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A sampling of some of my most exciting upcoming and past performances
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These are a sampling of some of my most exciting upcoming performances. You can get more information about attending these events from the embedded links or by contacting me directly. Check out my blog Prone Oboe, where I preview my weekly orchestra concerts.
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Wed23Jan20197:00 pmAndrews University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Mon28Jan20195:45 pmValparaiso University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Sun10Feb20192:00 pmValparaiso University
I'm so excited to be working with pianist Mariah Boucher on this program. INTERESTING and BEAUTIFUL repertoire by Jeffrey Agrell, Karl Pilss, Thea Musgrave, Benjamin Britten, and JS Bach... This will be super fun. Free and open to the public!
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Sun17Feb20193:00 pmFirst Presbyterian Church, Michigan City IN
I'm so excited to be working with pianist Mariah Boucher on this program. INTERESTING and BEAUTIFUL repertoire by Jeffrey Agrell, Karl Pilss, Thea Musgrave, Benjamin Britten, and JS Bach... This will be super fun. Free and open to the public!
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Wed20Feb20197:00 pmAndrews University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Mon25Feb20195:45 pmValparaiso University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Tue26Feb20197:00 pmChurch of the Savior CRC, 1855 Hickory St, South Bend
I'm so excited to be working with pianist Mariah Boucher on this program. INTERESTING and BEAUTIFUL repertoire by Jeffrey Agrell, Karl Pilss, Thea Musgrave, Benjamin Britten, and JS Bach... This will be super fun. Tickets at the door - 15/10.
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Mon25Mar20195:45 pmValparaiso University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Wed27Mar20197:00 pmAndrews University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Sat30Mar20194:30 pmSunnyside Presbyterian, 115 S Frances St, South Bend
The Muses’ Workshop newest concert offering, "Pairings," will spark your interest and engagement with musicians giving friendly introductions to instrumental solos, duets, and trios in an informal setting. These “pairings” feature captivating works by female composers from the USA and abroad in a celebration of Women’s History Month. Featuring local favorites Jennet Ingle, oboe, Jason Gresl, clarinet, Rose Wollman, viola, and Lara Turner, cello. This is going to be FASCINATING!
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Sun31Mar20193:00 pmFirst United Methodist Church of Middlebury -720 South Main Street, Middlebury, IN 46540
In honor of Women's History Month, a program of female composers: Rebecca Clarke, Hilary Tann, Alyssa Morris, Belinda Reynolds - and more! Oboe, Clarinet, Viola, and Cello. This is going to be FASCINATING!
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Mon01Apr201912:00 pmSt Marys College, Stapleton Lounge
We'll be playing the beautiful and evocative trio, The Walls of Morlais Castle, by Hilary Tann. Free and open to the public!
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Wed24Apr20197:00 pmAndrews University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Mon29Apr20195:45 pmValparaiso University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Sat18May20192:00 pmMerriman's Playhouse
This is the last time I'll give a South Bend Studio Recital - for a while anyway. My students have been working hard this year, and they have pieces to show off, and of course I will play too. Works by Handel, JS Bach, Dvorak, Britten, Alyssa Morris, Jeffrey Agrell - all accompanied beautifully and expertly by Joohee Jeong. Free and open to the public - come join us!
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Sun02Jun20194:00 pmBuchanan Art Center
This brand new series draws connections between Music and Art - and that's what I ALWAYS want to do! I'm looking forward to offering Alyssa Morris's Collision Etudes in a real art gallery, and to sharing the history and tradition of JS Bach's music, and bringing elements of jazz to the fore with Gershwin and with Jeffrey Agrell. Pianist Geena Kam and I will entertain and educate, and we'd love to see you there!
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Sat08Jun20198:00 pmTrinity Lutheran Church, Peoria, IL
I have ALWAYS loved this charming little concerto, on the most charming of the oboe family instruments, and it's a great pleasure to present it with the wonderful Peoria Bach Festival!
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Fri02Aug2019
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Sat03Aug2019Sun04Aug201910-5St Marys College, South Bend
Spend a weekend this summer with expert reed-maker Jennet Ingle and a special guest Master Reedmaker in this super-interactive day camp. You will learn and review fundamentals, participate in winding and scraping drills, play games and compete, and make more reeds than you ever thought you could. ALL MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED – so you can ruin as many pieces of cane as you have to to LEARN. More information is HERE
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Mon26Aug20197:30 pmValparaiso University
I'm going to be performing the Donizetti English Horn Concertino. Mostly to prove to myself that I can play the English horn, slightly to challenge myself to make something of this
dippycharming little ditty. Come out and hear how I do - this event is free and open to the public! -
Mon02Sep20196:30 pmValparaiso University
Oboists are social creatures - let's embrace that! Bring reeds in progress, or bring blanks, or bring a knife and a smile and we'll start from scratch. Details HERE.
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Fri06Sep20197:30 pmLittle Theater, St Mary's College
The ever fascinating Jason Gresl and I will reprise our Syrinx/Aulos collaboration, featuring Debussy's Syrinx and Ivanka Loudova's Aulos, two separate compositions that combine for a great effect.
All proceeds benefit the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.
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Thu26Sep20197:30 pmPark Ridge, IL
I'm re-uniting with the marvelous Paul Hamilton to perform an intimate oboe/piano recital in a gorgeous home!
Doors open at 7:00 p.m, wine will be served. Dinner to follow after performance. This is a small, intimate setting, and a wonderful group of people. Early booking is advised - contact andrewlidgus@gmail.com
On My Stand Right Now…
Marcel Moyse: De la Sonorite
Taffanel/Gaubert: 17 Exercices Journaliers
Ferling: 144 Preludes and Etudes
Excerpts. Opera excerpts!
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Morris Collision Etudes
Concerto Repertoire
Bach: Concerto in A major for Oboe d’amore
Bach: Concerto in C minor for oboe & Violin
Mozart: Concerto in C, KV 314
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe
Christopher Rouse: Oboe Concerto
Strauss: Concerto for Oboe & Small Orchestra
Qigang Chen: Extase
Eric Ewazen: Down a River of Time
D. Lofstrom: Concertino for Oboe & Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
MUSIC AND MEDIA
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
I am really proud of the way my transcription turned out – and now it’s available for purchase! Here’s my favorite ten minutes, in a live performance from April 2018.
Qigang Chen: Extase
This spectacular work blends the sounds and styles of East and West and shows off the solo oboe as Athlete and Artist. It is energetic, thrilling, beautiful, wild, intimate, and, eventually, ecstatic.
Eric Ewazen: Down a River of Time
Composed in 1999, this concerto explores the passages of time through a life. By turns nostalgic, sorrowful, and joyously optimistic, it takes musicians and audiences alike on an emotional journey.
Doug Lofstrom: Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra
This delightful piece was commissioned for me in 2006 and I premiered it in 2007 with the New Philharmonic and with the Northwest Indiana Symphony. It’s rhapsodic, virtuosic, and fuuuuuun. This is just a snippet, but you can hear the whole work here.
CONCERT PROGRAMS
Made For You and Me (Fall 2017)
With Siwon Kim, Piano
William Grant Still: Incantation and Dance
Alyssa Morris: Collision Etudes (2017)
George Gershwin: Three Preludes (arr. Ingle)
Susan Kander: Postcards From America
Eric Ewazen: Down a River of Time
Do Not Fear the 21st Century Oboe Music (Spring 2016)
With Natasha Stoyanovska, Piano
Eugène Bozza: Fantaisie Pastorale
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major, F. VII, No. 2
Christopher Rouse: Oboe Concerto
John Williams: Can You Read My Mind
"Music That SHOULD Have Been Written for the Oboe, Part II” (Spring 2014)
With Paul Hamilton, Piano
Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Bach Partita in E Major
Ravel: Pièce en Forme de Habanera
"Women of the Wind" (Spring 2013)
with Martha Councell-Vargas, flute
An oboe and flute duo recital featuring female composers.
Thea Musgrave: Impromptu
Jenni Brandon: Three Desert Fables
Dana McCormick: Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Madeline Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano
"Do Not Fear the 20th-Century Oboe Music" (Spring 2009)
“Do Not Fear the 20th-Century Oboe Music” (Spring 2009)
Madeline Dring: Italian Dance
Henri Dutilleux: Sonate pour Hautbois et Piano
Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations
Astor Piazzolla: Tango-Etude No. 4: Lento-meditativo
Eric Ewazen: Down a River of Time
"Music Which SHOULD Have Been Written for the Oboe (Part I)"
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Johannes Brahms: Two Intermezzos and Romance from Opus 118, no. 1
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor, BMV 1013
Maurice Ravel: Piéce en Forme de Habanera
Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto, Adagio ma non troppo
Claude Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, Les Collines d’Anacapri
“CHROMA” (Spring 2011) – Art and Opera
Alyssa Morris: Four Personalities
Gilles Silvestrini: Six Études pour Hautbois
Peter Schickele: Gardens
Antonio Pasculli: Fantasia sull’ opera Poliuto di Donizetti
Video elements by Paul Hamilton and Caleb Vinson
This program is one of my all-time favorites. CHROMA is an exploration of color and contrast featuring video elements by Paul Hamilton and Caleb Vinson and music by Rossini, Silvestrini, Pasculli, and Louiguy. It couples the light and movement of Impressionist painting with the beauty and virtuosity of the solo oboe, and celebrated the colors of the human voice.
We performed CHROMA three times in 2011, and recently in Philadelphia at the Delaware County Community College’s Concert Series. We are actively looking for new venues for this exciting and virtuosic program.
This is a sampling of some of the beautiful visual work created for the performance.
