After 6 indoor video solo piano recitals through the pandemic year, I wheeled my upright piano outside and invited my vaccinated mother and a neighbor couple to be my audience of three! Apologies for poor audio quality(wind) and lots of in between song banter.
set list:
Good Day Sunshine(Lennon/McCartney)
Here Comes the Sun(Harrison)
Wind from Live on Wings of Love (Safar)
Song of the Lark from the Seasons(Tchaikovsky) Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm(Bartok)
Children’s Song (Corea) Desire(Scriabin)
April in Paris(Duke)
La Comparsa(Lecouna)
Cuban Boogie(Fileds, arr. Maddox) Toccata(Khachaturian) Arietta(Grieg)
plus some surprises of Spanish music, originals and perhaps another Beatles tune:)

Paul Safar(Semi)Remote Piano Recital#7(3 - 31 - 21).MP3

Thomas Proctor's Senior Recital at Portland State University
Music Composed by Thomas Proctor
Clarinet - Ron Coleman
Viola - Soren Collins
Piano - Chuck Dillard

Mourning Dove Suite 3. Rest - June 12. 2021

Meet storyteller Doria Hughes and composer Lisa Neher, who have collaborated on Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, as part of the upcoming FREE Dec. 4, 2021 concerts Playdate: Storytime! in Boston and Cambridge. Here Doria and Lisa talk about how they got into their artistic practices. Doria expounds upon the crucial role that live storytelling has even in our highly mediatized world, and both discuss their collaborative practices and how they have taken a modern spin on this classic story. Programs and venues appropriate for families and children, though all are welcome! Hosted by co-Artistic Director Hubert Ho. For more info about the concerts visit www.dinosaurannex.org.

Doria Hughes, storyteller and Lisa Neher, composer share thoughts on collaborating

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Daybreak" swept me off my feet when I first discovered it, with its joy and spriteful energy! With my choral adaptation, I try to capture the energy of the wind as it comes "up out of the sea" and bursts with joy. Contrasting middle sections create a continuous journey as the wind blows through the town, breathing fresh life into the coming day. My hope is that "Daybreak" will put smiles on the faces of your choir and audience alike.

Available for SSAATTBB Voices

Daybreak | Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

Gulper by Lisa Neher (WORLD PREMIERE)
For Solo Clarinet
Performed by Taylor Gaskins
November 2, 2018, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Program Note:
The gulper eel or pelican eel is not an eel at all but a deep-water fish named for its enormous, pelican-like mouth, which is much larger than the rest of its long, skinny body. At the end of its tail, the gulper eel has a special organ with many small tentacles that glows pink and occasionally flashes red to attract prey, mostly squid and crustaceans. It is tragic and deeply frustrating that what little we know about these animals comes from those inadvertently caught in fishing nets. The sudden change of temperature as they are pulled from the depths to the surface kills them, and thus research on live gulper eels in their natural habit is extremely limited.
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In this piece, the gulper eel comes to life, illuminating its lure, lying in wait for prey, moving about in the deep sea with its whip-like tail, and finally coming in for the kill. I hope this piece cultivates interest and empathy for this fascinating and mysterious creature.

Gulper by Lisa Neher (WORLD PREMIERE)

Performed by Duo Cortona (Rachel Calloway, Ari Streisfeld) at the University of South Carolina on December 7, 2018, under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. 

Music and Text by Akshaya Avril Tucker. 

"At 6 PM, I walked outside
I found a marble ogre's fingernail
and hid it away
The house held silence
Mama found a golden hair
as it lay in a dusty box
I fastened it around my wrist
a glowing amulet
Oldest friend,
in both senses of the words
Oldest friend, go to sleep
pleasant dreams
That was when
evening sun
turned tree branches
into canals of light
suddenly blessed by the touch
of an ancient grandfather
And the queen of love was installed
luminous, in the full moon
My love is in love
my love is in love
is in love
love"

Of My Grandfather (2018) - Mezzo Soprano and Violin

1st movement of "Clara", using Clara Schumann's diaries and letters, written on Making Music's Adopt A Composer Scheme  2018/19 in collaboration with choir Ex Urbe, broadcast in January 2020 on BBC Radio 3

Choir - Ex Urbe
Harpist - Angelina Egerton
Conductor - Benjamin Hamilton
Recording - Jim Unwin

1: "Composing gives me great pleasure", Clara

"why are there stars? my daughter asked" by Philip Metres

Concealed Imaginings was written for the Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. The text is from Wallace Steven’s four poem work Peter Quince at the Clavier.

Performed by Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble

Score: http://bit.ly/2zNunjZ

Concealed Imaginings

Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de l’écriture: Esther
VI. Souvent la verité timide

Composed by Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre 
Soprano - Carolyn Quick
Piano - Evan C. Paul

Persisting Sound: Women in Classical Music Showcase Concert
November 17th, 2019
The Old Church Concert Hall,
Portland, Oregon

VI. Souvent la verité timide (1708)

Mezzo-Soprano & Composer Lisa Neher brings dramatic specificity and committed physicality to both operatic and song repertoire. Trained as a stage actress, Lisa is equally comfortable in the worlds of opera and spoken theatre.  A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Lisa frequently premieres new works as well as established masterworks of the last fifty years. She is the creator of the One Voice Project, a call for scores initiative that promotes the creation of new works for unaccompanied voice.

Gulper by Lisa Neher (WORLD PREMIERE)

Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer

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