RECENT COMPOSTIONS,PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVITIES

       Michael Kallstrom and Rookie




YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR MY ORGAN, for solo organ, was performed by Amir Zaheri for the Liturgical Arts Festival in  Bowling Green, KY on September 14 and also in Atlanta, GA the following week.

CHANSONS POPULAIRES, a song cycle for voice and piano, and LIFE IS DREAMING, an improvisation in three movements for voice, woodwinds and electronic tape,
were premiered by Michael Kallstrom on September 8 at Western Kentucky University.

WHITE WATER, for brass quintet, was performed live by the Smoky Mountain Quintet on WCQS-FM, public radio in Asheville, NC, and also on the internet at www.wcgs.org on August 21.
It was also performed for a concert in Highlands, NC on August 19.

SHINING MOMENT (solo horn in F) and BROTHERS IN ARMS (horn and tape), were performed in Chile at the University of Talca and the University of La Serena
during April 2009  by Paul Basler of the University of Florida.

The Wind and the Waves was performed by the Commonwealth Clarinet Quartet at the College Music Society Great Lakes Chapter, regional conference in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on March 28, 2009.

The Cors d'Amour, a student French horn quartet at the University of Kentucky, recently played STARFLAME as part of its first place performance for the Southeast Horn Workshop
(a branch of the International Horn Society) quartet competition in March 2009.

WHITE WATER was performed by the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet for an American Composers concert at Western Carolina University on February 10, 2009.
The quintet will perform the piece on its tour of the Southwest this Spring.

OZYMANDIAS was performed  for the Mid-South Flute Society Conference at Austin Peay State University on March 7.

The Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts has commissioned a new work for viola, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, and piano
to be premiered by the GSA faculty ensemble in June 2009.

OZYMANDIAS, for baritone, flute, oboe and electronic tape, was performed at Asbury College on January 16, 2009.

GREAT DAY COMING, for trombone and percussion,  was performed at Belmont University on November 12, 2008.

JAMMIN', for horn choir, was performed by the Horn Ensemble of the University of Wisconsin on November 15, 2008.
It was also performed on December 6 at the Chazen Art Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin. JAMMIN' is published by RM Williams Publishing.

WHITE WATER, for brass quintet, commissioned by the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. Premiered on October 28 at Western Carolina University.

LET'S PLAY for violin, clarinet and piano, performed for the Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra "Autumn Collage" on October 19, 2008.

THE WIND AND THE WAVES, for clarinet quartet, commissioned by the Commonwealth Quartet and premiered at the University of Louisville
and Eastern Kentucky University on September 20 and 21, 2008.

LET'S PLAY for violin, clarinet and piano, commissioned by Magie Smith. Premiered at Western Kentucky University on September 5, 2008
and at Eastern Illinois University on September 12, 2008.

ARRIVAL ON EARTH, for wind ensemble commissioned by the student chapters of the National Band Association for a new work for wind ensemble and solo
voices to be premiered by the National Band Association.

OZYMANDIAS, for flute, oboe, baritone voice and electronics was performed on a faculty recital at Western Kentucky University
in March 2008.

BROTHERS IN ARMS, for horn and tape, and JAMMIN', for horn choir, were premiered for the International Horn Society workshop at Columbus State University
in February 2008. Both works were commissioned by Paul Basler and will be published by RM Willams Publishing.

MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto saxophone, 'cello and piano, was performed on a faculty recital at Indiana State University in February 2008.

INTO THE DEEP performed by the composer at the National Conference of the College Music Society at the invitation of CMS in
November 2007 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of CMS.

SHINING MOMENT, was performed in Wales for the Newport Music Society, the University of Aberyswyth,
and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in October 2007. The composition is published by RM Willams Publishing.

OZYMANDIAS, for flute, oboe, baritone voice and electronics premiered at Arizona State Uiversity and Utah State Univerisy
in Aprill 2007. Performed for the International Double Reed Society conference at Syracuse Univesity in June 2007 and at WKU
in October 2007..

MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto saxophone, 'cello and piano performed at Purdue University in April 2007.

RIP TIDE, for piano and percussion, commissioned by Sole Nero and premiered in February 2007 at the University
of Wisconsin.

STARFLAME, for horn quartet, performed on a concert for the British Horn Society Summer Exhibition in July 2005 at the Birmingham Conservatoire in England.

TELL ME YOUR NAME, a music theater work for bass voice, electronic tape, shadow puppets and video; the fifth work in the ELECTRIC OPERA series. Performed
by the composer at Western Kentucky University.

ROUGH AND READY, for bassoon quartet, commissioned and premiered by the ensemble Depraved Indifference for the International Double Reeed Society Conference, July 2006. Accepted for publication by Prairie Dawg Music.

Commissioned ($5000) work for soprano and orchestra, ONE SONG FAR AWAY,  premiered in 2006 by Jennifer Brennan-Hondorp
and the Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra as part of the WKU Centennial Celebration. Also to be performed at the Performing Arts Center in Owensboro, KY.

HURRICANE FORCE, a concerto for concert band and clarinet, premiered at Barren County High School, KY with WKU faculty John Cipolla as soloist and WKU senior Michelle White conducting, May 2006.

STARFLAME, for horn quartet, performed for the Western Illinois Horn Festival, April 2006.

SHINING MOMENT, for solo Horn in F, was performed by Lorraine Fader on a faculty recital at Western Kentucky University in April 2006. The composition is published by RM Willams Publishing.

Sang excerpts from the operas of Roger Hannay (1930-2006) for that composer's memorial concert at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2006.

I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, performed by the WKU Chamber Singers with the composer as baritone soloist, April 2006.

Excerpts from the Electric Opera, TELL ME YOUR NAME, performed by the composer for the Southeastern Composers League Forum at Converse College, South Carolina, in March 2006.

AROUND THE CLOCK, was performed at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and Northwestern State University, Louisiana, in February 2006. It was also performed for the Southeast Horn Society conference held in Louisiana in March 2006.

SOLO NECESITAS EL AMOR, for violin, violoncello and piano, premiered at Western Kentucky University in March 2006.

SHINING MOMENT, for solo Horn in F, was performed on a faculty recital at Western Illinois University in February 2006. The composition is published by RM Willams Publishing.

One of three judges for the Composition Contest of the International Horn Society that had 64 entries from 13 countries, January 2006.

DREAMS AND THE SHORE, for bass voice, flute and percussion, performed for "Autumn Collage" - a benefit concert for the Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra, October 2005.

TELL ME YOUR NAME, a music theater work for bass voice, electronic tape, shadow puppets and video, the fifth work in the ELECTRIC OPERA series, performed at the University of Florida and the University of Alabama in September 2005.

ANTARCTICA, for orchestra and video projections. To be premiered by the Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra.

SOULS MADE OF MUSIC, for bass voice and horn quartet,  premiered by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet with the composer for the Gala Finale Concert of the International Horn Society conference, June 2005.

HEADBANGER, for horn quartet, published by RM Willaims publishing (June 2005).

AROUND THE CLOCK, was performed by Paul Basler of the University of Florida on his recital at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on May 8, 2005 in Cardiff, Wales.

INNER FLAME and CRIMSON were performed by faculty of the Kansas State University Department of Music in March and April, 2005.

UPWARD BELLS, for tuba and piano, was performed by Jeff Hodapp on his faculty recital at Emporia State University in March 2005.

DREAMS AND THE SHORE, for bass voice, flute and percussion, premiered for the Florida Flute Association Festival, Daytona Beach, FL, in January 2005. Also performed for the Kentucky Flute Association Festival.

STARFLAME and HEADBANGER were performed in London, England in January 2005. The TransAtlantic Horn Quartet played both pieces for a live BBC radio program that was also simulcast via the BBC’s internet site and heard by people all over the world. HEADBANGER will be featured on the quartet’s new CD that is due for release in the Fall of 2005.

IT HAD TO BE, for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano, given its international premiere in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. U.S premiere at WKU in December 2004.

FORWARD DRIVE, electronic score for modern dance, premiered at Emory University in Atlanta, Spring 2004, for the American College Dance Festival Association National conference.

TELL ME YOUR NAME, a music theater work for bass voice, electronic tape, shadow puppets and video; the fifth work in the ELECTRIC OPERA series. Premiered in Spring 2004 by the composer in Kentucky and Ohio. And for the Heidleberg College New Music Festival where the composer was a Featured Guest Composer, performing for the festival and also conducting workshops in the public schools.

PAUN I KOLO for chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra as part of a state grant promoting cultural diversity. Premiered in September 2003.

Electronic ballet score, FRANKENSTEIN, commissioned and premiered  by the Fort Wayne Ballet Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana for their 2002 season. Produced again for the Ballet’s 2003 season.

2002 Kentucky Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer. Composition, SOULS AND SOUNDS, for bass voice, flute and piano was premiered by the composer with Dr. Heidi Pintner and Dr.Donald Speer of the Department of Music in October for the KMTA convention in Louisville, and performed at WKU on Kallstrom’s faculty recital in March 2003.

CRIMSON for clarinet, horn and piano, was performed on faculty recitals at Kansas State University on September 24, and at the University of Central Arkansas on September 26. 

Performed composition for bass voice, electronic tape and video projections, INTO THE DEEP, for the Society of Composers, Inc. conference on November1 at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Also performed for the SCI conference at Henderson State University, Feb 2003.

BELLS AND PIPES, for oboe, horn and piano, performed at Mansfield University, PA on November 23, 2002.

WKU Music Alum, Amir Zaheri performed Kallstrom's composition for solo organ, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR MY ORGAN, in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2003.

SINGING MY SONG, for violin, bassoon and piano, performed for the SCL Forum at the University of Georgia, March 2003, and in South Dakota by Jeffery Womack.

UPWARD BELLS, for tuba and piano, commissioned and premiered by Jeff Hodapp at Emporia State University on March 9, 2003.

THREE WISHES, for clarinet and piano, performed for a Kentucky Music Teachers Association composer's concert at Western on April 25 by WKU faculty Dr. John Cipolla and Dr. Donald Speer.

Composition for mezzo soprano and marimba, SCENES, was performed on a recital at Belmont University in Nashville, TN on March 30, 2003

June 2003 Performances of compositions, STARFLAME and HEAD BANGER, by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet that included concerts for the TAHQ Summer Seminar at the University of Alabama,  The Royal Welsh Conservatory, Cardiff, Wales, The Manchester ( England) University School of Music, The British Horn Society meeting in Birmingham, England, and the Guildhall School of Music, The Royal College, and The Royal Academy, all in London England.

STORIES, for bass voice, electronics and puppets, the third work in the Electric opera series,performed by the composer at Transylvania University, Oct. 23, 2001

CRAZY RHYTHM, commissioned ($500) and premiered by the Quadre Horn Quartet in Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2001. Also performed at San Jose City College (Decemeber 2001), the Noe Valley Ministry (December 2001, The University of Georgia (February 2002), and the Magnet Schools of Selma, AL (February 2002).

JEEPERS, performed by the University of Florida Wind Ensemble, Society of Composers conference, University of Florida, Nov. 2001. Also performed in a version for string orchestra and horn quartet by the Macon Symphony.

One of three featured guest composers for the nationally recognized Heidelberg College Annual New Music Festival, with British composer Stephen Montague and Russell Pinkston (Univ. Of Texas at Austin). Also featured as guest composer/performer for a performance at a local elementary school (approx. 300 children)

Kentucky Music Teachers Association (chapter of Music Teachers National Association) Commissioned Composer of the Year. $1000 for a new work that will feature flute, bass voice and piano.

Performances of STARFLAME at the Midwest Horn Workshop (Oshkosh, WI), Tennessee Tech University, Mercer University, Sarasota, FL and four performances in Boston, MA  by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet during their 2002 Spring North American Tour.  The tour also featured the premiere of HEADBANGER, a new work commissioned by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. This work will be recorded for the quartet’s second compact disc release. Both works were also performed for the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet’s Summer Horn Seminar at the University of Alabama (Summer 2002).

THREE WISHES for clarinet and piano, performed by James Perone on a faculty recital at Mount Union College, OH in April 2002.

Premiere of YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR MY ORGAN for the Nashville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists by WKU almunus, Amir Zaheri (May 2002).

Premiere of RED ROCK by the WKU Wind Ensemble at WKU (March 2002).

Performance of excerpts from GHOSTS!!, a solo music theater work and the fourth in the Electric Opera series, by the composer for the Southeastern Composers League Annual Forum at Mercer University, GA (February 2002).

DEATHS AND RESURRECTIONS performed by the WKU University Choir for the Kentucky Music Educators Association state conference in Louisville, KY (February 2002), and for the WKU High School Choir Invitational in Bowling Green, KY (March 2002).

DEATHS AND RESURRECTIONS, for SATB choir and piano in four movements, commissioned by the WKU University Choir and to be premiered in Spring 2001.

STARFLAME, for horn quartet, released on a Compact Disc recording by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. Summer 2000.

STARFLAME, for horn quartet, and JEEPERS, for quartet and wind ensemble, performed by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet while in residence at The University of South Florida, March 2000.

KEEP THE FAITH, a piano sonata, performed by Janet Bass Smith in February 2000.

CRAZY RHYTHM, for horn quartet, paid commission from the Quadre Quartet of Los Angeles, CA, and premiered during their 2000-2001 season.

AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and piano, given two performances at Cabrillo College, California in a special version with choreographed dance, January 2000.

SINGING MY SONG, for violin, bassoon and piano, commissioned by Bruce Gbur of Kansas State University and to be premiered in Spring 2001.

TAKE IT, for percussion ensemble, commissioned by he WKU Percussion Ensemble and premiered in April 2000. Click here to listen.

JEEPERS, for horn quartet and string orchestra. A transcription of an earlier work , premiered by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet and the Macon Symphony in September 1999.

AROUND THE CLOCK, for horn and tape, performed by Paul Basler in the Dominican Republic at the National Conservatory and the School of Arts at Mao in December 1999.

GIOVANNI'S FANTASY, for trombone and tape (or piano), premiered by Doug Farwell (Valdosta State University) in June 1999, wiil also  performed at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Western Kentucky University, Campbellsville University and the University of Illinois in the fall of 1999.

Michael Kallstrom  performed GHOSTS!!  for Dension University, Mount Union College, Millikin University, Elmhurst College and Georgia State University in September and October of 1999.

THREE WISHES was performed by the ensemble, Third Angle, in Portland, OR in September 1999.

MAGIC FLIGHT was performed for the Festival of Contemporary Music at Indiana State University in October 1999.

BURST INTO SONG, for children's choir, SATB choir, brass quintet and organ. Commissioned by the Trinity United Methodist Church of Gainesville, Florida, and premiered in August 1999.

TIME CONVERGING, for alto and tenor saxophones, will be performed at Keene State College (NH) in November 1999.

STARFLAME, commissioned and premiered by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet, featuring Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Eric Ruske, and Skip Snead, for two performances in London, England, at the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival, May, 1998, and for the International Horn Society Workshop at Louisiana State University in February 1999.  JEEPERS, also commissioned and premiered by the Quartet was premiered in Febraury 1999 at the University of Alabama.

AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and wind ensemble. A transcription of an earlier sonata, premiered atWestern Kentucky University in March 1998 by Tod Kerstetter, and performed at California Polytechnic University.

AROUND THE CLOCK, Hornist Paul Basler commissioned a setting of this work for horn and orchestra through a grant from the University of Florida, which was recorded in the Czech Republic by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra.

SUNDAY PAGES, an opera in two acts, composed on a Fellowship Residency from the Ragdale Foundation and a sabbatical leave from WKU. The four-night premiere and full production was given at Western Kentucky University in February, 1999.

INNER FLAME, for unaccompanied alto saxophone. Commissioned and premiered by Caroline Henderson at the World Saxophone Congress, Valencia, Spain. RHYTHM GARDEN, a suite for alto saxophone and piano, was also commissioned and premiered by Caroline Henderson for the 1997 Southeastern Composers League Forum.

MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto/soprano saxophone, violoncello and piano. Commissioned and premiered by Kandace Brooks and the AEVIA trio. It has been performed at Georgia State University , the University of Tennessee, the University of Florida, in Jacksonville, Florida, at Valdosta State University, and for the National Conference of the North American Saxophone Association.

MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, CAVERNS, for bass voice, chorus and orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by theBowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra in April, 1997 with the composer as bass soloist. TOWERS AND SPIRES, was also commissioned by the Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra, and premiered in 1991.

ZING!, for contrabass and piano, commissioned by Milton Masciadri in 1995. Premiered at the University of Georgia and performed in Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and the Moscow Conservatory, Russia. Recorded on Compact Disc :Edizioni  della Foundazione (1996).

EASTERN BRILLIANCE, for horn and piano or tape. Commissioned and premiered by Fulbright Fellow Paul Basler for the Southeastern Composers League Forum. Also performed for the Southeastern Horn Workshop, University of  Delaware , Florida State University, and Louisiana State University (April 1996). The horn and piano version was premiered by Jacqueline Fassler-Kerstetter.

AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and piano or tape, commissioned by Gail Levinsky in 1995. Premiered in
March 1996 for the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference/Electro-Acoustic Festival at the University of Florida.Also performed by Gail Levinsky, Griffin Campbell, Caroline Henderson, and Allyn Reilly at Mississippi StateUniversity, Millsaps College, Tulane University, Baylor University, the University of Costa Rica, Lafayette (Louisiana),Ohio University, Youngstown University, the Festival of New Music at Indiana State University, and the AmericanComposers Forum Sonic Circuits concert at Mississippi State University. Also performed in a transcription for horn and tape by Paul Basler in Kenya, Africa, the Florida Musica Nova Concert, the University of Alabama, and Hamline University . To be recorded on Compact Disc on the FORTE label.

BRIGHT NAMES, BURNING LIGHTS, for flute and piano. Premiered at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in1993. Also performed by Charles W. Smith and Janet Bass Smith for the Kentucky Music Teachers Association Conference, and for the West Virginia Music Teachers Association Conference. Also  performed on a European Tour, with concerts in the Netherlands, France and Germany (Spring 1998).

SUNFIELDS, for string quartet in one movement. Commissioned and premiered by the Lindsayan Quartet in March, 1996.

TIME CONVERGING, commissioned and premiered by Pat Meighan and the Trio Bel Canto for the 14th Annual International Saxophone Symposium . Also performed for the 17th Annual International Saxophone Institute , at Florida State University , at the Memphis State New Music Festival , for the North American Saxophone Alliance Convention , and at Oberlin University (March, 1996). To be recorded by Bill and Cynthia Marr for a compact disc by Open LoopRecordings and published by Dorn Publications.

BREAKING AWAY, for horn and mixed percussion commissioned by the first horn of the Nashville Symphony, Leslie Norton, and premiered in March,1996. Also performed by Paul Basler.

NOISY DREAMING, for flute, clarinet, horn and piano. Commissioned and premiered by the Western Arts Quintet in 1996. Also performed at Arizona State University for the Society of Composers Conference, the Kentucky Music Educators Conference, and the Kentucky Music Teachers Association conference.

MOON'S MORNING, for trumpet and piano. Commissioned and premiered by Marshall Scott for the Southeastern Composers League Forum, March 1996. Also performed at Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Richmond.

NOCTURNE, a chamber work concerning the homeless featuring audience participation, was commissioned andpremiered by the ensemble Epicycle for the WPA Festival of the Arts in Cleveland, Ohio, and was performed for the 1994 Music Educators National Convention in Cincinnati.

PIERS AND BRIDGES, for double SATB chorus has been performed by the A Capella Singers of McNeese State University and won their New Works Competition, by the WKU University Choir on their 1990 Spring Tour of the Southeast, including performances in Washington, D.C., and on the First Symposium of New Choral Chamber Music.

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