2013
news and performances

• March 3
  selection from scene one of The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret
  Megan Buness, soprano; Karen Harris, mezzo soprano; Donna Levene, piano
  Sigma Alpha Iota and Delta Omicron recital
  Denver, CO
  
  
• February 13
  Hallowed Be Thy Name
  Bethel Lutheran Church
  Aurora, CO
  
  The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret website
  

2012

• May 21 - June 5
  Composer fellow at the Virginia Arts Festival - John Duffy Composers Institute
  Scenes from Kirchoff's one-act opera The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret will be performed
  
  
• Wed. March 21
  corro a dio for soprano and piano
  Emily Sinclair, soprano and Christopher Zemliauskas, piano
  Pendulum New Music
  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  
  
• Wed. March 7
  corro a dio for soprano and piano
  Commissioned and premiered by Emily Sinclair.
  4:30 pm, University of Colorado
  Imig Building
  
  
• Tues. March 6
  The House Explodes, solo piano
  Rubia Santos, piano
  International Women's Day
  SESI Theater, Goiania, Brazil
  
  http://arteganhavida.blogspot.com/2012/02
  
  
• March 2-18
  The Secret Garden
  Stages Theatre Company, Hopkins, MN
  Jerry Seifert, book and lyrics
  Leanna Kirchoff, lyrics and music
  
  
• Tuesday, January 31
  Leanna Kirchoff and Cherise Leiter present a joint concert of vocal chamber works, featuring performances by local area musicians.
  7:30 pm Kings Center Recital Hall
  Auraria campus
  
  Concert includes premieres of Leiter's Jane Austin song cycle for soprano, and piece for soprano and flute, Kirchoff's baritone song cycle of Yeats poetry, and also two new songs written by Leiter and Kirchoff especially for the evening.
  
  
• Trio Sonata
  for two treble instruments, bass instrument and piano; commissioned by Scott Brodie, Lorraine Jewett, Tara Kazak, and Jonathan Newmark
  NOW AVAILABLE through TrevCo Music
  

2011

• Review of Trio Sonata in November issue of Flute Talk.
  
  
• June
  The Playground Ensemble releases their debut CD,
  "Dreams Go Through Me"
  Includes Kirchoff's vocal chamber work,
  Dreams Go Through Me
  DOWNLOADABLE TRACKS AVAILABLE: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/PlaygroundEnsemble
  
  For reviews:
  Denver Post: Steal This Track Review of our CD
  Westword CD review
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sat. April 23
  Dreams Go Through Me
  Gayle Grace, soprano; Ian Buckspan, clarinets;
  Susan Smith, cello; Abe Minzer, piano
  Colorado Springs, CO
  www.ClassicallyAlive.com
  
  
• Mon. April 18
  I'll Wait for You
  Breathe: A Concert of Song by Living American Composers
  Metropolitan State College of Denver
  King Center Recital Hall, Denver, CO
  
  
• Tues. March 15
  Dreams Go Through Me
  The Playground Ensemble
  Regis Women's History Month concert
  Regis University, Denver, CO
  
  
• Mon, March 14
  Interview with Kirchoff and Leiter about their collaboration on the opera, The Lady or the Tiger.
  See the posting on OPERAGASM.
  
  
• Wed. March 2
  Meciendo (SATB choir)
  Of Courage (TTBB choir, two tpts, pn) (premiere)
  Let the Music Fill the Emptiness (SSAA and pn)
  Lamont School of Music choirs
  University of Denver
  
  
• Wed. February 23
  The House Explodes
  Hsing-ay Hsu, piano
  Pendulum New Music
  Atlas Black Box Theatre
  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  
  
• Fri. February 11
  The House Explodes (premiere)
  Hsing-ay Hsu, piano
  Piano Celebration
  Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Auraria Campus, Denver, CO
  
  
• Wed. January 26
  No Stars Tonight, but Echoes
  Megan Buness, Gene Roberts, Margaret Miller
  and Nan Shannon
  Pendulum New Music
  Grusin Hall
  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  

2010

• December 5
  Let the Music Fill the Emptiness (premiere)
  Limon Woodlin Music Club
  Limon, CO
  
  
• November 7
  Do This in Remembrance
  Limon United Methodist Church
  Limon, CO
  
  
• July 29-31
  Trio Sonata commissioned by Scott Brodie, Lorraine Jewett, Tara Kazak, and Jonathan Newmark
  Rehearsed at Chamber Music Conference, Bennington, VT
  
  
• June 13
  "Sonetto primo" from Cantus Rosarum
  Katherine Kleitz
  Row Twelve Garden Recital, Glenluce Garden
  Stow, MA
  
  
• June 4
  No Stars Tonight, but Echoes (premiere)
  Colorado State Music Teachers Association Conference
  
  
• May 13
  Dreams Go Through Me
  The Playground Ensemble
  University of Denver
  
  
• May 2
  Do This in Remembrance
  Limon United Methodist Church
  Limon, CO
  
  
• April 14
  Dreams Go Through Me
  The Playground Ensemble
  Pendulum Music Series
  University of Colorado
  
  
• April 1
  Do This in Remembrance (premiere)
  Bethel Lutheran Church
  Aurora, CO
  
  
• February 17
  Hallowed Be Thy Name (premiere)
  Bethel Lutheran Church
  Aurora, CO

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