2025 Events
October 8, 2025
first performance of Roger's the woods so wild with Lindsey Goodman
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with guest soloist Lindsey Goodman, flute, Roger Zahab, conductor
Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances
Roger Zahab - the woods so wild for solo flute, strings, and percussion
guest artist Lindsey Goodman, solo flute
Guy Klucevsek - Wave Hill (in memoriam d. May 22 2025)
Claude Debussy - Prelude to the afternoon of a faun L.86
John Adams - The Chairman Dances
free admission
Wednesday at 8 pm
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
October 3, 2025
Performances of La semilla de la muerte, a musical reimagining of the work of Gamaliel Churata
Robert Frankenberry, tenor and Roger Zahab, violin will perform "The Seed of Death by Nicolas Aguia Betancourt, a song cycle set to texts by Peruvian philosopher Gamliel Churata at 4 pm in the Center for Latin American Studies at OSU
Hagerty Hall, Room 255
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
June 21, 2025
The Blue Fairy
Aria412 presents the world premiere of
The Blue Fairy
Music by Robert Frankenberry
Libretto by Kip Soteres
Directed by Dana Kinney
Conducted by Roger Zahab
At 7:30 pm
for more information and tickets
Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre
Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
June 20, 2025
The Blue Fairy
Aria412 presents the world premiere of
The Blue Fairy
Music by Robert Frankenberry
Libretto by Kip Soteres
Directed by Dana Kinney
Conducted by Roger Zahab
At 7:30 pm
for more information and tickets
Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre
Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
June 19, 2025
The Blue Fairy
Aria412 presents the world premiere of
The Blue Fairy
Music by Robert Frankenberry
Libretto by Kip Soteres
Directed by Dana Kinney
Conducted by Roger Zahab
At 7:30 pm
for more information and tickets
Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre
Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
June 3, 2025
Prism Players - Music for Spring
Robert Frankenberry, voice and piano
Benjamin Binder, piano
Roger Zahab, violin
Rick Baitz - New York City, 4AM (2024) for piano*
R. Rikki Bell - Take the Long Way Home (2022) for violin*
Elizabeth Brown - Firmament (2023) for violin
Colin Hinton - new work*
Alex Kirkpatrick - new work*
Julia Perry - Prelude (2012) for violin and piano
B.M. Stein - new work*
B.K. Zervigon - Avulsion Petals (2025 - first performance) *
performed by Roger Zahab, violin and Rob Frankenberry, piano
*featuring music from alumnx, students and faculty from Vermont College of Fine Arts
Roger Zahab - songs performed by Rob Frankenberry, voice and Benjamin Binder, piano
part of the recording project desire and magic, songs of intimate connections
to be released on Albany Records
admission: suggested donation $5 - 10
If you wish to support our recording project to be released by Parma on Albany Records
desire and magic - songs of intimate connections - songs by Gilda Lyons and Roger Zahab
please visit this donation link:
to support our recording project-
Opera America Rehearsal Hall
330 Seventh Avenue (between 28 & 29th Streets), 7th floor
NYC
June 1, 2025
Vespa - a girl and her pet wasp
A new opera in 4 acts
Music and Libretto by Don DiNicola
Music Director - Robert Frankenberry
conducted by Roger Zahab
Ilvi Dulack - dramaturge
outdoors at 5:30 pm
Old Stone House in Brooklyn
336 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
May 31, 2025
We Crossed the River
Kamratōn Presents: We Crossed the River | A Multimedia Chamber Opera by Eric Moe and Angie Cruz
featuring Anna Elder and Laura Mercado-Wright
Roger Zahab, music director
Cynthia Croot, director
Aaron Henderson, video artist
The DiMenna Center
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
May 30, 2025
Vespa - a girl and her pet wasp
A new opera in 4 acts
Music and Libretto by Don DiNicola
Music Director - Robert Frankenberry
conducted by Roger Zahab
Ilvi Dulack - dramaturge
outdoors at 3:30 pm
Old Stone House in Brooklyn
336 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
May 29, 2025
We Crossed the River
Kamratōn Presents: We Crossed the River | A Multimedia Chamber Opera by Eric Moe and Angie Cruz
featuring Anna Elder and Laura Mercado-Wright
Roger Zahab, music director
Cynthia Croot, director
Aaron Henderson, video artist
at 7:00 pm
Eddy Theatre
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
May 23, 2025
Prism Players - Music for Spring
Robert Frankenberry, voice and piano
Benjamin Binder, piano
Roger Zahab, violin
University of Pittsburgh
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
Friday at 8:00 pm
Emmanuel Berrido - Miserere (2016) for solo violin
Ken Topham - Our Elastic Hearts Dancing Closer Still (2024) for violin and piano
Julia Perry - Prelude (2012) for violin and piano
Andrew Kaiser- Variations on Laika's Theme (2012) for violin and piano, first performance
David Mahler - selections from Abundance (2020) for violin and piano
and songs to be included in our upcoming recording project
Roger Zahab
Sands at Seventy (1980) (Whitman)
Autumn Songs (1997) (Whitman)
Evening Out (2008) (Zahab)
Another Fall (1998) (Zahab)
falling lines (2006) (Zahab)
If you wish to support our recording project to be released by Parma on Albany Records
desire and magic - songs of intimate connections - songs by Gilda Lyons and Roger Zahab
please visit this donation link:
to support our recording project-
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus
April 16, 2025
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab, director
Igor Stravinsky, Octet for Winds (1923, new version 1952)
Benjamin Britten, Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings
with Robert Frankenberry, tenor and Jason Allison, horn
Gustav Mahler, Symphony no. 5 (1901-02)
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
8 pm, free admission
March 5, 2025
premiere of the original version of wild woods
performance of the original version of Roger Zahab's Wild Woods for solo flute and wind ensemble with the Otterbein University Wind Ensemble and director Michael Yonchak, DMA in Westerville, Ohio on Wednesday, March 5th at 7:30 PM!
(yes - it exists in multiple universes)
Lindsey Goodman, solo flutist
Otterbein University Wind Ensemble
Michael Yonchak, director
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH
February 19, 2025
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab, director
Gabriel Faure, arr. Henri Rabaud, Le Pas Espagnol (from Dolly Suite, op. 56)
Andrew Kohn, Finney's Birthplace (2015) with Hentry mruz, trombone soloist
Mathew Rosenblum, Sharpshooter (2012)
Sergei Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2, op 27 (1906-08)
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland campus
January 18, 2025
Roger's Summer at the Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region High School Festival
Gabriel Faure excerpts from Pelleas and Melisande and Le Pas Espagnol from Dolly Suite
Roger Zahab - Summer (1997/2024)
Roger Zahab, conducting
concert at 3:30 pm
Wilton High School
Wilton CT
January 6, 2025
the winter fires at CalArts
VCFA/CalArts presents
COMPOSER/IMPROVISER/PERFORMER SHOWCASE
the winter fires Roger Zahab
Carla Kihlstedt & Roger Zahab, violins
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Rob Frankenberry, piano
B302, the R. O. D. Monday, January 6, 2025 at 7pm PST
CalArts
Valencia, CA
2024 Events
December 19, 2024
Prism Players in New York - Music for winter
Roger Zahab, violin
David Cerutti, viola
Robert Frankenberry, piano
Music for winter
Ken Topham - Our Elastic Hearts Dancing Closer Still (2024) for violin and piano- first performance
Megan DiGeorgio - Formation (2020) for violin and viola
John Fitz Rogers - Winter Music (2012) for violin and piano
Gilbert Galindo- Sonata for viola and piano (2018)
Reed Robins - Elegy for a Tanguero (2014) for violin and piano
Aaron Wyanski -This Weight That Wants to Fall (2018) for violin and piano
Roger Zahab - living kindness of the viola (2024) first performance
for sola viola
for David, Marc, and Luke (2023) first performance the far reaches (2008)
for violin and viola
Opera America Rehearsal Hall
330 Seventh Avenue (between 28 & 29th Streets)
December 19, 2024, Thursday at 8:00 pm
Free admission (donations accepted)
November 18, 2024
Lou Harrison's Threnody for Carlos Chavez
I and my viola get to join the Pitt Gamelan in Lou Harrison's Threnody for Carlos Chavez
In their joint concert with the AfroPop Ensemble, 8 pm in Bellefield Hall Auditorium
https://www.youtube.com/live/7jPLK_eYFPc
University of Pittsburgh Bellefield Hall Auditorium
8 pm
November 17, 2024
the winter fires at CMU
the winter fires
to be performed by the
Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary Ensemble
November 17th, 2024, at 4 pm
the concert is free and will also be livestreamed
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDalB9RV5Q4)
Kresge Recital Hall
October 9, 2024
premiere (finally) of Roger's Summer (1997-2024)
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer
Roger Zahab - Summer (1997-2024) premiere
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh Oakland campus
free admission
September 1, 2024
New Gardens for clavichord
performed by Francis Knights
Cambridge, UK
July 16, 2024
52424 for small spaces (2024)
52424 for small spaces (2024) premiere
Roger Zahab, violin
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Compervisor Showcase
premiere performance at Colorado College
Colorado College
Packard Performance Hall
April 28, 2024
Roger's arrangement of Julia Perry's Prelude for Strings at Cleveland's Severance Hall
performed by the
Cleveland Women's Orchestra
Eric Benjamin, conducting
Severance Hall
Cleveland, Ohio
April 17, 2024
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday at 8 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Julia Perry - Prelude for strings
conducted by Naama Perel-Tzadok
Juwon Adenuga - Afehyiapa (first performance)
Julia Perry - Concerto no. 2 for Piano in Two Uninterrupted Speeds (1964-69) (U.S. premiere)
with Robert Frankenberry, piano
Claude Debussy La Mer - Trois esquisses symphoniques
conducted by Roger Zahab
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
March 17, 2024
wild woods - new flute concerto for Lindsey Goodman
March 17th 2024 will bring the premiere of my new concerto for extraordinary flautist Lindsey Goodman in collaboration with the Ashland University Band and its conductor Joseph Lewis.
Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio
March 8, 2024
Julia Perry's Prelude for strings performed by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Roger's arrangement of Julia Perry's Prelude for strings will be performed by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Ordway Concert Hall on March 8, 9, 10, and at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley 12, 2024
Ordway Concert Hall, Downtown St. Paul MN
345 Washington Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
and
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road
Apple Valley, MN 55124
March 4, 2024
Roger performs Lou Harrison's Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin
University of Pittsburgh Music Department presents
Music performance showcase
Lou Harrison-Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin, op. 7 (1936)
Roger Zahab, violin*
Freddie Hubbard-Red Clay
Jerome Kern-All the Things You Are
Harry Warren-There Will Never Be Another You
Roy Hargrove-Strasbourg / St. Denis
Theo DiBiasi, trumpet
Michael Levin, tenor saxophone
Ashwin Dukkipati, guitar
William Lee, piano
Michael Sullivan, bass
Matt Woodhouse, drums
Josquin des Prez-Cela sans plus
Hayne van Ghizeghem (c1445-1477), arr. Josquin des Prez - De tous biens plaine
Archisha Kancha, violin
Roger Zahab, viola*
Sarah Laus, cello
* faculty artist
Monday at 8 pm
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
February 21, 2024
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday at 8 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto IV in G "Brandenburg" BWV. 1049
Daniel Cheng, solo violin,
Karinna Martin, Victoria Ding, solo flutes
Sean Consigli, Isaiah Hollinger violini 1 e 2 in ripieno
Celia Hoffman, viola
Sangita Das-Quigley, cello
JP Tomlinson, bass
Rob Frankenberry, cembalo
William Grant Still - Wood Notes (1947)
Naama Perel-Tzadok - Atari (2017)
Naama Perel-Tzadok, conducting
Witold Lutoslawski - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1970)
David Russell, cello
Roger Zahab, conductor
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
February 11, 2024
Circular Dancing in Alliance, Ohio
Roger's Circular Dancing is given another whirl by the Alliance Symphony Orchestra and it's director Eric Benjamin on Sunday February 11th at 3 pm.
Brush Performance Hall of the
Giese Center for the Performing Arts
Alliance Ohio
January 22, 2024
Twilight into Evening - Songs and Spells by Gilda Lyons and Roger Zahab
Monday at 8 pm
With guest artists
Robert Frankenberry, voice, and Benjamin Binder, piano
and Roger Zahab, violin and viola
Program
Gilda Lyons:
Owl-Light (2004)
Between Dog and Wolf (2010) for violin
Charms and Blessings (2006) for voice and viola
(texts by Francesca Speranza Wilde)
Roger Zahab:
the summer waves (2023)
Another Fall (1998)/falling lines (2006)
Evening Out (2008)
(texts by Roger Zahab)
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
Free admission
January 8, 2024
Roger and Rob premiere the summer waves
Vermont College of Fine Arts presents
Compervisor showcase
at 7 pm
along with music from
Steve Owens, Benjamin Zervigon, Andy Jaffe
Alex Kirkpatrick, Ben Kaye-Skinner, Brandon Lopez
Tomas Campbell, Lisa Mezzacappa, Ken Topham
Colin Hinton, Ingrid Laubrock, and Carla Kihlstedt
Stretansky Hall,
Susquehanna University