Daniel Kessner

Composer, Conductor, Flutist.



CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail: dkessner@csun.edu

 

TO OBTAIN SCORES/CDs: 

Most of the entire catalog of scores has been transferred to 

Universal Edition, Vienna

and is now available!

https://www.universaledition.com/daniel-kessner-7934


CDs: Amazon Classical Music

 

PERFORMANCES 2022 - ONLINE AND LIVE


May 7 - World Premiere (live) of Chant Sauvage, for women's vocal ensemble, by EVA Chœur de Femmes, Françoise Roussillat - Cheffe, Chapelle Saint-Joseph, Nantes, France

May 23 - live performance of Paths, for flute, horn, violin, and piano during ChamberFest@CSUN


PERFORMANCES 2021 - ONLINE & LIVE


February 6 - Peace in Concert - performance of Sonata Sonnante by Matt Peters in Koblenz, Germany

May 23 - TEMPO concert, CSUN; live-streamed performance of three of the Studies in Melodic Expression by David Shostac - flute

August 9 - performance of Simple Motion, for alto flute and piano by Duo Kessner at the Annual Convention of the National Flute Association in Dallas

November 21 - Live Premiere of Celestial Harmony by the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Flute Choir, Priscilla Ochran Holt - Director


RECENT PERFORMANCES 2020, including online performances during Covid


January 27 - premiere of Chants and Echoes, for trombone choir, at the opening concert of the Tourbon Festival in Santiago, Chile

February 5 - premiere of Metamorphoses, for horn and piano, by Daniel Grabois at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

February 6, 7 & 9 - performances of Suite in Imaginary Modes, for Oboe and Imaginary Instruments, by Richard Kravchak at California State University Dominguez Hills, California State University Northridge and Pepperdine University

February 7 - performance of excerpts from Monochromes, Points of Departure and Return, by the Chœur EVA, Françoise Roussillat - Directrice, Nantes, France

February 7 - performance of Genera at "Thinking Minds Project LAUNCH," Royal Holloway, University of London; Gavin Stewart - flutes, Raymond Brien - clarinets

February 8 - performance of Symphony in Gold by the Los Angeles Flute Orchestra, conducted by the composer, Miles Theater, Santa Monica

February 26 - premiere of Duo Unchained at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) by the Duo Montagnard: Joe Murphy - alto saxophone, Matt Slotkin - guitar; 

February 27 - performance of Suite in Imaginary Modes by Richard Kravchak at the 11th Annual Festival of New Music, Marshall University

March 2 through March 10 - Premiere performances of Duo Unchained, for alto saxophone and guitar by Duo Montagnard in San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Tempe AZ, and San Diego

March 6 - performance of Chants and Echoes, for trombone choir, by the Indiana University Trombone Choir, Carl Lenthe - Director

March 20-23 - International Low Flutes Festival, Urayasu, Japan - videos of Prière et scherzo and five of the Eight Preludes for solo alto/bass flute; Daniel Kessner - alto and bass flutes, Dolly Eugenio Kessner - piano


May - HearNow Festival: Undercurrent/Current, video performance by Joanne Pearce-Martin - piano, Shalini Vijayan - violin, Luke Maurer - viola, and Timothy Loo - cello


October 15 - Silverstein Works Woodwindfest: Pandemic Possibilities: performance of A Serene Music by Julia Heinen - clarinet


PlanbFest, Kharkov, Ukraine - Kharkov Guitar Quartet - performance of Reverberance


NottNOISE, London: Carla Rees and Sarah Watts - performance of Genera Magna


RECENT PERFORMANCES 2019


February 10 - performance of Two Visions by TEMPO, Glenn Price - Conductor, CSUN Cypress Recital Hall, Northridge

February 23 - premiere of Sonata Sonnante, for solo guitar, by Matt Peters, American Guitar Society Series, Los Angeles Valley College

March 2 - performance of Sonata Sonnante, for solo guitar, by Matt Peters, recital presented by Michael Batell Guitars, Berlin.

March 6 - premiere of Momentum, for flute trio, by FlutAria!, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas

March 11 - performance of five movements from Images, for six or more horns, University of Oregon Horn Ensemble, Justin Stanley - conductor

March 30 - performance of Momentum, for flute trio, by FlutAria!, Austin Flute Society Festival

March 30 - performance of selections from Studies in Melodic Expression, for Solo Cello, by Maksim Velichkin at the Edendale Branch Library, Los Angeles

March 31 - performance of Sonata Sonnante by Matt Peters - guitar, at Lukaskirche Vallendar, Germany

April 6 - performance of Modular Suite for Percussion at the Northwest Percussion Festival, by the Boise State University Percussion Ensemble, John Baldwin - Director, at The College of Southern Idaho

April 7 - premiere of Reflections, for Piccolo and Alto Flute; European Flute Council, Flute Ensembles Across Europe Event; Milica Milojevic & Carla Rees, Poznan, Poland

April 9 - performance of Spellbound, version for clarinet choir, by the Iowa State University Clarinet Choir, Gregory Oakes - Director; 

April 17 - performance of selections from Studies in Melodic Expression, for Solo Cello, by Maksim Velichkin at the Glendale Noon Concerts series, Glendale City Church

April 19 - performance of Modular Suite for Percussion by the Boise State University Percussion Ensemble, John Baldwin - Director, at Boise State University

May 4 - partial premiere of Monochromes, Points of Departure and Return, by the Chœur de Femmes EVA, Françoise Roussillat - Directrice; Chapelle St. Joseph, Nantes, France.

May 17 - performance of selections from Temperaments, version for six or more guitars, by the Los Angeles Valley College Guitar Orchestra, Gregory Newton - Director

June 7 - performance of Genera by Carla Rees - flute, alto flute, bass flute, and Sarah Watts - clarinet, bass clarinet, at Keele University Chapel, Staffordshire, England

June 10 - performance of Genera Magna by Carla Rees - flute, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, and Sarah Watts - clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, presented by Iklectik, St. John's Church, Waterloo, London

June 23 - Festival Forfest Czech Republic; performance of Monochromes, Points of Departure and Return, by the Choir Gaudeamus Brno, Daša Karasová and Martina Kirová - Directors

July 3-9 - performance of Reflections, for Piccolo and Alto Flute; Festival Internacional de Flautas de Costa Rica; Milica Milojevic & Carla Rees

July 24 - 28 - ClarinetFest, Knoxville, TN - performance of Les Nymphéas by the Austin Peay State University Clarinet Choir, Spencer Prewitt - conductor

July 26 - performance of Symphony in Silver by Desert Echoes Flute Project, Christina Steffen - Director, First United Methodist Church of Mesa, Arizona

August 1-4 - National Flute Association Convention; performances of tous les matins... , Daniel Kessner - bass flute, and Symphony in Silver, Desert Echoes Flute Project, Christina Steffen - Director, Salt Lake City, Utah

August 13 - performance of Flight, for solo clarinet (2008) by Julia Heinen at the European Clarinet Festival, Camerino, Italy

September 19 - performance of Tous les Matins, for solo bass flute, by Laura Kox at Otley Courthouse, London

October 13 & 14 - Premiere performances of Fleet, for Flute and Piano, by Taylor Irelan and Andrea Feitl in Sarasota, FL

October 16 - performance of Valse (un peu espagnole), for guitar and cello, by Duo Kottos, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, England

November 2 -performance of Reflections, for piccolo and alto flute by Milica Milojevic and Carla Rees at the 16º Festival Internacional de Flautistas "ABRAF", São Paolo, Brazil

December 1 - performance of excerpts from Monochromes, Points of Departure and Return, by the Chœur EVA, Françoise Roussillat - Directrice, Bordeaux, France