Gabriella Smith
 
 
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Upcoming Performances

Sunday, January 22, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Goethe Institut-Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Away, You Rolling River
Commissioned/Performed by Dinosaur Annex
http://www.dinosaurannex.org/seasonlisting.html

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New Work (for orchestra)
Performed by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra

Past Performances

Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7:00 p.m., AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kisiabaton (for oboe and string quartet)
Performed by Ensemble 39
http://www.ensemble39.com/events.html

Monday, December 5, 2010, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reflection Nebulae (for amplified string quartet)
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music and Ensemble 39
http://www.ensemble39.com/events.html

Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3 p.m. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Earth (for soprano and string quartet)
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 8 p.m., Galapagos, Brooklyn, New York
Kisiabaton (for oboe and string quartet)
Performed by musicians from Contemporaneous

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8 p.m., Bard College, New York
Kisiabaton (for oboe and string quartet)
Performed by musicians from Contemporaneous

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 8 p.m., Music11, Hindemith Music Centre, Blonay, Switzerland
Tumblebird Digdown (for clarinet, viola, piano, and percussion)
Performed by musicians from Music11
Friday, May 13, 2011, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kisiabaton (for oboe and string quartet)
Dean’s Honors Recital
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music

Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Independence Seaport Museum, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
At Continent’s End (for two pianos and two percussionists)
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music
and dancers from the Rock School for Dance Education

Monday, April 25, 2011, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Circadian Rhythm (for orchestra)
Performed by musicians from the Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Francesco Lecce-Chong

Saturday, February 26, 2011, New York City
Travelogue (for violin, cello, and piano)
Performed by musicians from Contemporaneous

Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 7 p.m., Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Bard College, New York
Travelogue (for violin, cello, and piano)
Performed by musicians from Contemporaneous

Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, New York, New York
Crazy Quilt Star Gown (for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion)
Performed by the Azure Ensemble

Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kisiabaton (for oboe and string quartet)
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music

Saturday, August 28, 2010, Burlington, Vermont
Travelogue (for violin, cello, and piano)
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival

Thursday, August 19, 2010, Aspen, Colorado
Crazy Quilt Star Gown (for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion)
Performed by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor: Sydney Hodkinson

Friday, July 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. All Saints’ Church, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Earth (for soprano and string quartet)
Monadnock Music Festival

Thursday, July 8, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Hancock Community Church, Hancock, New Hampshire
Earth (for soprano and string quartet)
Monadnock Music Festival

Friday, July 2, 2010, 8:00 p.m. Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, Vermont
Travelogue (for violin, cello and piano)
Performed by
Yellow Barn Young Artists Program musicians
Sophia Mockler, violin
Cecille deLaurentis, cello
Hui Shan Chin, piano

July 2010, International tour to Turkey
Light, Fog, Winds, Grasses (for string orchestra)
[Commission from Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra]
Performed by the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Ben Simon

Saturday, June 21, 2010, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon
Light, Fog, Winds, Grasses (for string orchestra)
[Commission from Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra]
Performed by the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Ben Simon

Saturday, June 19, 2010, Dunsmuir, California
Light, Fog, Winds, Grasses (for string orchestra)
[Commission from Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra]
Performed by the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Ben Simon

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 8 p.m., Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California
Light, Fog, Winds, Grasses (for string orchestra)
[Commission from Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra]
Performed by the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Ben Simon

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 2 p.m. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California
Dreams, Dances, and Resonances (for solo cello)
Performed by Tessa Seymour

Monday, April 12, 2010, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
f(x) = xsin2x + x (for orchestra)
Performed by The Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Francesco Lecce-Chong

Sunday, February 7, 2010, 3 p.m., Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, Moraga, California
Visions on the Pacific Rim (for orchestra)
Performed by Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra (YPSO)
Conductor: David Ramadanoff

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8 p.m., Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, Moraga, California
Visions on the Pacific Rim (for orchestra)
Performed by Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra (YPSO)
Conductor: David Ramadanoff

Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 8 p.m., The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Down the Foggy Ruins of Time (for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano)
Performed by musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music

Friday, July 3, 2009, 8 p.m., Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, Vermont
String Quartet No. 3, “Red Crow”
Performed by
Yellow Barn Young Artists Program musicians
Dae Hee Ahn and Joanna Park, violins
Emily Owsinski, viola
Samuel Pierce-Ruhland, cello

May 31, 2009, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California
Pacific Musical Society
Winners Concert and Awards Ceremony
Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass
Performed by Classical Revolution

May 16, 2009, The Crowden School, Berkeley, California
String Quartet No. 2
John Adams Young Composers Program
Performed by Classical Revolution

April 24, 2009, The Crowden School, Berkeley, California
“Chamber Music of Gabriella Smith”
Childhood with Papagena (for two pianos) (2008)
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (2005)
Suite in Seven Movements (for solo five octave marimba) (2009)
Convocation (for string quartet and piano) (2008)
String Quartet No. 1 (2008)
Nocturne (for piano) (2008)
Oracular Wind (for violin and piano) (2008)
Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass (2008)
Performed by
Pianists Miles Graber and Arkadi Serper
Matthew Cannon, marimba
Classical Revolution ensemble

April 17, 2009, Lick Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, California
Organic and Locally Grown
(Septet for 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, clarinet, and percussion (bongo/wind chimes/harmonica)
Performed by Formerly Known as Classical Ensemble

January 18, 2009, Crowden Center, Berkeley, California
Music for 3 Percussionists
John Adams Young Composers Program

January 8, 2009, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, California
String Quartet No. 1
Performed by Classical Revolution

December 10, 2008, SoCha Café, San Francisco, California
Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass
String Quartet No. 1
Performed by Classical Revolution

November 2008, Internet Performance
Somniballare (for cello, piano, and percussion)
ADORNO Ensemble Website, ScoreXchange program

June 14, 2008, Berkeley, California
Nocturne (for piano)
Performed by Gabriella Smith, piano

May 23, 2008, Berkeley, California
Nocturne (for piano)
Performed by Gabriella Smith, piano

March 27, 2008, San Francisco, California
String Quartet No. 1:  Scherzo
Performed by Formerly Known as Classical ensemble
Dylan Mattingly, cello; Leon Truong, viola; David Boyden, violin; and Gabriella Smith, violin

December 10, 2006, Berkeley, California
Dances of the Isuan Interval
Introduced by Kent Nagano,
and given a reading by George Thomson and Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
at BSO’s Under Construction Concert

July 28, 2006, Berkeley, California
Piano Trio  Movement I: Moderato
Performed by Sarena Hsu, violin, Eugene Sor, cello, and Arkadi Serper, piano

July 29, 2005, Berkeley, California
Scherzo for Piano
Performed by Miles Graber

July 22, 2005, Berkeley, California
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor
Performed by Sara Usher, violin, and Arkadi Serper, piano


September 19, 2004, Live at Strings concert, Oakland, California
(from) Twenty-four Preludes for Piano
Prelude No. 2 in C minor
Prelude No. 11 in B Major
Prelude No. 20 in E flat minor
Performed by Gabriella Smith
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