Susan Botti

Events:

Past Events

PAST PERFORMANCES/EVENTS:

Terra Cruda
Dec 9, 2011
Hartt School of Music, Glen Adsit (conductor)
More about Terra Cruda

Terra Cruda (world premiere)
Cosmosis
Sept 30, 2011
University of Michigan Symphony Band and Chorus,
Michael Haithcock (conductor), Susan Botti (soprano soloist)
More about Terra Cruda
More about Cosmosis

in residence:
Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Bennington College, VT
August 7-14, 2011
performance:
August 13, 2011
'Dido Refuses to Speak' (from Gates of Silence)
Sylvia Songs (soprano & string quartet) - world premiere
Susan Botti, soprano
More about Gates of Silence

Terra Cruda (wind ensemble)
workshop performance
April 22, 2011
Hartt School of Music
University of Hartford, CT
Glen Adsit, conductor
More about Terra Cruda

Trois Poèmes de Jaccottet
March 12, 2011
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Lucy Dhegrae, soprano
Blair McMillen, piano
More about Trois Poèmes de Jaccottet

Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia
January 23, 2011
'Mad Scenes and Pig Dreams'
Arizona State University
Katzin Concert Hall, School of Music
Maria Jette, soprano
Elizabeth Buck, flute
Lynne Aspnes, harp
more about Pig Dreams

November 1, 2010
excerpts from Dido Refuses to Speak
Borden Auditorium
Manhattan School of Music, NYC

June 5, 2010
Translucence
The Cleveland Orchestra,
Matthias Pintscher-conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland
article in InstantEncore
interview in ClevelandClassical
audio interview on WCLV

Artist-in-Residence
National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan

April 10, 2010
Prelude for 7 Instruments
Telaio: Desdemona

April 18, 2010
Within Darkness
Günther Herbig, conductor
I-Ching Li, violin soloist

Gates of Silence:
    1. Lament: The Fallen City (vln/pno)
    2. The Journey without Her (pno trio)
    3. Dido Refuses to Speak (pno trio & soprano)
    poetry of Linda Gregerson

The Blakemore Trio
Susan Botti - soprano

Feb. 19, 2010, Nashville (world premiere)
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
more info

March 13, 2010, NYC (NY premiere)
Merkin Concert Hall
more info

November 10, 2008
Tagore Madrigals
Manhattan School of Music
Borden Auditorium

May 4, 2008
Cosmosis
California State University, Fullerton

April 24, 2008
Cosmosis
University of Georgia

April 2, 2008
The Exchange
Thomas Glenn, tenor; Wendy Tamis, harp
(US premiere)
Translucence
(west coast premiere)
Berkeley Symphony
Laura Jackson, conductor

February 24, 2008
Cosmosis
Annapolis Wind Symphony
Annapolis, MD

February 14, 2008
un bacio (world premiere)
Zero Gravity - Zankel Hall, NYC
(part of the celebration of Manhattan School of Music's 90th anniversary)

January 26, 2008
Translucence
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra
Laura Jackson, conductor

December 4, 2007
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Green Umbrella
celebrating Steven Stucky 20th Anniversary
Botti performs:
Botti - Jabberwocky (with Roland Vazquez, percussion)
Matheson - Songs of Desire, Love, and Loss
More about Jabberwocky

November 5, 2007
2 Gregerson Songs
Manhattan School of Music - Composition Faculty concert

September 30, 2007
Cosmosis
UTAustin, TX - guest composer/performer
More about Cosmosis

April 27, 2007
Cosmosis
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
More about Cosmosis

April 24, 2007
Cosmosis
University of Central Oklahoma
Susan Botti - soprano soloist
Mitchell Hall Theater
Edmond, Oklahoma
More about Cosmosis

April 12, 2007
Cosmosis
University of Minnesota
Wind Ensemble with Concert Choir
Craig Kirchhoff - director
Susan Botti - soprano soloist
Ted Mann Concert Hall
More about Cosmosis

February 3, 2007
Telaio: Desdemona
21st Century Consort
Christopher Kendall - conductor
Susan Botti - soprano
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
More about Telaio: Desdemona

December 6-8, 2006
Composer-in-Residence
Hartt School of Music University of Hartford, CT

December 6, 2006
Prelude for 7 Instruments
2 Gregerson Songs* (U.S. Premiere)
Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia
Jabberwocky*
Within Darkness (Anton Miller - violin solo)
Contemporary Players Ensemble
Glen Adsit - conductor
*Susan Botti - vocal soloist
Lincoln Theater
More about Jabberwocky

December 7, 2006
Cosmosis (wind ensemble, soprano solo & women's voices)
Wind Ensemble
Women of the Hartt Camerata & Choir
Glen Adsit - conductor
Susan Botti - soprano solo
Lincoln Theater
More about Cosmosis

December 8, 2006
EchoTempo (soprano, percussion & orchestra)
Hartt Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman - conductor
Susan Botti - soprano
Ben Toth - percussion
Lincoln Theater
More about EchoTempo

May 27, 2006
Rome, Italy
Villa Aurelia (American Academy in Rome)
Fellows' Annual Concert
music of Susan Botti & Charles Norman Mason

January 30, 2006
"Telaio: Desdemona"
Merkin Recital Hall, NYC
with Sequitur (www.sequitur.org)
More about Telaio: Desdemona

Oct 27 & 28, 2005
Cosmosis
University of North Texas
More about Cosmosis

May 19-21, 2005
Translucence
Cleveland Orchestra (premiere)
Severance Hall, Cleveland
More about Translucence

April 29, 2005
EchoTempo
Susan Botti - soprano solo, Peter Prommel - percussion solo,
NPS Radio Orchestra, H.K. Gruber - conductor
Utrecht, Holland
More about EchoTempo

April 16, 2005
Impetuosity
Ann Arbor Symphony
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor
More about Impetuosity

March 25, 2005
Rackham Auditorium, Univ. of Michigan
Arias from "Telaio: Desdemona"
Susan Botti - soprano solo
St. Petersburg String Quartet
More about Telaio: Desdemona

February 25, 2005
Carnegie Hall, NYC
Cosmosis World Premiere
by Susan Botti
poetry of May Swenson
University of Michigan Symphony Band
Women of the U. of M. Chamber Choir
Susan Botti - soprano soloist
Michael Haithcock, conductor
Also works by Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Grainger & Schuman
Isaac Stern Auditorium
More about Cosmosis

August 14, 2004
3 Poèmes de Jaccottet (Botti)
Festival of the Future
Rachel Harnisch, Sopran / Reiko Neriki, Klavier
Ernen, Switzerland
More about 3 Poèmes de Jaccottet

June 13, 2004
counter)induction
Dora Ohrenstein, soprano
3 Poèmes de Jaccottet (Botti)
NYC
More about 3 Poèmes de Jaccottet

April 25, 2004
excerpts from Telaio: Desdemona (Botti)
Cantos del Tucumán (Ginastera)
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Birmingham Unitarian Church
More about Telaio: Desdemona

March 11-14, 2004
Impetuosity for orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra (premiere)
Severance Hall, Cleveland
More about Impetuosity

Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia
Oct 12, 2003, Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan
Michigan Chamber Players / University Musical Society
More about Pig Dreams

May 20, 2003: James Gilchrist, tenor & Alison Nicholls, harp
Bury St. Edmond's Festival

April 4 & 5 (Fri. & Sat.), 2003 Kerrytown Concert Hall
"Scenes and Stories" - composer/soprano Susan Botti in recital
with Amy Porter (fl), Lynne Aspnes (hp), Diana Gannett (cbs) & Jonathan Ovalle (perc)
Related articles

"Passionate Minds: Women Write About Love"
Valentine's Day, February 14, 2003
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
soprano Lauren Flanigan in recital
featuring the music of.....Susan Botti.....

"Contemporary Techniques for Classical Singers"
Visiting Guest Artist
JUNE 17 - JULY 5, 2002
Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Toronto, Canada

EchoTempo - MAY 12, 2002
Musik im 21. Jahrhundert (Music of the 21st Century Festival)
Saarbrücken, Germany
Susan Botti - soprano soloist, Christopher Lamb - percussion soloist
Günter Herbig - conductor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
More about EchoTempo

EchoTempo
New York Philharmonic
Premiere: Thur. Nov. 1, 2001
Additional performances: Nov. 2, & Nov. 6
Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
New York Philharmonic, Maestro Kurt Masur, conducting
Susan Botti (soprano), Christopher Lamb (percussion)
More about EchoTempo

Telaio: Desdemona
Theater Emory, Emory University, Atlanta
March 23 & March 24, 2001
DUC Mary Gray Munroe Theater
More about Telaio: Desdemona

"Silent Movie" - MARCH 22, 2001
NY Festival of Song
Songbook for a New Century
More about Silent Movie