performances

If you are performing a work by Ellen, please email jennifer[at]wadacommunications[dot]com for the information to be added to this page.


2024

JANUARY 14, 2024 - PEANUTS GALLERY

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, CONTRABASS, AND PIANO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024 - ORCHESTRAL EXcursIONS (WORLD PREMIERE)

MARCH 1, 2024 - VOYAGE

  • Bayberry String Quartet - STEP Birmingham Chamber Music Workshop, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL

MARCH 8, 2024 - QUINTET FOR CLARINET AND STRING QUARTET

MARCH 10, 2024 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

MARCH 11, 2024 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

MARCH 16 & 17, 2024 - EPISODES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

MARCH 22, 2024 - VOYAGE

MARCH 25, 27, 29, 2024 - CLARINET CONCERTO

MARCH 29, 2024 - VOYAGE

  • Bayberry String Quartet - Dorothy Gerber Strings Program, First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, MI

APRIL 3, 2024 - VOYAGE

APRIL 13 & 14, 2024 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

MAY 15, 2024 - CLARINET CONCERTO (SWISS PREMIERE)

MAY 19, 2024 - CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

JUNE 1, 2024 - VOYAGE

JUNE 1 & 2, 2024 - QUARTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS

JUNE 29, 2024 - VOYAGE

JUNE 30, 2024 - CELEBRATION

JULY 13 & 14, 2024 - QUINTET FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND STRING QUARTET

JULY 15, 2024 - VOYAGE

JULY 20, 2024 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

JULY 20, 2024 - CEREMONIES

JULY 24, 2024 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

JULY 29, 2024 - CELEBRATION

AUGUST 8 & 9, 2024 - VOYAGE

AUGUST 10, 2024 - QUARTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS

AUGUST 22, 2024 - QUINTET FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND STRING QUARTET

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - “KADDISH”

OCTOBER 27, 2024 - “SNOOPY DOES THE SAMBA” FROM PEANUTS GALLERY

NOVEMBER 2, 2024 - CONCERTO GROSSO

NOVEMBER 10, 2024 - CELEBRATION

NOVEMBER 30 & DECEMBER 1, 2024 - TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

DECEMBER 28, 2024 - PROLOGUE AND VARIATIONS

2025

JANUARY 26, 2025 - “SNOOPY DOES THE SAMBA FROM PEANUTS GALLERY

FEBRUARY 9, 2025 - CONCERTO FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA

MARCH 2, 2025 - DOUBLE QUARTET

MARCH 22, 2025 - AVANTI!

APRIL 6, 2025 - “SNOOPY DOES THE SAMBA” FROM PEANUTS GALLERY

APRIL 29, 2025 - FANTASY FOR SOLO VIOLIN

RECENT YEARS

2023

JANUARY 13, 2023 - CONCERTO FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND WIND ENSEMBLE (WORLD PREMIERE)

JANUARY 18 & 22, 2023 - CONCERTO GROSSO

FEBRUARY 18, 2023 - THANK YOU NOTES FOR RICHARD PITTMAN (WORLD PREMIERE)

FEBRUARY 18, 2023 - SYMPHONY NO. 1

MARCH 11, 2023 - LAMENT, ARRANGED FOR BARITONE SAXOPHONE BY BRIAN KACHUR

MARCH 20, 2023 - DIVERTIMENTO FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, VIOLIN, AND CELLO

APRIL 2, 2023 - ABGANG AND KADDISH (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

APRIL 26, 2023 - AVANTI!

APRIL 29, 2023 - PEANUTS GALLERY

MAY 6, 7, 8, 2023 - CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS (WORLD PREMIERE)

MAY 13, 2023 - FANTASY FOR SOLO VIOLIN; LAMENT; A POEM FOR ELLIOTT; EXCERPTS FROM PEANUTS GALLERY; TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

JULY 22, 2023 - DOUBLE STRING QUARTET

OCTOBER 15, 2023 - AMERICAN CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET AND ORCHESTRA

OCTOBER 26, 2023 - LAMENT

OCTOBER 28, 2023 - CELEBRATION

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, CONTRABASS, AND PIANO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - JUBILATION

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 - “THANKSGIVING SONG”

DECEMBER 7, 2023 - ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH PORTRAIT - FANTASY, LAMENT, TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET

DECEMBER 16 & 17, 2023 - CONCERTO GROSSO

2022

FEBRUARY 26, 2022 - UPBEAT!

MARCH 17, 2022 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

MARCH 23, 2022 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

MARCH 24, 2022 - CEREMONIES FOR CONCERT BAND

MARCH 26 & 27, 2022 - LAMENT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

MARCH 28, 2022 - PAS DE TROIS

MArch 31, 2022 - FORGOTTEN VOICES - A COMPOSITE SONG CYCLE WITH MUSIC BY 15 AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS, ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH AMONG THEM

APRIL 7, 2022 - OPENING (WORLD PREMIERE)

APRIL 8, 2022 - ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH PORTRAIT CONCERT: UPBEAT!, COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE, CONCERTO ELEGIA, AND SYMPHONY NO. 5 “CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA”

MAY 21 & 22, 2022 - CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA

JULY 11, 2022 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

JULY 23, 2022 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, CONTRABASS, AND PIANO

JULY 30, 2022 - AVANTI! (FANFARE FOR JERRY)

JULY 30, 2022 - CONCERTO FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA

november 18 & 20, 2022 - concerto for cello and orchestra

NOVEMBER 20, 2022 - PEANUTS GALLERY

DECEMBER 19, 2022 - AMERICAN CONCERTO

  • United States Navy Band, Captain Kenneth C. Collins, conductor - The Midwest Clinic, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL (Click to watch video)

2021

JANUARY 10, 2021 - A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ELIJAH MCCLAIN

JANUARY 23, 2021 - CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (CHAMBER VERSION WORLD PREMIERE)

JANUARY 24, 2021 - CONCERTO GROSSO FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY 9, 2021 - PROLOGUE AND VARIATIONS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY 28, 2021 - PROLOGUE AND VARIATIONS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

MARCH 3, 2021 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

MARCH 13, 2021 - PROLOGUE AND VARIATIONS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

MARCH 14, 2021 - ABGANG AND KADDISH (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

MARCH 28, 2021 - CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA

APRIL 10, 2021 - LAMENT

APRIL 25, 2021 - ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

MAY 1, 2021 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, CONTRABASS, AND PIANO

MAY 5, 2021 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

MAY 6, 2021 - CHAMBER SYMPHONY

MAY 16, 2021 - PEANUTS GALLERY FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA

JUNE 18, 2021 - CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (CHAMBER VERSION)

JUNE 27, 2021 - EPISODES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

JULY 18, 2021 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 - INTRADA FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 - SHADOWS (ARRANGEMENT FOR PIANO AND SEVEN MUSICIANS)

OCTOBER 7, 2021 - REMEMBERING RUTH BADER GINSBURG - WORLD PREMIERE

OCTOBER 8, 2021 - ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

OCTOBER 19, 2021 - A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ELIJAH MCCLAIN

OCTOBER 23, 2021 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, CONTRABASS, AND PIANO

OCTOBER 30, 2021 - SONATA IN THREE MOVEMENTS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

2020

JANUARY 25, 2020 - LAMENT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

FEBRUARY 8, 2020 - SYMPHONY NO. 1

JANUARY 25, 2020 - LAMENT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

FEBRUARY 8, 2020 - SYMPHONY NO. 1

FEBRUARY 8 & 9, 2020 - ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY 9, 2020 - DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO

FEBRUARY 22, 23, 2020 - CELEBRATION

FEBRUARY 18, 19, 25, 26, 2020 - CONCERTO FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA (EXCERPTS)

MARCH 5, 7, 8, 2020 - CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (WORLD PREMIERE)

MARCH 8, 2020 - ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

MARCH 15 & 17, 2020 - LAMENT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

MARCH 21, 2020 - CONCERTO GROSSO

APRIL 4, 2020 - VIVA! BOSTON MUSICA VIVA

MAY 21, 2020 - FORGOTTEN VOICES - a composite song cycle with music by 15 award-winning composers, Ellen taaffe zwilich among them

DECEMBER 2, 2020 - JUNE 2021 - CONCERTO GROSSO

DECEMBER 28, 2020 - PROLOGUE AND VARIATIONS

2019

FEBRUARY 2, 2019 - VIVA! - WORLD PREMIERE

February 8, 2019 - Septet for String Quartet and Piano Trio

FEBRUARY 17, 2019 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS, AND PIANO

FEBRUARY 24, 2019 - STRING TRIO FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, AND CELLO

MARCH 2, 2019 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS, AND PIANO

MARCH 5, 2019 - FANTASY FOR SOLO VIOLIN

march 14, 2019 - Celebration for Orchestra

  • DePaul University School of Music, Michael Lewanski, conductor; Chicago, IL.

MARCH 18, 2019 - ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

MARCH 21, 2019 - EXCURSION FOR CONTRABASS AND PIANO

  • Marco Antonio Quiñones, contrabass, and Patricia Miravete Mora, piano, Sala Hermilo Novelo, Mexico City, Mexico

MARCH 26, 2019 - FANTASY FOR SOLO VIOLIN

APRIL 11, 2019 - QUINTET FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS, AND PIANO

APRIL 16, 2019 - CHAMBER SYMPHONY

april 27, 2019 - Upbeat!

MAY 12, 14, 18, 19, 2019 - CLARINET QUINTET

June 12, 2019 - Jubilation

JUNE 22, 2019 - PAS DE TROIS

AUGUST 23, 2019 - CONCERTO GROSSO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 - SEPTET FOR PIANO TRIO AND STRING QUARTET

SEPTEMBER 7 & 8, 2019 - QUARTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 - LAMENT FOR CELLO AND PIANO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 - CONCERTO FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA (VERSION FOR BAND)

OCTOBER 6, 2019 - UPBEAT!

OCTOBER 12, 2019 - ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT

OCTOBER 24, 25, 27, 28, 2019 - ABGANG AND KADDISH

  • enhake (Wonkak Kim, clarinet; M. Brent Williams, violin; Katherine Decker, cello; Eun-Hee Park, piano) at University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh, WI), University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL), Monroe Arts Center (Monroe, WI), University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point, WI)

OCTOBER 30, 2019 - DIVERTIMENTO

NOVEMBER 9, 2019 - CLARINET CONCERTO (SECOND MOVEMENT, “ELEGY - SEPTEMBER 11”)

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 - FANTASY FOR SOLO VIOLIN

NOVEMBER 15, 2019 - TRIPLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - SEPTET