Calendar
November 2010
11 Performance of Prestini's Walk Forward at PASIC (Indianapolis, IN)
September 2010
22-30 Artist-in-Residence Conservatorio de Las Rosas (Morelia, Mexico)
August 2010
9 Performance at The Stone in New York City with composer Paola Prestini, featuring her percussion works including the premiere of Walk Forward
25-Sept.8 Concert tour of Mexico with flutist Wilfrido Terrazas
July 2010
1-30 Percussive Art of Storytelling outreach performances throughout Kansas
June 2010
6 Bartok Sonata for Two Piano Two Percussion with SI2, Mason Conklin, and Bill David at Iowa State University Piano Day
26 SI2 featured performance at The Des Moines Arts Festival
March 2010
8 Premiere of Joe Eidson's Aurora Sings at Dawn
February 2010
19 Arts Day Guest Clinician for Marion, KS
20 Kansas Day of Percussion Clinic in Emporia, KS
24-26 Percussive Art of Storytelling Tour of Western Kansas
26 Kansas Music Education Association Convention Lecture in Wichita, KS
January 2010
8-12 Recording of solo CD, The Lost Bicycle, to be released in the spring of 2010
October 2009
24 Zoie Marie Nawrocki, my daughter, was born!
September 2009
21-27 SI2 performances and master classes in Eastern Europe
28 Master class Iowa State University
29 SI2 Concert Iowa State University
August 2009
11 OMI at Roulette in NYC
July 2009
5 SI2 concert at First Presbyterian in Paola
6-8 SI2 recording session
9 SI2 concert at Spencer Museum of Art
21 Waverly Public Library
22 Ft. Scott and Pleasanton Public Libraries
23-August 10 OMI International Musicians Residency in New York
June 2009
8 and 10 Paola Public Library
18 LaCygne Public Library
14-17 Percussion/Storytelling Workshop in Osawatomie
22-25 Residency at Spencer Museum of Art
26 Osawatomie Public Library
28 SI2 concert at First Presbyterian in Osawatomie
29 Lawrence Public Library
April 2009
3-4 Midwest Graduate Music Consortium; performance of Animosity
26-30 Chicago concerts with SI2
March 2009
22-29 Virginia/Maryland tour with SI2 (University of Maryland, Virginia Commonwealth University,
University of Virginia, Longwood University)
January-February 2009
Thesis writing fun
December 2008
4-7 Performance for International Society for Improvised Music convention in Denver with SI2
12 Performance of IJam, a telematic composition with Jason Cress
November 2008
5-8 Percussive Arts Society Convention in Austin
July 2008
17 Storytelling, marimba, and hand drum recital for Friends of the Spencer Art Museum Annual Party
27-August 9 Artist in Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes Park, CO)
June 2008
2-4 Recording work for Animosity for tape and solo percussion by Jason Cress
9-13 Faculty at Midwestern Junior Music Camp
16-20 Faculty at Midwestern Senior Music Camp
May 2008
8 World premiere of Animosity for tape and solo percussion by Jason Cress (Lawrence, KS)
20 Masterclass at Portland State University (Portland, OR)
22 Recital at Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
22 Masterclass at Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
April 2008
2 Solo marimba recital at Hall Center for the Humanities (Lawrence, KS)
3, 5, 8, 10, 12 World premiere of Picnic, chamber opera by Forrest Pierce (Lawrence, KS)
15 Masterclass at Longwood University (Farmville, VA)
17 Masterclass at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
March 2008
11 Lecture Recital: "Wonderful Life: A Musical Exploration of Evolution" at Hall Center for the Humanities
January 2008
24 Masterclass at Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)