(or maybe you were there?)
Here’s where you can find information about performances, etc., from the past few months:
December 21, 2022: Douglas Anderson led the Mobile Hallelujah through mid-town Manhattan, singing the Hallelujah Chorus at 7 favorite musical and holiday locations, to the delight of surprised passersby.
December 4, 2022: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale with soloists and orchestra in a performance of music by J. S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn (BWV 230), Cantata No. 4, Christ Lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) and Cantata No. 140, Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme (BWV 140), at the First United Methodist Church in Brewster NY.
September 30 and October 1, 2022: Douglas Anderson’s chamber opera Through/In was premiered by the American Chamber Opera Company, sung by Nicole Salaman. At Speyer Hall at the University Settlement House in Manhattan.
September 30 and October 1, 2022: Douglas Anderson conducted the American Chamber Opera Company in the world premiere of Simonetta, a new opera by Larry Lipkis, to a libretto by Rob Block. At Speyer Hall at the University Settlement House in Manhattan.
June 21, 2022- DouglasAndersonconducted the Mozart Requiem, as part of the annual Make Music New York Festival outdoors at the Oculus in downtown Manhattan. This performance will be known as the “Requiem in the Rain”, since our indomitable performers insisted on performing even with a bit of rain-it was spectacular!
April 24, 2022- Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program of famous opera choruses at the First United Methodist Church, Brewster NY.
April 24, 2022- The Putnam Chorale performed Douglas Anderson’s arrangement of Do You Hear the People Sing (from Les Miserables) in a program of famous opera choruses at the First United Methodist Church at 82 Main Street, Brewster NY.
December 3 & 5, 2021: Douglas Anderson conducted Messiah by G. F. Handel, with the Putnam Chorale and orchestra, with soloists Lianne Gennaco, soprano; Helen Fanelli, mezzo-soprano; David Gordon, tenor; and Fred Redd, baritone. Dec. 3 at St. Andrew’s Church at 15 South Street in Beacon, NY; and Dec. 5 at First United Methodist Church at 82 Main Street, Brewster NY.
Summer 2021: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in America Through Song, from the Colonial era to the 20th Century, in outdoor locations in Putnam and Dutchess counties in New York.
June 21, 2021: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson again conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 with a chorus and orchestra of over 120 volunteers, at the Oculus in lower Manhattan
December 21, 2020: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) conducted the Online Messiah, a chorus only performance on Handel’s masterpiece on Zoom.
June 21, 2020: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson again conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 with a chorus and orchestra of over 120 volunteers. This year, a different and important version: social-distanced on Zoom!
Cancelled due to the Pandemic shutdown in NYC:
March 18, 2020: Douglas Anderson will conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in an orchestral concert, featuring Sym. #8 (“Unfinished”) by Franz Schubert and Sym. No. 41 (“Jupiter”) by W. A. Mozart. Also included on the program will be a possible finishing of the Unfinished Symphony: The First Entr’acte from Rosamunde, which scholars have speculated may have been intended as the fourth movement, and Scherzo 8 by Douglas Anderson, which is based on Schubert’s own sketches for the third movement of the Symphony. 8:00 pm, Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC;
April 26, May 2, May 29-30-31, 2020: Douglas Anderson led the Putnam Chorale as the Choir in performances of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Performances in Brewster, NY; Beacon, NY; and on Bannerman’s Island.
May 10, 2020: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 28th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio. NYC.
Composition:
(These below really happened!)
February 23, 2020: Douglas Anderson’s compositions were part of Music in Diverse Styles, a yearly concert of BMCC composers that is part of the Composers Now Festival. Works presented included Vocalise No. 1 and the four pieces from The King of Jazz (Smoke, Cream, Billie’s Bounce, Flats). Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street in Manhattan NYC.
Dec. 21, 2019: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) again conducted the Mobile Hallelujah: multiple flash-mob type performances of the Hallelujah Chorus in four locations in Manhattan.
December 15, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 32nd Annual Messiah Sing-along. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
December 14, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale Ensemble in three performances of historical Holiday music at the restored Boscobel Mansion in Garrison, NY.
December 13, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale Ensemble in a concert of historical Holiday music at St. John’s church in Mahopac, NY.
December 6 and 8, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program entitled “Let the Psalms Resound“, featuring J.S. Bach’s double motet Singet Dem Herrn, BWV 225; Handel’s Chandos Anthem No. 11, and Mozart’s cantata Davide Penitente, K. 469. At St. Joachim’s church in Beacon New York, and the First United Methodist Church in Brewster NY.
November 22, 2019 (and actually all fall!): Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on Arkansas Traveler [with jokes!] was performed by Eight Strings and a Whistle as part of their Fall, 2019 program. At the Tenri Institute in NYC; Tulane University in New Orleans; Havana, Cuba, etc.
November 6, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in an orchestral concert; repertoire included Rossini’s Tancredi Overture, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, and featured Robert Haley in the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
Ocotber 13, 2019: Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise II was performed by Ina Litera and Matt Goeke at a BMCC Faculty Concert, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC.
June 21, 22, 23, 2019: Douglas Anderson (as Executive Director) produced the American Chamber Opera Company’s world premiere production of Melissa Shiflett’s chamber opera My Undying Love: An Amusement. A brilliant cast of talented singer-actors brought this touching and amusing piece to glorious life. At the Speyer Auditorium of the University Settlement House, 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY.
June 21, 2019: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 at the famous Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park in NYC, with a chorus and orchestra of over 150 volunteers. A great piece at a stunning location, this was truly a unique and greatly moving event.
June 19, 2019: Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise II was performed by Ina Litera and Matt Goeke in Potterton, Maine.
April 28, 2019: Douglas Anderson will conducted the Putnam Chorale in a concert of choral works by the great Renaissance composer Josquin Des Pres. First United Methodist Church in Brewster, NY.
May 12, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet. Richard Harris Terrace, in the Borough of Manhattan Community College located at 199 Chambers Street, in lower Manhattan.
March 31, 2019: 8 Strings & a Whistle presented the real premiere Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on ‘Arkansas Traveler’, complete with jokes! At La Nacional, 239 West 14th Street in NYC. Douglas Anderson was there to partake in the festivities.
March 20, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert of orchestral works. The program included Upon Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, by Frederick Delius; Outdoor Overture by Aaron Copland; Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the premiere of Anderson‘s new orchestral work Dark Equinox. In Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan.
February 24, 2019: music by Douglas Anderson was featured on a concert of music by BMCC Composers entitled Music in Diverse Styles. His friends Suzanne Gilchrest, Ina Litera, and Matt Goeke (the trio Eight Strings & an Whistle) performed his Reverse Variations on ‘Arkansas Traveler’, complete with jokes! Matt and Ina also played his Vocalise No. II, and Quentin Angus and his trio performed his jazz piece Cream. In Theatre II of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan.
Dec. 21, 2018: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) conducted the Mobile Hallelujah: multiple flash-mob type performances of the Hallelujah Chorus in four locations in Manhattan.
Dec. 15, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted two performances of Christmas at Boscobel with the Putnam Chorale Ensemble. At Boscobel House in Garrison, NY.
Dec. 9, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 31st annual Messiah singalong. Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan.
Dec. 8, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale’s annual Messiah Singalong. Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY.
Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a concert of choral works by F. J. Haydn: Insanae and Vanae Curae, Salve Regina in g minor, Te Deum, and Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse). Friday, Nov. 30 at St. Joachim church in Beacon, NY; and Sunday, Dec. 2 at the First United Methodist Church in Brewster, NY. Audience reaction:”…Beautiful! Rich and full bodied—a fine wine…Powerful production. Electrifying….SUBLIME…Musicianship is top notch all around…Love it!! Gave me chills.”
Nov. 7, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert featuring two last symphonies: Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98. Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located at 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan.
August 10, 2018: the release of One at a Time – solo instrumental music by Douglas Anderson on Ravello records. See the reviews here, or order your copy here!
June 21, 2018: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor at the 911 Memorial site, with a chorus and orchestra of over 100 volunteers. A great piece at a symbolic and stunning location, this was truly a unique and greatly moving event.
May 13, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 26th annual Opera on the Terrace with a terrific cast performing Mozart’s The Magic Flute, in concert.
April 29, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in its spring concert, featuring Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, both sets, Opus 52 and Opus 65; with dancers!
March 16, 2018: Douglas Anderson’s solo piano piece Abe’s Rag was performed by Jin-Ok Lee on a BMCC Faculty Concert. (Jin-Ok recorded Abe’s Rag for the album One at a Time, to be released this summer!).
February 24, 2018: 4 of Douglas Anderson’s songs were featured on the annual BMCC Composers Now concert. The songs were: Nora’s Scene; Two ‘Erotic’ Songs, and Paul Bunyan Mourns for Babe the Ox. Margaret Astrup and Charles Samuel Brown sang, accompanied by Mark Victor Smith on piano.
December 17, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182/Troop 82 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
Dec. 10, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 30th Annual Open Sing of Handel’s Messiah in Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located at 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan, NYC.
Dec. 3, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program of Baroque masterpieces: Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and concert performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Written responses from the audience for this performance:
Excellent and well done, very professional…Just wonderful; I’m never disappointed…Music and singing – perfection…Powerful selections. More of it, please…What a wonderful selection of pieces. Each one was unique and amazing in its own right…a fantastic concert; spot on every measure.
November 8, 2017: Douglas Anderson’s new song Paul Bunyon Mourns for Babe the Ox, with words by Andrew Joffe, received its world premiere. The performance, by Charles Samuel Brown, bass-baritone and Mark Victor Smith, piano, was part of the BMCC Fall Faculty Recital, which will took place in Theatre II of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, in Manhattan, NYC.
Fall, 2017: Three Strings & a Whistle revived Douglas Anderson’s Chamber Symphony No. 3 into their current concert repertoire; performances included their annual concert at the Ten-Ri Institute on Friday, October 27. They commissioned the piece and premiered it in 2001, and have periodically revived it since then. Their recording of it is part of Douglas Anderson Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4, a CD released on the Ravello label.
Nov. 1, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located in lower Manhattan, NYC. The program included Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica.
May 15, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 25th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of Giuseppi Verdi‘s opera Il Trovatore. At the Richard Harris Terrace, 199 Chambers Street, NYC. Singers included Nita Baxani, Leonora; George Kasarjian, Manrico; Helen Fanelli, Azucena; and Fred Redd, Count di Luna.
April 30, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a performance of music by Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers), K. 339; and Requiem, K. 626., in Brewster, New York. Soloists were Alison Davy, soprano; Marguerite Moussett, mezzo-soprano; George Kasarjian, tenor; and Steven Fredericks, baritone.
March 15, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert of orchestral music. The program will include Mendelssohn’s rarely heard Trumpet Overture; Schumann’s Piano Concerto in a minor with soloists Amber Yiu Hsuan Liao; and Schumann’s Fourth Symphony. 8:00 p.m., Theatre II, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., NYC.
February 25, 2017: Two of Douglas Anderson’s chamber works were among those featured on the Composers Now presentation of BMCC Composers. Ina Litera performed “…mood, enough…” for viola solo, and Jin-Ok Lee performed Abe’s Rag on the piano. At the Shirley Fiterman Art Gallery, 81 Barclay Street (three blocks below Chambers), New York, NY.
December 18, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
December 11, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 29th Annual Messiah Sing-along. Theatre I, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., NYC
December 4, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in performance of the complete Messiah, by G. F. Handel. First United Methodist Church, Brewster, NY. Written responses from the audience for this first-ever performance of the complete Messiah in Putnam County, NY:
Beautiful, excellent, superb…Brilliant!…Fabulous…Absolutely outstanding – just marvelous….Amazing performance…Spectacular! Great!…This was Fantastic…Messiah performed with the most heart I’ve ever seen/heard. Loved the flow – I was swept away, transported…
November 2, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert including Dvorak’s 9th (New World) Symphony, Chabrier’s Habanera, Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, and his own piece The Half King. 8:00 pm, Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
July 8, 2016: Release of Sparks, an album of Orchestral Miniatures on the Navona label including Douglas Anderson’s solemn and moving In Memoriam, written in the wake of the 2001 disaster at the World Trade Center in New York City. Now available from your favorite online download or CD outlet!
June 24 and 25, 2016: Faust Triumphant, a 10 minute chamber opera composed by Douglas Anderson to a libretto by Andrew Joffe; and Lisa’s Room: A Dream by Melissa Shiflett performed by the American Chamber Opera Company, conducted by Douglas Anderson. Riverside Church Theatre, NYC. For production pictures and information, click here
May 15, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony, the BMCC Downtown Chorus and soloists Devin Provenzano, Lars Woodul, Doris Holz, Karen Jolicoeur, Marguerite Mousset, Melissa Gerstein, Ethan Fran, Sanford Rothenberg, and Shanade Hernandez in the 24th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang A. Mozart. In the Richard Harris Terrace, at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY.
April 24, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale and soloists Nita Baxani and Peter Clark in a performance of Casey at the Bat, by William Schuman; also other baseball songs. Starr Ridge Banquet Center in Brewster, NY.
March 16, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted Symphony No. 9 (Choral) and Consecration of the House Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven; performed by the BMCC Downtown Symphony with the BMCC Downtown Chorus and more. Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Chambers Street in Manhattan, NYC.
February 20, 2016: performances of Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise No. 1 and Haiku, for voice alone, performed by Mark Victor Smith, tenor; also “…increasingly, physical…”, for flute solo, performed by Maureen Keenan; on the Composers Now presentation of BMCC Composers. At the Shirley Fiterman Art Gallery, 245 Greenwich Street, New York, NY.
January 22, 2016: the world premiere of Douglas Anderson’s “mini-scene” Schrödinger’s Cat, also Directions, performed by Bonnie Lubinsky, flute, with Mark Victor Smith, tenor, and the Different Hats Ensemble. Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th St., New York, NY.
January 8, 2016: Ravello Records released a new CD- Douglas Anderson Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4 .
Read the latest reviews here!
Order your copy now at your favorite online outlet!
December 19, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
December 13, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the 28th annual Messiah Sing-along with the BMCC Downtown Symphony and the BMCC Downtown Chorus (Eugenia Yau, Director) at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Soloists were Anastasiya Roytman, soprano; Marguerite Mousset, mezzo-soprano; David Gordon, tenor; and Bryan Glenn Davis, bass-baritone.
December 12, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the annual Messiah Sing-along of the Putnam Chorale in Carmel, New York.
December 6, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted a program of Magnificats with the Putnam Chorale and orchestra. Works included the Magnificat movement from Mozart’s Solemn Vespers; Purcell’s Magnificat in B-flat; Vivaldi’s Magnificat; and J. S. Bach’s Magnificat. Soloists included Cynthia Simeone and Sheila Gayle, sopranos; Melissa Gerstein, mezzo-soprano; George Kasarjian, tenor; and Lars Woodul, baritone.
November 18, 2015: Douglas Anderson’s solo flute piece “…increasingly, physical…” was performed by Maureen Keenan at a BMCC Faculty Recital at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
November 4, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in concert at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The program included the Medea Overture by Luigi Cherubini; Brahms’ Symphony No. 2; and his own Medea Suite.
August 30, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale and guests in its annual Summer Sing (with orchestra!); the program included Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus and Requiem.
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September 30 and October 1, 2022: Douglas Anderson conducted the American Chamber Opera Company in the world premiere of Simonetta, a new opera by Larry Lipkis, to a libretto by Rob Block. At Speyer Hall at the University Settlement House in Manhattan.
June 21, 2022- DouglasAndersonconducted the Mozart Requiem, as part of the annual Make Music New York Festival outdoors at the Oculus in downtown Manhattan. This performance will be known as the “Requiem in the Rain”, since our indomitable performers insisted on performing even with a bit of rain-it was spectacular!
April 24, 2022- Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program of famous opera choruses at the First United Methodist Church, Brewster NY.
April 24, 2022- The Putnam Chorale performed Douglas Anderson’s arrangement of Do You Hear the People Sing (from Les Miserables) in a program of famous opera choruses at the First United Methodist Church at 82 Main Street, Brewster NY.
December 3 & 5, 2021: Douglas Anderson conducted Messiah by G. F. Handel, with the Putnam Chorale and orchestra, with soloists Lianne Gennaco, soprano; Helen Fanelli, mezzo-soprano; David Gordon, tenor; and Fred Redd, baritone. Dec. 3 at St. Andrew’s Church at 15 South Street in Beacon, NY; and Dec. 5 at First United Methodist Church at 82 Main Street, Brewster NY.
Summer 2021: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in America Through Song, from the Colonial era to the 20th Century, in outdoor locations in Putnam and Dutchess counties in New York.
June 21, 2021: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson again conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 with a chorus and orchestra of over 120 volunteers, at the Oculus in lower Manhattan
December 21, 2020: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) conducted the Online Messiah, a chorus only performance on Handel’s masterpiece on Zoom.
June 21, 2020: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson again conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 with a chorus and orchestra of over 120 volunteers. This year, a different and important version: social-distanced on Zoom!
Cancelled due to the Pandemic shutdown in NYC:
March 18, 2020: Douglas Anderson will conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in an orchestral concert, featuring Sym. #8 (“Unfinished”) by Franz Schubert and Sym. No. 41 (“Jupiter”) by W. A. Mozart. Also included on the program will be a possible finishing of the Unfinished Symphony: The First Entr’acte from Rosamunde, which scholars have speculated may have been intended as the fourth movement, and Scherzo 8 by Douglas Anderson, which is based on Schubert’s own sketches for the third movement of the Symphony. 8:00 pm, Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC;
April 26, May 2, May 29-30-31, 2020: Douglas Anderson led the Putnam Chorale as the Choir in performances of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Performances in Brewster, NY; Beacon, NY; and on Bannerman’s Island.
May 10, 2020: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 28th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio. NYC.
Composition:
(These below really happened!)
February 23, 2020: Douglas Anderson’s compositions were part of Music in Diverse Styles, a yearly concert of BMCC composers that is part of the Composers Now Festival. Works presented included Vocalise No. 1 and the four pieces from The King of Jazz (Smoke, Cream, Billie’s Bounce, Flats). Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street in Manhattan NYC.
Dec. 21, 2019: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) again conducted the Mobile Hallelujah: multiple flash-mob type performances of the Hallelujah Chorus in four locations in Manhattan.
December 15, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 32nd Annual Messiah Sing-along. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
December 14, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale Ensemble in three performances of historical Holiday music at the restored Boscobel Mansion in Garrison, NY.
December 13, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale Ensemble in a concert of historical Holiday music at St. John’s church in Mahopac, NY.
December 6 and 8, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program entitled “Let the Psalms Resound“, featuring J.S. Bach’s double motet Singet Dem Herrn, BWV 225; Handel’s Chandos Anthem No. 11, and Mozart’s cantata Davide Penitente, K. 469. At St. Joachim’s church in Beacon New York, and the First United Methodist Church in Brewster NY.
November 22, 2019 (and actually all fall!): Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on Arkansas Traveler [with jokes!] was performed by Eight Strings and a Whistle as part of their Fall, 2019 program. At the Tenri Institute in NYC; Tulane University in New Orleans; Havana, Cuba, etc.
November 6, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in an orchestral concert; repertoire included Rossini’s Tancredi Overture, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, and featured Robert Haley in the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
Ocotber 13, 2019: Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise II was performed by Ina Litera and Matt Goeke at a BMCC Faculty Concert, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC.
June 21, 22, 23, 2019: Douglas Anderson (as Executive Director) produced the American Chamber Opera Company’s world premiere production of Melissa Shiflett’s chamber opera My Undying Love: An Amusement. A brilliant cast of talented singer-actors brought this touching and amusing piece to glorious life. At the Speyer Auditorium of the University Settlement House, 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY.
June 21, 2019: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor, K. 626 at the famous Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park in NYC, with a chorus and orchestra of over 150 volunteers. A great piece at a stunning location, this was truly a unique and greatly moving event.
June 19, 2019: Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise II was performed by Ina Litera and Matt Goeke in Potterton, Maine.
April 28, 2019: Douglas Anderson will conducted the Putnam Chorale in a concert of choral works by the great Renaissance composer Josquin Des Pres. First United Methodist Church in Brewster, NY.
May 12, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet. Richard Harris Terrace, in the Borough of Manhattan Community College located at 199 Chambers Street, in lower Manhattan.
March 31, 2019: 8 Strings & a Whistle presented the real premiere Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on ‘Arkansas Traveler’, complete with jokes! At La Nacional, 239 West 14th Street in NYC. Douglas Anderson was there to partake in the festivities.
March 20, 2019: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert of orchestral works. The program included Upon Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, by Frederick Delius; Outdoor Overture by Aaron Copland; Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the premiere of Anderson‘s new orchestral work Dark Equinox. In Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan.
February 24, 2019: music by Douglas Anderson was featured on a concert of music by BMCC Composers entitled Music in Diverse Styles. His friends Suzanne Gilchrest, Ina Litera, and Matt Goeke (the trio Eight Strings & an Whistle) performed his Reverse Variations on ‘Arkansas Traveler’, complete with jokes! Matt and Ina also played his Vocalise No. II, and Quentin Angus and his trio performed his jazz piece Cream. In Theatre II of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan.
Dec. 21, 2018: As part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Festival, Douglas Anderson (collaborating with producer Melissa Gerstein) conducted the Mobile Hallelujah: multiple flash-mob type performances of the Hallelujah Chorus in four locations in Manhattan.
Dec. 15, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted two performances of Christmas at Boscobel with the Putnam Chorale Ensemble. At Boscobel House in Garrison, NY.
Dec. 9, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 31st annual Messiah singalong. Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan.
Dec. 8, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale’s annual Messiah Singalong. Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY.
Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a concert of choral works by F. J. Haydn: Insanae and Vanae Curae, Salve Regina in g minor, Te Deum, and Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse). Friday, Nov. 30 at St. Joachim church in Beacon, NY; and Sunday, Dec. 2 at the First United Methodist Church in Brewster, NY. Audience reaction:”…Beautiful! Rich and full bodied—a fine wine…Powerful production. Electrifying….SUBLIME…Musicianship is top notch all around…Love it!! Gave me chills.”
Nov. 7, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert featuring two last symphonies: Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98. Theatre 1 of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located at 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan.
August 10, 2018: the release of One at a Time – solo instrumental music by Douglas Anderson on Ravello records. See the reviews here, or order your copy here!
June 21, 2018: As part of the Make Music New York festival, Douglas Anderson conducted Mozart’s Requiem in d minor at the 911 Memorial site, with a chorus and orchestra of over 100 volunteers. A great piece at a symbolic and stunning location, this was truly a unique and greatly moving event.
May 13, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 26th annual Opera on the Terrace with a terrific cast performing Mozart’s The Magic Flute, in concert.
April 29, 2018: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in its spring concert, featuring Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, both sets, Opus 52 and Opus 65; with dancers!
March 16, 2018: Douglas Anderson’s solo piano piece Abe’s Rag was performed by Jin-Ok Lee on a BMCC Faculty Concert. (Jin-Ok recorded Abe’s Rag for the album One at a Time, to be released this summer!).
February 24, 2018: 4 of Douglas Anderson’s songs were featured on the annual BMCC Composers Now concert. The songs were: Nora’s Scene; Two ‘Erotic’ Songs, and Paul Bunyan Mourns for Babe the Ox. Margaret Astrup and Charles Samuel Brown sang, accompanied by Mark Victor Smith on piano.
December 17, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182/Troop 82 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
Dec. 10, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 30th Annual Open Sing of Handel’s Messiah in Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located at 199 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan, NYC.
Dec. 3, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a program of Baroque masterpieces: Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and concert performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Written responses from the audience for this performance:
Excellent and well done, very professional…Just wonderful; I’m never disappointed…Music and singing – perfection…Powerful selections. More of it, please…What a wonderful selection of pieces. Each one was unique and amazing in its own right…a fantastic concert; spot on every measure.
November 8, 2017: Douglas Anderson’s new song Paul Bunyon Mourns for Babe the Ox, with words by Andrew Joffe, received its world premiere. The performance, by Charles Samuel Brown, bass-baritone and Mark Victor Smith, piano, was part of the BMCC Fall Faculty Recital, which will took place in Theatre II of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, in Manhattan, NYC.
Fall, 2017: Three Strings & a Whistle revived Douglas Anderson’s Chamber Symphony No. 3 into their current concert repertoire; performances included their annual concert at the Ten-Ri Institute on Friday, October 27. They commissioned the piece and premiered it in 2001, and have periodically revived it since then. Their recording of it is part of Douglas Anderson Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4, a CD released on the Ravello label.
Nov. 1, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center located in lower Manhattan, NYC. The program included Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica.
May 15, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in the 25th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of Giuseppi Verdi‘s opera Il Trovatore. At the Richard Harris Terrace, 199 Chambers Street, NYC. Singers included Nita Baxani, Leonora; George Kasarjian, Manrico; Helen Fanelli, Azucena; and Fred Redd, Count di Luna.
April 30, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in a performance of music by Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers), K. 339; and Requiem, K. 626., in Brewster, New York. Soloists were Alison Davy, soprano; Marguerite Moussett, mezzo-soprano; George Kasarjian, tenor; and Steven Fredericks, baritone.
March 15, 2017: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert of orchestral music. The program will include Mendelssohn’s rarely heard Trumpet Overture; Schumann’s Piano Concerto in a minor with soloists Amber Yiu Hsuan Liao; and Schumann’s Fourth Symphony. 8:00 p.m., Theatre II, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., NYC.
February 25, 2017: Two of Douglas Anderson’s chamber works were among those featured on the Composers Now presentation of BMCC Composers. Ina Litera performed “…mood, enough…” for viola solo, and Jin-Ok Lee performed Abe’s Rag on the piano. At the Shirley Fiterman Art Gallery, 81 Barclay Street (three blocks below Chambers), New York, NY.
December 18, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
December 11, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in its 29th Annual Messiah Sing-along. Theatre I, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., NYC
December 4, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale in performance of the complete Messiah, by G. F. Handel. First United Methodist Church, Brewster, NY. Written responses from the audience for this first-ever performance of the complete Messiah in Putnam County, NY:
Beautiful, excellent, superb…Brilliant!…Fabulous…Absolutely outstanding – just marvelous….Amazing performance…Spectacular! Great!…This was Fantastic…Messiah performed with the most heart I’ve ever seen/heard. Loved the flow – I was swept away, transported…
November 2, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in a concert including Dvorak’s 9th (New World) Symphony, Chabrier’s Habanera, Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, and his own piece The Half King. 8:00 pm, Theatre I of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, NYC.
July 8, 2016: Release of Sparks, an album of Orchestral Miniatures on the Navona label including Douglas Anderson’s solemn and moving In Memoriam, written in the wake of the 2001 disaster at the World Trade Center in New York City. Now available from your favorite online download or CD outlet!
June 24 and 25, 2016: Faust Triumphant, a 10 minute chamber opera composed by Douglas Anderson to a libretto by Andrew Joffe; and Lisa’s Room: A Dream by Melissa Shiflett performed by the American Chamber Opera Company, conducted by Douglas Anderson. Riverside Church Theatre, NYC. For production pictures and information, click here
May 15, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony, the BMCC Downtown Chorus and soloists Devin Provenzano, Lars Woodul, Doris Holz, Karen Jolicoeur, Marguerite Mousset, Melissa Gerstein, Ethan Fran, Sanford Rothenberg, and Shanade Hernandez in the 24th Annual Opera on the Terrace, a concert performance of The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang A. Mozart. In the Richard Harris Terrace, at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY.
April 24, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale and soloists Nita Baxani and Peter Clark in a performance of Casey at the Bat, by William Schuman; also other baseball songs. Starr Ridge Banquet Center in Brewster, NY.
March 16, 2016: Douglas Anderson conducted Symphony No. 9 (Choral) and Consecration of the House Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven; performed by the BMCC Downtown Symphony with the BMCC Downtown Chorus and more. Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Chambers Street in Manhattan, NYC.
February 20, 2016: performances of Douglas Anderson’s Vocalise No. 1 and Haiku, for voice alone, performed by Mark Victor Smith, tenor; also “…increasingly, physical…”, for flute solo, performed by Maureen Keenan; on the Composers Now presentation of BMCC Composers. At the Shirley Fiterman Art Gallery, 245 Greenwich Street, New York, NY.
January 22, 2016: the world premiere of Douglas Anderson’s “mini-scene” Schrödinger’s Cat, also Directions, performed by Bonnie Lubinsky, flute, with Mark Victor Smith, tenor, and the Different Hats Ensemble. Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th St., New York, NY.
January 8, 2016: Ravello Records released a new CD- Douglas Anderson Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4 .
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December 19, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the (Boy Scout) Troop 182 Band in its annual concert of seasonal music at the Cardinal Hayes Home in Millbrook, NY.
December 13, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the 28th annual Messiah Sing-along with the BMCC Downtown Symphony and the BMCC Downtown Chorus (Eugenia Yau, Director) at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Soloists were Anastasiya Roytman, soprano; Marguerite Mousset, mezzo-soprano; David Gordon, tenor; and Bryan Glenn Davis, bass-baritone.
December 12, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the annual Messiah Sing-along of the Putnam Chorale in Carmel, New York.
December 6, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted a program of Magnificats with the Putnam Chorale and orchestra. Works included the Magnificat movement from Mozart’s Solemn Vespers; Purcell’s Magnificat in B-flat; Vivaldi’s Magnificat; and J. S. Bach’s Magnificat. Soloists included Cynthia Simeone and Sheila Gayle, sopranos; Melissa Gerstein, mezzo-soprano; George Kasarjian, tenor; and Lars Woodul, baritone.
November 18, 2015: Douglas Anderson’s solo flute piece “…increasingly, physical…” was performed by Maureen Keenan at a BMCC Faculty Recital at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
November 4, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the BMCC Downtown Symphony in concert at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The program included the Medea Overture by Luigi Cherubini; Brahms’ Symphony No. 2; and his own Medea Suite.
August 30, 2015: Douglas Anderson conducted the Putnam Chorale and guests in its annual Summer Sing (with orchestra!); the program included Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus and Requiem.
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