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Friday, June 25th, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Sarah at the Tent The Arbor Bells, a community handbell choir whose members are drawn from greater metropolitan Minneapolis, will perform "Sarah at the Tent" at the AGEHR Area VII Festival Conference on Friday, June 24, at the 1:30 mini-concert, which will be held at the conference site, the Mayo Civic Center, in Rochester, Minnesota. For further information contact Lynn Miller or go to the conference website. Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN Thursday, July 15th, 2010 Serenade and Rondo Karen Gardener, professor of saxophone at Wooster University will perform at Wooster Music Camp, Wooster University, Wooster, OH. Frank Dubuy, conductor. For further details, contact Karen Gardener. Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Cape Breton Postcard Featuring the Calle Mayor Beginning, Jazz, Concert Bands and Wind Ensemble. Tim Nail, conductor. Tickets are $5. James Armstrong Theater, Calle Mayor Middle School, in Torrance, California. Thursday, August 12, 2010, Bay View MI, near Petoskey The 100 member Bay View Week of Handbells Festival Bell Choir will perform Jupiter, by Holst, arranged by Catherine for handbells. Concert at 8:00 p.m. in the John M. Hall Auditorium in the Bay View Association. Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, Anaheim, CA, at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, site of the National Flute Association annual convention, at 10:00 a.m. The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Flute Choir, directed by Mary Shinn and Priscilla Holt, will be performing Hill Country Sketches, which was inspired by the Texas Hill Country. October 10, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Midland Symphony Orchestra will premiere a new piece written for the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. October 31, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra will perform the piece in honor of their 75th anniversary also. Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI. Please check back often for the latest concert information!

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• Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
  Describe a Circle
  Rose Cottage from A Gaelic Offering
  LyricFlutes, a New Hampshire flute quartet will perform.
  St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1123 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA
  
  
• Sunday, May 2, 2010
  Connor Mikula will perform Sapphire, for alto saxophone and concert band, with the Grand Rapids Symphonic Band, as winner of their annual youth concerto competition. The concert will be at Lowell High School Performing Arts Center, 300 High St., Lowell, MI 49331. Call 616-897-4449 for concert times and tickets.
  
  
• Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
  Lake Erie College flute choir, Judith Elias, director will perform their Spring Concert in Morley Music Hall in Painesville Ohio. The program includes "Lake Solace" and "The Doubtful Wife" from A Gaelic Offering by Catherine McMichael.
  
  
• Saturday, April 24, 2010
  Contra Songs, a three movement piece featuring the contrabass flute will be performed at Flute Day at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. The culminating event of the day is a concert in the evening. Rhonda Larson is the featured performer. The quartet that will present Contra Songs is Ruth Maurer--Contrabass flute, Chris Potter--Bass flute (yes, THE Chris Potter who is well known for playing big flutes!), Kristi Ballif--Alto flute (Kristi is the flute teacher at Mesa State and she is the power behind Flute Day), Becky Weidman-Winter--C flute. (Becky is the flute teacher at Western State College in Gunnison, CO)
  Send email for more detailed information about time and admission prices.
  
  
• March 19th, 2010, 8:00, First Presbyterian, Saginaw, 121 S. Harrison
  A recital of music for saxophone: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About (the) Sax But Were Afraid to Ask, featuring Mr. Lynn Klock, Professor of Saxophone, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Catherine McMichael, piano. Works to be performed are Sapphire, Woodland Serenade and Rondo, Sword Dancer, Finding Peace, Fusion Suite, Stopping By Woods and Suite Michigama. Bryan Latimer, guest tenor, will sing on Stopping By Woods. Tickets $10 at the door, general admission all seats.
  
  
• Sunday, Feb 7, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
  Contemplation on Ubi Caritas
  This handbell piece will be presented as part of the Bronze Fest 2010, hosted by the Embellish handbell choir of Grand Rapids, MI. The highly esteemed guest conductor for the entire weekend including the concert is Fred Gramann, minister of music at the American Church in Paris (France).
  Van Singel Fine Arts Center
  8500 Burlingame SW
  Byron Center, MI.
  $10 at the door.
  
  
• Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
  Scores of Love
  A piece for saxophone, tenor voice, and piano.
  Performed by Mark Hillegass, Jr, a student of Karen Gardener at the College of Wooster, Ohio. The performance will be held in the Gault Recital Hall in the Scheide Music Center at the College of Wooster in Wooster, OH
  
  
• Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
  Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
  Location: First Congregational Church
  403 S. Jefferson
  Saginaw, MI
  Saginaw Choral Society: Members' Recital
  Catherine will conduct the Saginaw Choral Society at their Members' Recital. The theme of the concert is Music from Earth, Moon and Stars. The program is a collage style presentation, with seamless solo and small ensemble performances following immediately after each other from various spaces in the sanctuary. The chorus will sing Africa by Toto; Tres Canciones de Amor by Manuel Oltra; Dog Chronicles by Catherine McMichael; and How Beautiful, This Finely Woven Earth, by Greg Jasperse. Catherine is one of seven candidates vying for the recently vacated position of Music Director and Conductor of the Saginaw Choral Society.
  
  
• Sunday, January 17th at 2:00 p.m.
  Finding Peace
  There will be a performance at the Kingswood Auditorium at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, MI. One of the featured pieces is "Finding Peace", a serenade for English horn and piano, written for and performed by Ellen Sudia-Coudron. $20 admission to the day's events, which begin with the recital and continue with master classes with Daniel Stolper, Oboe Instructor at Interlochen Arts Academy, and Professor emeritus, MSU. This program is part of the Oboe Occasion at Cranbrook, organized by Dr. Ann Lemke.
  Cranbrook School
  39221 Woodward Ave
  Bloomfield Hills, MI
  
  
• Thursday, Dec. 17th, 2:30 p.m.
  Beethoven's Sonatina
  Midwest Conference and Clinic, held at McCormick Place West in Chicago, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, Thursday, Dec. 17th, 2:30 p.m. Las Vegas Academy Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble wil perform Catherine's arrangement of Beethoven's Sonatina. The arrangement is based on the famous G major Sonatina, and is arranged for string quartet.
  Conference registration is your admission to entry.
  
  
• November 8, 2009
  Legend of the Sleeping Bear
  To be performed by Fluterie, a flute choir from the Netherlands, performed in Venlo, The Netherlands, at the Ut Paeterke competition. See www.fluterie.nl for more information.
  
  
• Saturday, November 7, 2009
  There will be a premiere of Northern Lights, a piano/strings chamber piece, performed by students of Gasshuku, which is an organization of string and piano teachers in Rochester, MN. The piece will be based upon art work in Rochester and the Mayo Clinic. Please contact Barbara Bartleson for further information on time and venue.
  
  
• Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
  Tall Grass
  This evening concert for flute quartet and string orchestra, featuring students of Dr. Rebecca Meador and the Washburn University orchestra, will be premiered in Topeka Kansas. Contact rebecca.meador@washburn.edu for further information.
  
  
• October 23, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
  Falconer
  Potomack Flutes (Melvin Lauf, Susan Moser, Michael Bowyer & Steven Tung) performed in Falls Church, Virginia at Columbia Baptist Church, 103 West Columbia Street. Free concert, open to the public.
  
  
• Sunday, Sept. 20th, 2009
  7:00 - 8:30 p.m. ET
  On Delta Q-TV, Channel 19
  (Charter Channel 9)
  A Gift of Music: From Our Family to Yours
  This special television program features performances by the McMichael-Bieber family, including Catherine, Rod, Meredith and Nathan. Guest artists Marlene and Hannah Moses join the family on many pieces. The program includes interviews and performances of both standard classical repertoire and Catherine's compositions.
  
  
• September 16th, 2009
  The Dog Chronicles
  The group EuFOURia (Jenni Cook, soprano; Elizabeth Gunlogson, clarinet; Peggy Vagts, flute; and Paul Merrill, piano) performed three of the five Dog Chronicles at the Balsams Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, NH.
  
  
• August 9th, 2009
  The Dog Chronicles
  The group EuFOURia (Jenni Cook, soprano; Elizabeth Gunlogson, clarinet; Peggy Vagts, flute; and Paul Merrill, piano) performed three of the five Dog Chronicles at the Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.
  
  
• July 8-12, 2009
  Eclectic Trio for Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute
  This trio will be performed at the World Saxophone Congress at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Go to http://www.wscxv.org for further information about schedules.
  
  
• Sunday, June 14th at 3:00 p.m
  Mariko Suite
  A performance of the Mariko Suite will be Sunday, June 14th at 3:00 p.m. at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, performed with flute, violin and piano. 8th and F Street N.W., Washington D.C. Free tickets one hour before concert available at the museum. Part of the Steinway Series. The performers are Kathryn Master, flute and the West Shore Piano Trio (Heather Haughn, violin, Diana Flesner, cello, Jay DeWire, piano). Program includes your Mariko Suite, and works by Hilary Tann, Elisenda Fabregas and Rebecca Clarke.
  
  
• Saturday, June 6, 2009
  The Sapphire Concerto
  George Weremchuk, Associate Professor of Music/Saxophone, University of Central Florida, will perform the Sapphire Concerto with the Brevard (FL) Community Band on Saturday, June 6th, in Melbourne FL. Please contact Brevard Community Band for performance details of venue and time.
  
  
• June 4, 2009 Two Week Concert Tour in China
  Café Suite
  The Spartanburg (SC) High School Orchestra, Brad Stewart, director, will be touring China. Their program includes the Café Suite. They will be in China for two weeks beginning June 4 with five concerts scheduled: Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xian and Beijing. They are all evening performances, specific times unknown.
  
  
• Thursday afternoon, May 14, 2009
  On a Snowy Evening
  George Weremchuk, Associate Professor of Music/Saxophone, University of Central Florida, will be performing On a Snowy Evening at Interlochen this coming Thursday afternoon, May 14, 2009 as part of a guest recital with IAA horn Instructor Gene Berger.
  
  
• Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 5:55 p.m.
  Dog Chronicles
  Performed by members of the Setagaya Philharmonic. Maesato Ayumi, soprano. Takahashi Akiko, flute. Kai Akiko, clarinet. Nakasono Chisako, piano.
  Karasuyama-kuninkaikan; 6-2-19 minamikarasuyama Setagaya-ku,Tokyo, Japan
  
  
• Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 4:00pm
  Pictures at an Exhibition
  The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies at the San Jose State University, San Jose, California School of Music and Dance hosts the Kurosawa Piano Music Festival. This final concert will take place at the Mountain View Performance Arts Center. Two sons of Chin Beckman, ages 11 and 14, will perform five movements from the 2 piano arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky, arranged by Catherine McMichael.
  
  
• Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
  Mother and Child (The Seven Saints and Sinners)
  Vanessa Davis, clarinetist, and Roxanne Prisby, soprano, will be performing Mother and Child from the Seven Saints and Sinners at the University of New Hampshire on April 25th at 5pm in the Bratton Recital Hall of the Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham NH, 03824, as a condition of Vanessa's master's degree studies. She studies with Dr. Elizabeth Gunlogson.
  Bratton Recital Hall
  Paul Creative Arts Center
  30 Academic Way
  Durham, NH 03824
  
  
• Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 4:00pm
  Sapphire Concerto
  Mark Hillegass Jr. will be performing Sapphire Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Piano at his junior recital at Gault Recital Hall located in the Scheide Music Center at the College of Wooster, Ohio, 44691
  
  
• Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
  The Best of Africa:
  Botswana, Zambia and Cape Town, South Africa
  Presented by Catherine McMichael
  Greetings, Adventurers! Catherine went on safari last July. She has put together a DVD of her experiences in southern Africa. There will be a talk, video and time for your questions. Come and see the beauty of this earth and all God's creatures! You'll be inspired! The show is at 6:30 p.m., Nibbles for you prepared by the Bells on High Adult Bell Choir at 6:00 p.m. A freewill offering will benefit the Bells on High chime acquisition project. You'll be glad you made time to attend this event!
  First United Methodist Church
  4790 Gratiot Rd
  Saginaw, MI
  
  
• April 2, 2008, 12:00 Noon
  Happenings at the Harman Center
  Presented by the Harman Center for the Arts
  Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC
  
  
• Saturday, March 15th, 2008: Evening Concert
  A Joyful Noise
  Symphonic work commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. This dramatic and appealing symphony will get a wonderful performance from the Macon Symphony, conducted by Maestro Adrian Gnam. Ms. McMichael will be in residence for several days prior to the performance.
  Grand Opera House, Macon, GA
  
  
• January 18, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
  Every Piece Starts With a Person: A Chamber Concert featuring the music of Catherine McMichael
  Read announcement information here
  First Presbyterian Church of Saginaw, 121 S. Harrison near Court St. and S. Michigan Ave., Saginaw, MI
  
  
• January 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
  Dog Chronicles
  Recitals at the Mansion at Strathmore presented by the Friday Morning Music Club. Performed by WindSong Ensemble -- Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Nancy Genovese, clarinet; Michael Bowyer, flute; Amy Rothstein, piano
  Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane North, Bethesda, MD 20852-3385
  
  
• January 4, 2008: Noon concert
  Dog Chronicles
  Recitals at Sumner School presented by the Friday Morning Music Club. Performed by WindSong Ensemble -- Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Nancy Genovese, clarinet; Michael Bowyer, flute; Amy Rothstein, piano
  Sumner School, 1700 M Street, NW, Washington, DC
  
  
• Saturday, November 3rd, 2007, 8:00 a.m.
  Jamestowne Trilogy
  Flutonic will perform for the Candlelight Concert Series in Colonial Williamsburg on Saturday night, November 3rd at 8 pm. The concert will be held at the Bruton Parish Church right on the property of Colonial Williamsburg. Parking is available in front of the church just before the concert.
  
  The concert will feature music of the era when Williamsburg was founded, pieces such as Scarborough Fair, Sellenger's Round, Judy Nishimura's Renaissance Banquet (title adapted from the original Christmas title) and the classic quintet by Boismortier, Concerto No. 2.
  
  We will open with Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and especially feature McMichael's newest Jamestowne Trilogy, written for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown.
  
  If you are in the area, come by and hear us! We are looking forward to it!
  Bruton Parish Church, Colonial Williamsburg
  
  
• October 14, 2007
  Coronado
  This 8 minute one movement essay for string orchestra and small ripieno flute ensemble is dramatic, powerful and exciting to perform and to hear. Commissioned by the Rockford Academy for its orchestra of grade 6-12 players, it will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Coronado Theatre, which was built in the grandly opulent Art Noveau style in 1927.
  The Coronado Theatre, Rockford, IL
  
  
• August 16, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
  Contemplation on Ubi Caritas
  This concert is the culmination of an intensive 4 day handbell festival which draws players of the highest calibre from all over the world. Directed by Carl Wiltse, this final concert will include Contemplation on Ubi Caritas. The concert is a visual extravaganza, with 100 ringers performing on thousands of bells from 2 inches to 2 feet across. Contact www.bayviewfestival.org for tickets, maps and schedule information.
  Bay View Festival Auditorium, Bay View, Michigan
  
  
• August 11, 2007, 2:30 p.m.
  Fantasy on Coventry Carol
  The Silver Winds of Longmont, Colorado, Nancy L. Spidel, director, will perform a Showcase concert featuring Fantasy on Coventry Carol. The instrumentation includes contrabass flute, harp, percussion and handbells in addition to the more standard flute choir.
  National Flute Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM, Showcase Recital #4
  
  
• Sunday, July 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
  The Dog Chronicles
  Jill Vary, soprano, appears with the Saginaw Eddy Band in this premiere of the band version of the popular Dog Chronicles. Featured instrumentalists are Deanna Popielarz, flute, and Linda Hargett, clarinet. Singers from the Saginaw Choral Society will also be performing on the concert.
  
  Morley Plaza, Saginaw, MI (just south of the Temple Theatre in Saginaw). Come with your lawn chair and your best buddy, and bring a picture of man's best friend with you. If you're under 4 feet tall, you can come dressed as a dog! Admission is free. Bring a lawn chair and just come howl along with the band!
  
  A (DOG-EARED) NOTE FROM CATHERINE:
  Dog Chronicles is 5 movements, about 10 minutes and is sure to be enjoyed by anyone who loves dogs. If you're not a dog lover, well, I hope you might enjoy the humor anyway. The movements are:
  
  A Starving Dog, words by Mark Twain:
  If you take a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.
  That is the principle difference between a dog and a man.
  
  The Dog's Book of Virtues, words by many:
  Stretch before rising, run and play every day.
  Practice obedience, when it's in your best interest.
  Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
  When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
  Beauty without vanity;
  Strength without insolence;
  Courage without ferocity;
  Dignity without pride;
  Accept. Forgive. Console. Be brave!
  If you can do all these things every day,
  Then, my friend, you're almost as good as your dog.
  
  Puppy Love, words by many:
  Whoever said you can't buy happiness,
  Whoever said you can't buy love,
  Whoever said you can't buy loyalty,
  They forgot about little puppies.
  No symphony orchestra has ever played music like a two year old child laughing with a puppy.
  So any time you're feeling terrible, some puppy therapy might help.
  Let me suggest the best psychiatrist: it's a puppy licking your face.
  
  Boys, Dogs & Mothers, anonymous words
  Every boy needs two things:
  A dog, and a very good mother willing to let him have one.
  Every boy who has a dog must have a very good mother,
  So the dog gets fed regularly.
  
  Dog Heaven, anonymous words
  If dogs don't go to heaven when they die,
  then I want to go to heaven when I die.
  
  Maybe I'll see you there. It should be a very fun concert!
  
  Cath
  
  
• Thursday, July 19, 2007: Evening Concert
  Contemplation on Ubi Caritas (Premiere)
  Handbell piece for 3-5 octaves of handbells. John Behnke's Alleluia Ringers present a featured concert Thursday night at the Seminar. Contemplation on Ubi Caritas will receive its national premiere there. Available as sheet music from AGEHR Publishing. AGEHR National Handbell Seminar, Dallas, TX, at the InterContinental Hotel Dallas, in Addison, TX.
  
  
• Friday, July 13, 2007: 7:30 p.m.
  The Dog Chronicles (Premiere)
  The American Composer's Forum Salon for New Music, Sitar Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. Commissioned by WindSong, a chamber ensemble consisting of soprano Harlie Sponaugle, flutist Michael Bowyer, clarinetist Nancy Genovese and pianist Amy Rothstein, Dog Chronicles is a humorous but very serious piece about the wonder of dogs. It premieres at 1700 Kalorama Rd NW, Suite 101, Washington, DC. Reserve tickets at virtuous.com
  
  
• May 15, 2007: Evening Concert
  Concertino Au Chemin Aux Étoiles
  The second performance of the concertino for harp and string orchestra. Performed by the Williamsburg String Orchestra, part of the Williamsburg Youth Orchestra, directed by Karey Johnson Sitzler. Please contact Karey Sitzler at bratsche@cox.net for venue, admission and times.
  
  
• Thursday, May 3, 2007: Evening Concert
  The Generous Land (Premiere)
  The Oregon Middle School, directed by Wendy Buehl, has commissioned a piece for string orchestra as part of an ongoing commissioning project. Ms. McMichael will be in residence for several days prior to the premiere.
  Oregon Wisconsin Middle School, Oregon Wisconsin
  
  
• Wednesday, April 25, 2007: 7:30 p.m.
  Concertino au Chemin aux Étoiles (The Way To The Stars)
  Concerto for solo harp and string orchestra. Central Middle School Auditorium, 9 Indian Rock Lane, Greenwich, CT. Alix Raspé, a 7th grade harp soloist, will appear on two pieces written by Catherine McMichael. The first is the debut of the harp concerto written for her and her Central Middle School string orchestra, Connie Barrett, director. Au Chemin aux Étoiles is a two movement piece about Hope and Faith. The other piece that she'll perform with the orchestra is Pax, from the Rose Quartet. Contact Dr. Constance E. Barrett for further information: 203-661-8500.
  
  
• April 22, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
  Fusion Suite
  For Baritone Saxophone and Piano. Concert with Paul Turner, piano. Marden House Calne, Wiltshire. Tickets £8, students £1. Tickets available from Mrs Margaret Garratt, 101, Oxford Road, Calne, Wilts SN11 8AQ; 01249 816290. They have a website with maps and a printable order form on www.mardenhouseconcerts.co.uk
  Marden House Calne, Wiltshire, England
  
  
• Sunday, March 4, 2007: Afternoon Concert (Premiere)
  James Towne Trilogy (Premiere)
  James Towne Trilogy was commissioned by Flute Frenzy, a high school volunteer community flute choir, to recognize the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. It is a three movement piece reflecting the diverse elements that contributed to the culture of Jamestown and early Virginia.
  Kimball Theatre, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
  
  
• Monday, February 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
  On A Snowy Evening
  The Genessee Wind Ensemble performs this lovely serenade on their annual President's Day concert.
  Woodside Church, Flint, MI
  
  
• Tuesday, Feb 13, 2007
  A Gaelic Offering
  Ryan Hayes, a senior at Point Loma Nazarene University, will be performing A Gaelic Offering in recital at Crill Auditorium, Cooper Hall, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA.
  
  
• Friday, February 9th, 2007, Evening Concert
  Le Porte del Paradiso
  Vast choral work inspired by the Gates of Paradise in Florence, Italy. The Flint Festival Chorus, conducted by Dr. Bradley Bloom, will perform the choral movements from the Gates of Paradise (Le Porte del Paradiso). Orchestral accompaniment will be provided by members of the Flint Symphony Orchestra.
  Phone 810-238-1350 for location and times in Flint, Michigan.
  
  
• Friday, February 9th, 2007, Evening Concert
  Scores of Love
  Faculty recital by Roger McDonald, University of Montana-Missoula. A beautiful set of love songs for lyric tenor, alto saxophone and piano, with words from the poets Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes and Edgar Guest. Mr. McDonald is the saxophonist.
  School of Music, Missoula, Montana
  
  
• Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
  A Joyful Noise
  A new symphony commissioned by the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the ensemble's 70th anniversary.
  Temple Theater, Saginaw, Michigan
  
  
• Sunday, April 30, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
  Suite de Montagne
  The premiere of this new piece for flute choir includes a part for the contrabass flute. The movements are inspired by the Colorado mountains, and the Netherlands folk tradition (from whence the new contrabass flute has been purchased by the Pikes Peak Flute Choir, Karen Morsch, director). Please contact Karen for venue information.
  Performance will be in Colorado Springs, CO.
  
  
• Sunday, April 9, 2006, Afternoon Concert
  Hill Country Sketches
  This new piece for the Austin Flute Choir will have a Tejano flavor. The movements are about the lakes, bats and fiestas of the Austin, TX area, where the work will be performed at this premiere. Please contact Penny Griffy for venue information. This will be available from Alry Publications in her new releases.
  Austin, TX
  
  
• Tuesday, March 28, 2006, Evening Concert
  Sapphire
  Joe Lulloff, Prof. of Saxophone at Michigan State University, will be the alto saxophone soloist with the Walnut Creek Concert Band, Harvey Benstein, director, in a performance of Sapphire Concerto on March 28, 2006 at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA.
  
  
• Sunday, February 19, 2006: Afternoon Concert
  Cape Breton Postcard
  Please contact Catherine McMichael for venue details. This orchestral adaptation of the popular Cape Breton Postcard will be premiered by the Midland Community Orchestra. Also on the program will be 10 year old Nathan Bieber performing the Bach Double Violin Concerto (1st movement) with dad, Rod Bieber.
  Midland, MI
  
  
• Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.
  Fusion Suite
  An energetic suite for baritone saxophone and piano. Commissioned by Prof. Lynn Klock, Professor of Saxophone, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. This program is presented as part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Feb. 15-18, 2006. Prof. Klock will play the baritone saxophone, Catherine McMichael will be at the piano. This is a second performance. Premiere was in September in Amherst, MA at U-Mass.
  
  
• Sunday, January 22, 2006, Daytime Concert
  Cape Breton Postcard
  Bob Corporon will be conducting the ND Honor Band in a performance of Cape Breton Postcard on the campus of the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks.
  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
  
  
• Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.
  Sapphire Concerto for Saxophone and Concert Band
  The Anchor Bay HS Wind Ensemble will perform Saturday morning, January 21st, at 9:00am at the Michigan Music Conference. The performance will take place at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Joe Lulloff, professor of saxophone at Michigan State University will solo with the Anchor Bay High School, Dave Visnaw, director, in a performance at the Michigan Music Conference. More information about the conference can be found at the Michigan Music Conference website.
  
  
• Saturday, January 14, 2005 at 3:00 and 7:30 p.m.
  Stopping By Woods
  A Celebration of Epiphany featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors, additional seasonal selections performed by the Chancel Choir, also including music of Catherine McMichael, Stopping By Woods, featuring Sheldon Markley, soprano saxophone.
  First United Methodist Church, 4790 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• Saturday, December 17, 2005
  Fantasy on Coventry Carol
  Commissioned by the Colorado Flute Orchestra, Nancy Spidel, director
  Contact thesilverwinds@yahoo.com directly for performance information.
  
  
• Friday, August 12th, 2005 at 5:30 p.m.
  Three Philosophies
  Lisa Hedley, the commissioner of the piece, will be the featured flute soloist and piano accompanist at the National Flute Convention in San Diego, CA. Contact Lisa Hedley via email.
  
  
• Saturday or Sunday, June 18th or 19th, 2005 (more to come)
  Ecossaise from the Académie of Dance
  "From The Top" radio show, nationally syndicated NPR program which features talented young classical musicians of pre-college age. The flute quartet from the Governor's School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia will be featured on a show to be taped there on Wednesday, April 27. They will play "Ecossaise" from "The Academie of Dance".
  
  
• Tuesday, May 24, 2005 (Evening Concert)
  Cape Breton Postcard
  Commissioned by Cheryl Floyd's Hill Country Middle School band. The three dramatic and beautiful movements are The Dawn, The Mist and The Thunder. The final movement will leave the audience (and the band) breathless! Contact Hill Country Middle School in Austin, TX for concert information.
  
  
• May 22, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.
  Three Philosophies
  Lisa Hedley, the commissioner of the piece, will be the featured flute soloist on the the Eastside Symphony's May concert premiering this new work at the Redmond Performance Center in Kirkland (Seattle area) Washington. For specific concert information, please contact Lisa Hedley via email.
  
  Additional performance at the National Flute Convention in San Diego, Friday, Aug. 12 at 5:30, featuring Lisa Hedley, flute and piano accompaniment.
  
  
• April 17, 2005 at 3:30 p.m.
  As part of St. Paul's Sunday at 3:30 Recital series, Catherine will appear with Hrant Parsamian, cello, one of the Wm. C. Byrd Competition finalists. The program will include the Beethoven Sonata in A, some Armenian songs, Sabre Dance by Khatchaturian, the Shostakovich Trio Op 67 and Serenada Romanesca by McMichael. Rod Bieber will assist on violin.
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  711 South Saginaw Street
  Flint, MI 48502
  Primary Phone: 810-234-8637
  
  
• April 11, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
  Gates Of Paradise Overture
  For organ, woodwind quintet, brass quintet and percussion. The Genessee Wind Ensemble, directed by Bruce Nieuwenhuis will present the Overture movement from the concert-length piece Le Porte Del Paradiso as part of their spring concert.
  Woodside Church, Flint, MI
  
  
• April 10, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.
  Recital with baritone Dan Gale, Cantor at Temple Beth Israel, Bay City. This recital is in honor of Messiah Lutheran's 125th anniversary. Dan and Catherine will perform works from a wide variety of periods and styles, from Handal oratorios to Jewish liturgical music to Gershwin. Admission free.
  MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH
  501 SOUTH CATHERINE STREET,
  BAY CITY MI 48706
  989-893-4444
  
  
• March 14, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.
  Sword Dancer
  Nancy Ambrose King, professor of oboe at University of Michigan will perform the concerto written for her in 2004 with the cream of the crop Michigan Youth Band. Concert is free, no tickets required.
  Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
  
  
• Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
  Scores Of Love
  Kilo Munoz, tenor, Reynaldo Budhi, piano and David Henderson, saxophone, will perform for the San Francisco Music Center's Valentine's Day Faculty Recital. Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., San Francisco, CA. Concert is free. Reception follows.
  
  
• Friday, February 4, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
  Phantom of the Opera
  April Rain Song (Scores of Love)
  Medley of tunes from the famous West End hit. The Saginaw Choral Society will hold its first-ever Members Recital at the First Congregational Church, 403 S. Jefferson (corner of Hayden), Saginaw, MI. Carl Michael Angelo will be at the piano, accompanying Darlene Mikoliezik and Brad Weichelman on Catherine's dramatic medley from Phantom Of The Opera. Tamara Grefe will accompany Maureen Goeman on April Rain Song from Scores of Love. Catherine is unable to attend due to a previous workshop engagement in New York, but she will indeed be there in spirit! Call the Choral Society at 989-753-1812 in Saginaw, Michigan for ticket information.
  
  
• Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 8:30 p.m.
  Sapphire Concerto for Saxophone and Band
  Lynn Klock, soloist. Those attending the Bandworld Pacific Conference Nov. 19-22 will hear Dick Floyd's outstanding band featuring Lynn Klock, soloist, on the Sapphire Saxophone Concerto at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington.
  
  
• Saturday, November 20th, 2004 (Evening Concert)
  Salt Of The Earth
  Flute choirs from the central Oklahoma region join forces to perform this newly commissioned three movement work inspired by the land and people of Oklahoma. Contact overmier@earthlink.net for details.
  
  
• Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.
  Great Lakes Voyage
  The Genessee Wind Symphony, directed by Bruce Nieuwenhuis, has programmed two movements from Great Lake Voyage for their fall concert: Persia and Huron Passage. The concert is a joint one with the New Century Chorale directed by Gene Coburn. The Chorale will sing, the band will play, and then they'll join for "Let There Be Peace on Earth," Copland's "Stomp Your Foot," and Carmon Dragon's "America the Beautiful." The theme for the concert is A Harvest of Song.
  St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Grand Blanc, MI
  
  
• Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 (Afternoon Concert)
  Beach Music
  A ten minute, one movement work, impressionistic in nature. The Long Island Flute Quartet celebrates it 25th anniversary by performing this newly commissioned piece.
  Contact sonevole@aol.com for details.
  
  
• Sunday, August 15th, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
  Woodland Serenade and Rondo
  Performed by the Toledo Concert Band with Lynn Klock, professor of saxophone at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  Toledo Zoo Amphitheater, Toledo, OH
  
  
• Friday, August 13th, 2004 at 3:00 p.m.
  As She Was
  Pedagogy Committee Sampler Concert 1
  Nashville, TN, NFA Convention, Jackson EF
  
  
• Sunday, July 25th, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.
  Sapphire Concerto
  For alto saxophone and band, performed by Lynn Klock of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  Texas Bandmasters Association Conference, San Antonio TX
  
  
• Saturday evening, July 24, 2004
  Allegro Glorioso
  For 3-5 octave handbells, has won the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers National Composition Contest held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of that organization. The piece celebrates the 25th anniversary of Bells On High from First United Methodist Church in Saginaw, MI. This will be the national premiere of the piece. The performance will be in honor of the AGEHR Anniversary Celebration at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Norfolk, VA. There will be massed choirs in attendance which may well total over 1,000 ringers.
  
  
• Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 8:00 a.m.
  Eclectic Trio
  For flute, clarinet and alto saxophone, will premiere at the National Clarinet Conference at the Inn and Conference Center on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD. See the ClarinetFest 2004 website for more info.
  
  
• Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:00 p.m.
  The Académie of Dance
  Performance by the Columbia Flute Choir with the Georgetown Symphony. Also on the concert will be Appalachian Spring by Copland and Beethoven's 6th Symphony (Pastorale). The concert will be held at Bishop Ireton H. S., 201 Cambridge Rd., Alexandria, VA, 22314
  
  
• May 1, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
  Legend Of The Sleeping Bear, Premiere
  Performed by the West Michigan Flute Orchestra,
  Darlene Dugan, Director.
  St. Cecelia Society, Grand Rapids, MI
  
  
• March 14, 2004, 6:30 p.m.
  Concert by Bells On High, the bell choir of the church, directed by Catherine McMichael. Bell choir performance featuring 5 octaves of bells and 3 octaves of handchimes. This is the premiere of a work written for the choir's 25th anniversary, featuring the AGEHR National Composition Contest winner, Allegro Glorioso.
  Catherine McMichael, conducting.
  First United Methodist Church, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• Feb 28, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
  Le Porte Del Paradiso Premiere,
  A work for choir, woodwind quintet, brass quintet, organ, harp, percussion and narrator. Call Saginaw Choral Society at 989-753-1812 for details about seats and prices, and location, which is either at the Heritage Theater or Temple Theater in Saginaw, MI. The premiere was commissioned by the Saginaw Choral Society, and will include the chorus, Valley Woodwind Quintet, Greg Largent and Carl Angelo, organ, Kerstin Allvin, harp, brass quintet, percussion and John Stark, narrator. The work is a musical collage of movements based upon the bronze panels of the eastern doors of the Baptistery in Florence, Italy, sculpted by Lorenzo Ghiberti. The bronze panels depict ten Old Testament stories. Come for a dramatic evening of creation, murder, floods, miracles, laws, felony, betrayal, battle, annhilation, deliverance, wonder and joy, a real happening!
  
  
• Jan 29, 2004, Evening Concert
  Performance with Dan Gale, baritone,
  Catherine McMichael at the piano.
  Recital Hall, Saginaw Valley State University
  Saginaw, MI
  
  
• January 10, 2004, Afternoon Concert
  Midland Piano Teachers Association Monster Concert,
  Catherine McMichael conducting.
  Midland Center For The Arts,
  Midland, MI
  
  
• Saturday evening, December 20, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
  The 70 member Colorado Flute Orchestra, which is sponsored by The Silver Winds of Longmont, Colorado, will present Lyric Noel as part of their Christmas concert in the Vance Brand Auditorium located at 600 E. Mountain View Av. in Longmont, Colorado. Conducted by Nancy Spidel, the orchestra is a combination of flutists from around the country and even from England, who gather once a year to perform this special concert. Of interest is the astounding range of instrumentation: from contra-bass flute all the way to piccolo and everything in between.
  
  
• Saturday morning, December 20, 2003, 9:30 a.m.
  Woodland Serenade and Rondo
  Concerto for alto saxophone and concert band.
  Official premiere, featuring Lynn Klock, professor of saxophone (University of Massachusetts) and The Woodlands (Texas) Concert Band. Brett Johnson, conducting.
  Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Tuesday, December 16th, 7:30 p.m.
  Spirit Of The Shannon
  Premiere performance of concerto for flute and concert band, Tim Kasten, conducting. Martha Martin, flute soloist.
  Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy in Saginaw, MI
  
  
• Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
  Midwest preview concert featuring Woodland Serenade and Rondo.
  The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, TX
  
  
• November, 2003
  Various locations in Kansas and Nebraska with the US Air Force Band featuring Ron Gann, saxophone.
  Performed the Sapphire concerto for saxophone and concert band for the following itinerary:
  
  November 11, 2003, Emporia, KS:
  "All Veterans Tribute," USAF Heartland of America Band's Concert Band
  
  November 09, 2003, Sterling College, Sterling, KS
  "Concert," USAF Heartland of America Band's Concert Band.
  
  November 07, 2003, Colby Community Bldg, Colby, KS.
  "Concert," USAF Heartland of America Band's Concert Band.
  
  November 05, 2003, Hastings City Auditorium, Hastings, NE
  "Concert," USAF Heartland of America Band's Concert Band
  
  
• October 11, 2003, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
  Gala at Marshall Fredericks Museum & Gallery, Saginaw, MI.
  Catherine McMichael at the piano.
  
  
• October 5, 2003
  The Sapphire
  Concerto for alto saxophone and piano adaptation, Karen Wylie, professor of saxophone, UH, in a concert of music by women composers.
  University of Houston, TX
  
  
• July, 2003
  Sapphire, a concerto for alto saxophone and band, performed by Lynn Klock.
  World Saxophone Congress, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
• May, 2003
  Water Critters
  Premiere of string orchestra piece, conducted by Iris Haynes.
  White Pine Middle School, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• March, 2003
  Piano recitals by Catherine McMichael.
  First Presbyterian Church, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• March, 2003
  Benefit concert for the Saginaw Bay Orchestra, featuring the family and music of Catherine McMichael & friends.
  St. Mary's Catholic Parish, Bay City, MI
  
  
• February, 2003
  Great Lakes Voyage
  Genessee Wind Ensemble, Woodside Church, Flint, MI
  
  
• May, 2002
  Premiere, Bay Concert Band 25th anniversary concert.
  Bay City, MI
  
  
• January, 2002
  Premiere, continuation of Le Porte Del Paradiso
  For organ, brass quintet and percussion
  First Congregational Church, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• November, 2001
  Premiere Anthem for adult and children's chorus, handbells and brass choir
  Hymn-fest, First United Methodist Church
  Midland, MI
  
  
• August, 2001
  Numerous works for flute
  National Flute Conference, Phoenix, AZ
  
  
• August, 2001
  The Sapphire Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
  Guest soloist Lynn Klock.
  "Music Under The Stars" series, Toledo Zoo Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio
  
  
• June, 2001
  Proud Titania for brass choir and percussion
  The Foothill Symphonic Wind Ensemble
  Palo Alto, California
  
  
• June, 2001
  The Sapphire Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
  Premiere with the Eddy Band, 50th Anniversary season; Ojibway Island, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• May, 2001
  Song For My Brethren , choral anthem
  First United Methodist Church, Saginaw, MI
  
  
• May, 2001
  Le Porte Del Paradiso (The Gates of Paradise)
  Premiere for organ, woodwind quintet and percussion.
  First Presbyterian Church, Saginaw, MI
  
  
  

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