Peter Askim: Calendar

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Actor/writer/comedian and entertainer extraordinaire Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap, The Simpsons, A Mighty Wind, Le Show) narrates Sergei Prokofiev's classic favorite "Peter and the Wolf" with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director/Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim. Other exciting details and surprise guest collaborators to come - stay tuned!

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Actor/writer/comedian and entertainer extraordinaire Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap, The Simpsons, A Mighty Wind, Le Show) narrates Sergei Prokofiev's classic favorite "Peter and the Wolf" with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director/Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim. Other exciting details and surprise guest collaborators to come - stay tuned!

Friday, November 19th, 2010

Royce Hall at UCLA

The LONG-awaited West Coast premiere of singer/songwriter/guitar legend Richard Thompson's "Cabaret of Souls" comes to Royce Hall as part of the UCLA Live series.

A talent show set in the underworld (think American Idol in Hell...), "Cabaret" is part oratorio, part theater and unlike anything you've seen before. Featuring Richard Thompson, Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap, The Simpsons), Judith Owen, Deborah Dobkin and Pete Zorn and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, conducted by Peter Askim.

Fresh from the U.K. premiere at London's Royal Festival Hall, the show is not to be missed! Tickets should sell out, so get yours in advance!

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

World renowned jazz bassist and composer Rufus Reid will perform in the World Premiere of his new work for orchestra. A recipient of a Guggenheim Award, Reid's new work blends and blurs the boundaries of jazz and classical orchestral music.

The Premiere will be part of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra's annual New Music Concert, which will feature several other World Premieres and works of the last 15 years.

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Redcat Theater

World renowned jazz bassist and composer Rufus Reid will perform in the World Premiere of his new work for orchestra. A recipient of a Guggenheim Award, Reid's new work blends and blurs the boundaries of jazz and classical orchestral music.

The Premiere will be part of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra's annual New Music Concert, which will feature several other World Premieres and works of the last 15 years.

June 2011

American Viola Society

As part of the prestigious 2011 Primrose Competition for viola, the American Viola Society has commissioned a new work for solo viola by Peter Askim. The work will be the required piece for the recital round of the 2011 competition, and will be performed by outstanding violists from around the world.

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Highland Park Presbyterian Church

As part of his Residency at the Elan International Music Festival, Peter Askim will conduct his string orchestral piece "As Glaciers Thaw..." in the Gala Concert which concludes the 2010 festival. Performed widely, including by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the work has gotten fantastic audience reactions wherever it has traveled.

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Highland Park Presbyterian Church

Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim's work for solo viola, "Aus einem April" will be performed by Maria Paterakis at the Elan International Music Festival. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke's poem of the same name, the piece celebrates the feeling of rebirth that accompanies the arrival of spring.

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Royal Festival Hall

Cabaret of Souls is a musical chronicle set in Hell with a score written by Richard Thompson and featuring Danny Thompson, Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap), Judith Owen, Debra Dobkin, Pete Zorn and string ensemble conducted by Peter Askim. With The Keeper and his assistants bored with their custodial duties, they decide to stage a talent contest, dragging various lost souls out of the darkness to perform songs that reflect their recent lives.

June 2010

Elan Festival, Dallas

Peter Askim joins the artist faculty of the Elan Festival of Dallas as Conductor and Composer-in-Residence, June 12-26.

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

REDCAT Theater at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Time, Eternity, Infinity... is the annual New Music Concert by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and its Music Director and Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim. A meditation on the different meanings, sensations and experiences of time and its passing, the program will feature renowned jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer (www.vijayiyer.com) performing the West Coast Premiere of his "Interventions" for Piano, Electronics and Orchestra, commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra.

The concert will also include the World Premiere of Lawrence Dillon's "Figments and Fragments" (commissioned by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and the Richard P. Wilson Fund for New Music) and the World Premiere of Peter Askim's "Still Points: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra", (featuring Tucson Symphony Principal Trombonist Michael Becker), based on T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".

Also on the program are Pierre Jalbert's exquisite "Les espaces infinis" and Aaron Jay Kernis's driving "Too Hot Toccata".

Performances are Saturday May 8 at 7:30 p.m. (Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theater, 52500 Temecula Rd, Idyllwild, CA) and Sunday, May 9 at 5 p.m. (REDCAT Theater at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA)

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Time, Eternity, Infinity... is the annual New Music Concert by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and its Music Director and Composer-in-Residence Peter Askim. A meditation on the different meanings, sensations and experiences of time and its passing, the program will feature renowned jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer (www.vijayiyer.com) performing the West Coast Premiere of his "Interventions" for Piano, Electronics and Orchestra, commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra.

The concert will also include the World Premiere of Lawrence Dillon's "Figments and Fragments" (commissioned by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and the Richard P. Wilson Fund for New Music) and the World Premiere of Peter Askim's "Still Points: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra", (featuring Tucson Symphony Principal Trombonist Michael Becker), based on T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".

Also on the program are Pierre Jalbert's exquisite "Les espaces infinis" and Aaron Jay Kernis's driving "Too Hot Toccata".

Performances are Saturday May 8 at 7:30 p.m. (Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theater, 52500 Temecula Rd, Idyllwild, CA) and Sunday, May 9 at 5 p.m. (REDCAT Theater at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA)

May 2010

Chengdu and Shanghai, China

Peter Askim works with students from Sichuan and Shanghai Conservatories of Music, May 10-23.

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Western Illinois Horn Festival

French Hornist Tina Su performs the World Premiere of Peter Askim's most recent work for French Horn and Piano at the Western Illinois Horn Festival

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Maeser Builiding Lecture Hall, Brigham Young University

BYU School of Music faculty member Eric Hansen will perform a varied program of traditional and new bass music at 7:30 p.m. in the Maeser Building Lecture Hall. Peter Askim's "Islands" will be a Utah premiere, and Andrew Kohn's "Two Bits" will be a world premiere. Accompanied by faculty pianist Jeff Shumway, Hansen’s performance will have something for all tastes. Admission is free.

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe

Peter Askim, double bass, joins Serenata of Santa Fe for a program of chamber music. Works of Ives, Rossini, Yun and Michael Haydn.

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra perform's Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto (with Alumni pianist Alan Woo) and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra perform's Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto (with Alumni pianist Alan Woo) and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster Martin Chalifour and Principal Violist Carrie Dennis (Former Principal Viola, Berlin Philharmonic) join Music Director Peter Askim and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra for Mozart's effervescent "Sinfonia Concertante".

The youthful virtuosity of the orchestra is featured in Stravinsky's playful neo-classical "Dumbarton Oaks", Ginastera's fiercly difficult and energetic "Variaciones Concertante" and Ravel's timeless classic, the beautiful "Pavane pour une infante défunte".

Program:
Stravinsky: Concerto in Eb, "Dumbarton Oaks"

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante In Eb, K. 364
Martin Chalifour, Violin
Carrie Dennis, Viola

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ginastera: Variaciones Concertante

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Peter Askim, Conductor

Program:

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219: I. Allegro Aperto
Dorisiya Yosifova, Violin

Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro Moderato
Mariya-Andoniya Andonova, Double Bass

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21: I. Allegro vivace
Tian Peng Timmy Yu, Piano

Beethoven: Symphony #8 In F, Op. 93

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Idyllwild Arts Foundation Theatre

Peter Askim, Conductor

Program:

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219: I. Allegro Aperto
Dorisiya Yosifova, Violin

Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro Moderato
Mariya-Andoniya Andonova, Double Bass

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21: I. Allegro vivace
Tian Peng Timmy Yu, Piano

Beethoven: Symphony #8 In F, Op. 93

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

State Theater, International Society of Bassists Convention

Peter Askim conducts the premiere of "Cabaret of Souls", a new work by acclaimed singer/songwriter Richard Thompson, commissioned by the International Society of Bassists

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Redcat Theater

The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra (Peter Askim, Music Director and Composer-in-Residence) presents its annual New Music Concert - a exciting evening of compelling, cutting edge music from the recent past. The program includes the World Premiere of Bruce Adolphe's (Host of NPR's Piano Puzzler) Violin Concerto with multiple Grammy-winning soloist, Emerson String Quartet violinist and author ("The Savior") Eugene Drucker.

Premium Ticket packages are available and include Priority Seating and signed posters, CDs and books by the composer and soloist. (See website for details)

Program:
Bruce Adolphe
Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
Eugene Drucker (Emerson String Quartet)
Commissioned by Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra

Bright Sheng
Postcards (1997)

Stewart Copeland
Greenfingers (1994)

Steve Reich
City Life (1995)

Osvaldo Golijov
Last Round (1996)

Peter Askim
New Work (World Premiere)

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

IAF Theater, Idyllwild Arts Campus

The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra (Peter Askim, Music Director and Composer-in-Residence) presents its annual New Music Concert - a exciting evening of compelling, cutting edge music from the recent past. The program includes the World Premiere of Bruce Adolphe's (Host of NPR's Piano Puzzler) Violin Concerto with multiple Grammy-winning soloist, Emerson String Quartet violinist and author ("The Savior") Eugene Drucker.

Premium Ticket packages are available and include Priority Seating and signed posters, CDs and books by the composer and soloist. (See website for details)

Program:
Bruce Adolphe
Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
Eugene Drucker (Emerson String Quartet)
Commissioned by Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra

Bright Sheng
Postcards (1997)

Stewart Copeland
Greenfingers (1994)

Steve Reich
City Life (1995)

Osvaldo Golijov
Last Round (1996)

Peter Askim
New Work (World Premiere)

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Central Union Church

The Hawaii Pacific University Chamber Orchestra and International Chorale present the World Premiere of Peter Askim's work for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra "E 'Ike Mai (Behold)", sung in Hawaiian. The work was commissioned by Teresa McCreary, Kala'i Stern and the HPU Music Department.

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Bowman Theater - Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director
Melvin Chen, Piano

Rossini - Overture to Il Signor Bruschino
Schumann - Piano Concerto
Handel - Selections from Water Music
Kodaly - Dances of Galanta

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Bowman Theater -Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director
Melvin Chen, Piano

Rossini - Overture to Il Signor Bruschino
Schumann - Piano Concerto
Handel - Selections from Water Music
Kodaly - Dances of Galanta

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Bowman Theater - Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director
Tony Arnold, Soprano

Gabriel Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Samuel Barber: Summer, Knoxville 1915
Featuring Grammy-nominated soprano Tony Arnold

Gabriel Fauré: Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Bowman Theater - Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director
Tony Arnold, Soprano

Gabriel Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Samuel Barber: Summer, Knoxville 1915
Featuring Grammy-nominated soprano Tony Arnold

Gabriel Fauré: Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Bowman Theater, Idyllwild Arts

Premiere of a pas-de-deux choreographed to Peter Askim's "As Glaciers Thaw..." by Idyllwild Arts Dance Department Deborah Brockus

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Bowman Theater, Idyllwild Arts

Premiere of a pas-de-deux choreographed to Peter Askim's "As Glaciers Thaw..." by Idyllwild Arts Dance Department Deborah Brockus

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Bowman Theater, Idyllwild Arts

Premiere of a pas-de-deux choreographed to Peter Askim's "As Glaciers Thaw..." by Idyllwild Arts Dance Department Deborah Brockus

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris

San Diego Symphony Principal Bassist Jeremy Kurtz performs Peter Askim's "Edge" in recital at "Bass 2008"

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Todor Pelev (violin) and Douglas Ashcraft (piano). Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Vladigerov and "Night Blooms" by Peter Askim.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Stevens Recital Hall, Idyllwild Arts

Faculty Recital
Todor Pelev, violin
Douglas Ashcraft, piano


Debussy-- Sonata
Peter Askim-- Night Blooms (World Premiere)
Beethoven-- Kreutzer Sonata

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Bowman Theater - Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director

Beethoven - Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Janáček - Adagio from the Idyll for Strings
Ginastera - Estancia - Danzas del Ballet
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Bowman Theater - Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director

Beethoven - Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Janáček - Adagio from the Idyll for Strings
Ginastera - Estancia - Danzas del Ballet
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

The Neurosciences Institute

Jeremy Kurtz, Principal Bassist of the San Diego Symphony, performs Peter Askim's "Edge for Solo Bass" on a program celebrating the release of his new CD "Sonatas and Meditations"

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Idyllwild Arts Academy

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Long Center Rollins Studio Theater

Austin Chamber Music Center

PROGRAM
Schubert: Trout Quintet
Hindemith: A frog he went a-courting
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C Minor

MUSICIANS
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Ames Asbell, viola
Joel Becktell, cello
Peter Askim, bass
Michelle Schumann, piano

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Private Home

Austin Chamber Music Center

PROGRAM
Schubert: Trout Quintet
Hindemith: A frog he went a-courting
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C Minor

MUSICIANS
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Ames Asbell, viola
Joel Becktell, cello
Peter Askim, bass
Michelle Schumann, piano

August 2008

Oregon Festival of American Music

August 2008

Guest Artist, World Bass Festival

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Sewanee Summer Music Festival - Guerry Hall

Sewanee Philharmonia
Peter Askim, Guest Conductor
John Marco, Clarinet
Works of Shore, Mozart, Askim and Copland

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Sewanee Summer Music Festival - Guerry Hall

Sewanee Summer Music Festival Faculty Chamber Orchestra
Peter Askim, conductor

J. S. Bach/A. Webern: Ricecare for Chamber Orchestra
A. Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

REDCAT Theater, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
New Music Concert

Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor

Featuring Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello and World Premieres by Peter Askim and Grammy-nominated composer Chris Theofanidis

Program:
Peter Askim- Songlines (World Premiere)
Gyorgy Ligeti - 'Cello Concerto, Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello
Steven Dankner - Klezmer Fantasy for 'Cello and Orchestra (West Coast Premiere), Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello
Christopher Theofanidis - New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra)

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
New Music Concert

Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor

Featuring Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello and World Premieres by Peter Askim and Grammy-nominated composer Chris Theofanidis

Program:
Peter Askim- Songlines (World Premiere)
Gyorgy Ligeti - 'Cello Concerto, Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello
Steven Dankner - Klezmer Fantasy for 'Cello and Orchestra (West Coast Premiere), Matt Haimovitz, 'Cello
Christopher Theofanidis - New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Hawaii Contrabass Festival

Peter Askim performs a "Mini-Concert" of contemporary bass works as part of the Hawaii Contrabass Festival.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Hawaii Contrabass Festival

Double Bassist/Composer Peter Askim performs his "Spring Essence: 3 Vietnamese Songs for Soprano and Double Bass" with soprano Vicki Gorman, as well as "Valentine" by Jacob Druckman and the World Premiere of a new work by pianist/composer Robert Pollock. A collaboration with Ebb and Flow Arts.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Brigham Young Unviersity

The Brigham Young University Symphony Orchestra performs Peter Askim's "Moving, Still" under the direction of conductor Eric Hansen.

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Santuario de Guadalupe

Double Bassist/Composer Peter Askim performs his "Spring Essence: 3 Vietnamese Songs for Soprano and Double Bass", as well as works of Street and Dvorak. A collaboration with Serenata Santa Fe.

Join performing artists L.P. How & Kerri Lay, violins; Elena Sopoci, viola; Dana Winograd, cello; Pamela Epple, oboe; Gail Springer, soprano; and guest composer and double bassist Peter Askim.

For more information, please call 989-7988.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Sherwood Auditorium

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor
Featuring the Miro String Quartet
Music of Mendelssohn, Wagner, Elgar and Tchaikovsky

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor
Featuring the Miro String Quartet
Music of Mendelssohn, Wagner, Elgar and Tchaikovsky

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Vienna: Crossroads of An Empire
Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Music of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Bowman Theater- Idyllwild Arts

Vienna: Crossroads of An Empire
Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Music of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor