2012
news and performances
- 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
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Review of Trio Sonata in November issue of Flute Talk.
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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