The Gunther Schuller Society
100 for Gunther’s 100th
Celebrating Gunther Schuller’s Centennial 2025
100 performances worldwide in calendar years 2025 and 2026, promoted via The Gunther Schuller Society. Once a performance is scheduled, provide details to join our list, and help us reach our goal of at least 100!
Performances 2025
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Nancy Zeltsman, solo marimba
Marimbology (movements 3 & 4)
1/15/2025 - 7:30 pm
PennState College of Arts and Architecture - Recital Hall
University Park, PA
https://arts.psu.edu/events
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Nancy Zeltsman, solo marimba
Marimbology (movements 3 & 4)
2/1/2025 - 4:00 pm
Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Studio T401
31 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA
https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events/faculty-recital-nancy-zeltsman-marimba
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Dr Chris Wiljhelm, New Jersey Wind Symphony, Billy Hunter, soloist
2/7/2025
West Side Pre, Ridgewood, NJ, United States of America
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New Choral Society Chamber Concert
Suite for Woodwind Quintet
2/8/2025 - 8:00 pm
Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, 6 Greenacres Ave, Scarsdale NY
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Limón Dance Company, José Limón
Symphony for Brass and Percussion
2/13/2025
UMass Amherst Performing Arts Center, Amherst, MA
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Nancy Zeltsman, solo marimba
Marimbology (movements 3 & 4)
2/17/2025 - 8:00 pm
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Appleton, WI
https://thor.lawrence.edu/calendar/main.php?view=event&eventid=1730911079326​
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Jerry Junkin, UT Wind Ensemble
Hector Berlioz/arr. Schuller – Overture: Le Corsair
Gunther Schuller – Meditation
Emily Warren, guest conductor Scott Joplin/ed. Schuller – Combination March
Gunther Schuller – Symphony No. 3, In Praise of Winds
2/28/2025 - 7:30 pm
The University of Texas at Austin - Bates Recital
406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX 78712
https://butlerschoolofmusic.thundertix.com/events/232850
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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Brass and Percussion Ensemble
3/7/2025
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Bradshaw Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra
3/16/2025
John Gilbert Reese Center, Newark, OH
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Nancy Zeltsman, solo marimba
Marimbology (movements 3 & 4)
3/16/2025
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance - ​Britton Hall
Ann Arbor, MI
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Borromeo String Quartet
String Quartet No. 4
3/27/2025 - 7:30 pm
Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC​
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The Richmond Symphony
Double Quintet for Wind and Brass Quintets
3/27/2025
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA
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Ethan Pinckert, marimba and Carina Yee, violin
Phantasmata
4/12/2025 - 1:00 pm
Staller Center For The Arts, Room 0111, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University
Sandpoint Rag
4/25/2025 - 7:30 pm
Montclair State University - Alexander Kasser Theater
1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07043
https://www.montclair.edu/john-j-cali-school-of-music/cali-live/​
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Jeroen Berwaerts, Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Brass
Symphony for Brass and Percussion
5/2/2025
Duke's Hall Royal Academy of Music, London, United Kingdom
https://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-on/symphonic-brass-with-jeroen-berwaerts-2
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Vimbayi Kaziboni, contraBAND
Transformation
5/2/2025 - 8:00 pm
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, T401, Boston, MA, United States of America
https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events/contraband-transformations
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Juliano Dutra Aniceto, NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Scott Joplin: The Cascades; The Entertainer - Transcribed by Gunther Schuller
5/15/2025 - 7:30 pm
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
https://necmusic.edu/on-campus/performances-events/prep-concert-programs/
The Cascades (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-W708i4kc
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Keith Ng, Final Masters Recital
Marimbology
6/30/2025 - 3:45 pm
Conservatorium van Amsterdam,151 Oosterdokskade, Amsterdam, NH, 1011 DL Netherlands
https://www.keith-ng.com/schedule-1/final-master-reital
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Curtis Macomber, violin; Matthew Boyle, marimba
Phantasmata
7/31/2025 - 7:30 pm
Thursday at Yellow Barn, The Big Barn, Putney, VT
https://www.yellowbarn.org/events/2025-summer-festival-concerts
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Abstraction Music Group, David Stevens and Andy Wilds
Sonata for Alto Saxophone
8/25/2025 - 7:00 pm
MIT Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA
https://www.facebook.com/share/1FBGQfchQD/
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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra
8/30/2025
Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/rattle-conducts-folk-songs-and-dances-proms/
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Artistry in Action: Faculty Chamber Music series
9/12/2025 - 8:00 pm
Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 8 Fenway, Boston, MA
https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events/artistry-in-action-faculty-chamber-music-series
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Washington State University Faculty Artist Series: Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) Centennial
Trois Hommages, Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Marimbology, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
9/29/2025
Bryan Hall Theatre, Washington State University
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Nancy Zeltsman, marimba
Phantasmata for violin and marimba - IV. (marimba solo-excerpt)
10/12/2025 - 4:00 pm
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL - Rehearsal Hall
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Jason Fettig, University of Michigan Symphony Band: In Praise of Winds: Remembering Gunther Schuller at 100
Symphony no. 3 "In Praise of Winds"
Scott Joplin (trans. Schuller): Combination March
10/23/2025 - 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
https://events.umich.edu/event/135359
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Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP): Bang the Drum
Grand Concerto for Percussion
11/1/2025 - 8:00 pm
Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115
https://bmop.org/performances/bmop-presents-bang-the-drum/
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Charles Peltz, Glens Falls Symphony
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
11/9/2025 - 4:00 pm
Glens Falls (NY) High School, 10 Quade St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
https://www.theglensfallssymphony.org/concerts-and-events
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Nancy Zeltsman, marimba
Phantasmata for violin and marimba - IV. (marimba solo-excerpt)
11/14/2025 - 2:00 pm
Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, IN - Wabash Ballroom at Indiana Convention Center
​https://pas.org/pasic/
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Bruce Hangen, Artistic Director and Conductor, VISTA Philharmonic Orchestra
An Arc Ascending
11/15/2025 - 7:30 pm
Groton Hill Music Center, Groton, MA
https://grotonhill.org/concerts/vpo-nov-composed-connections/
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NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY: NEC FESTIVAL 2025: Jumpin’ in the Future: The Legacy of Gunther Schuller
A week-long series of concerts and discussions. In addition to reflecting on his work as a composer, conductor and scholar, the legacy of Gunther Schuller’s influence on NEC will be demonstrated through a range of collaborative presentations. (Please see below for details of individual events.)
11/15/2025 - 11/22/2025
New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115
https://necmusic.edu/on-campus/performances-events/nec-festival/
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NEC Festival: Prep 75: Anniversary Celebration Concert
11/15/2025 | 6:00 pm | Jordan Hall
The celebration of NEC Preparatory School’s 75th Anniversary includes a performance of Gunther Schuller’s Music for a Celebration.
https://necmusic.edu/events/prep-75-anniversary-celebration-concert/
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NEC Festival: Chamber Music + Sonatas: Schuller and the Spirit of Collaboration
A special evening of chamber music curated by Ken Schaphorst and Ara Gregorian including Bass Quartet featuring Donald Palma
11/17/2025 - 7:30 pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-festival-gunther-schuller-sonata-night/
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NEC Festival: Contemporary Musical Arts Today – A Global Vision Realized
Produced by Eden MacAdam-Somer and Hankus Netsky.
11/18/2025 - 7:30 pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-contemporary-musical-arts-department-nov/
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NEC Festival: NEC Symphony + David Loebel
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Joplin (arr. Schuller): Overture to "Treemonisha"
11/19/2025 - 7:30 pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphony-2/
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NEC Festival: NEC Jazz Orchestra – Jumpin' in the Future, The Legacy of Gunther Schuller
The NEC Jazz Orchestra will perform music by Schuller, his favorite jazz composers as well as the faculty he hired. Guests include Fred Hersch and Carl Atkins. Works include Jumpin' in the Future.
11/20/2025 - 7:30 pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-festival-gunther-schuller-jazz/
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NEC Festival: Piano Seminar: The Legacy of Gunther Schuller
A discussion of the artistic practice and legacy of composer and NEC president Gunther Schuller.
11/21/2025 - 10:00 am | Keller Room
https://necmusic.edu/events/piano-seminar-the-legacy-of-gunther-schuller/
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NEC Festival: Of Reminiscences and Reflections – Celebrating Gunther Schuller’s 100th Birthday
This special event includes live performances, recorded audio, projected images, and commentary featuring Gunther Schuller and others, celebrating Schuller’s deep effect on numerous musicians and path of 20th and 21st century music.
The concert will feature performances by pianists Ran Blake, Fred Hersch '77, Randall Hodgkinson '76, '80 MM, '82 AD, and Christopher O’Riley '81 AD; vocalist Dominique Eade; violinist Joel Smirnoff; French horn player Richard Todd; the Gramercy Trio with violinist Sharan Leventhal, cellist Jonathan Miller, and Hodgkinson; the duo Marimolin with marimbist Nancy Zeltsman '82 and Leventhal; bassist Ed Schuller; drummer George Schuller '82. Ken Schaphorst will lead NEC students in Celka Ojakangas’ winning work of the Gunther Schuller Centennial Third Stream Composition Contest.
Co-Sponsored by NEC and The Gunther Schuller Society.
11/21/2025 - 8:00 pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-festival-gunther-schuller/
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NEC Festival: Faculty Recital: Kenneth Radnofsky
11/22/2025 | 8:00 pm | Burnes Hall
On the day of Gunther Schuller’s 100th birthday, saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky, who gave the world premiere of Schuller’s Saxophone Concerto, honors the person who appointed him to the NEC faculty with a program that also serves as a personal tribute.
https://necmusic.edu/events/faculty-recital-kenneth-radnofsky-saxophone/
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Sylvan Winds: Mid-Century Modern
Suite for Wind Quintet, Woodwind Quintet
11/25/2025 - 7:00 pm
Saint John's in the Village, 218 W. 11th Street, New York, NY
https://sylvanwinds.com/events/2025/11/26/mdctymdrn/
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Performances 2026
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"Marimolin Celebrates 40 Years" - Sharan Leventhal, violin and Nancy Zeltsman, marimba
Phantasmata for violin and marimba
1/29/2026 - 8:00 pm
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 8 Fenway, Boston - Seully Hall
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Charles Peltz, Glens Falls Symphony
a rag from the Joplin Red Back Book (TBD)(Schuller ed.)
5/3/2026 - 4:00 pm
Glens Falls (NY) High School, 10 Quade St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
https://www.theglensfallssymphony.org/concerts-and-events
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