2020 Events
May 9, 2020
From Darkness to Light - Edgewood Symphony performs Zahab
Edgewood Symphony, Walter Morales, director
performs Roger's Zelienople, night and starlight, and Signs of Life
and works by Federico Garcia, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Igor Stravinsky.
for tickets
at 7:30 pm
Agnes and Joseph Katz Performing Arts Center
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
Squirrel Hill
April 15, 2020
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director
Nicholas Grieneisen: premiere of a new work for strings
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
at 8 pm, free admission
February 26, 2020
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Judith Weir: Winter Song (2006) (US premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B flat Major, op. 60
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
at 8 pm, free admission
February 22, 2020
Autumn Rose premieres
Roger's Autumn Rose for flute, violin, viola, and cello will be given its first performance by NAT 28
on Saturday February 22, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
2019 Events
November 20, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director, with tenor Robert Frankenberry
Jacob Obrecht: Ic draghe de mutse clutse (I wear my cap awry)
Marcus Dubreuil: The Fervor of Ambition (first performance)
Daron Hagen: Blake Songs with Robert Frankenberry, tenor (first performance of orchestral version)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 4 in f minor, op. 36
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
at 8 pm, free admission
November 11, 2019
Music Monday
Matachin Dances (1980-81, from a set of six)-Peter Garland
Jacob Oaks & Roger Zahab, violins
Marcus Dubreuil, rattles
Southwark fragments (2001)-Roger Zahab
Obey Your Thirst (2013) -Eric Moe
for violin and electronics
Roger Zahab, violin
Toward a Beaming Uncertainty (2019)-Aaron Wyanski
Aaron Wyanski, piano
Little Weights (2019 - first performance) -Justin Chestang
Alex Hosmer & Roger Zahab, mandolins
Justin Chestang, electric guitar
In The Woods(1996)-Toru Takemitsu
Hommage a Jimi Hendrix (1993) -Carlo Domenicani
Jay Arms, guitar
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus
8 pm
free admission
October 16, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director
Josquin Desprez: nymphes des bois (deploration sur le mort de Jean Ockeghem)
Oyebade Dosunmu: an Ifa Moral (2004)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in c minor, op. 37 with Walt Yang
Guy Klucevsek: Wave Hill (1995)
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 1 in c minor, op. 11
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
at 8 pm, free admission
October 5, 2019
Roger Zahab portrait concert
Music on the Edge presents music of Roger Zahab
Sonata for Winter (1979)
Lilit Hartunian, violin and David Russell, cello
(Pittsburgh premiere)
not later (1999)
Lilit Hartunian, violin
David Russell, cello
Eric Moe, piano
the young person's guide to convergence (2015) (first performance)
Roger Zahab, violin & David Russell, cello
reaching after (2003)
David Russell, cello
Hegemony: Scenes (1983-86; revised version, 1995-2007)
libretto by Thomas Piechowski
Peg - Anna Elder
Glorianna - Kara Cornell
Sandra - Alexandra Johnson
Stanley - John Teresi
Alexander - Mitch FitzDaniel
Robert Frankenberry, piano and musical direction
Bellefield Hall Auditorium at 8 pm
University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus
September 14, 2019
Megan DiGeorgio - Partial Pressures
Daniel Parrish & Roger Zahab, violins
Andrew Weaver, viola; Tim Thulson, cello
New Music DC '19
Ward Recital Hall at 2 pm
The Catholic University of America
Washington D C
May 20, 2019
Pitt Symphony visits NYC with music for string orchestra
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Roger Zahab, director
in a concert of works for string orchestra
Monday May 20th 2019, at 8 pm, free admission
Roger Zahab: night and starlight (1998)
Gilda Lyons: La Novia de Tola (2013) (Pitt alumna)
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for strings in E major, op 22 (1875)
John Cage: Twenty-three (1988)
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert of evocative and wide-ranging works for string orchestra. Highlights include Pitt alumna Gilda Lyons' La Novia de Tola, Dvorak's beloved Serenade for strings, op. 22 and John Cage's beautifully expansive late work, Twenty-three from 1988.
St Peter's Episcopal Church in Chelsea
346 W 20th St (between 8th and 9th avenues)
New York, NY 10011
May 1, 2019
Lindsey and Rob take some measures for living in Pittsburgh
Chrysalis Duo Lindsey Goodman (flute and soprano) and pianist and tenor Robert Frankenberry perform a "Pittsburgh Serenade" on Wednesday, May 1st at Bar Marco in Pittsburgh. They premiere new works by Rob Frankenberry and Nancy Galbraith's arrangement of A something in a Summer's Day, in addition to works by David Stock (A Conscious Stream), Kieren MacMillan (Just Out of Reach Suite), Alla Cohen (Watercolors of the Master Who is Accustomed to Paint Oils), Roger Zahab (...some measures for living), and Aaron Copland (Duo). This unique 2-hour event features an intimate setting with food and drink and is, regrettably, not handicap accessible or suitable for unaccompanied minors. Tickets are $15.
at 7 pm
Bar Marco
Pittsburgh
April 17, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director
Roger conducts
Gilda Lyons - La Novia de Tola (2013- first performance of the orchestral version)
John Cage -Living Room Music (1940) for percussion and speech quartet
Fred Ho - When the Real Dragons Fly! (2007) for baritone saxophone and orchestra with Ben Barson, soloist
Gustav Mahler -Symphony no. 5 (1901-4) mvts 1-4
at 8 pm, free admission
Bellefield Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland Campus
March 10, 2019
Circular Dancing by the Akron Youth Symphony
Eric Benjamin directs the Akron Youth Symphony in Roger's Circular Dancing at 3 pm
Medina Performing Arts Center
851 Weymouth Rd
Medina, Ohio 44256
March 4, 2019
CJ Armbruster explores Roger's tapping points
on his DMA dissertation percussion recital on The Noble Snare at 5pm
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
University of Maryland
March 3, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra strings, Roger Zahab - director, Codee Spinner, assistant conductor
Roger Zahab - night and starlight (1998)
Julia Perry - Symphony in one movement for violas and string basses (1961)
Antonin Dvorak - Serenade in E major, op. 22
John Cage - Twenty-three (1988)
3:00 pm
Heinz Memorial Chapel
University of Pittsburgh Oakland Campus
February 27, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab - director, Codee Spinner, assistant conductor
Roger Zahab - night and starlight.
Julia Perry - Symphony in one movement for violas and string basses (1961)
Antonin Dvorak - Serenade in E major, op. 22
Robert Schumann Piano Concerto with Clement Ekaputra
8:00 pm, free admission
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus
February 12, 2019
clear reception in Vermont
clear reception was given (probably) its first concert performance in the Composer/Performer Showcase at 3:15 pm by the composer with excellent partners Carla Kihlstedt, violin and Megan DiGeorgio, viola. (the composer, briefly going off-trail, was safely brought back on line).
Vermont College of Fine Arts College Hall Gallery
February 11, 2019
Roger premieres a new work by Frederick Rawski
Roger gave the first performance of Frederick Rawski's Three Icaros for violin and delay pedal on the Electronic Music Showcase
Alumni Hall
Vermont College of Fine Arts
February 2, 2019
NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music: Tenor Launch Concert - roger's River
Dennis Tobenski, tenor and pianist Trudy Chan will perform all 20 songs of the NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music - Tenor songs at the National Opera Center in NYC.
for tickets
Marc A. Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001
January 12, 2019
Music Awakens at Connecticut Music Educators Association
Rob Frankenberry conducts Roger's Music Awakens (words by Walt Whitman) with the CMEA Southern Region High School Mixed Choir.
Saturday at 3 pm
Platt High School
Meriden CT