SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 at 7:00pm
SACRA/PROFANA, “A Cathedral of Trees”
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, San Diego, CA
SACRA/PROFANA performs Nell’s Crescent Meadow on a program that explores choral artistry rooted in nature and reaching toward the heavens.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 AT 4:00PM
PMEA All-State Chorus
Warner Theatre, Erie, PA
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Chorus (Christopher Jackson, conductor) performs Nell’s It’s a Long Way at the 2024 PMEA Conference.
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Sunday, APRIL 28, 2024 AT 3:00PM
Monmouth Civic Orchestra
Dahl Chapel at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
The Monmouth Civic Orchestra (Richard Cangro, conductor) performs Nell’s The Sphinx and the Milky Way.
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Monday, July 1, 2024 at 2:00pm
Emily Siar, Soprano
NATS National Conference, Knoxville, TN
As winner of the 2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Award, soprano Emily Siar performs Nell’s Woman Walking on her featured solo recital at the NATS National Conference.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 2:30pm
ASTA National Conference New Music Reading Sessions
Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, KY
The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Conference presents Nell’s Horizon for solo cello in their New Music Reading Sessions, selected by ASTA through a national call for submissions. The work will be performed by Mira Frisch in the Applied Studio: Solo and Chamber Music reading session featuring music by Women Composers for Cello, Double Bass, Harp, & Guitar.
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Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30pm
Emmanuel Music – Blue Christmas
Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA
Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, conductor) performs Nell’s “Winter Branches,” the first movement of Blue Shadows, Silver Sunlight, for Emmanuel Church’s Blue Christmas service on the Winter Solstice. Free and open to the public.
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Friday, November 17 and Sunday, November 19, 2023
UTSA Lyric Theatre – Epigrams: The Fire Tower
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
UTSA Lyric Theatre presents a staged workshop production of Nell’s new opera, The Fire Tower, on a program of short operas titled Epigrams.
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8:00pm ET
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast
Juventas New Music Ensemble presents encore performances of nature-inspired works from their recent seasons requested by their audiences— including Nell’s Retrace.
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Friday, September 15, 2023
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Release of album Sauntering Songs
Three-time Grammy-nominee Skylark Vocal Ensemble releases Sauntering Songs, a 75-minute live album of Nell’s choral and vocal music commissioned by the ensemble. The album includes the World Premiere recordings of the title work—a concert-length cantata featuring guest performances by Juventas New Music Ensemble and guitarist James Moore—as well as choral cycle Transform the World with Beauty. Available for purchase and streaming on all major platforms.
Friday, August 18, 2023
Laura Strickling & Daniel Schlosberg
Release of album 40@40
Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling releases 40@40, the first volume of World Premiere recordings of art songs commissioned by the singer, including Woman Walking by Nell Shaw Cohen & Megan Cohen.
Available for purchase and streaming on all major platforms.
Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 2:00pm EDT
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Juventas New Music Ensemble performs a program of music inspired by American landscapes, including Nell’s Retrace. This outdoor event is free and open to the public.
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Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 11:00am & 2:00pm EDT
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Community Day at the Clark
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Juventas New Music Ensemble performs a program of works by Nell Shaw Cohen related to themes from The Clark’s special exhibitions. This outdoor event is free and open to the public.
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:00pm EDT
Bowdoin Chamber Choir – “Winter Branches”
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
The Bowdoin Chamber Choir performs “Winter Branches” from Nell’s Blue Shadows, Silver Sunlight.
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Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00pm EDT
Skylark Vocal Ensemble – “Sauntering Songs”
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA
World Premiere of Nell’s Sauntering Songs, a concert-length commission created for Skylark Vocal Ensemble weaving together art songs, choral music, and literature into an expansive cantata on the theme of walking.
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Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00pm EDT
Skylark Vocal Ensemble – “Sauntering Songs”
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA
World Premiere of Nell’s Sauntering Songs, a concert-length commission created for Skylark Vocal Ensemble weaving together art songs, choral music, and literature into an expansive cantata on the theme of walking.
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:00pm EDT
Skylark Vocal Ensemble – “Sauntering Songs”
Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
World Premiere of Nell’s Sauntering Songs, a concert-length commission created for Skylark Vocal Ensemble weaving together art songs, choral music, and literature into an expansive cantata on the theme of walking.
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Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:00Pm EDT
Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg
Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY
Bargemusic presents soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Daniel Schlosberg in a program of art songs from The 40@40 Project, Strickling’s commissioning initiative, including Nell’s Woman Walking with lyrics by Megan Cohen.
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Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 3:00pm MST
Montage Music Society
Quail Run Clubhouse, Santa Fe, NM
Nell’s Transforming Forest, inspired by the land art installations of Andy Goldsworthy and commissioned by Montage Music Society, will be performed on this program of chamber music inspired by visual art.
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Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 2:00pm CST
Madrigal Voices of Montgomery
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 8790 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL
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Madrigal Voices of Montgomery, directed by Gene Davis, perform Nell’s It’s a Long Way.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 7:30pm PST
Pacific Percussion Ensemble
University of the Pacific, Faye Spanos Concert Hall, Stockton, CA
UOP’s Pacific Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Latta, performs Nell’s Three Decorations: a percussion trio in three movements responding to European decorative art forms.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30pm CST
Twin Ports Choral Project, “All Things in Time”
First Lutheran Church, Duluth, MN
Twin Ports Choral Project, directed by Ryan Deignan, perform Nell’s It’s a Long Way on a varied program of choral music exploring the dreams, hopes, wishes, and wants that mark our human experience.
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 9:40am & 11:30am EST
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, “Nature in Music”
Schuster Center, Dayton, OH
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Patrick Reynolds, performs Nell’s The Sphinx and the Milky Way, an orchestral tone poem inspired by the paintings of Charles E. Burchfield, on their Young People’s Concert program of music inspired by nature.
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Friday, November 4, 2022 at 7:30pm CDT
Twin Ports Choral Project, “All Things in Time”
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Ashland, WI
Twin Ports Choral Project, directed by Ryan Deignan, perform Nell’s It’s a Long Way on a varied program of choral music exploring the dreams, hopes, wishes, and wants that mark our human experience.
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Friday, October 21, 2022 at 7:00Pm EDT
Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg
An die Musik, 409 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Lieder Weekend presents soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Daniel Schlosberg in a program of art songs from The 40@40 Project, Strickling’s commissioning initiative, including Nell’s Woman Walking with lyrics by Megan Cohen.
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 3:00Pm EDT
Michigan Technological University Department of Visual and Performing Arts, “Lungs of the City”
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI
Concert & Live Online Broadcast
MTU presents the co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 6:00pm EDT
American Wild Ensemble
Highland Park Bowl, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
The co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 5:00pm CDT
Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg
Thirsty Ears Festival, 1758 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL
Chicago’s only classical music street festival presents an outdoor recital of art songs, including Nell’s Woman Walking, with lyrics by Megan Cohen, commissioned by Laura Strickling.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 7:30pm EDT
Nashua Pride Festival, “Fallen Star”
Nashua Community Music School, Nashua, NH
Melina Jaharis and Aiden Feltkamp perform selections from NewMusicShelf’s “Anthology of New Music: Trans & Nonbinary Voices, Vol. 1,” including Fallen Star, Nell’s song with lyrics by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen.
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 2:00pm EDT
Juventas New Music Ensemble, “Lungs of the City”
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Juventas presents the co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:30pm EDT
Untitled Theater Company No. 61
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
OPERA America’s National Opera Center, 330 7th Ave, New York, NY
A piano-vocal workshop reading of excerpts from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus: a family holiday opera with libretto by Edward Einhorn, adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum. Paired with an excerpt from Exagoge by Einhorn with composer Avner Finberg.
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Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 7:00pm EDT
American Wild Ensemble, “Lungs of the City”
CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture, New York, NY
The co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 12:00pm EDT
American Wild Ensemble, “Lungs of the City”
Prospect Park Audubon Center, Brooklyn, NY
The co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Friday, May 27, 2022 at 6:30pm EDT
American Wild Ensemble, “Lungs of the City”
Fort Tryon Park, Dongan Lawn, New York NY
The co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Monday, May 16, 2022 at 7:30pm EDT
New York Opera Alliance, “NYOA Next!”
Christ and Saint Stephens Church, New York, NY
Hear an aria for soprano and piano in a preview of the upcoming workshop of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus: a family holiday opera with libretto by Edward Einhorn, adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum.
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Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2:00pm PDT
SACRA/PROFANA, “American Landscapes”
Fallbrook Mission Theater, 231 N Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA
SACRA/PROFANA performs Nell’s Crescent Meadow on a program of choral music inspired by American landscapes.
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Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 8:00pm EDT
Juventas New Music Ensemble, “Lungs of the City”
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA
& Live YouTube Broadcast
Juventas presents the co-World Premiere of Nell’s Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland inspired by New York City’s Prospect Park and Central Park. Part of Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a cross-regional concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 7:00pm EST
Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg — The 40@40 Project
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
A recital of art songs including the World Premiere of Nell’s Woman Walking, with lyrics by Megan Cohen, commissioned by Laura Strickling. This event is free.
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Saturday, November 13, 2021 — January 30, 2022
Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Continuous screenings of video piece Le Mystère du Pouvoir Féminin (The Mystery of Feminine Power), which is scored with excerpts from Nell’s Transform the World with Beauty, to accompany special exhibition Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement.
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Release Early January 2022
NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music: Trans & Nonbinary Voices, Vol. 1
Publication including Nell’s Fallen Star (2017/arr. 2020) for voice and piano, written with lyricist Mashuq Mushtaq Deen.
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 3:00pm EST
Boston Choral Ensemble — “Holiday Concert”
Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble reprises Nell’s Blue Shadows, Silver Sunlight, a choral setting of three poems for the winter season, which they commissioned in 2019.
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Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 3:00pm
Skylark Vocal Ensemble — “It’s a Long Way” Album Concert
First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA
Skylark performs the live World Premiere of Nell’s It’s a Long Way: the title track of their new album.
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Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 7:00pm
Skylark Vocal Ensemble — “It’s a Long Way” Album Concert
Belleville Church, Newburyport, MA
Skylark performs the live World Premiere of Nell’s It’s a Long Way: the title track of their new album.
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Friday, October 8, 2021 at 7:00pm
Skylark Vocal Ensemble — “It’s a Long Way” Album Concert
Simon Center for the Arts at Falmouth Academy, Falmouth MA
Skylark performs the live World Premiere of Nell’s It’s a Long Way: the title track of their new album.
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Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 10:00am & 11:15am
Musica Viva NY — “It’s a Long Way”
All Souls Unitarian Church, New York, NY
Musica Viva NY performs Nell’s It’s a Long Way as part of their Sunday services. The 11:15 service will be live-streamed here for those who wish to join remotely.
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Friday, October 1, 2021 at 7:00pm
Montage Music Society — Music Inspired by Visual Art
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, Durango, CO
Montage Music Society performs Transforming Forest.
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Friday, September 24, 2021
Skylark Vocal Ensemble — “It’s a Long Way” Album Release
Skylark releases their new album, “It’s a Long Way,” featuring Nell’s piece as the title track.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 5:00pm PDT
Landscape Music: Earth Year
Free Online Event Presented by Visions of the Wild Festival
Nell discusses her work Transforming Forest alongside a panel of composers and musicians from Landscape Music.
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 7:30pm
UPDATE: Postponed due to COVID-19; new concert date TBA
Toronto Messiaen Ensemble — “Dance with Contemporary Composers”
Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON
Toronto Messiaen Ensemble performs Nell’s Retrace, selected through their international Call for Scores.
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Friday, May 22, 2020
UPDATE: Canceled due to COVID-19
Houston Grand Opera presents workshop of Turn and Burn
Houston, TX
A workshop reading of Turn and Burn, Nell’s chamber opera commissioned through HGOco’s “Song of Houston” initiative. Featuring the full score for five soloists and 8-piece chamber ensemble.
Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 4:00pm
UPDATE: Canceled due to COVID-19 (more info)
Williams Chamber Choir — “Looking/Seeing”
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
The Williams Chamber Choir performs Nell’s “In an Artist’s Studio,” a selection from her choral cycle Transform the World with Beauty.
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Friday, April 17, 2020 at 6:00pm
UPDATE: Canceled due to COVID-19 (more info)
Williams Chamber Choir — “Looking/Seeing”
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
The Williams Chamber Choir performs Nell’s “In an Artist’s Studio,” a selection from her choral cycle Transform the World with Beauty.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 7:30pm
UPDATE: Canceled due to COVID-19 (more info)
Houston Grand Opera HGOco’s “Rodeo Songs”
Stars Over Texas Stage, Rodeo Houston, Houston, TX
Houston Grand Opera presents Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers in a reprisal of HGOco’s “Rodeo Songs,” featuring the World Premiere of Next Rodeo: Nell’s country song with lyrics by Megan Cohen, adapted from their upcoming World Premiere chamber opera Turn and Burn.
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Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 8:00pm
The Astoria Choir — “Women in Song”
Trinity Lutheran Church, Astoria, NY
In celebration of International Women’s Day, The Astoria Choir performs Nell’s “My First Camera”—a selection from her choral cycle Transform the World with Beauty—awarded through the choir’s Call for Scores.
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Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 3:00pm
Boston Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert
Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble’s holiday concert features the World Premiere of Blue Shadows, Silver Sunlight, which the choir commissioned from Nell through their 12th Annual Commission Competition. Purchase Tickets.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Houston Grand Opera presents workshop of Turn and Burn
Houston, TX
A workshop reading of Turn and Burn, Nell’s chamber opera commissioned through HGOco’s “Song of Houston” initiative.
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 7:30pm
Michigan Technological University
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
MTU’s New Music concert “Rock Music! A Celebration of Rocks” includes Revealed in Stone, Nell’s song cycle for tenor and piano inspired by the poetry and sculptures of Michelangelo. Event website. Live-stream the performance at https://www.mtu.edu/vpa/live.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 10:00am
Bloomsburg University Community Orchestra
Mitrani Hall, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Bloomsburg University performs Nell’s The Sphinx and the Milky Way for orchestra, inspired by the paintings of Charles E. Burchfield, on their annual “Young Person’s Concert.” Event website.
Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 3:00pm
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
Cambridge, MA
Event Website
Juventas New Music Ensemble performs Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
April 4-7, 2019
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Tour Website
World Premiere of Nell’s Transform the World with Beauty for vocal ensemble, commissioned by Skylark Vocal Ensemble for Masterpiece: an innovative, multi-faceted program offering musical reflections and reactions to the visual arts from the ancient to the modern.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:00pm
Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7:00pm
Gloucester Meeting House, Gloucester, MA
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:00pm
Cole Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 4:00pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown Parish, Washington DC
Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 3:00pm
Montage Music Society
Altazano Salon Series, Santa Fe, NM
Event Website
Nell’sTransforming Forest for piano, violin, and cello, inspired by the land art installations of Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco. Commissioned by Montage Music Society.
friday, March 8, 2019 at 5:30pm
Artist Talk: Nell Shaw Cohen, Inspired by Place
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
Event Website
Artist talk in conjunction with special exhibit The Legacy of Helene Wurlitzer: Works from the Harwood Collection.
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:00pm
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
La Crosse, WI
Event Website
World Premiere of The Sphinx and the Milky Way for orchestra, inspired by the paintings of Charles E. Burchfield.
friday, March 1, 2019 at 6:00pm
Montage Music Society
SITE Sante Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Event Website
World Premiere of Nell’s Transforming Forest for piano, violin, and cello, inspired by the land art installations of Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco. Commissioned by Montage Music Society.
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:30pm
SUnday, November 4, 2018 at 2:00pm
Mabel’s Call at University of New Mexico Opera Theatre
Keller Hall, UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Event Website
Workshop production of Mabel’s Call, Nell’s 85-minute chamber opera, featuring six soloists, chorus, and a seven-piece chamber ensemble. Stage Direction and Production by Leslie Umphrey and Sam Shepperson and Music Direction by Dr. Kristin Ditlow. Free pre-performance symposium with author Lois Rudnick one hour before each performance. Nell will be a Guest Artist in residency with UNM Opera Theatre during Fall 2018.
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:30pm
Juventas New Music Ensemble presents Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails
First Church Boston, Boston, MA
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Juventas New Music Ensemble performs Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. This concert is part of Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails, a nationwide initiative coordinated by the Landscape Music Composers Network to commemorate the 50th Anniversaries of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 at 7:00pm
Citywater
Sacramento State Festival of New American Music, Sacramento, CA
Event Website
Citywater reprises their performances of Retrace and “In the Lupine Hills” from Refuge, along with two other selections from Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails, as part of the opening night gala program on Sacramento State’s Festival of New American Music.
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Juventas New Music Ensemble
Boston New Music Festival Keynote Concert
First Church Boston, Boston, MA
Event Website
Juventas New Music Ensemble performs of Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 at 12:00PM
Cathie Apple and Friends
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, CA
Event Website
Citywater reprises their performances of Retrace and “In the Lupine Hills” from Refuge, along with two other selections from Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails.
Thursday, October 18
Juventas New Music Ensemble previews Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails
Margaret Fuller House, Cambridge, MA
Event Website
Juventas New Music Ensemble performs an outreach concert including Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. The full Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails program will be presented in Boston on November 3.
Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 2:00pm
Cascadia Composers presents Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails
The Old Church, Portland, OR
Event Website
Cascadia Composers presents the co-premiere of Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Part of Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails, a nationwide initiative coordinated by the Landscape Music Composers Network to commemorate the 50th Anniversaries of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:30pm
Michigan Technological University presents Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails
McArdle Theater, Houghton, MI
Event Website
MTU presents the co-premiere of Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Part of Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails, a nationwide initiative coordinated by the Landscape Music Composers Network to commemorate the 50th Anniversaries of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 4:00pm
Visions of the Wild presents Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails
Empress Theatre, Vallejo, CA
Event Website
Citywater performs the co-premiere of Retrace, Nell’s work for flute, violin, and cello inspired by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Part of Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails, a nationwide initiative coordinated by the Landscape Music Composers Network to commemorate the 50th Anniversaries of the National Trails System Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 7:30pm
The Betterment Society
Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California (event page)
The Spark new play festival presents a reading of The Betterment Society by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, featuring a song written by Nell and Deen. Tickets are $15; purchase online.
Friday, June 15, 2018 at 8:00pm
The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O’Keeffe and the New Mexico Landscape
House concert, Jacksonville, Florida (event page)
The Bold City Contemporary Ensemble performs works selected from their annual Call for Scores, including a live performance and screening of Nell’s The Faraway Nearby, a multimedia piece with video and music for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello. Ticket $40 advance, $50 at the door; purchase online.
Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 7:00pm
Human Child Lullaby, Sorting Photos, and Bury Me
Goodenough College, Bloomsbury, London UK (event page)
An evening of arias and songs, including three of Nell’s works written with playwright and librettist Edward Einhorn—two of which are World Premieres—featuring students from Goodenough College.
Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 7:30pm
Mabel’s Call at Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers (website)
Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St, Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers showcase offers audiences a first look at the developmental processes for operas. A 20-minute excerpt of Nell’s chamber opera Mabel’s Call will be featured in a concert reading with piano accompaniment. Tickets are $10; purchase online.
Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 3:00pm
Fallen Star at New Dramatists (website)
424 W 44th Street, New York, New York
Workshop of Fallen Star, a music-theater collaboration with playwright Mashuq Mushtaq Deen. Featuring Charity Wicks, music director; Cori Ellison, dramaturg; and performances by Camille Harris, Blake Friedman, and Nicole Mitchell.