past events
2022
January 23, 2022 • Longy Reed Day
Faculty recital of chamber music by Sarah Gibson, Michael Gordon, Franz Krommer and others
Watch the Faculty Recital rebroadcast >
Faculty Recital Program (PDF)
2021
First Night North
December 31, 2021
Heliand Consort rings in the New Year, presented by Catamount Arts and First Night North
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Beethoven Septet Goes Modern
November 17, 2021
Goethe-Institut Boston
Program and info >
Dreams and Illusions • Faculty Artist Recital
September 18, 2021
music by Brad Balliett, Fang Man, Gilda Lyons and the live premieres of three new works commissioned & premiered by Rachael Elliott:
Fort Greene (2021)* by Padma Newsome
for bassoon and looper
Spider Kites (2021)* by Padma Newsome
for bassoon, organ and looper
Perfectly Logical (2021)*† by Tawnie Olson
for bassoon and delay
* commissioned and premiered by Rachael Elliott
† 2021 recipient of the International Double Reed Society's “50 for 50” commissioning grant
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
August 25, 2021
music by Steven Stucky, Sousa, William Grant Still, and Omar Thomas’ phenomenal "Come Sunday”
Hatch Memorial Shell
Charles River Esplanade, Boston
Alone Together • Solo Recital
July 31, 2021
International Double Reed Society’s 2nd Annual Virtual Symposium
music by Gary Powell Nash, Padma Newsome, Tawnie Olson, Brad Balliett
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Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
July 2, 2021 • First: Earth Summer Series
Isham Family Farm, Williston, VT
info >
Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
July 1, 2021 • Rochester Chamber Music Society
Rochester Federated Church, Rochester, VT
info >
Heliand’s Universe in a Sparkle
June 30, 2021 • Upright Steeple Society
York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, VT
info >
Divergent Premieres • Divergent Quintet
June 24, 2021
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Monadnock Music
June 19, 2021
Depot Park, Peterborough, NH
Heliand@Home • Virtual Concert Series
May 8, 2021
Northern VT Online Music Festival
April 14, 2021
Double Reed Power! workshop
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
April 16, 2021
hosted by Dr. Amy Pollard, University of Georgia
with Nanci Belmont
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
March 27, 2021
hosted by Dr. Shannon Lowe, UF and Professor Jeffrey Keesecker, FSU
with Nanci Belmont
Amped Up: Creating and Performing with Bassoon and Electronics
March 26, 2021
hosted by Dr. Scott Pool, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
with Nanci Belmont
Double Reed Day at Longy
March 20, 2021
co-hosted by Nanci Belmont, Rachael Elliott and Kemp Jernigan
info >
view the Faculty Recital >
Heliand@Home • Virtual Concert Series
March 13, 2021
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
March 12, 2021
hosted by Dr. Ryan Romine, Shenandoah University
with Nanci Belmont
2020
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 23, 2020
hosted by Dr. Shannon Lowe, University of Florida
with Nanci Belmont
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 13, 2020
hosted by Professor Michael Burns, UNC-Greensboro
with Nanci Belmont
Live Online Recital and Masterclass
November 4, 2020
hosted by Professor Laura Koepke and Dr. Sarah Hamilton, SUNY-Fredonia
with Kemp Jernigan
Live Online Recital and Coaching/Flow Workshops
October 28, 2020
hosted by Professor John Steinmetz, UCLA
with Lynn Hileman
Heliand@Home :: Virtual Concert Series
August 16, 2020
July 18, 2020
June 13, 2020
Radius Ensemble • Tracing
March 8, 2020
Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg, MA
Radius Ensemble • Tracing
March 7, 2020
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
2019
Heliand and the Band
October 26, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
October 27, 2019 at 3 pm
Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT
Featuring the New England premiere of Nico Muhly's "Reliable Sources" for bassoon and wind ensemble
Rachael Elliott, bassoon soloist
Anne Decker, conductor
Patrick Evans, narrator
Heliand Consort presents two eclectic shows of music untethered from the norms, with solos for piccolo and vibraphone, a narrated counting piece about cows, a musical illustration of popcorn popping, and a 30-piece wind ensemble performing the New England premiere of "Reliable Sources" by Vermont-born composer, Nico Muhly.
live from Chandler Center for the Arts >
Caspian Monday Music
August 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Highland Center for the Arts
Greensboro, VT
Join us for the annual chamber orchestra concert, part of the 2019 Caspian Monday Music Series in the stunning Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, Vermont.
Heliand Consort at RCMS :: Draw the Circle Wide
Sunday, June 30, 2019
4:00 PM
Rochester Federated Church
Rochester, VT
Heliand Consort returns to the Rochester Chamber Music Society’s 25th Summer Season with a buoyant selection of chamber music for oboe, bassoon and piano. We’ll perform piano solos by Lily Boulanger and Clara Schumann, duos by Nancy Galbraith, Padma Newsome and Robert Schumann, and our favorite trios by Peter Hope and Francis Poulenc. And some singing – yes!
more info >
NewBassoon Institute
June 1 - 8, 2019
National Music Festival
Chestertown, MD
Dark in the Song returns to Chestertown, Maryland for our 2019 NewBassoon Institute, hosted by the National Music Festival. A week of intensive study and performance featuring contemporary bassoon solo and ensemble music, including world premieres of new bassoon music by Brad Balliett
more info >
Gotta Play Schubert
April 30, 2019
Cathedral Church of St Paul
Burlington, VT
The 2nd annual “Gotta Play Schubert” returns to Cathedral Arts in Burlington for a fabulously energetic performance of the beloved Octet
Tuple Bassoon Duo
April 17, 2019
Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuple Bassoon Duo
April 16, 2019
Art Museum of WVU
Morgantown, WV
Tuple performs bassoon duos by Louis Andriessen, Gerald Resch, Alexandre Ouzounoff, and Isang Yun
Bassoon Day at Longy
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA
Hosted by Nanci Belmont and Rachael Elliott, bassoons
With Vanessa Breault Mulvey, Body Mapping Specialist
Join us for an exciting day of workshops open to all bassoonists at Longy. Topics include Bassoon Fundamentals, BYOR (Bring Your Own Reeds) for expert reed-finishing advice, and an Introduction to Body Mapping for Bassoonists. Performances include a Faculty Recital, Masterclass, and Bassoon Band.
Faculty Recital Program
Vézelay (2016) by Alexandre Ouzounoff
Niggun (1993) by Philippe Hersant
A Rift Within (2017) by Seth Cluett
Duo Sonata (1977) by Sofia Gubaidulina
Bassoon Masterclass at UNH
April 8, 2019
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
I’ll be leading a Bassoon Masterclass for Janet Polk’s bassoon students at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.
Location: Bratton Recital Hall from 2:45-4:00 pm.
Mar
26
Music-COMP
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Vermont College of Fine Arts (map)
Opus 34 is Music-COMP’s 2019 spring concert and features world premieres of compositions by students in grades 3-12 written for a combination of winds, strings and piano.
Feb
21
Heliand Consort
Thursday, February 21, 2019
11:00 AM 12:00 PM
Vermont Public Radio (map)
Heliand Consort performs live in VPR’s Stetson Studio One. This intimate public performance is part of our recording project, taking place at VPR on Thursday, February 21st through Friday, February 22nd. We’re thrilled to be working with VPR engineer, Peter Engisch on this project!
Jan
13
A Musical Celebration
Sunday, January 13, 2019
10:30 AM 12:00 PM
400 harvard st cambridge, ma (map)
A celebration of music at Old Cambridge Baptist Church. Music by Telemann, Vivaldi, Louis Andriessen and Padma Newsome performed by Rachael Elliott, Bryan Tyler (viola), Beth Barefoot (piano) and Bohdan Shevchenko (bassoon)
Dec
19
Radius Ensemble
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
2:45 PM 4:00 PM
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (map)
workshop performance for music students at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Nov
3
Radius Ensemble
Saturday, November 3, 2018
8:00 PM 9:30 PM
Longy School of Music of Bard College (map)
Reminiscence: Music of Crumb, Dohnányi, Mazzoli and Janáček
Oct
22
Debut Faculty Recital
Monday, October 22, 2018
7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Longy School of Music of Bard College (map)
works by Galbraith, Lang, Ouzounoff, Newsome & others
with Nanci Belmont and Lynn Hileman, bassoons
Cynthia Huard, piano
Sep
30
MassOpera
Sunday, September 30, 2018
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
Boston Center for the Arts (map)
workshop-performance of Kamala Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents
Sep
27
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Thursday, September 27, 2018
5:30 PM 7:00 PM
SFA School of Music (map)
masterclass and recital
Sep
26
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
7:00 PM 9:30 PM
Baylor School of Music (map)
performance and masterclass
Sep
25
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Butler School of Music (map)
masterclass
Butler School of Music
Sep
21
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Friday, September 21, 2018
1:00 PM 3:00 PM
University of North Texas (map)
masterclass and recital
Paul Voertman Concert Hall
Sep
11
Tuple Bassoon Duo
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
8:00 PM 9:00 PM
West Virginia University (map)
Music of Yun, Gubaidulina & Mellits