2018 Performances

North Central College, Faculty Recital, Jan 12

Schubert | Shepherd on the Rock

Larsen | Corker

Bartok | Contrasts

Poulenc | Clarinet Sonata

Cage | Variations I (with over 40 musicians)

Lyric Opera of Chicago, dates in Jan & Feb

Bellini | I Puritani

backstage clarinet

Picosa @ PianoForte Chicago, Feb 20

Picosa @ Mayslake Peabody Estate, Mar 11

Thomas | Capricci

Schoenberg arr. Webern | Kammersymphonie, op. 9

Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Mar 3 & 4

Shostakovich | Symphony No. 12

3rd clarinet

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Mar 10

Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Mahler | Symphony No. 1

​2nd clarinet

April 4th Baby Penelope is born!

Picosa @ North Central College, Apr 18

Student Composer Workshop

Picosa @ WFMT, June 11

Live from WFMT with Kerry Frumkin

Ran | Mirage

Debussy arr. Kirk | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Copland arr. Kirk | Appalachian Spring

Picosa @ Make Music Chicago, June 21

2 locations performing various works

Illinois Summer Youth Music, June

Mozart | Gran Partita

Picosa @ Rush Hour Concert Series, Aug 7

Thomas | Scat

Copland arr. Kirk | Appalachian Spring

Picosa @ Roosevelt University, Sept 27

Student Composer Workshop

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Oct 7

Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Bernstein | Candide Overture

Copland | Suite from Our Town

principal clarinet

Picosa @ North Central College, Napervill, Oct 10

Higdon | Smash

Coleman | Portraits of Langston

Boustead | Three for Zhou B

Copland arr. Kirk |Appalachian Spring

Picosa @ Roosevelt University, Nov 1

Student Composer Workshop

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Nov 11

Bizet | Carmen Suite No. 1

Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 2 in f minor

Saint-Saens | Symphony No. 3

principal clarinet

Picosa @ Roosevelt University, Nov 13

Residency Concert

Mellits | Spam

Choi | what prevails

Coleman | Portraits of Langston

Picosa @ Musician’s Club of Women, Nov 19

Coleman | Portraits of Langston

Copland arr. Kirk | Appalachian Spring

Aurora University, Nov 30 & Dec 1

Copland | The Tender Land

principal clarinet

Picosa @ Chicago Composers Event, Dec 4

Choi | what prevails

Picosa @ Mayslake Peabody Estate, Dec 11

Brahms | clarinet trio

Ran | WORLD PREMIERE

Higdon | Smash