Kathryn Goodson

playing hands
courtesy of Randall Hawes


  Previous Appearances

Kathryn in Action
photo: Michelle Andonian

A2SO Kinderconcert Series: Music in Motion
Free concerts of music and movement for 2-6 year olds with Gari Stein and instrumentalists from the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. http://www.a2so.com/education/kinderconcerts.
October 1, February 4, May 6, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., Ann Arbor Public Library
November 5, 10 a.m., Dexter Public Library
October 1, February 7, May 9, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., Ypsilanti Public Library


Recital with mezzo soprano Leah Dexter
Songs and Sonnets of the Americas
March 27, 12 PM, Birmingham Musicale, MI

Recital with hornist Gail Williams
March 5, Appalachian State University

Recital with saxophonist Jim Umble
North American Saxophone Alliance Region V Conference
Friday, 25 February, 8 PM
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois

Recital with soprano Caroline Helton
Music of Italian-Jewish composers
January 30, 5 p.m., Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan

University of Michigan Fall Opera Scenes
Undergraduate voice majors in Robert Swedberg's Opera Studio with musical direction from Kathryn Goodson present scenes from Cinderella, Susannah, Die Fledermaus, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, La Clemenza di Tito, Abduction from the Seraglio, Cosi fan tutte. FREE
November 30, 5 PM; December 2, 7 PM
McIntosh Theater, Moore Building
University of Michigan

University of Michigan Fall Recitals
Free performances featuring graduating wind instrumental students.
November 6, 8 PM Britton Recital Hall: DMA saxophonist Robert Young
November 7, 5 PM Britton: BM bassoonist Patrick Souza
November 20, 5 PM, Britton Recital Hall: MM hornist Jessica Pearce

Recital with hornist Gail Williams
November 12, 8 p.m., Texas State University

Joie de Vivre: Romantic and Impressionistic French music for two saxophones and piano
Timothy McAllister, soprano and alto saxophones; Donald Sinta, alto saxophone
October 6, 2010. 12 p.m., Schoolcraft College, Livionia, MI

Concert4aCause
Classical music concert series raising funds and awareness for Washtenaw County Human Service nonprofit organizations. Performers include highly sccomplished professional and student musicians.
January 31, June 6, October, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor

Master class-Recital tour with Randy Hawes
Repertoire includes selections from the newly released Hawes-Goodson album Barn Burner
September 12. 1 PM masterclasses; 4 PM recital with George Curran. Central Michigan University

September 16. 10 AM recital
Adult Learning Institute, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI

September 19. 1 p.m. masterclasses; 4 PM recital. Western Michigan University

September 23. 2 p.m. recital; 3:30 PM masterclasses
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI

Recital Tour with saxophonist Timothy McAllister
Tokyo, Japan and environs
June 14, Kunitachi College of Music
June 15, Shobi College of Music
June 16, Dolce-Gakke Wind Instrument Specialty Shop
June 17, Ichigura Concert Series

Recital with bass trombonist Randall Hawes and Gail Williams
May 12, 7:30 PM, Lutkin Recital Hall, Northwestern University

Recital Tour with hornist Gail Williams
January 12, 8 p.m. Northwestern University School of Music
January 14, 8 p.m. Carson Newman College
January 15, 7 p.m. Long Island Day of Horn Festival

Concerto Soloist for Detroit Symphony Orchestra Education Series
Saint-Saens Carnaval des Animeaux Pianist I
October 30, November 6, 2009, Orchestra Hall, Detroit Michigan

UMS Michigan Chamber Players Concert
Frankenstein

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 8:00 p.m., Stamps Concert Hall

American Art Song Masterclass
Three days of intensive work in German with voice-piano duos
October 21-23, 2009, Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany

Liederabend
German-American Art Song Recital with Baritone Ulrich Wand
Monday, October 19th 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Tübingen, Germany

Recitals with hornist Gail Williams
Includes world premier of John Stevens' Horn and Piano Sonata
September 18, 2009, University of Wisconsin
October 5, 2009, CCM Chicago Cultural Center WFMT broadcast

Recital-Master Class tour with bass trombonist Randy Hawes
April 16, Indiana University
April 17, First Baptist Church, Lafayette, IN
April 18-19 University of Illinois

Music Now Fest '09, Chamber Music of William Bolcom
Appearance with EMU faculty clarinetist Kimberly Cole-Luevano and violinist Daniel Foster in the Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, and, Five Fold Five with the EMU Faculty Wind Quintet.
Thursday, February 19, 8 p.m. Eastern Michigan University

Orff's Carmina Burana

The "Leonard Slatkin Era" begins at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Carmina Burana, a powerful work with driving rhythm and colorful orchestration contrasted with moments of sumptuous innocence. Also Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture and James Lee III A Different Soldier's Tale. Click for ticket information
December 11-14, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, Michigan

Portraits in Sound
A collaboration of friends, this Steinway initiative concert is presented during International Trombone Week. Guest artists from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are bass trombonist Randall Hawes and timpanist Brian Jones; EMU faculty artists are trombonist Donald Babcock, clarinetist Kimberly Cole-Luevano and pianist Kathryn Goodson.
April 8, 2008, Eastern Michigan University

Celebrating Bolcom
William Bolcom is retiring from teaching at the University of Michigan after 35 years. Faculty, students and alumni come together onstage to celebrate the prolific career of one of America's greatest composers.
March 28th, 2008, Univeristy of Michigan

Voices of the Holocaust
Featuring University of Michigan Voice Professor, Soprano Caroline Helton. This program includes works by Jewish composers Kurt Weill, Robert Kahn, Erich
Korngold and Darius Milhaud
January 15, 2008, University of Michigan School of Music
January 18, 2008, Pianoforte Salon, Chicago, WFMT broadcast

Festival of African and Latin American Song
Eastern Michigan University


Songs and Sonnets of the Americas
EMU faculty pianist Kathryn Goodson and mezzo soprano Leah Dexter present a program of poetry and music from North and South American artists including Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Ginastera, Charles Ives, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price and Lilian Evanti.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Beyond Race: Spirituals and Art Songs by African-American Composers and Their Historical and Cultural Context:
University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University faculty join forces in an interactive performance exploring many facets of the African Amercian musical experience. Joining soprano Caroline Helton and baritone Emery Stephens, who have co-authored a chapter on this subject in a book for multicultural appraoches to teaching and learning, are soprano Glenda Kirkland and pianists Garik Pedersen, Kathryn Goodson and Joel Schoenhals.
Sunday, November 4th 2007, 4 p.m.

Master Class and Panel Discussion with EMU Vocal and Piano Students
Facilitated by Caroline Helton and Emery Stephens, panel dicussion participants include guest artist Leah Dexter and EMU faculty Glenda Kirkland and Kathryn Goodson.
Monday, November 5th 2007, 4 to 6 p.m.

Alexander Music Building Recital Hall, Eastern Michigan University
Lowell & East Circle Drive, Ypsilanti, MI


CSO Soloists presented by National City with host Peter Whorf
Live performance with trombonist Michael Mulcahy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Michael Mulcahy, who is also a professor at Northwestern University, will present with Kathryn Goodson both standard and unusual repertoire for tenor trombone and piano. Musical selections will include twentieth-century repertoire canons such as Ballade by Swiss composer Frank Martin and Prélude, Cadence et Fugato by French composer Henri Dutillieux. An exploration of translating vocal melody and text to the trombone will surround performances of songs for voice and piano by romantic European composers.

Sunday, October 28, 2007, WFMT 98.7FM
Streaming audio for WFMT on the internet. Chicago, IL

Shenson Recital Series
A program of poetry and music for piano and voice from North and South America including works by Ginastera, Guastavino, Piazzolla, Charles Ives and African American women composers Margaret Bonds, Lilian Evanti, Undine Moore and Florence Price. Highly dramatic and versatile mezzo-soprano Leah Dexter of Michigan Opera Theater and Harlem Opera Theater is the featured singer.

Friday, October 12, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Stanford Univiersity
Palo Alto, CA


Music Now Fest '07
Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries: joining a collage concert of Eastern Michigan University music faculty, Kathryn performed selected Preludios Americanos (American Preludes) by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera for solo piano.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Pease Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan


The Ives American Music Festival with The Phoenix Ensemble
and Peter Sparling Dance Company
This is the second event featuring the music of Charles Ives and composers inspiring or inspired by Ives.

Click here for details on the Charles Ives American Music Festival.
February 15, Ann Arbor District Library: Panel Discussion
February 16 and 17, Northside Community Church: Concert
February 18, Dance Gallery Studio: Dance-Concert

Come Sunday
Program of unusual instrumental chamber music including works by Charles Ives, Duke Ellington and Astor Piazzolla. Recital at Eastern Michigan University featuring faculty member Kathryn Goodson with guests: violinist Gabriel Bolkosky, executive director of the Phoenix Ensemble and bass trombonist Randall Hawes of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Bolkosky and Mr. Hawes presented public afternoon master classes preceding the concert in the Alexander Music Building of the EMU campus.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Eastern Michigan University


Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Concert
Chamber music performance with Detroit Symphony Orchestra violist Erin Goldwasser-Laraby.

Rochester, NY August, 2006


Strauss Art Song Recital Tour in Switzerland
Six-city Strauss Art Song Recital Tour with mezzo soprano Jeannine Hirzel and speaker Alfred Pfeiffer with Migros Foundation concerts, in conjunction with concerts presented by the Southwest Radio Orchestra (SWR) of Germany and organized by Armin Brunner.

May, 2006

Email: kathgdsn@aol.com
Phone: 734.576.2355
Address: University of Michigan School of Music
2249 Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085