Heather Gilligan
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RECENT
RECENT
Guitarist Jose Lezcano and Ecuadorean flutist Sandra Tuqueres
Works by Piazzolla (History of the Tango); Lezcano (Sonatina Tropical) and Gilligan (Peregrine); also works for flute & piano with KSC faculty pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
2pm: Keene State College Workshop Recital Series (MU 100)
7:30pm: Keene Public Library, Auditorium Concert Series
Thursday, February 6, 2020
6pm: Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, February 8, 2020
11 am: Olivia Rodham Library, Nelson, New Hampshire
Keene State College Music Faculty Presenting Series
Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 3pm
Works by Heather Gilligan
A lecture recital celebrating
the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
which granted women the right to vote
Including...
A Woman Knows: 8 Songs on the Progress of Women
and
2019 NYC SongSLAM 2nd place winning song
"I'm a Girl. What's your Superpower?"
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
Previous Highlights
Stephanie Weiss, mezzo-soprano &
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
premiere
Heather Gilligan's new song,
I'm a Girl. What's your superpower?
poetry by Lisa DeSiro
2nd PLACE WINNERS at the
NYC songSLAM Festival
Thursday, January 17, 2019, 8pm
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W. 37th Street
NEW RELEASE......
LIVING IN LIGHT
a debut album of vocal chamber works
Music by Heather Gilligan
with Margot Rood, soprano
featuring
the Apple Hill String Quartet
Patrick Owen, cello
Seelan Manickam, trumpet
Ken Radnofsky, saxophone
Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek, piano
Christopher Swist, recording engineer
Released Commercially on April 1, 2017
Selected past performances
November 3, 2018
Performance of One Mountain
Winner of the Juventas 2018 Call for Scores
This Land is Your Land
First Church, Boston
Juventas New Music Ensemble
July 16, 2018
Performance of Mixed Metaphors
United Church of Penacook, NH
Ann Moss, soprano
Holly Roadfeldt, piano
April 29, 2018
Performance of Peregrine
Keene State College Faculty Composers Recital
Robin Matathias, flute
Jose Lezcano, guitar
April 15, 2018
Performance of Mixed Metaphors
from Bay to Shining Bay
Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland, CA
Ann Moss, soprano
Steven Bailey, piano
April 14, 2018
Performance of The Farmer
Keene State College Concert Choir
Matthew Leese, conductor
April 13, 2018
Performance of Summer Folly and Morning, Noon, and Night
An Evening of Contemporary Music by Women Composers
Salem State College
Yong Im Lee Federle, piano
October 27, 2017
Performance of Living in Light
Boston Composers: Then and Now
North End Music & Performing Arts Center
Sherri Snow, soprano
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
July 29, 2017
Performance of Finer Points
Margot Rood, soprano
Caleb Herron, percussion
presented by the Orpheus Brewing Co. and the Atlanta Chamber Cartel
July 22, 2017
Monadnock Music
Performance of Living in Light
Margot Rood, soprano
Rafael Popper-Keiser, cello
Peterborough Town House
April 2, 2017
CD RELEASE CONCERT
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
March 29, 2017
Performance of Six of One
for woodwind quintet
Montana State University
March 10, 2017
For Whom the Bell Tolls
for wind symphony
Keene State College Concert Band
Jim Chesebrough, director
March 9, 2017
World premiere: Scenes from Midtown
A Theme and Variations for violin, clarinet, and piano
Keene State College Faculty Composers Recital
Carolyn Jean Cunningham, violin
Stephanie Ratte Jenkins, clarinet
Vladimir Odinikikh, piano
April 25, 2016
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" for wind symphony
Washington D.C. International Music Festival
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos High School Wind Symphony
Timothy Trost, director
March 6, 2016
"Six of One" for woodwind quintet
The East Winds Quintet
Celebrating Lehigh University: 150 years
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
March 2, 2016 at 7pm
"One Mountain"
American Modern Ensemble's
MADE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE concert
featuring works by New Hampshire-affiliated composers
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Robert Paterson, director and conductor
Gina Izzo, flute
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Esther Noh, violin
David Eggar, cello
Matthew Ward, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano
December 10, 2015
Performance of "Cityscape" for percussion septet
Keene State College Percussion Ensemble
Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College
December 5, 2015
Performance of "Sleighing Song," from Songs of the Seasons
Keene State College Chamber Singers
Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College
November 6-8, 2015
Council on Undergraduate Research
Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Greensboro, North Carolina
Heather Gilligan, Facilitator for the Arts
October 28, 2015
Contemporary Techniques Festival
with guest composers Michael Slayton and Amy Williams
Heather Gilligan, panel moderator
March 30, 2015
Premiere of Cityscape for percussion septet
Boston University Percussion Ensemble
Boston, MA
April 10-14, 2015
Washington D.C. International Music Festival
Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
World premiere of a new orchestral work by Heather Gilligan
November 7-9, 2014
Council on Undergraduate Research
Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Heather Gilligan, Facilitator for the Arts
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
A concert of works by Heather Gilligan
with Margot Rood, soprano and Heather Gilligan, piano
including the world premiere of Living in Light for soprano and cello
with guests
Sarah Brady, flute
Seelan Manickam, trumpet
Amanda Paul, cello
Craig Sylvern, tenor saxophone
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
7:30pm
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
An Evening with Réjean Marois
Winner of the 2014 KSC Call for Scores
A Conversation with the Composer, moderated
by Professor Heather Gilligan
including a performance of Bergere and
Trio for violin, flute, and piano (Heather Gilligan, piano)
Friday, September 26, 2014
Heather Gilligan's Buried Love for soprano and cello
performed at Lorelei on the Rocks
7pm at Sloane Merrill Gallery
75 Charles Street, Boston
Margot Rood, soprano
Patrick Owen, cello
Sunday, September 21, 2014
The world premiere of
Peregrine
Heather Gilligan's new work for guitar and flute
Jose Lezcano, guitar
Karrie Griffiths, flute
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
3:00pm
May 23, 2014
Anthology Vocal Quartet presents
Music By, For, and About Women
including....
A Woman Knows
8 Songs on the Progress of Women
by Heather Gilligan
7:30pm
The Green Room in Somerville, MA
$10 admission
May 4, 2014
BELLY Wine Bar
A collaboration between the Boston Composers Coalition
and the Arneis String Quartet including
Heather Gilligan's newest string quartet,
Contemplation and Pursuit
Kendall Square, Cambridge
7pm
April 27, 2014
The Senior Recital of Dan Ciccarello, violin
The Junior Recital of Emily DeAngelis, soprano
Heather Gilligan and Cheryl Sharrock, accompanists
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
7:30pm
April 26, 2014
Currants, KSC's Contemporary Ensemble
Heather Gilligan and Chris Swist, co-directors
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
7:30pm
April 19, 2014
Currants, KSC's Contemporary Ensemble
Heather Gilligan and Chris Swist, co-directors
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
3pm
April 19, 2014
Student Composers' Recital
Students of Heather Gilligan and Justin Casinghino
Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College
7:30pm
April 16, 2014
A Boston Composers Coalition concert
featuring the Arneis String Quartet at
Tsai Performance Center, Boston
Including the world premiere of Gilligan's
Contemplation and Pursuit
April 13, 2014
Chamber Singers of Keene
spring concert, featuring the world premiere of Gilligan's
Songs of the Seasons, a set of 4 songs for SATB choir and piano
Preconcert lecture by Dan Carberg, Heather Gilligan, and Ted Mann
Sandra Howard, conductor
Heather Gilligan, accompanist
March 21-22, 2014
College Music Society - Rocky Mountain Regional Conference
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Performance of Dialogue for solo flute by Heather Gilligan
Kathryn Shaffer, flute
March 15-19, 2014
2014 New York Choral Festival
Featuring the world premiere of I'll See You in the Morning,
a new SATB choral work by Heather Gilligan
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
February 10-11, 2014
New Music Festival
The new music festival of the University of Nebraska at Kearney
Performance of Dialogue for solo flute by Heather Gilligan
Franziska Brech, flute
November 17, 2013
Currants, KSC's new contemporary ensemble
Heather Gilligan and Chris Swist, co-directors
and KSC String Ensemble, Marcia Lehninger, director
Works by Cage, Riley, Salerni, Simms, Beaser, Hand, Chase, and Dvorak
3:00pm at Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College
November 16, 2013
Chamber Singers of Keene presents MAGNIFICAT
featuring
Schubert Magnificat, D486 and
Bach Magnificat, BWV 243
Heather Gilligan, accompanist
3:00 pm at St. James Church, Keene, NH
November 16, 2013
Student Composers' Recital
Students of Heather Gilligan
7:30pm at Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College
November 8-10, 2013
Council on Undergraduate Research
Institute for the Arts and Humanities
CSU Sacramento, California
Heather Gilligan, shadow facilitator
November 6, 2013
Keene State College Symposium
Panel discussion with KSC professor Joe Darby and Call for Scores winner Jeremy Beck; Heather Gilligan, moderator
Performance of KSC Call for Scores winning composition, In Flight Until Mysterious Night
Robin Matathias, flute
Stephanie Ratte-Jenkins, clarinet
Marcia Lehninger, violin
Amanda Paul, cello
Heather Gilligan, piano
Chris Swist, marimba
2:00, Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College
October 16, 2013
Facutly Recital: Chris Swist, composer
Marcia Lehninger, violin
Amanda Paul, cello
Heather Gilligan, piano
October 9, 2013
Chamber Singers of Keene concert in collaboration with Voices of Salzderhelden
Heather Gilligan, accompanist
7:30pm, Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College
Saturday, October 5, 2013
A Boston Composers Coalition concert featuring Gilligan's
A Woman Knows
8 songs on the progress of women
performed by ANTHOLOGY, a female vocal quartet
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Free concert begins at 8:00pm
Friday, October 4, 2013 - a Boston Composers Coalition concert
A casual, salon-style performance by ANTHOLOGY, a female vocal quartet, featuring 6 world premieres including Heather Gilligan's new work,
A Woman Knows, 8 songs on the progress of women
Vicky Reichert and Anney Barrett, sopranos
Sophie Michaux and Allegra Martin, mezzo-sopranos
The Green Room
62 Bow Street, Somerville
- Pre-concert reception at 7:30
- Drinks and munchies ongoing throughout the evening
- Anthology will sing at 8pm
May 1 and 5, 2013
SOLOFEST
a set of Boston Composers Coalition concerts featured solo works by 8 composers; Gilligan's Dialogue for solo flute was premiered by SARAH BRADY.
Concert 1 - Wednesday, May 1 at 8pm
First Church, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston
Concert 2 - Sunday, May 5 at 1pm
First Parish, 2 Elm Street, Malden
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Student Composers Recital
Students of Heather Gilligan
3pm at Alumni Recital Hall
Keene State College
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Chamber Singers of Keene spring concert
Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College, Keene, NH
April 11-13, 2013
National Council on Undergraduate Research
University of Wisconsin La-Crosse
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Academic Excellence Conference
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Boston Composers Coalition concert, featuring the second
performance of Mourning Dew for flute, violin, and harp
Orlando Cela, flute
Annegret Klaua, violin
Franziska Huhn, harp
3pm at Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall School
785 Beaver St
Waltham, MA
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Keene State College Faculty Composers Concert; Works by Gilligan, Ginsberg, Lezcano, Mann, Rogers, Swist, Sylvern, including Gilligan's
A Trio of Pieces For Solo Piano
Heather Gilligan, piano
7:30pm at Alumni Recital Hall
Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College
Keene, NH
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Boston Composers Coalition concert
World premiere of Mourning Dew
Orlando Cela, flute
Annegret Klaua, violin
Franziska Huhn, harp
8pm at Killian Hall, MIT
160 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Monadnock Valley Music Festival
Sandra Howard, guest conductor
Heather Gilligan, guest accompanist
4pm at Monadnock Regional High School