Current Projects & Performances | CD Released
May 15, 2011, Premiere of Concerto for Two Violas and Orchestra, for violists Ellen Ruth Rose and Kurt Rohde, conductor Christian Baldini and The University of California at Davis Symphony Orchestra www.mondaviarts.org
April 21, 2011, Performance of Concertino for violin and small ensemble by the IU New Music Ensemble, with director/conductor David Dzubay www.indiana.edu/~nme
March 9, 2011, Performance of selected works by Kurt Rohde, by the UW Contemporary Chamber Ensemble at Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities, University of Wisconsin at Madison www.music.wisc.edu/ensembles/contemporary-chamber
March 6, 2011, Premiere of as we do, for the Scharoun Ensemble, as part of their Cal Performances appearance www.scharounensemble.com
January 20 and 24, 2011, Premiere of Four Remixes for Piano Trio, for The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble www.leftcoastensemble.org
Fall 2011/Winter 2012, Premiere of Piano Concerto, for pianist Sara Laimon and Sequitur Ensemble, premiere scheduled during 2011-2012 season www.sequitur.org
March and April 2010, Premiere of still distant, still here for large ensemble, as Composer-in-Residence during their “Ascending Dragon Project”, as part of the 2010 season with Southwest Chamber Music www.swmusic.org
June 3 and 7, 2010, Premiere of Violin Concertino, for violinist Axel Strauss and The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble www.axelstrauss.com
Winter 2010, remix of “Good Stuff” by The B52s for The Empyrean Ensemble
October 2009, Premiere of ONE, for speaking pianist on texts of poet Paul Mann, for pianist Genevieve Lee
Summer 2009, Premiere of Fratturato Teatro, for four musicians and puppet theater, performed by The Utah Arts Festival
CD of Kurt Rohde’s Music Released
Produced by Mondovibe Records, the CD features the New Century Chamber Orchestra and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performing three works for strings; Oculus for String Orchestra, Three Fantasy Pieces for Viola, Cello and Double Bass, and Minerva’s Pools. To order a copy of this CD, please go to the New Century Chamber Orchestra website, to the web-page for this CD at www.CDBaby.com, or contact Kurt Rohde by emailing him directly. iTunes has the Oculus CD available for download.