February 20, 2016
Performance with the American Youth Symphony
Program:
McDuffie plays and conducts Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”
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Performance Schedule
February 27, 2016
“What Color Is Your Brother?” An exploration of race through words and music
Program:
John Adams Christian Zeal and Activity from "American Standard"
Adolphus Hailstork Church Street Serenade
Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 4; Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 3; String Quartet No. 1 “Company”; Echorus
Arvo Pärt Fratres
With:
McDuffie Center String Ensemble - Ward Stare, conductor
Theatre Macon's Youth Actors Company - Jim Crisp, director
April 1 – 7, 2016
Seoul and Daejeon, South Korea
McDuffie performs and teaches master classes in Seoul and Daejeon.
Program:
Philip Glass' Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons"
With:
Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
April 3, 2016
Seoul, South Korea
McDuffie performs and conducts the Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, "The American Four Seasons"
With:
Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
April 6, 2016
Daejeon, South Korea
McDuffie performs and conducts the Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, "The American Four Seasons"
With:
Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
April 13, 2016
A concert to benefit public radio station WDAV at Davidson College
Program:
Program to include music of Vivaldi, Glass, Kreisler, and Gershwin.
With:
Fred Child of Performance Today, emcee; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano; and McDuffie Center students.
April 27, 2016
Rome, Italy
Benefit performance for the Rome Chamber Music Festival and Associazione Peter Pan Onlus, a home for families of children with cancer.
Program:
Fritz Kreisler Tempo di Minuetto in the Style of Pugnani
Jay Ungar Ashokan Farewell
Aaron Copland Hoedown from Rodeo
Antonín Dvořák Romantic Piece No. 1, Op. 75, B. 150
John Williams Theme from Schindler’s List
George Gershwin It Ain’t Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
With:
Elena Matteucci and Diego Procoli, piano; Alessia Patregnani, narrator; and young artists from the Rome Chamber Music Festival.
May 20, 2016
New Orleans, LA
Program:
Lalo Symphonie Espanole in D Minor, Op. 21
With:
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
June 2 – 4, 2016
Atlanta, GA
Program:
Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (The American Four Seasons)
With:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
June 2, 2016
Program:
Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (The American Four Seasons)
With:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
June 17, 2016
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
World Premiere
Performance at 10 p.m.
Program:
Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Orchestra. Program to also include Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”.
With:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
June 26 – 30, 2016
Rome Chamber Music Festival’s 13th season
June 26, 2016
Opening Night Gala - invitation only
June 27, 2016
Program:
Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87 and Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
With:
Yoon Kwon, violin; Claudia Irene Tessaro, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Alexander Locke, viola; Erica Piccotti, cello (String Quintet No. 2); Robert McDuffie, violin; Julia Brandenburg, violin; Rebecca Raimondi, violin; Cecilia Merli, violin; Daniele Valabrega, viola; Philip Hall, viola; Antonio Lysy, cello; Fabio Fausone, cello (Octet)
June 28, 2016
Program:
Franz Schubert String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581; Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56; and Ernő Dohnányi Sextet in C major, Op. 37
With:
Hoei Lien The, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Tristan Feichtner, cello (Schubert); Ekaterina Valiulina, violin; Dustin Wilkes-Kim, violin (Prokofiev); Agata Nowak violin; Virginia Luca, viola; Mary Grace Bender, cello; Calvin Leung, clarinet; Guglielmo Pellarin, horn; Elena Matteucci, piano (Dohnányi)
June 29, 2016
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 and Igor Stravinsky L’Histoire du Soldat
With:
Hoei Lien The, violin; Mikhail Balan, viola; Zhihao Wu, cello; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano (Mozart); Yoon Kwon, violin; Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet; Guiseppe Iacobucci, trumpet; Enzo Turriziani, trombone; Reed Sarasua Tucker, double bass; Aurelio Scudetti, percussion (Stravinsky)
June 30, 2016
Program:
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American" and Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Quintet - the unplugged version (arr. David Mallamud)
With:
Ekaterina Valiulina, violin; Bethany Moss, violin; Luca Sanzò, viola; Antonio Lysy, cello (Dvořák); Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano; Levi Mitze, violin; Luca Sanzò, viola; Reed Tucker, double bass (Mills)
July 20, 2016
Park City, UT
Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra
St. Mary Catholic Church
Presented by Utah Symphony & Opera
Program:
McDuffie conducts and performs the Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, "The American Four Seasons"
With:
Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra
July 29, 2016
Brevard, NC
Program:
Leonard Bernstein's Serenade After Plato’s Symposium
With:
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
August 1 – 14, 2016
Aspen, CO
In residence at the Aspen Music Festival
August 9, 2016
McDuffie leads a master class for Aspen Music Festival student musicians.
August 11, 2016
An Eclectic Evening with Robert McDuffie and Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano; and Mike Mills, electric bass and piano.
August 13, 2016
McDuffie performs Alan Fletcher's Study: Music, Pink and Blue No. 2 with Elizabeth Pridgen, piano.
September 11, 2016
Macon, GA
An Evening of Respect: Celebrating 75 Years of Otis Redding
Program:
McDuffie performs Reddings’ 1966 hit, “Try A Little Tenderness”, with Rolling Stones pianist Chuck Leavell.
October 20, 2016
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 21, 2016
St. Petersburg, FL
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Mahaffey Theater
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 24, 2016
Athens, GA
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
UGA Performing Arts Center
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 25, 2016
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 27, 2016
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 28, 2016
Atlanta, GA
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
October 29, 2016
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
November 1, 2016
Newport News, VA
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
November 3, 2016
North Bethesda, MD
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
November 5, 2016
Carmel, IN
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Christopher Taylor, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
November 6, 2016
Detroit, MI
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Christopher Taylor, piano
Fifth House Ensemble
November 7, 2016
Chicago, IL
U.S. Tour with Mike Mills [R.E.M.] and Fifth House Ensemble
Millennium Park
Program:
John Adams Road Movies
Philip Glass Symphony No. 3
Mike Mills Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and Strings (arr. by David Mallamud)
With:
Mike Mills, bass guitar and keyboard
Christopher Taylor, piano
Fifth House Ensemble