Americas the Beautiful
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
William Hill / Mystic Cadenza
Astor Piazzolla / Histoire du Tango
Carlos Salzado / Suite of Eight Dances (Hillary Schefter, harp)
Samuel Barber / Sure on this Shining Night No. 5
Leonard Bernstein / A Simple Song
Samuel Zyman / Fantasia Mexicana
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
William Hill / Mystic Cadenza
Astor Piazzolla / Histoire du Tango
- Bordello, 1900
- Cafe, 1930
- Nightclub, 1960
Carlos Salzado / Suite of Eight Dances (Hillary Schefter, harp)
- Seguidilla
- Tango
Samuel Barber / Sure on this Shining Night No. 5
Leonard Bernstein / A Simple Song
Samuel Zyman / Fantasia Mexicana
Out of Silence
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3990 W 74th Avenue, Westminster , CO
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Paul Ben-Haim / Three Songs Without Words
Ian Clarke / Orange Dawn
Ian Clarke/ Maya
John Rutter / Suite Antique
Claude Debussy / Danse sacrée (Sacred Dance)
Benjamin Godard / Suite de trois morceaux
Traditional / O Danny Boy
Blossom Dearie / Touch the Hand of Love
Gabriel Fauré / Pavane
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3990 W 74th Avenue, Westminster , CO
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Paul Ben-Haim / Three Songs Without Words
Ian Clarke / Orange Dawn
Ian Clarke/ Maya
John Rutter / Suite Antique
- Mvt. 1 Prelude
- Mvt. 4 Waltz
- Mvt. 5 Chanson
Claude Debussy / Danse sacrée (Sacred Dance)
Benjamin Godard / Suite de trois morceaux
Traditional / O Danny Boy
Blossom Dearie / Touch the Hand of Love
Gabriel Fauré / Pavane
O Holy Night
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Pietro A. Yon / “Gesu Bambino”
Johannes Brahms / "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem
Hector Berlioz / Trio of the Young Ishmaelites from L’enfance du Christ
arr. by Cater and Norman / A Merry Christmas Collection
Charles Gounod & Johann Sebastian Bach / "Ave Maria"
Arr. by Michael Isaacson / Duos of Hanukkah
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Pietro A. Yon / “Gesu Bambino”
Johannes Brahms / "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem
Hector Berlioz / Trio of the Young Ishmaelites from L’enfance du Christ
arr. by Cater and Norman / A Merry Christmas Collection
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "Carol of the Bells"
- "The First Noël"
- There is no rose
- That yongë child
- Balulalow
- This little babe
- Interlude
- Adam lay i-bounden (Deo gracias)
Charles Gounod & Johann Sebastian Bach / "Ave Maria"
Arr. by Michael Isaacson / Duos of Hanukkah
- “Sevivon” (“Spinning Top”)
- “Mi Y’Mallel” (“Who Can Retell?”)
- “I Have a Little Dreidel”
- “Light the Legend” (composed by Michael Isaacson)
- “Ner Li” (“My Candle”)
- “Ma Oz Tzur” (“Rock of Ages”)
- J.S.Bach / Largo from the Trio Sonata in D minor BMV 1036
- Georg Philipp Telemann / Spirituoso from the Suite in G major
- Georg Phillip Telemann / Dolce from the Suite in E major
- Georg Phillip Telemann / Dolce from the Suite in B major
- Gregor Joseph Werner / Pastorale from “September”
- Johann Gottlieb Goldberg / Alla Sicilians from the Trio in A minor
A Night at the Opera
Saturday-Sunday, June 24-25, 2023
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Georges Bizet / "Habanera" from Carmen
Gilbert & Sullivan / Arias
- "Dance a Cachucha" from The Gondoliers
- "If We’re Weak Enough to Tarry" from Iolanthe
- "None Shall Part Us from Each Other" from Iolanthe
- "We’re Called Gondolieri" from The Gondoliers
Elias Parish Alvars / Theme and Variations on “Casta Diva” from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Léo Delibes / "Flower Duet" from Lakmé
Camille Saint-Saëns / "Une flûte invisible"
W.A. Mozart / Selections from The Magic Flute
- "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" ("I am the Birdcatcher, Yes!")
- "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" ("In men, who feel love")
- "Der Hӧlle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" ("Hell’s Vengeance Boils in My Heart- Queen of the Night")
- "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" ("A girl or a woman")
Impressionism: The Soul Is Music
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Hillary Schefter, harp; Julie Plouffe, piano and soprano
Claude Debussy / Chansons De Bilitis
Gabriel Fauré / Siciliene
Gabriel Fauré / Fantaisie, Op. 79
Erik Satie / Trois Gymnopédies
Claude Debussy / Children's Corner
Philippe Gaubert / Divertissement Grec for two Flutes and Piano
George Enescu / Cantabile et Presto
Claude Debussy / Chansons De Bilitis, Mvts. I & VI
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Romancing the Notes
Wildcat Mountain Auditorium at Southridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Laura Husbands, classical guitar; Summer Rhodes, viola; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Dan Hutchings, tenor
Joseph Kuffner / Serenade Op. 10
Vincenzo Bellini / “Ma rendi pur contento,” “Il fervido desiderio,” “Per pietà, bell'idol mio”
Rachael Hutchings (b. 1974) / “To Emily Dickinson” from Uncoiled Shell: Three Poems by Hart Crane
Johannes Brahms / “O kühler Wald,”Op. 72, No. 3 , “Juchhe!,” Op. 6, No. 4 , “Sapphische Ode,” Op. 94, No. 4, “Sonntag,” Op. 47, No. 3
Rachael Hutchings / “Exile” from Uncoiled Shell: Three Poems by Hart Crane
Philippe Gaubert / Divertissement Grec
Ian Clarke (b. 1964) / ‘maya’
Frédéric Chopin / Variations on a Theme by Rossini
Gabriel Fauré / Dolly Suite Op. 56
Holidays Through the Ages
December 15, 2021
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
December 11-12, 2021
Wildcat Auditorium at Southridge, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Laura Husbands & Robert Tanaka, classical guitar; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano
J.S. Bach / Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring & Sheep May Safely Graze
Howard Blake / The Snowman
Pietro Yon / Gesù Bambino
Benedetto Marcello / Three Songs for Hanukkah: Maoz Tzur, Ha-Mavdil & Shiru L’Adonai Shir Chadash (Psalm 96) (Colorado premiere)
Franz Liszt / Weihnachtsbaum Suite
J.S. Bach / Ave Maria
Gounod (arr. Robert Proctor) / What Child Is This?
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky / Selections from The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture, Coffee (Arabian Dance), Dance of the Reed Flutes & Trepak (Russian Dance)
December 15, 2021
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, CO
December 11-12, 2021
Wildcat Auditorium at Southridge, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flute; Laura Husbands & Robert Tanaka, classical guitar; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano
J.S. Bach / Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring & Sheep May Safely Graze
Howard Blake / The Snowman
Pietro Yon / Gesù Bambino
Benedetto Marcello / Three Songs for Hanukkah: Maoz Tzur, Ha-Mavdil & Shiru L’Adonai Shir Chadash (Psalm 96) (Colorado premiere)
Franz Liszt / Weihnachtsbaum Suite
J.S. Bach / Ave Maria
Gounod (arr. Robert Proctor) / What Child Is This?
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky / Selections from The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture, Coffee (Arabian Dance), Dance of the Reed Flutes & Trepak (Russian Dance)
October 17, 2021
Beethoven and Friends
Wildcat Auditorium at Southridge, Highlands Ranch, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Laura Husbands, classical guitar; Ian Wisekal, oboe; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Doug Moran, bassoon
Ludwig van Beethoven / Duo No.1 in C major
Napoléon Coste / Le montagnard, Op.34
Mauro Giuliani / 6 Variations for Flute and Guitar, Op. 81
Joseph Haydn / London Trio No. 1 in C major
Carl Maria von Weber / Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Felix Mendelssohn / Midsummer Night's Dream Piano Duet
W.A, Mozart / Sonata for Two Pianos in D major
March 6 - 7, 2020
Letters From Ireland
Arr. by Mark Brymer
Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Emily Lewis, violin and fiddle; Hillary Schefter, harp; Collaboration with Cherry Creek Chorale
The Cliffs of Dooneen / The Rocky Road to Dublin / Molly Malone / Lanigan’s Ball / The Wild Rover/Whiskey in the Jar / Skibbereen / Muirsheen Durkin / Paddy Works in the Railway / The Wearing of the Green / Danny Boy / Galway Girl / Only Time / Oft, In the Stilly Night / Tell My Ma / Amazing Grace / Highland Cathedral
February 10, 2020
David Amram Chamber Music Duos
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Brook Ferguson and Laura Schulkind, flutes; Yumi Hwang Williams, violin and Sara Parkinson, piano; Ken Radnofsky, saxophone and Yoshiko Kline, piano
Violin Sonata / Red River Valley Theme and Variations / Duets / Greenwich Village Portraits / Ode to Lord Buckley / Taxim / Global Suite for Wind, Brass and Percussion
February 10, 2020
David Amram Chamber Music Duos
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Brook Ferguson and Laura Schulkind, flutes; Yumi Hwang Williams, violin and Sara Parkinson, piano; Ken Radnofsky, saxophone and Yoshiko Kline, piano
Violin Sonata / Red River Valley Theme and Variations / Duets / Greenwich Village Portraits / Ode to Lord Buckley / Taxim / Global Suite for Wind, Brass and Percussion
February 8, 2020
Romancing the Notes
Classical Pianos, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Husbands and Robert Tanaka, classical guitar; Laura Schulkind, flute; Ian Wisekal, oboe; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano
Ferdinando Carulli / Six Petite Duos, No. 2 in G Major
Jacques Ibert / Entr’acte
Clara Schumann / Romances, Op. 22
Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn / Vier Stücke zu vier Händen
Camille Saint-Saëns / Sonata, Op 166
February 8, 2020
Romancing the Notes
Classical Pianos, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Husbands and Robert Tanaka, classical guitar; Laura Schulkind, flute; Ian Wisekal, oboe; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano
Ferdinando Carulli / Six Petite Duos, No. 2 in G Major
Jacques Ibert / Entr’acte
Clara Schumann / Romances, Op. 22
Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn / Vier Stücke zu vier Händen
Camille Saint-Saëns / Sonata, Op 166
October 19, 2019
The Sounds of Autumn Colors
Classical Pianos, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Doug Moran, bassoon; Laura Husbands, classical guitar; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano
Ludwig Von Beethoven / Duo No. 1 in C Major
Ástor Piazzolla / L’Histoire du Tango
Charles-Marie Widor / Suite, Op. 34
W.A. Mozart / Sonata #2 in Bb K358
Camille Saint-Saëns / Danse Macabre
October 11 - 12, 2019
Celebrate!
Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Emily Lewis, violin; David Short, cello. Collaboration with the Cherry Creek Chorale
Arr. by Warren Martin / Great Day (Spiritual)
Will Baily / Psalm 139
G.F. Handel / Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Macabaeus
K. Lee Scott / Consider the Lilies (Words from Matthew 6: 26-29)
K. Lee Scott / Friendship (Italian Proverb and Victor Hugo)
K. Lee Scott / The True Glory (Words by Sir Francis Drake, W.H. Murray and J.W. von Goethe)
Santiago Veros / R-A-D-I-A-N-C-E (Poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)
Three Dog Night and Kool & the Gang / Celebrate-ion
Billy Joel / The Longest Time
Willametta Spencer / At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
Ola Gjeilo / Ubi Caritas
Sarah Quartel / Sing, My Child
Joseph M. Martin / The Awakening
Arr. by Paul Langford / Autumn Medley
Leonard Bernstein / Make Our Garden Grow
Aaron Copland / The Promise of Living from The Tender Land
September 3, 2019
Pairings
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Woodwind Quintet: Laura Schulkind, flute, Brandon Nix, oboe; Angela Gregory, clarinet; Doug Moran, bassoon; Teresa Harvey, French horn
Cecile Chaminade / Six Pieces Romantiques, Op. 55
Gabriel Pierne / Pastorale, Op 14
Paul Taffanel / Quintette pour Instruments à Vent
Camille Saint-Saëns / Danse Macabre
Ludwig von Beethoven / Minuet, Andante and Variations from Op. 25
Malcolm Arnold / Three Shanties
Zequinha de Abreu / Tico Tico
August 27, 2019
Pairings
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Laura Husbands, guitar; Ian Wisekal, oboe
W.A. Mozart / Sonata #2 in Bb
Johann Kaspar Mertz / Romanze: Andante (from Barden-Klänge, op 13)
Roberto Gerhard / Fantasia (1957)
Takashi Yoshimatsu / Canticle
Gabriel Grovlez / Sarabande et Allegro
Camille Saint-Saëns / Sonata
Felix Mendelssohn / Andante and Allegro Brillante op 92
August 20, 2019
Pairings
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Laura Husbands, guitar; Beth Rosbach, cello
Johann Kaspar Mertz / Elegy
Gabriel Fauré / Dolly Suite, Op. 56
Béla Bartók / Romanian Dances
Ástor Piazzolla / L’Histoire du Tango
Franz Schubert / Original Waltzes
Carl Maria von Weber / Invitation to the Dance
August 13, 2019
Pairings
Dazzle, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Rachael Hutchings and Hukum Singh Khalsa, piano; Rebecca Moritzky, harp
Cecile Chaminade / Six Pieces Romantiques, Op. 55
Cecile Chaminade / Concertino, Op. 107
Cecile Chaminade / Orientale, Op. 22
Claude Debussy / The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Rebecca Moritzky / Castle in the Mist: Theme and Variations
Marcel Tournier / Berceuse Russe
Felix Mendelssohn / Andante and Allegro assai vivace
April 27, 2019
Denver Classical Guitar Society Competition Winner’s Concert
Classic Pianos, Denver, CO
Performer: Alejandro Olson, guitar
J.S. Bach / Cello Suite No. IV
Carlo Domeniconi / Variations on an Anatolian Folk Song
Napoleon Coste / Le Depart
William Walton / Five Bagatelles
April 27, 2019
Denver Classical Guitar Society Competition Winner’s Concert
Classic Pianos, Denver, CO
Performer: Alejandro Olson, guitar
J.S. Bach / Cello Suite No. IV
Carlo Domeniconi / Variations on an Anatolian Folk Song
Napoleon Coste / Le Depart
William Walton / Five Bagatelles
February 2, 2019
Romancing the Notes
Classic Pianos, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Laura Husbands and Robert Tanaka, guitar; Hukum Singh Khalsa, Rachael Hutchings and Regina Kushnir, piano
Celso Machado / Imagens do Nordeste
Robert Beaser / Mountain Songs
Phillipe Gaubert / Madrigal
Henri Büsser / Prelude et Scherzo
Francis Poulenc / Sonata for Piano - Four Hands
Cécile Chaminade / Pieces Romantiques op.55
Felix Mendelssohn / Andante and Allegro assai vivace op.92
October 13, 2018
The Sounds of Autumn Colors
Classic Pianos, Denver, CO
Performers: Laura Schulkind, flute; Laura Husbands and Robert Tanaka, guitar; Hukum Singh Khalsa, Rachael Hutchings and Regina Kushnir, piano; Doug Moran, bassoon
Toru Takemitsu / A Boy Named Hiroshima
Sergio Assad / Farewell
Francis Kleynjans / Deux Arias , Op 92
Jules Mouquet / Eglogue, Op. 29
Joseph Fiala / Duo Concertante in C
Georges Bizet / Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games) op.22
April 22, 2017
Denver Classical Guitar Society Competition Winners Concert
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Denver, CO
Performers: Trevor Babb and Ethan Lorentz, guitar
Arthur Hernandez / Shepherd’s Psalm
Chris Cretella / AB : BA : A *World Premier
JS Bach / Cello Suite No. 4 BMV 1010
Leo Brouwer / Sonata No. 1