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I invite you to explore the links to the left, which will guide you through some of my artistic information, upcoming performances, and multimedia. Thanks for visiting, and please check back regularly for updates!

News
"In summer, the song sings itself." ~William Carlos Williams
Kevin had an exciting and memorable few months traveling and performing throughout Canada. As Artist-in-Residence at the award-winning Montreal Chamber Music Festival, he collaborated with Simon Aldrich, Rachel Barton Pine, Denis Brott, Serge Desgagnés, David Jalbert, Iryna Krechkovsky, Stephen Prutsman, Jocelyne Roy, James VanDemark, and with the Afiara and Claudel-Canimex Quartets. He also participated in programs at The Banff Centre, where he was featured performing Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata with violist Roger Tapping, and Schumann's Piano Quintet with the Jupiter String Quartet. The Schumann will be available as an audio podcast through The Banff Centre on iTunes this fall.

Violin / Piano Recital on CBC Radio 2
Kevin will be joining violinist Jeffrey Dyrda in a recital at the Winnipeg Art Gallery presented by the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The recital will take place on October 24th, and air on CBC Radio 2's "Sunday Afternoon in Concert."

Stony Brook University Faculty Recital Series
On November 4th, Kevin will be featured with violinist Iryna Krechkovsky and faculty cellist Colin Carr in a performance of Ravel's Piano Trio at Stony Brook University's Staller Center for the Arts. For more information, please visit the Staller Center website by clicking here.

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the U.C. Irvine Symphony Orchestra
In loving memory of philanthropist Marjorie Rawlins, Kevin will perform as soloist with the U.C. Irvine Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a special memorial concert honoring the Rawlins Scholarship Program at the University of California, Irvine.

Trombone / Piano Recital with Keith Dyrda of the Canadian Brass
Kevin will be joining trombonist Keith Dyrda - Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) Standard Life Competition - in a program of Handel, Hindemith, Martin, and Pryor at the Piano Nobile de la Place des Arts in Montreal.

Recording on Parma Records for release on Navona Records
Continuing a long-term collaboration with Los Angeles-based composer Jason Barabba, Kevin and violinist Iryna Krechkovsky will be premiering and recording Rhetorical Devices for violin and piano in April 2011.


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