2024 Events
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
2023 Events
October 1, 2023
Sounds Upstairs: Jay Arms, solo guitar - Roger's Fall/Return
Pittsburgh based guitarist Jay Arms presents a program of contemporary works for solo guitar, including compositions by Alex Dea, Mesut Oezgen, Larry Polansky, and Pittsburgh based composers David Mahler and Roger Zahab. The selected works span musical styles drawing from Turkish, South Indian, and Javanese traditional music, ragtime, and American experimental music.
Sunday at 2 pm
Free to the People
Carnegie Public Library
CLP-Main (Oakland)
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
July 25, 2023
river walk premiere
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Composer/Improviser/Performer (Comperviser) Showcase
Roger Zahab - river walk (premiere)
Carla Kihlstedt and Roger Zahab, violins
Packard Performance Hall
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Monday at 7:30 pm
June 30, 2023
NAT 28 performs After Midnight
NAT 28 presents The Willed and the Wild
Friday June 30th 2023 at 7:30 PM
Celebrate Pride Month with NAT 28 as we showcase new music by LGBTQ+ composers from Pittsburgh and beyond! We are thrilled to present works by Roger Zahab, Eve Beglarian, inti figgis-vizueta, and a world premiere by Alex Marthaler. Join us as we honor our city's queer community by doing what we know best - celebrating and sharing new music with you!
The program will feature:
"Waiting for Billy Floyd" - Eve Beglarian (NYC/Vermont)
"After Midnight" - Roger Zahab (Pittsburgh, PA)
"Openwork, knotted object ..." - inti figgis-vizueta (NYC)
World Premiere - Alex Marthaler (Pittsburgh, PA)
Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Seating for this event is limited, so we recommend reserving tickets as soon as possible. Admission is free of charge, but we are graciously accepting donations at the concert and online at www.nat28.org/give anytime.
Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
5006 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15224
April 19, 2023
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Roger Zahab, director
Emmanuel Berrido, assistant conductor
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Soundtrack Suite (Episode VII) John Williams
Emmanuel Berrido, conductor
Manon Lescaut -Act 2: Intermezzo - Giacomo Puccini
Tosca : aria Recondita armonia - Giacomo Puccini
Robert Frankenberry, tenor
The Land Vaguely Waving (2012)-Kerrith Livengood
Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43 (1902) -Jean Sibelius
Roger Zahab, conductor
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland Campus
March 26, 2023
Vincenzo Volpe & Chiaoyu Lin perform ...some measures for living
"Flute Music for Remembrance and Healing: Uncovering the Commissioned Works of the National Flute Association's 'AIDS Memorial Concert' Series"
Sunday, March 26 at 1:00pm EST
Vincenzo Volpe, flute
Cristian Dias, viola
Chiaoyu Lin, piano
Anne Leutkenhaus, flute
PROGRAM
Short Suite for flute and dancer by Paul Ferguson (b. 1958)
Sonata for flute and piano by Paul Basler (b. 1963)
All the Words to All the Songs by Dan Welcher (b. 1948)
Lux Aeterna by William Ferris (1937-2000)
Canticle by Randall Snyder
some measures for living by Roger Zahab
Phoenix by Robert Maggio
Watson Recital Hall, CCM
Cincinnati, OH
March 24, 2023
Concert in Support of Trans Rights
program includes Roger performing his
exempli gratia &
Twelve Pages for string quartet with Alex Preble, Thomas Scheurich and Alex Johnson
along with performances/works by
Aaron Myers-Brooks, electric guitar
Devon Tipp, shakuhachi
Fool's Fire (2020) John Paul Labno
Roger Zahab, violin
Robert Frankenberry, piano
A Partially Different Rag (2016) David Mahler
Kootenay Reflections (2008) Alex Dea
Jay Arms, guitar
& A Warm Hello From The Alien Ant Farm Eric Moe
Ant!
Rob Frankenberry, voice
Eric Moe, piano
The Cresset Stone (1993) Hilary Tann
Scylla and Charybdis David Del Tredici
Robert Frankenberry, piano
John Bagnato
Yoko Suzuki
The Jakarta Method Rizky Sasono
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
6 pm
March 8, 2023
Cage, Feldman, Wyanski and Zahab
works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Aaron Wyanski and Roger Zahab
performed by Roger Zahab, violin & Aaron Wyanski, piano
at 7 pm, free and open to the public
University of Maine Farmington
Farmington, Maine
February 27, 2023
pinehurst - premiere
Music performance showcase
pinehurst (2022, first performance) Roger Zahab
He Shook With Racing Notes the Standing Air (1998) Andrew Kohn
Roger Zahab, violin*
light drifts down (2023, first performance) John Paul Labno
Jennifer Sternick+ & Roger Zahab, violins
Quartet in G, op. 76, no 1 Hoboken III: 75 Joseph Haydn
Alex Preble & Elsie Campbell, violins
Roger Zahab, viola*
Alex Johnson, cello
Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24 ("Spring") Ludwig van Beethoven
II. Adagio molto espressivo
Elsie Campbell, violin
Emmanuel Berrido, piano
Brandenburg Concerto III, BWV 1048 Johann Sebastian Bach
[allegro] - Andante ["credenza" by R.Zahab] - Allegro
Jeremy Luu, Haiwei Hu, Jaydon Vu, violins
Robbie Fishel, Kimia Rafiee, Ben Green, violas
Hannah Neiderhiser, Graham Smith, Rena Li, cellos
Roger Zahab, piano
* faculty artist
+ guest artist
Monday at 8 pm
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
February 22, 2023
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Roger Zahab, director
Emmanuel Berrido, assistant conductor
Carneval Overture, op. 92 (1891)-Antonin Dvorak
Filling Adam's Glass (2003)-Burkhardt Reiter
Are - The Sojourner (2023, premiere)-Juwon Adenuga
Roger Zahab, conductor
Quartet for B flat clarinets (ca. 1962) - Seymour Barab
Symphony no. 1 in D, D 82 (1813)-Franz Schubert
Emmanuel Berrido, conducting
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
Oakland Campus
February 7, 2023
the winter fires started at Vermont College of Fine Arts
Roger's the winter fires were premiered at the Composer/Performer/Improvisor (Compervisor) Showcase
by Roger Zahab, violin and Robert Frankenberry, piano. Frankenberry's Working (memory) was also premiered by the same instigators with the assistance of Rob Wendt.
Other compervisors presented included Rob Wendt, Ras Moshe Burnett, Tomas Campbell, Ben Zervigon, Ethan Sudan, Dirje Childs, Carla Kihlstedt, Ingrid Laubrock, Leslie Mok, and Lisa Mezzacappa
Vermont College of Fine Arts
College Hall Gallery
Montpelier, VT
January 27, 2023
Nathalie Shaw performs some of Roger's solo works in Lyon, France
American works of the 20th and 21st centuries:
Roger's spell against sadness and summer phrases with music by George Gershwin, Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, and David Stock.
Centre Culturel d'Ecully
Lyon, France
2022 Events
December 7, 2022
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab, conducting
Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Ludwig Goransson
conducted by Emanuel Berrido
Melody (from the film The High Pass) - Myroslav Skoryk/ arr. Roger Zahab
with Julia Kebuladze, solo violin
For Shakuhachi and String Orchestra (2019) United States premiere - Jan Rosner
with Devon Osamu Tipp, shakuhachi
Fantasia for six cellos (1988) - Tison Street
with cellists Graham Smith, Alex Johnson, Helayna Baer, Allison Lin, Amarie Williams, Cheyenne Toma
Symphony no. 3 in E flat, op. 97 "Rhenish" (1850 )- Robert Schumann
conducted by Roger Zahab
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
November 7, 2022
Entelechron Robert Frankenberry, piano, voice David Russell, cello Roger Zahab, violin, viola
Monday at 8 pm
Trio (2006) Jonathan Bailey Holland
Tendre Noix au Torchon (2011) Eric Moe
for violin and piano
And Life Like Froth Doth Throb (1997) Eric Moe
for viola and cello
Deep Ecology (2020) Eric Moe
for cello and electroacoustic media
O Viridissima (2015) Judith Weir
for violin, cello and piano
Three Chorales (2015-16) Judith Weir
for cello and piano
Falling (2012) Amy Williams
Brigid's Flame (2009) Amy Williams
for piano
Intimate Lines (1997) on poems of Walt Whitman Roger Zahab
for tenor and violin
the young person's guide to convergence (2015/rev. 2020) Roger Zahab
for violin and cello
free admission
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
October 22, 2022
Zelienople, night and starlight, and Signs of Life performed in Squirrel Hill
Zelienople, night and starlight, and Signs of Life, Edgewood Symphony, Walter Morales cond.
at 7:30 pm
Katz Performing Arts Center - JCC of Greater Pittsburgh
October 12, 2022
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Roger Zahab conducting
Gilda Lyons - La Novia de Tola (2013)
Camille Saint-Saens - Third Concerto for Violin
Gustav Mahler - Adagietto from the Fifth Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in g minor, K 550
Matthew Alford, Violin
Roger Zahab, Conductor
at 8 pm EST
to attend in person at Bellefield Hall Auditorium or watch the live-stream on YouTube
August 4, 2022
exempli gratia premiered
Roger's work for solo violin, exempli gratia, was premiered by the composer on the
VCFA Composer/Improviser/Performer Showcase
Vermont College of Fine Arts
College Hall Gallery
Montpelier, VT
July 7, 2022
Concert of Ukrainian Words and Music
A celebration of Ukrainian language and music, featuring faculty and students of Pitt's Summer Language Institute and Department of Music with special guest, musician and folklorist Jurij Fedynsky. Streamed LIVE from Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus.
June 24, 2022
Carla Kihlstedt - Twenty-Six Little Deaths
Carla Kihlstedt, voice/violin
Present Music
Roger Zahab, guest conductor
Jan Serr Studio
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2155 N Prospect Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
June 23, 2022
Carla Kihlstedt - Twenty-Six Little Deaths
Carla Kihlstedt, voice/violin
Present Music
Roger Zahab, guest conductor
Jan Serr Studio
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2155 N Prospect Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
April 20, 2022
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Roger Zahab, director, Cullyn D. Murphy, assistant conductor
State Anthem of Ukraine - "Ukraine has not yet perished" -Mykhailo Verbytsky, Arr. Marek Toporovsky
Circular Dancing (1995/2000, 2022 version) - Roger Zahab
first performance of new revised version
Concerto in b minor for solo cello and orchestra, op. 104 (1895)-Antonin Dvorak
I. Allegro
Alicia Loui, solo cello
Black On White (2005) - Alastair Stout
Roger Zahab, conductor
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1869/70) - Pyotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Cullyn D. Murphy, conductor
livestream on YouTube
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
University of Pittsburgh
April 11, 2022
University of Pittsburgh Music Department presents Music performance showcase
program -
Suite Morceaux Benjamin Godard
Annika Froese, flute
Jiayin Yang, piano
Hoert doch der sanften Floeten Chor JS Bach
Avery Bazell, Lily Carley, Annika Froese, flutes
Jiayin Yang, piano
Barbara Hois, piccolo+
Flutes in the Garden Gary Schocker
1. Madonna Lilies
2. Ants/Peonies
Avery Bazell, Lily Carley, Annika Froese, flutes
It Never Was You - from Knickerbocker Holiday Kurt Weill - music
Maxwell Anderson - lyrics
Samyuktha Arunkumar, voice
Robert Frankenberry, piano*
Sonata in C Major, TWV 41:C2 G P Telemann
Cantabile
Vivace
Leanna Chae, flute
Lydia Freethy, piano
Grand Polonaise, Op. 16 (abbreviated) Theobald Boehm
Connor Mahaney, flute
Lydia Freethy, piano
Sonata I in b minor, TWV 40:105 Georg Philipp Telemann
Alex Preble & Roger Zahab+, violins
Duettino Eugene Bozza
Anna Gershenson & Linda Fisher+, bassoons
Intermezzo Concertant Trio Heinrich Romberg
Runa Shuda, flute
Virginia Yu, violin
Rebekah Colacot, cello
Nocturne in E flat Major , op. 9, no. 2 Frederic Chopin
Lydia Freethy, piano
Summer Music Samuel Barber
Karinna Martin, flute
Ellie Mountz,oboe
Claire Cheng, clarinet
Niobe Tsoutsouris, French horn
Linda Fisher, bassoon+
+faculty artist
* guest artist
University of Pittsburgh
Monday at 8 pm
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
April 9, 2022
9/10: Love Before the Fall by Daron Hagen
The Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University & The New Mercury Collective present the
world premiere staged college production
Music, Libretto, & Direction by Daron Hagen
Maddy Dammann (Lulu)
Cole Dziedzic (Cory)
David Kronenberg (Tony)
Camden McLean (Trina)
Alexis Neal (Orfeo)
Roger Zahab (Charon)
Victoria Zamora (Bibi)
Murray-Green Library, Roosevelt University
2 PM
April 7, 2022
9/10: Love Before the Fall by Daron Hagen
The Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University & The New Mercury Collective present the
world premiere staged/filmed production
Music, Libretto, & Direction by Daron Hagen
Cameron Dammann (Orfeo)
Robert Frankenberry (Cory)
Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez (Tony)
Barbara Grecki (Lulu)
CeCe Jude Hastreiter (Bibi)
Gilda Lyons (Trina)
Roger Zahab (Charon)
La Storia Restaurant
1154 Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
March 19, 2022
Music: Work and Play
with Roger Zahab, violin, and Rob Frankenberry, piano
Play is the work of music.
Builsa Work Song J. H. Kwabena Nketia
Absent Friends
Dagarti Work Song
Pastorale (1942) Germaine Tailleferre
Prelude (1946, rev. 1962) Julia Perry (arr. Roger Zahab)
Nocturne (1947) John Cage
Blue/s Forms (1972) I. Plain Blues Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
(solo violin)
Whitman Fragments (2021) Aaron Wyanski
1. To You
2. Song of Myself
3. Reconciliation
4. A Song of Joys
5. This Compost
6. Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances
7. Lingering Last Drops
8. I Am He that Aches with Love
9. Memories
10. Assurances
11. What am I After All
Robert Frankenberry, voice & Roger Zahab, violin
Hearts and Homes John Blockley, arr. David Mahler
Abundance (2021) David Mahler
Pirt D'nour
Somebody Else's Beer
Study in Polyrhythm no. 3 (2006) Akin Euba
In the moment (2014) Roger Zahab
III. After Pieter Breughel The Elder, Philip Galle, engraver: Prudentia (1559-60)
IV. Hans Sebald Baham: The Prodigal Son returns to his father's home (1540)
V. Giovanni Antonio Canal: Mestre ca. 1744 barcarolla
CLP - Main (Oakland) in the North Wing Music Room, Second Floor
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
Phone: 412-622-3114
Email: info@carnegielibrary.org
February 23, 2022
Roger gives the world premiere of Julia Perry's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Julia Perry's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1963-1965 and Roger Zahab gives the too long overdue premiere in the University of Pittsburgh's Bellefield Hall Auditorium at 8 pm
JEAN SIBELIUS: Finlandia (1899/1900)
JULIA PERRY: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1963-1965) FIRST PERFORMANCE
Roger Zahab, violin soloist
Cullyn D. Murphy, conductor
INTERMISSION
MAX BRUCH: Romance, op. 85 for solo viola and orchestra
Elyssa Allen, viola soloist
FRANZ SCHUBERT: "Unfinished" Symphony No. 8, D. 759 (1822)
Roger Zahab, conductor
first performance of Julia Perry's Concerto for violin and orchestra