A2SO KinderConcerts, Music and Motion
An Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra event, these 30 minute morning concerts for toddlers and their adults KinderConcert are presented at the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Public Libraries, free of charge and open to the public. High-energy programs with child-movement specialist Gari Stein and featured musicians, showing off different instruments and musical styles. Children are encouraged to listen, sing and move along with the music.

Nov. 13 and 16, conductor-cellist-flutist Arie Lipsky
Feb. 5 and 8, instrumentalist TBA
May 7 and 10, Bryan Parkhurst, Harp

UMS Michigan Chamber Players Concert
UMS Michigan Chamber Players Frankenstein Concert.

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

Don Babcock
Trombone and Piano recital.

Sunday, September 27th 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University School of Music

Gail Williams
Horn and Piano recital will include works by Beethoven, Prokofiev and a John Stevens Sonata World Premier.

Friday, September 18th 2009, 8:00 p.m.
University of Wisconsin School of Music

John Madison
Service performance of works to be recorded. John Madison is Principal Violist with Michigan Opera Theater and performs with the Detroit Symphony, Sphinx Orchestra and many other regional ensembles.

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 10:30 a.m.
Norhtside Community Church
929 Barton Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Spring Kinder Concert
Eric Amidon (Cello) and Gari Stein (Movement Specialist) join Kathryn to present an interactive concert for kids ages two through five free of charge. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, April 24th 2009, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Friday, May 1st 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Dexter Library
Dexter, Michigan

Monday, May 4th 2009, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti Distric Library
Ypsilanti, Michigan

2009 Illinois Trombone Weekend
Guest artist recital with bass trombonist Randy Hawes

Saturday, April 18th 2009, 7:30 p.m.
University of Illinois
Music Building
Auditorium 2100
1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana , Illinois

Music Now Fest '09
Chamber Music of William Bolcom
Kathryn will appear with fellow EMU faculty clarinetist Kimberly Cole-Luevano and violinist Daniel Foster in the Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano. She will also perform Five Fold Five with the EMU Faculty Wind Quintet.

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 8 p.m.
Pease Auditorium
College Place and West Cross
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Winter Kinder Concert
Fritz Kaenzig (Tuba) and Gari Stein (Movement Specialist) join Kathryn to present an interactive concert for kids ages two through five free of charge. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, February 6th 2009, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Monday, February 9th 2009, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti Distric Library
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Concert4aCause
Benefitting the nonprofit organization, Ann Arbor School of Yoga ACTION, which offers free yoga classes for residents at numerous shelters in the area. Performers will also include: Ann Arbor violinist Kristen Van Ausdal, Ann Arbor Symphony cellist Alicia Rowe, pianists Adrienne Clark and other area musicians. Repertoire to include works by Brahms, Bach, Piazzolla, Ravel and Milhaud. Admission is free.

Sunday, January 18, 7:30 p.m.
Northside Community Church
929 Barton Dr.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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 11th & 12th, 8:00 p.m.
December 13th, 8:30 p.m.
December 14th, 3:00 p.m.
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan

Concert for a Cause
This "kick-off" event of the 2008-2009 benefit concert series will celebrate Northside Community Church as an American Red Cross Shelter Partner. Performers will include Kathryn Goodson with University of Michigan Voice Professor soprano Caroline Helton and Detroit Symphony Orchestra bass trombonist Randall Hawes; Eastern Michigan University student piano soloist, Adrienne Clark; and the University of Michigan graduate saxophone quartet (Bartz, Goff, Hulting-Cohen, Weintraub). Works by Schubert, Milhaud, Weill, Mozart and Grieg will be performed. Free admission, parking, childcare; donations of any amount will be accepted for the American Red Cross of Washtenaw County.

Sunday, October 26th, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Northside Community Church
929 Barton Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fall Kinder Concert
Robert Young (Saxophone) and Gari Stein (Movement Specialist) join Kathryn to present an interactive concert for kids ages two through five free of charge. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, October 10th 2008, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Monday, October 13th 2008, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti Distric Library
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Kinder Concert: Music and Motion
Barbara Sturgis-Everett and Gari Stein join Kathryn to present Beethoven, Brahms, Vivaldi and other classic music to small children in two half-hour concerts. This is part of a series presented by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, May 2nd 2008, 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Ypsilanti Public Library
Whitaker Branch
Ypsilanti, 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 8th, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Pease Auditorium
College Place and West Cross
Ypsilanti, Michigan

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, 8:00 p.m.
Rackham Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Songs and Sonnets of the Americas - Live Broadcast on WFMT Chicago
Kathryn 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.

Friday, January 18, 2008, 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pianoforte Salon
Chicago, IL

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.

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 8:00 p.m.
MacIntosh Theater
University of Michigan School of Music, Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Bates Dr.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Concert for a Cause
Northside Community Church hosts the Jewel Heart Health Center and Community Hospice Center in a gala benefit concert of classical music. Led by Michigan Opera Theater principal violist and Jewel Heart Health Center Board Chair John Madison, musical performers include mezzo soprano Leah Dexter, baritone Chris Grapentine, pianist Kathryn Goodson, The Cassini Ensemble and others from the Detroit and Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestras, Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan. Music from Beethoven, Brahms, Bloch, Margaret Bonds, Lilian Evanti, a tribute to Langston Hughes by Carlos Chavez and more. Donations of any amount are appreciated. Proceeds will fund Jewel Heart Health Center endeavors which focus on physical and spiritual healing.

Friday, January 11th 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Northside Community Church
929 Barton Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Michigan Concerto Competition Finals
Finalists in the competition will perform various works. Admission is free.

January 8th, 9th & 10th 2008, 4:00 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
825 N. University
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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

The 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 28th, 2007, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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

Songs Without Words
This "informance" or lecture recital by Kathryn Goodson and legendary saxophonist Donald Sinta, will feature both lyrical and exciting music full of melody by composers including Lu Pei, Puccini, Mahler, Debussy, Bernstein, Paul Ben-Haim and Ned Rorem.

Thursday, October 4th, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
Adult Learning Institute at Oakland Community College
Rochester, Michigan

Rally Day
Firing up the fall spirit for community service and emgagement with special music and literature from Northside congregants and guests including Pastor/Baritone Chris Grapentine, Sheree and Al Clark on percussion and bells, Adrienne Clark and Kathryn Goodson on piano and many others. Lots of singing and celebrating. Worship service followed by fellowship hour and food. Anyone welcome and encouraged to join!

Sunday, September 9th, 2007, 10 a.m.
Northside Community Church
929 Barton Drive
Ann Arbor, MI

Carmina Burana
Kathryn joins pianist Rob Conway and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
This 1936 cantata was based on the early 13th century collection of poems by the same name.

Saturday, August 4th, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Meadowbrook Music Festival
Rochester, Michigan

KinderConcert!
Wiggle, Dance, Sing, Listen, Learn...
Children will do all this and more in a fun and interactive concert. They will learn about the double bass, listen to classical music, hear a story, sing, and dance to the music with movements led by Gari Stein and music performed by A2SO Double Bassist Erin Zurbuchen and Guest Pianist Kathryn Goodson.

June 22nd, 2007, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti Public Library

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 in what is planned as an annual tradition, featuring the music of Charles Ives and composers inspiring or inspired by Ives.

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Charles Ives American Music Festival.
February 15th through 18th, 2007

February 16 and 17, 8 p.m., Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor, MI
February 18, Dance Gallery Studio, Ann Arbor, MI

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

Eastern Michigan University Department of Music Faculty Showcase Recital
Works by Respighi and Chopin for solo piano, as well as movements from the Jean Francaix Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano with colleagues Kristy Meretta and David Pierce.

November 12
Eastern Michigan University

Nosferatu
conducted by Gillian Anderson
Silent film vampire classic accompanied by 14-member chamber ensemble (strings, winds, piano and percussion) plus theater organ.

October 27
Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor

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

Rochester, NY August, 2006

University of Michigan M-Pulse Program
Pianist/coach for course presented by flutist Amy Porter for the University of Michigan M-Pulse program.

July, 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