Schedule

- October 7-8, 2023 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2023 Our twenty-third year! Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, vendors, and special guest Michael Lowenstern!


- May 24, 2023 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Mavericks - Kokopelli plays Mozart, Baermann, and Dan Welcher.


- May 21, 2023 - Woodinville, WA - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - Mavericks - Kokopelli plays Mozart, Baermann, and Dan Welcher.


- April 29 and 30, 2023 - Seattle - Krommer - Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra, Op. 91, with NOCCO


- March 15, 2023 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Lyrical Romance - with the Volta Piano Trio - music by Zemlinsky, Rabl, and my composition Lyric Pieces


- February 24, 2023 - Tacoma, WA - Society of Composers Region VIII conference - Shelli Nan's Pandemia


- October 1 and 2, 2022 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2022 - Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, vendors, and special guest Gregory Barrett


- July 31, 2022 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Bliss Quintet for Clarinet and Strings with Erin Keefe, Stefan Jackiw, David Harding, and Efe Baltacigil


- July 20, 2022 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Stravinsky Soldier's Tale Trio with Alexi Kenney and Joyce Yang


- June 3, 2022 - Portland, OR - Alberta Rose Theater - Chamber Music with Carin Miller Packwood, Martha Long, Martin Hebert, and Jeff Garza of the Oregon Symphony


- May 19, 2022 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Irrepressible - Kokopelli plays Mozart, Kuffner, and David Bruce.


- March 27, 2022 - Woodinville, WA - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - Les Six-and-a-half - music of Poulenc, Tailleferre, Milhaud, and Villa-Lobos - with Ben Hausmann - Oboe, Luke Fieweger - Bassoon, and Angela Draghicescu - Piano.


- March 25, 2022 - Salt Lake City - Utah Clarinet Festival


- March 23, 2022 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Les Six-and-a-half - music of Poulenc, Tailleferre, Milhaud, and Villa-Lobos - with Ben Hausmann - Oboe, Luke Fieweger - Bassoon, and Angela Draghicescu - Piano.


- January 30, 2022 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings with Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, Rebecca Albers, and Efe Baltacigil


- November 14, 2021 - Seattle - Seattle Pacific University Wind Ensemble performs my Bulldog March


- October 2, 2021 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2021 Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, and vendors


- August 5, 2021 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Arnold Schoenberg Kammersinfonie No. 1 with Sooyun Kim, James Ehnes, Ronald Thomas, and Orion Weiss


- March 7, 2020 - El Paso, TX - Recital and Master-Class at University of Texas at El Paso Clarinet Day


- November 15, 2019 - Woodinville, WA - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - Portraits and Voices - Crumb, Weber, and Coleman - with Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir - 'Cello, Sarah Bassingthwaighte - Flute, and Bathsheba Marcus - Piano


- November 12, 2019 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Portraits and Voices - Crumb, Weber, and Coleman - with Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir - 'Cello, Sarah Bassingthwaighte - Flute, and Bathsheba Marcus - Piano


- November 2, 2019 - Mercer Island, WA - Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle - with the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet - music of Prokofiev and Glazunov.


- October 18, 2019 - Woodinville, WA - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - Music from Clarinettissimo


- October 5-6, 2019 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2019. Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, vendors, and special guest Jack Walters!


- May 21, 2019 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Kokopelli performs Quintets by Weber and Ramos


- March 23, 2019 - Woodinville, WA - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - American Quintets - Barber, Steinmetz, and a world premier by Sean Osborn - with Jeff Fair - Horn, Jeffrey Barker - Flute, Ben Hausmann - Oboe, and Dana Jackson - Bassoon


- March 20, 2019 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - American Quintets - Barber, Steinmetz, and a world premier by Sean Osborn - with Jeff Fair - Horn, Jeffrey Barker - Flute, Ben Hausmann - Oboe, and Dana Jackson - Bassoon


- November 24, 2018 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Royal Room - Trio Pathetique - Glinka, St. Saens, Villa-Lobos, and Keller with Carin Miller Packwood and Byron Schenkman


- November 23, 2018 - Seattle - Harmony for Hope at the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church - Trio Pathetique - Glinka, St. Saens, Villa-Lobos, and Keller with Carin Miller Packwood and Byron Schenkman


- November 17, 2018 - Arlington, VA - Navy Band Clarinet Day - Master Class and concerto performance with the U. S. Navy Band - Messager and Mendelssohn.


- November 16, 2018 - Baltimore - Event at Baltimore School for the Arts


- November 14, 2018 - College Park, MD - Master Class at University of Maryland


- November 8-9, 2018 - Harrisonburg, VA - Residency at James Madison University - Master Class, Recital, more.


- October 27 and 28 - Seattle - Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with NOCCO, Seattle's conductorless chamber orchestra.


- October 21 - Shoreline, WA - Seattle Wind Symphony performs "Mosaic" from my Symphony No. 2


- October 6-7, 2018 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2018. Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, vendors, and special guest Eugene Mondie!


- August 2, 3, and 5, 2018 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series presents Summer Parks Concerts - Kokopelli performs Mozart, Borchert, and the Beatles


- July 25-28, 2018 - Napa, CA - Festival Napa Valley


- July 20, 2018 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Beethoven Trio, Op. 11


- June 4, 2018 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Kokopelli performs English quintets by Coleridge-Taylor, Bliss, and The Beatles.


- April 28 and 29, 2018 - Seattle - NOCCO Farrenc's Fabulous Symphony No. 3, a world premier 'cello concerto by Lasser, and Copland's original Appalachian Spring


- April 13, 2018 - Chicago - master class at Depaul University


- March 26, 2018 - Lacey, WA - Private Orca Concert Series at Panorama Auditorium - Trios by Beethoven, Kernis, and clairnet/piano music by Welcher, Poulenc, and more. With pianist Jessica Choe and Seattle Symphony 'cellist Eric Han


- March 20, 2018 - Seattle - Orca Concert Series at the Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Trios by Beethoven, Kernis, and clairnet/piano music by Welcher, Poulenc, and more. With pianist Jessica Choe and Seattle Symphony 'cellist Eric Han


- March 16 and 18, 2018 - Portland, OR - Portland Columbia Symphony performs "Hymns" from Concerto for Chamber Orchestra


- March 7th, 2018 - Seattle - Private recital at the Women's University Club with Jessica Choe. Music of Poulenc, Vaughan-Williams, Rabaud, Hoffmeister, and Welcher.


- February 17 and 18, 2018 - Seattle - NOCCO A Romanian celebration with music of Bartok and Enescu.


- February 2, 2018 - Bellevue - Resonance First Friday Salons at SOMA Towers - Brahms, Muczynski, and my own composition Romance for 'Cello and Piano. With pianist Angela Draghicescu and cellist Nathan Whitaker.


- January 27, 2018, 2pm - Seattle - Mozart Birthday Celebration - a version of his Quintet, K. 581 with Pianist Byron Schenkman


- January 27, 2018, 11am - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival Family Concert


- December 16 and 17, 2017 - Seattle - NOCCO Bach, Part, Jim Knapp's world premier of "Noverture," and Stravinky's Soldier's Tale (complete).


- October 21 and 22, 2017 - Seattle - NOCCO Prokofiev, Shakarian, and Poulenc.


- October 7-8, 2017 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2017. Performances, Master-classes, workshops, clarinet choir, vendors, and special guest Laura Grantier!


- August 21, 2017 - Orlando - ClarinetFest 2017 performance of my ICA-composition-competition-winning Mpingo Funk for Clarinet Choir


- August 14-20, 2017 - Seattle - Vivace Chamber Music Camp for students 5-19. Coachings and performances.


- July 24-29, 2017 - Seattle - Cornish College of the Arts Summer Chamber Music Intensive for students 15-21. Coachings and performances.


- July 3 and 5, 2017 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Stravinsky and Prokofiev


- April 30, 2017 - Shoreline, WA - Kokopelli performs Brahms, Mozart, Penderecki, and Clarke on The Highlands concert series.


- April 23, 2017 - Seattle - Nordic Heritage Museum's Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series - Finnish music of the last 100 years.


- April 19, 2017 - Normal, IL - Master-class and lecture at Illinois State University


- April 13-15, 2017 - DeKalb, IL - Residence at Northen Illinois University, including performance, master-class, lecture, and workshop.


- April 11, 2017 - Evanston, IL - Master-class at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University


- April 8 and 9, 2017 - Seattle - North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO) performs Haydn, Rossini, and a world premier by ME


- February 18 and 19, 2017 - Seattle - North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO) performs new works by Hanna Benn and Davida Ingram, Scott Joplin, and George Walker


- February 12, 2017 - Seattle - Byron Schenkman and Friends - Prokofiev's "Overture on Hebrew Themes"


- January 22, 2017 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society - Aaron Jay Kernis's "Perpetual Chaconne"


- December 18 and 19, 2016 - Seattle - North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO) performs Stravinsky, Respighi, Bach, and Poteat


- November 20, 2016 - Tacoma - Kokopelli performs Brahms, Doppmann, Stamitz, and Kracht (world premier)


- November 18, 2016 - KING-FM Kokopelli performs live on the radio. Brahms, Stamitz, Kracht.


- November 9, 2016 - Women's University Club, Seattle - Kokopelli performs Brahms Quintet and Stamitz Quartet in Eb, Op. 19, No. 1


- November 6 and 7, 2016 - Seattle - North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO) performs Mozart's "Gran Partita" and Dvorak String Serenade


- October 1-2, 2016 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2016


- August 15-20, 2016 - Seattle - Coaching at Vivace summer chamber music camp.


- July 5-9, 2016 - Seattle - Coaching at the Summer Chamber Music Intensive at The Cornish College of the Arts


- June 4-5, 2016 - Seattle - The North Corner Chamber Orchestra performs Dvorak, Haydn, and Tower


- April 30, 2016 - Seattle - The Setzer/Ziefel Duo performs my Four Moods for Bass Clarinet Duo, on the Wayward Music Series


- March 31, 2016 - Tacoma - Master-class at The University of Puget Sound


- March 4, 2016 - Seattle - Seattle Composers' Salon performance of part of my new Bass Clarinet Duet Four Moods for Bass Clarinet Duo


- February 20 and 21, 2016 - Seattle - NOCCO concert Three Bs (with a twist)


- February 18, 2016 - Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA - Master-class.


- February 13, 2016 - Yakima, WA - Presentation at WMEA convention on Ten Steps to a Great Clarinet Section.


- January 14, 2016 - Vancouver, BC - Performance and Master Class at the University of British Columbia.


- November 14 and 15, 2015 - Renton and Tukwilla, WA - Rainier Symphony - Weber Concerto No. 2


- November 6, 2015 - Bellevue - Kokopelli performs at Resonance - Mozart, Crusell, the Beatles.


- October 31 and November 1, 2015 - Seattle - NOCCO (North Corner Chamber Orchestra) concert Virtuosity - Ibert Quintet


- October 3 and 4, 2015 - Seattle - Clarinettissimo 2015


- July 8 and 31, 2015 - Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds, and Dohnanyi Sextet.


- May 22, 2015 - Shoreline, WA - recital with Jessica Choe to benefit a local food bank


- April 19, 2015 - Seattle - Thalia Symphony Orchestra - Weber Concerto No. 1 in f minor


- April 12, 2015 - Seattle - Nordic Heritage Museum Mostly Nordic Chamber Music - Schubert "Shepherd on the Rock" with Lena Moen and Lena Johnson.


- March 30, 2015 - Houston - University of Houston Moores School of Music - Master Class


- March 27, 2015 - Beaumont, TX - Lamar University - Master Class


- March 26, 2015 - Tyler, TX - University of Texas at Tyler - Master Class


- March 23, 2015 - Houston - Rice University Shepherd School of Music - Master Class


- March 14, 2015 - Seattle - Northwest Symphony Orchestra - Finzi Concerto


- February 27 - Tacoma - Second City Chamber Music - Mozart and Beatles Quintets and more


- February 13 and 15 - Seattle locations - Simple Measures - Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time


- January 25, 2015 - Seattle, Benaroya Hall - Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival - Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds with Anne-Marie McDermott and Seattle Symphony musicians Ben Hausamann, Seth Krimsky, and Jeffrey Fair.


- December 10, 2014 - Seattle, Good Shepherd Center Chapel - Wayward Music Series - Four World Premiers of my music, including Reed Trio No. 2, 12-4-6, Lyric Pieces 4, 9, and 10, and Three Miniatures for Clarinet Solo.


- November 10, 2014 - Stetson University, DeLand, FL - Master-Class and lectures on composition and entrepreneurship.


- November 6 and 7, 2014 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL - My compositions presented, and I play a recital. Also Master-class, and lectures on composition and entrepreneurship.


- October 12, 2014 - Seattle, Benaroya Hall - Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle - Autumn Evenings concert with the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet - music of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.


- October 4 and 5, 2014 - Seattle, Seattle Pacific University - Clarinettissimo 2014with Robert diLutis, Mary Kantor, Jennifer Nelson, and Florie Rothenberg.


- August 18-24, 2014 - Portland, OR - recording the Beethoven Septet with 45th Parallel


- August 11-16, 2014 - Seattle - coaching at Vivace Chamber Music Summer Camp


- July 31 and August 1, 2014 - Baton Rouge, LA - Mozart and Beatles Quintets at ClarinetFest 2014


- May 30, 2014 - Seattle - "Bremen Town Musicians" school concerts


- May 22, 2014 - University of Oregon, Eugene - master class at the University of Oregon


- May 9, 2014 - Seattle, Kenyon Hall - Rebecca Clarke cl/va duo at Club Shostakovich


- March 2, 2014 - Auburn, WA - "The Bremen Town Musicians" with Auburn Symphony Chamber Music series.


- February 21, 2014 - McMinnville OR, Linfield College - Dohnanyi Sextet with 45th Parallel


- January 30, 2014 - Seattle, Benaroya Hall - Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival - Schumann and Bruch


- January 27, 2014 - Seattle, Town Hall - Mozart's Birthday Celebration with Byron Schenkman and Jason Fisher - Mozart Keggelstadt Trio


- November 10, 2013 - Lynnwood, WA, Maple Park Church - World Premier of Gavin Borchert's Clarinet Concerto with the Octava Chamber Orchestra


- October 5th and 6th - Seattle Pacific University - Clarinettissimo 2013 - special guest Bil Jackson, along with our usual cast of amazing clarinetists. Concerts, Master-classes, an Extended Techniques workshop, Clarinet Choir, Vendors. More details soon!


- July 1 and 15, 2013 - Seattle, Benaroya Hall - Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival - Brahms and Martinu.


June 9, 2013, 7pm - Town Hall, Seattle - Byron Schenkman and Friends - Schubert, Shepherd on the Rock with Byron Schenkman and Clara Rottsolk.


- June 8, 2013, 7pm - Quimper United Universalist Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA - Shepherd on the Rock with Byron Schenkman and Clara Rottsolk.


- May 25, 2013 - Leavenworth, WA - Icicle Creek Chamber Players - Brahms Quintet, on a program with Mozart and Respighi also.


- April 19 and 21 - Seattle (various locations) - Simple Measures - Bartok Contrasts


- March 3, 2013 - Tacoma - Tacoma Youth Symphony (of which I am an alumnus) 50th Anniversary Season - Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major


- February 2, 2013 - Port Angeles, WA - Port Angeles Symphony - Mozart Clarinet Concerto


- December 8, 2012 - Leavenworth, WA - Icicle Creek Chamber Players - Poulenc and Bartok, on a program with Beethoven and Durufle also.


- November 18, 2012 - Seattle - Philharmonia Northwest - Francaix Clarinet Concerto


- October 28, 2012 - Port Townsend, WA Centrum chamber music with Jonathan Moerschel and Lucinda Carver. Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, and Clarke.


- October 6-7, 2012 - Seattle Pacific University - Clarinettissimo 2012


- August 3, 2012 - University of Nebraska, Lincoln - ClarinetFest Frank Kowalsky tribute concert.


- June 9, 2012 - First Congregational Church, Wellfleet, MA - Chamber Music to benefit the Outer Cape Health Services - Brahms, Beethoven, Bruch.


- May 6, 2012 - Scott McAllister's Concerto "X" (based on Grunge music) with the Seattle Wind Symphony


- April 3, 2012 - Georgia State University - Master Class


- April 2, 2012 - Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA - Recital and Master Class


- March 31, 2012 - Troy University, Troy, AL - Clarinet Day


- March 8-9, 2012 - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL - Florida Clarinet Extravaganza


- February 17, 2012 - Icicle Creek Music Center, Leavenworth, WA - Chamber music with the Icicle Creek Piano Trio - Brahms Trio, Horovitz Sonatina and more.


- February 10-14, 2012 - various Seattle-area locations - Simple Measures - Brahms Quintet and more


- February 4, 2012 - Nordstrom Recital Hall, Banaroya Hall, Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society Family Concert - "The Bremen Town Musicians"


- November 20, 2011 - Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA - Seattle Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music - Quintets of Oliver Knussen


- October 1-2, 2011 - University of Washington, Seattle - Clarinettissimo 11


- July 17, 2011 - Benaroya Hall, Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival - Brahms and Ives trios with Erin Keefe, Jeremy Denk, and Godfried Hoogeveen.


- May 22, 2011 - Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle - Finnish Chamber Music (and some Mozart) on the Nordic Concert Series. Music of Crusell, Sibelius, Tiensuu, Lindberg, and Mozart.


- May 3, 2011 - Portland, OR - Master Class at Portland State University


- April 13, 2011 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Master Class at the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music


- April 11-12, 2011 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Master Class at the Louisiana State University School of Music


- April 9, 2011, 8pm - The Old Church, Portland, Oregon - Chamber Music with the 45th Parallel Concert Series including a movement of my Beatles Quintet


- March 26, 2011, 9:30am - Meany Hall, Seattle - L'Histoire du Soldat


- March 4-6, 2011 - Domžale and Krško, Slovenia - Recitals and Master Classes at the Music Schools of Domžale and Krško


- November 13, 2010 - Westacres, Maple Ridge, BC - Maple Ridge Music Society Candlelight Concert Series. Chamber music with Patricia Hoy and Alexander Suleiman


- October 16 and 17, 2010 - University of Washington, Seattle - Clarinettissimo X


- October 3-7, 2010 - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City - Clarinet Festival


- August 18, 2010 - Seattle - Chic meets Geek


- July 23 and 31, 2010, 8pm - Benaroya Hall, Seattle - Seattle Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival - Bervald Septet, and Weber Quintet


- July 16 and 17, 2010, 7:30 pm - Sleeping Lady Chapel Theater, Leavenworth, WA - Icicle Creek International Chamber Music Festival with the Icicle Creek Piano Trio and the Avalon Quartet. Music of Brahms and Schoenfeld.


- May 1, 2010 - Town Hall, Seattle - May Day music marathon


- April 16-20 - Various Seattle-area locations - Simple Measures Air