Andrew McKenna Lee
Past, Recent, and Upcoming Performances
The list below details some of the performances and other performance-type activities I've been involved with in recent times.
March 26, 2007
Arabescata
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall- New York, NY as part of the ACO's Composers Out Front! series
Andrew McKenna
Lee, guitar
March 25, 2007
Arabescata
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts- Philadelphia, PA as part of the ACO's Composers Out Front! series
Andrew McKenna
Lee, guitar
March 6, 2007
New Work! (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, electric guitar and looping machines; Sam Solomon, percussion
March 2, 2007
Various Chamber and Solo Works
BAM Café- BAM Brooklyn, NY
Andrew McKenna Lee with NOW Ensemble, Janus, and friends
December 12, 2006
Raunch
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
NOW Ensemble with Andrew McKenna Lee
November 8, 2006
Like a Sick, Breathing Tambura
Percussive Arts Society International Convention- Austin, TX
Third Coast Percusssion Quartet
October 3 , 2006
Suite from Variations, Fixations, and Fantasies
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar
May 12, 2006
Like a Sick, Breathing Tambura
Fine Arts Recital Hall- Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
Third Coast Percusssion Quartet
May 6, 2006
Strange Dreams- reading
Richardson Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Donato Cabrera
May 5, 2006
Like a Sick, Breathing Tambura
Lutkin Hall- Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Third Coast Percusssion Quartet
June 13, 2005
Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea
Hunterdon Learning Center- Califon, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, electric guitar and electronics
April 29, 2005
Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, electric guitar and electronics
March 3 , 2005
Suite from Variations, Fixations, and Fantasies (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar. Part of a recital including works of Bach, Berkeley, Scarlatti, Albeniz, and Lee
February 23 , 2005
Celestial Sketchbook
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
The Brentano Quartet
February 15 , 2005
the dark out of the nighttime
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Janus with Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar
February 15 , 2005
Theme and Variations (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Aaron Jackson, piano
May 12, 2004
Crazy
Improv Madness (Etude #1) (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
The Mark Dresser Ensemble (Mark
Dresser and students from the MUS 534 class)
May 12, 2004
Three
Pieces for Contrabass
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Mark Dresser, contrabass
May 11, 2004
Scordatura
Suite (world premiere)
Taplin Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna
Lee, guitar
February 12, 2004
Solo
Guitar Recital
featuring the works of Bach, Scarlatti, Albeniz and Lee
Procter Hall- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar
January 12, 2004
Prelude for Orchestra (reading)
Part of Four Scenes- a work in progress
Richardson Auditorium- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Princeton University Symphony Orchestra- Steve Mackey, cond.
November 13, 2003
Soundtrack for a short Western
heard as part of the e-team's film project, 1.1 Acre Flat Screen
Eyebeam Gallery- New York, NY
August 16, 2003
Dizzying Array for Orchestra- reading
Music School- Aspen
Music Festival, Aspen, CO
American Academy of Conducting Orchestra
August 9, 2003
Arabescata for ensemble (world
premiere)
Harris Hall- Aspen
Music Festival Aspen, CO
Proteus- Sydney Hodkinson, cond.
July 4, 2003
Gravity
and Air for ensemble (world
premiere)
Music Shed-Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival Norfolk, CT
eighth blackbird
June 10, 2003
Scordatura
Suite
Goodwin
Recital Hall- The Peabody Conservatory Baltimore, MD
Manuel Barrueco masterclass- Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar
May 22, 2003
Arabescata for guitar
Symphony
Space- ASCAP Awards Ceremony New York, NY
Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar
September 18, 2002
Drum
Circle (world
premiere)
Capitol- Stockholm
Arts and Sciences Festival Stockholm, Sweden
Kroumata
July 13, 2002
Vortices (revised
version world premiere)
NJPAC- NJSO
Composition and Conducting Institute Newark, NJ
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra- Lawrence Leighton Smith, cond.
March 23, 2002
So-NOT-a
Sonata (world
premiere)
Atlantic Center
for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, FL
Talujon
May 18, 2001
Tapping
Roots
Atlantic
Center for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, FL
American String Quartet
March 16, 2001
Celestial
Sketchbook
Music Between
Centuries- El Conservatorio de Oviedo Oviedo, Spain
Conservatory of Oviedo Contemporary
Ensemble- Jorge Muniz, Dir.
March 2, 2001
Synchromesh
Synergy (world
premiere)
Cultureel
Gigant- Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
ensemble ereprijs
April 17, 2000
Chamber
Concerto (world
premiere)
Borden Auditorium-
Manhattan School of Music New York, NY
Claremont Ensemble- Glen Barton Cortese, cond.
February 26, 2000
Vortices (original version)
Borden Auditorium-
Manhattan School of Music New York, NY
MSM Composers' Orchestra- Glen Barton Cortese, cond.
April 21, 1999
Chamber Music Recital
Celestial Sketchbook, Three Pieces for Contrabass, and Triptych
International House- New York, NY
various performers
February 18, 1999
Celestial
Sketchbook
Hubbard Hall-
Manhattan School of Music New York, NY
MSM student performers,the amazing Sarah Oates on 1st
Violin
November 21, 1998
Duet
Hubbard
Hall- Manhattan School of Music New York, NY (world
premiere)
Runi Baek, violin; Xavier Coutant, cello
September 24, 1998
Celestial
Sketchbook (world
premiere)
Mellon Institute-Pittsburgh,
PA
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
April 23, 1997
Samsara
for Orchestra (world
premiere)
Carnegie
Music Hall- Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic- Juan Pablo Izquierdo,
cond.
April 10, 1997
Solo Guitar Recital
featuring
the works of Albeniz, Sor, Berkeley, Vivaldi, Holder, and Lee
Procter Hall- Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar