Past Performances

Timothy Lee Miller | composer

Past Performances

April 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM—The second performance of Mirror, Mirror by Dan Qiao, violin, and Carolyn Regula, cello, at Church of the Transfiguration, "Little Church Around the Corner,” 1 East 29th Street, New York, New York.

November 15, 2023—Premiere performance of Trees & Other Poems by Valerie Gonzalez, soprano, Aurora Mendez, violin, and Craig Ketter, piano, at "Little Church Around the Corner," New York, New York.

August 28, 2023—Guido Arbonelli conducted the sixth performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, Giovanni Tanzarella, Giammarco Santoni, Benedetta Alessandretti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letizia Rossi, and Fabrizio Bardelli at the Miglionico Clarinet Festival, Miglionico Castello, Matera, Italy.

July 2, 2023—Guido Arbonelli conducted the fifth performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, Giovanni Tanzarella, Giammarco Santoni, Benedetta Alessandretti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letizia Rossi, and Fabrizio Bardelli at the Church of Saint Theodore Martyr, Salerno, Italy.

June 17, 2023—Guido Arbonelli conducted the fourth performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, Giovanni Tanzarella, Giammarco Santoni, Benedetta Alessandretti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letizia Rossi, and Fabrizio Bardelli at the Instituto Musicale Girolamo Frescobaldi, Perugia, Italy.

June 14, 2023—Premiere performance of Mirror, Mirror by Dan Qiao and Carolyn Regula at the 2023 Mostly Modern Festival, Saratoga Springs, New York.

May 22, 2023—Fifth performance of Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, songs I. The Day Is Done and II. Sleep. Premiere performance of III. Daybreak by Dominika Zamara, soprano, and Craig Ketter, piano, at Mary Flagler Cary Hall, the DiMenna Center, New York, New York.

February 13, 2023—Premiere performance of Two Settings of Ogden Nash Poems: If He Were Alive Today, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan & Two Dogs I Have by Anthony de Mare, narrator, and piano, at Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, New York, New York.

February 12, 2023—Premiere performance of Cuantro en uno for piano four hands by Tatiana Rovner and Olga Tabachnik, piano, Lermontov Library, Moscow, Russia.

January 10, 2023—US Premiere and third performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, David Valbuena, Jackie Gillette, Natalia Benedetti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letizia Rossi, and Guido Arbonelli, "Little Church Around the Corner," New York, New York.

June 14, 2022 - Premiere performance of String Quartet No. 3: "l'Ode du Vermont" by the Klang Quartet, Church of the Transfiguration, "Little Church Around the Corner," New York, New York.

April 30, 2022—Guido Arbonelli conducted the second performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, Giovanni Tanzarella, Giammarco Santoni, Benedetta Alessandretti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letizia Rossi, and Fabrizio Bardelli at the National Archeological Museum of Umbria, Perugia, Italy.

November 17, 2021—Guido Arbonelli conducted the premiere performance of Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble by Natalia Benedetti, Giovanni Tanzarella, Giammarco Santoni, Benedetta Alessandretti, Valentina Betti Bordelli, Luca Parisi, Letiziaizio Bardelli Rossi, and Fabrizio Bardelli at the National Archeological Museum of Umbria, Perugia, Italy.

October 31, 2021 - Premiere showcase performance of Act I of The Bird Lady opera, performed by Christina Kay as Annabelle, Thomas Walters as Marcus, Christopher Fistonich as Percy, Jaclyn Randazzo, Robert Francis Orbach, Perri Sussman, Andrew Boisvert as the chorus, Xiyu Deng, piano, Stefanie Proulx, flute, Kevin Scott, conductor, Carrie Wesolowski, director, and produced by Tamara Cashour of OperAvant, at Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center.

September 10, 2021—Second performance of Three Miniatures for String Trio by Gregor Kitzis, violin; Artie Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello, at Poses Park, New York, New York.

September 9, 2021—Premiere performance of Three Miniatures for String Trio by Gregor Kitzis, violin; Artie Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello, "Little Church Around the Corner," New York, New York.

July 1, 2020 - Premiere performance of Etudes No. 2 and 3 of Intervals for solo piano in a video release by Nina Siniakova, which was pre-recorded for broadcast on the Spread Spectrum Music Festival broadcast live from Moscow, Russia online on July 18, 2020.

February 19, 2020 - Premiere performance of Meditation No. 2: "Chorale & Variations" for organ by Claudia Dumschat at The Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.

December 2019-January 2020 - The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra's premiere performances of A Christmas Celebration (orchestral transcription) on tour in Dalian, Handan, Liuzhu, and Nanchang, China.

December 7, 2019—The Second performance of Bright Morning Star for jazz big band, featuring Braxton Cook, alto saxophone, on The David P. ('60) and Susan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York.

October 30, 2019 - Third performance of Dappled light 'mid mountains gleams by the Cobalt Saxophone Quartet on a concert of the New York Composers Circle at The Little Church Around

the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration, New York, New York

September 27, 2019 - Fourth performance of Carmina solis et lunae by Maria Khodina, violin, Vyacheslav Grebennikov, viola, Nadezhda Grebennikova, cello, on a Musical Bridges Concert at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russia.

June 27, 2019 - Third performance of Carmina solis et lunae by Robin Lynn Braun, violin, Sara Ordonez, viola, and Dave Eggar, cello, conducted by Renée Anne Louprette at the Mostly Modern Festival at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

June 27, 2019 - Second performance of Berceuse from Chants de la nuit for solo guitar, performed by Colin Fullerton, and the premiere of Pensées solennelles by Daniel Conant and Fais de beaux rêves by Thomas Clippinger at the Mostly Modern Festival at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

June 23, 2019 - Premiere performance of the Concerto for Orchestra: Movement I, performed by the American Modern Orchestra, conducted by John McKeever at the Mostly Modern Festival at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

June 14, 2019—The American Modern Ensemble, conducted by Alfonso Piacentini, performed the Premiere performance of the concert version of Something More for oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello at the Mostly Modern Festival at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

April 23, 2019 - Second performance of The Callithumpian Duck, first performance for woodwind quintet, by the Sunderman Wind Quintet at The Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.

March 6, 2019 - Performance of On An Autumn Day by the NYCC Jazz Ensemble, which is Michael Laderman-flute, Roger Blanc-guitar, Emiko Hayashi-piano, Nate Haselby-bass, and David Picton-drums at Zinc Bar in New York, New York.

November 13, 2018—Vasko Dukovski performed the premiere performance of Wild Turkey Suite for bass clarinet at a concert of the New York Composers Circle at Marc A Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center in New York, New York.

November 10, 2018—Tom Torrisi performed the premiere performance of Berceuse from Chants de la nuit for solo guitar on the Second Saturday Concert Series presented by the Legato Foundation at First Grace Episcopal Church, Massapequa, New York.

July 21, 2018 - Second performance of The House With Nobody In It by Illumine at Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, Pennsylvania.

July 20, 2018 - Premiere performance of The House With Nobody In It by Illumine at New Goshenhoppen United Church of Christ, East Greenville, Pennsylvania.

June 8, 2018 - Premiere performance of When Leaves Begin to Fall by the American Modern Ensemble, conducted by Francisco Hernández Bolaños at the Mostly Modern Festival at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

May 15, 2018 - Premiere performance of Jubilate Deo by the choral ensemble C4 on a New York Composers Circle concert at The Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York.

April 16, 2018 - Second performance and the New York premiere of Carmina solis et lunae at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in New York City on a concert of the National Association of Composers/USA, performed by Anna Elashvili - violin, Jessica Meyer - viola and Caleb van der Swaagh - cello.

March 12, 2018—Sean Mix, Bennett Parsons, Morgan Smallwood, and Andy Wilds performed their second performance of Dappled Light 'Mid Mountains Gleams at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, MA.

February 27, 2018 - Premiere performance of The Bird Lady, a two-song set by Lauren Ishida-soprano, Christopher Sahar-piano, and Artie Gibble-viola, on a concert of the New York Composers Circle at Advent Lutheran Church in New York, New York

December 7, 2017 - Premiere performance of Dappled Light 'Mid Mountains Gleams for saxophone quartet by Sean Mix, Bennett Parsons, Morgan Smallwood, and Andy Wilds at the Lilypad in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

November 8, 2017—Performance of Harlem River Blues, Poochie's Waltz, and the premiere performance of Inky & Marie, three jazz trios by Thomas Linger (piano), Endea Owens (bass), and Charles Goold (drums), on a concert of the New York Composers Circle at Zinc, Bar, New York City.

August 10, 2017—Holly Mulcahy, violin; Anna Kruger, viola; and Rick Barber, bass, premiered Carmina solis et lunae at the 2017 Wyoming Festival-New Music in the Mountains at the AMK Ranch, University of Wyoming-Grand Teton National Park Research Station, Wyoming.

August 9, 2017 - Premiere performance of Bombus Bee of the Tetons by Stephanie Zelnick at the 2017 Wyoming Festival-New Music in the Mountains, at the AMK Ranch, University of Wyoming-Grand Teton National Park Research Station, Wyoming.

December 15, 2016 - Second performance of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening for soprano and piano by members of KC VITAs in Kansas City, Missouri, on the annual Fund Raising Gala Event.

October 16, 2016 - The Day Is Done and Sleep (from Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (4th performance) by Lauren Alfano (soprano) and Noby Ishida (piano) at the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City, New York.

June 8, 2016 - Premiere performance of Miles To Go . . . (Before I Sleep), Bright Morning Star and Poochie's Waltz, and a second performance of Traffic Circle by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey.

February 27, 2016 - Premiere performance of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening for soprano and piano by Emily Custer, soprano, and Moriah Custer, piano, at Bryan Recital Hall in Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

January 31, 2016 - Premiere performance of The Callithumpian Duck for three bassoons and two cellos by Aaron Azapa, Jim Lotz, and Keith McClelland, bassoons and Wesley Baldwin and Lee Richey, celli at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on the final faculty recital of Keith McClelland, professor of bassoon following his retirement in December 2015.

October 9, 2015 - The Day Is Done and Sleep from Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (3rd performance) by Joy Regimbal (soprano) and Patrick Wickliffe (piano) at Malone University on a concert of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers National Convention

September 18, 2015 - Something More and Ruby in the Ruff premiered by Michael Thomas (soprano sax), Mike Brignola (bass clarinet), James Gasior (piano), Gary Thomas (bass), and Carlomagno Araya (drums) on a concert of Compsitum Musicae Novae at the Coral Gables Museum in Coral Gables, Florida

June 17, 2015 - 224 slices of pi premiered by Chris Schelb (flute), Hannah Meyer (cello), Andrea Lodge (piano), and Ryan Patterson (percussion) at the 2015 nief-norf Summer Festival of Contemporary Music in Knoxville, Tennessee.

December 2014 - Winter (arr. baritone voice & marimba) by Shawn Tolley (baritone) in Spokane, Washington

November 26, 2014 - Traveler: Music for Chamber Orchestra premiered by the University of St. Andrews New Music Ensemble, Bede Williams conducting at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews, Scotland

September 16, 2014 - The Day Is Done and Sleep from Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2nd performance) by soprano Laura Alfano-Ishida (soprano) and Noby Ishida (piano) at The DiMenna Center for the Performing Arts in New York City

July 30, 2014 - Hot Miami Nights (big band) and Traffic Circle (big band) premiered by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band; Andy Jaffe featured on piano, the composer conducting at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey

June 7, 2014 - The Day Is Done and Sleep (from Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) premiered by soprano Laura Alfano-Ishida (soprano) and Claudine Hickman (piano) at Spectrum NYC in New York City

April 25, 2014 - Canticle of Winter (SATB and chamber ensemble) premiered by Choristi Sancti Andree and the University of St Andrews Cew Music Ensemble, Bede Williams conducting at Younger Hall in St. Andrews, Scotland

August 8, 2013 - Divinitus premiered by Ken Thompson (bass clarinet), Neil Dufallo (violin), Yves Dharamraj (cello), John Benthal (guitar), Stephen Gosling (piano), David Cossin and Keith Gibson (percussion), conducted by Paul Gambill, at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont

April 10, 2013 - Song on May Morning (SATB a cappella) premiered by Anadarko High School Chorus, Micheal Stevens conducting, in Anadarko, Oklahoma.

February 2013 - A Day in the Park: Sebastian's Day Off premiered by Anton Denner (alto sax/flute), Bruce Williamson (tenor sax/bass clarinet), Rob Henke (trumpet), John Clark (horn), Freddy Bryant (guitar), Nikki Denner (piano), Andy Eulau (bass), Scott Neumann (drums) at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont

August 10, 2012 - Winter (big band) premiered by the Vermont Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont

February 2012 - Harlem River Blues (big band) premiered by the Vermont Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont.

August 2011 - On An Autumn Day (sextet) premiered by the Vermont College Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont

May 31, 2011 - A Bushel of Baked Bassoons premiered by Beautiful Bassoons of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, conducted by Keith McClelland at the IDRS Convention in Tempi, Arizona

April 5, 2011 - Sonata for Bassoon and Piano premiered by Travis Jones (bassoon) and Judith Bible (piano) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

June 10, 2010 - The Birds and the Bees premiered by the Revolution Woodwind Quintet at Concord United Methodist Church, Concord, Tennessee

July 31, 2009 - Chase the Wind (string octet and marimba) performed at the 2009 Conductors Institute Composers Concert, conducted by the composer, at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

July 31, 2009 - Circus on Parade and Flying Circus (from Circus Minimus: Seven Vignettes for Winds) premiered at the 2009 Conductors Institute Composers Concert, conducted by the composer, at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

April 2001 - Four Movements for Bassoon, Horn, Cello, and Piano premiered by Keith McClelland (bassoon), Calvin Smith (horn), Wesley Baldwin (cello), and Fay Adams (piano) at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee

October 2000 - The Wayward Cowboy premiered by Keith McClelland and James Lotz, bassoons at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

April 2000 - The Piper, Sleepy Clowns, Carousel Rag premiered by Shelly Binder (flute), Phyllis Secrist (oboe), Gary Spurrell (clarinet), Keith McClelland (bassoon) at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee

1992 - The Pursuit of Happiness (film score) first showing of the student film at the University of Southern California

1992 - Never My Love (film score) first showing of the student film at the University of Southern California

1991 - Doubles (film score) release of TV pilot film by Hemdale Productions, Joseph Adler director, Paul Lazarus producer

1991 - Checked Out (film score) the first showing of the student film by Dave Porfiri at the University of Southern California

1990 - Faith in Action (TV show theme) debut of the TV show for the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida

1989 - Alone (film score) first showing of the student film by Dave Profiri at the University of Miami, Florida

1986 - Hurry, Hurry Snowy Flurry, and Christmas is Here Again premiered by the Berkeley High School Band and Chorus, the composer conducting in Moncks Corner, South Carolina

1984 - Dawn premiered by the University of Tennessee Brass Choir, the composer conducting in Knoxville, Tennessee - world premiere as a composer!