pianist Althea Waites once again premieres a work by Curt Cacioppo, this time his colorful “Philadelphia Diary.” The composer will be in attendance and speak to the audience prior to the performance of his work. Program also includes music of Bach, Haydn, and Scriabin’s Op. 74 Preludes and B-minor Fantasy.
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September 30, 2009 at 6:00pm
lecture in Venice
Palazzo Albrizzi, S. Polo, Venice, Italy
Cacioppo reads his essay “Un pianista nell’ Inferno di Dante” to an international audience of distinguished guests in the Tempio Library of Palazzo Albrizzi, San Polo, Venezia, at the invitation of Barone Ernesto Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi
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September 29, 2009 at 5:00pm
lecture in Venice
Venice, Italy
Cacioppo delivers his paper “Un pianista nell’ Inferno di Dante” at the invitation of the Fondazione Cini/Universita’ Ca’ Foscari in conjunction with the world premiere of “Malebolge” by Marino Baratello at the Biennale di Venezia — Sala del Soffitto, Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; publication of the essay forthcoming in the Foundation’s annual review “Lettera da San Giorgio” November, 2010
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September 24, 2009 at 2:30pm
Roundtable
Haverford College, MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Bldg
Roundtable discussion with Robert Riggs and Curt Cacioppo on the life and work of composer and Pulitzer Prize laureate Leon Kirchner (1919-2009)
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August 20, 2009 at 8:00pm
essay completion
Haverford, PA
completion of critical essay “A Pianist in Dante’s Hell: Marino Baratello’s ‘Malebolge’ Cycle ”
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August 18, 2009 at 1:00pm
Oboe Concerto broadcast
Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA
Airplay/webcast of “Concerto of Oboe and String Chamber Orchestra with Harpsichord” on WOMR Provincetown’s ‘The Latest Score’ with host Canary Burton — Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboist and Heidi Jacob conducting the Ensemble Solarium, from Capstone Records release CPS-8706 (New Music for Oboe)
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July 25, 2009 at 3:30pm
completion of “When the Orchard Dances Ceased”
Haverford. PA
completion of work for the American Composers Orchestra, to be premiered November 30 at Zankel (Carnegie) Hall in NY — a Native American themed composition, the title refers to the episode in 1864 when the Navajo peach orchards in Canyon de Chelly were destroyed by US government forces as part of a scorched earth campaign against the tribe…
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July 14, 2009 at 1:00pm
broadcast from Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
broadcast of music from the CD “Ancestral Passage” on WOMR-FM’s program The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton
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July 12, 2009 at 10:00pm
Broadcast on WRTI-HD2
Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 10 PM on WRTI-HD2 and online at www.wrti.org/listenlive.html, tune into the program NOW IS THE TIME with host Kile Smith and hear the Fantasy-Choruses on “This Little Light of Mine” by Curt Cacioppo. This is the third of Cacioppo’s piano trilogy THREE AMERICAN FANTASIES for piano. Charles Abramovic is the performer. All 3 piano fantasies can be heard on Capstone Records CD #8713, along with two additional fantasies for organ.
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June 29, 2009 at 8:00pm
biographical publication
Philadelphia, PA
chapter devoted to Curt Cacioppo in new book by writer, artist and Italian Vice Consul Renzo Oliva on Italian-American composers
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June 1, 2009 at 4:00pm
recording session for “Red Dove of Libya”
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
members of the Philadelphia Orchestra record “Red Dove of Libya” based on the story of the Cult of Venus in Erice, Sicily, for the upcoming all-Cacioppo CD release “ITALIA”
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June 1, 2009 at 11:00am
recording session for Curt Cacioppo’s “Italia” CD
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
pianist Matthew Bengtson records “On the Road of the Seven Bridges” by Cacioppo for the upcoming one-composer CD “Italia” — piano pieces to be included are
Getreidegasse Nr. 9*
Lo studio*
Capriccio leggendario**
Bagatelle*
Apparition*
Amusement*
Old Swedes (piccola fantasia su “Santa Lucia”)†
Reflection*
*from “Ciclo matemorfico sul nome d’un Maestro” (1988)
**from “Tuscan Folio” (1991, pno version 2006)
†from “Philadelphia Diary” (2008)
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May 20, 2009 at 10:00am
recording in Venice
Preganziol (Treviso, Regione Veneto), Italy
The Quartetto di Venezia records “Impressioni venexiane” (”Impressions of Venice”) on site in the Veneto, for the upcoming all-Cacioppo CD release “ITALIA”
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May 19, 2009 at 1:00pm
broadcast of “Fantasy-Choruses on This Little Light”
Provincetown, MA
WOMR-FM broadcast of “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine’,” on the program THE LATEST SCORE hosted by Canary Burton — Charles Abramovic, piano
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May 17, 2009 at 2:30pm
“Pawnee Preludes” for Eden’s Edge
Beverly Farms, MA
Pianist Paul Orgel plays “Pawnee Preludes” on a recital benefit for Music at Eden’s Edge, a long established chamber music group on the North Shore outside Boston.
www.edensedge.org
Point of interest: the Steinway for the concert once belonged to John Barry, film composer, who composed the score for “Dances With Wolves” on it.
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May 10, 2009 at 8:00pm
“Pawnee Preludes” on Vimeo.com
online at Vimeo.com
view Paul Orgel’s performance of “Pawnee Preludes” and other music from his “American Suite” program at vimeo.com/album/88898/video/4439318
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May 9, 2009 at 8:00pm
performance of “Lenape Refrains”
Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
repeat performance of “Lenape Refrains” on an American Mosaics program by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman, Music Director — pre-concert talk by the composer at 7:15
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May 8, 2009 at 7:15pm
premiere of “Lenape Refrains”
Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA
premiere of “Lenape Refrains” on an American Mosaics program by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman, Music Director — for more info, visit
www.classicalsymphony.org
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May 6, 2009 at 10:00am
“Lenape Refrains” educational outreach
South Philly & Wayne, PA
assembly programs at the George Washington School at 5th and Federal in South Philadelphia and St. Katharine’s of Siena School in Wayne, featuring players from the Philadelphia Classical Symphony in selections from “Lenape Refrains,” including the Braiding Song the Tarantella.
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May 4, 2009 at 4:00pm
piano performances
MacCrate Recital Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
performances of “Lyric Visions from the Pawnee” and excerpts from “Philadelphia Diary” on an AMERICAN ROOTS festival series student recital
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May 3, 2009 at 10:00pm
Broadcast on WRTI-FM
Philadelphia, PA
Curt Cacioppo’s “Pawnee Preludes” and “Snake Dance Trio” will be featured on Kile Smith’s program “Now is the Time” on WRTI-FM 90.1 Sunday, May 3 at 10 PM. For further information visit kilesmith.com/on-the-radio/now-is-the-time
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April 29, 2009 at 8:00pm
performance of “Fantasy-Choruses” by pianist Waites
Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
pianist Althea Waites performs FANTASY-CHORUSES ON “THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE” composed for her by Curt Cacioppo, along with works by Ginastera, Leon, Work, Jeremiah Evans and others on her American Roots Concert Series program
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April 20, 2009 at 1:00pm
seminar at St. Michael’s, Colchester, VT
St. Michael’s
Curt Cacioppo offers a seminar on his music for composition and theory students at St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
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April 19, 2009 at 4:00pm
Paul Orgel plays “Pawnee Preludes”
St. Michael’s College, McCarthy Arts Center, Colchester, Vermont
Pianist Paul Orgel plays a recital including works of Dvorak, Busoni, Loomis, Brings, and Curt Cacioppo’s “Pawnee Preludes” on his St. Michael’s recital this spring. Cacioppo will be on hand to offer pre-concert remarks about his music.
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April 13, 2009 at 8:00pm
Broadcast on WVPR radio
Burlington, Vermont
Broadcast of music from the CD “Ancestral Passage” on the program Classical Music with Walter Parker - www.vpr.net/episode/45864
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April 7, 2009 at 4:15pm
performance of “Due Canti Brevi”
Haverford, PA
collaboration with the Duo Alterno in performances of “Due Canti Brevi su poesia di C. Saltarelli” and music of Schubert, Debussy, and Piacentini — presented as part of the Music and Conversation series, Haverford College, MacCrate Recital Hall
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March 27, 2009 at 7:00pm
Music of the American Indianists
Haverford, PA
collaboration with Ben Pasternack, pianist and Joseph Horowitz, commentator, Guest Artist Series, Haverford College: Friday the 27th at 8 pm, concert featuring “MUSIC OF THE AMERICAN INDIANISTS: Dvorak, Farwell, Busoni, Cacioppo and more,” in Marshall Auditorium - pre-concert discussion at 7; Saturday the 28th, 1 PM in MacCrate Recital Hall, colloquium with concert participants on the theme of cultural crossover in music of the American Indianists then and now — part of the American Roots concert series
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March 25, 2009 at 5:00pm
Colloquium at the Hartt School, Hartford, CT
Alfred C. Fuller Music Center, The Hartt School
Curt Cacioppo discusses and plays examples of his music on the ICAM series at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford; program features a performance of WOLF for soprano, cello and piano by Jessica Cain (sopr), Stephen Marotto (vc) and Nathaniel Baker (pno)
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March 24, 2009 at 6:00pm
seminar on “Pawnee Preludes”
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
Cacioppo gives a seminar on his “Pawnee Preludes” to performers in Benjamin Pasternack’s contemporary American piano repertoire course at Peabody Conservatory
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March 24, 2009 at 5:15pm
performance of “Beloved Emblem”
Rock Hall, Boyer College of Music, Philadelphia, PA
Pianist Bianca Waltz performs “Beloved Emblem” from PAWNEE PRELUDES
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March 7, 2009 at 7:00pm
premiere of “Fantasia fugale”
Orleans Historical Society, Orleans, MA
pianist Kenneth Fearn plays the world premiere of “Fantasia fugale (Il pensionato)” on a recital at the Orleans Meeting House on Cape Cod
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February 26, 2009 at 4:30pm
news feature, WRTI 90.1 FM, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
News feature announcing the AMERICAN ROOTS concert series and upcoming premiere of “Lenape Refrains,” arts and culture reporter Susan Lewis, host
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February 20, 2009 at 3:00pm
completion of “Lenape Refrains”
Haverford, PA
completion of “Lenape Refrains,” commissioned by the Philadelphia Music Project & Pew Charitable Trusts for the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, premiere to take place May 8 with repeat performance May 9
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January 30, 2009 at 9:00pm
performance of “Philadelphia Diary” in Rome
Galleria della Sala 1, piazza S.Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy
pianist Elitza Harbova performs “Philadelphia Diary” in Rome, Italy, on the international Mostra di Arte Contemporanea Open Air - Festival Musica Experimento series
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January 13, 2009 at 2:00pm
broadcast of “Franciscan Prayer”
Provincetown, MA
broadcast of “Franciscan Prayer” from the CD release BURNING WITH THE MUSE on WOMR-FM’s program The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton
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December 4, 2008 at 1:00pm
Fearn discusses the ‘Amazing Grace Fantasy’
Snow Library, Orleans, MA - Cape Cod
Pianist Kenneth Fearn discusses the “Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s Amazing Grace” for the Lifetime Learning class at Snow Library in Orleans. The piece, dedicated to him, and which he recorded Capstone Records, is the first of THREE AMERICAN FANTASIES.
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November 24, 2008 at 2:30pm
residency in Venice
San Polo
residency through 11/27 at Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, Italy — two performances of the “Crossfade” program, rehearsals of Marino Baratello’s solo piano cycle “Malebolge” based on Dante’s Inferno, and premiere of Baratello’s “Bolgia IV”
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November 23, 2008 at 4:00pm
Recital on Rive-Gauche concert series Musiche in Mostra
Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GAM), via Magenta, 31 - Torino, Italy
“Crossfade USA-Italia” - music by Cacioppo, Hudson, Shultis, Iamone and Rettagliati. For more info, visit www.arpnet.it/rgauche/SITORIVE_MUSICHEINMOSTRA.HTML#2008
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November 21, 2008 at 7:00pm
Trio Sona concert, Torino
Corso Sicilia, 12 - Torino, Italy
premiere of “Red Bird” for three guitars by the Trio Sona, in the Salone dei Concerti, Torino — the ensemble is also recording the piece for its upcoming CD release
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October 16, 2008 at 1:00pm
Brahms-Liszt Dialogue
Snow Library, Orleans, MA
Dialogue with professor emeritus of piano Kenneth Fearn of Smith College on piano music of Brahms and Liszt, Lifetime Learning series class, Snow Library, Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
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October 5, 2008 at 3:00pm
recording sessions
NYC
recording sessions through Oct. 6 for composer Joseph Hudson’s new “Preludes for Piano,” Patrych Studio, NY — to listen to the four preludes, click here
www.josephhudson.net/Site/Four_Piano_Preludes.html
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September 28, 2008 at 2:00pm
premiere of Charles Cacioppo work
Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, College Park, MD
announcing the premiere of “Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano”* by Charles Cacioppo, one of the winning compositions in the 2008 Walsum Awards Competition, to be performed by members of the Left Bank Concert Society, Gildenhorn Hall, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, College Park, MD *score and parts available through Orenda Press.
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September 10, 2008 at 7:32pm
launch of new website
Oakland, CA
launch of curtcacioppo.com by Steinhardt Design, September 10, 7:32 PM EDST
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September 9, 2008 at 2:00pm
broadcast
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of “Snake Dance” along with composer’s commentary from the CD ANCESTRAL PASSAGE on WOMR-FM’s ‘The Latest Score’ hosted by Canary Burton
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August 5, 2008 at 2:00pm
broadcast on WOMR-FM - a “Curt Cacioppo Hour”
Provincetown, MA
Canary Burton’s program The Latest Score hosts an hour of music by Curt Cacioppo, featuring works from the CD’s “Keyboard Fantasies,” “Monsterslayer,” and “Ancestral Passage”
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July 30, 2008 at 8:00pm
World premiere of “Philadelphia Diary”
concert hall of the Union of Composers in Sofia, Bulgaria
Elitza Harbova, pianist
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June 9, 2008 at 8:00pm
performance of “Due Canti su poesia di Claudio Saltarelli”
Levine School of Music, Sallie Mae Hall, 2801 Upton Street NW, Washington, D.C.
recital by the Duo Alterno sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Washington, D.C.
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May 27, 2008 at 8:00pm
performance of “Due Canti su poesia di Claudio Saltarelli”
Alba Music Festival, Italy
recital by the Duo Alterno in the Chiesa di S. M. Maddalena, Alba
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May 24, 2008 at 8:00pm
Premiere of “Due Canti su poesia di C. Saltarelli”
Piacenza, Italy
premiere of Due Canti su poesia di C. Saltarelli by the Duo Alterno, Bibiena Arts Festival, Chiesa di S. Cristoforo, Via A. Genocchi, Piacenza, Italy
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May 10, 2008 at 8:00pm
essay completion
Haverford, PA
completed essay “Michael Hersch and the Romantic Continuum,’ an excerpt from which was published in the program notes for a concert of Hersch’s solo string music at Merkin Concert Hall
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May 4, 2008 at 10:00am
recording
Haverford, PA
private recording of “O principessa” with Alyssa Bowlby, soprano, Nic Cacioppo, recording engineer & sound editor
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April 29, 2008 at 8:00pm
premiere of “Klavierstück” by Charles Cacioppo
College Park, MD
American premiere of “Klavierstück” by Charles Cacioppo, Curt Cacioppo, pianist
- Gildenhorn Hall, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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April 20, 2008 at 8:00pm
commission award
Philadelphia, PA
awarded commission from the Philadelphia Music Project/Pew charitable Trusts and Theodore Presser Foundation to compose new work for the Philadelphia Classical Symphony for the orchestra’s American Mosaics series
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April 2, 2008 at 2:00pm
premiere of “Devisidero” by Shultis
Albuquerque, NM
April 2, 2008 — world premiere of “Devisidero” for solo piano by Christopher Shultis, written for Curt Cacioppo, 
Composers Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; also the NM premiere of Cacioppo’s own work “¡Angelus!” inspired by the New Mexico landscape — to be aired on KRZA-FM 88.7 Alamosa, CO & Taos, NM on “Sunday Morning [UN]Classics” hosted by Richard Cameron-Wolfe — to listen to Devisidero, click here:
music.unm.edu/media/cshultis/shultis_devisidero.mp3
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March 30, 2008 at 7:30pm
premiere of “Foglie avanti San Savino”
Albuquerque, NM
world premiere of “Foglie avanti San Savino” for soprano and piano by the Duo Alterno of Torino, Italy, Composers Symposium,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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March 9, 2008 at 3:00pm
premiere of “Nel mezzo del cammin”
Wayne, PA
world premiere of “Nel mezzo del cammin” for organ, Robert Gallagher, organist
- St. David’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, PA - the piece is dedicated to Dr. Gallagher, and his program is one in a series of inaugurals celebrating the installation of the church’s new Dobson organ
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March 6, 2008 at 3:00pm
composers seminar
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
this event was postponed and is being rescheduled for fall of ‘08
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February 20, 2008 at 9:00am
CD release
New London, CT
MSR Classics release of new double disc CD “Ancestral Passage” — live in-concert performances of Curt Cacioppo’s chamber music by the Moscow Quartet, American Quartet and Friends Chamber Group, featuring the composer as pianist, with oral commentaries about each work
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February 6, 2008 at 7:00pm
Pacific Symphony/ACF residency
Orange County, CA
February 7, 8 and 9 - performances & KUSC-FM broadcast of “Crying for Justice” by the 
Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, Music Director, 
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, OC Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, CA
- all performances feature pre-concert talk with the composer illustrating at the piano,
as well as post concert discussion - February 11, 2008 – performances and master classes at Chapman University (including West Coast premieres of “Tucson Scherzo” by members of the Pacific Symphony with Curt Cacioppo at the piano, and “Canti indigeni nordamericani” for a cappella chorus with the Chapman choir, Joseph Modica, Director) - additional seminars and colloquia at Long Beach City College, Orange County High School for the Performing Arts, Pomona College, Irvine Valley College, and interview on KOCE-TV 


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February 6, 2008 at 10:00am
recital and colloquium
Irvine, CA
recital for the Music Teachers Association of California Orange County Branch conference at 11 AM, followed by colloquium for IVC music students at 1 PM - Irvine College Performing Arts Center,
5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California
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January 27, 2008 at 7:00pm
publication of new piano work
Haverford, PA
completion of “Philadelphia Diary” for piano, commissioned by the
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and published by Orenda Press
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December 4, 2007 at 4:00pm
premiere in Japan
Munetsugu Hall, Nagoya, Japan
world premiere of “Capriccio pellicano”
for harpsichord by Atsushi Takazumi on a Renku series program
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November 10, 2007 at 8:00pm
performance of “Impressions of Venice”
Haverford, PA
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the 
Quartetto d’ Archi di Venezia, Founders Great Hall, Haverford College
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November 6, 2007 at 8:30pm
premiere at Teatro La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy
world premiere of “Tucson
Scherzo” in the Ex Novo version for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano, performed by the Ensemble Ex Novo of Venice in the
Sale Apollinee of the Gran Teatro La Fenice - part of the 2007 Festival Ex Novo Musica — recorded by RAI radio for subsequent broadcast
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October 24, 2007 at 4:00pm
performance by Dolce Suono Trio
Haverford, PA
performance of “Snake Dance Trio (Soyohim Kachina)”
by the Dolce Suono Trio on the Music and Conversation series at 
Haverford College in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium - start time 4:15 PM — to see an excerpt from this performance, click on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5zy9lGA_c
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October 10, 2007 at 7:30pm
performance of “Snake Dance Trio”
First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
performance of “Snake Dance Trio (Soyohim Kachina)” for flute, cello and piano, by the Dolce Suono Trio, featuring flutist Mimi Stillman, cellist Yumi Kendall, and 
pianist Charles Abramovic — opening concert on the 2007 Dolce Suono series — pre-concert panel discussion at 6 PM 

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September 24, 2007 at 4:15pm
performance of “Prélude ericéen”
Haverford, PA
performance of “Prélude ericéen” by Italian flutist Andrea Ceccomori - program also includes performance of “Two Woeres Songs” by Charles Cacioppo, arranged for flute and piano, with Ceccomori assisted by pianist Elitza Harbova - presented on the Music and Conversation series at Haverford College, Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium
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September 23, 2007 at 3:00pm
“Snake Dance” performed by Mimi Stillman & friends
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
performance of “Snake Dance Trio (Soyohim Kachina)”
for flute, cello and piano, with flutist Mimi Stillman, cellist Yumi Kendall, and pianist Charles Abramovic - Unitarian Universalist House, 224 W. Tulpehocken Street Philadelphia, PA 19144
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May 28, 2007 at 7:00pm
premiere of “Tucson Scherzo”
Chiesa di San Domenico, Alba, Italy
world premiere of “Tucson Scherzo” for flute, strings and cembalo, at the Alba Music Festival,
Church of San Domenico, Alba (Cuneo), Italy, Yoshimi Oshima, flute, José Cueto, conductor
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April 29, 2007 at 5:00pm
performance of “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine’”
California State University Long Beach, CA
recital by pianist Althea Waites, G.R. Daniel Hall, School of Music, CSULB
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April 22, 2007 at 3:00pm
Network for New Music performance of “Red Dove of Libya”
Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
performance of “Red Dove of Libya” for flute, harp, contrabass and percussion, by Network for New Music Ensemble
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April 20, 2007 at 8:00pm
World premiere of “Red Dove of Libya” by Network for New Music
Haverford, PA
“Red Dove of Libya,” written for the Network for New Music, Philadelphia, receives its world premiere by members of the ensemble in concert at Haverford College’s Roberts Hall - Marshall Auditorium
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March 25, 2007 at 12:00pm
residency at Composers Symposium, Albuquerque
University of New Mexico School of Music, Albuquerque
guest composer, Composers Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
– colloquium 11 AM Monday the 26th; performance by the Del Sol Quartet of “a distant voice calling” in Keller Recital Hall 7:30 PM Tuesday the 27th
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March 24, 2007 at 8:00pm
World premiere of “Coyoteway”
Haverford. PA
world premiere of “Ma’ iijí hatáál (Coyoteway)” by the Moscow String Quartet
– Haverford College Performing Artists Series, Roberts Hall/ Marshall Auditorium
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March 20, 2007 at 9:00am
Native American residency
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
residency by Navajo ethicist and spiritual leader John Co’ií Cook, in collaboration with Curt Cacioppo and his social justice course “Native American Music and Belief” — 5 events culminating in the premiere of Cacioppo’s work “Coyoteway,” inspired on the Navajo ceremony, and dedicated to John Cook
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March 11, 2007 at 12:00pm
Navajo research project
New Fairfield, CT
Navajo ethicist and spiritual leader John Co’ií Cook and Curt Cacioppo collaborate with Richard Price at Candlewood Digital on the restoration, digitization, editing and annotation of 14 hours of music from one of the tribe’s sacred healing ceremonies, the “Coyoteway,” producing a collection of 10 CD’s that archive and preserve this Native American religious artifact
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March 9, 2007 at 8:00pm
performance of “Ciclo metamorfico”
Andre Cafe Acoustique, Chester Performing Arts Project, Chester, PA
performance by pianist Matthew Bengtson of a suite of pieces from “Ciclo metamorfico sul nome d’un Maestro”
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March 1, 2007 at 7:30pm
performance of “Ciclo metamorfico”
Rock Hall, Temple University, 1801 N. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
performance by pianist Matthew Bengtson of a suite of pieces from “Ciclo metamorfico sul nome d’un Maestro”
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February 25, 2007 at 7:30pm
performance of “Sieben Thiel Lieder”
400 South Sydenham St, Philadelphia, PA
performance of selections from “Sieben Thiel Lieder” with Michael Riley, bass-baritone, Curt Cacioppo, piano, on the
Andrea Clearfield February Salon program
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February 24, 2007 at 1:30pm
Piano Masterclass
Wilmington Music School, Wilmington, DE
Masterclass for advanced pianists
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February 22, 2007 at 8:15pm
performance of “Ciclo metamorfico”
West Chester University, School of Music, West Chester, PA
performance by pianist Matthew Bengtson of a suite of pieces from “Ciclo metamorfico sul nome d’un Maestro”
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February 2, 2007 at 4:15pm
performance of “Prélude ericéen”
Haverford, PA
Performance of “Prélude ericéen” by flutist Daniele Ruggieri
on the Music and Conversation series — Haverford College, Roberts Hall/Marshal Auditorium
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January 30, 2007 at 4:00pm
Performance of “Prélude ericéen” by flutist Daniele Ruggieri
Boston University School of Music, Boston, MA
Performance of “Prélude ericéen” by flutist Daniele Ruggieri
on the School of Music Composers Forum
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November 26, 2006 at 3:00pm
performance of “Tuscan Folio”
Venice, San Polo - Italy
Private performance of “Tuscan Folio,” “Boglia VII by Marino Baratello,” 
and music of Schumann and Brahms, Palazzo Albrizzi, S. Polo, Venezia
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November 25, 2006 at 9:00pm
recital in Venice
Teatrino Groggia, Cannaregio, Venezia - Italy
A program of “DEDICATIONS” 
- works written for & dedicated to Curt Cacioppo, and works written by him for others - 
music of Arauco, Baratello, Hagerty, Rochberg, Cacioppo’s “Homage to Diz,” “Glück auf!” and more
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November 19, 2006 at 5:00pm
recital on Rive-Gauche “Musiche in Mostra” series
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM), Torino, Italy
A program of “DEDICATIONS”
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November 7, 2006 at 7:30pm
world premiere of “Prélude ericéen”

Rock Hall, Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University
recital by flutist Adeline Tomasone
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October 21, 2006 at 7:30pm
“DEDICATIONS” program at Irvine
Irvine Valley College, 5500 Irvine Ctr Dr, Irvine, CA
the “DEDICATIONS” program, including the world premiere of “Machu Picchu” by Daniel Luzko
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October 18, 2006 at 8:00pm
“DEDICATIONS” program at Montalvo
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
the “DEDICATIONS” recital at the Montalvo Arts Center
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October 16, 2006 at 7:30pm
“DEDICATIONS” program at CSULB
G.R. Daniel Hall, Cal State Long Beach
the “DEDICATIONS” program, sponsored by the departments of piano and composition, CSULB School of Music
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September 26, 2006 at 4:15pm
Music and Conversation
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo presents preview performances & discussion of new works composed for him by Ingrid Arauco and Venetian composer Marino Baratello
MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Building, Haverford College — the composers join in for dialog with pianist and audience
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June 7, 2006 at 12:00am
tour of Italy
Regione di Toscana
academic tour leader for the “Treasures of Tuscany” alumni trip sponsored by Haverford College — 4 musical lectures relating to sites visited, and their history
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May 2, 2006 at 8:00pm
CD release of “Burning with the Muse”
New London, CT
MSR Classics releases double disc CD “Burning with the Muse” — vocal music by Curt Cacioppo and Joseph Hudson, featuring Cacioppo’s “Sieben Thiel Lieder,” “Poems from Paternina,” and “Franciscan Prayer”
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March 1, 2006 at 7:30pm
performance of “Old Petitions”
Rock Hall, Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University

recital by Cholehna Weaver, pianist
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February 25, 2006 at 7:30pm
performance at the Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, Washington, D.C.
the Left Bank Concert Society with Colette Valentine, pianist, presents the Washington, D.C. premiere of “Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s ‘Amazing Grace’” — the program is entitled HEROIC SPIRIT and celebrates Black History Month — pre-concert panel with Cacioppo and senior composer George Walker starting at 6:30
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December 4, 2005 at 1:00pm
Coyoteway project conference
West Chester, PA
conference with Navajo elder John Co’ií Cook and environmentalist Owen D. Owens on Coyoteway ceremony preservation project
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November 20, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance of “Faust Narrative”
Church of Our Saviour, Akron, OH
Performance of “Faust Narrative No. 1″
by Roger Zahab, violin, and Robert Frankenberry, piano on 
”Thanksgiving for Music” program, the “Intimate Music in Highland Square” series, Church of Our Saviour, 471 Crosby Street at Oakdale, Akron
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November 20, 2005 at 7:30pm
recital with oboist Blumenfeld
Medford Leas, NJ
Recital with Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboist, Philadelphia Orchestra) – music of Bach, Schumann, Hindemith
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June 18, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance at Getty Museum
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” (Impressions of Venice) by the Quartetto di Venezia — the Gordon Getty Concert, in conjunction with a dual exhibit of Venetian art
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June 17, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance in Vancouver, BC
St. Paul’s Anglican Church of the West End, Vancouver, BC
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia
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March 17, 2005 at 7:00pm
fieldwork on the Navajo reservation
Tuba City/Piñon, AZ
research trip to the Navajo reservation, in collaboration with tribal elder John Co’ií Cook and environmentalist Owen D. Owens; participation in Blessingway healing ceremony
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March 13, 2005 at 4:00pm
performance at Harvard
Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
performance of “Klavierstück” and “Homage to Diz” by
Matt Bengtson, piano
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March 11, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance at Bates College
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia
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March 10, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance in Toronto
Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, ON
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia — concert recorded and subsequently broadcast throughout Italy on RAI radio
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March 9, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance at Queens University
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario - CANADA
Canadian premiere of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia
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March 8, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance at Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills, MI
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia on the Cranbrook Chamber Music Series
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March 7, 2005 at 8:00pm
performance in Providence
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia on the President’s Music Series
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March 5, 2005 at 8:00pm
Sanibel concert
Sanibel Island, FL
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia on the Sanibel Chamber Music Festival series
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February 20, 2005 at 3:00pm
performance of “Homage to Diz”
Haverford, PA
performance of “Klavierstück,” “Glück Auf!”, and “Homage to Diz” on new music recital by pianist Matthew Bengtson
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February 15, 2005 at 7:00pm
Arts Bank performance
Arts Bank, University of the Arts, 250 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
world premiere of “Homage to Diz” and performances of “Klavierstück” and “Glück Auf!” on new music program by pianist Matthew Bengtson
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January 27, 2005 at 4:15pm
Music and Conversation
Haverford, PA
the Music and Conversation series hosts Curt Cacioppo, who shares his music and insights relating to his recent concerts in France, Germany and Italy — featuring live performances of “Piece for the Swans” by Joseph Hudson, and “Envoi” by Ingrid Arauco — MacCrate Recital Hall, Haverford College
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October 21, 2004 at 8:00pm
“Millennium Crossings” tour
Italy
“Millennium Crossings/Incroci di Millennio” concert tour, presenting music from the CD of the same title:
Oct 22 - Teatrino Groggia, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy on the series “Groggia Modern”
Oct 23 - Università degli Studi, Aula Magna, Trieste, Italy on the “Trieste Prima” contemporary music series
Oct 25 - Treviso (Veneto), Italy, Sala CEPU on the “Finestre sul ‘900″ festival of contemporary music series
Oct 29 - Aversa (Naples), Italy, Teatro Cimarosa, on the “Europe Cimarosa Festival” series
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October 9, 2004 at 10:00am
residency in Germany
Düsseldorf, Duisburg
featured artist Oct 9 for German-American Day program at the Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, sponsored by the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Freundeskreis Niederrhein, in a program of Cacioppo vocal music and piano works with recitation, assisted by bass-baritone Michael Riley and poet Friedrich Thiel; Oct 11 Hauskonzert in Mühlheim, introducing the Thiel Lieder, and performing music of Verdi and Brahms; Oct 13 offering a masterclass for pianists in Bernhard Wambach’s contemporary music course at the Folkwang Musik Hochschule, discussing the “Three American Fantasies” and performing works of Jos. Hudson and Ingrid Arauco; further collaboration with poet Friedrich Thiel in preparation for release of Sieben Thiel Lieder on “Burning with the Muse” CD; research visits to Cologne & Frankfurt
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June 26, 2004 at 7:00pm
performances in Versailles
5 bis rue de la Quintinie, Versailles, FRANCE
performance of “Impressioni venexiane” by the Quartetto di Venezia for the International Council of Haverford College
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April 30, 2004 at 8:00pm
Peabody performance
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
performance of “Poems from Paternina” nos. 1 & 2 on recital by soprano Alyssa Bowlby
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April 23, 2004 at 8:00pm
Beethoven soloist
Haverford, PA
piano soloist in Beethoven’s CHORAL FANTASY with the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra, Thomas Hong, music director — Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall, Haverford College
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March 31, 2004 at 4:00pm
“This Little Light”
Pomona College, Pomona, CA
performance of “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine’” on recital by pianist Althea Waites, sponsored by the African American Studies Program
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March 21, 2004 at 3:00pm
Debra Lew Harder recital
Haverford, PA
performance of “Notturno elidiano” and “¡Angelus!” on Performing Artists Series recital by pianist Debra Lew Harder, Haverford College, Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall
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March 14, 2004 at 7:00pm
“Millennium Crossings” CD release
Brooklyn, NY
release of “Millennium Crossings/Incroci di Millennio” CD by Capstone Records, featuring piano music from 1975-2000 by Curt Cacioppo, Joseph Hudson, Ingrid Arauco and Marino Baratello — Curt Cacioppo and Lisa Weiss, pianists
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January 31, 2004 at 8:00pm
“Impressions of Venice” in Baltimore
Goucher College, Merrick Hall, Baltimore, MD
The Quartetto di Venezia gives the Baltimore/Washington premiere of “Impressioni venexiane”
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October 31, 2003 at 8:00pm
orchestral & choral performances
Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, College Park, MD
performances of “Quattro canit indigeni nordamericani” for chorus, and “America: a prayer” for orchestra, but the Maryland Chorus and University of Maryland Orchestra, Edward McClary and James Ross, music directors
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October 29, 2003 at 4:00pm
College Park, MD
Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, College Park, MD
composers colloquium at the University of Maryland School of Music
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October 3, 2003 at 9:00pm
3 concerts in Italy
Castello Dentice di Frasso, Ostuni, Italy
3 concerts by pianist Lisa Weiss featuring the “Sonata trasifugrata” and “Klavierstück” of Curt Cacioppo
October 3, Castello Dentice di Frasso, Ostuni
October 5, Teatrino Groggia, Venice (Cannaregio)
October 8, Naples, Society for New Music
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September 21, 2003 at 3:00pm
Concert & broadcast, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs Curt Cacioppo’s “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine’” on her recital at LACMA, broadcast live on KMZT-FM 105.1
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July 13, 2003 at 8:00pm
Coyoteway music project
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Analysis and annotation of 14 hours of music from the Navajo Coyoteway healing ceremony begins
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April 7, 2003 at 8:00pm
“Impressions of Venice” in Vermont
St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont
Quartetto di Venezia gives the New England premiere of “Impressioni venexiane” in conjunction with a Humanities Center program at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT
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April 5, 2003 at 8:00pm
Premiere of “Impressions of Venice”
Founders Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Premiere of “Impressions of Venice” (Impressioni venexiane) by the Quartetto di Venezia, on the Haverford College Guest Artist Series — the 35 minute work, descriptive of the city of canals and bridges, was commissioned by the Quartetto di Venezia in 2002
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March 15, 2003 at 8:00pm
Performance at the Smithsonian
Hirshhorn Museum, Ring Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Pianist Lisa Emenheiser performs Curt Cacioppo’s three piano pieces “America: a prayer,” “¡Angelus!”, and “Old Petitions” on the 20th Century Consorts CRIES AND WHISPERS program
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March 13, 2003 at 7:00pm
fieldwork on the Navajo reservation
Tuba City/Piñon, AZ
research trip to the Navajo reservation — consulting with tribal elder John Co’ií Cook and environmentalist Owen D. Owens on their book “HEALING THE COYOTE IN ME: The Navajo Coyoteway Belssing Ceremony,” a 3-disc audiobook, and gathering sound sources of the music used in the Coyoteway
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March 2, 2003 at 3:00pm
premiere of “The Ancestors”
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
premiere of “The Ancestors” by the Sartori Trio, Charles Stegeman, Jr, violin, Mark Tanner, cello, David Allen Wehr, piano — the work was commissioned by artist Charles Stegeman, Sr, and was inspired in part by his 1961 painting of the same title
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January 18, 2003 at 2:00pm
Collaboration with New Jersey Symphony
Newark Museum, Billy Johnson Auditorium, Newark, NJ
Curt Cacioppo appears to play and discuss his music and participate in a panel discussion along with pianist Ben Pasternack, the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, author Joseph Horowitz and others in a program sponsored by the New Jersey Symphony and the Newark Museum as part of the “American Roots” Festival
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November 18, 2002 at 8:00pm
AGO premiere in Germantown
First Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
On the American guild of Organists members concert, Robert Gallagher gives the Philadelphia premiere of “Di Cibo Celeste,” a ciaconna-fantasia based on motives from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
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October 14, 2002 at 8:00pm
residency in Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica
residency hosted by the Universidad Nacional Cultural Identity, Art and Technology Program — lectures by Curt Cacioppo on Native American elements in his music, cantus firmus technique, polymodality and narrative structure, and pianistic approach at the National University in San José, at the Centro de Música Contemporaánea, and at the Spanish Cultural Center
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September 27, 2002 at 9:00pm
Premiere of “Visione delle Crociate”
Basilica di S. Savino, Piacenza, Italy
Renowned Swedish organist Hans Fagius gives the world premiere of “Vision of the Crusades” on a series concert of the Settimana Organistica Internationale — this is the second work that the festival commissioned Cacioppo to write, the first having been “Di Cibo Celeste: ciaconna-fantasia” dedicated to the festival’s founder, organist and composer Giuseppe Zanaboni
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April 17, 2002 at 4:00pm
Native American Colloquium
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Colloquium with Navajo elder John Co’ií Cook and environmentalist Owen D. Owens — the ancient Navajo Coyoteway ceremony and its flow from spiritual through physical to mental healing. MacCrate Hall, Union Building
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April 13, 2002 at 8:00pm
ASQ plays “A Distant Voice Calling”
Founders Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
The American String Quartet gives the Philadelphia area premiere of “A Distant Voice Calling”
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April 1, 2002 at 8:00pm
ASQ plays “A Distant Voice”
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music, NYC
The American String Quartet gives the New York premiere of “A Distant Voice Calling”
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March 3, 2002 at 3:00pm
Premiere of “A Distant Voice Calling”
Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
The American String Quartet gives the world premiere of “A Distant Voice Calling” on a series concert of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music — the work, another in a group of four quartets inspired by episodes from the Navajo creation story, was commissioned by the AZ Friends for the ASQ
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February 10, 2002 at 10:00am
recital with Arnold Steinhardt
Haverford, PA
recital with violinist Arnold Steinhardt on Performing Artists Series concert — music of Beethoven, Cacioppo and Strauss — Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall, Haverford College
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January 30, 2002 at 8:00pm
Performance of “Largo for Strings”
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Performance of “Largo for Strings” by the University Orchestra under the direction of Roger Zahab
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December 9, 2001 at 3:00pm
Abramovic performs “Amazing Grace” fantasy
Marshall Auditorium/Roberts Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
pianist Charles Abramovic play Curt Cacioppo’s “Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s AMAZING GRACE” on his recital sponsored by the Performing Artist Series; repeat performance January 25, 2002, 7:30 PM, Rock Hall, Temple University, Esther Boyer School of Music, Philadelphia
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June 6, 2001 at 12:00pm
Haverford College Alumni tour of Italy
Naples, Italy
“Italy 2001: Southern Splendor” is the title of the second Haverford College alumni trip with Curt Cacioppo as academic tour leader — starting in Naples, we visit Sorrento, the Amalfi coast, Pompeii, Capri, Ravello, and the island of Sicily — read all about our adventures in the fall 2001 issue of Haverford Magazine, p. 25 - 32
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April 28, 2001 at 1:00pm
Preview performance of “The Ancestors”
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Preview performance of “The Ancestors” during the inaugural festivities when given the Ruth Marshall Magill Professorship endowed chair, proceedings of the Haverford College Board of Managers and Corporation meeting — Cacioppo, as recipient of the chair, speaks about his work, and performs it along with colleagues Gloria Justen, violin, and David Geber, cello — see a video excerpt of the performance on the site’s AUDIO page
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April 16, 2001 at 6:30pm
TV broadcast with David McAllester
Philadelphia, PA
WYBE’s Emmy nominated show “Philly Live” presents Navajo music scholar David P. McAllester and Native American Studies professor Curt Cacioppo in a program dealing with American Indian music and cosmology — Ashok Gangadeen, host — 2nd half hour audience call in
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January 26, 2001 at 8:00pm
Paul Orgel plays “Pawnee Preludes” and “Funkinato”
McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont
Pianist Paul Orgel plays selections from “Pawnee Preludes” and the new work written for him, “Ostinato-Fantasia on ‘All Creatures of our God and King” (AKA “Funkinato”) on his Humanities Center recital at St. Michael’s
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December 10, 2000 at 3:00pm
“Delectable Harmony”
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
A program on the Haverford College Guest Artists Series featuring Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe and English horn, Gloria Justen, violin, Curt Cacioppo, piano, and the Ensemble Solarium with Heidi Jacob, conductor — music of Arauco, Baratello, and the U.S. premiere of Cacioppo’s Oboe Concerto
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November 12, 2000 at 7:00pm
“Amazing Grace” Fantasy in Vermont
The Putney School, Putney, Vermont
Pianist Anne Chamberlain performs Cacioppo’s “Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s ‘Amazing Grace’” on her recital in the Barnes Assembly Hall
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November 5, 2000 at 3:00pm
“Fantasies and Reflections”
Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Repeat of the March 19 program with performances of “Three American Fantasies,” “Franciscan Prayer,” “An die unsterbliche Geliebte,” “Notturno elidiano” and the “Lyric Visions from the Pawnee”
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July 28, 2000 at 8:00pm
“Fantasy-Choruses” at Idyllwild
Idyllwild Arts Center, Idyllwild, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine’” in the Idyllwild Arts Festival Theater
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May 5, 2000 at 10:00am
Residencies in Spain and Italy
Spain and Italy
Residency with the Coro Madrigalia of La Coruña, Spain, May 5 - 12 — rehearsals and recording session for “Quattro canti indigeni” at the Union Fenosa Arts Center. Colloquium at the Conservatorio Superior in Barcelona. Residency in Venice, with lecture at the Università Ca’ Foscari and rehearsal and premiere of Oboe Concerto at the Chiesa della Pietà on May 15.
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April 30, 2000 at 10:00am
Recipient of endowed chair
Haverford College
Cacioppo receives the Ruth Marshall Magill endowed chair as professor of music at Haverford College.
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March 19, 2000 at 3:00pm
“Fantasies and Reflections”
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
A program of premieres of new Cacioppo works, including the piano cycle THREE AMERICAN FANTASIES — Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s “Amazing Grace,” Ostinato-Fantasia on “All Creatures of our God and King,” and Fantasy-Choruses on “This Little Light of Mine” as well as vocal works “Franciscan Prayer” and “An die unsterbliche Geliebte,” and a new treatment of “Notturno elidiano” with recitation. Assisted by pianists Kenneth Fearn, Paul Orgel and Althea Waites, bass-baritone Michael Riley, with Charles Cacioppo, trumpet, and Nic Cacioppo, percussion
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June 2, 1999 at 12:00pm
Haverford College alumni tour of Italy
Rome, Italy
The first in a series of Haverford alumni trips to Italy, with Curt Cacioppo as academic tour leader — titled “La Bell’ Italia,” we begin in Rome, and then travel to Orvieto, Assisi, Perugia, Ravenna, Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, and Como, with an excursion to Milan. Along the way Cacioppo offers four musical colloquia, arranges for the group to attend a Vivaldi concert at the composer’s church in Venice, and points out abundant examples of musical iconography in the art and architecture of the sites visited.
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February 21, 1999 at 7:00pm
Navajo music residency
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Navajo music scholar David P. McAllester is in residence at Haverford College in conjunction with Curt Cacioppo’s course “Native American Music and Belief”
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December 4, 1998 at 8:00pm
Abramovic plays Cacioppo
Settlement Music School, Philadelphia
pianist Charles Abramovic plays “Beloved Emblem” and “Old Petitions” by Curt Cacioppo on his Philadelphia Chamber Music Society recital co-sponsored by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
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October 29, 1998 at 7:00pm
ITALY IN MUSIC, VERSE AND VISION
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
lecture and multi-media concert marking the 60th anniversary of the death of Gabriele d’ Annunzio and the music his poetry inspired — part of the 1998-99 Performing Artists Series, in collaboration with the Gruppo strumentale V. L. Ciampi di Piacenza and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, with Claudio Saltarelli, poet and scholar, Maurizio Magnini, baritone, and Curt Cacioppo, pianist and composer
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May 29, 1998 at 3:00pm
EXPANDING THE INNER LIGHT: Native America and the Great Spirit
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
a colloquium inaugurating the Native American Fund at Haverford College, MacCrate Hall, Union Building — Curt Cacioppo delivers a paper entitled “Creative Process as Vision Quest”
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May 17, 1998 at 3:00pm
Millennium Stage performance
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, D.C.
The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges perform Cacioppo’s “Quattro canti indigeni nordamericani” under the direction of Thomas Lloyd — to view a video of the concert, visit www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=BRYNMAWRHA
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March 26, 1998 at 7:00pm
NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES: Secrets from the Center of the Earth
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
a symposium on Native American culture and the 19th & 20th century concert music it has inspired — the series of events culminates in an orchestra concert featuring music of Louis Ballard (”Incident at Wounded Knee”), Curt Cacioppo (”Scenes from Indian Country” - world premiere), and others, with the Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr, Heidi Jacob, music director
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