elizabeth vercoe composer

 
"one of the most inventive composers working in America today"     Washington Post  

 
 

Activities                                                                                           Brief Biography



Elizabeth at work

Concerts

2015 - 2006

 


Duo "2" & Elizabeth in Thailand


To Music for solo flute February 7, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Performance and Master Class
Nancy Stagnitta, flute
Flutistry Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
 

January 21, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Performance and Master Class

Nancy Stagnitta, flute
Creative Arts Center
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio


Elegy for viola and piano November 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the American Music Center

Jessica Meyer, viola
Ning Yu, piano
Library of the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center, New York City

Kleemation for flute & piano or
Butterfly Effects for flute & harp,

Concerts on 2014 Tours of
Duo "2" with D'Anna Fortunato

March 9 at 3 pm
March 8 at 7 pm
March 6 at 8 pm

Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano & harp

Lutheran Church, Frederick, MD
Oakland Pres. Church, Rock Hill, SC
Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN



 

 

Kleemation for flute & piano,
Butterfly Effects for flute & harp, or
This is my letter to the World
for voice, flute & piano








 



Concerts on 2013 Tours of
Duo "2" and D'Anna Fortunato



November 22 at 7:30 pm
November 21 at 7:30 pm
November 18 at 8 pm
November 14 at 7:30 pm
November 13 at 12 noon & 8:30 pm
October 1 at 5 & 7 pm
September 30 at 7:30 pm
September 27 at 8 pm
September 26 at 7:30 pm
September 24 at 7:30 pm


Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
& harp
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano


Brevard College, Brevard, NC
Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia
Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
Shorter University, Rome, Georgia
Furman University., Greenville, SC
St. John's University, Minnesota
Community Concert Assoc., SD

Carleton College, Minnesota
Dordt College, Iowa
Harper College, Illinois



Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics
for soprano, piano & percussion
Residency, April 11-13, 2013:
Open Rehearsal, April 11
Lecture, April 12 at 7:30
Concert, April 13 at 7:30

Longwood University
, Farmville, Virginia
Molly Bouffard, soprano; Teri Kidd, piano;
Joe Robson & Spencer Smith, percussion


Fantasy for piano
Irreveries from Sappho
Kleemation ("Please!")
Kleemation ("Afraid on the Beach")


Broadcasts:
April 9, 2013

November 14, 2012
October 23, 2012
October 16. 2012



WMBR-FM,
Cambridge, MA
WPRB-FM, Princeton
, NJ
WRUV-FM, Burlington, VT
WMBR-
FM, Cambridge, MA

 

Program Selections:
Kleemation for flute & piano,
This is my letter to the World for
mezzo, flute & piano,
Butterfly Effects for flute & harp

Concerts & Residencies in 2012:
Duo "2" and D'Anna Fortunato

October 16-21, 2012 (Concert Oct. 20)
August 19, 2012 at 2 pm
April 14, 2012 at 8 pm
April 12, 2012 at 8 pm
February 16, 2012 at 8 pm
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
& harp
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Saint-Gaudens Nat'l Historic Site, Cornish, NH
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland
Misericordia Univ., Dallas, Pennsylvania

 
Fantasy for piano July 15, 2012

Rosemary Platt, piano
Broadcast on Radio Arts Indonesia
(radioindonesia.com)

Included on Duo "2" Australia/New Zealand Tour:

Kleemation for flute & piano
 
 
Dates for "2" Australia/New Zealand Tour:

March 31, 2012 at 5 pm
March 27. 2012 at 8 pm
March 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm
March 18. 2012 at 2 pm
March 13, 2012 at 1 pm
March 8, 2012 at 7 pm

Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano

St. John's Hall, Robertson, Australia
Univ. of Canberra College of Music, Australia
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, NZ
Nelson School of Music, Nelson, NZ
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
All Saints Anglican Church/Howick, Auckland, NZ

Herstory IV, mezzo soprano & mandolin
  & Herstory III (selections),
mezzo & piano
  & Irreveries from Sappho, mezzo & piano
October 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm
College Music Society Conference
Jennifer Capaldo, mezzo soprano
Neil Gladd, mandolin
Emily Yap Chua, piano
Richmond, Virginia
Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine, a monodrama
  for voice & piano
October 9, 2011 at 4 pm
Mary Henderson Stucky, voice
Donna Loewy, piano
Werner Hall, U of Cincinnati College-Conservatory
Cincinnati, Ohio

To Music for solo flute
September 23, 2011 at 8 pm
Advent Library Concert Series
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts
Butterfly Effects for oboe & harp
  (Lecture Recital)

 
September 15, 2011
Congress of the Int'l Alliance for Women in Music
Cynthia Green Libby
, oboe
Jeremy Chesman, harp
Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

Butterfly Effects for oboe & harp
June 3, 2011
Conference of the Double Reed Society
Cynthia Green Libby
, oboe
Jeremy Chesman, harp
Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

Butterfly Effects for flute & harp
  & Kleemation for flute & piano

May 26, 2011, 8:00 pm Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
& harp
155 Powder House Blvd.
Somerville, MA

Irreveries from Sappho, mezzo & piano April 19, 2011 at 5:15 pm Art Song Jamboree
Jessica Paul, director

Luther College
Decorah, Iowa
Sonaria for Cello Alone March 31, 2011 Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre
Jérôme Desbordes, cello
Paris, France
Kleemation for flute & piano March 27, 2011 at 3 pm McCormick Museum Concert Series
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano

Wheaton, Illinois

Butterfly Effects for flute & harp
  & Kleemation for flute & piano

March 25, 2011
workshop with the composer
& evening concert
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

Illinois College

Jacksonville, Illinois
Irreveries from Sappho and excerpts from Herstory III
  for voice & piano (Lecture Recital)
March 5, 2011
College Music Society Conference
Jennifer Capaldo, mezzo soprano
Emily Yap Chua, piano
U of North Carolina
Greensboro, NC

Butterfly Effects arranged for oboe & harp

March 1, 2011 at 8 pm Faculty Recital
Cynthia Green Libby
, oboe
Jeremy Chesman, harp
Missouri State University

Springfield, Missouri

Kleemation for flute & piano

February 21, 2011
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

Cornell College

Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Butterfly Effects for flute & harp,
  New England Premiere
February 6, 2011 at 3:30 pm LiveARTS Concert Series
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

Franklin, Massachusetts
Kleemation for flute & piano December 4, 2010 at 2 pm An Die Musik
Alicia Kosack
, flute
Kenneth Osowski, piano

Baltimore, Maryland
To Music for solo flute October 16, 2010, 7:30 pm Music at the Meeting House
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Butterfly Effects for flute & harp October 3, 2010, 5 pm Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

St. James Episcopal Church
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Herstory IV, mezzo & mandolin June 8, 2010 Marjorie Bundy, mezzo
Neil Gladd, mandolin
Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia
Umbrian Suite for two pianos or piano 4 hands May 22, 2010 at 4 pm The Piano Heritage Series
Donna Gross Javel & Bonnie Anderson, duo pianists
Parish Center for the Arts
Westford, Massachusetts

Kleemation for flute & piano April 15, 2010 at 8 pm Alicia Kosack, flute
Kenneth Osowski, piano
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Irreveries from Sappho, mezzo & piano

April, 2010 at 7:30 pm
(rescheduled from 10/12/09)

Concert Artist Series
Sharon Mabry, mezzo
Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, Florida

Umbrian Suite for two pianos or piano 4 hands March 10, 2010 Recital &
March 11, 2010 Lecture
March 29, 2010
Terry Lynn & Andrew Hudson, duo pianists
London School of Music, London, England
& Baylor University, Waco, Texas

Umbrian Suite for two pianos or piano 4 hands March 4, 2010, 7:30 pm

Faculty Recital
Donna Gross Javel & Bonnie Anderson, duo pianists
University of Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts

Kleemation. flute & piano February 28, 2010, 4:00 pm

Music at the Meeting House
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano

First Religious Society

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Five Inventions, horn & piano February 20, 2010, 8:00 pm New Music Festival
Jed Hacker, horn
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, Ohio

Irreveries from Sappho, mezzo & piano January 31, 2010, 7:30 pm Faculty Recital
Jennifer Capaldo, mezzo soprano
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia

Kleemation. flute & piano

November 4, 2009, 7:30 pm

Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano

Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY

Kleemation. flute & piano October 18, 2009, 3:00 pm Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

Masonic Temple

Freeport, Illinois

Butterfly Effects for flute & harp
  (parts 1-7), U.S. Premiere
October 15, 2009, 3:00 pm Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp

Lewis University, Illinois
Romeoville, Illinois

Umbrian Suite for piano 4-hands September 24, 2009, 2 pm
Boston Public Library
Donna Gross Javel & Bonnie Anderson, duo pianists
Boston, Massachusetts

To Music, solo flute

Three concert dates:
    August 15, 2009,
    July 11, 2009
    April 28, 2009

Nancy Stagnitta, flute
National Flute Convention, NYC,
Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Italy
Interlochen Academy, Michigan

Fantasy for Piano March 12, 2009

Athena Festival
Rebecca Sorley, piano
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky

Kleemation for flute & piano
  & Butterfly Effects for flute and harp
  (parts 1-5 only)

February 13 & 14 in 2009

Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano/harp

Onondaga College, NY and
Kutztown University, PA

Irreveries from Sappho, mezzo & piano January 24, 2009 Marjorie Bundy, mezzo
Billie Whittaker, piano
Washington Ethical Society
Washington, D.C.

Butterfly Effects for flute & harp
  (parts 1-5 only), World Premiere
January 20, 2009 Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp
Mahidol Conservatory
Bangkok, Thailand

Kleemation, flute & piano

January 13 & 17, 2009

Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
Goethe Institute in Bangkok &
ACU in Chiang Mai
Thailand


Kleemation, flute & piano Duo "2" Tour:

November 8, 2008
November 11, 2008
November 13, 2008
November 14, 2008
November 21, 2008
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano/harp
Spencertown Academy
, NY
Davidson College, NC,
Rheinhardt College, GA,
Covenant College, GA and
St.Andrew's, Wellesley, MA

Five Inventions, horn & piano

Two Concerts:
April 9, 2008
April 13, 2008

 

Paul Stevens, horn
Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana &
University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS

Kleemation, flute & piano February 1, 2008 Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Corollaries, solo horn
  (premiere)
November 5, 2007 Francis Massinon, horn
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

To Music, solo flute October 24 & 25, 2007 Peter H. Bloom, flute
Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania &
Shippensburg Univ. in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Kleemation, flute & piano October 22, 2007 Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
Mansfield University
Mansfield, Pennsylvania

Kleemation, flute & piano September 14, 2007 The Thompson Chamber Music Series
Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
Gordon College
Wenham, Massachusetts

Herstory IV, mezzo & mandolin
May 18 & 19, 2007

Artomatic
Marjorie Bundy, mezzo
Neil Gladd, mandolin
Alexandria, Virginia

Four Humors, clarinet & piano
May 18, 2007 Great Noise Ensemble:
Katie Kellert, clarinet
Kristen Williams, piano at the Sitar Center, Washington, D.C.

To Music, solo flute
March 8, 2007 Peter H. Bloom, flute,
Judson College
Marion, Alabama

Five Inventions, horn & piano
  (premiere)

 

February 28, 2007
February 26, 2007
Faculty Recital &
Dimensions New Music Series
Francis Massinon, horn
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

Eating Democrats, voice & guitar
  (premiere)

February 26, 2007 Dimensions New Music Series
Sharon Mabry, mezzo & Stanley Yates, guitar
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

Kleemation, flute & piano


October 20-24, 2006 Peter H. Bloom, flute
Mary Jane Rupert, piano
Marietta College, Ohio
Elizabethtown College, Penn.
Frederick, Maryland
Salem Univ., Salem, West Va.
Changes, orchestra Sept. 14, 2006 Society of Composers Conference
University of Texas Orchestra
Eugene Dowdy,conductor
San Antonio, Texas


 



pianist Pat Halbeck, Elizabeth and & Lisa Vanarsdel

Joann Falletta


flutist Peter H. Bloom & pianist Mary Jane Rupert


Pianist Randy Hodgkinson


Bonnie Thompson & Donna Gross Javel


Flutist Peter H. Bloom & Elizabeth


pianist Jeffrey Woodl

mandolinist Neil Gladd

violinist Tim Baker

conductor, Eugene Dowdy


pianist Rosemary Platt & Elizabeth

guitarist Stanley Yates

clarinetist Chester Brezniak

pianist Evelyn Zuckerman

 
pianist Christine Paraschos

mezzo Sharon Mabry

hornist Francis Massinon

Gisele Ben-Dor


recording session at the Shalin Liu hall in Rockportl

the composer at a recording session

the composer at the piano