News & Events
Unyazi Electronic Music Festival, South Africa - 2012
Upcoming Events
June 8th, 2013 - 7:30pm
Oboe Studio Recital
Bethesda, MD
June 9th, 2013 - 3:45pm
Family Fun Series
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Owings Mills, MD
June 27, 2013 - 10:00am
International Double Reed Society Conference
Loboe Project - Recital of American and South African Works
Hanna Lash - Silvers
Clare Loveday - South View
David Plylar - Loboetamy
Black Box Theatrer - University of Redlands, California
August 16-22, 2013
Lake George Music Festival
Lake George, NY
Travels in South Africa...
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Recent Events
March 3rd, 2013
Washington Master Chorale - The Splendid Silent Sun
National Presbyterian Church - 4pm
Bethesda, MD
February 15th, 2013
Friday Morning Music Concerts
- 12pm
Calvary Baptist Church
Program:
Chromatic Aberrations by David Rubenstein (oboe & piano)
755 8th Street, NW, Washington D.C.
FREE
December 23rd, 2012
Washington Master Chorale
National City Christian Church
Washington D.C., 4pm
December 16th, 2012
Washington Master Chorale
National Presbyterian Church
Bethesda, MD, 4pm
November 14th-15th, 2012
Moscow Ballet - Nutcracker
Hippodrome Theater
Baltimore, MD
November 18th, 2012
The Essential Bernstein
Music of Leanoard Bernstein and the Washington Chorus
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
September 12th, 2012
Unyazi Electronic Music Festival
Director, Jürgen Bräuninger
New Music South Africa
Cameron Harris - Lullabies for Philomel
- oboe and electronics -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban,
South Africa
September 2nd, 2012 - 6pm
COLOSSUS
Chamber Music Inspired by Jealousy, War and Insanity
Classic FM Soiree
KZN Philharmonic Musicians, Conductor Lyk Temmingh
Johannesburg, South Africa
R350-R385
Program:
Carlo Gesualdo (1611) - trans. Plylar
“Moro, Lasso, al Mio Duolo”, "Ancide sol la morte"," Beltá, poi che t'assenti",
and
"Io parto, e non più dissi"
Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro (1905)
Luigi Dallapiccola - Piccola Musica Notturna (1954)
Frederic Rzewski - Coming Together (1972)
David Plylar - Colossus (2012)
July 4th, 2012
Read the "Colossus"review from the
National Arts Festival!
"Evocative and Esocterically Shaped Sounds"
by Jeffrey Bruckman
July 1st and 3rd, 2012 - 9:30pm and 3pm
COLOSSUS -
Chamber Music Inspired by Jealousy, War and Insanity
KZN Philharmonic Musicians
with Nicholas Nicolaidis
Daniel Boico, Conductor
Program:
Carlo Gesualdo - “Moro, Lasso, al Mio Duolo” (1611)
Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro (1905)
Luigi Dallapiccola - Piccola Musica Notturna (1954)
Frederic Rzweski - Coming Together (1972)
David Plylar - Colossus (2012)
Rhodes Chapel - National Arts Festival
Grahamstown, South Africa
R55
Click here to read the review in CUE Magazine
June 29th-30th, 2012
Cape Town City Ballet Production - Giselle
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Grahamstown, South Africa
June 28th, 2012 - 7pm
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Boico -Conductor
François du Toit, Piano
Symphony Concert -
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2
Dukas - Symphony in C
Grahamstown, South Africa
May 26th, 2012
My photography from the Drakensberg Mountains is featured in the Los Angeles Times Travel Section
March 8th, 2012 - 7:30pm
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
World Symphony Series - Summer Season
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D Major, AV 144
Soloist: Alison Lowell, Oboe
Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki
City Hall - Durban, South Africa
March 8th, 2012 - 5:30pm
"Concert Conversations" - Guest Speaker
University of KwaZulu-Natal - Free
January, 2012
"Favorite Classical Composers" Blog - Interview
with Sebastian Mitchell
December 23rd, 2011
Spire Chamber Ensemble
Ben A. Spalding, founder/conductor
Period performance of Handle's "Messiah"
Trinity Lutheran Church
Kansas City, MO - USA
$10
November 24th-December 31st, 2011
Rodger and Hammerstein's "Cinderella"
The Playhouse Company with the KZNPO
Durban, South Africa
R80-R130
November, 2011
Sue Bohling Oboe and English Horn Cases
A review I published about these cases is now featured on the new website for Sue Bohling Cases
November, 2011
Release of "Morton Feldman: Orchestra" by Mode Records
Featuring "Intersections I" for orchestra by Morton Feldman
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Brad Lubman, conductor
Realized by Samuel Clay Birmaher
*I provided assistance in realizing the graphic score for the oboe part and am very excited by the quality of this recording!
August 20th, 2011
Gala Concert with Johan Botha (tenor)
KZNPO - Teatro at Montecasino
Johannesburg, South Africa
R150-R300
August 13th-19th, 2011
"Mandela Trilogy"
Cape Town Opera - Teatro at Montecasino
Albert Horne, Conductor
Johannesburg, South Africa
R150-R300
July 29th-31st, 2011
"Mandela Trilogy"
Cape Town Opera - Playhouse Theatre
Albert Horne, Conductor
Durban, South Africa
R85-R165
July 5th, 2011
Opening Ceremony - International Olympic Committee
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Playhouse Theatre - National Live Broadcast
Durban, South Africa
July 3rd, 2011
National Arts Festival
Gala Concert
Richard Cock, Conductor
Ben Schoeman, piano and Magdelane Minnaar, soprano
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown, South Africa
R50-R72
July 1st-2nd, 2011
National Arts Festival
"Andrew Lloyd Webber and Friends"
Richard Cock, Conductor
Nicholas Nicolaidis, Tenor and Magdalene Minnaar, Soprano
Great Hall
Grahamstown, South Africa
July 1st-2nd, 2011
National Arts Festival
Cape Town City Ballet
Swan Lake
Naum Rousine, Conductor
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown, South Africa
R56-R76
June 30th, 2011
National Arts Festival
Symphony Concert
Tibor Boganyi, Conductor and
Jérôme Pernoo, Cello
Music of Brahms and Offenbach
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown, South Africa
R46-R76
April 27th-May 3rd, 2011
South African State Theatre
Winnie - The Opera
Directed by ShirleyJo Finney
Composed by Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Pretoria, South Africa
April 4th, 2011 - 12:15-1:00pm
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Lunch-Hour Concert Series - Howard College Theatre
Program: Contemporary Chamber Music
David Plylar Fractured Colloquy and Skirmish
Hannah Lash Silvers
(Commissioned through the Loboe Project)
Durban, South Africa
FREE
April 3rd, 2011 - 11:30am
St. Thomas Church
Sunday Sinfonia -
Dvorak Wind Serenade
Musgrave, South Africa
FREE
March 25th-27th, 2011
Cape Town Opera with the KZNPO
Bizet: Carmen
Playhouse
Theatre
Durban, South Africa
November 24th, 2010
Center for Cultural Innovation 2010 Report:
"Los Angeles: America's Artist Super City"
This recently published report includes information on the
"Investing in Artists" grant I received for the Loboe Project.
November 19th-24th, 2010
Cape Town City Ballet Company with the KZNPO
Prokofiev: Cinderella
Playhouse
Theatre
Durban, South Africa
November, 2010
NewMusicSA -
International Society for Contemporary
Music, South African Section
I have become a member of this fantastic organization which organizes important events and workshops.
The Metaphyiscs of Notation - Mark Applebaum
DVD Documentary Release
Featuring excerpts from live performance in 11.09
Oboe, English Horn and Baroque Oboe
September 26th, 2010~ 3:00pm
Baroque 2000
Mariannhill Monastery
Pinetown, South Africa
R80
Midnight Winds
KUSC Radio Play - Wind Quintet
Steve Cohn: Metaphors and Contrasts
August 19th, 2010 ~ 7pm
Marina Del Rey Summer Symphony
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey
August 11th, 2010 ~ 7:00pm
Downey Symphony Orchestra
Sharon Lavery - Music DIrector
"A Celebration of Films and Flags"
Furman Park, 10419 Rives Avenue
Downey, CA ~ FREE
August 8th, 2010 ~ 7:30pm
Los Angles Jewish Symphony
Ford Amphitheatre
"Cinema Judaica"
Hollywood, CA $25-$36
Symbiosis Ensemble
First Lutheran Church and School
Ross Garren: "Falling Apart" - wind quintet
Torrance, CA FREE
July 22nd, 2010 ~ 7pm
Marina Del Rey Summer Symphony
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Burton Chase Park
13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey
Corona Del Mar - 30th Annual Baroque MusicFestival
Newport Harbor Lutheran Church
Works by Bach, Handel and Brahms
Corona Del Mar, CA
June 20th, 2010 ~ 4pm
Corona Del Mar - 30th Annual Baroque MusicFestival
Saint Michael & All Angels Church
Works by Handel, Dieupart, Porpora, Telemann and Vivaldi
Corona Del Mar, CA
June 16th, 2010 ~ 10pm
"June 17th, 1994" Documentary
Directed by Oscar-nominated Brett Morgan
Featured Soundtrack
Premieres on ESPN
June 10th, 2010 ~ 5:00pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Conducted by Sergei Pavlov
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Honneger: Pastorale D'été
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, SC - $25
June 9th, 2010 ~ 8:00pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Proserpina
Wolfgang Rihm - American Opera Premiere
Memminger Auditorium
Charleston, SC $25-$60
June 8th, 2010 ~ 7:30pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Westminster Choir I Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt
Brahms: Schicksalslied
Gaillard Auditorium, $10-$65
June 6th, 2010 ~ 7:30pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Conducted by Emmanuel Villaume
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 35
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Gaillard Auditorium
Charleston, SC $10-$65
June 4th, 2010 ~ 7:00pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Proserpina
Wolfgang Rihm - American Opera Premiere
Memminger Auditorium
Charleston, SC $25-$60
May 31st, 2010 ~ 7:30pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Conducted by Emmanuel Villaume
Program:
Ravel: La Valse
R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Weber: Der Freischütz
Charleston, SC $10-$66
May 30th, 2010 ~ 8:00pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Proserpina
Wolfgang Rihm - American Opera Premiere
Memminger Auditorium
Charleston, SC $25-$60
May 29th, 2010 ~ 5:00pm
Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA
Music in Time Series- The Music of Wolfgang Rihm
Chiffre II - Silence to Be Beaten
Nach-Schrift - Eine Chiffre für Ensemble
May 2nd, 2010 ~ 3:00pm
Rio Hondo Symphony
Whittier, CA
Out of Context Tour - New York, April 25th-27th, 2010
Composers David Plylar and Paul Coleman have received funding to discuss their compositions and this tour is funded in part through the Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program
April 25th, 2010 ~ 8:30pm FREE
Messinger Hall - 10 Gibbs Street
Open Rehearsal
Rochester, NY
Open and free to general public
April 26th, 2010 ~ 12:-12:30pm FREE
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Mayer Hardware, Inc.
New Music for Wrenches ~ Proper Glue Duo
226 Winton Road North
Rochester, NY ~ Free
April 26th, 2010 ~ $10 suggested donation
7:15pm Pre-concert Talk
8:00pm Concert
Christ Church
Collaboration with Proper Glue Percussion Duo and Guests
Rochester, NY
April 27th, 2010 ~ 12:00pm FREE
Valu Home Center
New Music for Wrenches ~ Proper Glue Duo
10378 Bennett Road Rte. 60
Fredonia, NY ~ Free
April 27th, 2010 ~ 5-6:00pm
SUNY Fredonia - 1022 Mason Hall
New Music Forum
Collaboration with Proper Glue Percussion Duo and Guests
Fredonia, NY ~ free and open to public
April 27th, 2010 ~ $5/$10
7:15pm Pre-concert Lecture
8:00pm Concert
SUNY Fredonia - Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall
Collaboration with Proper Glue Percussion Duo
Featuring Zuzanna Szewczyk, piano, Jamie Jordan, soprano Justin Hoke, celesta, and David Leung, Violin
Fredonia, NY