Steed Cowart, conductor
(or rehearsal director for works without conductor)
(incomplete listing of performances)
September 29, 2007
Mills Performing Group
Roscoe Mitchell: White Tiger Disquise
Lynne Morrow, mezzo-soprano;
Graeme Jennings and Cynthia Mei,
violins; Charlton Lee, viola;
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello; Richard
Worn, contrabass;
Steed Cowart, conductor
Charles Wuorinen: Bearbeitungen ber das Glogauer
Liederbuch
Tod Brody, flute; William
Wohlmacher, clarinet;
Graeme Jennings, violin; Richard
Worn, contrabass;
Steed Cowart, conductor
Aaron Copland: Sextet
Robert Schwartz, piano; William
Wohlmacher, clarinet;
Graeme Jennings and Cynthia Mei,
violins; Charlton Lee, viola;
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello; Steed
Cowart, conductor
June 21, 2007
John Cage: Credo in Us
William Winant Percussion Group
Steed Cowart, conductor
at Garden of Memory Summer Solstice Event
May 29, 2007
John Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis, with Winter Music,
Song Books, and
Music for Amplified Toy Piano
Steed Cowart, conductor
James Tenney: Swell Piece #2
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
February 23, 2007
Jonathan Brenner: Variable Chaconnes
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, conductor
December 1, 2006
Robert Morris: Oracle
http://ecmc.rochester.edu/rdm/notes/oracle.html
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
November 4, 2006
Olivia Block: Squall
http://www.oliviablock.net/oblockmediapage.htm
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble with
Olivia Block, electronics
Steed Cowart, conductor
October 2, 2006
Mills Performing Group
Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett
Tod Brody, Stacey Pelinka, flutes; Laura Griffiths, Sarah Rathke, oboes;
Peter Josheff, Bill Wohlmacher, clarinets; Rufus Olivier, Carolyn Lockhart, bassoons;
Glen Swarts, Meredith Brown, horns; Jeff Biancalana, Charles Metzger, trumpets;
Toyoji Tomita, Jennifer Baker, trombones; Zachariah Spellman, tuba;
Karen Gottlieb, harp; Karen Rosenak, piano; William Winant, vibraphone;
Roy Malan, Kate Stenberg, violins; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello;
Richard Worn, bass
Steed Cowart, conductor
April, 2006
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Jon Brenner: Prisms
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
Christian Wolff:
Exercises #2 and #12
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
Michael Byron: A Living Room at the Bottom of a Lake
Steed Cowart, conductor
April, 2006
Maurice Delage: 4 Pomes Hindous
Steed Cowart, conductor
February 28, 2005
Mills Performing Group
Jos Maceda: Music for Two Pianos and Four Percussion
Groups
Kanoko Nishi and Quentin Sirjacq: pianos; Shayna Dunkelman, Sam Ospovat, Ches Smith, Seth Warren, William Winant: percussion
Steed Cowart, conductor
John Bischoff: Rondo
Kanoko Nishi: piano, Shayna Dunkelman: percussion, Steve Adams: flute,
Peter Josheff: clarinet, Toyoji Tomita: trombone, Theresa Wong: cello,
John Bischoff: electronics
Steed Cowart, conductor
October 28, 2005
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Terry Riley: Tread on the Trail
Terry Riley: Olson III
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
February 19, 2005
James Tenney: Septet for Electric Guitars
Myles Boisen, John Finkbeiner,
Fred Frith, Steve Kirk, Brian Pardo,
John Shiurba, electric guitars;
Andy Nathan, electric bass guitar
Steed Cowart, conductor
James Tenney: Form 2 (In Memoriam John Cage)
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
November 30, 2004
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Frederic Rzewski: Coming
Together
Jukka
Tiensuu: Rubato
Terran Olson: Four Legs, One Wing
Steed Cowart, conductor
May 4, 2004
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Matt Volla: Tennis Music
Martin McGinn: Stained Resonances
Steed Cowart, conductor
April 27, 2004
Alvin Curran 65th Birthday Concert
Alvin Curran: SHOFAR...Or None of the Above
Steed Cowart, conductor
February 14, 2004
Meredith Monk: Memory Song
Meredith Monk, Allison Sniffin, and Dina Emerson, voices;
Fred Frith, electric
guitar; Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Shayna Dunkelman, vibraphone and keyboard;
Kanoko Nishi, piano and
keyboard; Theresa Wong, cello; Lisa Mezzacappa,
contrabass
Steed Cowart, conductor
Meredith Monk: Night
(Instrumental Version)
Mills
Contemporary Performance Ensemble and Guests
Steed Cowart, conductor
October 13, 2003
Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
Dean Santomieri, narrator
Sarah Cahill, piano
Steed Cowart, conductor
August 15, 2003
Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together
Old First Church, San Francisco, CA
Dean Santomieri, narrator
Sarah Cahill, piano
Steed Cowart, conductor
June 8, 2003
A Tribute to Lou Harrison
Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Lou Harrison: Simfony #13 (1941), Fugue (1942)
Steed Cowart, conductor
May 31, 2002
Pauline Oliveros Retrospective
Pauline Oliveros: Four
Meditations for Orchestra
I. From Unknown Silences
II. Tuning Meditation
III. Interdependence
IV. Approaches and Departures
Sounding the Margins Orchestra
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
June 1, 2002 8:00 PM
Pauline Oliveros Retrospective
Pauline Oliveros: The Heart of
Tones
Sounding the Margins Orchestra
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
April 23. 2002
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Pamela A. Madsen: What's That
Steed Cowart, conductor
Not Just Yet: an ensemble improvisation
Steed Cowart and Fred Frith, conductors
September 30, 2001
Wadada Leo Smith 60th Birthday Celebration
Wadada Leo Smith: Crossing on a Southern Road
Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet; Fred Frith, guitar; Shelly Burgon, harp; Brett Larner, koto;
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, conductor
April 7, 2001
Amy Denio: Memories Dissolved
Amy Denio: Long Song
Amy Denio: Ambaraba Ci Ci Co Co
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble with Amy Denio, accordion and voice
Steed Cowart, conductor
December 12, 1999
Improvisation: Unforeseen Events
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart and Fred Frith, conductors
April 27, 1999
John Zorn: Aporias (V. Camaron)
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Daan Vandewalle, piano: Jennifer Curtis, Russell Greenberg, Peter Valsamis, and William Winant, clappers
Steed Cowart, conductor
David Behrman: Unforeseen Events
David Behrman, interactive electronics; John Ingle, solo saxophone
Michael Baumgarten, percussion; Matt Calvert, trombone; Eli Crews, contrabass;
Angela Davis, flute; Wayne Grim, electric guitar; Lindsey Ott, flute;
Keely Rogers-Free, clarinet; Greg Saunier, piano; Ches Smith, percussion;
Erika Torchia, violin; Daan Vandewalle, piano; Mimi Fillion Wilson, flute
Steed Cowart, conductor
April 25, 1999
Mills Concert Series
Luigi Dallapiccola: Due Liriche di Anacreonte
Elizabeth Eshleman, soprano; Belle Bulwinkle, piano; Peter Josheff, clarinet;
Rane Moore, clarinet; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola
Steed Cowart, conductor
November 1, 1997
Luc Ferari: Madame di Shanghai
Steed Cowart, conductor
May 6, 1997
Lou Harrison 80th Birthday Concert
Lou Harrison: Simfony #13
Steed Cowart, conductor
April 4, 1997
Fred Frith: The Previous Evening Part I
Fred Frith: The Previous Evening Part II
Fred Frith: Traffic Continues
Fred Frith: Announcement
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, conductor
May 7, 1996
Earle Brown: December 1952
Christian Wolff: Exercises #2, #3, #9
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
April 19, 1996
Christian Wolff: Changing the System
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble with Christian Wolff and guests
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
November 16, 1995
Here Comes Everybody: The Music, Poetry, and Art of John Cage
(A conference at Mills College)
John Cage: Double Music
Daniel Kennedy, Ward
Spangler, Mark Veregge
William Winant, percussion
Steed Cowart, conductor
John Cage: Imaginary
Landscape No. 2
Joel Davel, Daniel Kennedy,
Ward Spangler, Mark Veregge
William Winant, percussion
Steed Cowart, conductor
John Cage: Credo in Us
Daniel Kennedy, Ward
Spangler, William Winant, percussion
Julie Steinberg, piano
Steed Cowart, conductor
John Cage: Thirteen
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble and Guests
David Abel, viola; William
Banovetz, oboe; Leslie Clyde, violin;
Thomas Dambly, trumpe;t Joel
Davel, percussion; Danielle DeGruttola, cello;
Erica Haskell, flute; Paul Hanson,
bassoon; Matt Ingalls, clarinet;
Bevin Kelley, violin; Brian
Pearson, percussion; Toyoji Tomita, trombone;
Peter Warhaftig, tuba
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
September 30, 1994
30th Anniversary Performance
Terry Riley: In C
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble with guests David Abel, George Brooks, Chris Brown,
Trevor Dunn, Phil Franklin, Ben Goldberg, Don Howe, Maggi Payne, Wendy Reid, John Schott,
Julie Steinberg, Toyoji Tomita
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
May 16, 1992
John Cage: Lecture on the Weather
Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble and guests
Audio recording by Maryanne Amacher; film by Luis Frangella
Performers: Charles Amirkhanian, Paula Cekola, Steed Cowart, Alvin Curran, Joel Davel,
Liza Kitchell, Greg Lenczycki, Donna McCabe, Jeff Phillips, Suzann Ruscigno,
Tom Sherman, Tim Walters, Barbara Wolf
Steed Cowart, rehearsal director
1988-1989
The Club Foot Orchestra performing music to
accompany silent films in tours around the United States and
Canada, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, New Music America
in New York, and featured on
"Entertainment Tonight" with Leonard
Maltin.
Richard Marriott: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Richard Marriott and Gino Robair: Nosferatu
Erik Satie (arr. by Steed Cowart): Entr'acte
Steed Cowart, conductor
1987
Morton Subotnick: Parallel Lines
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Steed Cowart, guest conductor
1981-1984
Bernard Rands: Deja
Robert Erickson: The Idea of Order at Key West
Phil Collins: Seven Haiku
Luciano Berio: O King
Paul Dresher: Channels Passing
Igor Stravinsky: Eight Instrumental Miniatures
George Barati: And the Shadows were Filled with Light
Ensemble Nova (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Steed Cowart, conductor
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