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Previous Performances

  May 20, 2017; (premiere)
  All Things Confine for mezzo soprano, clarinet, cello and piano. Text by Hadewijch II (13th cent.)
Nowitsky, Hutchings, Stauffer, Stauffer; NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
  Jan. 21, 2017; (premiere) This Way But Once for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  SyZyGy Ensemble, NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
  Nov. 19, 2016; (premiere) On a Silver Plate for brass quintet
  Rogue Valley Symphony Brass Quintet, NACUSAsor concerts, 1st United Methodist Church, Ashland, OR
  May 28, 2016; (premiere) Apsara for singdancer and piano
  Vanessa Nowitzky and I'lana Cotton, NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
 May 7, 2016 (premiere), and May 8; Singing Light for SATB double choirs and piano. Texts by Lorna Crozier and I'lana Cotton
 Commissioned and performed by Siskiyou Singers, Southern Oregon Univ. Recital Hall, Ashland, OR
  Feb. 6, 2016; True Love for SATB a cappella. Text by Mechtild of Magdeburg
  Clavem Lux Choral Ensemble, NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR

  May 28, 2015; (premiere) A Song for Spring for violin and gamelan degung
  Arlene Tayloe, SOU Leuwi Asih Gamelan, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
  May 9, 2015; (premiere) Free Fall for horn, trombone and piano
  Linda Harris, Mark Jacobs, Cynthia Stauffer; NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
  Apr. 10, 2015; RagaPlay for alto sax, cello, piano and percussion
  McCulley, Hillebrand, Davies, Kerr; Cascadia Composers Concerts, Temple Baptist Church, Portland, OR
  Feb. 12, 2015; (premiere) Legend for string quartet
  Rogue Valley String Quartet, NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR >
  Nov. 1, 2014; Temporary Landscapes for clarinet and piano
  CPE: Rachel Condry and Libby Kardontchik; NACUSAsf concerts, Foothills Congregational Ch., Los Altos, CA
 July 29, 2014; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  Mazama Saxophone Quartet, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 May 24, 2014; (premiere) Temporary Landscapes for clarinet and piano
  Commissioned and performed by Lori Calhoun, with pianist I'lana Cotton; NACUSAsor concerts, Congr. UCC, Ashland, OR
  Mar. 8, 2014; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  Foothills Brass Quintet, River Park Church, Calgary AB, Canada
  Feb. 22-23, 2014; WindRiders for piano trio
  Arlene Tayloe, Thomas Stauffer, Mikiko Petrucellii; NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR and
Rogue Community College, Medford, OR
  Nov. 23, 2013; (premiere) RagaPlay for alto sax, cello, piano and percussion
  Jenifer Knippel, Lisa Truelove, Mikiko Petrucelli, Bryan Jeffs; NACUSAsor concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
 Nov. 2, 2013; (premiere) Open Source 2 for clarinet, violin and piano
  Rachel Condry, Monika Gruber, Libby Kardontchik; NACUSAsf concerts, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA
  Oct. 18, 2013; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  Oregon Brass Quintet, Cascadia Composers Concerts, Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR
 Oct. 4, 2013; Spirals for tenor sax, trumpet, piano and bongo drums
  NACUSA National Festival: Gibbs, Sorensen, Lyons, Cloud; Howard Performing Arts Auditorium, Ruston, LA
 June 8, 2013; PlayThings for viola and piano
  Pamela Ryan, Kaori Katayama Noland; Seventh Species concert, Michelle's Piano Company, Portland, OR
 May 30 and June 3-4, 2013; Leuwi Asih for oboe, clarinet, and gamelan degung
  Groshong, Hutchings, SOU Leuwi Asih Gamelan; Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
 May 25, 2013; The Call of Light for oboe/English horn and piano
  Lorin Groshong, Cynthia Stauffer; NACUSAsor Concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
 May 13, 2013; b>Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  SOU Faculty Brass Quintet, Southern Oregon Univ. Recital Hall, Ashland, OR
 Mar. 9, 2013; Beyond This Gate for piano quintet (premiere)
  Tayloe, Moffatt, Berlet, Stauffer, Petrucelli; NACUSAsor Concerts, Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
 Mar. 1, 2013; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  Mazama Saxophone Quartet, NASA conference, Eugene, OR
 Jan. 19-20, 2013; Song of Praise for SATB, piano
  3 Rivers Chorale, Parkway Christian Center, Grants Pass, OR

 Dec. 7-8-9, 2012; (premiere) Sing who are weary in spirit! for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra
 Text by Rabindranath Tagore
Commissioned and performed by Siskiyou Singers; Southern Oregon Univ. Recital Hall, Ashland, OR
 Nov. 13, 2012; The Call of Light for oboe/English horn and piano
  Kristin Kessler and Cynthia Stauffer; North Medford High School, Medford, OR
 Oct.27, 2012; For Persons Out-Of-Time for two pianos
  Mikiko Petrucelli, Mark Reppert; NACUSAsor Concerts, Rogue Comm. Coll., Medford, OR
 July 11, 2012; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  Mazama Saxophone Quartet; World Saxophone Congress, St. Andrews, Scotland
 June 16, 2012; (premiere) WindRiders for piano trio
  Delphi Piano Trio; NACUSAsf Concerts, Convenant Presby. Ch., Palo Alto, CA
 May 26, 2012; Spirals for trumpet, tenor sax, piano and bongo drums
  Dresser, Knippel, Petrucelli, Jeffs; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 May 14 and 18, 2012; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  Mazama Saxophone Quartet; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 Mar. 13, 2012; Women's Voices, Women's Words for narr./singer, percuss. quartet
  Beatriz Abella, SOU Percussion Ens.; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 Mar. 11, 2012; The Return for piano trio; Schael, Wang, Lifchitz
  North/South Consonance Concerts, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY
  Mar. 3, 2012; The Return for piano trio; Neist, Chaplin, Lewis
  Cascadia Concerts, Colonial Heights. Presby. Ch., Portland, OR
  Nov. 12, 2011; 3 Songs on Poems by Jeanne Watson for 2 sopranos, piano
  Sullivan, Workman, Reppert; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 Oct. 1, 2011; (premiere) The Call of Light for oboe/E. horn and piano. Commissioned
  and performed by Kristin Kessler, with C. Stauffer; S. Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
 May 18, 2011; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  SOU Saxophone Quartet; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 Apr. 28, 2011; ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  SOU Saxophone Quartet; Sichuan Conservatory, Chengdu, China
 Mar. 23, 2011; Music for Midwinter for piano solo
  Julia Muench, Monmouth Cons. of Music; Middletown Township Lib., Red Bank, NJ
 Mar. 2, 2011; Leuwi Asih for oboe, clarinet and gamelan degung
  SOU Leuwi Asih Gamelan; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 Feb. 18, 2011 (premiere) ScatterTime for saxophone quartet
  SOU Saxophone Quartet; Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
 Jan. 16, 2011; "An Afternoon of Chamber Music by I'lana Cotton"
  Berlet, Cotton, Kessler, Kasdorf, Palzewicz, Petrucelli, Stubson, Tayloe, Truelove;
Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR    More information on the concert
 Oct. 2, 2010; The Return for piano trio
 Stubson, Palzewicz, Petrucelli; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 Jun. 6, 2010; Song of Praise for SATB, piano
  First United Methodist Church, Ashland, OR
 May 1, 2010; WindSong for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, maracas
 SyZyGy Ensemble; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 Jan. 16-17, 2010; Song of Praise for SATB, piano; 3 Rivers Chorale;
  Immanuel Meth. Ch., Cave Junction, and Newman Meth. Ch., Grants Pass, OR
 Jan. 9, 2010 (premiere) Open Source for trumpet and piano
  Dresser, Hoe; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR

 May 30, 2009; Night Crossing for English horn, bass clarinet and piano
  Kessler, Kasdorf, Cotton; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 Feb. 7, 2009 (premiere) True Love for SATB, text by Mechtild of Magdeburg
  Rogue Valley Choral Ens; NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Ashland, OR
 Jan. 17-18, 2009 (premiere) Night Crossing for English horn, bass clarinet and piano
  Kessler, Kasdorf, Cotton; Rogue Valley music Teachers benefit concerts
Jackson County Lib., Jacksonville, OR and Bethany Presby. Ch., Grants Pass, OR
 Nov. 8, 2008 (premiere) The Return for piano trio
  Composers Perf. Ens.; NACUSAsf Concerts, Palo Alto Art Ctr., Palo Alto, CA
 Oct. 25-26, 2008; Dó-Bá Quartet for string quartet; Tayloe, Stubson, Berlet, Truelove;
  NACUSAsor Concerts, Cong. UCC, Medford, OR and Methodist Ch., Ashland, OR
 Aug. 5, 2008; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  SOU Brass Quintet; Oregon Shakespeare Fest. Green Show, Ashland, OR
 Aug. 2, 2008; Piano Improvisations with poet Lawson Inada
  I'lana Cotton, pianist; Jackson County Library, Jacksonville, OR
 May 31, 2008; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  SOU Brass Quintet; 1st Presby. Ch., Medford, OR
 May 16-18, 2008; Who Will Feed the Children? for SSA, piano; Rogue Valley Peace
  Choir Spring Concert; 1st Presby. Ch., Medford, and Unitarian Ctr., Ashland, OR
 Apr. 12-13, 2008 (premiere) Awakening for keyboard ensemble
  Rogue Valley Branch OMTA commission for benefit concerts; RVMTA Ens.;
Jackson County Lib., Jacksonville, and Bethany Presby. Church, Grants Pass, OR
 Apr.5, 2008; The Light of Darkness for wind quintet
  Rogue Valley Wind Qt.; NACUSAsor Cons., Newman Meth. Ch., Grants Pass, OR
 Feb. 23, 2008; The Light of Darkness for wind quintet
  Rogue Valley Wind Qt.; NACUSAsor Concerts, Meth. Ch., Ashland, OR
 Dec. 30, 2007; Songs for the Journey Piano Improvisations. I'lana Cotton, pianist;
  Living Earth Circle Labyrinth Walk, Unitarian Ctr., Ashland, OR
 Nov. 16, 2007; Music for Midwinter for piano solo
  Max Lifchitz; 2007 Nat'l CMS Conf., and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
 Sept. 23, 2007; Song of Praise for SATB, piano
  Bethany Presby. Ch., Grants Pass, OR
 Jun. 16, 2007; Alleluia! for SATB, percussion, piano
  San Jose Symphonic Chorus; NACUSAsf Concerts, Palo Alto Art Ctr., Palo Alto, CA
 Mar. 10, 2007; Dó-Bá Variations for piano duet
  Cotton, Sacco; SyZyGy Concerts, First Meth. Ch., Ashland, OR
 Jan. 6-7, 2007; Dó-Bá Variations for piano duet
  Cotton, Sacco; RVMTA benefit concerts, Jackson County Lib., Jacksonville and Bethany Presby. Ch., Grants Pass, OR

 Aug. 9, 2006; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  SOU Brass Quintet, Oregon Shakespeare Fest., Carpenter Hall, Ashland, OR
 Aug., 2006; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; Max Lifchitz, pianist
  Release of North/South Recordings CD "American Women Composers"
 Jun. 3, 2006; (premiere) Dó-Bá Quartet for string quartet
  Ives Quartet, NACUSAsf Concerts, Palo Alto Art Ctr., Palo Alto, CA
 Apr. 29, 2006; Speed Trap Blues for brass quintet
  SOU Brass Quintet, SyZyGy Concerts, First Meth. Ch., Ashland, OR
 Mar. 18, 2006; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; Max Lifchitz, pianist
  2006 CMS Conference, NE Chapter, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA
 Feb. 18, 2006; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; I'lana Cotton, pianist
  Changing Woman for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; SyZyGy Ens.
SyzyGy Concerts, First Meth. Ch., Ashland, OR
 Dec. 5, 2005; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; Max Lifchitz, pianist
  Piano Fest '05, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY
Also: Jul. 2, 2005, Rosario/12 Concerts, Rosario, Argentina
Also: Mar. 29, 2005, University at Albany, Albany, NY
 Jun. 29, 2005; (premiere) RagaPlay for alto sax, piano, bass and percussion;
  Fireworks Ens., Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium, Eugene, OR
 Feb. 12, 2005; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; I'lana Cotton, pianist
  NACUSAsf Concerts, Palo Alto Art Ctr., Palo Alto, CA
 Dec. 6, 2004; Music for Midwinter for piano solo; Max Lifchitz, pianist
  North/South Consonance Concerts, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY
 Oct. 17-22, 2004; Artist-In Residence, The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, MD
  Week-long residency in multi-arts approach to fostering individual creativity, using improvisation as a tool for exploration; 24 classes and workshops, in K-12 fine arts and performing arts classes.
 Mar. 4, 2004; "Music for Midwinter: I'lana Sandra Cotton in a concert of her
  works" Rogue Valley Manor, Medford, OR. Piano improvisations and compositions.
 Feb. 15, 2004; "Music for Midwinter: I'lana Sandra Cotton in a concert of her
  works" Solo Piano Concert, Jacksonville County Lib., Jacksonville, OR.
Piano improvisations with poet Lawson Inada, and piano compositions, including premiere of Music for Midwinter for piano solo.