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Fall 2018 schedules to be updated. Please check back for the latest schedules!
2018 Schedule
07.29.17 || 7:30pm
Blue Lake Festival Band

● Stewart Shell

● Faculty Ensemble. Dr. Rodney Dorsey, conductor; Professor of Music in Bands, Indiana University
● Works by Paul Dooley, J.S. Bach/Lucien Cailliet, David Maslanka, and Frank Tichell
07.24.17 - 08.19.17
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

● Twin Lake, MI
●
 Daily solo piano and ensemble teaching, music theory, seminar presentations, and performances
07.12.18 || 10:30am
Recital by Students and Friends of Yoshiko Arahata

 ● Village of Unity, 1471 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY, 14626
06.18.18 || 7:30pm
Dan Ketter Chamber Music Student Recital

 ● Hochstein School of Music and Dance, Rochester, NY
06.18.18 || 5:00pm
Leah Kettelkamp Violin Studio Recital

 ● Hochstein School of Music and Dance, Rochester, NY
06.16.18 || 1:30pm
Hochstein School of Music Dance Student Recital

 ● Hochstein School of Music and Dance, Rochester, NY
 ● Robert Schumann: Fantasy Op.73
06.13.18 || 5:00pm
UR Radiology Celebration Event

 ● Irondequoit Country Club, Rochester, NY
 ● A selection from Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano with Susan Sims, flute
06.12.18 || 5:30pm
UR Garden Party

 ● Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
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 ● Solo jazz piano
CHICAGO-MILWAUKEE TOUR: Music after 2000
03.27.18 || 3:30pm

Piano Master Class Teaching

● Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
03.29.18 || 8:00pm
● Duo Recital with Joshua Graham, percussion
● Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, IL

03.30.18 || 7:30pm
● Duo Recital with Joshua Graham, percussion
● PianoForte, Chicago, IL

03.31.18 || 3:00pm
● Duo Recital with Joshua Graham, percussion
● Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI

Concert Information:
● Program includes pieces by Will Healy, Hannah Lash, Nico Mulhy, John Luther Adams, Yoshiko Arahata and more
● World Premiere of a piece commissioned and written for this recital tour by Sean William Calhoun
● Most pieces written after 2000
● Events are generously funded in part by the Luminarts Foundation

03.08.18 || 3:00pm
JCC Harvest Cafe

 ● Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY
 ● Solo jazz piano
03.03.18 || 1:30pm
Alicia Chamberlain, BM Voice Recital

 ● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
 ● Works by Hahn, Mahler, Hundley and more

02.24.18 || 7:00pm
Michael Martinez, DMA Trombone Recital

 ● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
 ● Works by Barat, Bourgeois, Rota and more

2017 Schedule
12.04.17 || 8:00pm
 Ossia New Music: Shade Shifting

 ● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
 
● 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY
     ●
Carola Bauckholt: Zugvögel
     ● Rand Steiger: Résonateur
     ● Philippe Leroux: Postlude à l'épais
     ● Toshio Hosokawa: Drawing
10.18.17 || 5:00pm
Eastman Voice Departmental Recital

 ● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
 ● Works by Mahler with Alicia Chamberlain, soprano

10.13.17 || 5:30pm
Memorial Art Gallery

 ● 500 University St., Rochester, NY
 ● Solo piano
09.13.17 || 8:30pm
DMA Lecture Recital

● 100 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY 14605
● Lecture presentation and performances of original compositions and improvisation
08.08.17 - 08.20.17
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

● Twin Lake, MI
● Faculty Recital, Brodgett Hall (August 17, 7:30pm)
with Joshua Graham, percussion
●
Solo and Ensemble teaching, seminar presentations and performances
06.19.17 || 5:00pm
Hochstein School of Music & Dance
●
50 Plymouth Ave N, Rochester, NY 14614
● Swenson Lee Cello Student recital
06.17.17 || 7pm
Sunset Concert Series

● Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY, 14604

● Schubert's Allegro in A minor, D.947 with Yi-Yang Chen, piano
05.20.17 || 7pm
University of Rochester
● Hawkins-Carlson, Rush Rhees Library

● Solo piano
05.08.17 || 5:30pm
Solo Piano Recital
● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

● Works by Handel, Martin, Berg, and Chopin

2016 Schedule

10.07.16 || 3:00pm
Hamamatsu/Rochester Anniversary Celebration Concert
● G
eorge Eastman House
●
Piano Trio
08.09.16 - 08.21.16
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

● Grand Rapids, MI

●
Solo and Ensemble teaching, seminar presentations and performances

07.26.16 - 07.30.16
The Ritsos Project, Greece

 ● Samos, Greece
 ● Solo piano performances, Choir accompaniment

07.14.16 - 07.25.16
Amalfi Coast International Piano Festival, Italy

 ● Maiori, Italy
 ● Young Artist Fellow- Solo Performance at Faculty Recital, Lecture Presentation

07.12.16 || 8:30pm
Solo Piano Recital, Italy

 ● Salone ex istituto Ancelle Riparatrici, Piazza Dante, 65, Grammichele
 ● Sicily, Italy

07.09.16 || 9:00pm
Solo Piano Recital, Italy

 ● Tenuta San Michele, Concerti in Catania
 ● Sicily, Italy
04.12.16 || 9:00pm
Doctoral Degree Recital No.3, Solo Piano

 ● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
 ● 433 East Main St., Rochester, NY
03.30.16 || 8:00pm
Music Nova: Steve Reich, Guest Composer

 ●
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
 ● 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY
 ● Music of Steve Reich: Quartet for Two Pianos and Two Vibraphones, Double Sextet, Radio Rewrite
02.26.16 || 6:30pm
Memorial Art Gallery

 ● 500 University St., Rochester, NY
 ● Solo piano
02.01.16 || 1:30pm
Wilmont Community Music Partnership Concert

 ● James P. Wilmont Cancer Center
 ● 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642
 ● Solo piano

2015 Schedule

12.04.15 || 8:00pm
 Ossia New Music: A Jo Kondo Portrait

 ● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
 
● 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY
     ● Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez - Welcome, Jo (World Premiere. written for Ossia)  
     ● Jo Kondo - New Work (World Premiere, written for Ossia)
     ● Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Ró for chamber ensemble 
     ● Jo Kondo - wait for 5 percussionists
     ● Hans Abrahamsen - String Quartet #2 
     ● Jo Kondo - Surface Depth and Color for chamber ensemble

10.30.15 || 6:30pm
Katherine Weintraub, saxophone & Ben David Aronson, trombone

● Ciminelli Formal Lounge, 100 Gibbs At., Rochester, NY

●
Works by Sulek, Stockhausen, Berio, Decruck, Harmon, and Schnyder

09.30.15 || 9:00pm
Private event

● Miller Center, Rochester, NY

08.11.15 - 08.23.15
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

● Twin Lake, MI

●
Solo piano and Theory course Teaching, Forum performance
07.24.15 - 8.2.15
The Ritsos Project (More info)

● Samos, Greece

● Solo and Collaborative Concerts, Outreach workshops
, Premiere of my new pieces

07.01.15 || 8pm
Sunset Concert Series

● Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY, 14604

● Works by Harbison and more
06.28.15 || 8pm
Sunset Concert Series

● Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY, 14604

● "Rebellion" and "Inner Rebellion" for Trombone, Piano and Percussion, with Ben David Aronson and Matt Witten

05.02.15 || 4pm
Graduate Chamber Seminar

● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

04.14.15 || 7pm
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Recital No.2

● Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

● Works by Mozart, Berg, and Crumb

● Sammy Lesnick, clarinet; Angela Xing, violin; Alyssa Roggow, viola; Sohyeon Park, cello; Zach Sheets, flute; Daniel Ketter, cello; Clay Mettens, electronics.

2014 Performances

11.14.14 || 6:45pm
C.P.E. Bach 300th Celebration Concerts
● Master Class with Edoardo Bellotti
● Eastman School of Music, Ciminelli Formal Lounge
11.12.14 || 12:00pm
Live from Hochstein Series (WXXI Classical 91.5, 90.3)
● Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 Plymouth Ave N, Rochester, NY, 14614
● with Ithaca Flute Duo (Liz Shuhan and Juliana Pepinsky, flute)
11.11.14 || 5:30pm
C.P.E. Bach 300th Celebration Concerts
● The Complete Prussian Sonatas
● Eastman School of Music, Hatch Recital Hall
11.03.14 || 8:00pm
Music Nova and Eastman Wind Ensemble- Sydney Hodkinson 80th Birthday Concert
● Eastman Kodak Hall, 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY, 14604
● Works by Hodkinson, and Ligeti Chamber Concerto
05.31.14-06.08.14
Texas Piano International Festival

04.28.14 || 12:15pm
Chicago Solo Piano Recital
● Musicians Club of Women Concert Series
● Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
● 78 E. Washington, Chicago, IL
● Works by Handel, Clara and Robert Schuamnn, Brahms, Helps, Arahata, Ko, and Scriabin

04.17.14 || 9:00pm
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Recital No.1 "Piano Concerto Night!"
● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
● 26 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY
● Mozart Piano Concerto No.24, K.491, Schumann Piano Concerto, Op.54
● Jerry Hou, conductor
● Mozart Cadenzas by Yoshiko Arahata
02.06.14 || 8:00pm
Ossia New Music
● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
  • Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel
  • Thomas Ades - Origin of the Harp
  • Toru Takemitsu - Rain Spell
  • George Benjamin - Octet
  • Daniel Brottman - New Work (commissioned by Ossia)
01.20.14 || 11:00am
Musicians Women of Club Artist Concert

● Crystal Ball Room, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL

● Solo Recital

2013 Performances

12.06.13-12.08.13
● Shreveport, LA
12.02.13 || 8:00pm
Ossia New Music

● Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
  • Jonathan Harvey - Song Offerings
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mikrophonie I
  • Wolfgang Rihm - Chiffre I (Featured soloist)
  • György Ligeti - Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett
  • Daniel Pesca - New Work (commissioned by Ossia)
10.24.13
Meritas Music Festival
● Rochester, NY
● Piano teaching and choir accompaniment
07.08.13 to 08.05.13
Garth Newel Music Center Young Artist Chamber Music Fellowship
● West Spring, VA.
● Beethoven Piano Trio, Op. 70 No.2, Arensky Piano Trio No.1
07.01.13 || 3:00pm
Duo Collaborative Recital "Afternoon of Arias"
● with Kelsey Betzelberger, soprano
● Three Crowns Park, 2323 McDaniel Road, Evanston, IL, 60201

06.26.13 || 1:30pm
Private Reception
● Scott Hall, Northwestern University
06.10.13 || 5:00pm
Duo Collaborative Music Recital
● Music Administration Building, Northwestern University
● Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No.9, "Kreutzer" (I) with Danielle Seamen, violin
06.08.13 || 3:00pm
Mikhailo Babiak MM French Horn Degree Recital

● Regenstein Recital Hall, Northwestern University
05.31.13 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble Recital
● Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University
05.30.13 || 7:00pm
James Perez Trombone Recital
● DePaul University Recital Hall
05.28.13 || 7:00pm
Charles Dieterle and Chad Martin Trombone Recital
● DePaul University Recital Hall
05.25.13 || 1:00pm
Jonathan
Houghtling MM Trombone Degree Recital
● DePaul University Recital Hall
05.18.13 || 3:00pm
Danielle Seamen MM Violin Degree Recital
● Regenstein Recital Hall, Northwestern University
• Wolgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Sonata
• Eugène Ysaÿe, Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27, No. 3 “Ballade”
• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

05.01.13 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble Recital
● Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University
● Luciano Berio, Folk Songs
● Patricia Alessandrini, Black is the colour...(Homage to Berio)
● H.K. Gruber, Zeitfluren
● Steven Stucky, Sonate en forme de preludes for Harpsichord, Oboe, and French Horn
04.30.13 || 7:00pm
Private Reception
● Scott Hall, Northwestern University
04.29.13 || 7:30pm
Christopher Ramaeckers DMA Conducting Degree Recital
● Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Ah, perfido!, Op. 65
• Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder
• Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
_04.05.13 || 6:00pm
Yoshiko Arahata MM Piano Degree Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.24 in F# Major, Op.78
• Mason Bates, White Lies for Lomax

• Alexander Scriabin, Fantasie in B Minor, Op.28
• Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op.16

_03.17.13 || 8:30pm
Chamber Music Concert Showcase
● MCR at Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
• Brahms Horn Trio with Trillium.
_03.13.13 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
• Aaron Jay Kernis "Invisible Mosaic II" and works by Northwestern composers including Jay Alan Yim and David Tang.
_02.28.13 || 1:00pm
Ory Shihor Piano Master Class
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Beethoven Sonata Op.78
_02.20.13
2013 New York Carnegie Hall Recital Debut Audition
● New York, NY
● New York Concert Artist & Associates
_02.07.13 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
• "Tribute to Bang On the Can" Works by David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, etc.
01.25.13 || 7:00pm
Private Event Cocktail Hour
● Spiaggia Restaurant, Chicago, IL

2012 Performances

_12.10.12 || 2:30pm
Chamber Music Concert
● MCR, Northwestern University
• Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major
_12.08.12 || 7:30pm
Piano Department presents "Watercolors" Music
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Piano works involving "water." Yoshiko will perform a work by Akira Miyoshi and improvise on "Aqua de Beber."
_12.05.12 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
• Works by Wolfgang Rihm and his contemporaries, including music by Luigi Nono.
11.18.12 || 7:30pm
Classical Revolution Chicago
● Heartland Cafe, 7000 North Glenwood Avenue  Chicago, IL 60626_
• Brahms Horn Trio, Chamber Music jam, etc.
_10.30.12 || 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
• "Unlocking Cage" Works by Cage, Boulez, Webern, Ives, etc.
_10.23.12 || 1:00pm
Peter Slowik Master Class
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
• Schumann Piano Quartet Op.47
_10.18.12 || 1:00pm
Corrado Greco Master Class
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Brahms Horn Trio Op.40
_10.04.12 || 1:00pm
Piano Recital Hour
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Beethoven Sonata Op.78
08.15.12 to 08.28.12
Gijón International Piano Festival
● Gijón, Spain
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_07.02.12 || 8:00pm
Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret
● 1383 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
• duo with Serena Pomerantz, voice
06.17.12 to 06.23.12
Music Bus Tour, Houston, TX (info)
● A week long Ensemble-in-Residence with Elgin Trio- Steven Gooden (clarinet) and Mira Luxion (cello)
● Workshops, Performances, Coaching, etc.
06.20.12
  @12pm || Rice University
  @8-10pm || Boheme Bar
06.21.12
  @9:30am || Yoshiko Arahata Piano Master Class
  @11am || Elgin Trio Workshop and Performance
06.22.12
  @9:30am || Elementary School
  @12pm || Cleveland Prison
_06.05.12 || 2:00pm
Emily Wilson Junior Horn Recital
● Sheil Catholic Center (2110 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Illinois 60201)
● Works by Strauss, Arnold, Jacob.
_05.31.12 || 7:30pm
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra Concert
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
● Works by Copland, Gershwin, Temple, Piston
_05.27.12 || 3:00pm
Kara LaMoure MM Bassoon Degree Recital
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Works by Bach, Piazzola, Bitsch, Mendelssohn
_05.27.12 || 12:00pm
Lauren Siedel MM Oboe Degree Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● Works by Francais, Poulenc, etc.
_05.26.12 || 6:00pm
Celeste Markey MM Clarinet Degree Recital
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Works by Brahms, Stravinsky
_05.25.12 || 6:00pm
Northwestern Chamber Music Recital
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Poulenc Sextet
_05.19.12 || 8:30pm
Katherine McCarthy MM Horn Degree Recital
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Works by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Saint-Saens, etc.
_05.17.12 || 8:30pm
Mira Luxion BM Cello Degree Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● Brahms Clarinet Trio in a minor, Op.114 with Elgin Trio
_05.08.12 || 6:00pm
Honors Chamber Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● Among Friends by Chan Ka Nin with Elgin Trio
_05.01.12
International Piano Concerto Competition
● New York, NY
● New York Concert Artist & Associates
_● Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in c minor, Op.18
_04.19.12 || 1:00pm
Piano Recital Hour
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in c minor, Op.18
● Assisted by Sergiy Komirenko, piano
_04.03.12 || 1:00pm
Elizabeth Buccheri Master Class
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Brahms Trio Op.114 with Elgin Trio
_03.30.12 || 7:30pm
Clarinetissimo!
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
● Brahms Clarinet Trio in a minor, Op.114 with Elgin Trio
_03.06.12 || 7:30pm
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra Concert
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
● Works by Menotti, Strauss, Mendelssohn
_03.03.12 || 12:00pm
Annie Trimber Junior Flute Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● Works by Bach, etc.
_02.28.12 || 8:30pm
Yoshiko Arahata MM Degree Piano Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
• Beethoven Trio Op.11; Sulek Trombone Sonata,
 Britten Winter Words, Op.52; Nin "Among Friends"
• Assisted by Steven Gooden, clainet; Mira Luxion, cello; Steven Warren, trombone; Alan Taylor, tenor
_02.19.12 || 3:00pm
Steven Gooden MM Degree Clarinet Recital
● Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University
● "Among Freinds" by Chan Ka Nin with Elgin Trio
_01.15.12 || 7:30pm
St. Lawrence String Quartet Master Class
● Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University
● Beethoven Trio Op.11 with Elgin Trio
_01.12.12 || 7:30pm
Lynn Harrell Master Class
● MCR at Regenstein, Northwestern University
● Beethoven Trio Op.11 with Elgin Trio
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