Persis Vehar

 
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2015-2020
 
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February 20, 2020 Premiere INFINITE DANCE
Commissioned by Northeastern State University of Oklahoma
NSU Brass Faculty Dr. Benjamin Hay, Solo trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet
NSU Wind Ensemble
Dr. Bryan Raya, Conductor
Tulsa, OK
March 25, 2020 INFINITE DANCE
Crane Brass Faculty John Ellis, Solo trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet
The Crane School of Music Wind Ensemble
Brian Doyle, Conductor
State University of New York College at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY (Program canceled)
TBA, 2020 INFINITE DANCE
Consortium commission members
University of Arkansas & Texas State
TBA, 2020 Premiere IN THE WORLD WE LEAVE OUR CHILDREN
6-Song cycle based on poems by African-American Poet Lucille Clifton
Soprano Louise Toppin, Uiversity of Michigan Voice Faculty & Head of
      University of Michigan African-American Song Project
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

ARCHIVE
March 14, 2015 Selected “Arias” from SHOT!
Benefit at Teddy Roosevelt Inaugural Site
Buffalo, NY
April 8, 2015 FOUR PIECES
Gianlucca Fortunato, alto saxophone
Michele Mele, piano
L’Ombra Illuminata Festival
Bari Italy
April 24, 2015 SOUND-PIECE
Benjamin Hay, trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet
Michael Stafford, piano
University of Oklahoma
May 24, 2015 THREE FROM EMILY
Monique Essex, soprano
Junko Nojima, piano
Patrick Nutter, cello
Winifred Smith Hall
University of California Irvine
July 24, 2015 TWO WAYS OF BEING for Unaccompanied Cello - Premiere
Jennifer Vaughn, cello
Cazenovia Counterpoint Series
Under the auspices of the Syracuse Society for New Music
November 16, 2015 SOUND-PIECE
Benjamin Hay, trumpet/flugelhorn & piccolo trumpet
Ann Raphael, piano
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa Oklahoma
February 12, 2016 “At the Paris Opera” from the opera, GEORGE SAND...AND CHOPIN?
Thomas King, tenor
Vicki King, piano
University of Indiana at Bloomington
March 4, 2016 Selected Bukowski Songs and GHOSTS OF LINDSAY
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Ivan Docenko, piano
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
March 13, 2016 ENDLESSNESS - Premiere
John Fullam, clarinet
Robert Hausmann, cello
Nancy Townsend, piano
Friends of Vienna
Buffalo, NY
April 17, 2016 Arias from SHOT!
Featuring Valerian Ruminski & other cast members
McKinley Museum, Canton OH
April 30, 2016 Selected Bukowski Songs
Valerian Ruminski, bass
St. Joseph’s University Church, Buffalo, NY
May 11, 2016 Panel Discussion on SHOT!
The History Museum, Buffalo, NY
June 10 & 12, 2016 SHOT! - Premiere
Nickel City Opera Company
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
October 25, 2016 ENDLESSNESS
Amberg Chamber Ensemble
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
February 22, 2017 WINTER MOUNTAIN
Crane Wind Ensemble
Brian Doyle, conductor
State University of New York at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY
March 5, 2017 Recital with Copland, Beethoven and Vehar Songs
Steven Stull, baritone
David Neal, bass-baritone
Persis Parshall Vehar, piano
Geneva Light Opera
Geneva, NY
March 6, 2017 Excerpts from A HILL OF BONES
Ithaca New Music Collective
Argos Inn
Ithaca, NY
April 12, 2017 Vehar Lecture on Her Saxophone Music
Lecture for the saxophone studio of Steven Mauk
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
May 4, 2017 QUINTUS
College of New Jersey Concert Band
Kathy Mitchell, alto saxophone
Marian Stewart, conductor
The Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall
Ewing, NJ
June 10, 2017 Premiere of SOUND-PIECE for Cello & Piano
Robert Hausmann (Buffalo Philharmonic), cello
Mariko Niwa, piano
Roycroft Chamber Music Festival
East Aurora, NY
July 21, 2017 Premiere, Act 1 Scenes from opera PUSHED ASIDE: “Reclaiming Gage”
Syracuse Society for New Music Cazenovia Counterpoint Summer Series
Cazenovia College
Cazenovia, NY
September 29, 2017 Scenes from new opera, PUSHED ASIDE
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
October 6, 2017 Scene from PUSHED ASIDE
Danan Tsan, mezzo soprano (Matlida Joslyn Gage)
Persis Vehar, piano
Panel discussion at opening of Christine Heller's Suffragist Exhibit
History Museum
Ithaca, NY
Nov. 1, 2017 Scenes from PUSHED ASIDE
Utica College
Utica, NY
January 21, 2018 World Premiere of PUSHED ASIDE
Heather Buchman, conductor
Society for New Music
Carrier Theater, Syracuse Civic Center
Syracuse, NY
July 20, 2018 PUSHED ASIDE
Performance for the American Association of University Women
Cazenovia College
Cazenovia, NY
July 21, 2018 PUSHED ASIDE
Women’s Historical Museum
Seneca Falls, NY
September 1, 2018 Excerpts from THE ORIGINAL HARD LUCK STORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Settings of 20 Charles Bukowski’s poems
Metropolitan Opera Bass Martin Matthews & Pianist Iris Malkin
Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall
Long Beach, California
September 2, 2018 Excerpts from THE ORIGINAL HARD LUCK STORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Settings of 20 Charles Bukowski’s poems
Metropolitan Opera Bass Martin Matthews & Pianist Iris Malkin
St. Francis by-the-Sea
Laguna Beach, California
October 17, 2018 SOUND-PIECE or Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet and Piano
Trumpet Faculty Wichita State University
Principal Trumpet Wichita Symphony Dr. David Hunsicker
Pianist Dr. Justine Sasanfar
Wiedemann Hall
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
April 13, 2019 PUSHED ASIDE
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
March 26, 2019 WOMEN, WOMEN
Mezzo Soprano Ivy Walz & Pianist Diane Birr
Ithaca College Faculty
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
March 24, 2019 PUSHED ASIDE
Society for New Music
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
August 26, 2019 Scenes from PUSHED ASIDE
Syracuse Society for New Music
For “Equality and Social Justice” Day
Heather Buchman, Conductor
Empire Theater at the New York State Fair
Syracuse, NY
 
Persis Vehar
Photo: Dede Hatch
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Persis Vehar with the College of St. Rose Camerata
College of St. Rose Camerata, Sherwood Wise, oboe, Persis, Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough, flute, David Bebe, cello