Spencer reflects on the piano

- Past Schedules -
to go to a year, click a number  2007   2006   2005    
 
2007
Jan. 7 - 12     Recording of Debut CD
      Harmonia Mundi label
      At Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis
      Works of Debussy, Copland, and Busoni plus a world premiere
      of a work by Kohs
Jan. 13     3:00 p.m. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
      Red {an orchestra}
      Inaugural concert for Governor-elect Ted Strickland of Ohio
      Palace Theater
      Columbus, OH
      tickets free, first-come-first-served, so line up early
Jan. 21     5:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Phillips Collection
      Washington, D.C.
Jan. 23      8:00 p.m. Recital with Martha Guth, soprano
      Kulas Recital Hall
      Oberlin Conservatory of Music
      Oberlin, Ohio
      Works of Copland, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff
Jan. 25      8:00 p.m. Recital with Martha Guth, soprano
      Lindsay-Crossman Chapel
      Baldwin-Wallace College
      59 Seminary Street
      Berea, Ohio
      Works of Copland, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff
Jan. 28      2:00 p.m. Recital with Martha Guth, soprano
      St. Peter's Episcopal Church Fine Arts Concert Series
      St. Peter's Episcopal Church
      Ashtabula, OH
      Works of Copland, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff
Jan. 29    8:00 p.m. Recital with Martha Guth, soprano 
      West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
      Rocky River, OH
      presented by Rocky River Chamber Music Society
      Works of Copland, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff
Feb. 16     8:00 p.m. Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
       Red {an orchestra}
       Masonic Temple
       Cleveland, Ohio
Feb. 17     8:00 p.m. Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
       Red {an orchestra}
       Masonic Temple     
       Cleveland, Ohio
Mar. 10     8:00 p.m. Ravel - G Major Concerto
       Haddonfield Symphony   Rossen Milanov, conductor
       Walter Gordon Theater
       Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
       Camden, NJ
Mar. 11     4:00 p.m. Appearance in "Peter Takacs and Friends"
      Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Haydn for two pianos
          with Peter Takacs, piano
      Ginastera - Cinco Canciones Populares Argentinas
          with Malia Bendi Merad, soprano
      Finney Chapel, Oberlin College
      Oberlin, OH
Mar. 19     7:45 p.m. Solo Recital - works of Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and Ravel
      Kimball Farms Auditorium
      Lenox, MA
Mar. 23 Benefit Concert for Astral Artistic Services
      Benefit Gala
      Sheraton Society Hill
      One Dock Street, Philadelphia
Apr. 13     6:00 p.m. Poulenc - Aubade
Milhaud - La Création du Monde
      Alabama Symphony Orchestra
          Justin Brown, conductor
      Jemison Concert Hall
      Birmingham, AL
Apr. 22 Solo Recital - works of Mozart, Brahms, Ravel and Barber
      Church of the Redeemer
      Bryn Mawr, PA
      Presented by Astral Artistic Services
Apr.29    3:00 p.m.
Solo Recital - works of Mozart, Brahms, Ravel and Barber
      Bridge View Center
      Ottumwa, IA
May 5    8:00 p.m.   Solo Recital - works of Mozart, Brahms, Ravel and Barber
      Shiloh Church
      Dayton, OH
      presented by Soirees Musicales of Dayton
May 8    2:30 p.m.

 

             7:30 p.m.

Recital with Disella Larusdottir, soprano
      Stapely Retirement Community
      Germantown, PA

Recital with Disella Larusdottir, soprano
      Beaumont Retirement Community
      Bryn Mawr, PA

June 9    7:30 p.m.
Solo Recital - works of Bach/Petri, Beethoven, Medtner, Copland,
  Barber, and Gounod/Liszt
      SpringHouse Estates
      Lower Gwynedd, PA
June 10    2:30 p.m.         Recital with Hans Ericson, tenor
      Christ Church Bronxville
      Bronxville, NY
June 25    7:30 p.m. Solo Recital 
      Heifetz International Music Institute
      Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy 
      Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
July 7 - 21       Competitor in the William Kapell International Piano Competition
      University of Maryland
      College Park, MD
July 28    8:00 p.m.
Gershwin - Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
      The Blossom Festival Orchestra
          Blossom Music Center
          1145 West Steels Corners Road
          Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
       Loras John Schissel, conductor
Aug. 4    12:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
      National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
      Double-Tree Hotel
      Chicago/Oakbrook, IL
Aug. 16 - 19
Selected Songs - with Carolyn Betty, soprano, Tonna Miller, soprano, Gloria Parker, mezzo-soprano, William Ferguson, tenor, and Tom Meglioranza, baritone
       Bard Music Festival 
       Bard College
       Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Sept. 1 - 6      Participant 
       Wigmore Hall International Song Competition
       London, England
       with Martha Guth, soprano

 

Sept. 16    2:30 p.m.
Solo Recital - works of Beethoven, Medtner, Stravinsky and Chopin
      Xavier University
      Cincinnati, OH
Sept. 20     7:30 p.m. Schumann Piano Concerto, Op.54
      New Haven Symphony           
      Woolsey Hall, Yale University
      New Haven, CT
      Ross Pople, conductor
Sept. 26    7:00 p.m.  Solo Recital 
      St. Bartholomew's Church 
      Park Avenue and 50th Street
      New York City, NY
Oct. 6     8:00 p.m.
Astral Cabaret evening with Disella Larusdottir,soprano and Drew Fernandez, baritone 
      Keneseth Israel Temple 
      Elkins Park, PA
Oct. 7    4:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
      Saint John's Concert Series
      Washington, CT
Oct. 11    7:30 p.m.
Bach - Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos, BWV 1061
      with Jae-Hyuck Cho, piano 
      Yamaha Salon, New York City
Oct. 21    3:00 p.m.
Solo Recital - works of Bach/Petri, Medtner, Lita Grier and Chopin
      Music in the Loft
      Chicago, IL
Oct. 28    4:00 p.m.
Solo Recital - works of Beethoven, Medtner, Stravinsky and Chopin
      Memorial United Methodist Church Recital Series
      White Plains, NY
Nov. 2    8:30 p.m.
Inauguration of Oberlin President Marvin Krislov
      Finney Chapel, Oberlin College 
      Works of Bach/Petri, Debussy and Stravinsky
Nov. 9 Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
      Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
      Dayton, OH
      Neal Gittleman, conductor
Nov. 10    
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
      Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
      Dayton, OH
      Neal Gittleman, conductor
Nov. 13    7:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
      Granite Farms Retirement Community
      Media, PA
Nov. 14    5:30 p.m.
CD Debut Party and Concert - open to public
      Omni Severin Hotel - Ballroom Lobby
      40 West Jackson Place
      Indianapolis,  IN  
      See Home Page for more information
Nov. 18    time TBA
Recital with Steven Stolen, tenor
      location TBA
      Indianapolis, IN
      Presented by Meridian Song Project
Dec. 2     5:00 p.m.  Solo Recital 
      Kent State University Keyboard Series
      Kent State University
      Kent, Ohio 
Dec. 10    7:30 p.m.       
Solo Recital
     Young Artists Series
      Rinker Playhouse, Kravis Center for the Arts
      Palm Beach, FL
May 18     3:00 p.m.  Solo Recital 
  In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Elyria Musical
  Arts Society -- Works of Beethoven, Medtner, Earl Wild,
  Gershwin and  Chopin
      Stocker Center Auditorium 
      Lorain County Community College
      Elyria, OH 
Oct. 18     7:30 p.m.   Beethoven Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
      Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
      Bob McConnell, conductor
      venue to be announced
Oct. 19     3:00 p.m. Beethoven Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
      Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
      Bob McConnell, conductor
      venue to be announced
Oct. 19     7:30 p.m.

Beethoven Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
      Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
      Bob McConnell, conductor
      venue to be announced


 
2006
Jan. 10    6:00p.m. Solo Recital
      Queen City Club
      Cincinnati, OH
      Presented by the AMSA World Piano Competition    
Jan. 11    3:00p.m. Solo Recital
      Taft Museum of Art
      Cincinnati, OH
      Presented by the AMSA World Piano Competition    
Jan. 14    8:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      St. Vincent College
      Latrobe, PA
Jan. 22    5:00 p.m. Recital with David Bowlin, violinist
      (winner - 2003 Washington International Violin Competition)
      The Phillips Collection
      Washington, D.C.
Jan. 27 - Feb. 7
Concert tour of West Florida with Erika Wueschner, soprano
      sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation
Feb. 12  
     CANCELLED DUE TO
   WEATHER (see Mar. 10, 2007)
De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
     Haddonfield Symphony   Rossen Milanov, conductor
     Philadelphia, PA
      
Feb. 21    7:30 p.m. Solo Recital
      Utah State University - Wasserman Festival
      Logan, Utah
Feb. 22     Master Class
      Utah State University - Wasserman Festival
      Logan, Utah
Feb. 25    2:30 p.m. Master Class
      University of Tennessee
      Knoxville, TN
Feb. 26    2:30 p.m. Solo Recital
      Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series
      University of Tennessee
      Knoxville, TN
Mar. 5 - 19


       Mar. 18    7:30 p.m.
       Mar. 19    3:00 p.m.

       Mar. 19    7:30 p.m.
Residency with Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra 
     Bob McConnell, conductor 
     including 3 performances of Tchaikovsky's Concerto #1:
          Memorial Auditorium, Burlington
          Indian Hills Community College
               St. John Auditorium, Ottumwa 
          Iowa Wesleyan College
               Chapel Auditorium, Mt. Pleasant
Mar. 25 - Apr. 3
Concert tour of East Texas with Erika Wueschner, soprano
      sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation
Apr. 9      7:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
      Stienway, Boca Raton
Apr. 10    2:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
      WXEL Radio, Palm Beach
Apr. 24 - 30
American Pianists Association Classical Fellowships Competition
      Discovery Week
         Apr. 28,  12:00 p.m.
             Brahms Quintet with Pacifica Quartet
             Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
         Apr. 29,    3:00 p.m.
              Gala Finals
              Hilbert Circle Theater, Indianapolis     
May 5    7:30 p.m. Solo Recital
       presented by St. Peter's Fine Arts Concert Series
      St. Peter's Episcopal Church
      Ashtabula, OH
May 7 Master Class
      Beck Center for the Performing Arts
      Lakewood, Ohio
May 8 Master Class
      Finalists of the PIANO/OHIO Competition
      Cleveland Playhouse
      Cleveland, Ohio
June 8 Ravel - The Two Piano Concerti
       Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic
       Durban, South Africa
June 15
Ravel - The Two Piano Concerti
       Cape Town Philharmonic
       Cape Town, South Africa
June 22    8:00 p.m.
Solo Recital
       Piano Texas International Institute
       Texas Christian University
       PepsiCo Recital Hall
       Fort Worth, TX
July 14 & 15    8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2, Op.18
       Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
       Conner Prairie
July 16    3:00 p.m. Solo Recital
       Cleveland Ingenuity Festival
      United Church of Christ
      Prospect Ave., between Ontario and East 9th
      Cleveland, OH
      Representing the Cleveland International Piano competition
July 27    5:30 p.m.   Solo Recital
       Mannes International Keyboard Institute and Festival
      Mannes College of Music Concert Hall
      New York, NY
Aug. 2      Solo Recital
       Gulangyu Piano Festival
      Xiamen, China
Aug. 16    12:15 p.m. Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata with Katinka Kleijn, cellist 
       Chicago Cultural Center
      Presented by the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
      Chicago, IL
Aug. 23     12:15 p.m.      Solo Recital
      Dame Myra Hess Recital Series
      Chicago Cultural Center
      Chicago, IL
      to be broadcast live on WFMT Radio, Chicago
Sept. 6-24 Participant
      Leeds International Piano Competition, England
Oct. 6     7:30 p.m.      Solo Recital
      Westlake United Methodist Church
      27650 Center Ridge Road
      Westlake, OH
      440-871-3088
Oct. 7 and 8 Solo Recitals
      Home of James Gibbs, Cleveland
      VIVA PIANO Series
      Fundraising concerts for the Cleveland International Piano Competition
      For tickets (includes dinner and concert), contact (216)707-5397 
Oct. 13 - Nov. 4    Participant
      Esther Honens International Piano Competition
      Calgary, Canada
Nov. 17    12:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Fazioli Piano Dealership
      Fine Arts Building, Chicago
      to be broadcast live on WFMT Radio, Chicago
Nov. 19    3:30 p.m.   Solo Recital
       La Chapelle Historique de bon Pasteur
      Montreal
Nov. 29      7:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Beck Center for the Arts, Recital Hall
      Lakewood, Ohio
         (tickets: $10, students & seniors $5)
Nov. 30      5:00 p.m. Master Class
      Beck Center for the Arts, Recital Hall
      Lakewood, Ohio
Dec. 3     3:00 p.m. Recital with Karen Slack, soprano
      Home of Nancy Hess
      Philadelphia, PA
      Presented by Astral Artistic Services
Dec. 6     7:00 p.m. Recital with David Bowlin, violinist
      Kenduskeag Recital Series
      G. Peirce Webber Campus Center
      Husson College
      Bangor, Maine
            Works of Bach, Ravel, Bartok and Franck
Dec. 9     7:30 p.m.  
Beethoven - Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
       Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
      Zion United Church of Christ
      Tremont
      Cleveland, OH
         (adults $10, seniors $7, students $5)
Dec. 10    3:00 p.m.   Beethoven - Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
       Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
      Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus
      Parma, OH
         (adults $10, seniors $7, students $5)
Dec. 12     7:30 p.m. Schumann Piano Quintet with the Black River String Quartet
      Stocker Center
      Lorain County Community College
      Elyria, Ohio
 

 

2005
Jan. 15 Recital with Meredith Arwady, contralto
      Quadrangle Retirement Community
      Haverford, PA
Jan. 17      8:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Rocky River Chamber Music Society
      West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
      Rocky River, OH
Jan. 28 Marilyn Horne Foundation Annual Gala Concert
(with Erin Wall, soprano)
      Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
      New York, NY      
Jan. 30       Brahms Piano Concerto #1
      Bangor Symphony Orchestra (Maine)
      Xiao-Lu Li, conductor      
Feb. 24      8:00 p.m. ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble)
Artist Recital at Oberlin College
      Finney Chapel
      Oberlin, OH
Feb. 26       3:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Fazioli Piano Dealership
      Chicago, IL
Feb. 27       Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Mozart - Piano Concerto in C Minor, K.491
      Oak Park/River Forest Symphony
      Oak Park, IL
Feb. 28       7:30 p.m. Mozart - Piano Concerto in C Minor, K.491
      Oak Park/River Forest Symphony
      Hauser School Auditorium
        Riverside, IL
Mar. 12      8:00 p.m. Beethoven Piano Concerto #4
      Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
      Garde Arts Center
      New London, CT
Mar. 16 - 26 Concert tour of Montana
      with Erika Wueschner, soprano
       sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation
Apr. 6      8:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      Staller Center Recital Hall
      Stony Brook University
      Stony Brook, NY
Apr. 10      3:00 p.m. Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
      Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
      Diane Wittry, conductor
      Norwalk Concert Hall
      Norwalk, CT
Apr. 12       10:30 a.m.



                    7:30 p.m.
Solo Recital
      Abramson Center Retirement Community
      Pennsylvania

Solo Recital
      Beaumont Retirement Community
      Pennsylvania
Apr. 16      7:30 p.m. Solo Recital
      Magnificat High School
      Rocky River, OH
Apr. 17      5:00 p.m. Solo Recital
      "Sundays at Five" series
      Graves Piano & Organ Company
      Columbus, OH
Apr. 20       7:30 p.m. Solo Recital
      Granite Farms Retirement Community
      Philadelphia, PA
Apr. 24       8:00 p.m. Faculty Recital
      Gamble Auditorium
      Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
      Berea, OH

 

Apr.28 - May 29 Concert Tour of South Africa
     May 2       7:30 p.m.


     May 3       8:00 p.m.


     May 4       7:30 p.m.


     May 5       7:30 p.m.


     May 6       7:30 p.m.


     May 7       8:00 p.m.


     May 8       5:00 p.m.


     May 10     7:30 p.m.


     May 11     7:30 p.m.


     May 14     8:00 p.m.


     May 15     3:00 p.m.


     May 17     8:00 p.m.


     May 18 & 19   8:00 p.m.



     May 21       8:00 p.m.

  
     May 22       4:30 p.m.



     May 26       8:00 p.m.


     May 27       7:30 p.m.



     May 29       4:00 p.m.



     June 2    
      Solo Recital
            Dutch Reformed Church,  Knysna

      Solo Recital
            University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth

      Solo Recital
            Guy Butler Theatre, Grahamstown 
    
      Solo Recital
            Dutch Reformed Church, Humansdorp

      Solo Recital
            George Museum, George

      Solo Recital
            Goodnow Hall, Wellington

      Nederburg Wine Estate, Nederburg    


      Solo Recital
            Jewish Museum, Durban

      Solo Recital
            Hilton College, Pietermaritzburg

      Solo Recital
            Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

      Solo Recital
            Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg

      Solo Recital
            University of Free State, Bloemfontien

      Mozart Concerto in C Minor, K.491
            Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
            Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg

      Solo Recital
            Baxter Theatre, Cape Town

      Beethoven Concerto No.5, Op.73
            Hugo Lambrechts Orchestra
            Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape town 

      Brahms - Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
            KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Beethoven Concertos #1, 2, and 4
            The Chamber Orchestra of South Africa
            UNISA Great Hall, Pretoria

      Beethoven Concertos #3, and 5
            The Chamber Orchestra of South Africa
            UNISA Great Hall, Pretoria

      Solo Recital
            Conservatoire of Music,  Potchefstroom University
June 10 - 12 Solo Recital Tour in Germany/Austria
   Sponsored by Kawai
     June 9       8:00 p.m. 

     June 10     8:00 p.m.

     June 12     6:00 p.m.

      Bürgermeisterhaus, Essen

      Campus Fichtenhain, Krefeld

      Musikschule, Wesel

 

June 30 - July 9 World Piano Competition
      Cincinnati, OH
July 26 - Aug. 7 Cleveland International Piano Competition
      Cleveland, OH
Aug. 13 - 14 Bard Music Festival
      Bard College
      Annandale, NY
Aug. 24 - Sept. 3 Busoni International Piano Competition
      Bolzano, Italy
Sept. 17  8:00 p.m.    Recital with Nicole Cabell, soprano
      Winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
      Blaisdell Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
      Bradford, PA
          presented by the Marilyn Horne Foundation
      Admission is free! 
      Call 814-362-5271 for tickets
Sept. 25  3:00 p.m. Beethoven Concerto No. 4
      Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
           Kirk Trevor, conductor
      Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
Oct. 5      12:15 p.m. Solo Recital
      Dame Myra Hess Recital Series
      Chicago, IL
Oct. 23    3:00 p.m. Philadelphia Solo Recital Debut
      Trinity Center
      Philadelphia, PA
      Presented by Astral Artistic Services

 

Nov. 11 - 12 Conference Artist
      Ohio Music Teachers Association
      State Convention
      Strongsville, Ohio
      Nov. 11      8:00 p.m.          Solo Recital - open to the public
         Holiday Inn Select Strongsville at 15471 Royalton Road (Rt. 82 and I71)
         Tickets $5 at the door
      Nov. 12           Master Class

 

Dec. 4      5:30 p.m. Recital with Junko Watanabe, soprano
      Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
      New York, NY
Dec. 6      10:00 a.m. Master Class
      South Jersey Music Teachers Association
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