Here is a list of events in which I have participated
It's not complete, but will give you some idea what I've been up to.
Last updated 6-9-2004
- San Francisco Silent Film Festival; "The Goddess;" Solo piano silent
film score, composed and performed by Kevin Purrone; Castro Theater, San
Francisco, July 11, 2004.
- Seattle Film Festival; "The Goddess," Solo piano silent film score,
composed and performed by Kevin Purrone; Egyptian Theater, May 29, 2004.
- "Dance Dance Dance 2001" Kevin Purrone, guest pianist, University
Dance Department Concert; music of Chopin, Ball State University, April
19, 20, 21, and 22, 2001.
- "Seven Chances;" Solo piano silent film score, composed and
performed by Kevin Purrone, as part of the University Film Series, Ball
State University, 9-25-01.
- San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Kevin Purrone, piano; film score
to "Peach Girl," a rarely screened classic from the Lianhu Film Company,
on of the most successful studios in 1930s Shanghai; Castro Theater, San
Francisco, July 2000.
- "2000 Years in 75 Minutes: A tour of musical time-The first 20
centuries;" Kevin Purrone, piano with guest artists and dancers;
music of
Euripides, Anonymous, Gesualdo, J.S. Bach, Pergolesi, Hoffmeister,
Beethoven, Bottesini, Scriabin, Stravinski and Bill Evans; Ball State
University, February 15, 2000.
- Larry McWilliams, Trumpet, Kevin Purrone, piano; music for piano and
trumpet by Donato, Hindemith and Haydn; Ball State Unversity, December
12, 1999.
- "Millennial Shakespeare: Performance/Text/Scholarship;" musical
performance and lecture, Joan Metelli, Soprano, Kevin Purrone, piano;
music for piano and voice with texts by Shakespeare; Hofstra University,
November 12, 1999.
- Two solo piano film scores, composed and performed by Kevin Purrone, as
part of the University Film Series, "Nosferatu," 10-25-99, and "The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," Pruis Hall, Muncie, IN, 10-31-99.
- Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 1999; solo piano film score by Kevin
Purrone, performed by the composer on the Muncie Film "The Man Haters,"
shown in Pordenone, Italy, 9-16 October, 1999.
- International Clarinet Symposium, music of Prokofief, Gershwin and
others, with Caroline Hartig; University of North Dakota, Grand Fork,
ND, September 17-19, 1999.
- "Piazzolla Plus - A Concert of Music Inspired by The Tango," sponsored
by Time Warner/Brova Jazz Series and the Indianapolis Arts Council,
music of Piazzolla, Albeniz Ginastera, Bolling, Darnall, Corea, Sturm,
and Purrone; Cirle Center Mall, Indianapolis, IN, May 9, 1999.
- Clarinet Recital; Caroline Hartig, clarinet, Kevin Purrone, piano; music
of Mozart, JeanJean, Gershwin; St. John's Lutheran Church, Grove City,
Ohio, May 1, 1999.
- "Theatrum Mundi, The Theater of Life on the Stage of the World," a
conference at Radcliffe College, Harvard University; musical
performance, Joan Metelli, Soprano, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of
assorted operatic composers; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April
17, 1999
- "The Most Ancient of Minorities, History and Culture of the Jews of
Italy from Antiquity to the 20th Century;" Musical Performance and
Lecture, Joan Metelli, Soprano (Associate Professor of Music, IU South
Bend), Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Monroe
Lecture Center Theater, Hofstra Cultural Center, Hofstra University,
April 14, 1999.
- The College Music Society, Pacific Southern Chapter, 1999 Annual
Meeting; Memories II of Chief Joseph byt Greg Steinke; Kevin Purrone,
piano, Keith Sweger, bassoon; Smith Recital Hall, San Diego State
University, March 12-14, 1999,
- "Sojourner Truth: The Story of her Remarkable Life;" a theater piece
with instrumental interludes,
words and music by Kevin Purrone, with Maude Jennings as Sojourner
Truth, Kevin Purrone, piano,
Kent Craig and Daniel McCloud, percussion and Briar Towers, flute.
Ball State University, Pruis Hall,
Muncie Indiana, 2-9-99.
- Creative Expressions of Alchemy (Water, Earth, Air, Fire); Hans
Sturm, double bass, Kevin Purrone,
piano; improvisations by the performers with music of Davies,
Purrone, Kern, and anonymous
selections from the medieval era; Pruis Hall, Muncie Indiana;
2-1-99.
- Dance, Dance, Dance; Kevin Purrone, guest pianist; music of Joplin
and Lamb; Pruis hall, Muncie
Indiana; 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13.
- New Music Today; Kevin Purrone guest composer and pianist; music of
Jeffrey Hoover and Kevin
Purrone; Performing Arts Center Auditorium, Illinois Central
College, East Peoria, Illinois; 11-22-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; John Hines, tenor, Kevin Purrone, piano;
music of Beethoven, Carissimi, Handel, Arne, Schubert, Puccini, Sacco, Niles,
Charles, and Speaks; Pruis Hall, Muncie, Indiana; 11-21-98.
- University Film Series; "Sunrise," a silent film by F. W. Murnau (1927),
solo piano score, improvised, composed, arranged and performed by Kevin
Purrone; Pruis Hall, Muncie, Indiana; 9-28-98.
- Minnetrista Cultural Center Family Film Series; "Lost World," a silent
film, piano and percussion score, composed, arranged and improvised by
Kevin Purrone with percussion by David Petry; Minnetrista Cultural
Center, Muncie Indiana; 5-3-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; Phillip Ewart, bass, Kevin Purrone, piano; music
of Malotte, Graham, O'hara and Guion; Pruis Hall, Muncie, Indiana;
4-26-98.
- Muncie Symphony Orchestra Concert; Kevin Purrone, piano soloist; music
of Adensel; Emems Auditorium, Muncie, Indiana; 4-18-98.
- China Week; "Love and Duty," a silent film, with piano music composed
and improvised by Kevin Purrone; Fine Arts Recital Hall, Ball State
University, Muncie, Indiana, 4-6-98.
- Midwest Double Bass Symposium; Hans Sturm, double bass, Kevin Purrone,
synthesizer; music of Sturm and Purrone; Butler University,
Indianapolis, Indiana; 3-28-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; Carrie Vecchione, oboe, Kevin Purrone, piano,
Kirby Koriath, Harpsichord, Rolf Erdahl, double bass; music of Henri
Dutilleux and Charles Colin; Pruis Hall, Ball State Unversity, Muncie,
Indiana; 3-31-98.
- Guest Recital; Paul Robinson, double bass, Kevin Purrone, piano; music
of Tibor Freso, Santino Parpinelli, Stanley Myers and Paul Ramsier;
Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 3-2-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; David Sills, viola, Kevin Purrone, piano; music
of Beethoven; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana;
2-24-98.
- Constellations of the Imagination, a concert of poetry and musical
improvisations; Kevin Purrone, piano, Hans Sturm, bass, John Wilson,
percussion; music of Corea, Bach, Coltrane, Satie and Arlen, poetry read
by the performers of Rita Dove, Maomi Shihab Nye, Paul Valery, Dylan
Thomas, Maya Angelou, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
William Blake and William Shakespeare; Pruis Hall, Ball State
University, Muncie, Indiana; 2-6-98.
- 28th Festival of New Music 1998; Caroline Hartig, clarinet, Kevin
Purrone, piano; music of Libby Larson; Pruis Hall, Ball State
University, Muncie, Indiana; 2-4-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; Jeff Ballard, tenor, Kevin Purrone piano; music
of Donezetti and Quilter; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana; 1-20-98.
- Faculty Artist Series; Kevin Purrone, piano, Hans Sturm, bass and John
Wilson, drums; "Christmas Time is Here;" Jazz Compositions and
Arrangements of Vince Guaraldi from "A Charlie Brown Christmas"; Pruis
Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 12-13-97.
- Faculty Artist Series; Larry Mcwilliams, trumpet, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Enesco and
Pakmutova; 12-7-97.
- Faculty Artist Series; Carrie Vecchione, oboe, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Pruis hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Malcolm
Arnold; 11-4-97.
- Octubafest XXIV; Guest Recital: Fritz Kaenzig, tuba, Kevin Purrone,
piano; Ball State University, Pruis Hall; 10-29-97; music of Gregson and
Schumann.
- General Recital Hour Orientation; Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; performance with Jeffrey
Ballard, tenor and John Hines, Heldentenor; Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana, Pruis Hall; 8-25-97; music of Mendelssohn and Wagner.
- Clarinet Fest (International Clarinet Association Conference), performance with
Caroline Hartig; music of Libby Larson; July 9-13, 1997.
- Faculty Recital; Music of Libby Larsen, with Caroline Hartig, clarinet; Kulas Recital Hall,
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio; 5-4-97.
- Festival of Dance; Kevin Purrone, piano; music of George Gershwin; 4-24 through 4-27, 1997.
- Student Composers Forum; "Three Pieces for Piano" by Justin Rummel, and
"The Saturday Morning Routine" by Chris Cavera; Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 4-2-97.
- Faculty Artist Series, "Visions of Spain: Piano Music from the Iberian Peninsula;"
Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 3-26-97.
- Guest Artist Recital, "Visions of Spain: Piano Music from the Iberian Peninsula;"
Kevin Purrone, piano; Krannert Fine Arts Center, Anderson University, Anderson,
Indiana; 3-18-97.
- 27th annual Festival of New Music 1997; "The North Shore" by Gavin Bryars,
with David Sills, viola; "Spring Invocation" an original improvisation by Kevin Purrone and Hans Sturm,
with multimedia presentation; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 2-3-97 and 2-4-97.
- Faculty Artist Series, "Neo-Romantic Piano Music by Jody Nagel;" Kevin Purrone, piano;
world premiere performance of "Primary Colors" a set of 24 solo piano pieces;
Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 2-11-97.
- Faculty Artist Series; Kevin Purrone, piano, Hans Sturm, bass and Chris
Pyle, drums, with the White River Youth Choir, Don Ester, conductor; "Christmas Time is Here,"
Jazz Compositions and
Arrangements of Vince Guaraldi from "A Charlie Brown Christmas;" Pruis
Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; 12-13-96.
- Faculty Artist Series; David Sills, viola and Kevin Purrone,
piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of
Brahms, Sills, and Bartok; 11-19-96.
- Faculty Artist Series; Caroline Hartig, clarinet and Kevin
Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana;
music of Ernesto Pellegrini; 11-5-96.
- Faculty Artist Series; Kevin Purrone, piano with Phillip S.
Ewart, basso and Hans Sturm, contra basso; Pruis Hall, Ball State
University, Muncie, Indiana; music of W.A. Mozart; 10-15-96.
- Ball State Symphony Orchestra, featuring Faculty Soloist, Kevin Purrone,
piano solist; Emens Auditorium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana;
Concerto no. 2 of Franz Liszt; 9-29-96.
- General Recital Hour Orientation; Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; solo piano music of Scarlatti;
chamber music of Schumann (with Mark Mordue, tuba); 8-26-96.
- Summer Chamber Music Festival 1996; Joan Metelli, soprano and
Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana; music of Thomas Pasatieri; June 9, 1996.
- Music Teachers National Association 1996 National Convention;
Kevin Purrone, piano with the Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet, Kansas City
Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri, March 25, 1996.
- 26th Anual Festival of New Music 1996; Kevin Purrone, piano;
Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Kevin
Purrone; March 17, 1996.
- Faculty Artist Series; David Sills, viola, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Charles
Ives, John Cage, and Claude Debussy; February 29, 1996.
- Faculty Artist Series; Caroline Hartig, clarinet, Kevin
Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana;
music of Francis Poulenc, Joan Tower and Donato Lovreglio; February 22,
1996.
- Faculty Artist Series; Chamber Music Concert; Kevin Purrone,
piano, Julia Larson, Flute, Carrie Vecchione, oboe, and David Sills,
viola; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of
Johann Janitsch; January 30, 1996.
- Faculty Artist Series; Trumpet Magic with Larry Mcwilliams
trumpet and Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana; December 7, 1995.
- Faculty Artist Series; Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet with Kevin
Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana;
music of Francis Poulenc; November 18, 1995.
- Faculty Artist Series; Julia Larson, Flute, Kevin Purrone,
piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of
Sergei Prokofiev and Pierre Sancan; November 12, 1995.
- Faculty Artist Series; Chamber Music Concert; performance with
Joan Metelli (Kevin Purrone, piano) and with chamber orchestra (Kevin Purrone,
celesta); Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of
Margaret Garwood and E. Pellegrini; November 7, 1995.
- Master Class; Kevin Purrone, Instructor; Gamble Auditorium,
Kulas Musical Arts Building, Baldwin Wallace College Conservatory of
Music, Berea, Ohio; October 1, 1995.
- Guest Artist Recital; Carolin Hartig, clarinet, Kevin Purrone,
piano; Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building, Baldwin Wallace
College Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio; music of Bach, Prokofiev,
Larson and Jeanjean; October 1, 1995.
- 2nd Annual American Conference on Romanticism, Marquette
University; works for voice and piano, Joan Metelli, soprano, Kevin
Purrone, piano; music of Schumann, Argento, Faure, Foster, Pauline
Viardot Garcia, Duparc, Hovhaness, Wolf-Ferrari, and Schubert; September
24, 1995.
- Faculty Artist Series; G. Steinke, composer; Kevin Purrone,
celesta; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; September
19, 1995.
- Lecture Presented at Faculty-Student Forum; "Is it good? Music
Criticism in the 90's;" Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie,
Indiana; September 11, 1995.
- 49th Annual Chamber Music Festival
1995 presented by Ball State University College of Fine Arts School of
Music; Julia Larson, flute, David Sills, viola, Roger Malitz, cello,
Kevin Purrone, piano; 1st Presbyterian Church, Muncie, Indiana; music
of August Klughardt, Cynthia Folio and Bohuslav Martinu; June 11, 1995.
- Chamber Music Recital; Dan Patrylak, trumpet, Kevin Purrone, piano;
von der Mehden Hall, University of Connecticut, Stoors, Connecticut;
music of Arutiunian, Handel and Clarke; May 7, 1995. (National)
- Created and Recorded an improvised sound track to "The Man Haters,"
a silent movie produced in Indiana during the beginning of this
century; April 1995.
- "The Enduring Spirit: Women As They Age"
conference sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College
of Continuing Studies and College of Public Affairs and Community
Service; Performance of selected works for voice and piano, Joan
Metelli, voice, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Schumann, Barber,
Beethoven, Copland; April 8, 1995.
- International Society of Aesthetics, Fine Arts and Phenomenology
Conference, Horner Room, Agassiz House of Radclife College, Harvard
University; "Comedy in Vocal Music;" Joan Metelli, soprano, Kevin
Purrone, piano, music of Mahler, Barber, Beethoven; April 7, 1995.
(Presenter)
- 25th Annual Festival of New Music 1995; Kevin Purrone,
piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; solo piano
music of David Sills; March 23, 1995. (Local)
- Faculty Artist
Series, "An Evening of Chopin," Kevin Purrone, piano; Recital Hall,
Ball State University, Muncie Indiana; music of Frederic Chopin, with
dramatic readings designed by Kevin Purrone and performed by Judy
Yordon and Don LaCasse; March 19, 1995. (Local)
- "An Evening of
Chopin," Kevin Purrone, piano; The Godbold Cultural Center, Lubbock,
Texas; music of Frederic Chopin, with dramatic readings designed by
Kevin Purrone and performed by David Allen and Katherine Wacker; March
12, 1995. (National)
- Guest Recital; David Sills, viola, Kevin Purrone, piano; Kulas
Recital Hall, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio;
chamber music of Rebecca Clarke, Nadia Boulanger, Dame Ethyl Smyth,
Beethoven and de Falla; February 23, 1995.
- Faculty Artist Series,
Chamber Music Concert; David Sills, viola, Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis
Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; chamber music of Rebecca
Clarke, Nadia Boulanger, Dame Ethyl Smyth, Beethoven and de Falla;
February 21, 1995. (Local)
- Faculty Artist Series; Hans Sturm,
double bass, Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana; music of Pedro de Valls, Paul Ramsier, Astor
Piazzolla; February 14, 1995. (Local)
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- Doctoral Recital; Hans Sturm, double bass, Kevin Purrone,
piano; Regenstein Recital Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois; music of Pedro de Valls, Paul Ramsier, Astor Piazzolla;
February 11, 1995. (Regional)
- Faculty Artist Series, Caroline
Hartig, clarinet, Kevin Purrone piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State
University, Nuncie, Indiana; music of Debussy, Prokofiev, Gershwin and
Jeanjean; February 9, 1995. (Local)
- Faculty Artist Series, Chamber
Music Concert; Hans Sturm, double bass, Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis
Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Sturm,
improvisations on themes of Nicolai and Verdi by Purrone and Sturm;
January 24, 1995. (Local)
- National Association of College Wind and
Percussion Instructors Second National Symposium, Chicago, Illinois;
Performance of Selected Works for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert;
Julia Larson, flute, Kevin Purrone, piano; Saint Xavier University,
January 14, 1995. (Presenter)
- Faculty Artist Series, Chamber Music Concert; Pruis Hall,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; chamber music of Lee Gannon,
with Carrie Vecchione, Oboe; October 25, 1994.
- Llano Chamber Music
Series at the Godbold Cultural Center; Lubbock, Texas; solo piano music
of Debussy, chamber music of J. S. Bach, Saint-Saens, Debussy,
Kreisler, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, with George Stelluto, violin;
October 23, 1994.
- Faculty Artist Series, Julia Larson, Flute, Kevin
Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana;
music of Telemann, Reinecke, Gaubert, and Muczynski; October 16, 1994.
- Faculty Artist Series, Greg A. Steinke, composer; Pruis Hall, Ball
State University, Muncie, Indiana; chamber music of Steinke; September
13, 1994.
- General
Recital Hour Orientaion; Kevin Purrone, piano; Pruis Hall, Ball State
University, Muncie, Indiana; music of Isaac Albeniz; August 29, 1994.
- Performances of pre-composed music and original piano
improvisations for various social functions; Kevin Purrone, piano;
Lubbock, Texas; Sundays, September 1992 through July 1994.
- Lecture
Recital: "Performance and Commentary: Danses Concertantes, composed
in 1942 for chamber orchestra by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), and
arranged for two pianos, four hands, by Mr. Purrone;" Hemmle Recital
Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; with William Westney,
piano; July 12, 1994.
- "Jazz and Broadway Classics," Christa
Stephens, Soprano, Kevin Purrone, piano; The Godbold Cultural Center,
Main Stage, Lubbock, Texas; music of American popular composers (Cole
Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, et al); June 16, 1994.
- American Choral Directors
Association Convention Performance; Texas Tech University Choir,
Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano; Denver, Colorado; music
of Brahms, Mozart, Porterfield, Henry, Britten and Wilberg, March 17,
1994.
- Texas Tech University Choir; High School Invitational Choir;
Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano and celeste; Hemmle
Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of Brahms,
Mozart, Porterfield, Henry, Pinkham and Wilberg; March 5, 1994.
- Chamber Music Rectial; The
Godbold Cultural Center, Main Stage, Lubbock, Texas; Kevin Purrone,
piano with George Stelluto, violin; music of Beethoven, Brahms,
Kreisler, Ravel, Debussy and Stevenson; March 4, 1994.
- Carol
Concert; The University Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone,
piano; Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas;
music of Pfohl, Leavitt, Shaw/Parker, Helvey and Mathias; December 3,
1993.
- Ph. D. Recital; Kevin Purrone, piano; Hemmle Recital Hall;
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; solo piano music of Darius
Milhaud, Issac Albeniz, Franz Liszt; chamber music of Igor Stravinsky
and Sergie Prokofieff; November 10, 1993.
- "Britain: A Celebration
on the High Plains" (Candlelight Chamber Music Concert); Hemmle Recital
Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas; Chamber Concerto of Sir
Arnold Bax, Kevin Purrone, solo piano; November 4, 1993.
- Incidental
music composed and performed by Kevin Purrone, to the play
"Shadowlands" by William Nicholson (1993); produced at Second Baptist
Church (Lubbock, Texas) and at Harral Studio Theatre, Wayland Baptist
University, Plainview, Texas; September and November, 1993.
- Daybreak New Music Festival;
Hemmle Recital Hall; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; Kevin
Purrone, piano, in "Accidents II," (1992) a piece for solo piano and
electronic sounds with slide projections; music of Larry Austin;
September 28, 1993.
- "Daisy", an American light opera by Smith and
Harding; Lubbock Municipal Auditorium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas; Kevin Purrone, Keyboards; August 7, 1993.
- Texas Tech
University Symphonic Band, James C. Sudduth, conductor; Kevin Purrone,
piano; Carnegie Hall, New York City; music of Aaron Copland; May 20,
1993.
- "The Final Exam," a concert produced by Texas Tech
University's Studio for Experimental and Electronic Music; Day Break
Coffee Roasters, Lubbock, Texas; cyber jazz composed and improvised by
Kevin Purrone; May 7, 1993.
- Texas Tech University Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin
Purrone, piano; First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas; Bach B
minor mass; May 4, 1993.
- New Music Ensemble, Steven Paxton and
Gregg Koyle, conductors; Kevin Purrone, piano; Hemmle Recital Hall,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; chamber music of Michael
Daugherty; April 1, 1993.
- University Choir and the High School
Invitational Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Hemmle Recital Hall, Lubbock, Texas; music of Nystedt, di Lasso, Biebl,
Mozart, Brahms, Messiaen, Perera, Clausen, Thomas, Miller, and Haydn;
March 6, 1993.
- Graduate Recital, Angela Gabriel, marimba, Kevin
Purrone, piano; Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas; music of Kevin Purrone and Niel DePonte; February 16, 1993.
- Faculty Recital, Greg
Koyle, percussion, Kevin Purrone, piano; Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of Kevin Purrone, Richard
Kvistad and John Cage, with improvisations by the performers; February
15, 1993.
- Ph.D. Recital, Jeffrey Hunter, percussion, Kevin Purrone,
piano, Susan Baer, violin, Susan Schoenfeld, violin, Sharon
Herschberger, viola, and Jane Ann Wilson, violoncello; Hemmle Recital
Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of Chick Corea;
January 31, 1993.
- Solo Piano Recital, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Unitarian Church in Westport, Westport, Connecticut; music of Ludwig
van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Darius Milhaud, Isaac Albeniz and Franz
Liszt; January 9, 1993.
- Ph. D. Recital; Kevin Purrone, piano;
Hemmle Recital Hall; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of
Ludvig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Franz Liszt; December 10,
1992.
- Composers Concert;
Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of
May Jeanne van Appledorn; December 8, 1992.
- Carol Concert; The
University Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of
Mechem, Rutter, Clausen, Ledger, P. D. Q. Bach and traditional
selections; December 4, 1992.
- "The Music and Culture of Russia,"
The University Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Hemmle Recital Hall, Lubbock, Texas; music of Rachmaninoff, Borodin,
and Mussorgsky; October 24 and 25, 1992.
- The University Choir,
Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano; Hemmle Recital Hall,
Lubbock, Texas; music of Vaughan Williams, de Victoria, J. S. Bach,
Clements, Thompson, Rachmaninoff, Copland, Thompson, Rutter; May 1,
1992
- "The Pirates of
Penzance," a Texas Tech University Music Theatre production; Kevin
Purrone, rehearsal pianist; University Center Allen Theatre; April 9,
10, and 11, 1992.
- Ph. D. Recital, Kevin Purrone, piano; Hemmle
Recital Hall; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; music of J.S.
Bach, Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, and Alexander Scriabin; February
29, 1992.
- University Choir, Dr. Kenneth Davis, director; Hemmle
Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Beethoven Hall,
San Antonio, Texas, and high schools and colleges throughout the
southwest and California; accompanist; fall semester, 1991 through
spring semester, 1994.
- "Mozart, a Celebration on the High Plains,"
The University Choir, Kenneth Davis, conductor, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Hemmle Recital Hall, Lubbock, Texas; music of Mozart; October 19 and
20, 1991.
- Performance on
the sound track to "Coney Island," a PBS film directed by Ric Burns;
music of Charles Ives, and American popular music, ca. 1920; Summer
1991.
- Voice Recital, Joyce Erickson, Soprano, Kevin Purrone, piano;
Bruno Walter Hall, Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, New
York City; music of J.S. Bach, George Handel, Gaetano Donizetti, Claude
Debussy, Albert Roussel, Aton Dvorak and Robert Freed, June 7, 1991.
- "Wintermusic: A Celebration of the Season;" Unitarian Church,
Westport, Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, solo piano and chamber music with
Jane Shelly, Flute; music of George Handel, Gordon Jacob, Paul
Hindemith, Domenico Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, and Otar Taktakishvili;
January 20, 1991.
- "Two Faces of England;" Performers of Connecticut
Benefit Concert, Artur Holde Hall, Westport Arts Center, Westport,
Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, piano, with Alvin Epstein and Brenda Lewis,
narrators; music of Richard Strauss; September 15, 1990.
- "Blossoms of Eastern Europe;"
Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, piano; chamber
music with Jolyon Pegis, cello and Jane Shelly, flute; music of Bela
Bartok, Bohuslav Martinu, Johann Dussek, Ernst von Dohnanyi, and Leos
Janacek; June 3, 1990.
- "Watercolors;" Unitarian Church, Westport
Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, solo piano and vocal music with Penney
Kimbell, soprano; music of Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf,
Franz Liszt, Ernst Chausson, Alexandre Georges, Francis Poulenc,
Maurice Ravel, Douglas Moore, Claude Debussy, Isaac Albeniz, Halle
Smith, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Duke, and Richard Hageman; April
20, 1990.
- Church Restoration Benefit Concert; First Parish Church,
Saugus, Massachusetts; Kevin Purrone, solo piano music of Joseph Lamb,
Scott Joplin, Maurice Ravel, and Isaac Albeniz; March 24, 1990.
- "Musicale Macabre;" (a Halloween Concert); Unitarian Church,
Westport, Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, solo piano music, chamber music,
and dramatic readings with Jane Bickford, Irene Martin and Kathy Snook,
actors, Edward Thompson, conductor, Olav van Hezewijk, oboe, Frank
Hall, Russell Jennings, Ruth Morley and Dan Morley, reciters, and
Richard Lalli, Bass; music of Felix Mendelssohn, Benjamin Britten,
Modest Moussorgsky, and Alexander Scriabin; October 29, 1989.
- "A Concert of French Music;"
Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, piano; vocal
and instrumental chamber music with Penney Kimbell, soprano, John
Hanulik, oboe, and Jane Shelly, flute; music of Honneger, Albert
Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Andre Jolivet,
Jean Berger, Gabriel Faure, Calude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Cesar Frank,
and Alfred Bachelet; September 9, 1989.
- "Ensemble Music of the 20th
Century;" Unitarian Church, Westport Connecticut; Kevin Purrone, piano;
chamber music with Daniel Miller, cello, Penney Kimball, soprano, John
Hanulik, oboe, and Jane Shelly, flute; music of Jacques Murgier, Andre
Jolivet, Robert Planel, Robert Muczynski, Claude Debussy, Paul
Hindemith; April 23, 1989. (Local)
- "An Evening of Cole Porter,
Directed by Morton Da Costa, Kevin Purrone, piano" Mount Kisco Country
Club,Mount Kisco, New York; (a review based on the life and music of
Cole Porter); January 21, 1989.
- "Musicale Macabre" (a Halloween
concert); Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut; solo piano music,
chamber music, dramatic readings and modern dance with Russell
Jennings, Frank Hall, Ruth Morley, Dan Morley and Ludvig Pallat,
reciters, Penny Kimball, soprano, Eileen Hunt, Alto, Edward Thompson,
organ, Judy Beers, flute, and the Creative Dance Theatre, Margaret
Bisceglie, Director; music of Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Joseph
Clokey, Claude Debussy, Edward McDowell, and Modest Moussorgski;
October 30, 1988.
- "An
Evening of Cole Porter;" Hartlet Museum, Weschester, New York; (a review based on the life and music of
Cole Porter); October 15, 1988.
- "The Rape of Lucretia;" Yale Center
for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; (repetiteur
for the opera production and pianist in the performance orchestra);
music by Benjamin Britten; April 16 and 17, 1988.
- Chamber Music
Concert; New Canaan Society for the Arts, Waveny Park, New Canaan,
Connecticut; with Jane Shelly, flute; music of Claude Debussy, J.S.
Bach, Robert Muczynski, Francois Borne; April 10, 1988.
- Pagliacci,
presented by Westchester Conservatory Opera; Kevin Purrone, piano;
Westchester Conservatory of Music, White Plains, New York; December 12,
1987.
- "A Celebration of
British Music & Literature;" Berkeley College Hall, Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut; with chamber orchestra, tenor, and recitation;
music by Benjamin Britten and Richard Strauss; November 15, 1987.
- Ivy Chamber Players; Saint Luke's Parish, Darien, Connecticut;
chamber music with Evelyn Gerry, soprano, Emily Docimo-Goett, Alto,
Stacey David, Flute, Charlotte Moulyn, Cello; music of George Handel,
Henry Purcell, Georg Philip Telemann, J. S. Bach, Albert Roussel,
Arthur Honegger, Richard Strauss, Franz Schubert; November 9, 1987.
- "Musicale Macabre;" (a Halloween Concert); Unitarian Church,
Westport, Connecticut; solo piano music, chamber music, and dramatic
readings with Frank Hall, Ruth Morley, Dan Morley, Charlotte Gregersen,
Bill Bell, Diana Bell and Eileen Hunt, reciters, Edward Thompson,
organ, and Judy Beers, flute; music of J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy,
Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Camile Saint-Saens, Marcel
Dupre, and Franz Liszt; October 31, 1987.
- Delphi Mini Opera; New
Canaan Society of the Arts, Waveny Park, New Canaan Connecticut;
(pianist to the first act of "Die Walkure" in a semi-staged
production); with Lili Seggos, soprano, John Thomas, bass, and Brian
Hilt, tenor; music of Richard Wagner; October 1, 1987.
- Pro Arte Chamber Singers; St.
John's Episcopal Church, Stamford, Connecticut; (piano accompanist to
chamber choir); music of Johannes Brahms; September 2, 1987.
- Sound
Track to "Merchants and Masterpieces," a Metropolitan Museum of Art
(New York City) Video; original music and music of W.A. Mozart and J.S.
Bach; Summer, 1987.
- Chamber Music Concert; Unitarian Church,
Westport, Connecticut; with Suzanne Tenca, viola, Robert Tenca, violin,
and Edward Thompson, organ; music of Bohuslav Martinu, Johannes Brahms,
and Sergei Prokofieff; May 2, 1987.
- Chamber Music Concert; New
Canaan Society for the Arts, Waveny Park, New Canaan Connecticut; with
Jane Shelly, flute; music of Jacques Hotteterre Le Romain, Darius
Milhaud, Friedrich Kuhlau, Karen Campbell, and Sergei Prokofieff; April
5, 1987.
- "Musicale
Macabre;" (a Halloween Concert); Unitarian Church, Westport,
Connecticut; solo piano and chamber music with Edward Thompson, organ
and Jeremy Pick, Baritone; music of J.S. Bach, Franz Schubert, Marcel
Dupre, Paul Hindemith, and Franz Liszt; October 31, 1986.
- "Internationaler Musikwettbewerb;" Der Rundfunkkanstalten,
Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany; (chamber musician and
accompanist on various concerts and broadcasts); with George Vosburgh,
trumpet (Chicago Symphony); music of Josef Haydn, Paul Hindemith, and
Peter Maxwell Davies; month of September, 1986.
- Solo Piano Recital;
"Piano Music of Franz Liszt;" Unitarian Church, Westport, Connecticut;
music of Franz Liszt; May 16, 1986.
- Vocal Duet Recital; New Canaan
Public Library, New Canaan, Connecticut; with Evelyn Gerry, soprano,
and Joel Jones, Baritone; music of W. A. Mozart, George Handel, Henry
Purcell, Claudio Monteverdi, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Richard
Strauss, and Stephen Foster; February 2, 1986.
- Solo Piano Recital; "Selections
of Chopin;" (repeat performance); Unitarian Church, Westport,
Connecticut; music of Frederic Chopin; Sepember 28, 1985.
- Solo
Piano Recital; "Selections of Chopin;" Unitarian Church, Westport,
Connecticut; music of Frederic Chopin; June 28, 1985.
- General
Motors Cancer Research Awards; The State Department, Washington, D.C;
with Joshua Bell, violin; music of Camille Saint-Saens; June 16, 1982.
- International Trumpet Guild Convention; University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky; with George Vosburgh, trumpet (Chicago Symphony);
music of J.N. Hummell, Peter Maxwell Davies, and Paul Hindemith; May
24, 1982.
- New Music
Ensemble; Kevin Purrone, piano; Recital Hall, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana; chamber music with Robert Frascotti, Saxophone;
music of Sidney Hodkinson; April 13, 1982.
- Student Recital, Kevin
Purrone, piano; Recital Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana;
solo piano music of J.S.Bach, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, and
Isaac Albeniz; September 17, 1981.
- Student Recital; Recital Hall,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Kevin Purrone, accompanist
and chamber music with Joshua Bell, violin; music of Guiseppe Tartini,
Ludvig van Beethoven, and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; November 3, 1981.
- Solo Piano Recital, Kevin Purrone, piano; Trumbull Library,
Trumbull, Connecticut; music of Isaac Albeniz, Claude Debussy, Robert
Schumann, 1980
- Student Recital, Barry Kiernan,
cello, Kevin Purrone, piano; Recital Hall, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, chamber music of Dimitri Shostakovich, Guiseppe
Valentini, and Bela Bartok; April 14, 1981.
- Masters Recital, Kevin
Purrone, piano; Recital Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana;
solo piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, and Bela
Bartok; January 16, 1981.
- "The Eastman Series, Eastman Prize
Winners;" Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City; Edward
Johnson, clarinet, Kevin Purrone, piano; chamber music of Sidney
Hodkinson; October 28, 1979.
- Voice Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, New York; Kristine Bregenzer, soprano,
Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Gabriel Faure, Felix Mendelssohn, Paul
Hindemith, and George Handel; February 8, 1979.
- Trumpet Recital; Kilbourn Hall,
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; George Vosburgh, trumpet,
Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Peter Maxwell Davies; November 9, 1978.
- Oboe Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester,
New York; Judith Ricker, oboe, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Lukas
Foss; November 3, 1978.
- "International Concours voor Vertolkers van
Muziek van Onze Tijd" (Gaudeamus Festival for Interpreters of 20th
Century Music); Concertgebouw "de doelen" kleine zaal; live
performances and radio broadcasts; Rotterdam, Holland; Edward Johnson,
clarinet, Kevin Purrone, piano; chamber music of Andreissen, Sidney
Hodkinson, and others; month of April, 1978.
- Basson Recital;
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; William
Davis, basson, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Dan Welcher; March 25,
1978.
- Double Bass
Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York;
Gilbert Pease, double bass, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Henry
Eccles, Paul Hindemith, Giovanni Bottesini, and Domenico Dragonetti;
February 27, 1978.
- Voice Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, New York; Michelle Adrienne Disco, soprano, Kevin
Purrone, piano; music of Franz J. Haydn, Henri Duparc, Alexander
Tcherepnin, and Richard Strauss; February 22, 1978.
- Faculty
Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York;
Cherry N. Beauregard, tuba, Kevin Purrone, piano, music of Crawford
Gates; February 8, 1978.
- Musica Nova Ensemble; Kilbourn Hall,
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; Kevin Purrone, piano,
Grace Edie, soprano, Edward Johnson, clarinet, Daniel Neal, cello, and
Carolyn Wilkins Ritt, percusion; music of Lukas Foss; January 30, 1978.
- Alfred University
Chamber Music Series; Alfred University, New York; Kevin Purrone,
piano, Margaret Hackett, Soprano, and Edward Johnson, Clarinet; music
of Malcom Arnold, Franz Schubert, Michael Webster, and Darius Milhaud;
January, 1978.
- Flute Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, New York; Craig Hightower, flute, Kevin Purrone,
piano; music of J.S. Bach, and Henri Dutilleux; December 13, 1977.
- Chamber Music Recital, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music,
Rochester, New York; Edward Johnson, Clarinet, Kevin Purrone, piano;
music of Darius Milhaud, Lola Proietti, Carl Maria von Weber, Alec
Wilder, and Sydney Hodkinson; October 27, 1977.
- "Neo Duo," Chamber
Music Recital; Weston Studio, Weston, Connecticut; Kevin Purrone,
piano, Edward Johnson, clarinet; music of Milhaud and Weber; June 21,
1977.
- Chamber Music
Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York;
Therisa Kraucunas, violin, Edward Johnson, clarinet, Kevin Purrone,
piano; music of Darius Milhaud; April 26, 1977.
- Music By Amerian
Women Composers; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New
York, Kevin Purrone, piano, Edward Johnson, Clarinet; music of Daria
Semegen; April 19, 1977.
- Basson Recital; Kilbourn Hall, Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, New York; Betsy Sturdevant, basson, Kevin
Purrone, piano; music of W.A. Mozart; April 4, 1977.
- Chamber Music
Recital, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester New York;
Edward Johnson, clarinet, Kevin Purrone, piano; music of Paul
Hindemith, Lenard Bernstein, and Johannes Brahms; November 2, 1976.