Rob Kapilowconductor, Composer, Commentator
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~ Rob Kapilow’s new book What Makes It Great? Short Masterpieces, Great Composers,
available September 6th, 2011. [ more ]

~ Rob Kapilow’s
All You Have to Do
Is Listen: Music from the Inside Out,

available in book stores and online. [ more ]


About Rob

Past Performance Dates

2005

~ Jan 15
Family Musik:
Carnival of the Animals/And Furthermore, They Bite!

FleetBoston Celebrity Series
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

~ Jan 22 - 23
And Furthermore, They Bite!
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL

~ Jan 31
What Makes It Great?
Chopin Etudes

With Shai Wosner, piano
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

~ Feb 5
Family Musik:
Peter & the Wolf

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

~ Feb 12
Family Musik:
Fairy Tales Inside/Out

FleetBoston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center
Boston, MA

~ Feb 20
Family Musik:
Peter & the Wolf

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta, GA

~ Feb 22
Keynote speaker at radio conference
Las Vegas, NV
Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio

~ Feb 28
What Makes It Great?
Liszt Transcendental Etudes

With Adam Neiman, piano
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

~ March 5
Family Musik:
Gertrude McFuzz/Lazy Andy Ant

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

~ March 19
What Makes It Great?
With the Shanghai Quartet
FleetBoston Celebrity Series
NEC’s Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

~ March 26
What Makes It Great?
Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13

With Pacifica String Quartet
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ March 30
What Makes It Great?
Bernstein

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, CA

~ April 18
What Makes It Great?
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Chee Yun, violin
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

~ April 23
What Makes It Great?®
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1

with Ying String Quartet
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ April 29
Speech: Music in the Morning Concert Society
Vancouver, Canada

~ May 1
What Makes It Great?®
Bernstein Songbook

Napa Valley Opera House
Napa, CA

~ May 2, 3
Residency: outreach workshops and performances
with St. Lawrence String Quartet
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

~ May 9
What Makes It Great?®
The Baroque: violinists Scott and Lara St. John
(Bach’s Violin Concerto for Two Violins)

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ May 14
FamilyMusik®:
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Boston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center
Boston, MA

~ July 15
What Makes It Great?®
Dvorak’s American Quartet

St. Lawrence String Quartet
Rockport Opera House
Rockport, ME

~ August 1
What Makes It Great?®
Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

with the Jupiter String Quartet
Mostly Mozart Festival
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ Oct 5
What Makes It Great?®
Mozart

New Hollywood String Quartet
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Cerritos, CA

~ Oct 15 – 21
What Makes It Great?®
for young adults: 8 performances
Toronto, Canada

~ Oct 22
FamilyMusik®
Green Eggs & Hamadeus

Boston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center
Boston, MA

~ Nov 5
What Makes It Great?®
with Jon Kimura Parker, piano
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
Columbus, GA

~ Nov 13
What Makes It Great?®
program tba (2pm)
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Dec 3
FamilyMusik®
And Furthermore, They Bite!

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall)
New York, NY

~ Dec 5
What Makes It Great?®
Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

with Jupiter String Quartet
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ Dec 7
What Makes It Great?®
American Songbook

Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford, CA

~ Dec 11
FamilyMusik®
Polar Express and Elijah’s Angel

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto, Canada


 

2006

~ Jan 8
What Makes It Great?®
Copland’s Appalachian Spring

with Stanford Chamber Strings
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford, CA

~ Jan 15
FamilyMusik®
Green Eggs & Hamadeus

Music in the Morning
Vancouver, BC, Canada

~ Jan 18
What Makes It Great?®
Rossini

with Jessica Rivera, soprano
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Cerritos, CA

~ Jan 21
What Makes It Great?®
with Borromeo String Quartet
And Jonathan Biss, piano
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Jan 22
What Makes It Great?®
“An Afternoon of High Art”

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
with Borromeo String Quartet
and Jonathan Biss, piano
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Jan 27
What Makes It Great?®
Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

with the Jupiter String Quartet
Boston Celebrity Series
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

~ Jan 30
What Makes It Great?®
Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major

with Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
and Chiara String Quartet
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ Feb 4
FamilyMusik®
Everybody Dance, with Sean Curran Dance Company

Judith Gordon, piano
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall)
New York, NY

~ Feb 6
What Makes It Great?®
Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ Feb 11
FamilyMusik®
Everybody Dance, with Sean Curran Dance Company

Boston Celebrity Series
Tsai Performance Center
Boston, MA

~ Feb 18
What Makes It Great?®
program tbd
Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO

~ Feb 27
What Makes It Great?®
Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 12, “American”

with Daedalus Quartet
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ March 4
FamilyMusik®
“Four Seasons”

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall)
New York, NY

~ March 17
What Makes It Great?®
Shostakovich Quartet No. 8

with Pacifica String Quartet
Boston Celebrity Series
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

~ March 20
What Makes It Great?®
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ March 25
FamilyMusik®
“Crossing the Divide”

Boston Celebrity Series
Boston, MA

~ April 1
What Makes It Great?®
with Miami String Quartet
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
Columbus, GA

~ April 19
What Makes It Great?®
Gershwin

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Cerritos, CA

~ April 24
What Makes It Great?®
Janacek String Quartet No. 2

with Alexander String Quartet
Great Performers Series
Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater)
New York, NY

~ May 7
FamilyMusik®
Peter & the Wolf

Music in the Morning
Vancouver, BC, Canada

~ June 2
What Makes It Great?®
The Songs of Stephen Sondheim
with Michael Winther, tenor, and
Terri Klausner, soprano
Boston Celebrity Series
Sanders Theatre
Boston, MA


~ 2006-2007 Season Performances




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