Catherine NevilleComposer/Clarinetist/Educator
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Welcome! Have a look at my current projects.
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The 2023/24 season has begun!
I’m very excited to share that my roster of performances is already filling up. I’m grateful and deeply honored to be included on seven concerts (two at Carnegie Hall!) and three albums! August 13th starts the season off with a performance of Danses, for solo violin, in Sacramento, California at the Crocker Art Museum. Danses and its companion piece, Idyll, will reappear March 25th at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in New York, performed by Dan Flanagan. A second work will appear at Carnegie this season: Movements of Sun and Shadow, for cello and piano, in a performance by Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, and Noreen Cassidy-Polera. The date of this performance is TBA, stay tuned! October is quite busy, with three performances scheduled! Françoise Vanhecke will perform Cinderella for soprano and fixed electronics in Antwerp on October 7, Alex Davis, performs Figurations for solo bassooon on October 26 at Rowan University, and the Cobalt Quartet is set to perform Exploratory for saxophone quartet at The Church-in-the-Gardens in Queens, NY. November brings two concerts in New York: chamber music for flute, cello and piano, and an evening of art songs on Long Island. Finally, mid-winter will see the premiere of Fire for clarinet, viola, and piano trio, in 3 countries: Australia, the Netherlands, and the U.S. The 50-for-50 project, organized by Paul Kopetz, will bring a simultaneous performance of new music in several venues world-wide. And then there are the album releases! I’m thrilled to be included on Joseph Rebman’s upcoming album of new works for solo harp, coming in January 2024 on the Bright Shiny Things label. Meanwhile, Kyle MIller’s wonderful recording of Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky, for electric guitar and vibraphone, is set for release in October 2023! Lastly, Movements of Sun and Shadow will appear on an album of works for cello on the Navona label, distributed by Naxos. I’m deeply grateful for all the exciting things happening this year, and look forward to creating ever more music! 
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The brilliantly talented ensemble Ictus Novus, Kyle Miller and Matthew Kowalski, performing "Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky" in 2022. Their beautifully remastered recording of this work is set for release in October.
The album cover of the Ictus Novus release symbolizes the Kandinsky paintings that inspired the music: Red accent, Blue, and Green are fractured into smaller pieces at the center of the stripes. 
Photos throughout this site created by:
Len Marks Photography Many thanks to Dick Shanley for the gracious use of his sculptures: Dick Shanley, Artist |
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Upcoming Events
Date TBA
Ovidiu Marinescu, cello Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano Movements of Sun and Shadow Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall NYC March 25 Dan Flanagan, violin Danses and Idyll, for solo violin Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, NYC October 28, 2023 the Cobalt Saxophone Quartet Exploratory, for Saxophone Quartet The Church-in-the-Gardens, Queens, NY October 26, 2023 Alex Davis, Bassoon Figurations, for solo bassoon Rowan University, NJ October 7, 2023 Françoise Vanhecke Cinderella for soprano and fixed electronics Fine arts & Gallery Wouter De Bruycker Antwerp, Belgium November 4, 2023 Nassau Universal Unitarian Church, NY Music for Flute, Cello, and PIano Elements November 13, 2023 Bryant Library, NY An Evening of Art Songs Mutibility, for tenor and piano Dreams/Take Heart, for soprano, clarinet and piano Date TBA 50-for-50 New Music Collage Fire, for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano Simultaneous premieres in Sydney, Amsterdam, and Denver August 13, 2023 Dan Flanagan, Violin Danses, for solo violin Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Albums: Hold Your Center Music by Catherine Neville May 2022 Ictus Novus: Three PIeces on Painting by Kandinsky Vibraphone and Electric Guitar Duo September, 2023 Joseph Rebman, New Works for Solo Harp Bright Shiny Things January, 2024 Ovidiu Marinescu and Noreen Cassidy-Polera New Works for Cello and Piano Navona Records Spring/Summer 2024 |
Media and Awards
Hugo Weisgall Award
for Music Theory and Composition Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College 2022 Featured Work: Birds, for Flute Quartet with Fixed Electronics The Flute Examiner October 2022 Featured Composer: The Cello Museum 2022 Link to article Semi-Finalist: Juventas New Music Ensemble Musical Reflections of Memory and Hope 2021 Audience Choice Award 2020 The Spread Spectrum Music Festival, Moscow Featured Composer: The Muse's Voice A Barnard College, NYC concert series focusing on contemporary women composers 2019 |
Recent
Projects May 7, 2023
Namaste Clarinet Quintet Marianum Auditorium Perugia, Italy The Bow and The Brush program: Danses and Idyll, for solo violin Feb 17: Stern Pissaro Gallery, London March 5: UC Berkely August 16: Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA April 23: Music and Poetry: Jenny Kiss'd Me; Dreams/Take Heart; Inspiration Locust Valley Library, NY January 6, 7, and 8: Symmetry for Clarinet Quartet Namaste Ensemble Freeport, NY Southold, NY Greenport, NY December 10, 2022 Forbidden Playground String Trio Queens College LeFrak Hall October 16, 2023 New York Women Composers Fall Gala Lavender, for solo flute National Opera Center NY, NY October 23, 2023 Once, in Early Spring Flute, horn, and piano The Bryant Library Roslyn, NYMay 27, 2022 International Women in Brass Conference Once, In Early Spring, for horn, flute, and piano, Performance by the Heavy Metal Trio April 21, 2022 Contemporary Classical Music, presented by the New York Composers Circle Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky, for Electric Guitar and Vibraphone April 8,9, and 23, 2022 The Fog Comes on Little Cat Feet, for harp, marimba, cello, and piano. Performances by the VibraHarp Ensemble Concert Series: Trevignano Romano, Gubbio, and Fabriano, Italy April 10, 2022 Piedmont Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA Danses for solo violin, performed by Dan Flanagan March 15, 2022 Symmetry, for saxophone quartet Performances by the Cobalt Saxophone Quartet Live at Lefrak Concert Hall, Queens New York *also streaming online March 29, 2022 As Tides Obey the Moon, for orchestra Queens College Orchestra, Lefrak Concert Hall *also streaming online February 16, 2022 A Year Later, Joseph Rebman, Harp Lincoln Memorial University, TN December 15, 2021 Hypercube "Music by Women Composers," Greenwich House, Manhattan Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky December 14, 2021 Queens College New Music Group YouTube Livestream February Meditations, for Violin and Horn A Year Later, for solo harp Reflectance, for solo harp Mukuntuweap, chamber music for winds and piano November 23, 2021 Beth Ratay: A Year of New Music for Flute June in the Wildlands posted online here. November 16, 2021 Queens College New Music Group YouTube Livestream Hold Your Center, for solo viola Mukuntuweap, for Reed Trio and Piano October 17, 2021 Danses for Solo Violin Sonata for Cello and Piano Bryant Park Library, Roslyn, New York September 30, 2021 Facebook Live Event A Year Later, for solo harp Joseph Rebman, Harp September 23, 2021 Facebook Live Event Two Works for Solo Flute: June in the Wildlands Destruction of the Habitat, for solo flute Nicaulis Alliey, Flute September 9, 2021 Mukuntuweap, for String Quartet Little Church Around the Corner, Manhattan August 11, 2021 Works for Solo Organ Church of the Transfiguration, Manhattan. June 20, 2021 Audrey Wright, violin An Die Musik Live, Baltimore, MD May, 2021 Ictus Novus Commission Works for Electric Guitar and Vibraphone October-May, 2020-2021 Queens College New Music Group Aaron Copland School of Music August 2020 Ladies Quintessential Quintet Virtual Residency “Filaments,” for Wind Quintet July 2020 "Spread Spectrum" Online Music Festival Moscow, Russia April 2020 Bow and Brush Commission Dan Flanagan, Violin October 26, 2019 "The Muse's Voice" Concert Series Barnard College, NY, NY |