Past Performances
- November 2, 2009
Margaret Schedel: The Beautiful Don't Lack the Wound (2009) for reed instrument and live interactive electronics (on basset horn)
"40 Years of Looking to the Future" - Computer Music at Peabody
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
- October 31, 2009
Thea Musgrave: Narcissus (1987) for clarinet and digital delay
Penn State Single Reed Summit
State College, PA
- April 3 & 4, 2009
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Elijah
Principal clarinet, MU Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Mansfield and Troy, PA
- August 2, 2008
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, suite for thirteen instruments
Williamsport Symphony Society: "Music of Aaron Copland"
DeWire Center, Eagles Mere, PA
- March 7, 2008
Bruce Pennycook: Concert Piece for clarinet and marimba (world premiere), with Robert Bridge, marimba
"Music of Dexter Morrill, with additional works by Bruce Pennycook and George Chave"
University of Texas, Arlington
- February 29, 2008
Ferenc Farkas: Ancient Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century, for woodwind quintet
Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Mansfield University of Pennsyvania
- August 1, 2007
Endless Mountains Music Festival - Solo recital with Michael Sheppard, piano and Naomi Gray, cello
Festival theme: "Beethoven Meets the Blues"
Bernstein Sonata; Gershwin Three Preludes; Templeton Pocket Sized Sonata; Reich New York Counterpoint for eleven clarinets (multitrack); Beethoven Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 for clarinet, cello, and piano
- July 28 - August 12, 2007
Endless Mountains Music Festival "Beethoven Meets the Blues."
Co-Principal clarinet with the EMMF Orchestra.
Concerts in Wellsboro and Mansfield, PA
- Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 1:00 pm
Mansfield Trio: Susan Laib, oboe and Christine Fish Moulton, flute
De Wailly Aubade; Arnold Divertimento for Wind Trio, Op. 37
International Double Reed Society Conference, Ithaca, NY
- Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Recital with Gary Boerkel, piano and Kenneth Sarch, violin/viola
Bartok Contrasts; Mozart Trio in E Flat "Kegelstadt"
- Sunday, April 1, 2007
Music of Aaron Copland - Lycoming College and the Williamsport Symphony Association
Appalacian Spring (original version for 13 instruments), Gary Boerckel conducting
- Saturday, March 31, 2007
Sue Laib and Friends - Faculty Recital, Mansfield University
De Wailly Aubade; Saint-Saens Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
with Sue Laib, oboe, Christine Moulton, flute, and Nancy Boston, piano
- Friday, November 3, 2006 - 7:30 pm
Faculty Duo Recital with Ben Moritz, piano
Brahms Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120, no. 1; Martino A Set for Clarinet; Muczynski Time Pieces
- Saturday, May 21, 2006 - 3:00 pm
Mansfield University Clarinet Consort
Christian Aid Concert, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Directing the five-piece student clarinet ensemble in arrangements of Weelkes, Morley, Le Jeune, Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, W. C. Handy, and Mussorgsky. Bass clarinet solo on Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee. http://faculty.mansfield.edu/dwetzel/consort
- Friday, May 20, 2006 - 3:00 pm
Mansfield University Clarinet Consort: Brian Cunningham Ensemble Recital
Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Directing the five-piece student clarinet ensemble in arrangements of Weelkes, Morley, Le Jeune, Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, W. C. Handy, and Mussorgsky. Bass clarinet solo on Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee. http://faculty.mansfield.edu/dwetzel/consort
- Thursday, May 19, 2006 - 12:00 pm
Mansfield University Clarinet Consort
St. Margaret's Academy, Livingston, Scotland
Directing the five-piece student clarinet ensemble in arrangements of Weelkes, Morley, Le Jeune, Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, W. C. Handy, and Mussorgsky. Bass clarinet solo on Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee. http://faculty.mansfield.edu/dwetzel/consort
- Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 7:00 pm
Sonic Fusion Festival of International Contemporary Music
Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Interactive electroacoustic works for clarinet: Thea Musgrave, Narcissus (1987) for clarinet and digital delay; David Brooke Wetzel, Memories of You (1992/94) for clarinet and recorded voice (UK premiere); Benjamin Broening, Arioso/Doubles (2002) for clarinet and computer (UK premiere); Bruce Pennycook, Praescio IV (1990) for clarinet and interactive system (UK premiere).
- Friday, May 12, 2006 - 7:00 pm
Mansfield University Clarinet Consort: Scotland Tour Preview
Gmeineer Art and Cultural Center, Wellsboro, PA
Directing the five-piece student clarinet ensemble in arrangements of Weelkes, Morley, Le Jeune, Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, W. C. Handy, and Mussorgsky. Bass clarinet solo on Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee. http://faculty.mansfield.edu/dwetzel/consort
- Sunday, April 2, 2006 - 3:00 pm
Faculty Recital: Susan Laib, oboe
Steadman Theater, Mansfield University
Malcolm Arnold, Divertimento and Michael Kibbe, Trio for flute, oboe, and clarinet. With Christine Moulton, flute.
- Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 6:00 pm
Meet the Performer: Rebecca Dodson-Webster
Steadman Theater, Mansfield University
Carl Reinecke, Trio for clarinet, horn, and piano. With Rebecca Dodson-Webster, horn, and Irena Protenko, piano.
- Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7:00 pm
Rebecca Dodson-Webster, horn recital
Gmeineer Art and Cultural Center, Wellsboro, PA
Carl Reinecke, Trio for clarinet, horn, and piano. With Irena Protenko, piano.
- Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 7:30 pm
Spark Festival of Electronic Music
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Jonathan Kramer, Renascence (1974) for clarinet, tape, and tape delay system. Arranged for clarinet and interactive computer music system. See my "Research" page for more info on the analysis and reconstruction of this work.
- Thursday, July 4, 2003 - 7:30 pm
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (sub 3rd/bass clar.)
Canyon del Oro Riverfront Park
Oro Valley, AZ
- Sunday, February 3, 2002 - 2 pm
Benefit Concert for Project Early Start
Pence Center for the Performing Arts
Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ
Claude Debussy, Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and piano
Johannes Brahms, Sonata, Op. 120, no. 2 in E-Flat Major for clarinet and piano
Igor Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Robert Muczynski, Time Pieces for clarinet and piano
- Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 7 pm
DMA Qualifying Recital
University of Arizona School of Music, Tucson, AZ
Claude Debussy, Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and piano
Johannes Brahms, Sonata, Op. 120, no. 2 in E-Flat Major for clarinet and piano
Igor Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Robert Muczynski, Time Pieces for clarinet and piano
- November 23, 2000 - 7:00 pm
Guest Soloist
Central Arizona College Community Band
Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ
Concertino by Carl Maria von Weber
- May 20, 2000 - 3:00 pm
American Composers' Forum Gathering, Washington, DC Chapter
Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
Two Breathing Songs for clarinet solo (1993), by Alexandra Gardner
- April 11, 2000 - 7:00 pm
Faculty Recital
Baltimore High School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Narcissus for clarinet and digital delay (1987), by Thea Musgrave
- April 6, 2000 - 7:30 pm
"CrossCurrents" Festival
Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
Narcissus for clarinet and digital delay (1987), by Thea Musgrave
ALSO: Ensemble NEXT resurfaces!
Spotted Jasper for bass clarinet, marimba, and electronic sounds (world premiere)
by Alexandra Gardner
with Robert Novak, marimba.
- March 25, 1999 - 12 Noon
Peabody Computer Music "Prix d'Ete" Thursday Noon Recital
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Renascence for clarinet, tape, and tape delay, by Jonathan Kramer
Original 1974 version using period instruments!
- March 22, 1999 - 7:00 pm
Faculty Recital: 20th Century Music
Baltimore High School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Renascence for clarinet, tape, and tape delay, by Jonathan Kramer
Original 1974 version using period instruments!
- January 29, 1999 - 8:00 pm
Peabody Computer Music Department 30th Anniversary Celebration
Friedberg Concert Hall, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Taruyamaarutet (Twisted Faces in Wood)
by C. Matthew Burtner
Ensemble NEXT:
Melanie Brown, movement artist; Haleh Abghari, soprano; Robert Novak,
marimba; Nathan Brewster, percussion; David Brooke Wetzel, bass clarinet;
Alexandra Gardner, polyrhythmicon; Jeffrey Pollock, conductor.
- January 24, 1999, 3:00 pm
Baltimore Composers' Forum
Tiddalik for bass clarinet trio (world premiere)
by Paul E. Faatz.
Tripod: Sam Kaestner, David Brooke Wetzel, and Paul E. Faatz, bass clarinets
- Tuesday November 3, 1998, 7:00 pm
Peabody Computer Music Presentation
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
mm-ah-uh-ee-oo for clarinet and interactive electronics
by Seunghyun Yun
Effects and computer interface design by David Brook Wetzel
- Wednesday, April 29, 1998, 8:00
Peabody Computer Music Department Recital
North Hall, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
mm-ah-uh-ee-oo for clarinet and interactive electronics
by Seunghyun Yun
Effects and computer interface design by David Brook Wetzel
- Saturday, April 19, 1997 - 7:30 pm
Bass clarinet with the Peabody Camerata
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
C. Matthew Burtner's Variants, for piccolo and low
ensemble (world premiere)
with Alison Potter, piccolo
- Tuesday, April 15 & Thursday, April 17, 1997
Towson State University Contemporary Music Festival,
Towson State University, Baltimore, MD
clarinet in Luciano Berio's Folk Songs
clarinet and bass clarinet for William Kliensasser's
Concerto for Saxophone, Chamber Orchestra and Interactive Electronics(world premiere)
with John Sampen, Alto Saxophone Solo
- March 6, 1997 - 12 Noon
Thursday Noon Concert, Friedberg Concert Hall
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Three Windows: Barbara's Tower, for soprano, bass clarinet, and
percussion
by Alex Gardner
Text by Richard Sober
with Miriam Dubrow, soprano, and Robert Novak, percussion
- October 30, 1996 - 8:00 pm
Peabody Computer Music Consort
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD
Memories of You, for clarinet and recorded voice
by David Brooke Wetzel
- October 20, 1996 - 3:00 pm
"Synaesthesia" Festival of Poetry and Music
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Three Windows: Barbara's Tower, for soprano, bass clarinet, and
percussion (world premiere)
by Alex Gardner
Text by Richard Sober
with Miriam Dubrow, soprano, and Robert Novak, percussion
- July 20 & 21, 1996 - 7:00 pm
"Jigsaw: Putting the Pieces Together" - works by Alexandra Gardner
Dance Place, Washington, DC
Two Breathing Songs, for Bb clarinet solo (1993)
by Alexandra Gardner
- Tuesday, May 21, 1996 - 8:00 pm
New Horizons Chamber Ensemble
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD
Circles, for clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion (world premiere)
by C. Matthew Burtner