CURRENT PROJECT: While all scores remain available from Theodore Front Musical Literature, the entire catalog is now being gradually transferred to Universal Edition, Vienna (universaledition.com) Recently completed: a second full-scale opera: The Camp, Scenes of Life in a War Relocation Center Librettist: Lionelle Hamanaka orchestration: shakuhachi, koto, flute, clarinet, percussion, and string orchestra/string ensemble; now looking for a production ***** Article: "Dan Kessner: a Composer at 70" by Carla Rees, in The Journal of the British Flute Society, Volume 35, Number 1, March 2016 MOST RECENT CD - RELEASED: JUNE 10, 2016 Travelogue: Daniel Kessner Chamber Music III Featuring Le Quatuor de Guitares de Versailles Quatuor Vélasquez Cecília Fontes - soprano Lúcia Rodrigues - piano Nancy Roth - violin Dolly Eugenio Kessner - piano Reverberance, for 4 Guitars, Sonata for Violin and Piano, String Quartet No. 4, Tornando al Mare, for voice and piano, Suite for Four Guitars Centaur Records CRC 3478 RECENT COMMISSIONS: Spellbound, for Low Flute Choir commissioned by the National Flute Association 2018 Convention Cantique aux animaux; Cantata No. 3, for choir(s) and guitar quartet - 2015 commissioned by the Maîtrise de la Perverie, Gilles Gérard - Director Aria Adrift, for flute and piano, commissioned by the National Flute Association for the 2015 High School Soloist Competition LESS RECENT CDs New York Moments The Tapestry Ensemble Navona Records NV5888 Daniel Kessner: Undercurrent/Current and works by William Toutant, Frank Campo, Gernot Wolfgang, Dan Hosken, and Liviu Marinescu ***** Centaur Records CRC 3134 - Daniel Kessner: Solo and Chamber Works String Quartet No. 2 Natural Cycles, for bass flute and piano Toccata for Piano Genera, for flute/alto flute/bass flute and clarinet/bass clarinet String Quartet No. 3 *****
RECENT AND OLDER APPOINTMENTS: Two days of Master Classes/Workshops at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg; studio of Marcos Fregnani, Professor of Flute, September 2017 Fulbright Specialist Grant, Residency at the Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, October 1-15, 2011 - including premiere of Romp for Piano and Orchestra with Dolly Eugenio Kessner and the Orchestra of the Universidade do Minho, conducted by the composer; three flute-piano recitals by the Duo Kessner in Braga and Porto, and two works performed by the Banda de Música de Espinho, Helder Tavares, conductor. Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, Residency at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, October 27 - November 11, 2007 - including flute-piano recital, workshops, lectures, and concert with Trondheim Sinfonietta. Adjunct Professor, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, Fall Semester 2006 Visiting Professor of Composition, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Spring Semester 2006 Guest Conductor, Moorpark Symphony Orchestra, Spring Semester 2005 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, March-July, 2003, to perform and lecture at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen, Germany. |