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2023

January 8, 20233:00 PM Lyrica Chamber Music
Chatham Township, NJ
Solo Recital
Mendelssohn +
January 15, 20235:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Trio in E major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, K. 542
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 2
with Ani Kavafian, Danbi Um, violins; Mark Holloway, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
January 17, 20237:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
Mozart: Trio in E major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, K. 542
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 2
with Ani Kavafian, Danbi Um, violins; Mark Holloway, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
January 21, 20237:30 PM Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society
Wolfe Recital Hall at Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX
Voyage Through the Americas
with Nicholas Canellakis, Gilles Vonsattel, Ian David Rosenbaum
January 27, 20237:00 PM Grand Teton Music Festival
Center for the Arts
Jackson, WY
Music by Amy Beach, Delphine von Schauroth, Mendelssohn, and Schumann
with the Harlem Quartet
February 3, 20237:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Winter Festival: Schubert Forever
Program includes Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt, Ernst, Mahler, Korngold, John Harbison
February 5, 20233:00 PM Tri-County Concerts
McInnis Auditorium at Eastern University
Davids, PA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
March 1, 2023 Chopin Celda
Valdemossa, Mallorca
Solo Recital
Mendelssohn +
March 9, 2023 Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Solo Recital
Mendelssohn +
March 11, 2023 Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Schumann Quintet with the Leonkoro Quartet
March 13, 20237:30 PM La Musica Festival
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sarasota, FL
Voices of the Americas
Music by Copland, Bernstein, Ginastera, Chávez, Ponce, Golijov, Villa-Lobos, Tania León, Gershwin
with Jessica Rivera, soprano, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis cello, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 15, 20233:00 PM Society of Four Arts
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Palm Beach, FL
Voices of the Americas
Music by Copland, Bernstein, Ginastera, Chávez, Ponce, Golijov, Villa-Lobos, Tania León, Gershwin
with Jessica Rivera, soprano, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis cello, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 17, 20237:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, NY
Voices of the Americas
Music by Copland, Bernstein, Ginastera, Chávez, Ponce, Golijov, Villa-Lobos, Tania León, Gershwin
with Jessica Rivera, soprano, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis cello, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 18, 20237:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
Voices of the Americas
Music by Copland, Bernstein, Ginastera, Chávez, Ponce, Golijov, Villa-Lobos, Tania León, Gershwin
with Jessica Rivera, soprano, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis cello, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 19, 20233:00 PM The Barns at Wolf Trap
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Vienna, VA
Voices of the Americas
Music by Copland, Bernstein, Ginastera, Chávez, Ponce, Golijov, Villa-Lobos, Tania León, Gershwin
with Jessica Rivera, soprano, Gilles Vonsattel, piano, Nicholas Canellakis cello, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 26, 20237:30 PM Dallas Chamber Music Society
Caruth Auditorium, SMU
Dallas, TX
Music by Amy Beach, Delphine von Schauroth, Mendelssohn, and Schumann
with the Harlem Quartet
April 7, 20238:00 AM Creative Mornings
West Palm Beach, FL
Guest Speaker, talking and playing on the theme of movement.
April 10, 20232:00 PM and 7:30 PM Jupiter Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Music by Bach, Weber, Baermann, and Mendelssohn
April 16, 20233:00 PM Chamber Music Sedona
Sedona, AZ
Michael Stephen Brown’s Vortex for Solo Cello and Strings (2022)
co-commissioned by Music in the Vineyards and Chamber Music Sedona for Nicholas Canellakis, cello and strings.
April 21, 20238:00 PM Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Solo and Chamber Music with the Harlem String Quartet
April 30, 20232:00 PM East Meadow Library
East Meadow, NY
Solo Recital
May 21, 20233:00 PM Heritage Hills
Somers, NY
Solo Recital
June 18, 20232:00 PM Recital at Ravinia
Bennett Gordon Hall
Highland Park, Il.
Recital with Arnaud Sussmann, violin
June 25-July 3, 2023 ChamberFest Cleveland
Highland Park, Il.
Includes Michael Stephen Brown's Vortex for Cello and Strings on June 25
more info TBA
July 11, 20237:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Summer Evenings
Music for Piano and Winds by Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Dukas, and Rimsky-Korsakov
July 12, 20237:30 PM Market Square Concerts
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, PA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Works by Debussy, Grieg, Ginastera, Brown, Clara Schumann, Gershwin, Don Ellis/arr. Canellakis
July 15, 20237:00 PM The Missouri Symphony
Missouri Theater
Columbia, MO
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Wilbur Lin, Conductor
July 16-23, 2023 ChamberFest West
Calgary, CA
Includes the world premiere of Michael Stephen Brown's new song cycle Loves Live's Lost for soprano Susanna Phillips
July 25-31, 2023 Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
New York, NY
 
August 5, 20231:30 PM Bard Music Festival
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Program Two - Between Two Worlds: London and Berlin
August 6, 20231:30 PM Bard Music Festival
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Program Five - Entente Cordiale: Britain and France
August 12, 20237:30 PM Lake George Music Festival
Lake George, NY
 
August 17-27, 2023 Music from Angel Fire
Angel Fire, NM
Full festival of concerts. Includes Chausson’s Concerto for Piano/Violin and Strings with Ida Kavafian, violin on 8/26
September 1, 20237:00 PM Boscobel Chamber Music Festival
Garrison, NY
Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Ysaye: Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14
Chauson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

Benjamin Beilman, violin; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano
September 7, 202311:00 AM Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
Colorado River Grotto Concert
September 11, 202311:00 AM Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
Colorado River Grotto Concert
Includes Michael Stephen Brown's Vortex for Cello and Strings, and Brahms' Piano Trio in B Major
September 18, 20232 PM and 7:30 PM Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
New York, NY
Elgar: La capricieuse—morceau de genre, Op. 17
Thomas Dunhill: Phantasy Trio for vln, va & piano, Op. 36
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Quintet in C Minor
November 3, 20237:30 PM Wolf Trap: Chamber Music at The Barns
Vienna, VA
Zukerman: A Musical Birthday Celebration
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304 (1788)
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166 (“Dumky”) (1891)

Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Amanda Forsyth, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano
November 4, 20237:30 PM Wolf Trap: Chamber Music at The Barns
Vienna, VA
Zukerman: A Musical Birthday Celebration
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304 (1788)
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166 (“Dumky”) (1891)

Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Amanda Forsyth, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano
November 8, 20237:30 PM Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Leo Rich Theater
Tucson, AZ
Solo Recital
Haydn: Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4,Capriccio (1789)
Debussy: Hommage à Haydn (1909)
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909)
Michael Stephen Brown: Etude-Fantasy on the name of Haydn (2020)
Ravel: Miroirs (1904–1905)
Delphine von Schauroth: Three Songs Without Words, Op. 18, No. 1 in E Major, No. 5 in A Minor, No. 6 in F Major
Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28
Michael Stephen Brown: Breakup Etude for Right Hand (2020)
Mendelssohn: Two transcriptions from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff: Scherzo
Mendelssohn-Liszt-Horowitz-Brown: Wedding March
November 12, 20234:00 PM Howland Music
Beacon, NY
Recital with Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Program: Jewish Voices, showcases works by Jewish composers who were impacted by the Holocaust
November 14, 20237:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Landmark Trios
Trios by Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann
December 1, 20237:30 PM Ames Town and Gown
Tye Recital Hall, Estes Music Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Canellakis-Brown Duo Recital
December 12-16, 2023 Emerald City Music
Seattle, WA
Claude Debussy: Estampes for solo piano
Lou Harrison: Varied Trio
Kristin Lee, violin; Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Svet Stoyanov, percussion

2022

January 9, 20223 PM Chamber Music Sedona
Sedona Performing Arts Center
Sedona, AZ
Voyage Through the Americas
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
January 23, 20223 PM Mobile Chamber Music
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Al
Solo Recital
Program TBA
January 26, 20227:30 PM (Virtual Event) Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Art of Interpretation
Haas: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 17 (1939)
Schulhoff: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 1 (1911)
With Arnaud Sussmann, violin
February 12, 20227:30 PM Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra
The Palace Theatre
Greensburg, PA
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Daniel Meyer, conductor
February 19, 20222 PM Coastal Concerts
Bethel United Methodist Church
Lewes, DE
Voyage Through the Americas
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
February 27, 20224 PM Key West Impromptu Concerts
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Key West, FL
Voyage Through the Americas
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
February 28, 20227:30 PM Florida Keys Concert Association
Marathon High School Performing Arts Center
Marathon, FL
Voyage Through the Americas
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 1, 20227:30 PM Florida Keys Concert Association
Coral Shores HS Performing Art Center
Tavernier, FL
Voyage Through the Americas
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
March 11, 20227:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Wolf Trap
Chamber Music at the Barns
The Barns
Vienna, VA
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60 and Cello Sonata, Op. 65
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
March 13, 20223 PM Parlance Chamber Concerts
West Side Presbyterian Church
Ridgewood, NJ
Impressions of Debussy and Ravel
Debussy: Violin Sonata
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Ravel: Trio
With Kristin Lee, violin and Nicholas Canellakis, cello
March 29, 2022 Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
Palm Beach, FL
Jewish Voices program
With Arnaud Sussmann, violinist
April 9, 20227:30 PM Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Atwood Concert Hall
Anchorage, AK
Ravel: Concerto in G Major
Michael Stephen Brown piano, Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
April 22, 2022 ArtPower
University of California
San Diego, CA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
Program TBA
May 8, 20223 PM Mobile Chamber Music
Solo Recital
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Al
Haydn: Fantasia in C Major (Capriccio), HOB. XVII: 4
Debussy: Hommage à Haydn
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Michael Stephen Brown: Etude-Fantasy on the name of Haydn (2020)
Ravel: Miroirs
Delphine Von Schauroth - from Song Without Words, Op 18, No. 1 in E Major
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
Michael Stephen Brown: Breakup Etude for the Right Hand Alone (2020)
Scriabin: Nocturne for Left Hand Alone, Op. 9
Adolf Schulz-Evler: Concert Arabesques on Themes from Johann Strauss's The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 12
May 14, 2022 Peoples’ Symphony Concerts
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Babajanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Schumann: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 47
with Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Sihao He
May 15, 20225 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Carnival of the Animals, Season Finale
Copland, and Saint-Saëns
with Susanna Phillips, Soprano; Lucille Chung, piano and more
May 17, 20227:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Carnival of the Animals, Season Finale
Copland, and Saint-Saëns
with Susanna Phillips, Soprano; Lucille Chung, piano and more
May 28-29, 2022 Chamber Music Society Residency at Shaker Village
Harrodsburg, KY
May 28, 202211:00 AM Shaker Village
Harrodsburg, KY
Babajanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1952)
with Ani Kavafian, violin and Nicholas Canellakis, cello
May 28, 20225:00 PM Shaker Village
Harrodsburg, KY
Mozart: Concerto No. 12 in A major for Piano and String Quintet, K. 414 (1782)
with Ani Kavafian, Violin I; Chad Hoopes, Viola II; Matthew Lipman, Viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello I; David Finckel, Cello II
May 29, 202211:00 AM Shaker Village
Harrodsburg, KY
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 60 (1855-56, 1874)
Ani Kavafian, Violin; Matthew Lipman, Viola; David Finckel, Cello
May 29, 20225:00 PM Shaker Village
Harrodsburg, KY
Mozart: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521 (1787)
Chopin: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 (1845-46)
with Wu Han, piano, and Nicholas Canellakis, cello
June 12, 20226 PM NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Main Hall
Wroclaw, Poland
European Premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Michael Stephen Brown piano, Joseph Swensen, conductor
June 25, 20226:30 PM Off the Hook Arts
Fort Collins, CO
Solo and Chamber Music
July 6, 20227:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785)
Paul Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1986)
Dohnányi: Sextet in C major for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano, Op. 37 (1935)
July 8, 20227:30 PM Utah State University
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Daines Concert Hall
Logan, UT
Mozart: Quartet in G minor
Paul Schoenfield: Clarinet Trio
Dohnányi: Sextet
July 10, 20223 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
Saratoga, NY
Mozart: Quartet in G minor
Paul Schoenfield: Clarinet Trio
Dohnányi: Sextet
July 10, 20227 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
Saratoga, NY
Mozart: Quartet in G minor
Paul Schoenfield: Clarinet Trio
Dohnányi: Sextet
July 16, 20228:30 PM Solo Recital at International Keyboard Institute and Festival
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
Delphine Von Schauroth: Song Without Words, Op 18, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs
Michael Stephen Brown:
Breakup Etude for Right Hand Alone (2020)
Etude-Fantasy on the name of Haydn (2020)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fifteen Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
July 22-August 1, 2022 Music@Menlo
Spieker Center for the Arts
Atherton, CA
Music@Menlo Artist Residency and Faculty
July 31, 20224:00 PM Music@Menlo
Carte Blanche Solo Recital
Stent Family Hall
Atherton, CA
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4, Capriccio (1789)
Debussy: Hommage á Haydn (1909)
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909), Miroirs (1905)
Michael Stephen Brown: Etude-Fantasy on the Name of Haydn (2020) (Music@Menlo commission, West Coast premiere)
Delphine von Schauroth: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) in E major, op. 18, no. 1 (1830)
Mendelssohn: Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
Michael Stephen Brown: Breakup Etude for Right Hand Alone (2020) (West Coast premiere)
Scriabin: Nocturne for Left Hand Alone, op. 9 (1894)
Adolph Sshulz-Evler: Concert Arabesques on Themes from Johann Strauss’s The Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 12 (ca. 1904)
August 4, 20226:00 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
Long Island, NY
Bolcom: Introduction and Rondo: Haydn go Seek for Piano Trio
Beethoven: Quintet for Winds and Piano, Op. 16
Spohr: Septet in A Major for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 147
with Marya Martin, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; James Austin Smith, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; Stella Chen, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
August 7, 20226:00 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
Long Island, NY
Liebermann: Fantasy on a Fugue by J. S. Bach for Wind Quintet and Piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
with Marya Martin, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; James Austin Smith, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; Stella Chen, violin; Cong Wu, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
August 12, 20226:00 PM Tanglewood Music Festival
Prelude Concert
Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Michael Stephen Brown: Piano Trio
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major
with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Lucia Lin, violin; Owen Young cello, Rebecca Gitter viola
August 13, 20221:30 PM Bard Music Festival
Olin Hall, Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Fairy Tale, Op. 25, No. 1
Eugen d'Albert: Scherzo in F# major, Op. 16/2
Ernst von Dohnanyi: from Three Pieces, Op. 23: no. 1 Aria; and Etude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 6 "Capriccio"
August 15-21, 2022 Music in the Vineyards
Napa, CA
various Chamber Music TBA
August 19, 2022 Music in the Vineyards
Napa, CA
World Premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s Vortex for Solo Cello and Strings (2022)
co-commissioned by Music in the Vineyards and Chamber Music Sedona
plus various Chamber Music TBA
September 10-11, 20222:00 PM Olympic Music Festival
Wheeler Theater
Port Townsend, WA
Solo and Four-Hands with Julio Elizalde
September 16, 20227:30 PM Asheville Chamber Music Series
Asheville, NC
Scriabin: Fantasy
Taneyev: Quintet
with the Rolston String Quartet
October 8, 20223:00 PM Mount Kisco Concert Association
Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco
Mount Kisco, NY
Canelalkis-Brown Duo
October 15, 20227:00 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Opening: "Soloists in the Spotlight"
Saratoga Springs, NY
Bach: D Minor Concerto
Mendelssohn: Double Concerto
with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
October 16, 20225:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Opening Night
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Bach: D Minor Concerto
Mendelssohn: Double Concerto
with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
October 21, 20227:30 PM Rogue Valley Symphony
Medford, OR
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Michael Stephen Brown, piano and Martin Majkut, conductor
October 22, 20223:00 PM Rogue Valley Symphony
Ashland, OR
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Martin Majkut, conductor
October 23, 20223:00 PM Rogue Valley Symphony
Grants Pass, OR
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Michael Stephen Brown, piano and Martin Majkut, conductor
October 30, 20223:30 PM Jewish Voices at Mostly Music
Temple Emanu-El
Westfield, NJ
Schulhoff: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 1
Dauber: Serenade
Haas: Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17 (arr. for Violin and Piano)
Adler: Lullaby
Weinberg: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes
with Arnaud Sussmann, violin
November 12, 20225:00 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Schubert Trios
with Benjamin Beilman, violin and Carter Brey, cello
November 17, 20226:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
New York, NY
C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853)
Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 17 (1829)
R. Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 63 (1847)
with Kristin Lee, violin and Sihao He, cello
November 17, 20229:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
New York, NY
C. Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853)
Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 17 (1829)
R. Schumann Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 63 (1847)
with Kristin Lee, violin and Sihao He, cello
November 19, 2022 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Suny Purchase, NY
New York, NY
C. Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853)
Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 17 (1829)
R. Schumann Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 63 (1847)
with Kristin Lee, violin and Sihao He, cello
December 11, 20223:00 PM Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
George Washington Masonic Memorial
Alexandria VA
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Anna Binneweg, conductor

2021

January 12, 20217:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Trio in E major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, K. 542
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 2
With Chad Hoopes, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
January 28, 20216:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op. 17
R. Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 63
With Kristin Lee, violin and Gary Hoffman, cello
January 28, 20219 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op. 17
R. Schumann: Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 63
With Kristin Lee, violin and Gary Hoffman, cello
February 21, 20213 PM Solo Recital at Mobile Chamber Music
Mobile, Alabama
Repertoire TBA
February 28, 20215 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Schubert: “Ballet Music No. 2” for Violin and Piano from Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D. 797 (arr. Kreisler)
Liszt: Die Forelle from Six Melodies of Franz Schubert, S. 563
Mahler: Rückert Lieder for Mezzo-soprano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano (arr. Favre)
Prokofiev: Suite of Waltzes for Two Pianos (Transcribed from Schubert)
March 18, 2021 New Haven Symphony
New Haven, CT
Michael Stephen Brown: "American Diaries" (World Premiere)
William Boughton, conductor
March 25, 20218 PM Erie Philharmonic
Erie, PA
Bloch: Concerto Grosso
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Daniel Meyer, conductor
April 5, 20212 PM & 7:30 PM Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Church
New York, NY
Works by Mendelssohn and Baussern
April 14, 20217 PM Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
Manalapan, FL
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata,
Mendelssohn: C Minor Trio
With Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
April 15, 20218 PM Erie Philharmonic

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Bach: Concerto in D Minor
Daniel Meyer, conductor
April 30, 20217 PM (available through May 31, 2021) Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

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Michael Stephen Brown: Piano Concerto (2020), World Premiere*
Michael Stephen Brown, Piano; Julian Kuerti, Conductor
Work co-commissioned by the Gilmore Keyboard Festival and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
May 1, 20212 PM & 5 PM Chamber Music Sedona, The Return
Sedona, AZ
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 26, “Les Adieux”
Arvo Pärt: Fratres for violin and piano
Rachmaninoff: Valse and Slava from Morceaux for Piano 4 hands, Op. 11
Dvořák/Fisher: “Goin’ Home” for cello and piano
Ravel: Piano Trio
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances for Piano 4 hands
With Adam Golka, piano; Bella Hristova, violin; Nick Canellakis, cello
June 5, 20217:30 PM The Maryland Symphony Orchestra
Hagerstown, MD (in person and streamed)
Michael Stephen Brown: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
June 6, 20213 PM The Maryland Symphony Orchestra
Hagerstown, MD (in person and streamed)
Michael Stephen Brown: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
June 14, 20217:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Art of Interpretation

Watch Live Stream
Prokofiev: Two Sonatas for Violin and Piano
With Paul Huang, violin
June 26, 20217:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY
Brahms: F Major Cello Sonata
With Paul Watkins, cello
July 18, 20213 PM & 6 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (3 PM)
Saratoga Performing Arts Center (6 PM)
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
Saratoga, NY
Michael Stephen Brown: Twelve Blocks for Piano, Four Hands (2020-21)
And works by Barber, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Debussy
With Orion Weiss, and Gilles Vonsattel, pianists
August 5-8, 2021 Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton, Long Island
August 9-21, 2021 Music in the Vineyards
Napa Valley, CA
September 4-13, 2021 Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
September 17, 20217 PM Bargemusic
Brooklyn, NY
NYC premiere of “Twelve Blocks” composer by Michael Stephen Brown + works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Delphine Von Schauroth
Four Hands Recital with Jerome Lowenthal
October 4, 20212 PM and 7:30 PM Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
New York, NY
Pedro Tintorer: Un Souvenir de Beethoven
Georges Onslow: Grand Sextuor in A minor
October 9, 20217:30 PM Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Lansing, MI
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1
Timothy Muffitt, conductor
October 22, 20217:30 PM Music@Menlo Focus Residency
Spieker Center for the Arts
Menlo, CA
Voyage Through the Americas, Behind the Music
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
October 23, 20214 PM Music@Menlo Focus Residency
Spieker Center for the Arts
Menlo, CA
Voyage Through the Americas, Concert
Aaron Copland: El Salón México for Piano and Percussion (1932–1936; solo piano version arr. Bernstein, 1941)
Leonard Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass for Piano, Cello, and Percussion (1977, cello and piano version)
Samuel Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, op. 28 (1951–1952, arr. 1952)
Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba (1999)
Heitor Villa-Lobos: A maré encheu from Guia prático for Solo Piano (1932), O Polichinelo from A prole do bebê for Solo Piano (1918)
Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana no. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, op. 21 (1950)
Scott Joplin: Solace: A Mexican Serenade for Solo Piano (1909); The Ragtime Dance for Solo Piano (1902)
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands, and Percussion
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
November 7, 20213 PM Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Century II Concert Hall
Wichita, KS
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings (2020) commissioned by the Gilmore Festival and the NFM Leopoldinum
Michael Stephen Brown piano, Daniel Hege, Conductor
November 9, 20217:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Chopin: Voice of the Poet
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60 and Cello Sonata, Op. 65
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
November 13, 20217:30 PM The Maryland Symphony
The Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, MD
Brown: “Merging Pods” for Full Orchestra – World Premiere Performance
Commissioned by the Maryland Symphony
Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
November 14, 20213 PM The Maryland Symphony
The Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, MD
Brown: “Merging Pods” for Full Orchestra – World Premiere Performance
Commissioned by the Maryland Symphony
Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
November 17, 20217:30 PM (Virtual Event) Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inside Chamber Music
Lecture on Chopin Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
December 7, 20217:30 PM New Orleans Friends of Music
Dixon Hall, Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
December 8, 20217:30 PM (Virtual Event) Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inside Chamber Music
Lecture on Fauré Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45
December 9, 20211:30 PM Music at Oakmont
Berger Center
Santa Rosa, CA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
December 13, 20217:30 PM Denver Friends of Music
Gates Hall, Newman Center
Denver, CO
Felix Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp Minor for Piano, Op. 28
Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet
With the Harlem Quartet

2020

January 5, 20203:00 PM Recital at Brookings Harbor Friends of Music
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Brookings, OR
January 11, 20207:30 PM Recital at Music in Corrales
Historic Old San Ysidro Church
Corrales, NM
January 16, 20207:30 PM CMS New Music
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
New York, NY
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte for Piano, Percussion, and Electronic Sounds (1958-60)

with Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion and David Adamcyk, Electronics
January 19, 20203:00 PM The Soul of the Americas
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport, MA
Copland: El Salón México for Solo Piano (arr. Leonard Bernstein)
Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Villa-Lobos: Divagação for Cello, Piano, and Drum
– A Maré Encheu from Guia Pratico for Solo Piano
– O Polichinelo from Prole do Bebê for Solo Piano
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
Gershwin: Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands and Percussion

curated by Michael Stephen Brown and Nicholas Canellakis
Joined by Orion Weiss & Ian David Rosenbaum
February 9, 20204:00 PM Key West Impromptu Concerts
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Key West, FL
February 10, 20207:30 PM Florida Keys Concert Association
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
San Pablo Church
Marathon, FL
February 11, 20207:30 PM Florida Keys Concert Association
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
Island Community Church
Islamorada, FL
February 15 - 27, 2020 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) Tour
February 15, 20208:00 PM The Concert Hall at Drew University
Drew University, NJ
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
February 17, 20207:30 PM Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
February 20, 20207:30 PM Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
February 23, 20203:00 PM Spivey Hall, Clayton State University
Morrow, GA
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
February 25, 20207:30 PM Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
February 27, 20208:00 PM Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
March 1, 20204:00 PM Recital at The Sanctuary Series
South Salem Presbyterian Church
South Salem, NY
March 8, 20205:00 PM CMS
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
John Harbison: IF for Soprano and Ensemble
(CMS Co-Commission, New York Premiere)
March 10, 20207:30 PM Baruch College
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis
Engelman Recital Hall
New York, NY
March 14, 20207:30 PM Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra
Corpus Christi, TX
Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Hector Guzman, conductor
March 15, 2020 Judging Schubert Club Competition
Minneapolis, MN
March 28, 20207:00 PM Recital at Newburyport Festival
Newburyport, MA
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, HOB. XVII:4
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Claude Debussy: Hommage à Haydn
Maurice Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs
Nikolai Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Aaron Copland/arr. Bernstein: El Salon México
April 1, 20206:30 PM CMS Inside Chamber Music
New York, NY
Mozart: Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785)
April 5, 20202:00 PM Meet the Music
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785)
April 5, 20203:00 PM The Museum of Russian Art
Minneapolis, MN
Osmo Vänskä and Erin Keefe play World Premiere of Michael Stephen Brown's Relationship for Clarinet/Violin written for Osmo Vänskä and Erin Keefe
April 16, 20208:00 PM Chamber music at Symphony Space
New York, NY
Michael Stephen Brown: Garden Quartet
Ravel: Trio
April 18, 20205:00 PM Bridgehampton Festival Spring Concert
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Roussel: Divertissement for Piano and Wind Quintet
Thuille: Sextet for Piano and Winds
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds

with Marya Martin, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn
April 26, 20203:00 PM The Soul of Americas
Chamber Music Sedona
Sedona, Arizona
Copland: Danza de Jalisco from Two Mexican Pieces
Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass (version for cello, piano, and percussion)
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Villa-Lobos: Divagação for Cello, Piano, and Drum
- A Maré Encheu from Guia Pratico for Solo Piano
- O Polichinelo from Prole do Bebê for Solo Piano
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
Gershwin: Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands and Percussion

curated by Michael Stephen Brown and Nicholas Canellakis Joined by Orion Weiss & Ian David Rosenbaum
May 4, 20207:30 PM Dallas Chamber Music Society
Caruth Auditorium at SMU
Dallas, TX
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Schumann: Quintet with the Harlem Quintet
May 6, 20207:30 PM Gilmore Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, MI
World Premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s Concerto for Piano and Strings
(co-commissioned by the Gilmore Festival and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra)
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1

with conductors Julian Kuerti and Marcelo Lehninger
May 7-8, 2020 Residency at Music@Menlo
Atherton, CA
Curated by Michael Stephen Brown and Nicholas Canellakis
May 7, 2020 Behind the Music discussion
Martin Family Hall
Atherton, CA
May 8, 20207:30 PM The Soul of Americas
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church
Menlo Park, CA
Copland: El Salón México for Solo Piano (arr. Leonard Bernstein)
Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass (version for cello, piano, and percussion)
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Villa-Lobos: Divagação for Cello, Piano, and Drum
- A Maré Encheu from Guia Pratico for Solo Piano
- O Polichinelo from Prole do Bebê for Solo Piano
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
Gershwin: Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands and Percussion

curated by Michael Stephen Brown and Nicholas Canellakis Joined by Orion Weiss & Ian David Rosenbaum
May 15, 20208:00 PM Asheville Chamber Music Series
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville
Asheville, NC
Brahms and Schumann Quintets

with the Jupiter Quartet
May 23, 202011:00 AM CMS residency
Shaker Village, KY
Babadjanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello

with Ani Kavafian, violin; Nick Canellakis, cello
May 23, 20205:00 PM CMS residency
Shaker Village, KY
Mozart: Concerto for Piano and String Quintet No. 12 in A major, K. 414

with Ani Kavafian and Chad Hoopes, violin; Matt Lipman, viola; Nick Canellakis and David Finckel, cello
May 24, 202011:00 AM CMS residency
Shaker Village, KY
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 60

with Ani Kavafian, violin; Matt Lipman, viola; David Finckel, cello
May 24, 20205:00 PM CMS residency
Shaker Village, KY
Mozart: Sonata for Piano, Four Hands in C major, K. 521
Chopin: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65

with Wu Han, piano; Nick Canellakis, cello
May 30, 20208:00 PM Garden State Philharmonic
Grunin Center for the Arts
Toms River, NJ
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1

Diane Wittry, conductor
June 14, 20208:00 PM NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Wroclaw, Poland
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings (European Premiere)
Beethoven: Triple Concerto

Joseph Swensen, conductor
June 24, 20206:30 PM Off the Hook Arts
Grace Church
Fort Collins, CO
Beethoven: Hammerklavier Sonata
June 25, 20207:00 PM Off the Hook Arts
Grace Church
Fort Collins, CO
Michael Stephen Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings (chamber version premiere)
Shapero: Variations in C Minor

with Miami String Quartet
July 11 and 12, 2020 Olympic Music Festival
Port Townsend, WA
July 24 and 25, 20206:30 PM Mostly Mozart Festival
Pre-Concert Solo Recital
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Repertoire TBA
July 30, 202010 PM, CST (Streaming Event) Chamber Music Houston
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
available free online: (7/30/2020 through 8/3/2020)
Samuel Barber: Souvenirs
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance
Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet
August 2, 20203 PM, CST (Streaming Event) San Antonio Chamber Music Society
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
Samuel Barber: Souvenirs
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance
Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet
August 2, 20205 PM PST, 8 PM EST (Streaming Event) Music@Menlo: Intermezzo
Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38
with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
September 3, 202012 PM Moab Music Festival
Colorado River Wilderness Grotto
Moab, UT
Repertoire TBA
September 4, 20207:30 PM EST (Streaming Event) Asheville Chamber Music Society
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4, “Capriccio”
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 (1841)
with the Jupiter Quartet
September 5, 20207:30 PM EST (Streaming Event) Asheville Chamber Music Society
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4, “Capriccio”
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 (1841)
with the Jupiter Quartet
September 6, 20203 PM EST (Streaming Event) Asheville Chamber Music Society
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII:4, “Capriccio”
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 (1841)
with the Jupiter Quartet
September 6, 20207 PM Moab Music Festival
Red Cliffs Lodge
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for cello and piano (2017)
September 7, 20207 PM Moab Music Festival
Red Cliffs Lodge
Alkan: Etude for the Right Hand Alone, Op. 76, No. 2
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
With Nicholas Canellakis
September 9, 202012 PM Moab Music Festival
Colorado River Wilderness Grotto
Schumann: Bilder aus Osten, op. 66
Beethoven: Sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
September 11, 2020 Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for Cello and Piano (2014, rev. 2017)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 110
With Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer and Matthew Lipman, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
September 23-28, 2020 University of Georgia
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for Cello and Piano (2014, rev. 2017)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 110
With Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer and Matthew Lipman, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
October 11, 20208 PM EST (Streaming Event) Howland Music
Solo Recital
Beacon, NY
Repertoire TBA
October 16, 20207:30 PM (Streaming Event) Middlebury College
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for Cello and Piano (2014, rev. 2017)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 110
With Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer and Matthew Lipman, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
October 30, 20207:30 PM University of Chicago Presents Beethoven's Legacy
Solo Recital
Logan Center Performance Hall
Chicago, IL
Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, Hob. XVII:4
Debussy: Hommage à Haydn
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Michael Stephen Brown: Etude-Fantasy on the Name of Haydn
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Beethoven: Sonata Quasi una Fantasia, Op. 27, No. 1, “Moonlight”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 57 (arr. Liszt)
November 7, 20205 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Roussel: Divertissement for Piano and Wind Quintet
Thuille: Sextet for Piano and Winds
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds
November 8, 20207 PM (Streaming Event) George Mason University
presents CMS Front Row: Digital Artist Series
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for Cello and Piano (2014, rev. 2017)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 110
With Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer and Matthew Lipman, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
November 14, 20202 PM The Soul of the Americas
Coastal Concerts
With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Ian David Rosebaum, percussion
November 21, 2020 Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Michael Stephen Brown: Piano Concerto (2020) (World Premiere)
Julian Kuerti, conductor
December 15, 2020 Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
Palm Beach, FL
With Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola, Nicholas Canellakis, cello
December 16, 20207:30 PM Arizona Friends of Music
Tucson, AZ
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major (“Hammerklavier”), Op. 106
December 17, 20207:30 PM Arizona Friends of Music
Tucson, AZ
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
With the Pacifica Quartet

2019

January 3-22, 2019 Copland House Residency Award at the Aaron Copland House
January 27, 20194 PM ChamberFest Vero Beach
First Presbyterian Church
Vero Beach, FL
Bach: D Minor Concerto

with Jessica Tong, Yuri Namkung, violins; Amadi Azikiwe, viola; Tobias Werner, cello
Feb 3, 20194:00 PM Beaches Fine Arts Series
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Church
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Michael Stephen Brown’s Reflections and trios by Fauré and Chausson

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Elena Urioste, violin
Feb 4, 20198:00 PM Classic Chamber Concerts
Naples, FL
Michael Stephen Brown’s Reflections and trios by Fauré and Chausson

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Elena Urioste, violin
Feb 7, 20196:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
West Palm Beach, FL
Michael Stephen Brown’s Reflections and trios by Fauré and Chausson

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Elena Urioste, violin
Feb 10, 20193:00 PM Brookings Harbor Friends of Music
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Brookings, OR
Program TBD

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Feb. 24, 20194:00 PM Solo Recital at Howland Music Circle
Beacon, NY
Boats and Barcarolles - Music by Couperin, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Chopin, Liszt, Bartók, and Michael Stephen Brown.
Mar. 10, 20195:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Glinka: Trio pathétique in D minor for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano
Balakirev: Octet for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and Piano, Op. 3
Schnittke: Homage to Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Dmitri Shostakovich for Piano, Six Hands

With David Shifrin, clarinet, Anne-Marie McDermitt, piano, David Jolley, horn and more.
Mar. 11, 20197:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center On Tour, Pianos/Pianists
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Shostakovich Concertino Schnittke: Homage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich for Piano, Six Hands
Faure: Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands

With pianists Anne-Marie McDermitt, Stephen Prutsman, Wu Qian
Mar. 21, 20196:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center New Music
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
works by David Ludwig, Du Bois, Wuorinen, Pintscher
Mar. 21, 20199:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center New Music
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
works by David Ludwig, Du Bois, Wuorinen, Pintscher
Mar. 30, 20198:00 PM Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
Solo Recital
Newbury, MA
Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Michael Stephen Brown: Mini-Barcarolle
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ Minor
"Quasi una fantasia," Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight”
Béla Bartók: Out of Doors Suite
Franz Liszt: Legend No. 2 “St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves”
Apr. 6, 20197:00 PM Recital at the Forum
Prior-Jollek Hall
Antilles School Campus
St. Thomas, USVI
works TBD
Apr. 11, 20195:30 PM Chamber Music Sedona
Solo Recital
Spring Salon Musicale - Bernstein at 100!
Sedona, AZ
Leonard Bernstein: from Anniversaries
Maurice Ravel: Selections from Miroirs
Franz Liszt: Legend no 2, St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Leo Smit ): West Side Story suite
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
Apr. 14, 20193:00 PM Northern Arizona University Symphony
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Flagstaff, AZ
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 Age of Anxiety

Daniel O’Bryant, conductor
Apr. 17, 20197:00 PM Pianofest Alumni
New York, NY
Music by Bernstein and Copland
May 1, 20197:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Harris Theater
Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
Schubert: Sonatina No. 3 in G minor for Violin and Piano, D. 408, Op. 137, No. 3 (1816)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1921-23)

With Kristin Lee, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; David Finckel, cello
May 3, 20197:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Schubert: Sonatina No. 3 in G minor for Violin and Piano, D. 408, Op. 137, No. 3 (1816)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1921-23)

With Kristin Lee, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; David Finckel, cello
May 4, 20195:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at SUNY Purchase
The PAC
Purchase, NY
Schubert: Sonatina No. 3 in G minor for Violin and Piano, D. 408, Op. 137, No. 3 (1816)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1921-23)

With Kristin Lee, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; David Finckel, cello
May 11, 20198:00 PM National Philharmonic at Strathmore
The Music Center at Strathmore
North Bethesda, MD
Bernstein: Age of Anxiety

National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
May 19, 20193:00 PM Heritage Hills Concert Society
Somers, NY
Program TBD

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
May 20, 20197:00 PM CMS Spring Gala
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Debussy, Ravel, Bizet

With pianists Wu Han, Anne-Marie McDermott, Gilles Vonsattel
June 1, 20197:30 PM Heartland Festival Orchestra
Five Points Washington
Washington, IL
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1

David Commanday, conductor
June 7, 20197:30 PM Concordia Chamber Players at Princeton Festival
Miller Chapel
Princeton, NJ
Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ Wo0 46
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano trio in C minor No. 2. Op. 66

With Alexi Kenney, violin; Michelle Djokic, cello
July 7, 2019 Music in the Mountains
Solo Recital
Durango, CO
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story suite/arr. Leo Smit
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Liszt: Orage (Storm) from Années de pèlerinage, Suisse
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Beethoven: Eroica Variations
July 20, 20198:00 PM Honest Brook Music Festival
Solo Recital
The Barn on Honest Brook Road
Delhi, NY
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Medtner: Second Improvisation
Beethoven: Eroica Variations
July 24, 201910:00 PM Mostly Mozart Festival
Solo Recital Debut
Kaplan Penthouse
Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Beethoven: Eroica Variations
July 28, 20194:00 PM Maverick Concerts
Maverick Concert Hall
Woodstock, NY
Brahms: Piano Quintet
Medtner: Second Improvisation

With the Jupiter String Quartet
August 4, 20193:00 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
SPAC Little Theatre
Saratoga Springs, NY
Ravel: Jeux d’eau for Piano
Fauré: Fantasy for Flute and Piano, Op. 79
Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Foss: Capriccio for Cello and Piano
Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
Beethoven: Trio in D major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”

With Bella Hristova, Angelo Xiang Yu, Violins; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello; Adam Walker, Flute
August 6, 20198:00 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
SPAC Little Theatre
Saratoga Springs, NY
Bach: Concerto in D minor for Keyboard, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1052

With Bella Hristova, Angelo Yu, violins; Kerri Ryan, viola; David Finckel, cello; Nate West, double bass
August 8-10, 2019 Hornby Island Festival
Three concerts include:
Solo Recital by Michael Stephen Brown
Four Hands with pianist Adam Golka
Recital with pianist Adam Golka and soprano Lauren Eberwein
Hornby Island, Vancouver
Concert details TBA
August 20-25, 2019 Music in the Vineyards
Napa Valley, CA
Concerts details TBA
August 26-September 2, 2019 Copland House Residency Award
at Aaron Copland’s house
Peekskill, NY
September 18-27, 2019 A Mediterranean Musical Odyssey
from Athens to Naples
Concerts in Sifnos (Greece), Corinth Canal (Greece), Sicily, and Naples (Italy)

with Michael Parloff, Artistic Director and Lecturer; Kristin Lee, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Jasmine Choi, flute
October 17, 20191:30 PM Recital at Music at Oakmont
Berger Center
Santa Rosa, CA
Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, HOB. XVII:4
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations (2013)
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Brown: Surfaces (2016)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Bartók: Out of Doors
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Liszt: Legend No. 2, St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
October 20, 20192:00 PM Recital at InConcert Sierra
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grass Valley, CA
Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, HOB. XVII:4
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations (2013)
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Brown: Surfaces (2016)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Bartók: Out of Doors
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Liszt: Legend No. 2, St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
October 28, 20192 PM and 7:30 PM Jupiter Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Heritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet No. 2 in D, Op. 11
Turina: Scene Andalouse
Ernesto Halffter: Trois Homenajes for piano solo
Granados: Piano Quintet in g, Op. 49
October 30, 201912:00 PM Recital at St. Timothy Lutheran Church
Wayne, NJ
Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, HOB. XVII:4
Brown: Surfaces (2016)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Bartók: Out of Doors
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Liszt: Legend No. 2, St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
November 10, 20193:00 PM Recital at Chopin Society of Minneapolis
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center
Mairs Concert Hall at Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, HOB. XVII:4
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations (2013)
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Brown: Surfaces (2016)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Bartók: Out of Doors
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Liszt: Legend No. 2, St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
November 15, 20197:30 PM Delaware Symphony
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Wilmington, DE
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3

David Amado, conductor
November 21, 20197:30 PM The Art of the Recital
Recital at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Four Hands
Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen, Two Pianos


with pianist Orion Weiss

2018

January 17, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 18, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
St. Cecilia Music Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 19, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Music@Menlo Winter Series
The Center for Performing Arts
Atherton, CA
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 20, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Argento Concert Series
Nightingale Concert Hall
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 21, 20182 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Grass Valley, CA
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 23, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Tuesday Musical
E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall
Akron, OH
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 25, 20188:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
UGA Performing Arts Center
Hodgson Concert Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 27, 20185:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
SUNY Purchase
The Performing Arts Center
Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 28, 20185:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
January 30, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
February 1, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, US Tour
UNC Winston Salem
Winston-Salem, NC
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)


Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
February 4, 20185 PM Brooklyn Library
Brooklyn, NY
Repertoire TBA

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Elena Urioste, violin
February 8, 20187:30 PM ChamberFest Vero Beach
Solo Recital
First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach
Vero Beach, FL
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
Copland/arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
February 10, 20187:30 PM ChamberFest Vero Beach
First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach
Vero Beach, FL
Music by Michael Stephen Brown, and Fauré

With Jessica Tong, violin; Yuri Namkung, viola; Tobias Werner, cello
February 15, 20187:30 PM New Haven Symphony
Woolsey Hall
New Haven, CT
Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
February 21, 20187:00 PM Chamber Music with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Tarisio
New York, NY
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne

With Miho Saegusa, violin; Nardo Poy, viola; Melissa Meell, cello
February 25, 20182:00 PM Wave Hill Gardens
Armor Hall
Bronx, NYC
Michael Stephen Brown: Garden Quartet, world premiere
and works by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Elena Urioste, violin
February 26, 2018 Goddard Riverside
New York, NY
Repertoire TBA

With Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
February 28, 20186:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Inside Chamber Music Lecture by Bruce Adolphe
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Fauré: Quartet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15 (1876-79)
March 8, 20187:30 PM Jackson Concert Series in Muscatine, IA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Wesley United Methodist
Muscatine, IA
Repertoire TBA
March 10, 20187:30 PM ASU Kerr Cultural Center
Scottsdale, AZ
Repertoire TBA

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
March 17, 20187:30 PM Maryland Symphony Orchestra
The Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, MD
Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat Major

Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
March 18, 20183:00 PM Maryland Symphony Orchestra
The Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, MD
Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat Major

Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor
March 25, 20184:00 PM Key West Impromptu Concerts
Leonard Bernstein celebrations
Key West, FL
With José Franch-Ballester, clarinet
March 27, 2018 Glenridge Performing Arts Center
Solo Recital
Sarasota, FL
Leonard Bernstein: from Anniversaries
George Perle: from Six Celebratory Inventions
Lukas Foss: For Lenny, Variation on "New York, New York"
Leonard Bernstein: Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata
Bernstein/arr. Michael Stephen Brown: Lonely Town, from On The Town
Aaron Copland/arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
Copland: Piano Sonata
Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
March 30, 201810:00 AM
8:00 PM
Grand Rapids Symphony
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Grand Rapids, MI
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
April 2, 20188:00 PM The Kosciuszko Foundation
Recital with Jerome Lowenthal
New York, NY
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations (2013)
Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Brahms: Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117, No. 2
Jerome Lowenthal, piano

Schubert: Divertissement for piano, 4 hands, in E minor ("à la française"), D. 823
Jerome Lowenthal, Michael Stephen Brown, piano
April 6, 20188:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Gardiner Theater
Pawling, NY
Dvorák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1878, 1886)
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano, Four Hands (1868, 1880)

Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
April 8, 20187:00 PM Desert Botanical Garden
Phoenix, AZ
Michael Stephen Brown: Garden Quartet, Phoenix Premiere
and works by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Elena Urioste, violin
April 12, 20187:30 PM Music at the Mansion at Strathmore
Solo Recital: Leonard Bernstein at 100!
North Bethesda, MD
Leonard Bernstein: from Anniversaries
George Perle: from Six Celebratory Inventions
Lukas Foss: For Lenny, Variation on "New York, New York"
Leonard Bernstein: Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata
Bernstein/arr. Michael Stephen Brown: Lonely Town, from On The Town
Copland: Piano Sonata
Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
April 14, 2018 Hamilton College
Solo Recital
Clinton, NY
Repertoire TBA
April 18, 2018 Baruch College
Solo Recital: Leonard Bernstein at 100!
New York, NY
Leonard Bernstein: from Anniversaries
George Perle: from Six Celebratory Inventions
Lukas Foss: For Lenny, Variation on "New York, New York"
Leonard Bernstein: Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata
Bernstein/arr. Michael Stephen Brown: Lonely Town, from On The Town
Aaron Copland/arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
Copland: Piano Sonata
Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
April 22, 20183:00 PM Mount Kisco Concert Series
Solo Recital
Mount Kisco, NY
Repertoire TBA
April 29, 20184:00 PM Howland Chamber Music
Solo Recital
Beacon, NY
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

With the Harlem Quartet
May 1, 20184:00 PM Longwood Gardens
Philadelphia, PA
Michael Stephen Brown: Garden Quartet, Philadelphia premiere
and works by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Elena Urioste, violin
May 4, 2018 Gilmore Keyboard Festival
Solo Recital: Leonard Bernstein at 100!
Kalamazoo, MI
Leonard Bernstein: from Anniversaries
George Perle: from Six Celebratory Inventions
Lukas Foss: For Lenny, Variation on "New York, New York"
Leonard Bernstein: Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata
Bernstein/arr. Michael Stephen Brown: Lonely Town, from On The Town
Copland: Piano Sonata
Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
May 10, 20186:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Hindemith: Clarinet Quartet
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Sean Lee, violin; Steve Taylor, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; David Jolley, horn
May 10, 20189:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Late Night Rose
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Hindemith: Clarinet Quartet
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Sean Lee, violin; Steve Taylor, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; David Jolley, horn
May 20, 20187:30 PM Orchestra of the League of Composers
Louis Karchin, conductor
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
New York, NY
Samuel Adler: Piano Concerto No. 3
June 9, 20187:30 PM Concordia Chamber Players
Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ
Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque No. 1
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quartet #2 in E flat major Op. 87

With Carmit Zori, Violin; Daniel Kim, Viola; Michelle Djokic, Cello
June 10, 20183:00 PM Recital at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, DC
Haydn: Fantasia in C Major, HOB, XVII: 4, “Capriccio”
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Nikolai Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Leo Smit): West Side Story suite
Aaron Copland arr. (Leonard Bernstein): El Salón México
June 28, 20188:00 PM Oyster Bay Music Festival
Christ Church
Oyster Bay, NY
Bach: D Minor Concerto, BWV 1052
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Schumann: Piano Quintet

With Ilmar Galiván, Tito Muñoz, violins; Jaime Amador, viola, Felix Umansky, cello
July 7, 20187:30 PM The Sembrich
Bolton Landing, NY (Lake George)
Program TBA

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
July 12, 20187:30 PM Solo Recital at Caramoor
Spanish Courtyard
Katonah, NY
Haydn: Fantasia in C Major, HOB, XVII: 4, “Capriccio”
Nikolai Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
Aaron Copland/arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
July 13, 2018 Off the Hook Arts Festival
Solo Recital
Fort Collins, CO
Haydn: Fantasia in C Major, HOB, XVII: 4, “Capriccio”
Nikolai Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein/arr. Leo Smit: West Side Story suite
Aaron Copland/arr. Leonard Bernstein: El Salón México
July 14, 20187:00 PM Off the Hook Arts Festival
Fort Collins, CO
Aaron Copland: Poéme (1918)
Lukas Foss: Capriccio (1943)
Leonard Bernstein: Three Meditations from MASS (1977)
Michael Stephen Brown: Self-Portrait for Cello, Piano and Film by Nicholas Canellakis (2013)
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes arr. for cello and piano arr. by Canellakis (1926)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
July 17-29, 2018 Music@Menlo Artist Residency
Atherton, California
 
July 21, 20186:00 PM Music@Menlo Artist Residency
Concert Program III
Atherton, California
Glinka: Trio Pathétique in d minor for Piano, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Balakirev: Octet for Piano, Winds, and Strings, op. 3

With Demarre McGill, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon, Kevin Rivard, horn; Aaron Boyd, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Requiro, cello; Scott Pingel, bass
July 25, 20187:30 PM Music@Menlo Artist Residency
Concert Program IV
Stent Family Hall
Atherton, California
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052
Michael Stephen Brown, solo piano; Alexi Kenney, Aaron Boyd, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Requiro, cello; Scott Pingel, bass

Mendelssohn: Andante and Variations for Piano, Four Hands, op. 83a (1844)
Hyeyeon Park, Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 (1842)
Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Aaron Boyd, Alexi Kenney, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
July 26, 20187:30 PM Music@Menlo Artist Residency
Concert Program IV
The Center for Performing Arts
Atherton, California
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052
Michael Stephen Brown, solo piano; Alexi Kenney, Aaron Boyd, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Requiro, cello; Scott Pingel, bass

Mendelssohn: Andante and Variations for Piano, Four Hands, op. 83a (1844)
Hyeyeon Park, Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 (1842)
Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Aaron Boyd, Alexi Kenney, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
July 29, 2018 Music@Menlo Artist Residency
Carte Blanche Concert IV
Atherton, California
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, op. 147 (1975)
Bloch: Suite hébraïque (1951)
Dale: Romance from Suite for Viola and Piano, op. 2 (1906)
Mana-Zucca: Hakinoh (Lament), op. 186 (1956)
Georges Boulanger: Salon Pieces for Viola and Piano

with Paul Neubauer, viola
August 3, 20186:00 PM Tanglewood
Ozawa Hall
Lenox, MA
Mendelssohn: Sextet and Bernstein Trio with members of the Boston Symphony

With Lucia Lin, violin; Rebecca Gitter and Danny Kim, violas; Owen Young, cello; Thomas Van Dyck, double bass
August 8-12, 20187:00 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Long Island, NY
August 10, 20187:00 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Long Island, NY
Copland: Appalachian Spring for 13 Instruments
With Martin, De Guise-Langlois, Kolkay, Moretti, Kenney, Kavafian, Baker, Chen, Lipman, Canellakis, Marica, Palma

Bernstein: Selected Anniversaries for Piano:
for Aaron Copland; Lukas Foss; William Schuman
Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Copland: Old American Songs arr. For Flute, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano
With N. Gunn, Martin, Kenney, Baker, Chen, Marica, Palma
August 12, 20186:30 PM Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Long Island, NY
Paul Moravec: Chamber Symphony for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (Marimba/vibes)
With Martin, De Guise-Langlois, Rose, Moretti, Canellakis, Rosenbaum

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
With Moretti, Baker, Lipman, Canellakis
August 17, 20188:00 PM Bard Music Festival
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Rachmaninoff: selections from Morceaux, Op. 11

Four hands with Orion Weiss, piano
August 24, 20187:30 PM Music in the Vineyards
Napa, CA
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance for cello and piano (2017)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921): Tarantella for flute, clarinet, piano op. 6

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet
August 25, 20185:00 PM Music in the Vineyards
St Helena Performance Arts Center
St. Helena, CA
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor op.60

With Axel Strauss, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
August 26, 20185:00 PM Music in the Vineyards
Inglenook
Rutherford, CA
Maria Schneider: Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories
With Diana Newman, soprano; Axel Strauss, violin; Matthew Young, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Tara Helen O’Connor-flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major op. 44
With Solenne Païdassi, Violaine Melanҫon, violins; Matthew Young, viola; Tristan Cornut, cello;
Sep. 9, 20187:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Star Hall
Moab, UT
Michael Stephen Brown: Homage to Copland
Michael Stephen Brown: 100 Chords for Bernstein
Bernstein: For Aaron Copland
Lukas Foss: For Lenny, Variation on New York, New York
Gershwin: Preludes, arranged for cello and piano by Canellakis
Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintet no. 1 ​(1923)

With Kristin Lee, Harumi Rhodes, LP How, Nicholas Canellakis
Sep. 10, 201812:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Grotto Concert
Moab, UT
Ravel: Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan and Alborada del gracioso
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio, in B flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”

With Harumi Rhodes, Tanya Tomkins
Sep. 17, 20182:00 PM & 7:30 PM Jupiter Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Church
New York, NY
Mozart: Piano Quintet in Eb Major K. 452
Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major D. 487
Vasks: The Fruit of Silence
Sep. 23, 20183:00 PM Parlance Chamber Concerts
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Chausson: Concerto in D Major, for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449

With Arnaud Sussmann, Sean Lee, Emily Smith, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Sep. 28, 20188:00 PM Chausson Concerto with the Calidore Quartet
Gore Recital Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Chausson: Concerto in D Major, for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21

With Arnaud Sussmann, violin and the Calidore Quartet
Sep. 30, 20183:00 PM Candlelight Concerts
Canellakis-Brown Duo Recital
Smith Theater, Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance (2014, rev. 2017)
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes (arr. for cello and piano by Canellakis)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Oct. 5, 20187:30 PM Alberta Bair Theater
Canellakis-Brown Duo Recital
Billings, MT
Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance (2014, rev. 2017)
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for Cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes (arr. for cello and piano by Canellakis)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Oct. 13, 20188:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Center for the Arts - Concert Hall, Fairfax Campus
Fairfax VA
Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for pf, four hands K. 501
Glinka: Variations on Theme by Mozart for solo piano
Schumann: Piano Quartet


With Gloria Chien, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Requiro, cello
Oct. 14, 2018 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport, MA
Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for pf, four hands K. 501
Glinka: Variations on Theme by Mozart for solo piano
Schumann: Piano Quartet


With Gloria Chien, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Requiro, cello
Oct. 16, 20187:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for pf, four hands K. 501
Glinka: Variations on Theme by Mozart for solo piano
Schumann: Piano Quartet


With Gloria Chien, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Requiro, cello
Oct. 19, 20188:00 PM Newberry Opera House Center
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Newberry, SC
Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance (2014, rev. 2017)
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes (arr. for cello and piano by Canellakis)
Oct. 26, 20187:30 PM Solo Recital at Chamber Music Concerts
Ashland, OR
BERNSTEIN AT 100! - Music in celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, including works by Bernstein, Michael Stephen Brown, Perle, Foss, and Copland
Oct. 27, 20183:00 PM Solo Recital at Chamber Music Concerts
Ashland, OR
Boats and Barcarolles - Music by Couperin, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Chopin, Liszt, Bartók, and Michael Stephen Brown.
Nov. 4, 20183:00 PM Mount Kisco Concert Association
Canellakis-Brown Duo Recital
Bedford, NY
Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Dance (2014, rev. 2017)
Edvard Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes (arr. for cello and piano by Canellakis)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Nov. 8, 201812:00 PM Penn State: Noontime Series
Erie, PA
Michael Stephen Brown’s Reflections and other trios with Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Elena Urioste, violin
Nov. 10, 20188:00 PM Market Square Concerts
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, PA
Michael Stephen Brown: Reflections (2016)
Chausson: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 3
Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Elena Urioste, violin
Nov. 16, 20187:30 PM University of Chicago Presents
Mandel Hall
Chicago, IL
Weinberg: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Elena Urioste, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Nov. 18, 20184:00 PM Schubert Club
Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ
St Paul, MN
Weinberg: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Elena Urioste, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Dec. 2, 20185:00 PM Chamber Music at Helicon Foundation
New York, NY
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet
Charles Villiers Stanford: Piano Quartet #2 (American premiere)
Shakespeare songs by Quilter, Finzi, and Gurney

With Jennifer Frautschi, violin and other performers TBA
Dec. 3, 20187:00 PM Chamber Music at Helicon Foundation
New York, NY
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet
Charles Villiers Stanford: Piano Quartet #2 (American premiere)
Shakespeare songs by Quilter, Finzi, and Gurney

With Jennifer Frautschi, violin and other performers TBA
Dec. 14, 20188:00 PM Bargemusic
Solo Recital
Fulton Ferry Landing
Brooklyn, NY
Couperin: Les gondoles de Delos
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words in A Minor Op. 62, No. 5; Songs Without Words in F Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6 ("Venetian Gondellied")
Ravel: Miroirs
Noctuelles (Night Moths)
Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds)
Une barque sur l'océan (A Boat on the Ocean)
Alborada del gracioso (The Comedian's Aubade)
La vallée des cloches (The Valley of Bells)
Michael Stephen Brown: Mini Barcarolle (2017), NY Premiere
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Liszt: from Années de pèlerinage, Suisse: Au bord d'une source (Beside a Spring) and Orage (Storm)

2017

Jan 5, 2017 7:30 PM Seattle Symphony
Seattle, WA
Olivier Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine

Michael Stephen Brown, Piano
Ludovic Morlot, Conductor
The Seattle Symphony
Jan 7, 2017 8:00 PM Seattle Symphony
Seattle, WA
Olivier Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine

Michael Stephen Brown, Piano
Ludovic Morlot, Conductor
The Seattle Symphony
Jan 8, 2017 2:00 PM Seattle Symphony
Seattle, WA
Olivier Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine

Michael Stephen Brown, Piano
Ludovic Morlot, Conductor
The Seattle Symphony
Jan 11-15, 2017 El Paso Pro Musica
El Paso, TX
Mix Recitals: Four-hands and solo recital
Michael Stephen Brown and Jerome Lowenthal, pianists
Jan 26, 2017 6:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New Music in the Rose Studio

Rose Studio
New York, NY
Berio: Linea for Two Pianos, Marimba, and Vibraphone (1973)
Michael Stephen Brown: Sonata-Fantasy for Two Pianos (2008)
Reich: Quartet for Two Pianos and Two Vibraphones (2013)

Michael Stephen Brown, piano, Gilbert Kalish, piano, Ayano Kataoka, percussion, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
Jan 26, 2017 9:00 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New Music in the Rose Studio

Rose Studio
New York, NY
Berio: Linea for Two Pianos, Marimba, and Vibraphone (1973)
Michael Stephen Brown: Sonata-Fantasy for Two Pianos (2008)
Reich: Quartet for Two Pianos and Two Vibraphones (2013)

Michael Stephen Brown, piano, Gilbert Kalish, piano, Ayano Kataoka, percussion, Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion
Jan. 28 - Feb. 4, 2017 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Cruise to Cuba
Feb 14, 2017 2:00 PM Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center
Tuesday Matinees
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

New York, NY
Includes NY premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s new piano trio written for the BUC Trio
Feb 15, 2017 6:30 PM Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

New York, NY
Debussy: Violin Sonata
Feb 18, 2017 7:30 PM Albany Symphony
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio with Karina Canellakis, conductor

Palace Theatre
Albany, NY
Beethoven: Triple Concerto

Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio with Karina Canellakis, conductor

Palace Theatre
19 Clinton Avenue Albany, NY, 12207
Feb 19, 2017 2:00 PM Recital at Wave Hill
Canellakis-Brown Duo

Bronx, NY
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue (Front Gate)
675 West 252nd Street (mailing)
Bronx, NY 10471-2899
Feb 23, 2017 7:30 PM The Italian Academy at Columbia University
New York, NY
Prague-Czech Romantics
Music by Dvořák, Josef Suk, Janáček

With Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Feb 26, 2017 3:00 PM Chamber Music with the New York Philharmonic
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
Music by Menotti, Schoenberg, Schumann
Mar 8, 2017 7:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
Franck: Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano (1886)

With Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Mar 12, 2017 5:00 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Franck Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano (1886)
Dvořák Quartet in D major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 23 (1875)

With Arnaud Sussmann , violin, Paul Neubauer , viola, Daniel Müller-Schott , cello
Mar 18, 2017 6:00 PM Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA
Great Barrington, MA
Close Encounters with Music
all Beethoven

With Yehuda Hanani, cello and Rachel Lee, violin
Mar 26, 2017 5:00 PM Solo recital in Zürich, Switzerland
Tonhalle Zürich
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)

Zürich, Switzerland
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Apr 2, 2017 3:00 PM Danbury Concert Association
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

Danbury, CT
Michael Stephen Brown, Elena Urioste, and Nicholas Canellakis
Apr 3, 2017 2:00 PM
7:30 PM
Jupiter Chamber Players
Christ and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
New York, NY
Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Russian Dance in A Major WoO 71
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet in Bb Major
Apr 5, 2017 7:30 PM St. Urban Concert Series
New York, NY
Gershwin: Preludes for cello and piano
De Falla: Selections from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas for violin and piano
Michael Stephen Brown: Reflections for Piano Trio (2016)
Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65

Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio
Apr 6, 2017 7:30 PM Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
New York, NY
Arvo Pärt: Für Alina
Arvo Pärt: Fratres

With Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Violin
Apr 14, 2017 8:00 PM Emerald City Music
Seattle, WA
Wagner: Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Grainger: Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff: Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool

With Julio Elizalde, piano
Apr 15, 2017 7:30 PM Emerald City Music
Seattle, WA
Wagner: Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Grainger: Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff: Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool

With Julio Elizalde, piano
Apr 17, 2017 7:30 PM Horizons Concert Series at Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
recital of works by Mozart, De Falla, Messiaen, and Brahms

With Elena Urioste, violin
Apr 26, 2017 7:30 PM The Kennedy Center
Elena Urioste and Michael Stephen Brown

Family Theater
Washington, DC
W.A. Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in A major, K. 526
Manuel De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole for violin and piano
(arr. from "Siete canciones populares españolas" by Kochanski), with Seguidilla, arr. Michael Stephen Brown
Olivier Messiaen: Thème et Variations
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 78
Apr 29, 2017 8:00 PM Bucks County Symphony
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

Doylestown, PA
Beethoven: Triple Concerto

Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio
Gary Fagin, conductor
May 3, 2017 8:30 PM Sir András Schiff Selects:
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Solo Recital at the 92nd Street Y

Buttenwieser Hall
Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
New York, NY
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
May 6, 2017 8:00 PM Richardson Symphony
Richardson, TX
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Clay Couturiaux, conductor
May 10, 2017 7:30 PM St. Urban Concert Series
New York, NY
world premiere of my song cycle Dearest Friend for Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, setting letters between Brahms and Clara Schumann
May 13, 2017 7:30 PM Trinity Lutheran Church
New Haven, CT
recital of works by Mozart, Bach, Franck, Mendelssohn, and Kreisler

With Ani Kavafian, violin
May 21, 2017 5:00 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28 (1951-52)

With Gilles Vonsattel, piano
May 22, 2017 8:00 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall
Athens, GA
Barber: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 28 (1951-52)

With Gilles Vonsattel, piano
June 17, 20178:00 PM Bargemusic
Brooklyn, NY
Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 11 (1796)
Selected Klezmer Works for Clarinet Trio
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet & Piano (1910)
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Opus 114 (1891)

With Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
June 18, 20173:00 PM Music Mountain
Falls Village, CT
Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 11 (1796)
Selected Klezmer Works for Clarinet Trio
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet & Piano (1910)
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Opus 114 (1891)

With Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
June 19 - 23, 2017 Recording Concerto with the Brandenburg State Orchestra
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Samuel Adler's First Piano Concerto
July 16, 20175:00 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center "Summer Evenings"
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94a

With Kristin Lee, violin
July 17 - 23, 2017 Manchester Music Festival
Manchester, VT
Guest Artist and Artist Faculty
August 13, 20171:30 PM Bard College, Chopin and his World
Olin Hall
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Mendelssohn, Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in E Minor
August 18, 20178:00 PM Bard College, Chopin and his World
Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Chopin: Barcarolle
August 19, 20171:30 PM Bard College, Chopin and his World
Olin Hall
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 3*
John Field: Nocturne
Clara Wieck: Op. 6/3

*With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
August 20, 20171:30 PM Bard College, Chopin and his World
Olin Hall
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
August 25, 20177:30 PM Music in the Vineyards
St. Helena Performing Arts Center
St. Helena, CA
William Bolcom: Graceful Ghost for violin and piano
George Gershwin: Preludes arr. for cello and piano by Nick Canellakis
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Trio in D major, op. 1

With Aaron Boyd, Francesca DePasquale, violins; Nick Canellakis, Brook Speltz, cellos;
August 27, 20175:00 PM Music in the Vineyards
Inglenook
Rutherford, CA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano K. 380
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet no. 2, op. 81
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Trio in D major, op. 1

With Adam Barnett-Hart, Kerry McDermott, violins; Thula Ngwenyama, viola; Nick Canellakis, cello
September 4 - 11, 2017 Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
September 7, 201712:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Grotto Concert
Moab, UT
Bach: Sonata in B Minor for flute and keyboard, BWV 1030
September 8, 20177:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Star Hall
Moab, UT
Ned Rorem: Dances for Cello and Piano

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
September 10, 20177:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Grand County High School
Moab, UT
Closing Night: Leonard Bernstein celebrations
September 11, 201712:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Grotto Concert
Moab, UT
Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor for piano four-Hands
Schubert: Selected Waltzes

With Michael Barrett, piano
September 16, 20176:30 PM Solo Recital at Tippet Rise Art Center
The Olivier Music Barn
Fishtail, Montana
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 35, “Eroica”
September 23, 20178:00 PM Bargemusic, NYC
Solo Recital
New York, NY
Beethoven: Sonata no. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Medtner: Second Improvisation, Op. 47
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
September 24, 20173:00 PM Parlance Chamber Concerts
Ridgewood, NJ
Chopin: Valse Brilliante in A-flat, Op. 34, No. 1
Fauré: Romance in B flat, op. 28
Beethoven: Romance in F, op. 50
Hubay: Scenes de la Csarda, No. 3, Op. 18, "Maros vize”
David: La Nuit (arr. Vieuxtemps)
Falla: Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve (arr. Heifetz)
Saint Saens: Romance, op. 36
Schulenberg: Gypsy Romance and Czardas

With Arnaud Sussmann, Sean Lee, Danbi Um, Emily Smith, violins; Mark Holloway, Paul Neubauer, violas; Mihai Marica, cello
September 28, 20177:30 PM New Haven Symphony
Woolsey Hall
New Haven, CT
Beethoven Triple Concerto

William Boughton, Conductor
Elena Urioste, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
October 7, 20178:00 PM Erie Philharmonic
Warner Theatre
Erie, PA
Beethoven Triple Concerto

Daniel Meyer, Conductor
Elena Urioste, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
October 11, 20178:00 PM Solo Recital in Bochum, Germany
András Schiff Presents
Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr
Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Bernstein: Touches
Michael Stephen Brown: Folk Variations
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 ("Eroica")
October 15, 20172:00 PM Long Beach Library
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Long Beach, CA
American Romantic
works by Samuel Adler, Michael Stephen Brown, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber
October 18, 20176:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Inside Chamber Music Lecture by Bruce Adolphe
Rose Studio
New York, NY
Schubert: Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D. 929, Op. 100
October 22, 20175:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Dvořák: Quintet in A major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 5 (1872)

With Alexander Sitkovetsky, Danbi Um, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello
October 25, 20176:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Inside Chamber Music Lecture by Bruce Adolphe
Rose Studio
New York, NY
Brahms: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 101 (1886)
October 29, 20173:00 PM Howland Classics For Kids
Solo Recital
Beacon, NY
Repertoire TBA
November 2, 20177:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Little Rock
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Little Rock, AR
American Romantic
works by Samuel Adler, Michael Stephen Brown, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber
November 3, 20177:00 PM Music at the Mansion
Recital with Elena Urioste, violin
Planting Fields Foundation
New York, NY
Repertoire TBA
November 9, 20171:30 PM Music at Oakmont
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Berger Center
Santa Rosa, CA
American Romantic
works by Samuel Adler, Michael Stephen Brown, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber
November 16, 20177:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Art of the Recital series
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
American Romantic
works by Samuel Adler, Michael Stephen Brown, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber

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November 18, 2017TBD Recital at The Forum
Recital with Elena Urioste, violin
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Program TBD
November 27, 20172:00 PM and 7:30 PM Chamber Music with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Church
New York, NY
D’Indy: Sarabande and Minuet for Piano and Winds, Op. 72
Dubois: Piano Quartet in A Minor
November 30, 20177:30 PM Michael Stephen Brown and the Jupiter String Quartet
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Foellinger Great Hall
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

With Jupiter String Quartet
December 5, 20177:30 PM New Orleans Friends of Music
Dixon Hall
New Orleans, LA
Michael Stephen Brown: Reflections
Fauré: Trio
Dvorák: Piano Trio in F Minor

With Elena Urioste, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello

2016

Jan 3-11, 2016 Chamber Music Sedona Winterfest Residency
Sedona, Arizona
Claude Debussy: Première rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Faure: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
Saint-Saens: The Swan
Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune for Solo Piano
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Piano
Oliver Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (Quartet for the End of Time)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Alex Fiterstein, clarinet; Elena Urioste, violin
Jan 17, 2016 6 PM Emerson String Quartet 2015-2016 Concert Series at the Smithsonian
Washington, DC
Arvo Part: Fratres for Violin and Piano (1977, 1980)
Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Piano (1919)
Johannes Brahms: Trio In E-flat Major, Opus 40 (1865)

With Lawrence Dutton, violist; Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, violin
Jan 18, 2016 2:00 PM
& 7:30 PM
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47
Josef Labor: Piano Quintet
Jan 31, 2016 2:00 PM Solo Recital at Wave Hill
Wave Hill
New York, NY
Works by Mendelssohn, Bernstein, and Brown
Feb 4, 2016 7:30 PM Solo recital at the Russell Library
Middletown, CT
Works by Faure, Mendelssohn, Brown, and Bernstein
Feb 5, 2016 7:00 PM Recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
"The American Parlor Meets the French Avant-Garde"
works by Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns

With Jerome Lowenthal, piano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Feb 6, 2016 2:00 PM Canellakis-Brown Duo at Music for Youth
Pequot Library
Southport, CT
Feb 8, 2016 7:30 PM Solo Recital at Virginia Tech
Squires Recital Salon
Virginia Tech
School of Performing Arts
Blacksburg, VA
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 35

Intermission

Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in A-flat, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 35
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude, Fugue, Forlane, Rigaudon, Menuet, Toccata)
Feb 11, 2016 8:00 PM Canellakis-Brown at Albany State, Georgia
Albany State University
Albany, Georgia
Feb 17, 2016 6:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Inside Chamber Music
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Brahms: C Minor Piano Quartet

With Bruce Adolphe, lecturer
Feb 19, 2016 7:00 PM Musical Perspectives with Pianist Michael Stephen Brown
Lewes, DE
Pre-Concert recital/lecture for Feb. 20th recital at Coastal Concerts
Feb 20, 2016 2:00 PM Solo Recital at Coastal Concerts
Bethel United Methodist Church Hall
Lewes, DE
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 35

Intermission

Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in A-flat, Op. 35, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 35
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude, Fugue, Forlane, Rigaudon, Menuet, Toccata)
Feb 21, 2016 2:00 PM Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio
Community Concerts of Laguna Woods
Laguna Woods, CA
Feb 22, 2016 12:00 PM Music at Noon in Erie, PA
Erie, PA
Recital with Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Beethoven 5th Cello Sonata and Rachmaninoff Sonata
Feb 24, 2016 6:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Inside Chamber Music
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Focus on Brahms’ Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40

Bruce Adolphe, lecturer
Feb 28, 2016 2:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Family Concert
Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Mar 2, 2016 6:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Inside Chamber Music
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Focus on Dvořák’s Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 87

Bruce Adolphe, lecturer
Mar 5, 2016 4:00 PM Recital with Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violinists
Williams College, MA
 
Mar 10, 2016 6:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Saint-Saëns: Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167 (1921)
Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1932)
Babadjanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1952)

With Gloria Chien, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet
Mar 10, 2016 9:00 PM Late Night Rose
Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Saint-Saëns: Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167 (1921)
Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1932)
Babadjanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1952)

With Gloria Chien, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet
Mar 13, 2016 1:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, MA
Saint-Saëns: Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167 (1921)
Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1932)
Babadjanian: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1952)

With Gloria Chien, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet
Mar 19, 2016 7:00 PM Pre-Concert Solo Recital for the Cincinnati Symphony's Music Now Festival
Corbett Tower
Cincinnati, OH
Works by Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Brown, and Fauré
Mar 20, 2016 7:30 PM Vancouver Recital Society
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver, BC
Haydn: Piano Trio in F sharp minor, Hob XV:26
Chausson: Piano Trio Op. 3
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Apr 2, 2016 8:00 PM Honest Brook Music Festival
Elena Urioste, violin and Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Delhi, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinsonate A-Dur, KV 526
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas
Olivier Messiaen: Thema und Variationen
Johannes Brahms: Violinsonate Nr. 1 G-Dur, op. 78

With Elena Urioste, violin
Apr 3, 2016 11:00 AM Roman Rabinovich plays Surfaces by Michael Stephen Brown
Walter Reade Theatre
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Michael Stephen Brown: Surfaces (2015) (World premiere)

Roman Rabinovich, piano
Apr 19, 2016 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: American Visions
Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Gottschalk: The Union, Concert Paraphrase on National Airs for Piano, Op. 48 (1862)
Dvořák: Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 (1893)
Apr 21, 2016 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: American Visions
Harris Theater
Chicago, Il
Gottschalk: The Union, Concert Paraphrase on National Airs for Piano, Op. 48 (1862)
Dvořák: Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 (1893)
Apr 23, 2016 7:30 PM Historic Perot Theatre
Texarkana, TX
Beethoven: “Triple” Concerto
Texarkana Symphony Orchestra

With Elena Urioste, violin; Zuill Bailey, cello
May 5, 2016 2:00 PM Solo Recital at the Delaware Valley Music Club
May 15, 2016 3:00 PM Canellakis-Brown Duo at Heritage Hills
Heritage Hills Concert Society
Somers, NY
May 22, 2016 2:00 PM Michael Stephen Brown plays LICA composers
Hewlett-Woodmere Library, Gold Auditorium
Hewlett, NY
Jun 1, 2016 8:00 PM Oliver Sacks celebration
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
Music by Tobias Picker
Jun 5, 2016 Two-Piano Recital with Adam Golka
Darien, CT
Jun 11, 2016 8:00 PM St. Ann's Church
Brooklyn, NY
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1

With The String Orchestra of Brooklyn
Jun 12, 2016 Benefit for the Manchester Music Festival
Two-Piano Recital with Adam Golka
Manchester, VT
Jun 17, 2016 12:00 PM North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
David Glover, conductor
Jun 17, 2016 7:30 PM North Carolina Symphony
Booth Amphitheatre
Cary, NC
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
David Glover, conductor
Jun 19-25, 2016 Chamber Music Institute at the College of Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Piano Faculty and Guest Artist
Jun 30, 2016 7:00 PM Caramoor Music Festival
Spanish Courtyard
Katonah, NY
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Brahms: Sonata, Op. 120, No. 1
Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498 (arr. for violin, viola and piano)

Paul Huang, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Jul 8-9, 2016 7:00 PM Clarinet/Piano Recital with Alexander Fiterstein
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
works by Bernstein, Bates, Weinberg, Martinu
Jul 19, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 8:00 PM
Music@Menlo
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Atherton, CA
Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 1 in c minor, op. 8 (1923)

With Nicolas Dautricourt, violin and David Finckel, cello
Jul 22, 2016 8:00 PM Music@Menlo
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Atherton, CA
Glinka: Variations on a Theme of Mozart in E-flat Major for Solo Piano (1822)
Jul 23, 2016 6:00 PM Music@Menlo
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Atherton, CA
Glinka: Variations on a Theme of Mozart in E-flat Major for Solo Piano (1822)
Jul 27, 2016 8:00 PM Music@Menlo
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Atherton, CA
Fauré: Romance in B-flat Major for Violin and Piano, op. 28 (1877)
With Arnaud Sussmann, violin

Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems of Aleksandr Blok for Soprano, Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 127 (1967)
With Dina Kuznetsova, soprano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; and Paul Watkins, cello
Jul 29, 2016 4:00 PM Composer Conference at Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Chamber Music Masterclass
Wellesley College
106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Aug 4, 2016 7:30 PM Chamber Music at the Manchester Music Festival
Southern Vermont Performing Arts Center
Manchester, VT
Aug 7, 2016 3:00 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
With the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saratoga, NY
Haydn: Symphony in G major for Piano, Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Hob. I:94, "Surprise"
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for Ensemble

Michael Stephen Brown (piano), Ying Fu (violin), Erin Keefe (violin), Marc Rovetti (violin), Danbi Um (violin), Kirsten Johnson (viola), Richard O'Neill (viola), Mihai Marica (cello), Hai-Ye Ni (cello), Joseph Conyers (double bass), Elizabeth Hainen (harp), Tara Helen O'Connor (flute), Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet), Marc Goldberg (bassoon)
Aug 9, 2016 8:00 PM Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
With the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saratoga, NY
Schubert: Allegro in A minor for Piano, Four Hands, D. 947, Op. 144, “Lebensstürme”
Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han (piano)

Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 21
Michael Stephen Brown, Wu Han (piano)

Ravel: Trio in A minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Michael Stephen Brown (piano), Erin Keefe (violin), Mihai Marica (cello)
Aug 10-14, 2016 Music in the Vineyards
Napa Valley, CA
Aug 20, 2016
Aug 21, 2016 2:00 PM
Olympic Music Festival
Seattle, WA
Elgar: Piano Quintet
Mahler: Piano Quartet
Krug: Fantasy on Rossini’s Barber of Seville for Piano, Six-Hands
Aug 22-29, 2016 Twickenham Fest Chamber Music Festival
Huntsville, Al
Michael Stephen Brown: new work (commissioned by Twickenham Fest Chamber Music Festival)
Sep 7, 2016 5:30 PM Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
Michael Stephen Brown: Improvisation and Dance
W.A. Mozart: Violin Sonata in F Major, K. 377

With Pamela Frank, violin and Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Sep 9, 2016 7:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT
19th, 20th, and 21st Century American Masters
Samuel Barber: Sonata for cello and piano, op. 6
Lukas Foss: Capriccio
Leonard Bernstein: Touches for solo piano

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Sep 12, 2016 12:00 PM Moab Music Festival
Colorado River Wilderness Grotto
Moab, UT
 
Sep 18, 2016 2:00 PM Music in the Great Hall - Canellakis-Brown Duo Recital
Presented by the Chamber Music Society of Maryland
Lutherville, MD
Towson Unitarian Universalist Church
1710 Dulaney Valley Rd.
Lutherville, Maryland 21093
Sep 21, 2016 9:00 PM Solo Recital in Florence, Italy
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)
Teatro Niccolini
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Sep 24, 2016 3:00 PM Shriver Hall Concert Series
Baltimore, MD
Piainist Roman Rabinovich plays Baltimore premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s “Surfaces” (co-commissioned by the Shriver Hall Concert Series)
Sep 26, 2016 9:00 PM Solo Recital in Milan, Italy
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Sep 30, 2016 7:30 PM Flagstaff Symphony
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Oct 6-7, 2016 Residency at Goucher College
Baltimore, MD
Michael Stephen Brown, piano recital and masterclass
Oct 13, 2016 6:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
New York, NY
Haydn: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:26 (1794)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1921-23)

Michael Stephen Brown , piano, Kristin Lee , violin, Danbi Um , violin, Matthew Lipman , viola, Nicholas Canellakis , cello
Oct 16, 2016 1:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, MA
Haydn: Trio in F-sharp minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:26 (1794)
Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1921-23)

Michael Stephen Brown , piano, Kristin Lee , violin, Danbi Um , violin, Matthew Lipman , viola, Nicholas Canellakis , cello
Oct 18, 2016 7:30 PM The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, season opener
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
Haydn: Symphony in G major for Piano, Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Hob. I:94, “Surprise” (1791)
Ravel: Trio in A minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1914)

Michael Stephen Brown, piano, Erin Keefe, violin, Danbi Um, violin, Richard O’Neill, viola, David Finckel, cello, Mihai Marica, cello, Tara Helen O’Connor, flute, David Shifrin, clarinet
Oct 19, 2016 6:30 PM Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
New York, NY
Ravel: Piano Trio
Oct 23, 2016 Brooklyn Library
New York, NY
Recital with Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Nov 4, 2016 8:00 PM Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio Recital
ArtPower at UC San Diego
San Diego, CA
Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat, H. XV No. 29
Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
Suk: Elegie
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Michael Stephen Brown, Elena Urioste, and Nicholas Canellakis
Nov 5, 2016 7:00 PM Los Alamos Concert Association
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio Recital

Los Alamos, NM
Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat, H. XV No. 29
Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
Suk: Elegie
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Michael Stephen Brown, Elena Urioste, and Nicholas Canellakis
Nov 13, 2016 2:30 PM Norton Building Concert Series
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio Recital

Tinley Park, IL
Includes the world premiere of Michael Stephen Brown’s new piano trio, written for the BUC Trio and commissioned by tNick and Susan Yasillo and the Norton Building Concert Series in honor of Sharing Notes.

Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat, H. XV No. 29
Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
-intermission-
Michael Stephen Brown: New Work for Piano Trio (2016), composed for the BUC Trio
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Michael Stephen Brown, Elena Urioste, and Nicholas Canellakis
Nov 19, 2016 7:30 PM Corning Civic Music
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio Recital

Corning, NY
Michael Stephen Brown, Elena Urioste, and Nicholas Canellakis
Nov 29, 2016 7:30 PM Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
New York, NY
In honor of Concert Artists Guild’s 65th year and Victor Elmaleh
Michael Stephen Brown: Homages for piano
Brahms: Piano Quintet with the Parker Quartet
Dec 7, 2016 8:00 PM Solo recital in Berlin, Germany at Maison de France
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)

Berlin, Germany
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Dec 8, 2016 8:00 PM Solo recital in Frankfurt, Germany
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)

Holzhausenschlößchen, Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung
Frankfurt, Germany
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Dec 10, 2016 8:00 PM Solo recital in Antwerp, Belgium
Sir András Schiff selects (Building Bridges)
DeSingel
Antwerp, Belgium
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Michael Stephen Brown: Constellations and Toccata (2012)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica"

2015

Jul 30, 2015 7:30 PM Chamber Music at Manchester Music Festival
Arkell Pavilion, Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester Center, VT
Moszkowski: Suite for two violins and piano
Beethoven: Piano Quartet

With Heather Braun and Joana Genova, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Alexis Gerlach, cello
Aug 6, 2015 7:30 PM Chamber Music at Manchester Music Festival
Arkell Pavilion, Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester Center, VT
Shostakovich: Concerto in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 35

Ariel Rudiakov, Conductor
Manchester Festival Orchestra
Sep 10, 2015 7:30 PM Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago at The Poetry Foundation
Chicago, IL
songs by Ives and Copland's Dickinson Songs

with Nicholas Phan, tenor; and Nicole Heaston, soprano.
Sep 12, 2015 5:00 PM Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse,
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
songs by Bernstein, John Carter, and Harbison

with Nicholas Phan, tenor; and Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Oct 1, 2015 7:30 PM Woolsey Hall, Yale University
New Haven, CT
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor

William Boughton, conductor
New Haven Symphony
Oct 9, 2015 8:00 PM Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing
Brooklyn, NY
Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No.1 in F minor, Op.120/1
Mason Bates: “Mercury Soul”
Martinu: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, H. 356
Alamiro Giampieri: “Carnival of Venice”

With Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Oct 17, 2015 5:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 (1794)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 (1824)
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

With Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Dmitri Atapine, Joseph Conyers
Oct 18, 2015 5:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Opening Night
Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 (1794)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 (1824)
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

With Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Dmitri Atapine, Joseph Conyers
Oct 19, 2015 8:00 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Drew University
Madison, NJ
Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 (1794)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 (1824)
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

With Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Dmitri Atapine, Joseph Conyers
Oct 20, 2015 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center, NY, NY
Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 (1794)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 (1824)
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

With Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Dmitri Atapine, Joseph Conyers
Oct 21, 2015 11:00 AM Live WFMT's "Impromptu"
Chicago, Il
Barber: Souvenirs
Wu Han and Michael Stephen Brown, pianists
Oct 21, 2015 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Harris Theater
Chicago, Il
Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 (1794)
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 (1824)
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

With Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, Dmitri Atapine, Joseph Conyers
Oct 24, 2015 7:30 PM Five Points Washington
Washington, Illinois
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

David Commanday, conductor
Heartland Festival Orchestra
Oct 25, 2015 2:30 PM Recital at Eureka College
Eureka, Illinois
Works by Mendelssohn, Ravel, Bernstein, and Brown
Nov 2, 2015 8:00 PM Canellakis-Brown Duo at the Kosciuszko Foundation: The Bohemians Club
New York, NY
Janáček: Pohádka
Mendelssohn: Assai Tranquillo
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 109
Michael Stephen Brown: Two Movements for Cello and Piano
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19

With Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
Nov 5, 2015 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Kaplan Penthouse
Lincoln Center, NY
Perle: Selections from Six Celebratory Inventions for Piano (1981-95)
Harvey: Nataraja for Piccolo/Flute and Piano (1983)
Denisov: Two Duets for Bassoon and Cello (1982)
Lansky: The Long and Short of It for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (CMS Co-Commission, New York premiere) (2015)
Norman: Garden of Follies for Oboe and Piano (2006)
Cerha: Five Pieces for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (2000)
Perle: Quintet No. 4 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (1984)

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Sooyun Kim, flute; James Smith, oboe; Jose-Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Trevor Nuckols, horn
Nov 7, 2015 8:00 PM Canellakis-Brown Duo in Harrisburg, PA
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, PA
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Janáček: Pohádka
Mendelssohn: Assai Tranquillo
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 109
Michael Stephen Brown: Two Movements for Cello and Piano
Bulgarian Traditional/Nicholas Canellakis: Gankino Horo
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19

With Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Nov 13, 2015 8:00 PM Solo Recital at Bargemusic
Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing
Brooklyn, NY
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 35
Leonard Bernstein: Touches (1981)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35
Nathan Shields: Rude Mechanics (2015) world premiere, written for Michael Stephen Brown
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 35
Intermission
Michael Stephen Brown: Prelude and Fugue (2014)
George Perle: Six Preludes (1946)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude, Fugue, Forlane, Rigaudon, Menuet, Toccata)
Nov 19, 2015 6:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
Lincoln Center, NY
Mozart: Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (1783)
Fauré: Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45 (1885-86)

With Colin Carr, cello; Chad Hoopes, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola
Nov 19, 2015 9:00 PM Late Night Rose
Rose Studio
Lincoln Center, NY
Mozart: Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (1783)
Fauré: Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45 (1885-86)

With Colin Carr, cello; Chad Hoopes, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola
Nov 22, 2015 1:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, MA
Mozart: Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (1783)
Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)
Fauré: Quartet No. 2 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 45 (1885-86)

With Colin Carr, cello; Chad Hoopes, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola
Dec 15, 2015 8:00 PM München, Studio 2 des Bayerischen
Rundfunks
Live-Übertragung auf BR-KLASSIK
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinsonate A-Dur, KV 526
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas
Olivier Messiaen: Thema und Variationen
Johannes Brahms: Violinsonate Nr. 1 G-Dur, op. 78

With Elena Urioste, violin
Dec 18, 2015 6:30 PM Music in the Mansion, Coe Hall - Elena Urioste, violin and Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
Oyster Bay, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinsonate A-Dur, KV 526
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas
Olivier Messiaen: Thema und Variationen
Johannes Brahms: Violinsonate Nr. 1 G-Dur, op. 78

With Elena Urioste, violin

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