news/upcoming events
Gateway Chamber Ensemble's (now Gateway Chamber Orchestra) debut CD, Serenades of R. Strauss and Mozart, nominated in the 53rd Grammy for Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh, is available through amazon.com, Summit Records, iTunes music store.
Gateway Chamber Orchestra's new recording, Chamber Symphonies of Georges Enescu, Franz Schreker, and Arnold Schoenberg will be released in April 2012.
September 22, 2011, Gateway Chamber Orchestra outreach to McGavock High School, TN.
September 26, 2011, 7:30pm: "Contrasting Lines" Gateway Chamber Orchestra, music of Bach and Steve Reich. APSU
October 12, 2011, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Ensemble in Woodwind Student Ensemble Recital. APSU
October 13-14, 2011, Clarinet Clinics/Masterclasses at Madison Academic high School, Jackson Youth Symphony, Jackson, TN; Adamsville High School, Adamsville, TN.
November 7, 2011, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Wind Serenades IV, music of Gounod, Daugherty, and Mozart. APSU
November 16, 2011, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Ensemble in Woodwind Student Ensemble Recital. APSU
November 16, 2011, 4-7:30pm: APSU Woodwind Day.
November 17-18, 2011, Clarinet Clinic in Chattanooga, TN.
December 15, 2011, 8pm: Solo recital, music of Niels Gade, Chen Yi, Wolfgang Mozart, Elliott Carter, and Johannes Brahms. Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
January 24, 2011, 7:30pm: Performing Poulenc Sonata for Two Clarinets with David Shifrin. APSU
January 30, 2012, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Pastoral Soundscapes", Bohuslav Martinu Nonetto, William Bolcom Orphée-Sérénade, and Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 1. APSU
April 23, 2012, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Pocket-Sized Symphonies", music of Haydn, Lee Hoiby, and Schubert. APSU
Past events
February 9, 2008, 9am: Mingzhe Wang conducted a clinic for nearly 40 high school clarinetists on the campus of Austin Peay State University.
February 25, 2008, 7:30pm: Performance of Jospeh Schwantner's Canticle of the Evening Bells for APSU Dimension New Music Series, APSU.
March 9, 2008, 3pm: Performance in Washington D. C. with Opera Lafayette on 18th century period instruments.
March 13, 2008, 7:30pm: Performance of Prokofiev Quintet on APSU campus.
March 31, 2008, Solo Recital and Masterclass at Arkansas Tech University.
April 11, 2008, 5:30pm: Solo Recital, APSU.
April 17, 2008, 4pm: Performance of Michael Daugherty Clarinet Concerto with Greg Wolynec and the APSU Wind Ensemble at the Tennessee Music Education Association Conference in Nashville, TN.
April 22, 2008, 7:30pm: Performance of Michael Daugherty Clarinet Concerto, APSU.
April 24, 2008, 5:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Ensemble Concert. Soloist in Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint.
April 27, 2008, 3:00pm: Guest Clarinetist, Howard Helvey's O Quam Gloriosum for Chamber Chorus and Solo Clarinet, APSU CHamber Singers, Karen Kenaston-French.
May 8, 2008, 7:30pm: Performance of Verdi Requiem as a choral singer with Nashvile Symphony and Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville TN.
May 9, 10, 2008, 8pm: Performance of Verdi Requiem as a choral singer with Nashvile Symphony and Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville TN.
October 16-18, 2008, 8pm: Performing as solo vocalist in Chen Yi's Percussion Concerto with Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor, Nashville, TN.
October 19, 2008, 7:30pm: Clarinet Soloist in Weber Concertino with APSU Symphony Orchestra and Greg Wolynec, Conductor, APSU, TN.
October 27, 2008, 7:30pm: Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony, op. 9 with APSU Faculty Ensemble in APSU Dimension New Music Series, APSU, TN.
February 2, 2009, 7:30: APSU Chamber Winds Serenades of Strauss and Mozart, APSU, TN.
February 11, 2009, 8pm: American Classical Orchestra, all Haydn program on period instruments. NYC.
March 2, 2009, 7:30pm: Dimensions New Music Series, Music of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time, APSU, TN.
March 20, 2009, 7:30pm: Solo Recital with guest pianist Ilya Poletaev, APSU, TN.
March 27, 2009, 6:30pm: Bachanalia. Performing JS Bach Trio Sonata, BWV 527, Christ Cathedral, Nashville, TN.
April 23, 2009, 7:30pm: Soloist in APSU Percussion Ensemble concert, APSU, TN.
May 5, 2009, 8pm: Performing Brahms Clarinet Quintet in Sudler Hall, New Haven, CT.
May 13, 2009, 7:30pm: Performing JS Bach b Minor Mass with Yale Schola Cantorum at the Goyang Civic Center, Seoul, South Korea.
May 15, 2009, 2pm: Choral Workshop at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.
May 17, 2009, 7:30pm: Bach b Minor Mass at Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing China.
May 19, 2009, 7:30pm: Bach b Minor Mass at Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, China.
May 30, 2009, 12noon: Simon carrington Chamber Singers concert at holy Trinity episcopal Cathedral, Kansas City, MO.
May 30, 2009, 7:30pm: Simon Carrington Chamber Singers concert at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lawrence, KS.
June 27-28, 2009, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber ensemble recording sessions, Clarksville, TN.
September 14, 2009, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble, Dimensions New Music Series, featuring works by Darius Milhaus, APSU, TN
September 22, 2009, 8pm: Benny Goodman Celebration Concert, performing work by Morton Gould, Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT
September 26, 2009, 8pm: Benny Goodman Celebration Concert, performing work by Morton Gould, Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York City.
October 7, 2009, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir in Concert, APSU, TN
October 12, 2009, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble Woodwind Quintet Concert, featuring works by Janacek, Nielsen and more, APSU, TN.
November 16, 2009, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble Wind Serenade Concert, featuring works by Dvorak and Richard Strauss, APSU, TN.
November 18, 2009, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir in Concert, APSU, TN
December 2, 2009, 7pm: Recital at Houston Baptist University Concert Hall, Houston, TX.
December 9, 2009, 10:15am: Young Person's Concert 2, Nashville Symphony, Pictures at an Exibition, Schermerhorn, Nashville, TN
December 10, 2009, 7:30pm: Nashville Symphony Christmas Concert, Schermerhorn, Nashville, TN
December 19, 2009, 11am: Pied Piper Concert, Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn, Nashville, TN
February 20, 2010, 7:30pm: Lee Hoiby Triple Concerto world premiere, APSU, TN
February 22, 2010, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble Nonet Concert, featuring works by Spohr and Martinu, APSU, TN
February 24, 2010, 2:30pm: Lee Hoiby Triple Concerto, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
March 3, 2010, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir in Concert, APSU, TN
March 22, 2010, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble, Dimensions New Music Series, featuring works by Chen Yi, APSU, TN
April 7, 2010, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir in Concert, APSU, TN
April 21, 2010,1pm: Chamber Music Recital, Niels Gade Fantasy Pieces and Beethoven Trio, op. 11. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT.
July 10, 2010, Recording session, world premiere recording of Lee Hoiby Triple Concerto. APSU, TN.
July 15, 2010, 7pm: Solo Recital, works by Ries, Devienne, Ravel, and Francaix. Okemo Young Artists' Program, Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont.
September 27, 2010, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble. Works by Haydn, Copland and Barber. APSU, TN.
September 30, 2010, Solo Recital, works by Ries, Gade and Zemlinsky; Masterclass. University of Nevada at Reno. Reno, Navada.
October 6, 2010, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir on APSU Student Woodwind Group recital. APSU, TN.
October 20-21, 2010, 7:30pm(10/18): Solo Recital, works by Devienne, Saint-Saens, Ravel, and Francaix; Masterclass. Murray State University, Murray, KY.
October 25, 2010, 7:30pm: Concert Celebrating R. Schumann. Works by Schumann, Timothy Andres, Kurtag, and Rihm. APSU, TN.
November 8, 2010, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble. Schrecker Chamber Symphony. APSU, TN.
November 17, 2010, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir on APSU Student Woodwind Group recital. APSU, TN.
January 24, 2011, 7:30pm: Paul Schoenfield residency at APSU, performing Scheonfield Sonatina for Klezmer Clarinet and Piano with the composer.
APSU, TN.
January 27, 2011, 7:30pm: Solo Recital with Mary Alice Domenica. Works by François Devienne, Camille Saint-Saëns, Arthur Honegger and Jean Françaix. APSU, TN
February 21, 2011, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble, works by Enescu, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. APSU, TN.
March 2, 2011, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir on APSU Student Woodwind Group recital. APSU, TN.
March 14, 2011, Gateway Chamber Ensemble. Works by Enescu, including Chamber Symphony and Dixtuor. APSU, TN.
March 20, 2011, 7:30pm: Directing APSU Clarinet Choir on APSU Student Woodwind Group recital. APSU, TN.
April 4, 2011, 7:30pm: Gateway Chamber Ensemble. Works by Schoenberg, Wagner and Johann Strauss II. APSU, TN.