Performance in New York City
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, USA
Pianist Alessandro Vena performs Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano on his recital at the DiMenna Center in New York City. 8 PM. https://www.project142.org/event/project-142-concert-monday-april-27-2020-alessandro-vena-solo-classical-pianist-new-york-city-concert-dimenna-center-benzaquen-hall-nyc-800p-m
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Performance in Philadelphia
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Pianist Alessandro Vena performs Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano on his Music & Conversation program at Haverford College near Philadelphia, PA. Curtain time 4:15 PM. https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5NdsFAAmS/oexYw2DIkgvJ5YFqlOLGWU0/kuLwJFWnd3RZ8Js93CIV
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Performance in Baltimore
Goucher College 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Baltimore, MD 21204
Pianist Alessandro Vena performs Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano on his recital at Goucher College. Merrick Hall, 8 PM. https://events.goucher.edu/calendar/month/2020/4?event_types%5B%5D=2662
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Performance in Spain
Pianist Alessandro Vena performs Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano on his recital at the International Festival of Torreperogil in Andalusia, Spain.

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CD in production
PARMA Recordings, 223 Lafayette Rd, North Hampton, NH 03862, USA
A new Navona Records CD is in production which will include Cacioppo's Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano as performed by the composer, violinist Francesco D'Orazio, and David Wetherill, first horn emeritus of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
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"The Book of Hours"
Philadelphia/London/Venice
Cacioppo collaborates with Italian artist Alessio Mancino, integrating his recent Sarabande for organ with Mancino's new illuminated manuscript The Book of Hours. Mancino has also designed the artwork for an upcoming all-Cacioppo CD which will include Armed and Dangerous (fantasy-variations on l'homme armé) for solo piano, Women of Ancient Greek Myth for a cappella chorus, and Tuscan Folio (Symphony No. 3) for orchestra.
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Recording session with Kristina Bachrach
Cacioppo records his arias and monodrama with soprano Kristina Bachrach. 9:30AM-1PM.
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World premieres of arias, monodrama and motets 3pm
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 3PM
Cacioppo collaborates with soprano Kristina Bachrach and the Viva Voce Chamber Singers under the direction of Nathan Zullinger in a program of vocal/choral world premieres. The first half of the concert includes his art song and monodrama settings of poetry by Luigi Cerantola. The second half features his a cappella motet cycle Women of Ancient Greek Myth. The stories of Circe, Europa, Galatea, Arianna, Daphne, Danae and Atropos are retold by Cerantola in new poems written expressly for this most recent project. Presented by the Concert Artists Series at Haverford College.
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Recording session
Bryn Mawr, PA
Recording session -- motets 5 - 7 of Women of Ancient Greek Myth, with Nathan Zullinger and the Viva Voce Chamber Singers.
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Recording session
Bryn Mawr, PA
Recording session -- motets 1 - 4 of Women of Ancient Greek Myth, with Nathan Zullinger and the Viva Voce Chamber Singers.
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World premiere in Russia
Marble Palace, State Russian Museum
Cacioppo's new violin and piano work Nevskaya Fantaziya (Neva Fantasy - Невская Фантазия), commissioned by the Tchaikovsky Center for Musical Culture's 2019 festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, receives its world premiere at the Museum-Estate G.R. Derzhaniva with EKATERINA BUDNIKOVA (VIOLIN), OLGA KOTLYAROVA (PIANO). Curtain time 5PM.

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Completion of organ piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes a new organ work, Sarabande after Licinio Refice.
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World premiere by Quartetto di Venezia
Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Treviso, Chiesa di San Teonista
The Quartetto di Venezia gives the world premiere of Cacioppo's Nebbia lagunare (String Quartet No. 7), composed for them, on the final program of their 3-concert series sponsored by the Benetton Foundation.
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Performance in Rome
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's Hamlet Elegy at the Nuova Consonanza festival in Rome, Italy. The venue is the Mattatoio Museum of contemporary art. Ore 21.
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Performance in L'Aquila, Italy

Pianist Alessandro Vena performs Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella in L'Aquila, capital of the Abruzzo region.
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Completion of song cycle
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes a new cycle entitled Songs with and without Words for soprano and piano. Duration: 28 minutes.
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Podcast recording WWFM
Cacioppo is interviewed along with other participants in the PostClassical Ensemble's "Native American Inspirations" festival for an upcoming podcast on WWFM's "Exploring Music" co-hosted by Bill McGlaughlin and Joseph Horowitz.
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Premiere in Taormina, Sicily
Pianist Alessandro Vena gives the European premiere of Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano in Taormina, Sicily.
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Fantaisie-Sonatine (Souvenirs du Levant) posted on YouTube
Cacioppo's Fantaisie-Sonatine (Souvenir du Levant) for oboe and piano, featuring Philadelphia Orchestra oboist Jonathan Blumenfeld, along with the composer, is posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEK8Yat0kk&feature=youtu.be.
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Performance of "Kinaaldá" 7:30PM
Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
Cacioppo's string quartet Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman is performed by members of the South Dakota Symphony on this PostClassical Ensemble "Native American Inspirations" concert. The composer will offer remarks prior to the performance. National Cathedral (Bethlehem Chapel). Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. https://tix.cathedral.org/TheatreManager/1/login?event=1260&_ga=2.206028115.115093950.1562331231-1800669191.1561992145
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"Pine Ridge: then and now" panel discussion
Contemporary Center for Political Art 916 G Street NW Washington DC 20001
Cacioppo joins members of the South Dakota Symphony's Lakota Music project as part of the PCE "Native American Inspirations" festival. Hosted by the Contemporary Center for Political Art. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. https://tix.cathedral.org/TheatreManager/1/login?event=1260&_ga=2.206028115.115093950.1562331231-1800669191.1561992145
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"Hail to the Chief" Variations posted on YouTube
Cacioppo's PIANO VARIATIONS on "Hail to the Chief" in LIVE performance by Charles Abramovic and Sara Davis Buechner is posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrJCtX4QDpo.
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Performance of Canti Indigeni 7:30PM
Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
The PostClassical Ensemble Chorus under the direction of Angel Gil-Ordóñez perform Cacioppo's Quattro Canti indigeni nordamericani on the "Native American Inspirations" main event concert program. The composer will offer remarks prior to the performance. National Cathedral (The Great Nave). Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. https://tix.cathedral.org/TheatreManager/1/login?event=1260&_ga=2.206028115.115093950.1562331231-1800669191.1561992145
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Native American Festival, D.C.
Cacioppo participates in the PostClassical Ensemble's festival in D.C. Oct. 16-21. https://postclassical.com/performances/native/
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Performance of Kinaaldá by DSQ 2:30PM
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The Dakota String Quartet performs Cacioppo's Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman on Stained Glass Concert series program. The members of the quartet, all principal string players in the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, are Doosook Kim, Magdalena Modzelewska, Yi-Chun Lin, and Jia Cao. Start time of concert 2:30PM. Details at http://www.sdsymphony.org/sg_101319/#.XZ9XIOdKiV4.
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South American premiere
São Paulo, Brazil
Pianist Alessandro Vena offers the South American premiere of Cacioppo's Notturno elidiano on his recital for the Circolo Italiano in São Paulo.
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Performance in Varese, Italy
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's Hamlet Elegy in Cantello (Varese), Italy. Details forthcoming.
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Completion of String Quartet
Cape Cod, MA USA
Cacioppo completes his String Quartet No. 8, Bagatelle-Variations on Wohl kenn' ich Eueren Stand from Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch. The 27 minute work commemorates 20 years of his collaboration with the Quartetto di Venezia.
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Recording in Italy
Area DIG, Molfetta, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Cacioppo's Armed and Dangerous (fantasy-variations on l'homme armé) will be recorded by pianist Emanuele Arciuli in the Molfetta Area DIG studio in Bari, Italy. Fazioli pianoforte. The work was written for and dedicated to Arciuli in 2013, and was recently presented in NYC on the Carnegie Hall "Migrations" festival series.
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CD commentary on MSR
Cacioppo authors liner notes for Resonance, the solo debut CD by pianist Amy Yang,
on MSR Classics. MS1655, official release date August 31, 2019.
Music of J.S. Bach, Schumann and Shaw.
http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1655
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=resonance+msr+classics+amy+yang&i=popular&ref=nb_sb_noss
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Completion of harp piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his solo harp piece Colapesce (or "The Cup, the Crown and the Ring") for harpist Paola Perrucci of Bologna, Italy. The piece muses upon a Sicilian folk legend.
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Completion of violin/piano fantasy
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his new violin and piano work Nevskaya Fantaziya (Neva Fantasy) for the Tchaikovsky Center for Musical Culture's 2019 festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 11 minute work, inspired by themes of Tchaikovsky, receives its world premiere Nov. 2 in the Marble Palace of the State Russian Museum.
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Horn Trio premiere on YouTube
Cacioppo's new Horn Trio premiere performance is made available on Youtube, with Francesco D'Orazio, violin, David Wetherill, horn, and the composer at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bbZXNSbcp8
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Whitman setting on YouTube
Cacioppo's new work (I, madly struggling, cry) on verses of Walt Whitman is made available on Youtube in a sensational performance by baritone William Sharp and pianist Wan-Chi Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1NdXZfH_yk
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"Grace" in Texas 4pm
Winnsboro, TX 75494, USA
Pianist Kenneth Fearn performs Cacioppo's Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton's "Amazing Grace" and Bluebird Sings Goodnight on a house concert American music program in connection with the Winnsboro Center for the Arts.
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Completion of Kirchner Memoir
Cacioppo completes a personal memoir of his mentor Leon Kirchner in celebration of Kirchner's 100th anniversary year.
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Commission from St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia
Cacioppo is composing a new work for the upcoming Tchaikovsky Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the invitation of the Tchaikovsky Center for Musical Culture. The work, Neva Fantasy, will be premiered at the Marble Palace of the State Russian Museum on November 2.
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Commission for solo harp piece
Cacioppo is asked to compose a new solo harp piece for Paola Perrucci, professor of harp at the Giovanni Martini Conservatory in Bologna, Italy.
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20th anniversary performance of Fantasy-Choruses
Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 E 3rd St, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA 4PM
Steinway Artist and CSULB piano faculty member ALTHEA WAITES gives the 20th anniversary performance of Cacioppo's Fantasy-Choruses on "This Little Light of Mine", written for her in 1999. Also on her program is the glorious Sonata in A Major, D. 959 of Franz Schubert. The recital also celebrates Waites' 80th birthday.

Saturday, May 18 at 4 PM
Covenant Presbyterian Church
607 East 3rd St.
Long Beach, CA
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D'Orazio plays Hamlet Elegy
Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's Hamlet Elegy in Bari, Italy, 8:30PM, at the Auditorium Tomasso Fiore, sponsored by the Associazione Culturale ORIZZONTI.
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Felder conducts Cacioppo
Harris Auditorium, University of Memphis 7:30pm
The University of Memphis Symphony under the direction of Maestro Harvey Felder III performs Cacioppo's Raven Lance and Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods from SCENES FROM INDIAN COUNTRY. Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
University of Memphis 3775 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38111 General $15; Seniors $10; Faculty, Staff and Students free
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Red Jacket/Yonnondio on YouTube
Cacioppo's Whitman setting Red Jacket/Yonnondio is posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6QJftGxPTU. Kristina Bachrach, soprano, and Laura Ward, pianist. The verses reference two personages from Native American history. The work was commissioned by Lyric Fest.
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YouTube post
Cacioppo's performance of Ombre allungate by Franco Cavallone is posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auWOn_f-uxU.
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Performance at Lehigh University
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's "Hamlet Elegy" on his colloquium  program at Lehigh University. Zoellner Arts Center, Room 143, 420 E. Packer Ave. Also on the program, "Faust Narrative No. 2," with the composer at the piano.
Bethlehem, PA  4:15 PM.
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Performance of "Hamlet Elegy"
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's "Hamlet Elegy" on his Music and Conversation program at Haverford College. MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Building, 4:15 PM.
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Concert Artists Series premieres
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041
Cacioppo appears as pianist and composer with violinist Francesco D'Orazio and French hornist David Wetherill and friends from the Philadelphia Orchestra on the Haverford College Concert Artists Series. Program includes the premiere of his Faust Narrative No. 2 for violin and piano, and Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano.
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LIVE broadcast on WRTI-FM Philadelphia
WRTI-FM 1509 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19121
Curt Cacioppo & Friends are featured on WRTI's Performance Studio in a live broadcast on April 12 starting at 4 p.m. Preview performances of music from their Haverford College Concert Artists Series program taking place Sunday, April 14 at 3PM in Marshall Auditorium. Philadelphia Orchestra principal horn emeritus David Wetherill plays Cacioppo's solo horn piece "of dark and bright;" award-winning Italian violinist Francesco D'Orazio and Cacioppo play the brand new "Faust Narrative No. 2;" and D'Orazio, Wetherill and Cacioppo collaborate on the new tango-inspired Horn Trio written for them. Conversation with the musicians hosted by Debra Harder.
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Lyric Fest in NYC
The Phoenix Concerts
Lyric Fest presents its Walt Whitman program, including Cacioppo's commissioned work "Red Jacket/Yonnondio" for soprano and piano. Kristina Bachrach, soprano, and Laura Ward, piano. The Phoenix Concerts  St. Matthew & St. Timothy  26 W 84th St  NYC, NY  7PM
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Lyric Fest premiere
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041
Lyric Fest presents its Walt Whitman program, including the world premiere of Cacioppo's commissioned work "Red Jacket/Yonnondio" for soprano and piano. Kristina Bachrach, soprano, and Laura Ward, piano. 3 PM  Haverford College Concert Artists Series  Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College  370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
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Performance in Lecce
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's Hamlet Elegy in Lecce, Italy.
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Carnegie Hall "Migrations Festival" performance
The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City 7PM
Music of Curt Cacioppo presented by pianist Emanuele Arciuli at the Italian Academy as part of Carnegie Hall's citywide festival "MIGRATIONS - the Making of America." Start time 7PM. https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/event/emanuele-arciuli-piano-0
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Masterclass at Peabody
Peabody Institute, 17 E Mt Vernon Pl, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Cacioppo gives a masterclass on his PAWNEE PRELUDES for piano students in Ben Pasternack's contemporary music seminar. 6-8PM
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LARGO for strings posted on YouTube
Cacioppo's Largo in E for strings and timpani with piano obbligato is posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNvcZ4IiHE. James Ross leads the Bach Society Orchestra in this archival recording.
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Article in Giornale della Musica
Torino, Italy
Cacioppo is covered in an extensive interview with Andrea Vio, first violinist of the Quartetto di Venezia, in Italy's prestigious Giornale della Musica - https://www.giornaledellamusica.it/articoli/il-quartetto-darchi-come-scuola-di-democrazia
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YouTube post: Cacioppo plays Hagerty
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo plays Mark Hagerty's "Facets" from The Realm of Possibility on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzlnrfqOYdI
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Completion of piano piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his new piano work Endgame: a prelude. It is a companion piece intended to precede his fantasia fugale Il Pensionato.
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Completion of solo cello piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his new solo piece "GONE BATS" for cellist Nicola Fiorino. This 7 minute scherzo is no joke! For more about Nicola, visit http://www.nicolafiorino.com/
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YouTube post of Nuvole grigie
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his performance of Marino Baratello's Nuvole grigie with a montage of photos by Harold C. Walker and from his own archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1dkxatHb3A
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World premiere in D.C.
The National Cathedral
Baritone William Sharp and pianist Wan-Chi Su give the world premiere of Cacioppo's "(I, madly struggling, cry)", a setting of stanzas by Walt Whitman commissioned for the occasion by the Post Classical Ensemble. 7:30 PM For further information, see https://postclassical.com/performances/whitman/
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Performance in Bari, Italy
Auditorium Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy 8PM
Performance of Cacioppo's HAMLET ELEGY by violinist Francesco D'Orazio on a Time Zones Festival concert, Auditorium Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy. 8PM
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Performance & atelier in Milan
Cacioppo is hosted by the Verdi Conservatory of Milan for a two day residency on his music, with particular emphasis on his Native American involvements. Details forthcoming.
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Duo Alterno performance
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 3PM
Pianist Riccardo Piacentini gives an encore performance of Cacioppo's "Drehleier Blues" on the Duo Alterno's SWEET BEGINNINGS concert. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consolato Generale d'Italia Filadelfia.
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Performance at Wilfrid Laurier
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
Riccardo Piacentini performs Cacioppo's Drehleier Blues on a program by the Duo Alterno of Turin hosted by the Music at Noon concert series.
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Performance in Philadelphia
Rock Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 3PM
Pianist Charles Abramovic performs "Nunca pagaremos" from Cacioppo's Piano Variations on Hail to the Chief on his faculty recital dedicated to Music of the Americas, in collaboration with Las americas en conciertos.
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"Tritton Fanfare" on YouTube
Cacioppo's Tritton Fanfare for brass quintet, performed by the Philadelphia Brass Works, is posted on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbVT9eIhJg
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"of dark and bright" on Youtube
Cacioppo's prelude ...of dark and bright... for solo horn as performed by James Ross is posted on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1jPAcF4Dk
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TUSCAN FOLIO on YouTube
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his TUSCAN FOLIO (Symphony No. 3) on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJv1E1kP-B8.
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video post
Cacioppo performs "ABOUT THE CLOUDS" by Massimo Iamone in a new video post with artwork by Ying Li at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAtoZyvgI7I.
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Completion of 2nd Whitman setting
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his new vocal work "(I, madly struggling, cry)" for baritone and piano on passages from Walt Whitman writings, with additional lines by Emma Lazarus. Commissioned by the Post Classical Ensemble, it will be premiered on November 5th at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
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Performance in Vermont
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Redstone Campus, UVM, Burlington
Pianist Paul Orgel performs Cacioppo's PAWNEE PRELUDES on an Artist Faculty recital of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.
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Completion of violin & piano work
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes the second pillar of his monument to Busoni, his FAUST NARRATIVE NO. 2 for violin and piano. The new 14 minute work is dedicated to Abbiati prize winning violinist Francesco D'Orazio. The previous Faust Narrative No. 1 of 1996 is dedicated to the memory of Cleveland Orchestra violinist Leonard Samuels.
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New Whitman work for Post Classical Ensemble
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo is asked to compose a new work for the Post Classical Ensemble in residence at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for its November 5th pre-election concert celebrating Walt Whitman. Baritone William Sharp will sing the premiere.
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Recording sessions in Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Cacioppo records two solo piano works by fellow composer Christopher Shultis - his "Devisadero" and "World's End Preludes" - for Neuma Records in Phoenix, AZ June 4 - 6. The former work is dedicated to Cacioppo.
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Completion of song cycle
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes CONDITIONS OF LIFE, a cycle of 6 songs for mezzo soprano and piano on poems of his own authorship.
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AVA gala of Philadelphia premieres
Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Cacioppo presents his gala of premieres concert at AVA, including piano, vocal, and chamber works by the composer written in recent years. Joining him for this program are pianists Sara Davis Buechner and Charles Abramovic, mezzo-soprano Misoon Ghim, baritone Brian Ming Chu, and Philadelphia Orchestra oboist Jonathan Blumenfeld. Among the featured works are his Canti su testi di Renzo Oliva (former Italian vice-consul general in Philadelphia), and his politically charged Piano Variations on "Hail to the Chief."
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Completion of piano work
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes a new piano work, BREVE INDAGINE FUGALE d'un arabesco di Chopin.
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Completion of piano work
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes a new keyboard work entitled RICERCAR sopra Clavis Astartis Magica.
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Completion of new string quartet work
Cacioppo completes his new Quartettsatz NEBBIA LAGUNARE for the Quartetto di Venezia. The piece recalls a trip to Venice during which the Serenissima had cloaked herself in a dense fog, unveiling her splendor only after several days and nights of eerie mists...
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Recording session at Cunningham Piano
Cacioppo records his CAMEOS FROM THE QUAKER DOMAIN on the Yamaha DiskKlavier at the Cunningham Piano Showroom in King of Prussia, PA. He will also be filming the performance with discussion of the pieces for the company's new Youtube show. RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 10.
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Performance in California
Pianist Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's MITLEID on her 4PM solo recital at St. Paul's Episcoal Church, 3290 Loma Vista Road, Ventura, CA 93003.

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Completion of Horn Trio
Cacioppo completes his TRIO for violin, horn and piano. The 18 minute work consists of 3 connected movements: Barcarolle, Fantaisie-Passacaille, and Tango. It was written for Abbiati Prize winning violinist Francesco D'Orazio and Philadelphia Orchestra emeritus principal horn David Wetherill. D'Orazio, Wetherill and Cacioppo will premiere the work next season.
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Broadcast on WPRB

Join Classical Discoveries and host Marvin Rosen ThisWednesday, February 21, 2018, from 5 till 11 AM. The program, now in its 21styear, is a unique radio show devoted to contemporary works as well as selections of music written before 1750. To be aired, music by Bacewicz, Harold Brown, Judith Sainte Croix, and the Concerto for Oboe and String Chamber Orchestra with Harpsichord by American composer CurtCacioppo (Cacioppo’s concerto should start play at approximately 10:15). Listen on WPRB 103.3 FM Princeton MJ, or on the Internet at http://wprb.com/. If you miss the broadcast you can listen to the MP3 file for a limited time (available after the show) by going to http://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/index_02_21_2018_temporary_file.html.

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Completion of Lyric Fest commission
Cacioppo completes his Walt Whitman setting for Lyric Fest. The work, for soprano and piano, combines two Whitman poems that deal with Native American subjects. "Red Jacket," is set in its entirety. Adjoined to this, Cacioppo uses lines selected from "Yonnondio" to produce a unified, 5 minute art song. To be premiered in April of 2019.
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Premiere GALA at The Greene Space, NYC
The Greene Space, NYC
Curt Cacioppo and friends in a GALA OF PREMIERES: music that trumps time and trend. New York premieres of Cacioppo's songs on poems by contemporary Italian author Renzo Oliva, the politically charged PIANO VARIATIONS on "Hail to the Chief," his Fantaisie-Sonatine (Souvenirs du Levant), and BERNINI ELEGY on a text by C.H.O. Scaife. The composer as pianist is joined by Misoon Ghim, mezzo-soprano, Alexander Dobson, bass-baritone, Charles Abramovic, pianist, and Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe. At the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, 160 Varick St., NYC, NY. Live video webcast by NY Public Radio.
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Preview performance in Canada
With bass-baritone Alexander Dobson, Cacioppo offers a preview performance of his BERNINI ELEGY in Toronto. Royal St. George's College Chapel, 120 Howland Ave, 5:30 PM. ALL ARE WELCOME.
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Lyric Fest commission
Cacioppo receives a commission from the art song organization Lyric Fest to compose a new work based on a text by Walt Whitman, to be premiered in April of 2019.
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A gala of premieres
Marshall Auditorium, Roberts Hall, Haverford College 3PM
Haverford College Concert Artists Series presents Curt Cacioppo and friends in a GALA OF WORLD PREMIERES: music that trumps time and trend. World premieres of Cacioppo's songs on poems by contemporary Italian author Renzo Oliva, the politically charged PIANO VARIATIONS on "Hail to the Chief," his Fantaisie-Sonatine (Souvenirs du Levant), and BERNINI ELEGY on a text by C.H.O. Scaife. The composer as pianist is joined by Misoon Ghim, mezzo-soprano, Brian Ming Chu, bass-baritone, Sara Davis Buechner and Charles Abramovic, pianists, and Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe. Curtain time 3PM.
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Award nomination
Cacioppo is a nominee for the McCollin Award from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.
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World premiere of CAMEOS from the QUAKER DOMAIN
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Cacioppo premieres his CAMEOS FROM THE QUAKER DOMAIN as Haverford College celebrates the attainment of its recent capital campaign goal.
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Performance in SOCAL
Dept. of Music, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on her morning recital at Cerritos College. Burnight Theater. 11 AM. Free admission. Information: 562 860 2451.
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Performance at Bard 8PM
Bard College, László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Pianist Emanuele Arciuli performs Cacioppo's ARMED AND DANGEROUS on his recital program at Bard College. For information call 845 758 6822 or email gann@bard.edu
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World premiere of "Armed and Dangerous"
Marshall Auditorium, Roberts Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Emanuele Arciuli gives the world premiere of Cacioppo's ARMED AND DANGEROUS (variations on "L'homme armé) on his all American new music recital. Among the other composers represented are Louis Ballard, Frederic Rzewski, and Kyle Gann. Presented by the Haverford College Music Department Concert Artists Series.
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Completion of new piano work
Haverford, PA
Caciopppo completes a new work entitled CAMEOS FROM THE QUAKER DOMAIN, 13 short pieces for solo piano. Duration 14 minutes. To be premiered October 28 as part of Haverford College's capital campaign celebration.
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YouTube post of "Cantata of the Angels"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts the premiere performance of his CANTATA OF THE ANGELS aka VESPERO VERMIGLIO by THE CROSSING choir, led by Donald Nally. The video incorporates librettist Luigi Cerantola's illuminated manuscript of the text, and Alessio Mancino's artwork, along with other imagery. Marvelous soprano solos by Karen Blanchard, Justine Aronson, Anne Fuchs, Kelly Ann Bixby and Rebecca Siler, and stunning virtuoso organ playing by Scott Dettra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Mp1L8D_iw
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Completion of "zero nonostante"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo adds to his Canti su poesia di Renzo Oliva with the completion of ZERO NONOSTANTE for mezzo-soprano and piano.
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YouTube post of SCHOENBERG & CACIOPPO
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19, and two more of his own Pawnee Preludes. LIVE from Merkin Concert Hall in 1985. Remarks by Eric Massey. https://youtu.be/MyHnUThp-7s
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ECLOGUE -- film by John Thornton
Ocean City, NJ
John Thornton posts a film response to Cacioppo's touchstone performance of his Eclogue: symphony for piano, LIVE from Merkin Concert Hall in 1985. Commentary by Eric Massey. https://youtu.be/TY1cLga9jXU
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YouTube post of CARDONA
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his performance of Xikiyeua in Xochitl by the world renowned Latin American composer Alejandro Cardona. LIVE from Chapin Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College in 1990. Artwork by Francisco Toledo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hOlhJ7SZk
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YouTube post of organ piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts the organ version of "Nel mezzo del cammin" as premiered by Robert Gallagher on the magnificent Dobson Op. 84 (III/42/47, 2007). https://youtu.be/L813egPPRvY
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HAMLET ELEGY on YouTube
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his ELEGY for solo violin based on Shakespeare's Hamlet ("and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"). Performed LIVE by Francesco D'Orazio in Bari, Italy. Montage by Curt Cacioppo. Photography of Castle Elsinore by Tian Hui Ng. https://youtu.be/0AmgbS4aqLk
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Performance in South Africa 12 noon
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on her Grahamstown National Arts Festival tour in South Africa. Today's concert at 12 noon, the Beethoven Room, Music Department, Rhodes University, Somerset St, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa.
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Performance in South Africa
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 3PM
Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on her Grahamstown National Arts Festival tour in South Africa. Today's concert at 3 PM, the Beethoven Room, Music Department, Rhodes University, Somerset St, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa.
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Performance in South Africa
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 6:30PM
Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on her Grahamstown National Arts Festival tour in South Africa. Today's concert at 6:30 PM, the Beethoven Room, Music Department, Rhodes University, Somerset St, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa.
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Performance in South Africa
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 10AM
Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on her Grahamstown National Arts Festival tour in South Africa. Today's concert at 10 AM, the Beethoven Room, Music Department, Rhodes University, Somerset St, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa.
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YouTube post of ULYSSES KAY
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo posts his 1990 LIVE performance of the 2 Impromptus by Ulysses Kay. Steinway piano, Chapin Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=uxcySLVzjdQ or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHif8EeB-I
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Performance in Northern California
N. Columbia School House Cultural Center, 17894 Tyler Foote Crossing Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959
Pianist Charles Abramovic performs music of Curt Cacioppo and Charles Cacioppo on his program at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, North San Juan Ridge, California.
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Tour performances in South Africa
South Africa
Pianist Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's PHILADELPHIA DIARY on four of her South Africa tour programs beginning at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival on the Eastern Cape, with concerts running through July 18.
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Completion of final motet
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his 7th motet on poems by Luigi Cerantola dedicated to female myths of ancient Greece. The final motet is entitled ATROPO. This concludes the 40 minute a cappella collection, which is organized as follows: CIRCE EUROPA GALATEA ARIANNA DAFNE DANAE ATROPO
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Choral piece completion
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes another of his motet series on women of Greek myth, in this case, EUROPA. Text by Luigi Cerantola.
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Completion of choral work
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes another of his a cappella motets on women of ancient Greek myth, this time GALATEA. Text by Luigi Cerantola.
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Completion of choral piece
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes another motet in his cycle dedicated to mythological women, in this case, CIRCE. With text by Luigi Cerantola.
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SÉANCE on YouTube
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts a film realization of his solo bassoon piece "Séance" featuring Angela Anderson-Smith of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Poem by Curt Cacioppo. Artwork by Ying Li. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcjn15JcVjY
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Performance in Aosta, Italy
Auditorium dei Balivi, Via Guido Rey 11100, Aosta, Italy
Violinist Francesco D'Orazio performs Cacioppo's ELEGY on his program "Meditations" at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali della Valle d’Aosta - Conservatoire de la Vallée d’Aoste. Ore 20:30 - Ingresso Libero
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YouTube post of BACH 5th Brandenburg
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts his performance of Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concerto with the Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University. LIVE from Sanders Theater in 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRE9Q33ygfA
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YouTube post of KIRCHNER Sonata
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts his archival performance of Leon Kirchner's Piano Sonata (1948). LIVE from Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University in 1973. https://youtu.be/wwopLUk8q4E
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YouTube post of ROCHBERG sonatas
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts his American Premiere performance of George Rochberg's 4 Short Sonatas (dedicated to him). LIVE from Merkin Concert Hall in 1985.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgRnIaar58
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YouTube post of PAWNEE PRELUDES
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts his performance of 5 of his Pawnee Preludes, live from Merkin Concert Hall in 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD-DprWftes&feature=youtu.be
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YouTube post of KLAVIERSTÜCK
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo posts his definitive performance of his Klavierstück (1976), with score. Live from Merkin Concert Hall in 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuc4gdhQLs
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Performance by Amernet Quartet 3PM
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford PA
The Amernet Quartet perform Cacioppo's Mą’ iijí hatáál (“Coyoteway”) on their Concert Artists Series program at Haverford College Sunday, April 9 at 3 PM. The work is the second in a cycle of 4 string quartets called WOMB OF THE SACRED MOUNTAINS, which narrates the creation story of the Navajo.
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Performance of "SAINTS ALIVE!" 4 PM
CSULB, Bob Cole Conservatory, G.R. Daniel Recital Hall
The Orpheus Duo performs "SAINTS ALIVE!" from Cacioppo's STORIES FROM THE 7th WARD on the Multiple Keyboard Extravaganza scholarship fundraiser concert at Cal State Long Beach. Althea Waites and Mark Uranker are pianists.
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Final Tour Performance with QdV
University of Pittsburgh, Music on the Edge series 8PM
Cacioppo appears with the Quartetto di Venezia in the last of 6 tour performances of new American music. On the program is his quintet, WOMEN AT THE CROSS. Also on the program are works by Kendall Kennison, Roger Zahab, and Robert Maggio. University of Pittsburgh, Music on the Edge Festival, Andy Warhol Museum. Tickets in advance: general admission is $15; students and seniors are $10. At the door: general admission is $20; non-Pitt students and seniors are $15. (No free student tickets at the Warhol.) Call 412-624-7529 or visit music.pitt.edu/tickets. http://www.music.pitt.edu/events/music-edge-quartetto-di-venezia160913
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U.S. premiere of "Divertimenti in Italia" (String Quartet No. 6)
Haverford College, Magill Library, Phillips Wing 4:30 PM
The Quartetto di Venezia gives the U.S. premiere of Cacioppo's "Divertimenti in Italia" (String Quartet No. 6) in conjunction with an exhibit of artwork by Ying Li created in Italy. Discussion with the composer and the artist complements the performance. FREE Limited seating in this intimate venue
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4th Tour Performance with QdV
West Chester University, Swope Hall 8:15 PM
Cacioppo appears with the Quartetto di Venezia in the fourth of 6 tour performances of new American music. On the program is his quintet, WOMEN AT THE CROSS. Also on the program are works by Kendall Kennison, Roger Zahab, and Robert Maggio. Swope Hall, West Chester University. FREE https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/eventsCalendar.aspx#/?i=2
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3rd Tour Performance with QdV
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC 8 PM
Cacioppo appears with the Quartetto di Venezia in the third of 6 tour performances of new American music. On the program is his quintet, WOMEN AT THE CROSS. Also on the program are works by Kendall Kennison, Roger Zahab, and Robert Maggio. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, West 20th Street, Chelsea, NYC. Presented by the PRISM PROJECT. Suggested donation: $20 gen/$15 students & seniors http://users.rcn.com/elm/prmndx.html http://www.stpeterschelsea.org/
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2nd Tour Performance with QdV
Haverford College, Concert Artists Series 3 PM
PUBBLICO IN PIEDI! STANDING OVATION Cacioppo appears with the Quartetto di Venezia in the second of 6 tour performances of new American music. On the program is his quintet, WOMEN AT THE CROSS. Also on the program are works by Kendall Kennison, Roger Zahab, and Robert Maggio. Marshall Auditorium, HaverfordCollege. Admission: $20 (gen)/$15 (sr)/$10 (stu)/$5 (7-17); free to members of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, & Swarthmore College community https://ems-web.quaker.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5/AErWqm/R2eV0dPeH6zoafkcXv2HeBNbnXCIVwpEj0b6m2WJw%2BLrF
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Tour with the Quartetto di Venezia
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD 8PM
STANDING OVATION! Cacioppo appears with the Quartetto di Venezia in the first of 6 tour performances of new American music. On the program is his quintet, WOMEN AT THE CROSS. Also on the program are works by Kendall Kennison, Roger Zahab, and Robert Maggio. Merrick Hall, Goucher College. FREE
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Performance of ELEGY by D'Orazio
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 4 PM
Award winning Italian violinist Francesco D'Orazio gives the Philadelphia area premiere of Cacioppo's ELEGY on his "Music and Conversation" solo recital at Haverford College.
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World premiere of "Stories from the 7th Ward" 4 PM
Long Beach, CA
The Orpheus Duo gives the world premiere of Cacioppo's monumental new 2-piano tribute to New Orleans, STORIES FROM THE 7th WARD. G.R. Daniel Recital Hall, CSULB.
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Preview performance at Mardi gras time
Cal State Long Beach
The Orpheus Duo offers a preview performance of 2 movements from Cacioppo's STORIES FROM THE 7th WARD on a faculty chamber music concert Monday evening, 2/27 at 7:30 in the G.R. Daniel Recital Hall at CSULB's Bob Cole Conservatory. The movements chosen are "Taffeta Skirts" and "Saints Alive!" The NOLA tribute work will be premiered in its entirety by the Duo on March 12.
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Broadcast on WWFM 89.1 FM at noon
West Windsor, NJ
WWFM, The Classical Network, will be broadcasting a selection of pieces from Network for New Music's last two seasons. You can tune in to hear these recordings of the fine Network Ensemble at noon on Tuesday, 2/21. The broadcast will include compositions by: Curt Cacioppo, Milton Babbitt, Wolfgang Rihm, Ingrid Arauco, Laura Karpman, David Rakowski, and Robert Capanna. I hope you can tune in! Full Service Stations WWFM 89.1 FM Trenton/Princeton, NJ (HD) WYPA HD2 89.5 HD2 Cherry Hill/Philadelphia WWNJ 91.1 FM Toms River, NJ (HD) WWCJ 89.1 FM Cape May, NJ (HD) WWPJ 89.5 FM Pen Argyl, PA (HD) Translator Stations W224AU 92.7 FM Allentown, PA W226AA 93.1 FM Easton, PA W230AA 93.9 FM Atlantic City, NJ W245AC 96.9 FM Harmony Twp, NJ K216FW 91.1 FM Steamboat Springs,CO WWFM is a 1,150 watt station, broadcasting on 89.1 FM, also broadcasting in HD. WWNJ is a 6,000 watt station, broadcasting on 91.1 FM. WWCJ is a 8,000 watt station, broadcasting on 89.1 FM, also broadcasting in HD. WWPJ is a 100 watt station broadcasting on 89.5 FM from Pen Argyl, PA, also broadcasting in HD. WWFM was established in 1982, WWNJ in 1991, WWCJ in 1999 and WWPJ in 2001. With the addition of digital signals in New York City and Philadelphia, The Classical Network can be heard freely over digital radio by more U.S. listeners than any other classical station, public or commercial.
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Performance in Philadelphia
Trinity Center, 22nd and Spruce 8 PM
The Chamber Orchestra First Editions performs "A Meeting of Souls" by Curt Cacioppo, with Cacioppo as harpsichord soloist; Heidi Jacob, conductor. The piece, originally commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival, draws its inspiration from the famous "Air on the G String." Program begins at 8:00 PM.
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World premiere of "A Meeting of Souls"
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College
The Chamber Orchestra First Editions premieres "A Meeting of Souls" by Curt Cacioppo, with Cacioppo as harpsichord soloist; Heidi Jacob, conductor. The piece, originally commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival, draws its inspiration from the famous "Air on the G String." Program begins at 8:00 PM.
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Completion of piano piece
Haverford, PA
Completion of "Snow Day Fugue" for solo piano, based on a motif from Schumann's "Winterzeit."
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Jazz premiere
The Lafayette Bar, North 4th Street, Easton, PA
Premiere of the jazz version of Cacioppo's "Parisian Room Waltz" by the Lafayette Trio on the Nic Cacioppo Retrospective Concert at The Lafayette Bar in Easton, PA. Nicole Glover, saz; Oscar Williams, piano/key bass; Nic Cacioppo, drums.
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Performance of 'Funkinato' at WUM 8 PM
Western Michigan University
Pianist May Phang will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall at Western Michigan University. Program features Cacioppo's OSTINATO-FANTASIA ON ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING (aka 'FUNKINATO').
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Completion of PIANO VARIATIONS
Haverford, PA
On the eve of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration of 2017, Cacioppo completes his set of PIANO VARIATIONS on "Hail to the Chief." The 36 minute long virtuoso work "for ALL Americans" celebrates the diversity of our country and its people.
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Documentary posted on Youtube
Ocean City, NJ
Filmmaker John Thornton posts his documentary "Ying Li and Curt Cacioppo: a synaesthetic marriage of art and music" on Youtube. The half-hour long video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8guEYU_rBVE&feature=youtu.be.
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Retrospective in Venice
Isola S. Giorgio, Auditorium "Lo Squero," Venice, Italy ore 17.00
A restrospective/65th birthday concert at the exciting new venue on the Isola San Giorgio called "Lo Squero" in Venice with the Quartetto di Venezia and Cacioppo at the piano. Program includes music by Cacioppo written for the QdV over the 10 year period 2002-2012: "Impressioni venexiane," "Divertimenti in Italia," and the piano quintet "Women at the Cross." Special inclusion of the solo piano piece "Ecco Venere," dedicated to the goddess and namesake of Venice and the Veneto region. The event is hosted by the Fondazione Cini in collaboration with the festival Asolo Musica.
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Performance in Chicago
Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave Chicago, IL 60618
Francesco D'Orazio gives a third U.S. performance of "Elegy" for solo violin at Constellation on his recital Dec. 7. More info at http://www.constellation-chicago.com/event/1377557-francesco-dorazio-chicago/
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Broadcast of "Divertimenti in Italia" 9 PM
Philadelphia, PA
Cacioppo's "Divertimenti in Italia" from the Grammy nominated CD RITORNELLO will be aired on WRTI's Now Is the Time, at wrti.org and on HD-2. Hosted by Kile Smith.
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Performance in Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art, East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH, United States 7:30 PM
Cacioppo's "ELEGY" for solo violin will receive a repeat performance by Francesco D'Orazio. For details visit https://www.clevelandart.org/events/music-and-performances/francesco-dorazio
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U.S. premiere in San Francisco
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco
Cacioppo's "ELEGY" for solo violin will receive its U.S. premiere performance by Francesco D'Orazio. Ora: 6:00pm IIC Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco Please note our NEW location at Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness Ave Suite F San Francisco, California 94102 - USA
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Completion of "Phelonious Blues"
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes new piano piece "Phelonious Blues," one in a set of character variations on "Hail to the Chief," in the wake of the recent presidential election.
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Performance of Variations on Mozart
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford PA 1:30 pm
Paul Orgel performs Cacioppo's VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART, along with Mozart sonatas, variations, and the a-minor Rondo in an atelier hosted by the "Topics in Piano" course. Visitors welcome!
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Network premiere
Haverford College, Marshall Auditorium
Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist Angela Anderson-Smith presents the world premiere of Cacioppo's solo concert etude "Séance" on a Network for New Music concert. Program begins at 7:30 PM Monday, November 21.
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Performance in Vermont
Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, Vermont 4 PM
Paul Orgel performs Curt Cacioppo's VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART on his recital at the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, Vermont. Sunday, November 13, 4:00 PM.
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Synaesthesis & Wagner
Palazzo Albrizzi, ACIT Venezia, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy
The video SYNAESTHESIS I is selected for screening during the "Giornate Wagneriane 2016" and the "Symposium: Wagner e la nuova musica" hosted by the Associazione Richard Wagner di Venezia and the Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca (ACIT Venezia), in conjunction with the Casinò di Venezia, Fonadzione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, and the Regione Veneto.
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Cacioppo performs at LiveWire Festival, UMBC
LiveWire Festival, UMBC
Cacioppo offers the world premiere of the complete Preludes for solo piano by Christopher Shultis, including the "World's End Preludes" (composed in the woods of Pennsylvania) and "Devisadero" (composed in the mountains of New Mexico, and dedicated to Cacioppo).
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Performance at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College, Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center 4 PM
Vaughan Recital Series presents Paul Orgel, piano Pianist Paul Orgel performs an all-Mozart program including a Fantasia, Sonata, Rondo, and Variations, along with a new work, "Variations on a Theme of Mozart" by Curt Cacioppo.
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Premiere in Parma, Italy
Parma, Italy
Abbiati prize winning violinist Francesco D'Orazio gives the world premiere of Cacioppo's "Elegy" for solo violin, dedicated to him, on a new music concert of the Festival Traiettorie di Parma. The work is loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Premiere in Tampa
University of South Florida School of Music 4PM
Pianist Paul Orgel premieres Cacioppo's VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART on his Steinway Piano Series guest artist recital at USF School of Music in Barness Recital Hall.
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Performance in Vermont
Middlebury, Vermont
Vermont pianist Paul Orgel performs Cacioppo's VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART his solo recital at the Middlebury Community Center for Music this Sunday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in the MCMC Salon. The concert is a benefit for the Center. 4:00PM
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Premiere by Orpheus Duo
Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
The Orpheus Duo gives the premiere of Movement 3 from Cacioppo's STORIES FROM THE 7th WARD, "Parisian Room Waltz," on their concert Friday afternoon, September 23, at Cerritos College. Also included on the program is Cacioppo's FANTASY, AIR and RAG suite in tribute to J.S. Bach.
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US premiere of "Synaesthesis I"
Magill Library, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 7:30 PM
Cacioppo gives the US premiere of his new piano sonata "Synaesthesis I" inspired by art work of Ying Li. The performance takes place amidst an exhibition of Li's images, and is accompanied by a silent video narrative by film maker John Thornton. Additional music by Cacioppo fills out the program.
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Preview performance of "VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART"
Burlington, VT
Paul Orgel gives a preview performance of Cacioppo's VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF MOZART.
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Airplay on WPRB
Princeton, NJ
Broadcast of "Maria, gratia plena" from WOMEN AT THE CROSS on Navona Records all-Cacioppo CD "RITORNELLO". CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES, hosted by Marvin Rosen, WPRB FM, Princeton.
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Completion of choral piece
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes "Dafne" on a text of Luigi Cerantola. This is a companion piece to "Arianna" and "Danae." Together the 3 form a set of motets about mythological women. The set will be premiered by the ESART Singers under Gonçalo Lourenço.
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Preview of "ELEGY"
Bari, Italy
Private preview performance of Cacioppo's ELEGY for solo violin by Francesco D'Orazio.
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Completion of choral piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes "Danae" on a text of Luigi Cerantola. This is a companion piece to "Arianna," and will be joined by another to form a set a 3 motets about mythological women. The set will be premiered by the ESART Singers under Gonçalo Lourenço.
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Choral commission
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Cacioppo receives commission from conductor Gonçalo Lourenço for music to be premiered by the ESART Singers/Studio Conducere. Poetry of Luigi Cerantola will be set.
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Completion of "Quiete notturna"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes the new piano piece "Quiete notturna," inspired by an etching of the same title by printmaker Lia Laterza, who is based in the town of Oulx near Torino, Italy. The 7 minute work is in the nature of a berceuse, never exceeding the dynamic level of mezzo piano despite the haunted passages marked "ventoso"...
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Brass quintet recording sessions
SUNY Purchase
The New York Chamber Brass records Cacioppo's "Pharaonic Suite" at SUNY Purchase in August -- details forthcoming. Richard Price, recording engineer, Candlewood Digital.
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Performance in Brazil
State of São Paulo, Brazil
Pianist Silvanio Reis performs Cacioppo's "Philadelphia Diary" in Brazil -- details TBA.
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Completion of poem
Cape Cod, MA
The composer completes his poem "Séance" to accompany the bassoon piece of the same title, to be premiered Nov. 21 by Angela Anderson Smith.
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Performance in Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Pianist Silvanio Reis performs Cacioppo's "Philadelphia Diary" in Brazil -- details TBA.
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Completion of "Summer Moon"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes another new piano piece, "Summer Moon over Cape Cod." The 5 minute nocturne was written under the light of the full moon over Pleasant Bay on the Cape.
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Completion of New Orleans tribute work
Cape Cod, MA
With the completion of "Taffeta Skirts," Cacioppo also completes his two-piano suite STORIES FROM THE 7TH WARD, a tribute to New Orleans. Written for the Orpheus Duo, the half-hour-long work consists of four pieces variously inspired by family stories told by Althea Waites -- a member of the Duo, and a New Orleans native -- and by musical idioms of the city, especially Dixieland and the music of Cacioppo's late distant relative, trumpeter, bandleader and broadcaster Tony Almerico. The movements are: I - The Valiant Crab II - Taffeta Skirts III - Parisian Room Waltz IV - Saints Alive! See the composer's blog for the associated stories!
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Completion of "Saints Alive!"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes another in his 2 piano "Stories from the 9th Ward." This one is entitled SAINTS ALIVE! and captures a vision related to him by Althea Waites of her mother after she died going up to see God, and having a serious talk with him about the troubles on planet earth and what he should be doing about them. Fantastic story. Her Mom was a big fan of "When the Saints go Marching In," and this melody serves as the basis of this new composition.
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Completion of "Parisian Room Waltz"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his "Parisian Room Waltz" for 2 pianos, part of a collection entitled STORIES FROM THE 9th WARD, inspired by tales from New Orleans. This movement is in honor of Dixieland trumpeter/broadcaster/bandleader and Cacioppo's distant relative, Tony Almerico. Hear Tony's work on the album "Clambake on Bourbon Street."
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Recording at Yamaha Salon, NYC
Yamaha Salon, NYC
Cacioppo records his new piano sonata "Synaesthesis I" at the Yamaha Artist Services salon near the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan: Jeanne Velonis, recording engineer, Eric Johnson, piano technician; Bösendorfer 280SP.
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Skyros plays "Impressions of Venice"
Seattle, WA USA
The Skyros Quartet is performing two large selections from Curt Cacioppo's "Impressioni venexiane" as part of our new music showcase through Second Inversion (Classic KING FM 98.1) at the Northwest Folklife Festival on May 27th. It's a free show! Details can be found in links in the article below. http://secondinversion.org/2016/05/18/2016-folklife-preview-meet-the-skyros-quartet/
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AALAC workshop
Grinnell College, 1115 8th Ave, Grinnell, IA 50112, United States
Cacioppo serves as a co-organizer of a two day conference of the Alliance for the Advancement of Liberal Arts Colleges dealing with future directions in music curricula within the liberal arts arena.
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Pilgrimage to Spillville
Spillville, Iowa
Cacioppo accompanies Dvorak scholar Joseph Horowitz on a pilgrimage to Spillville, Iowa, where the composer wrote his New World Symphony and related works inspired by the landscape and native people of the Great Plains.
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Two new piano pieces
Grosse Ile, MI
Completion of two new solo piano pieces: a little fantasy on "Plie d'amour," after the 1960 song by Lionel Newman, and a toccata called "Trigger Warning 1 (not for those of weak constitution)."
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Grant award
Haverford College
Receipt of Tuttle Fund grant from the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities to finance studio recording, editing and mastering of "Synaesthesis I" (aka Piano Sonata No. 2) at the Yamaha Salon in New York City.
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Piano music performances
MacCrate Recital Hall, Haverford College
Pianist Bruce Leto performs solo music of Curt Cacioppo at a public open studio session of the Seminar in 20th/21st Century Music. 1:30 - 4 PM.
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Speaking at UTEP
UTEP
Cacioppo presents a colloquium on his music to ethnomusicology students and faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso, and offers a formal lecture on modernism -- “From the Barbaric to the Degenerate” -- dealing with Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Fox Fine Arts Center, Rm. 402, 9:30-10:30 and 10:30-11:45, Rm. 402.
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Performance of "Philadelphia Diary"
Boyer College of Music, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Pianist Silvanio Reis performs Cacioppo's "Philadelphia Diary" on his doctoral recital at Temple University's Boyer College of Music. 5:30 PM
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Skyros Quartet performances in British Columbia
Oak Bay Music Festival, Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
The Skyros Quartet (Seattle) performs music from Cacioppo's ITALIA CD at the Oak Bay Music Festival, Victoria, BC (Canada) April 2 & 3, 2:30 PM - Sidney Matinée St. Andrew’s Anglican Church works by Cacioppo, Schulhoff, Sibelius more info at http://oakbaymusic.ca/
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Masterclass, reading, concert
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Robb Festival events, "Indigenizing Art Music" 11-12:15 Room 1106 -- composition masterclass with Valerie Naranjo 3:30-4 Room 1108 -- Recitation & discussion: “A Chanter’s Parting” 7:30 Keller Hall -- the Amernet Quartet performs Cacioppo's Mą’ iijí hatáál (“Coyoteway”)
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Composer presentation, open rehearsal, masterclass
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Robb Festival events, "Indigenizing Art Music" 9-10 Room 1111 -- Cacioppo Meet the Composer presentation 1-2:30 Keller Hall -- open rehearsal with the Amernet String Quartet 3:45-5 Room 2100 -- composition masterclass with Raven Chacon
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Panel and performance
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Robb Festival events, "Indigenizing Art Music" 3-4 Room 1108 -- panel discussion with composers Christopher Shultis and Peter Gilbert 7:30 Keller Hall -- pianist Emanuele Arciuli performs Cacioppo's "Lyric Visions from the Pawnee" with the composer reciting newly written stanzas in alternation with the music.
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Grant award
Haverford College
Receipt of support grant to reformat performance archive of Cacioppo's Friends Chamber Group and other concerts featuring him as pianist from 1985 - 2002. Grant is matched by funds from Orenda Press. Project begins July 1.
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Broadcast of "Divertimenti in Italia"
Provincetown, MA
Cacioppo's "Divertimenti in Italia" airs on WOMR 92.1 FM out of Provincetown, MA. The program is "The Latest Score" hosted by Canary Burton, and the performance is by the Quartetto di Venezia from the all-Cacioppo CD "Ritornello" on Navona Records. 1-4 PM Start time for "Divertimenti" is 1:37 PM.
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Premiere of 2 new works for 2 pianos
Cole Conservatory, CSULB
The Orpheus Piano Duo with Althea Waites and Mark Uranker premieres "The Valiant Crab", a concert scherzo, and "Fantasy, Ayre and Rag", a suite in tribute to J.S. Bach, written for them by Curt Cacioppo.
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Guest lecture at Cole Conservatory, CSULB 3-5 PM
Cole Conservatory, CSULB
Cacioppo presents his music to a combined audience of piano and composition students and faculty at the Cole Conservatory, CSULB. 3-5 PM.
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Launch of website
NY, NY
Round Hex launches renovated www.curtcacioppo.com website, featuring a new video page with 12 films on Youtube and Vimeo -- https://www.curtcacioppo.com/video/ takes you directly there!
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SONATA TRASFIGURATA posted on Youtube
Haverford, PA
Film post on Youtube of Curt Cacioppo's "Sonata trasfigurata" at https://youtu.be/fK38PgbnbBg. Cacioppo's performance is accompanied by a poetic and visual narrative including archival photos of Tuscany and art work of Ying Li. Videography by John Thornton, audio editing by Jeanne Velonis.
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World premiere of "Pharaonic Suite"
Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, United States
The long-awaited world premiere of Cacioppo's "Pharaonic Suite" for brass quintet will be given by Graham Ashton and the New York Chamber Brass at 3PM in Marshall Auditorium of Roberts Hall on the Haverford College Concert Artists Series. Disclaimer: the piece was inspired by the ancient BOOK OF THE DEAD, and has nothing to do with the "Egyptian Spring" or the race horse "American Pharaoh," or the famous iteration "Back to Egypt" in the film CB4, all of which the composer, however, regards most highly.
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Orchestral premiere, Costa Rica
San José & Heredia, Costa Rica
The premiere performances of Cacioppo's tone poem "Of Shacklers & Heroes" will be given by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia under the baton of Eddie Mora at the Teatro Eugene O'Neill in San José (Sunday the 21st), and at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Heredia (Monday the 22nd), Costa Rica. The work celebrates the 160th anniversary of Costa Rica's victory over William Walker and his filibusters, who sought to impose slavery throughout Latin America.
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Performance in Sicily
Auditorium Palazzo della Cultura «Antonello da Messina», Messina, Sicily
Pianist Emanuele Arciuli performs Cacioppo's "LYRIC VISIONS from the Pawnee" on his concert program for the Filarmonica Laudamo series in Messina, Sicily. Curtain time 6 PM.
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"Pharaonic Suite" preview performance at Juilliard 5PM
The Juilliard School, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, United States
Cacioppo's "Pharaonic Suite" for brass quintet receives a preview performance by Graham Ashton and the New York Chamber Brass at the Juilliard School, 2:30 PM.
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Award nomination
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Cacioppo is nominated for the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Kent State University, the most prestigious award given by the Kent State University Alumni Association.
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Completion of Mozart Variations
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes his "Variations on a theme of Mozart" for solo piano. Based on the slow movement of K. 271, the variations include a tenebrae, tango, vocalise, rag, canon and fugue. @10 minutes duration.
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Completion of "Bernini Elegy"
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes a setting for bass-baritone and piano of C.H.O. Scaife's touching memorial poem "AN ELEGIAC FRIEZE for AURELIO BERNINI."
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TRILOGIA DANTESCA trailer posted
Cape Cod, MA
A stunning Hollywood-style trailer is posted for Cacioppo's monumental TRILOGIA DANTESCA on Youtube at https://youtu.be/FbGCnK_3q2E. Produced in conjunction with audio engineer/narrator Jeanne Velonis and videographer/digital artist John Thornton, the 6-minute film encapsulates the beauty and expressive range of Cacioppo's concert-length concerto-oratorio for piano, orchestra and chorus. Reactions from listeners: "Wow, this is fantastic. The music sounds wonderful, varied, inspired." -- multiple-time Grammy winner "The music sounds gorgeous -- evocative, tender, dramatic." -- famed instrumentalist & writer "The music is deeply emotional, visceral." -- former orchestra CEO "From Inferno to Paradise, from the diabolical to the rich Romantic palette -- and the voices! It's so luminous to hear the voices!" -- Michelin-star restaurant professional "Profound and magical...damned intoxicating music." -- ret. journalist & TV producer "An amazing work, monumental in its construction and yet always speaking to the listener in its ability to communicate to the senses. [Cacioppo is] the true successor to Samuel Barber. Not since Barber's works has a composer spoken to the heart of the listener like this." -- distinguished piano professor, editor & author
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SUITE FOR ORGAN posted on Youtube
Cape Cod, MA
Scott Dettra performs the four movement ORGAN SUITE from "Vespero vermiglio" by Curt Cacioppo on Youtube at https://youtu.be/O2bohoHT8PM. From a live performance with The Crossing Choir.
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Performance in Venice
Ateneo veneto, Campo S. Fantin, Venice, Italy
The Venice Cello Ensemble under the direction of Maestro Angelo Zanin performs Cacioppo's GLORIA at the Ateneo Veneto, located steps away from the Teatro La Fenice, the Church of San Fantin, and the Bugno Art Gallery in the sector of San Marco.
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VISION OF THE CRUSADES posted on Youtube
Cape Cod, MA
Robert Gallagher's performance of VISION OF THE CRUSADES by Curt Cacioppo is posted on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLtMBTTazE. Includes brief oral introduction and visuals and scrolling score. Stained glass photos by Curt Cacioppo. Analytical notes by John Sessions.
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Completion of solo violin piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes a new "ELEGY" for solo violin. The 8 minute virtuoso work is dedicated to Italy's 2015 Abbiati Prize winner Francesco D'Orazio, and was composed for him at his request.
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Completion of piano piece
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes another new piano work, PAEAN. The 6 minute impromptu draws its inspiration from the duet "O namenlose Freude" from Beethoven's FIDELIO.
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Completion of orchestration for Costa Rica work
Barnstable County, MA, USA
Orchestration of the tone poem "Of Shacklers and Heroes" for the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia is completed. The premiere performances of the work are scheduled for February 21 & 22 in Costa Rica.
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Completion of piano piece
Barnstable County, MA, USA
Cacioppo completes a piano piece on the night of the blood moon entitled "Fuga meteo."
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Broadcast of "Ostinato Fantasia" on WRTI 9PM
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Broadcast of Cacioppo's "rock-ribbed" Ostinato-Fantasia on All Creatures of Our God and King, performed by pianist Paul Orgel, over WRTI-FM's "Now Is The Time" hosted by Kile Smith. Air time 9 PM at 90.1
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Recital in Padova
Padova
Cacioppo plays a solo piano recital of his music at Villa Sagredo in Padova. Program includes out-takes from his "Cantata of the Angels," "Synaesthesis I," and the premiere of "August Rose."
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Son et lumière presentation in Switzerland
Ascona, Switzerland
Composer/pianist Curt Cacioppo and visual artist Ying Li collaborate in a son et lumière open studio presentation at the Centro Incontri Umani, Monte Verità, Via Signor in Croce 9, 6612, Ascona (Ticino), Switzerland. The program will include the premiere of "Synaesthesis 1", a 15 minute acoustic music and visual film choreography.
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Youtube post - QdV
Barnstable County, MA, USA
Cacioppo's music for artist Ying Li, featuring the Quartetto di Venezia, is posted by filmmaker John Thornton on Youtube at https://youtu.be/rxLPosUCszc.
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Completion of "Sharon's Song" & jazz piano suite
Barnstable County, MA, USA
Cacioppo completes "Sharon's Song," which joins "Somnamble" and "August Rose" to form a 12-minute set of 3 jazz-inspired impromptus.
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Completion of "Concert Etude" for bassoon
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo completes a new work for solo bassoon, a CONCERT ETUDE, akin to his other solo wind pieces such as "of dark and bright" for horn, "Desert Soliloquy" for oboe, and "Prélude ericéen" for flute.
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Youtube post
Youtube
Cacioppo's performance of "Piece for the Swans" by Joseph Hudson posted on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li2lBjdXRZc&feature=youtu.be - ENJOY!
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Completion of piano piece
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of new piano work "August Rose." The five minute piece takes its place alongside other jazz influenced offerings by Cacioppo including "Homage to Diz," "January Thaw," and "Drehleier Blues." To be premiered in Padova in September.
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Completion of orchestra piece
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of tone poem for the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia, Costa Rica, in short score. Full score and parts in progress. The 16 minute piece traces events leading to the defeat and execution of William Walker, who sought to transform Central and South America into slave states 160 years ago.
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Completion of music video
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of "Sorriso a Catania" music video with the assistance of videographer John Thornton, art work of Ying Li, and performance by the Quartetto di Venezia. To be screened in Switzerland Sept. 11.
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Completion of "Somnamble"
Cacioppo completes a character piece entitled "Somnamble" for piano solo, a jazz-style tribute to his Sicilian compatriot Vincenzo Bellini's aria "Ah, non credea" from La Sonnambula. That opera is set in Switzerland, and this new piece will serve as a preamble to the composer's upcoming concert there in Ascona.
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Completion of film score
Cape Cod, MA
Cacioppo has completed his film score for his presentation with artist Ying Li at the Centro Incontri Umani in Ticino, Switzerland. The 15 minute film, videochoreographed by John Thornton, captures the vivid colors and textures of Li's work. Cacioppo's musical treatment is in direct response to the visual experience. The title of the project is Synaesthesis 1. It will be premiered in early September in Ascona.
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Orchestral performance at U Conn
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
"Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods" and "Raven Lance" from Cacioppo's SCENES FROM INDIAN COUNTRY will be performed by the UConn Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Harvey Felder. Felder and Cacioppo dialogue on stage about the music prior to the performance. Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:00pm Storrs Campus Von der Mehden Recital Hall
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Broadcast of "Divertimenti in Italia"
Provincetown, MA
Airplay of Cacioppo’s String Quartet No. 6 from the Navona Records CD RITORNELLO on “The Latest Score” hosted by Canary Burton, WOMR/WFMR Provincetown/Orleans, 92.1/91.3, Cape Cod. Featuring the Quartetto di Venezia.
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Grant award
Haverford College
Receipt of Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities grant for production and premiere of multimedia work "Synaesthesis I." Grant is matched by funds from Centro Incontri Umani in Ascona, Switzerland.
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ISCM/New Music Miami performance of "Monsterslayer"
Florida International University 7:30PM
The Amernet String Quartet performs NAYENEZGANI: SLAYER OF MONSTERS by Curt Cacioppo at FIU's Miami Beach Urban Studios Gallery, 420 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139, on a concert of the New Music Miami/ISCM Festival series. Cacioppo offers remarks about the piece prior to the performance.
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"Women at the Cross" broadcast, WRTI
WRTI-FM 90.1 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
"Women at the Cross" from Curt Cacioppo's recent Navona Records release with the Quartetto di Venezia will be aired on the program NOW IS THE TIME hosted by Kile Smith on WRTI-FM 90.1 at 9 PM. For details, visit http://wrti.org/post/women-cross
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Premiere of "Armed and Dangerous"
Haverford, PA 1 PM
Pianist Bruce Leto premieres Cacioppo's new solo work "Armed and Dangerous," fantasy-variations based on the Renaissance tune "L'homme armé," Tuesday, 1 PM, MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Building, Haverford College. Cacioppo offers remarks about the piece prior to the performance.
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Performance of "Monsterslayer"
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College 8PM
The Amernet String Quartet performs NAYENEZGANI: SLAYER OF MONSTERS on the Haverford College Concert Artists Series.
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Completion of "A Chanter's Parting"
Haverford, PA
Cacioppo completes a poetic text entitled "A Chanter's Parting" that honors the life of a Navajo ceremonial practioner who came of age in the days before The Long Walk, and sang the healing ways until his death at the age of one hundred and one.
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Another 2-piano offering
Haverford, PA, USA
Cacioppo offers another new 2-piano score for the Orpheus Duo of Long Beach, CA. This time a suite of 3 movements in response to J.S. Bach, comprised of a Fantasy, Air and Rag. Available through Orenda Press.
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Ritornello broadcast, VT
Burlington, VT
Broadcast of music from Cacioppo's new RITORNELLO CD on Navona: Jan 22, 2015 - 2 pm Station: WRUV 90.1 FM "RadioActivity" Report: top 100 Playtypes: New Music Report genres: Classical/Avant
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Completion of Orpheus Duo commission
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of 2 piano piece "The Valiant Crab" for the Orpheus Duo, based on a story told to pianist Althea Waites by her grandmother -- a 7th Ward legend from New Orleans. Read about the Duo at this link: http://www.performingartslive.com/Events/Rolling-Hills-United-Methodist-Church-Orpheus-Duo-Pianists-Althea-Waites-Mark-Uranker-1192014
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Commission for OSH, Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica
Commission for a new work for the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia, Costa Rica, to be premiered in 2016. The work is based on music by the 19th century composer and patriot Alejandro Cardona, who helped lead his people to victory over the slave monger William Walker and his filibusters. The performance will coincide with the 160th anniversary of Costa Rica's triumph.
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Radio Vaticana broadcast
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
La puntata di "Diapason" dedicata al "Venice Cello Ensemble" andrà in onda il 23 dicembre p.v. alle ore 19.50 in contemporanea sulle frequenze dei :105 Mhz. in FM, sui 585 Khz in onde medie, sul sito della Radio Vaticana www.radiovaticana.org (canale 5), sui canali 12A, 7B del sistema DAB + e sul canale 882 del digitale terrestre televisivo. Il "GLORIA" di Curtis Cacioppo puo` essere sentito in questa trasmissione. Buon ascolto, e Buon Natale!
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Performance in Richland, Wisconsin
Richland, Wisconsin
Pianist May Phang performs Cacioppo's "FANTASY-CHORUSES ON THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE" on the Richland/Red Door Gallery Concert Series, 2pm, at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 26625 Crestview Dr., Richland Center.
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Performance in St. Louis, MO
St. Louis, MO - CMS national conference
Pianist May Phang performs Cacioppo's "FANTASY-CHORUSES ON THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE" on the Performers Showcase Series at the CMS National Conference, 10 AM, in the Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton.
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Italian review of Ritornello
Prato PO, Italy
Review of Cacioppo's new RITORNELLO CD by Filippo Focosi, writing for Kathodik online from Tuscany - "...a composer at the height of his creativity...": http://www.kathodik.it/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=5794
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Performance and broadcast on Vatican Radio
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
The Venice Cello Ensemble performs Cacioppo's GLORIA at the Museo Diocesano in the city of Terni in Umbria on the 26th, and over Radio Vaticana in Rome on October 27th.
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World premiere of Fantaisie-Sonatine, Ft. Worth 7PM
First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1959 Sandy Ln, Ft. Worth, TX
The Spectrum Chamber Music Series presents the world premiere of Cacioppo's Fantasie-Sonatine for Oboe and Piano (“Souvenirs du Levant”) with Jane Owen, oboe, and Shields-Collins Bray, piano, members of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
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Native American festival in Bari, Italy
Bari, Italy
Emanuele Arciuli hosts a Native American music & art festival in Bari, Italy, entitled LOUIS W. BALLARD and the MUSIC OF THE SOUTHWEST. Featured will be Cacioppo’s “Lyric Visions” and “Snake Dance,” and lectures by Cacioppo on his music and his involvement with Native Americans. Details to be announced.
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Performance at DePauw
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135, United States
DePauw University School of Music professor May Phang will perform a recital of solo piano works Monday night (tonight), including Franz Schubert's monumental "Sonata in B-flat Major." The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall, located within the Green Center for the Performing Arts. Among the other works selected for Monday's concert, American composer Curt Cacioppo's "Fantasy-Choruses on This Little Light of Mine."
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performance of Fantasy-Choruses
Shatto Chapel, Los Angeles, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's "Fantasy-Choruses on 'This Little Light of Mine'" on her recital at Shatto Chapel. The program also includes Chopin's glorious Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61.
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Airplay from Montreal
Montreal, QC, Canada
Broadcast of "Divertimenti in Italia" (String Quartet No. 6) from Cacioppo's new disc RITORNELLO on the program "Where’s the Beat" with Dr. Eliot Handelman and Andie Sigler, 9-11am, CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal.
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Performance at Alpine festival
Sauris di Sotto, Udine, Italy
7 PM in the Sala Gradoni Kursaal, the Venice Cello Ensemble plays Cacioppo's "Gloria" on its final summer festival concert.
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Airplay
Provencetown, MA
Airplay of "Veronica" from WOMEN AT THE CROSS on WOMR-FM's The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton. The track is from Cacioppo's new CD, RITORNELLO on Navona Records.
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Release of "RITORNELLO"
Hampton, NH
This is the official release date for Cacioppo's new CD entitled "RITORNELLO" on Navona Records. A sequel to the disc "ITALIA," this recording presents music inspired by and composed in Italy in recent years. Much of the material originated in the spring of 2012 while Cacioppo was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. The tracks include: "Divertimenti in Italia" (String Quartet No. 6), written for and performed by the Quartetto di Venezia, the three movements evoking scenery of the Italian Alps, Puglia, and Sicily; a collection of 7 solo piano pieces played by the composer himself, tracing his journeys from the Dolomites to Mt. Etna; and the new piano quintet "Women at the Cross," also composed for the Quartetto di Venezia and performed by them with Cacioppo at the piano, the work consisting of 7 psychological portraits of women who were present at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Recorded on location in Italy in July of 2013.
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Broadcast of "RITORNELLO"
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of Cacioppo's "WOMEN AT THE CROSS" from his new release "RITORNELLO" on Navona Records on WOMR radio's The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton. Cacioppo as pianist joins the Quartetto di Venezia in this premiere recording of the 7 movement work.
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Residency in Durango, CO
Durango, CO
Cacioppo discusses and performs his music inspired by nature, and pianist Monica Jakuc Leverett plays his "Pawnee Preludes" during a residency at the national conference of the Native Tree Society in Durango, Colorado. Performances take place at 4PM and 7:30 PM on August 5th at the Community Concert Hall, Ft. Lewis College.
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Radioactivity
Burlington, VT
Broadcast of "Ecco Venere" from the new CD "RITONELLO" on WRUV-FM, based in Burlington, VT, 11:32 AM. The official release date of "RITORNELLO" on Navona Records is August 12, and it features a new string quartet and new piano quintet both composed for the Quartetto di Venezia, and a grouping of 7 solo piano pieces under the title "Dalle Dolomiti all'Etna (From the Dolomites to Mt. Etna)". Cacioppo is the pianist on the disc.
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Performance of piano work
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Bruce Leto performs Cacioppo's new piano work "January Thaw" in the context of Ingrid Arauco's contemporary music seminar.
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Premiere of "January Thaw" at Union College
Union College, Schenectady, NY 5pm
Monica Jakuc Leverett plays the world premiere of "January Thaw," dedicated to her, and performs "Pawnee Preludes" at Union College in a concert sponsored by the Department of Music.
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Guest composer class visit
Union Bldg, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 10AM
Cacioppo is hosted by Ingrid Arauco in a guest composer class visit to her contemporary music seminar at Haverford College. 10-11:30 AM in Union Music Bldg Rm. 114.
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Kinaaldá performance by Borromeo
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 3 pm
The Borromeo String Quartet performs Cacioppo's "Kinaaldá" on the concert artists series at Haverford College. The work celebrates the coming-of-age ceremony of the Navajo. A pre-concert discussion with Cacioppo and his mentor, Navajo spiritual leader John Co'ií Cook, from the Piñon/Upper Burnt Corn Valley region of Diné Bikéyah in Arizona, will begin at 2:00.
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Panel with Navajo ethicist 2 PM
Haverford College, Marshall Auditorium 2 PM
Prior to the concert by the Borromeo Quartet, Cacioppo and Navajo ethicist John Co'ií Cook offer a 45 minute discussion about native life ways in relation to mainstream culture.
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Native American residency
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Cacioppo hosts a week-long residency with Navajo ethicist and spiritual leader John Co'ií Cook. See the following for multiple event details: http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/78391/12
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Performances of piano works
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 7:30PM
Performances of Cacioppo's Italian-inspired piano works "Epitaph," "a Violetta," "Consolatio," and "Old Swedes (fantasy on 'Santa Lucia')," by Bruce Leto on his GRAND TOUR OF ITALY multimedia recital program.
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Borromeo plays Kinaaldá in LA
Los Angeles, CA
The Borromeo Quartet presents Cacioppo's Kinaaldá: the Rite of Changing Woman, to students and faculty at the Ocean Charter School in Los Angeles, CA -- performance and discussion.
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Airplay, Provincetown, MA
Cape Cod, MA
Broadcast of "Philadelphia Diary" on the show The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton over WOMR FM-91.3, as performed by Althea Waites from her CD CELEBRATION.
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Adjudication, Mississippi Arts & Letters award
Haverford College
Cacioppo judges the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters classical music composition award competition.
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Performance at the Accademia di belle Arti, Venezia
Accademia di belle Arti, Venezia 5PM
Performance of music by Curt Cacioppo on a Carnevale program by the Venice Cello Ensemble at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy (San Polo). http://www.polomuseale.venezia.beniculturali.it/eventi-e-mostre/?p=4071
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Workshop at Peabody
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD
Cacioppo gives an evening workshop on his piano music hosted by Ben Pasternack for students in the contemporary piano music seminar.
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Performance in Ojai
Ojai Art Center, Ojai, CA 2 PM
Pianist Althea Waites performs Cacioppo's "Philadelphia Diary" on her recital at the Ojai Art Center Sunday, February 23rd at 2 PM. For more info visit http://www.ojaiartcenter.org/music.html
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Universal Spirit 7:30 PM
Philadelphia, PA
"The Universal Spirit" - flutists Adeline Tomasone, Marc Adler and Thomas Meany will perform music from varied faith traditions, both ancient and new, at the Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church - 22nd & Mt. Vernon St. in Philadelphia on Saturday February 22nd at 7:30. Among works performed will be Curt Cacioppo’s “Prayer to Astarte.”
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Airplay, Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of "Melodrama & Ayre" from RED DOVE OF LIBYA (Navona Records CD ITALIA) on The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton, WOMR-FM, Provincetown, 1 - 4 PM.
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MLK Day broadcast
WRTI-FM Philadelphia 9 PM
Airing of Cacioppo's Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton's "Amazing Grace" on Kile Smith's program Now is the Time, the special program honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King.
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Completion of "January Thaw"
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of new piano work entitled "January Thaw." Takes its place alongside other jazz influenced compositions by Cacioppo such as "Homage to Diz" and "Drehleier Blues." Duration 5 min.
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"Drehleier Blues" in Palermo
Palermo, Sicily
Riccardo Piacentini plays "Drehleier Blues" at the Goethe Institut in Palermo, Sicily -- Via Paolo Gili, 4, 90138 Palermo, Italien
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Verona Opera Academy premiere
Auditorium Celesti, Desenzano del Garda, Italy 8:30pm
Cacioppo's "Luce è Donna" is among 4 works selected for the finals of the Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Monodramma, to be presented by the NED Ensemble in concert on the Desenzano 2013-14 Stagione Concertistica series. The competition is sponsored by the Verona Opera Academy, Città di Desenzano del Garda, and Editori Suvini Zerboni di Milano. Cacioppo's work, on a text in the medieval sestina form by contemporary poet Luigi Cerantola, is for soprano, Pierrot ensemble, and percussion.
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Premiere of Fantaisie-Sonatine
Marhsall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 2PM
Cacioppo premieres his "Fantaisie-Sonatine (Souvenirs du Levant)" for oboe and piano with oboist Jonathan Blumenfeld of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The work is inspired by medieval sources including music of Machaut and elements of Le Roman de Fauvel. POSTPONED
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Broadcast of "Scenes from Indian Country"
New Orleans, LA
Broadcast of "Scenes from Indian Country" from the Navona Records CD LAWS OF THE PIPE on WTUL 91.5, New Orleans, 6 PM.
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Piacentini plays "Drehleier" in Toronto
Wilfrid Laurier University, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Toronto
Riccardo Piacentini performs "Drehleier Blues" again on a noon concert at Wilfred Laurier University in Toronto.
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Piacentini plays "Drehleier Blues"
Goodhart Music Room, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 8PM
Pianist Riccardo Piacentini performs Cacioppo's "Drehleier Blues" on a Duo Alterno concert at Bryn Mawr College.
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Completion of "Armed and Dangerous"
Haverford, PA
Completion of a new work dedicated to pianist Emanuele Arciuli. A set of fantasy-variations on the early renaissance song 'L'homme armé,' the 12 minute piece is entitled "Armed and Dangerous."
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Piacentini plays "Drehleier Blues" in NY 8pm
Greenwich House, Renee Weiler Hall, NYC
Pianist Riccardo Piacentini performs Cacioppo's "Drehleier Blues" on a Duo Alterno program for the United Pugliesi Federation of the greater NY area.
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"Pawnee Preludes" in MA
Longmeadow, MA
Monica Jakuc Leverett performs Cacioppo's "Pawnee Preludes" on October 1 at 10:30 am for the Tuesday Morning Music Club in Longmeadow, MA. For more information visit http://www.monicajakucleverett.com/.
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Performance at Alpine festival
Festival Zahrarmonie, Sauris, Italy
Sabato 07 Settembre 2013 presso la Sala Gradoni al Kursaal alle ore 21 "VIOLONCELLI IN CONCERTO", con i VENICE CELLO ENSEMBLE. Nel programma il Largo in Mi Maggiore di Curt Cacioppo.
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Radio broadcast
WRTI-FM 90.1, Philadelphia, PA & online 10PM
Broadcast of Cacioppo's "Red Dove of Libya" from the Navona Records CD "ITALIA" on the program Now Is the Time with host Kile Smith. Performers from Philadelphia's Network for New Music play this "bubbling work of shadow and light." Hear it on WRTI's HD-2 & Classical Stream. Air time: 10 - 11 PM. http://www.wrti.org/post/bone-colored-light-now-time#.UgcCjWfQBFs.email
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Abramovic plays "Drehleier Blues"
Field Recital Hall, Curtis Institute
Pianist Charles Abramovic performs Cacioppo's "Drehleier Blues" on his Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy recital. Among other composers featured are Ingrid Arauco, Matthew Greenbaum, and Heidi Jacob.
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Completion of Oboe Sonata
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of new work entitled Fantasie-Sonatine for Oboe and Piano ("Souvenirs levantines"). The 16 minute piece is in honor of Dan Weiss, President of Haverford College, and was written for inaugural activities to take place in October. It is equally dedicated to oboist Jonathan Blumenfeld of the Philadelphia Orchestra, who graduated from Haverford in 1978, and is Cacioppo's long time chamber music collaborator.
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Recital in Venice
Palazzo Albrizzi, ACIT Venezia, Cannaregio
Cacioppo performs his program "Dalle Dolomiti all'Etna: schizzi pianistici d'Italia" on the Pomeriggi Musicali series at the Goethe Institut/Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca, Palazzo Albrizzi, at 6 PM. More information at www.acitve.it
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Recital in Milan
Milan, Italy
Cacioppo performs a program of Italian and American music from the new millennium on the Concerti del Chiostro series at the Milan Conservatory. Italian composers Riccardo Piacentini, Franco Cavallone, and Marino Baratello (world premiere) will be represented alongside Cacioppo's own works in a musical tour of Italy entitled "Dalle Dolomiti all’ Aetna: schizzi pianistici d’ Italia." Curtain time is 8:45 PM.
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Recording sessions with Venice Quartet
Preganziol (Treviso), Italy
Beginning July 11th, Cacioppo records his new CD "ITALIA II" with the String Quartet of Venice at Area Magister Studio in Preganziol near Treviso. The disc will include his new quartet, written in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Quartetto di Venezia, entitled "Italian Holiday." He also records another honorary work dedicated to them, a piano quintet on the theme of "Women at the Cross," inspired by his residency in Rome last year. A collection of solo piano pieces recalling impressions of Italy gathered over the years rounds out the program. The album will be issued by Navona Records in April of 2014.
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Residency in Italy
Torino, Alessandria (Piemonte)
On the 22nd, 23rd & 24th, Cacioppo offers a series of masterclasses at the Vivaldi Conservatory in Alessandria for composers and pianists, and performs a solo recital of contemporary Italian and American piano music. Among the works he will be playing is Franco Cavallone's "Ombre allungate" (dedicated to him), in its world premiere. His residency is sponsored by Rive Gauche Concerti.
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Online orchestral release
North Hampton, NH
Cacioppo's orchestral piece "Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods" from the album LAWS OF THE PIPE was selected by Parma Recordings for inclusion on the label’s online digital release FINE MUSIC, Vol. 4, to be launched on this date.
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Performance by Debra Lew Harder
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College
Pianist Debra Lew Harder performs Cacioppo's "Under the Treaty Elm" on her 3 PM program entitled "American Music: LET IT SHINE." Sponsored by the Music & Conversation series and the American Roots piano topics course.
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Airplay, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Cacioppo's "Scenes from Indian Country" from the Navona Records album LAWS OF THE PIPE was broadcast on Mark Pinto's New Releases program over WRTI-FM, 90.1 Philadelphia, today at 4:30 PM.
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Completion of "Né più la luce"
Haverford, PA
Completion of "Né più la luce" for soprano and piano, dedicated to Barone Ernesto Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi (1936-2013), on the commemorative poem by Luigi V. Cerantola.
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Completion of "Epitaph"
Haverford, PA
Completion of "Epitaph" for solo piano, dedicated to Barone Ernesto Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi (1936-2013).
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Airplay, WOMR Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of Cacioppo's Fantasy on "All Creatures of our God and King" (aka "Funkinato") from the Capstone Records album KEYBOARD FANTASIES on The Latest Score with Canary Burton, 1 - 4 PM, WOMR-FM 92.1, Paul Orgel, pianist.
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Airplay, WOMR Provincetown, MA
Provincetown, MA
Cacioppo's "Impressions of Venice" from his Navona Records album ITALIA was broadcast on February 19, 2013 on the program The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton on WOMR-FM 92.1 Provincetown, MA.
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Pawnee Preludes at Smith College
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Pianist Monica Jakuc Leverett plays the complete PAWNEE PRELUDES on a Music in the Noon Hour Concert at Smith College in Sweeney Concert Hall Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 12:30-1 pm. For more info, visit www.monicajakucleverett.com.
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Airplay, WRUV Burlington
Burlington, VT
Broadcast of "Kinaaldá" (mvt. I, Fantasy) from the album LAWS OF THE PIPE on WRUV-FM in Burlington VT. Here's a link to the playlist: http://wruv.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?showoid=1366&date=02-12-2013
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Featured on Composers Circle
online
Cacioppo will be featured on Composers Circle on December 26th. Along with biography & photo, an audio sample from LAWS OF THE PIPE will be posted.www.composerscircle.com
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Airplay, WOMR Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast from LAWS OF THE PIPE on WOMR-FM's The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton, Tuesdays, 1 - 4 PM (track 2, "Fantasy," featuring the Borromeo String Quartet)
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Winterreise
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College 8 pm
Cacioppo appears with baritone Alexander Dobson in a performance of Schubert's WINTERREISE on the Haverford College Artists Series. The occasion marks the inauguration of Haverford's newly rebuilt Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano, restored by Cunningham Piano Company of Philadelphia. http://www.alexanderdobson.ca/index.htm http://www.cunninghampiano.com/bosendorfer/
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CD party 4:30-6pm
Haverford College
The Office of Multicultural Affairs sponsors a party celebrating the release of Curt Cacioppo's LAWS OF THE PIPE and Althea Waites' CELEBRATION, Stokes Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
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Completion of "Drehleier Blues"
Haverford, PA
Completion of "Drehleier Blues" for solo piano, after song no. 24 from Schubert's Winterreise. The piece is dedicated to pianist Charles Abramovic.
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Airplay
Burlington, VT
Airplay of LAWS OF THE PIPE on WRUV in Burlington VT. Kinaaldá: Part II: Winter (10am) on the album's release date http://wruv.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?showoid=1366&date=10-30-2012
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CD release
North Hampton, NH
Cacioppo's new CD "LAWS OF THE PIPE" will be officially released as Navona Records disc NV5889 on the eve of Native American Heritage Month. The collection includes "Wolf," "Kinaaldá," and "Scenes from Indian Country," all dedicated to American Indian themes. The award winning Borromeo String Quartet are the artists in the second work. The disc's enhanced content package features scores, video and audio clips, and more. Check out the Navona trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us5aALyDRGA.
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Performance in Cerritos 8pm
Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Pianist Althea Waites performs "Mitleid" along with works of Bach, Beethoven and Liszt at Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA.
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Performance by Lyric Fest 3 pm
Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia
Performance by members of Lyric Fest on the art song ensemble's "Old City - New Song" program.
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Airplay
WOMR, Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of PAWNEE PRELUDES from the Capstone Records CD "Monsterslayer" (Music of Curt Cacioppo), the composer at the piano, on WOMR's The Latest Score hosted by Canary Burton, 1 - 4 PM.
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CD release
Long Beach, CA
Kuumba Music releases pianist Althea Waites' new CD "CELEBRATION: Music of American Composers." It features the world premiere recording of Curt Cacioppo’s Philadelphia Diary and her lustrous live performance of his Fantasy-Choruses on “This Little Light of Mine,” a major work dedicated to her. The disc also includes pieces by John W. Work, Margaret Meier, Duke Ellington, and Jeremiah Evans. Available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/altheawaites1.
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Broadcast 8pm-10pm
Santa Cruz, CA
Broadcast of "Midsummer Air" on KUSP-FM Central Coast Public Radio 88.9, highlighting Best of the Fest from the Carmel Bach Festival. For more info see http://kusp.org/festivals/carmelbach-2012.html
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Performance in Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 4 PM
Concert premiere of "Mitleid" on recital by pianist Althea Waites at the G. R. Daniel Recital Hall of the Cole Conservatory, California State University Long Beach. Program also includes music of Bach, Beethoven and Liszt.
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Zahrarmonie Festival performance 9 pm
Sauris, Italy
Performance of "Largo for Strings" by the Venice Cello Ensemble, ZAHRARMONIE 2012 Festival Internazionale Musica in Quota, SAURIS / UD, Italy Auditorium Kursaal ore 21.00 http://www.zahrarmonie.it/programma_2012.html
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Performance in Orleans, MA
Orleans, MA
Cacioppo performs with James Ross, French Horn, at the "Church at the Crossroads," 73 Main Street Orleans, MA 02653 -- music of Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann
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Completion of Piano Quintet
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of WOMEN AT THE CROSS for the Quartetto di Venezia in their 30th anniversary year. The 7 movement work for string quartet and piano takes as its theme the women who witnessed the Crucifixion, with a finale devoted to St. James and St. John, the "Sons of Thunder." Cacioppo will appear as pianist with the Quartetto for the premiere in the coming season, date/location TBA.
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Command performance
Sunset Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 8 PM
The Carmel Bach Festival plays a third performance of "Midsummer Air" on its Best of the Fest wrap up concert of favorites from the 75th anniversary season. Info at http://www.bachfestival.org/index.cfm/E-Best_of_the_Fest_Concert_386.htm
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Lecture in Carmel 4-5 pm
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Cacioppo will deliver a lecture entitled “Channeling Tradition for the New Millennium” in Sunset Center’s Carpenter Hall, with live examples of his recent music and online examples of his current collaborations with Navona Records.
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Performance at Carmel 2:30 pm
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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. Pre-concert talk with composer starts at 12:45. For more information visit the Carmel Bach Festival website at http://www.bachfestival.org/index.cfm/E-The_Power_of_Music_314.htm
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Broadcast 8pm-10pm
Santa Cruz, CA
Broadcast of "Midsummer Air" on KUSP-FM 88.9 Central Coast Public Radio. For more info, see http://kusp.org/festivals/carmelbach-2012.html
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Visiting Yosal
Salinas, CA
Yosal is the Youth Orchestra of Salinas, an El Sistema nucleo founded two years ago. On July 17, Cacioppo gave an informal house concert with Yosal faculty members hosted by community volunteer Joanne Taylor Johnson. On the 17th he presented his music to Yosal students at the Salinas Community Center, and attended the dress rehearsal for the upcoming instrumental/choral concert. On the 23rd he attended the Yosal/Carmel Bach Festival dinner and heard the joint concert at Salinas High School afterward. For more info on Yosal, visit http://yosal.org/.
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Lecture at Carmel 4-5 pm
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Cacioppo will be delivering a lecture entitled “Channeling Tradition for the New Millennium” in Sunset Center’s Carpenter Hall, with live examples of his recent music and online examples of his current collaborations with Navona Records.
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Premiere of new work at Carmel Bach Festival 2:30 pm
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
World 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. Pre-concert talk with composer starts at 12:45. For more information visit the Carmel Bach Festival website at http://www.bachfestival.org/index.cfm/E-The_Power_of_Music_314.htm
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Broadcast of "Cantata of the Angels" 3-5pm
Philadelphia, PA
Broadcast of "Cantata of the Angels (Vermillion Vespers)" from the May 12th Month of Moderns concert by THE CROSSING led by Donald Nally, on the program "ENCORE" over WRTI-FM 90.1
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Cantata of the Angels on Month of Moderns 8-9pm
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 Hill played by Ken Lovett. This performance will be recorded for subsequent broadcast on WRTI-FM. more information coming soon at http://www.crossingchoir.com/mom1_12.html
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Performance in Bari
Bari, Italy
Pianist Emanuele Arciuli performs Cacioppo's "Lyric Visions" on a Festival Silenzio concert at Teatro Petruzelli in Bari, Italy.
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Completion of new String Quartet
Rome, Italy
Completion of String Quartet No. 6, "ITALIAN HOLIDAY," for the Quartetto di Venezia. The three movements of the work are entitled "Trulli Sketches," "In the Dolomites," and "Sorriso a Catania." Written while a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
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Completion of Song Cycle
Rome, Italy
Completion of the set of five songs for soprano and piano "Cinque canzoni su poesia di Renzo Oliva." Written while a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
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Residency in Rome
American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
During the month of April, Cacioppo will be a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, working on a new quintet for piano and strings for the Quartetto di Venezia and himself, to be premiered during the ensemble's 30th anniversary year in 2013.
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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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Completion of string orchestra work
Haverford, PA
Completion of "Midsummer Air" for string orchestra with cembalo, commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival for its 75th anniversary season.
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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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Completion of piano piece
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of " חמלה (Mitleid) " for solo piano.
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WOMR broadcast
Provincetown, MA
Broadcast of "di cibo celeste" from the Navona Records disc "Heavy Pedal" on Canary Burton's program THE LATEST SCORE on WOMR-FM 92.1. Robert Gallagher, organ.
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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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Completion of "A Meeting of Souls"
Haverford, PA
Completion of "A Meeting of Souls" for string orchestra with cembalo. The 9 minute work is a transfiguration of the famous "Air on the G String" from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3.
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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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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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Completion of piano rag
Haverford, PA
Completion of piano piece "Rag for J.S."
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"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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"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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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. http://lyricfest.org/featured1112/to-kiss-the-earth-potter-poet-and-guide/
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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. http://lyricfest.org/featured1112/to-kiss-the-earth-potter-poet-and-guide/
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Commission for new work
Carmel, California
Commission for new work from Carmel Bach Festival, Paul Goodwin, conductor.
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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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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 http://www.fbsr.it/
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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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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 http://www.crossingchoir.com/vermillion_vespers.html
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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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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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Completion of brass quintet
Cape Cod, MA
Completion of "PHARAONIC SUITE" for Graham Ashton and the New York Chamber Brass.
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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. http://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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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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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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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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Taos premiere
Taos, New Mexico
Performance of "Kinaaldá" by the Borromeo String Quartet, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Taos Community Auditorium.
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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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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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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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ACF panel
Philadelphia, PA
Panelist for the American Composers Forum Community Partners program.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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. (http://www.schneider-musikbuch.de)
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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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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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ualySn_JdIU
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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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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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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 http://kusc.podbean.com/2011/01/15/arts-alive-january-15-2011/ - segment begins at 00:19:58.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 http://www.monicajakucleverett.com/index.html
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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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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 http://www.edt.it/musica/arciuli/ for more.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 http://kilesmith.com/on-the-radio/now-is-the-time/
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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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"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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"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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"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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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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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 http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/series/brochure/ser_618.html
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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essay completion
Haverford, PA
completion of critical essay "A Pianist in Dante's Hell: Marino Baratello’s 'Malebolge' Cycle "
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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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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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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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Broadcast on WRTI-HD2
Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 10 PM on WRTI-HD2 and online at http://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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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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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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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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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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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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"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. http://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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"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 http://vimeo.com/album/88898/video/4439318
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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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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 http://www.classicalsymphony.org/
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"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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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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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 http://kilesmith.com/on-the-radio/now-is-the-time/
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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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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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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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Broadcast on WVPR radio
Burlington, Vermont
Broadcast of music from the CD "Ancestral Passage" on the program Classical Music with Walter Parker - http://www.vpr.net/episode/45864/
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 http://www.arpnet.it/rgauche/SITORIVE_MUSICHEINMOSTRA.HTML#2008
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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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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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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 http://www.josephhudson.net/Site/Four_Piano_Preludes.html
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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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launch of new website
Oakland, CA
launch of curtcacioppo.com by Steinhardt Design, September 10, 7:32 PM EDST
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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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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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World premiere of "Philadelphia Diary"
concert hall of the Union of Composers in Sofia, Bulgaria
Elitza Harbova, pianist
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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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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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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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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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recording
Haverford, PA
private recording of "O principessa" with Alyssa Bowlby, soprano, Nic Cacioppo, recording engineer & sound editor
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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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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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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: http://music.unm.edu/media/cshultis/shultis_devisidero.mp3
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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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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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composers seminar
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
this event was postponed and is being rescheduled for fall of '08
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5zy9lGA_c
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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Piano Masterclass
Wilmington Music School, Wilmington, DE
Masterclass for advanced pianists
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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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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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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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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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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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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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world premiere of "Prélude ericéen"

Rock Hall, Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University
recital by flutist Adeline Tomasone
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"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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"DEDICATIONS" program at Montalvo
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
the "DEDICATIONS" recital at the Montalvo Arts Center
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"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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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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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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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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performance of "Old Petitions"
Rock Hall, Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University

recital by Cholehna Weaver, pianist
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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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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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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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recital with oboist Blumenfeld
Medford Leas, NJ
Recital with Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboist, Philadelphia Orchestra) – music of Bach, Schumann, Hindemith
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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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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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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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performance at Harvard
Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
performance of "Klavierstück" and "Homage to Diz" by
Matt Bengtson, piano
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performance at Bates College
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
performance of "Impressioni venexiane" by the Quartetto di Venezia
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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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performance at Queens University
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario - CANADA
Canadian premiere of "Impressioni venexiane" by the Quartetto di Venezia
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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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Peabody performance
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
performance of "Poems from Paternina" nos. 1 & 2 on recital by soprano Alyssa Bowlby
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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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"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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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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"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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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