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Catalog & Discography


Recordings (commercial)

Naxos “American Classics” Series: Violin Concerto, String Quartet #1, Distant Reflections: Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Markand Thakar conductor, Carpe Diem String Quartet (catalogue number: 8.559398).

Naxos, “American Classics” Series: Symphonic Music of J. Leshnoff, IRIS Orchestra, Michael Stern conductor (Naxos catalogue number: 8.559670).

Naxos “American Classics” Series: Chamber Music of J. Leshnoff, IRIS Orchestra (2010 release).

MSR Classics: Cosmic Echoes, performed by Steven Hendrickson and William Neil (catalogue: 1155, 2005).


Compositions

Orchestral

Flute Concerto (2011)

  • Philadelphia Orchestra (Robert Spano, conductor: March 4, 5 & 8, 2011, Jeffrey Khaner, soloist)

Hope: An Oratorio (2011)

  • Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (Roberto Minczuk, conductor: April 24, 2011, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Girlchoir, Jessica Riveria, soprano, Angelique Kidjo, alto, Jason Colins, tenor, David Linx, tenor)

Concerto for Orchestra and Two Percussionists (2011)

  • Baylor University Orchestra (Percussion soloists Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, 2012-2013)
  • Roundtop Festival Orchestra (Percussion soloists Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, 2012-2013)
  • Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Percussion soloists Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, 2012-2013)
  • River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Percussion soloists Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, Houston, 2012-2013)

Starburst (2010)

  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, principal commissioner (Marin Alsop, conductor: April 29 & 30, 2010)
  • Kansas City Orchestra, co-commissioner (Michael Stern, conductor: October 8-10, 2010)
  • Orquesta de Extremadura, co-commissioner (Jésus Amigo, conductor: June 16, 2011, Badajoz, Spain, June 17 , 2011, Caceres, Spain)
  • Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Lior Shambadal, conductor: April 13 & 15, 2012)
  • Harrisburg Symphony (Stuart Malina, conductor: May 19 & 20, 2012)

Trombone Concerto (2008)

  • Second Presbyterian Church Concert Series (Christopher Dudley, trombone, Baltimore, MD: Oct. 12, 2008)
  • Baltimore Chamber Orch. (Christopher Dudley, trombone, Markand Thakar, conductor: Nov. 1, 2 & 5, 2008)
  • Christopher Dudley at The Alessi Seminar (Fossano, Italy: June 30, 2010)

Requiem for the Fallen (2008)

  • Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Handel Choir of Baltimore (Markand Thakar and Melinda O’Neal, conductors: February, 2008)
  • Handel Society of Dartmouth College (Robert Duff, conductor; Hanover, NH: May 16, 2009)

Rush (2008): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559670.

  • IRIS Orchestra (Michael Stern, conductor: January 31, 2009)
  • Howard County High School Gifted and Talented Orchestra (Tim Reinhart, conductor: December 17, 2009)
  • Columbia Orchestra (Jason Love, conductor: March 27, 2010)

Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (2007): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559670.

  • IRIS Orchestra (Roberto Diaz, viola, Charles Wetherbee, violin, Michael Stern, conductor: March 29, 2008)
  • Duluth Superior Orchestra (Vicky Chiang, viola and Charles Wetherbee, soloists, Markand Thakar, conductor: May 3, 2008)
  • Curtis Institute Orchestra (Misha Amory, viola, José-Maria Blumenschein, violin, Otto Werner Mueller, conductor: December 5, & 6, 2008)
  • Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Delta David Gier, conductor; Charles Wetherbee, violin; Roberto Diaz, viola: April 16&17, 2010)
  • National Gallery of Art Orchestra (Washington D.C., November 13, 2011)

Violin Concerto (2005): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559398.

  • Columbus Symphony (Markand Thakar, conductor, Charles Wetherbee, soloist: November 19 & 20, 2005)
  • Baltimore Orchestra (Markand Thakar, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist: February 8, 2006 and October 17, 2006)
  • National Orchestra of Mexico (Enrique Diemecke, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist: June 23 & 25, 2006)
  • National Repertory Orchestra (JoAnn Falletta, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist, soloist: August 2, 2006)
  • Kyoto Symphony (Junichi Hirokami, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist: August 7, 2007)
  • Buffalo Philharmonic (JoAnn Falleta, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist: October 29, 2008)
  • Orquestra de Extremadura (Anne Manson, Conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist, Madrid, Spain: November 21 & 22, 2008)
  • Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia (Laura Jackson, conductor: April 19, 2009)
  • Duluth Superior Orchestra (Markand Thakar, conductor, C. Wetherbee, soloist: May 19, 2012)

Forgotten Chants and Refrains: Symphony No. 1 (2004): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559670.

  • IRIS Chamber Orchestra (Michael Stern, conductor, Germantown, TN: December 4 & 5, 2004)
  • Kansas City Symphony (Michael Stern, conductor: May 19, 20 & 21, 2006)

Distant Reflections (2003): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559398.

  • Columbus Symphony Orchestra (featuring C. Wetherbee, violin soloist, Columbus, OH: September 6, 2003)
  • Baltimore Chamber Orchestra (Markand Thakar, conductor: October 16, 2006)

Seven Nightmares (2001)

  • Special distinction, Rudolph Nissim Award for Orchestral works – a national award for American composers without age limit for unperformed orchestral composition (2002)

Hadran (1996)

  • Peabody Symphony Orchestra (H. Teri Murai, conductor: November 1, 1997)
  • Oakland Symphony Orchestra (Michael Morgan, conductor: May 10, 2000)
Band / Wind Ensemble

Concerto for 5 Percussionists and Band: Converging Worlds (2002)

  • The “President’s Own” United States Marine Band (Colonel Timothy Foley, conductor, Clarice Smith Hall, College Park, MD: February 15, 2004)
Chamber Music

String Quartet Number 4 (2012)

  • Carpe Diem String Quartet, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (February, 2013)

Yiddish Suite (2011)

  • Gil Shaham and Orli Shaham (92nd Street Y, New York, NY: April 16, 2011)
  • Gil Shaham and Orli Shaham (Jewish Community Center of Rockville, MD: April 10, 2011)

String Quartet Number 3, the Miller-Kahn Quartet (2011)

  • Natanel Draiblate String Quartet, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (June 26, 2011)
  • Newport Chamber Festival, Newport, RI (July 20, 2011)

Nishmat Tzedek (A Righteous Soul) (piano, oboe, viola, voice) (2009)

  • Aeon Trio and Cantor Wendy Shermet (Temple Israel, Omaha, NE) (October 18, 2009)
  • Aeon Trio and Cantor Wendy Shermet (Church concert, Omaha, NE) (November, 2009)

Flute Concerto (piano and flute version) (2009)

  • Jeffrey Khaner (National Flute Association Annual Convention, New York City: August 13, 2009)

Theme and Variations on a Beloved Melody (viola and piano) (2008)

  • Sarah Lowenstein (Senior Recital, Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD: March 31, 2008)
  • Sarah Lowenstein (An Die Musik, Baltimore MD: January 30, 2011)
  • Peter Minkler & Lura Johnson (Music in the Great Hall, Baltimore, MD: October 23, 2011)

Six Miniatures for Violin and Percussion (2008)

  • Barry Dove and Lina Bahn (Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC: September 13, 2009)

String Quartet #2, the Edelman String Quartet (2008) Scheduled for commercial CD release, Naxos label, “American Classics” Series.

  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Ohio-Wesleyan University New Music Series: February 20, 2009)
  • Gliss String Quartet (Goucher College, Baltimore, MD: April 1, 2009)
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Candlelight Series (Baltimore, MD: October, 2009)
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Candlelight Series (Baltimore, MD: November 22, 2009)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin, TX: September 10-11, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Ohio Weslyan University, Delaware, OH: September 19, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI: September 25, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Byran, TX: October 21, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Taneyev Festival, Leeds, England: November 14-16, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oaks, IA: November 19, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (University of Washington World Series, Seattle, WA: November 23, 2010)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Los Angeles Chamber Guild, UCLA Schoenberg Hall, Los Angeles, CA: January 10-12, 2011)
  • Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Series (Perlman Theatre, Philadelphia, PA: February 27, 2011)

(Arranged for String Orchestra)

  • String Orchestra of New York City (St. Peter’s Church, 346 W 20th St, New York, NY: October 17, 2010)
  • String Orchestra of New York City (Seton Hall University, NJ: November 4, 2010)
  • String Orchestra of New York City (Second Presbyterian, Baltimore, MD: September 18, 2011)

Song Without Words (2006)

  • Boris Chernyshev, piano, Betsy Husby, cello (Duluth, MN: April 5, 2009)
  • Boris Chernyshev, piano, Betsy Husby, cello (Minneapolis, MN: January 10, 2010)
  • Boris Chernyshev, piano, Betsy Husby, cello (Bloomington, IL: March 16, 2010)
  • Boris Chernyshev, piano, Betsy Husby, cello (Madison, WI: March 18, 2010)
  • Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello, Michael Sheppard, piano (Baltimore, MD: February 28, 2010)
  • Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello, Michael Sheppard, piano (Baltimore, MD: March 15, 2010)

Five Things My Children Asked Me (2006)

  • Syrinx Chamber Players (Roberto Diaz, Jeffrey Khaner, Elizabeth Hainen, David DePeters) (Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, American Philosophical Society, PA: February 25, 2008)

String Sextet (2006)

  • Concertante (Harrisburg Area Community College, PA: May 4, 2007)
  • Concertante (Linda Shapiro Concert Hall, Baltimore, MD: May 5, 2007)
  • Concertante (Merkin Hall, New York, NY: May 6, 2007)

Pearl German String Quartet No. 1 (2005): Recorded and available on Naxos label, “American Classics” Series: 8.559398.

  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Baltimore, MD: January 29, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Ohio Wesleyan College, OH: January 31, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MI: February 12, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (St. Alban’s Church, Columbus, OH: October 8, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Ohio Weslyan University, Delaware, OH: October 10, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Illinois Weslyan University, Bloomington, IL: November 19, 2006)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Tarletan State University, Stevenville, TX: January 22, 2007)
  • Carpe Diem String Quartet (Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus, OH: May 14 and 15, 2010)

Cosmic Variations on a Haunted Theme (2003): Scheduled for commercial CD release, Naxos label, “American Classics” Series.

  • Opus 3 Trio (Hearst Hall, National Cathedral, Washington DC: March 30, 2003)
  • Opus 3 Trio (Snake River Chamber Festival, CO: August 10, 2003)
  • Opus 3 Trio (National Gallery of Art, October 29, 2006)
  • Brandon Eubank & Michael Lodico (Washington DC: May 5, 2010)

Seven Glances at a Mirage (2003): Scheduled for commercial CD release, Naxos label, “American Classics” Series.

  • Strata Trio (Clarinet Fest, University of Maryland, College Park, MD: July 22, 2004)
  • Strata Trio (Merkin Hall, New York, NY: November 21, 2010)

Music for Violin and Metal (2003)

  • New York Percussion Ensemble and David Fulmner (Riverside Church, NY: January 5, 2004)

Night Whispers (2003)

  • Terry and Laurel Ewell (International Double Reed Society Convention, Greensboro, NC: June 2003)
  • Terry and Laurel Ewell (First Presbyterian Concert Series, Towson, MD: October 19, 2003)
  • Terry and Laurel Ewell (Towson University, Towson, MD: February 22, 2004)
  • Terry and Laurel Ewell (West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV: March 28, 2004)

Sonata for Saxophone and Piano (2003)

  • David Stambler, saxophone (National Association of Saxophone Alliance Convention, Greensboro, NC: April 28, 2004)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (Penn State University Faculty Recital, State College, PA: April 2004)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (Towson University New Music Ensemble, Towson, MD: March 9, 2005)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD: June 7, 2005)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (N. American Saxophone Alliance, Penn State Univ. PA: January, 2007)
  • Maureen Walsh, saxophone (Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD: November 1, 2007)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (Penn State University, Esber Hall, State College, PA: August 27, 2010)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music: October 1, 2010)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (Penn State University, State College, PA: November, 2010)
  • David Stambler, saxophone (University of S. Carolina, Columbia, SC: Spring, 2011)

Wadi Valley Echoes (2002): Published by Go Fish Music, Corpus Christi, TX

  • So Percussion Quartet (Yale British Art Center, New Haven, CT: January 20, 2003)
  • So Percussion Quartet (Cleveland Museum of Art, Aki series, Cleveland, OH: October 22, 2003)
  • So Percussion Quartet (University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Fine Arts Center, MD: November 13, 2003)
  • So Percussion Quartet (Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY: January 13, 2004)
  • Baylor School of Music Percussion Ensemble (Baylor School of Music, Waco, TX: April, 2005)
  • Baylor School of Music Percussion Ensemble (Baylor School of Music, Waco TX: November 5, 2007)

Cosmic Echoes (2002): Recorded and commercially available on MSR Classics

  • Steven Hendrickson and Bill Neal (National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC: February 23, 2003)
  • Brandon Eubank & Michael Lodico (Washington DC: May 5, 2010)

. . . without a chance (2002): Scheduled for commercial release on CD by the Naxos label.

  • Members of the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band Percussion Section (George Mason Masonic Lodge, Alexandria, VA: February 23, 2003)
  • University of Maryland Percussion Ensemble (University of MD, College Park, MD: May 14, 2004)
  • Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion (University of MD, College Park, MD: July 21, 2005)
  • University of Maryland Percussion Ensemble (University of MD, College Park, MD: December 7, 2005)
  • University of Indiana Percussion Ensemble (Bloomington, IN: October 29, 2007)
  • Over 10 additional performances by percussion ensembles in USA.

Racing Pulse (2001)

  • The Twentieth Century Consort - Christopher Kendall, conductor (Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC: January 26, 2002)

Riverend (2000)

  • Da Capo Chamber Players (Sonic Boom Festival, Cooper Union, NY: October 23, 2000)
  • Da Capo Chamber Players (Olin Hall, Bard College, NY: October 18, 2000)

Nightcries (2000, rev. 2004)

  • Gary Louie, Kirsten Taylor, Elizabeth Mahler (Peabody Conservatory Faculty Recital, Baltimore, MD: March 30, 2004)

Violoncello Sonata (2000)

  • Donald Watts, violoncello, Kevin McCarter, piano (Towson University, Towson, MD, March 9, 2001)
  • Donald Watts, violoncello, Kevin McCarter, piano (First Reformed Church Concert Series, New Brunswick, NJ: February 22, 2002)

Elegy (1999)

  • Synergy Chamber Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA: October 1999)
Choral Music

Song of Songs (2007)

  • Karen Kennedy, conductor, Towson University Chorale (Towson University, Towson, MD, May 8, 2007)
  • Robert Duff, conductor, Handel Society of Dartmouth College (Yale Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT, March 2, 2008)

Etz Chaim (2007)

  • Karen Kennedy, conductor, Towson University Chorale (Towson University, Towson, MD, October 14 & 21, 2007)

A Lover and His Lass (2008)

  • Karen Kennedy, conductor, Towson University Chorale (Towson University, Towson, MD, May, 2008)
Solo

Run (2002): Published by Go Fish Music, Corpus Christi, TX. Recorded on Go Fish Music label.

  • Janis Potter, marimba (over 45 performances at private and educational venues in IL, OH, NY, CT, FL, LA, KY, TX, AK, MI, OK, MD & DC: October 2003 to the present)
  • Svetoslav Stoyanov, marimba (Homewood Museum, Baltimore, MD, March 2002)
  • Danny Villanueva, marimba (University of Maryland, College Park, MD: April 23, 2005)
  • Darren Bastian, marimba (Arizona State University, Crowder Hall, University of Arizona: October 29, 2007)
  • Over 50 additional performances by marimbists worldwide.

Silhouettes (2003)

  • Marguerite Baker, clarinet (International Clarinet Association Convention, Salt Lake City, UT: July 7, 2003)
  • Marguerite Baker, clarinet (Towson University, Towson, MD: September 7, 2003)
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