Recitals...
Mark Gallagher maintains a very active recital and chamber music schedule throughout the year. Performing extensively in both the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Gallagher's repertoire spans the spectrum from the Baroque period to the 21st Century. Recent concert tours include Germany, Spain, the Netherlands with a live broadcast on Dutch Public Radio from the Hall of Mirrors at the Concertgebouw, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, China, and most recently Ireland. In the summer of 2011, he did a teaching and research tour of France including Lyon and the cane region of Cogolin. Future concert tours include Sweden and Finland.
Dr. Gallagher's "Renaissance-Baroque Reconstruction Project" is a project of ongoing research and performance of many mainstream and obscure 16th, 17th, and 18th century instrumental and vocal works. A firm believer that the clarinet would have been used extensively by composers if it had been a more developed instrument. He has reconstructed several works by Byrd, Dowland, de Victoria, Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Hassa for performance on solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and concerto appearances. Given the clarinet's extensive range, timbre, agility, and flexibility, several of these works include castrato arias that are rarely performed today.
Dr. Gallagher's "Renaissance-Baroque Reconstruction Project" is a project of ongoing research and performance of many mainstream and obscure 16th, 17th, and 18th century instrumental and vocal works. A firm believer that the clarinet would have been used extensively by composers if it had been a more developed instrument. He has reconstructed several works by Byrd, Dowland, de Victoria, Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Hassa for performance on solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and concerto appearances. Given the clarinet's extensive range, timbre, agility, and flexibility, several of these works include castrato arias that are rarely performed today.
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Featured Performances
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Concert Poster by Ann Townsell
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Performances
-2021/22 Performances and concerts have started up again but there's not enough time to keep up with have my website. Performance life is still not quite back to normal, but getting there.
-2020 Unfortunately 2020 performances have been a bust due to the Covid-19 situation but I continue to remain
hopeful the end will be coming sometime in 2021 that my recital and chamber music activities will begin
again. Stay tuned and more information on upcoming performances in the United States and Europe.
Lets all hope the performing arts will somehow return to "normal"!!
-2019
April 28, 2019 Faculty Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Works by Hindemith, Bennett, J.S. Bach, and Brahms
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
-2018
November 4, 2018 Faculty/Guest Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 3:00 p.m.
Works by Cahuzac, Currier, Harvey, Mozart, Spohr
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
Francesca Aguado-Murry, mezzo soprano
Heather Haughn, violin
October 7, 2018 Mark Gallagher and Hendrik Wüster, clarinets, and Michael Wüster, piano
Friedenskircke, Freiburg, Germany
Works by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Schumann, Brahms, Harvey, Widmann, Ravel, and Kovács
September 14 & 15, 2018 Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade and Bard Conservatory of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Works by Schumann, Kurtág, Bruch, and Mozart
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Marka Gustavsson, viola
Frank Corliss, piano
July 10 - 14, 2018 Duo Vif at the World Saxophone Congress
Zagreb Academy of Music, Zagreb, Croatia
March 8 - 11, 2018 Duo Vif at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
Work by Canadian composer Violet Archer
-2017
December 3, 2017 Faculty/Guest Artist Series, Frostburg State University, Pealer Recital Hall, 3:00 p.m.
Works by Schumann, Kurtág, Bruch, and Mozart
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Marka Gustavsson, viola
Frank Corliss, piano
October 30, 2017 South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Works by Barber, Suttermeister, Crusell, Poulenc, and Schumann
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
assisted by Kyra Zhang, clarinet
July 25, 2017 Frostburg State University - Summer Music Academy Artist Performance, Pealer Recital, 7:00 p.m.
Duo by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Brent Weber, saxophone
March 12, 2017 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Westshore Piano Trio
Heather Haughn, violin
Diana Flesner, cello
Jay DeWire, piano
with Rev. Martha N. Macgill, Department of Philosophy, lecturer
Olivier Messiaen's dramatic and powerful work - "Quartet for the End of Time"
February 19, 2017 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Brent Weber, bassoon
Jay DeWire, piano
A "Salute to Germany" featuring Brahms, Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 120, No. 2 and Beethoven
Trio in Eb Major for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, Op. 38
-2016
Fall 2016 Sabbatical in Freiburg, Germany - Performances, Masterclasses, and Alexander Technique work.
Performances/Masterclasses in Freiburg, Germany - Barcelona, Spain - Copehagen, Denmark
April 10, 2016 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 3:00 p.m.
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Frank Corliss, piano
with guest artist, Brent Weber, saxophone
music by Arnold Bax, Arron Copland, Olivier Messiaen, Ferdinand Reis, Ralph Vaughn Williams
-2015
November 14, 2015 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
"An Evening with Robert Schumann"
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
with guest artist, Brent Weber, saxophone
May 13, 2015 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
Duo Vif
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Brent Weber, saxophone
Jay DeWire, piano
February 22, 2015 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents an evening of chamber music
featuring works by Bruch, Clarke and Brahms
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Dana Rokosny, viola
Devree Lewis, cello
Jay DeWire, piano
February 13, 2015 Bard College Conservatory of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, presents a chamber
music recital of works by Berg, Bruch, Kurtag, Reger, and Schumann
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Marka Gustavsson, viola
Frank Corliss, piano
-2014
November 8, 2014 United States Navy Band, Washington, DC
Clarinet Day - Masterclass and Performance
Sonata in Ab Major, op. 39 by Max Reger
Canzonetta for Clarinet and Piano by Samuel Barber
October 24, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents
Mark Gallagher, clarinet and Frank Corliss, piano
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m
Frostburg State University
September 13, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents duo clarinetists
Mark Gallagher and Michael McDonald
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
July 8, 2014 Roland Park Presbyterian Summer Chamber Music Series, Baltimore, Maryland
"Contrasts" by Bela Bartok with members of the West Shore Piano Trio
Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m.
May 16, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents an evening of fine
chamber music - works by Bartok, Brahms, and Prokofiev
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
Heather Haughn, violin
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
April 10, 2014 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents Duo Vif
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
March 17 - 23, 2014 Duo Vif Midwest Tour - Performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance
Biennial Conference at the University of Illinois
November 8, 2014 United States Navy Band, Washington, DC
Clarinet Day - Masterclass and Performance
Sonata in Ab Major, op. 39 by Max Reger
Canzonetta for Clarinet and Piano by Samuel Barber
October 24, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents
Mark Gallagher, clarinet and Frank Corliss, piano
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m
Frostburg State University
September 13, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents duo clarinetists
Mark Gallagher and Michael McDonald
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
July 8, 2014 Roland Park Presbyterian Summer Chamber Music Series, Baltimore, Maryland
"Contrasts" by Bela Bartok with members of the West Shore Piano Trio
Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m.
May 16, 2014 Faculty/Guest Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents an evening of fine
chamber music - works by Bartok, Brahms, and Prokofiev
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
Heather Haughn, violin
Mark Gallagher, clarinet
Jay DeWire, piano
April 10, 2014 Faculty Artist Series at Frostburg State University presents Duo Vif
Pealer Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Frostburg, Maryland
March 17 - 23, 2014 Duo Vif Midwest Tour - Performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance
Biennial Conference at the University of Illinois
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I Venti Semplice...
As artistic director and a founding member of I Venti Semplice, Dr. Gallagher has created a group dedicated to the promotion and performance of wind chamber music. This flexible ensemble performs music ranging from solo to large ensemble works. Performances consist of standard works from the literature, new music, as well as several transcriptions. Based in Washington, DC, I Venti Semplice's concert venues encompass concert halls to historic churches throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and New England. In 2002 the group completed a highly acclaimed tour of New England and in 2004 completed a tour of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Recent projects include a series of wind trios by the 18th century Bohemian composers Wenth, Triebensee, and Wranitzky. All of these wind trios have been arranged to accommodate any combination of instruments including the following; flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, basset horn, and bassoon. The ensemble is presently involved in a recording project to bring these delightful pieces to the public. For more information on these pieces, contact Dr. Gallagher at [email protected].
Recent projects include a series of wind trios by the 18th century Bohemian composers Wenth, Triebensee, and Wranitzky. All of these wind trios have been arranged to accommodate any combination of instruments including the following; flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, basset horn, and bassoon. The ensemble is presently involved in a recording project to bring these delightful pieces to the public. For more information on these pieces, contact Dr. Gallagher at [email protected].
Josef Triebensee: Trio in F Major for Wind Trio
Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, op. 37
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Past Performance Posters by Ann Townsell
Ann Townsell is dear friend and an amazing graphic designer. In 2012 the USM Broad of Regents honored her for here excellence and service - an honor well deserved! Below is an excerpt from the article honoring Ann.
Ann Townsell, Director of Publications for Frostburg State University, has received the 2012 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed on USM staff employees. She is being honored for extraordinary public service to the university or greater community.
An FSU employee since 1996, Ann designs the graduate publications, homecoming publicity, Foundation publications, Cultural Events Series brochures, theatre brochures, and commencement programs, as well as provides a steady supply of salon-quality photographs of University people and places that further enhance FSU’s publications and websites. In addition, she designed the University’s new logo based on concepts developed through the marketing and branding task force. An active member of FSU’s Learning Green, Living Green Executive Committee, Townsell has undertaken numerous projects and initiatives to promote sustainability on campus. She has also supervised and coached dozens of graphic design student interns, providing them with real-world experience. An official photographer for FSU’s Appalachian Festival, she has donated countless hours of her offtime to provide documentation of the event.
