Archive
2024
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, April 17, 9:45am & April 18, 12:30pm, Akron Civic Theatre. A collaboration between Nightingale Opera Theatre and Akron Children’s Concert Society, British composer Will Todd’s fantasy family opera with libretto by Maggie Gottlieb takes us on a wild twists and turns as Alice encounters adorable and at once terrifying creatures. Cynthia Wohlschlager, director | Patrick Wickliffe, collaborative pianist
2023
Wassail, December 22 & 23, 7pm, Chagrin Valley Little Theater. The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra presents an evening of Christmas music. The orchestra and a cast of singers will brighten the holiday with traditional selections and popular tunes. A Chagrin tradition!
Saint-Saëns Organ Spectacular, December 2, Federated UCC Chagrin Falls. Organist Marcia Snavely celebrates thirty years of service to the Federated community in a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 (‘Organ Symphony’) with the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra on Federated’s Performing Arts Series. The program will also feature the Federated Choir and special guests.
The Addams Family, July 22 & 23, Lost Nation Theater at Barre Opera House, Barre, VT. America's darkest family comes to life in this Broadway musical comedy by Andrew Lippa about love, honesty, and growing up. Tickets can be purchased online and in person. Eric Love, director | Patrick Wickliffe, music director
The Spitfire Grill, April 14-29, Western Reserve Playhouse, Richfield, OH. Music and book by James Valcq, based on a film by Lee David Zlotoff about the journey of a young woman, just out of prison, who decides to start her life anew in a rural Wisconsin town on the precipice of its own reawakening. Dan Hunsicker, director | Patrick Wickliffe, music director
Flute Society, February 19, Hilton Washington Dulles, Herndon, VA. Sammy Holloman takes my Voyages to The Flute Society of Washington Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention where it will share a program entitled The Multimedia Flute with other intermedia works by Valerie Cowan, Audra Ziegel, Aaron Ziegel, and the Crystallum Trio. This will complement Sammy’s research on intermedia collaboration.
2022
Wassail, December 22, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra presents an evening of Christmas music. The orchestra and a cast of singers will brighten the holiday with traditional selections and popular tunes. A Chagrin tradition!
Flute Recital, November 11, West Virginia University. DMA flute recital at Canady Creative Arts Center featuring my Voyages for Solo Flute with new intermedia component created by Sammy Holloman. It shares a program with works and live interactive arrangements by Hisatada Otaka, Wil Offermans, and Eve Beglarian. Available on Youtube
Kiss Me, Kate, October 14-16, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. Cole Porter’s classic retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew in concert | Oct. 14-16 (7:30pm, 7:30pm, 2pm). Presented by The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra in cooperation with CVLT.
If I Were You, July 9-10, Barlow Community Center (Hudson, OH). Nightingale Opera Theatre presents Jake Heggie’s 2019 opera, If I Were You, a retelling of Julien Green’s Faustian Si j'étais vous, at Barlow Community Center on July 9, 8pm & July 10, 3pm. John Simmons, conductor | Patrick Wickliffe, pianist
Women in the Art Songs of Jake Heggie, July 2, Akron Museum of Art (Akron, OH). Nightingale Opera Theatre presents a collaborative recital, including the premiere of Heggie’s Could It Be Madness - This?
Composition Recital, April 19, CCM. Capstone performance in Werner Recital Hall featuring solo, vocal, electronic, and chamber works including the premiere of Transformations for string quartet. Collaborators include Michael Delfin and the Antigone Quartet.
Residency, April 16, CCM. CCM’s Society of Composers, Inc. presents a weekend-long Dieterle Vocal Arts Center residency with William Lang, trombonist of the Loadbang ensemble. My Cincinnati Mix for Solo Trombone and Electronics, written for Mr. Lang, is on this program.
View from the Edge, April 5, CCM. New works at Patricia Corbett Theater. My Miniatures for Solo Clarinet is on this program, Matthew Mitchell, soloist.
Analysis Presentation, March 30, CCM. Discussion and performance of Landscape with Human Figure and Pavanes for bassoon and chamber orchestra. Zachary Elmore, bassoon | Patrick Wickliffe, piano
Percussion Ensemble, February 23, CCM. Percussion Ensemble concert at Cohen Family Studio Theater. My new experimental work, Rotations, is on this program. James Culley, conductor.
Winter Festival, January 23, Liberty Exhibition Hall (Cincinnati, OH). In the third annual Cincinnati songSLAM, seven teams each present a single new song for voice and piano. The voting audience votes for their favorites and awards cash prizes. Hayley Fox Maloney and I offer “Losing Him” from Landscape with Human Figure.
2021
Reading, December 3, CCM. Philharmonia reading of new works. My Three Pieces for Orchestra, 3: Taps is read by conductor Mark Gibson; re-read March 2022.
All Together Now, November 12-14, Lost Nation Theater. This new musical revue made possible by Music Theatre International. Telling of love, loss, and resurrection through nearly a century of music theater. Kathleen Keenan, director | Patrick Wickliffe, music director
View from the Edge, October 25, CCM. New works at Cohen Family Studio Theater. Selections from my short cycle, Landscape with Human Figure, are on this program. Hayley Maloney, soprano | Patrick Wickliffe, piano
Sonic Explorations, October 19, CCM. New electronic works at Cohen Family Studio Theater. My fixed media work in progress,Vicissitudes, is on this program.
Carousel, October 8, 10, 15-17, Hermit Club/Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. Rogers & Hammerstein’s adaptation of Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom to the Maine coastline. Led by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra with the assistance of Patrick Wickliffe
Mastercass in Performance and Recording, August 31. Online intensive, Prima Vista, with Karolina Rojahn and PARMA Recordings. Featured are selections from my Four Pieces for Solo Piano, culminating in a professional recording accompanied by a score follow-through video.
View from the Edge, April 23, CCM. New works at Cohen Family Studio Theater. “Nocturne” from my Four Pieces for Solo Piano is on this program, Michael Delfín, soloist.
Reading, February 3, CCM. Philharmonia reading of new works. My Concertino for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra is read by soloist Ricardo Allen and conductor Xiao Geng.
2020
View from the Edge, November 3, CCM. New works at Cohen Family Studio Theater. My Voyages for Solo Flute is on this program, Anne Delfin, soloist.
Sonic Explorations, October 27, CCM (Cincinnati, OH). New electronic works at Cohen Family Studio Theater. My fixed media work, Palindromes, is on this program.
2019
Gloria, December 14, First United Methodist Church (Colorado Springs, CO). Soli Deo Gloria Choir Christmas concert. “Gloria” from my Mass is on this program. Nathaniel Voelker, conductor
West Side Story, September 20-22, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre (Chagrin Falls, OH). One of America’s best musicals, conceived by Jermoe Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein. Led by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra with the assistance of Elevated Dance Company.
Cabaret, July 11-28, Lost Nation Theater (Montpelier, VT). A classic Kander & Ebb entre-guerre in main stage production. Based on Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin. Tim Tavcar, director| Patrick Wickliffe, music director
Little Miss Sunshine, May 17-June 1, Blank Canvas Theater (Cleveland, OH). Based on the Academy-award winning film, Lapine & Finn craft this musical comedy about one family's unexpected route to brighter days. Weekends May 17-June 1. Jonathan Kronenberger, director | Patrick Wickliffe, music director
Sweeney Todd, March 29-April 7, First Baptist. An exhaustive Sondheim drama, based on the 1973 play by Christopher Bond. Happy Ending Lyric Players led by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra with the assistance of Patrick Wickliffe
New Music Society (Youngstown, OH), January 19. Annual winter concert featuring works of Sibelius, Beethoven, Bach, Kreisler, Robert Rollin, & folk music of Ecuador. Galo Arboleda, violin | Patrick Wickliffe, piano
2018
Messiah, December 6-9, Severance Hall (Cleveland, OH). Cleveland Orchestra and Chamber Chorus prepared by Lisa Wong and led by Jane Glover in this holiday classic by G.F. Handel
Renaissance Fragments, November 15, The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Cleveland, OH). Recorded by the Cathedral Choir, Greg Heislman, conductor. “Kyrie” & “Sanctus” featured at two Cathedral liturgies in 2019.
Recording, November 14, First Baptist. Studio orchestra and chorus. FROM Mass (2017), 1. Kyrie; 5. Sanctus; 6. Mysterium Fidei. Patrick Wickliffe, conductor
I Sing the Body, May 6, Kent State University. KSU Orchestra & Choirs at Cartwright Hall premiering a commissioned work in collaboration with departments of dance and journalism, Scott MacPherson & Jungho Kim, conductors. My work, My Voice, is on this program.
Violin Recital, April 19, Kent State University. Galo Arboleda in Ludwig Recital Hall featuring works of Mozart, Schumann, and Beethoven.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, First Baptist (Shaker Heights, OH), April 13-22. A Disney dynamo by Alan Menken, based on the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo. Happy Ending Lyric Players led by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra.
2017 & earlier
Colloquium Series, Kent State University, 11/27/17: Sixteenth-Century Analytical Approaches to Polyphonic Modal Classification
WordStage Literary Concerts (Lakewood, OH) - 1/8/17 (Poems & Stories of the Season); 11/18/16 (Wagner’s Visit To Rossini); 10/28/16 (Halloween: Gorey Stories); 9/30/16 & 5/20/16 (George Bernard Shaw’s How He Lied to Her Husband); 4/29/16 (An Entertainment At The Court Of The Sun King: The Court of Louis XIV); 4/17/16 (Frédéric & George: The Liaison between Frédéric Chopin and George Sand)
Malone University Opera Theater (Canton, OH) - 4/8/17 (Life, Laughter, and Longing, featuring selections from Suor Angelica, Trial by Jury, and works of Malone faculty); 4/16 (Die Zauberflöte); 11/15 (The Medium); 4/2015 (Into the Woods); 9/15 (Myth, Monsters, Fairies & Fantasy); 1/26/15 (Faculty Recital: Cynthia Wohlschlager); 11/14 (Opera vs. Musicals); 4/5/14 (Le Nozze di Figaro); 11/13 (Make Our Garden Grow)
Master Singers Chorale & Chagrin Valley Choral Union (Bath, OH) - 8/14/16 (Dvořák Mass); 8/14/15 (Bruckner Requiem); 5/18/14 (Palestrina & Co); 12/15/13 (Winter Concert)
Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble (Lakewood, OH) - 5/15/16 (ALTARcations); 1/10/16 (The Spirit Uncaged); 5/17/15 (A Girl’s Garden); 1/18/15 (Works of Love); 5/18/14 (Embracing the Bard); 1/5/14 (In Need of Music)
North Coast Men’s Chorus: Coastliners - 2009-2012 (productions at CSU including GALA Festivals 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016)
Opera Cleveland & Opera Per Tutti (Cleveland Opera Theater) - 2008-2012 (productions at Playhouse Square & St. Ignatius’ Breen Center including Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lucia di Lammermoor, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, I Pagliacci, Les pêcheurs de perles, and La bohème)