Readings and Events
2010
Einstein’s Mozart
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 1 PM
With the Madison String Quartet
New York Art Educators (NYAE) Annual Fall Conference
Ballroom West
Double Tree Hotel
200 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ
(908) 996-7352
The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 8 PM
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3 PM
Opera in one act, adapted from The Dick Van Dyke Show episode “The Life and Love of Joe Coogan” by Carl Reiner
Libretto by Kate Light Music by Paul Salerni
View Cast
Zoellner Arts Center
420 E. Packer Ave.
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Tickets: (610) 7LU-ARTS
http://zoellnerartscenter.org
$18
Student and senior discounts available
With
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, opus 34
Iannis String Quartet and Eugene Albulescu, piano
Einstein’s Mozart
Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3 PM
With the Open Heart String Quartet
St. Peter’s Church
137 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY
(914) 293-0360
Admission by donation
Performances of Echo and Narcissus, from Metamorphoses
Thursday April 8, 2010 at 8 PM
Friday April 9 at 9 PM
Saturday April 10 at 9 PM
Sunday April 11 at 3 PM
Ithaca College Choir 2010 Tour
“Dreams” Program
Including “Gravity’s Dream” Music by Steven Stucky, Text by Kate Light,
and music by Norman Dinerstein, Eric Whitacre, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and others. (View program)
Tuesday March 16 at 7:30
Herndon United Methodist Church
701 Bennett Street
Herndon, VA 20170
Wednesday, March 17 at 6:45
John Know Presbyterian Church
35 Shannon Drive, Greenville, SC
864.342-8946
Thursday, March 18 at 7:30
Piedmont Baptist Church
570 Piedmont Road
Marietta, GA 30066
(770) 422-2566
Friday, March 19 at 7:30
Holy Trinity Parrish
515 E. Ponce de Leon Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 377-2622
Saturday, March 20 at 7:30
First Presbyterian Church
617 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 478-4712
Saturday, March 27 at 8:15
Ford Hall
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Einstein’s Mozart
Two Concerts at Music School of Delaware
Kate with the Serafin String Quartet
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 3 PM
Milford Branch
10 South Walnut Street
Milford, DE 19963
Milford Branch 302-422-2043
www.wilmingtonmusic.org
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 3 PM
Wilmington Branch
4101 Washington Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Wilmington Branch 302-762-1132
www.wilmingtonmusic.org
Featuring Quartets K. 387 and K. 458 “The Hunt”
2009
Ithaca College School of Music, Ford Hall
Saturday November 14, 2009
World premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky’s setting of the title poem of Kate’s third book, "Gravity's Dream,”
for a cappella chorus, conducted by Laurence Doebler.
Commissioned by Ithaca College for the Ithaca College 31st Annual Choral Festival and premiered at the last concert of the festival.
The piece will be published by Theodore Presser Music.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Golden Fleece Square One Series, NYC
(King Midas section)
Ovid: Marl Womack
King Midas: Samuel Perwin
Queen: Jennifer Lauren Brown
Musical Direction/Piano: Nate Festinger
Einstein’s Mozart
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Madison String Quartet Concert Series
With the Madison String Quartet
Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ
Featuring String Quartets in Bb Major, K. 458 and D Major, K. 575
www.madisonquartet.org
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
House Concert, NYC
(Echo and Narcissus)
Narcissus: Dante Sterling
Echo: Lisa Riegel
Narrator/Ovid/A Satyr/Juno/Nemesis/A Nymph: Phillip Cherniak and Stuart McMeans
Musical Direction/Piano: Nate Festinger
Reading
April 13, 2009
Cornelia Street Cafe
“An Evening of Nothing But Sonnets”
With Lorna Blake, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Marie Ponsot, Rick Jackson, & Jason Schneiderman
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
16th Annual Dante’s Inferno Maundy Thursday Marathon
April 9, 2009
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Amsterdam and 112th
Einstein’s Mozart
April 4, 2009
Philipstown Depot Theatre
With the Open Heart String Quartet
Garrison, NY
Featuring String Quartets in Bb Major, K. 458 and D Major, K. 575
Einstein’s Mozart
February 15, 2009
Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society
Duncan Hall
619 Ferry Street
Lafayette, IN
Featuring String Quartets in F Major, K. 168 and D minor, K. 421
www.tippecanoechambermusic.org
Einstein’s Mozart
February 14, 2009
Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society
Westminster Village
741 N Salisbury
West Lafayette, IN
Einstein’s Mozart
February 8, 2009
Lehigh University
With the Seraphin String Quartet
Zoellner Arts Center
420 E Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA
Featuring String Quartets in G Major, K. 387 and Eb Major, K. 428
http://zoellnerartscenter.org/
2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Golden Fleece Square One Series, NYC
(Echo and Narcissus)
Narrator/Ovid/A Satyr: Jonathan Breit
Narcissus: Dante Sterling
Echo: Lisa Riegel
Juno/Nemesis/A Nymph: Leah Maddrie
Musical Direction/Piano: Nate Festinger
Einstein’s Mozart
February 20, 2008
Colorado College
With the Colorado Chamber Players
Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO
Featuring String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 and Quintet in C Major, K. 515
Reading
February 19, 2008
Colorado College Visiting Writers Series
Colorado Springs, CO
Einstein’s Mozart
February 12, 2008
South Avenue School
With the Albert String Quartet
Abridged for Young Audiences
Beacon, NY
Einstein’s Mozart
January 25, 2008
Alexander Hamilton School
With the Albert String Quartet
Abridged for Young Audiences
Morristown, NJ
Einstein’s Mozart
January 6, 2008
Chamber Music Toledo
With the Zin String Quartet
Maumee Indoor Theatre
601 Conant Street, Maumee, OH
Featuring String Quartets in D minor, K. 421 and F Major, K. 590
www.chambermusictoledo.org
2007
Einstein’s Mozart
November 18, 2007
With Kammermusik, directed by Dale Stuckenbruck
Waldorf School, Cambridge Avenue
Garden City, LI
Featuring String Quartets in D minor, K. 421 and F Major, K. 590, "Prussian"
Einstein’s Mozart
November 12, 2007
Vanderbilt University
With the Blair String Quartet
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Featuring String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 and Quintet in G minor, K. 516
Reading
November 13, 2007
Vanderbilt University
Buttrick Hall, Room 101
Nashville, TN
Einstein’s Mozart
September 23, 2007
New York Multi-Arts Centers’ Conference and Retreat
With the Albert String Quartet
Minnowbrook Conference Center
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Einstein’s Mozart
April 30, 2007
With the Albert String Quartet
South Street Seaport District Cultural Association Gallery & Performance Space
Beekman & Front Streets
New York, NY
Featuring Quartets in Bb Major, K. 458 and C Major, K. 465
Oceanophony
February-March, 2007 (18 performances)
Louisville Orchestra
Louisville, KY
2006
Reading and Public Lecture
November 27, 2006
Musashino Art University
Tokyo, Japan
Reading and Book Launch
September 26, 2006
Nicholas Roerich Museum
319 West 107th Street
New York, NY
Reading
October 15, 2006
New York Times’ Great Read in the Park
Bryant Park (42nd and 6th)
New York, NY
Donald Justice Award Reading
For Gravity's Dream: New Poems and Sonnets
June 7, 2006
West Chester University
Sikes Hall
West Chester, PA
Four Readings and Talks on Writing
April 27-29, 2006
Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen, MI
www.interlochen.org
April 28
Talk: "Multiple Hats Disorder"
April 28
Texts and Poems of Oceanophony
April 27
On Songwriting
April 27
Reading with Lindsay Ahl
Einstein’s Mozart
January 19-24, 2006
With the Colorado Chamber Players
Featuring Quartet in C Major, K. 465 and Quintet in Eb Major, K. 614
January 20, 2006
Longmont Senior Center
910 Longs Peak Ave
Longmont, CO
January 21, 2006
Mizel Arts Center
350 S. Dahlia Street
Denver, CO
January 22, 2006
University Park United Methodist Church
2180 S. University Blvd
Denver, CO
Educational Performances
January 24, 2006: Tennyson Knolls Elementary School, Arvada, CO
January 24: Broomfield High School, Broomfield, CO
January 23: Virginia Court Elementary School, Aurora, CO
January 23: Sunset Ridge Elementary School, Westminster, CO
January 19: Stanley British Primary School, Denver, CO
2005
Oceanophony
July 17, 2005
Chamber Music Northwest
Reed College, Portland, OR
Oceanophony
March 11- April 8, 2005
The Colorado Chamber Players
Denver, Aurora, Broomfield, and Parker, CO
Oceanophony
March 9, 10 and 13, 2005
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Family Concerts
Merkin Hall
New York, NY
Oceanophony
January 26, 2005
North Jersey Philharmonic
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Reading
January 18, 2005
Bowery Poetry Club
With Amy Meckler and Wendy Wisner
New York, NY
2004
Reading
December 18th, 2004
Shakespeare's Sister
With Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Donna Masini & David Yezzi
270 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
Reading and Public Lecture
December 2, 2004
Musashino Art University
Tokyo, Japan
Readings and Talks
November 14, 2004
DC International Poetry Festival
2 PM: Texts and Poems of Oceanophony
4:15 PM Panel chaired by Dana Gioia: Poetry at the End of Print Culture
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave.
Washington, DC
www.chaptersliterary.com
Oceanophony
October 7, 2004
Arizona Museum for Youth
Mesa, AZ
Reading
June 14, 2004
Manu Restaurant
With Alison Woods
99th and Broadway
New York, NY
Reading
June 7, 2004
Spoleto USA
Dock Street Theater Courtyard
Charleston, South Carolina
Reading
May 29, 2004
With Michael Palma, Christine Potter, and Terese Coe
Bowery Poetry Club
New York, NY
Oceanophony
May 16, 2004
La Jolla Music Society
Sherwood Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art,
La Jolla, CA
Oceanophony
May 7 and 11, 2004
Rye- Mamaroneck Elementary and Middle Schools
Mamaroneck, NY
Reading
May 4, 2004
Keuka College
Keuka Park, NY
Oceanophony
May 1, 2004
American Museum of Natural History
Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
New York, NY
Reading
April 26, 2004
Cal State LA
Los Angeles, CA
Oceanophony
April 25, 2004
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Family Concert
Alex Theatre
Glendale, CA
Oceanophony
April 4, 2004
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Family Concerts
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
Reading
April 3, 2004
Ear Inn
With Joe Harrison
326 Spring Street
New York, NY
Reading
March 10, 2004
Cornell University
Balch Hall
Ithaca, NY
2003
Reading
December 8th, 2003
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Benefit Reading for the Kitengesa Community Library Project in Uganda
September 17, 2003
Hunter College
With Sarah Antine, Marisabel Bonet, Theresa Liu, and Shelagh Patterson
68th and Lexington
New York, NY
Reading
October 6, 2003
Chapters A Literary Bookstore
With Carol Frost
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Reading
October 22, 2003
Cafe Makor of the 92nd Street Y
With Wade Newman, Adam Kirsch, Suzanne Noguere, David Yezzi
New York, NY
Reading
October 26, 2003
Rutgers University
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
New Brunswick, NJ
www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu
Reading
November 6th, 2003
The New School
With Zoo Press Poets
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY
Oceanophony(with pre-concert talk)
August 24, 2003
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
Tilden Arts Center
West Barnstable, MA
Oceanophony
August 10, 2003
World Premiere: La Jolla SummerFest
Shedd Aquarium
La Jolla, CA
Reading
August 13, 2003
The Cornelia Steet Cafe
With Yasmin Dalisay and Angelo Verga
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY
Reading
August 23, 2003
Woodstock Poetry Festival
With Paul Muldoon, Nick Flynn, and Sofi & John Hall
www.woodstockpoetryfestival.com
Keynote Reading
July 11, 2003
Reading
May 1, 2003
Hunter College
New York, NY
Reading
April 6, 2003
Barbes
376 9th St.
Brookyn, NY
Book Release Reading and Reception for Open Slowly
April 1, 2003
Nicholas Roerich Museum
New York, NY
Reading, “Celebrate Connecticut Arts Week”
March 26, 2003
Reading
March 24, 2003
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts
272 N. Bedford Road
Mount Kisco, NY
www.nwcaonline.org