Performances – Elizabeth J Start

Elizabeth Start’s Nostalgia for flute and string trio illustrated a stunning range of musical emotion throughout its three movements. The opening movement in particular, “Rag Tag Too,” was delightfully wilting, with chords folding over each other to create a haunting, sonically brilliant experience.

From She Scores: a night of musical excellence and importance (May 31) by Max Newman

Published on ClevelandClassical.com June 4, 2024.

...Unsupervised…performed music by members of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium. Three of these five works stuck out as some of the finest music of the day. One was Elizabeth Start’s O, Aedificatio, O Vita, which received its world premiere. This…music is attractive and shapely… Start uses a lot of “effects”… But they don’t feel like gimmicks and are well integrated into the structure of the music—justified by what seems to be being expressed at any given moment. John Y. Lawrence, Chicago Classical Review “Ear Taxi goes back to the future for festival finale” Oct 05, 2021,12:40 pm

As Solo Cellist/Viola da gambist and/or Composer

November 22, 2024, 7 pm: Cellist Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” at the DiMenna Center, New York, NY
September 7, 6 pm ET: Start improvises in a performance/trailwalk with percussionist Mike Weis at Kleinstuck Preerve
September 6, 2024 at 6:00 pm ET, and September 8 at 4 pm E:, Start’s “Traces” is part of a broadcast of performances by the Kalamazoo Symphony. On Classical WMUK 89.9 FM
August 30, 2024 at 7:00 ET, Start and David Peshlakai perform Start’s “Multiple Choice Piece” on an Octocelli concert, First Congregational Church, Kalamazoo, MI
July 24, 2024, 8:00 pm: Start’s “Nostalgia” is part of a broadcast on WCLV’s “Ovations” program featuring works from the 2024 She Scores
July 15-17, 2024: Start’s “Elizabethan Fantasy” is featured on 2024 ASTA Virtual String Teacher Summit New Music Reading Session, and will be retained for a few months as a resource.
May 31, 2024, 7 pm: Start’s “Nostalgia” is performed at She Scores!, Cleveland, OH
May 23, 2024: Start’s “Somewhere Above Their Heads” is premiered by Axiom Brass on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium Concert, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
April 3, 2024, 7:30 pm: Start’s “Consensus” is premiered by the Western Michigan University Trombone Choir, Steve Wolfinbarger, conductor, Kalamazoo MI
April 2, 2024, 10 am: Start appears on Classical WMUK 89.9 FM to promote the April 3 premiere of “Consensus”
March 24, 2024, 10:30 am: Start performs her “Prayer” at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI
March 6 and 7, 2024: Start’s “Conclusions” is one of 8 quartets featured on “Music Madness”, Raleigh and Durham, NC
December 20, 2023, 3:00 pm: Start performs a program of her solo cello Christmas carol arrangements, StoryPoint Kalamazoo at Bronson Place
December 18, 2023, 11:00 am: Start performs a program of her solo cello Christmas carol arrangements, Musicians Club of Women, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
October 2, Start performs U.S. premiere of David Briggs’ Sonata for Violoncello and Organ with David Briggs on the Connecting Chords Music Festival, Kalamazoo, MI (a link to a run-through at rehearsal can be heard here)
August 13, 2023: Start performs works for cello and organ by Rheinberger with Karl Schrock at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI
May 18, 2023: Start’s work “Nostalgia” is premiered by flutist Mary Stolper and Black Oak Ensemble on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S Ashland, Chicago
March 22, 2023, 6:30 pm Start performs cello and piano duos with Patricia Hughey at The Fountains, Kalamazoo, MI
March 8, 2023, 6:30 pm: Start performs viola and cello duos with Nicholas Jeffery at The Fountains, Kalamazoo, MI
February 27, 2023, 3:00 pm: Start performs a solo concert on cello and viola da gamba at The Fountains, Kalamazoo, MI
February 26, 2023, 10:30 am: Start performs original works at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo MI
January 15, 2023, 10:30 am: Start performs her solo arrangement of “Simple Gifts” at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo MI
December 25, 2022, 10:30 am: Start performs at Holy Family Chapel, Kalamazoo MI
December 24, 2022, 7 pm: Start performs her solo arrangements of “Aways in the Mangers” and “Joy to the World” at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo MI
December 4, 2022, 10:30 am: Start performs her solo arrangements of “Lo How a Rose” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo MI
October 1, 2022, 6:30 pm: “In a Landscape”, Start performs an improvised concert at Kleinstuck Preserve in Kalamazoo, MI, with percussionist Mike Weis, as part of the Connecting Chords Music Festival
September 22, 2022: The “Music in Place” project in which Start participated was featured in Second Wave Southwest Michigan online magazine
July 22, 2022, Thomas Mesa’s CD, DIVISION OF MEMORY, on which he performs Start’s “Echoes in Life”, is nominated for a GRAMMY in category 78. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
May 15, 2022, 2:30 pm CT: Durward Ensemble premieres Start’s “Together 360” on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago
May 2022, A review on Pianomania of Thomas Mesa’s CD, DIVISION OF MEMORY, on which he performs Start’s “Echoes in Life”, praised her piece’s use of “harmonics providing an ethereal feel at its close.”
April 21, 2022, 6:30 pm CT: Start performs repertoire including her “Echoes in Life” on electric cello with looper in Benefit event for Ukraine humanitarian aid at the Martini Room, Elgin, IL
March 14, 2022: Chicago premiere: Spektral Quartet performs Start’s “Conclusions” on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Constellation. Concert includes 9 premieres of works by Bernard Rands and C3 members
March 7, 2022: Spektral Quartet premieres Start’s “Conclusions” on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert. Concert includes 9 premieres of works by Bernard Rands and C3 members. This concert was originally scheduled for April 19, 2020. This concert will be repeated March 14, 2022 in Chicago, IL, April 2, 2022 in Madison WI, and April 15 at Southern Illinois University
March 2, 2022: Spektral Quartet premieres Start’s “Conclusions” on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert. Concert includes 9 premieres of works by Bernard Rands and C3 members. POSTPONED DUE TO COVID This concert was originally scheduled for April 19, 2020. This concert will be repeated March 7, 2022 in Kalamazoo MI, April 2, 2022 in Madison WI, and April 15 at Southern Illinois University
February 2022: Sphinx Laureate and cellist Thomas Mesa’s CD, DIVISION OF MEMORY, on which he plays Start’s “Echoes in Life”, won a silver medal in the Global Music Awards in the category of “classical.” http://www.globalmusicawards.com/
November: release of PARMA Recording’s “Dashing 2” which includes Start’s recordings playing four of her arrangements of seasonal tunes
October 16, 2021: Start’s “Traces”, commissioned for the 100th Anniversary of the Kalamazoo Symphony, is premiered
October 4, 2021: Start’s new work for the ensemble Unsupervised “O, Aedificatio” for 10 players is scheduled to be performed as part of New Music Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival, Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington, Chicago
October: release of Thomas Mesa’s album “Division of Memory” which includes Start’s “Echoes in Life”
July 24, 2021: Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” on Extensity Concert Series at Uncommonly Studio at the Box Factory, 1519 Decatur St, Ridgewood, NY
July 20, 2021: Start performs her “Verdisimilitude” and Timothy Dwight Edwards’ “Cycles” on an in-person and live-stream concert presented by New Music Chicago, representing the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, at Nevermore Performance Space, 3411 W. North Ave., Chicago.
June 26, 2021, Amanda Laborete performed Start’s “Echoes in Life” on a virtual concert presented by the Filam Music Foundation.
June 6, 2021, 8:00 pm CT, 9:00 pm ET: Quintet Attacca performs Start’s “Gibbons” on a live public and streamed Chicago Composers’ Consortium Concert at Chicago’s Constellation.
May 12, 2021, 7:30 CT, 8:30 ET: Start appears with fellow Chicago Composers’ Consortium member Lawrence Axelrod on Spektral Quartet’s Floating Lounge
May 7, 2021, 10 am ET: Thomas Mesa’s performance of Start’s “Echoes in Life” is presented as part of the Society of Composers, Inc. virtual national conference.
May 2, 2021, 12:30 and 1:30 pm ET: Start performs 20 minute solo cello sets at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts as part of the Connecting Chords Music Festival Resonance Project
May, 2021 TBA: The Connecting Chords Music Festival’s “Music in Place” project is unveiled, containing Start’s work “Stetson Chapel Bells”. This is a site-based project, including an interactive map and ability to stream works on location or enjoy online with images and music
April 30, 2021, 7:30 CT, 8:30 ET: Artemisia premiere’s Start’s “Uncertain Futures” on a streamed Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert
April 6 and 20, 2021: Start performs live indoors in person for the first time since pandemic shutdown, with pianist Patricia Hughey, and Friendship Village, Kalamazoo
February 2, 2021, 7 pm CT: Cora Swenson performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” on her faculty concert streamed from Illinois State University
November 21, 2020: Start’s performance with percussionist Mike Weis interacting with Beth Bradfish’s sound sculpture, installed at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum as part of the Connecting Chords Music Festival, was presented on The Quarantine Concert series of Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio (ESS). It can still be viewed on mfsm.us site
October 2020 and ongoing through 2022: Start provided musical responses to two works of art in the Kalamazoo Institute of Art’s “Unveiling American Genius” exhibit which are available for attendees to download and listen to while viewing the exhibit. She was one of 8 musicians commissioned for this “Resonance” project by the Connecting Chords Music Festival. The works can also be experienced online at mfsm.us/Resonance
October 10, 2020: Start participates in New Music Chicago’s 15th Anniversary celebration live-stream, performing her “April in New Orleans in April”
September 22, 2020, 10 am: Start is interviewed by WMUK’s Cara Lieurance regarding the Connecting Chords Music Festival
September 12, 2020: The Kalamazoo Symphony scheduled the premiere of Start’s “Traces: Inspired by Strong Women”, which is currently rescheduled, due to coronavirus, for their January 2021 concert
August 18, 2020: Start participates in a virtual concert presented by New Music Chicago, performing Timothy Edwards’ “Cycles” on a program that also featured Thomas Mesa’s youtube of Start’s “Echoes in Life”
July 15, 2020, 10 am: Start is interviewed by WMUK’s Cara Lieurance about life as a cellist/composer during the shutdown
June 2020 and ongoing, Start participates in many stitched-together isolation ensembles created by the Kalamazoo Symphony
May 19, 2020, noon: [cancelled due to conavirus] Start performs solo and chamber works with other members of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
April 19, 2020, 8:30 pm: [postponed due to coronavirus] Spektral Quartet premieres Start’s “Conclusions” on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert on the Frequency Series at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Concert includes 10 premieres of works by Bernard Rands and C3 members.
March 19, 2020: [postponed due to coronavirus] Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” at the DiMenna Center, New York, NY [Mesa has a wonderful youtube of Start’s “Echoes in Life”, which was created from footage taken during the December 2019 recording session]
March 17-20, 2020, mornings: [cancelled due to coronavirus] the Elgin Symphony performs Start’s “Celestial Swim” during their Concerts for Youth, Hemmens Auditorium, Elgin, IL
January 13, 2020, 2 pm: Start performs her new solo works and Bach at Friendship Village, Kalamazoo, MI
November 25, 2019, 7:30 pm: Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” at Mayville State University, Mayville, ND
November 24, 2019, 2 pm: Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” at the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
November 16, 2019, 7 pm: Thomas Mesa performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” at the home of Fred & Ellen Harris, near 110th St. and Morningside Drive, as part of NYC House Concerts
October 27, 2019, 4 pm: Start performs Faure “Elegy” and “Sicilienne” on a Connecting Chords Music Festival concert presented by the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo.
October 6, 2019, 3 pm: Start performs her “Elizabethan Fantasy” and “Meditation”, and works by Timothy Edwards, Laura Schwendinger and Timothy Johnson on the Chicago Composers’ Consortium 30th anniversary celebration event, at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago.
June 2, 2019, 8:30 pm: The Chicago-based sax quartet ~Nois premieres Start’s “Quatresaxfoil” on a concert featuring works by members of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago.
May 4, 2019, 12:10 pm: Start performs at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, with flutist Mary Stolper, in a concert sponsored by the Chicago Musicians Club of Women.
April 12, 2019, 7 pm: Start’s “True Blues” is performed on a “Women of Note” chamber music concert at Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Building Recital Hall
April 4, 2019, noon: Start performs and speaks at the meeting of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra League
March 28, 2019, 7:30 pm: Start performs her “Assisi Impressions” duo with flutist Caroline Pittman at Guarneri Hall, 11 E. Adams St, Chicago, during the Chicago Composers’ Consortium presentation for Impromptu Fest.
September 23, 2018, 3:00 pm: Start performs her 2009 work “Camping in the Rafters” in a new arrangement for cello and guitar, with guitarist and composer Timothy Johnson, on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Lakeshore Baptist Church, 5244 N. Lakewood, Chicago. She also performs works by Kyong Mee Choi and Jason Raynovich on the program.
September 10, 2018, 7:00 pm: Start’s “to remember…to believe”, written in 2013 for ACM and the Chicago Architectural Society Open House Chicago, will be performed on Access Contemporary Music’s “Songs About Buildings and Moods” concert at the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.
August 30, 2018, 7:00 pm: Start’s works will be included on an Octocelli-Cello Explosion-Americana concert. This program will start with a solo cello and end with a choir of cellos. Start’s works to be performed are Seagull Blues, Quatrefoil, Multiple Choice Piece and her arrangement of Simple Gifts for solo cello. First Baptist Church, 315 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI.
August 11, 2018, 9:00 pm: Start’s soundtrack for “The Man Who Was Ill” will be performed live during the Sound of Silent Film portion of the Thirsty Ears Festival, presented by Access Contemporary Music. 1758 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago.
May 6, 2018, 2:30 pm: Start’s “Night Contemplation and Dance” for clarinet, violin, cello and piano is premiered by Lakeshore Rush on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University, Chicago.
April 22, 2018: Cellist David Peshlakai performs Start’s “Echoes in Life” as an encore after a concerto performance in Parsberg, Bavaria.
April 14, 2018, 7 pm: a new film soundtrack for chamber ensemble by Start will be premiered live on Access Contemporary Music’s “Sound of Silent Film” at the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.
April 12, 2018, 7 pm: Start participates in an Octocelli concert celebrating the legacy of her “teen years” cello teacher, Mary Butler, at First United Methodist Church, Kalamazoo, MI. Repertoire on the program includes Start’s cello quartet, “Quatrefoil”.
March 18, 2018, 3 pm: Start performs her “Echoes in Life” and also performs works by Mischa Zupko and Seung-Ah Oh on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Puth Family theater, 1702 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
December 7, 2017, 7 pm: Start performs selections from her new CD “A Very Cello Christmas” in a joint CD release concert with Carolyn Koebel’s new “Love’s Pure Light” CD; First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI
December 1, 2017, 8 pm: Start performs with Johnny Mathis at the Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL
November 26, 2017, 4 pm: Start performs in the orchestra for the Messiah Sing, co-presented by the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music and First Congregational Church in downtown Kalamazoo, which also serves as the venue
November 11, 2017, 11 am: Start performs two selections with flutist Gary Stroutsos on the “Remembering the Songs” program presented by the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music at the Kalamazoo Nature Center
October 20, 2017: Start performs her “Assisi Impressions” with flutist Caroline Pittman on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at North Shore Baptist Church, Chicago.
August 31, 2017, 8 pm: Octocelli “Cello Explosion”. Start joins other area cellists in performances from solo to octet, featuring music from the movies. First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
August 27, 2017, 2 pm: Songs and Travels: Recent Compositions by Elizabeth Start: Free concert featuring music by Betsy Start, settings of Conrad Hilberry poems and compositions based on Alaska and VietNam travels. Performers include Carl Ratner, Lawrence Axelrod, Mark Portolese, Margaret Hamilton, Carolyn Koebel, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Start. First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
April 22, 2017, the Chicago Composers Orchestra premieres Start’s “With the Flow”, based on the Chicago River, at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron, Chicago
April 8, 2017, Start and Erin Villamizar premiere Start’s “Flight”, written in memory of Michael W. Chen, at his memorial celebration in Kalamazoo, MI
April 7, 2017, Start premieres her “A Cellist in Alaska” at the Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Roosevelt University, Chicago
March 26, 2017, Start performs Arioso from her “Air Swiftly Flies” and her “Union” for solo cello (along with Bach’s D major viola da gamba sonata on viola da gamba) on an Early Music Michigan concert at First Congregational Church in Kalamazoo, MI.
March 19, 2017 her “Multiple Choice Piece” is performed by Start and David Peshlakai on the Cello Explosion concert at Ransom Public Library in Plainwell, MI
March 14, 2017, the Kalamazoo Symphony woodwind trio performs Start’s “Tangled Tango” and “True Blue” and her arrangement of “Tuileries” at First Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo
February 26, 2017, Start performs her Fused Art works and premieres her “Multiple Choice Piece” with Kerena Moeller, at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, in collaboration with the Elgin Symphony
February 22, 2017, the Kalamazoo Symphony’s Burdick-Thorne String Quartet performs Start’s “Thynnine Wasp” at Kalamazoo College
January 28, 2017, Start’s “Thynnine Wasp” is presented as part of the final sweet sixteen at the String Quartet Smashdown in Austin, TX.
October 30, 2016, Start’s work “Gibbons” is premiered by Quintet Attacca woodwind quintet on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
September 17, 2016, Start’s “Burnham Block Bolero Boogie” for clarinet and cello was premiered during Doors Open Milwaukee
August 25, 2016, a new work by Start composed in memory of Phyllis Jansma, founder of the Chamber Music for Fun adult chamber music camp, is premiered at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
August 14, 2016 Start performs her “Enormous Leaf” for electric cello and processing at Constellation, Chicago, on Chicago Composers Orchestra’s Club Night
August 11, 2016 David Peshlakai performs Start’s “Verdisimilitude”, and Katelin Spencer and Octocelli premiere Start’s “Silence” for soprano and 8 cellos at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
July 25 and 26, 2016, a new work composed by Start during the Composing in the Wilderness program in Alaska will be premiered as part of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
July 24, 2016, 2:30 pm, Jay Appaji, mridangam, and Mark Landson, violin, perform Olden Times from Start’s Suite for mridangam and violin on the Rising Stars series of the Basically Beethoven Festival in Dallas
May 22, 2016, 8:30 pm, Clocks in Motion percussion quartet premieres Start’s work “Spoiler: 5 Disruptive Vignettes” at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, Chicago
May 7, 2016, 8 pm, Rohan Krishnamurthy and Grace Park perform Start’s works for violin and mridangam (Dance Images, Dance Suite and Migration Too) at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center Up Close Concert Series, Foster City, CA.
April 27, 2016, 2 pm, Start premieres her work “Golden” for solo cello at Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Listeners’ Club
April 3, 2016, 7:30 pm, Start premieres her work “Getting By” for theremini and live processing on Chicago Composers’ Consortium Concert at Experimental Sound Studio, 5925 N. Ravenswood, Chicago
December 31, 2015, Start performs works from her Fused Art CD on cello and electric cello at New Year’s Fest in Kalamazoo, MI 6:45 and 8:45 pm
November 15, 2015, the Kalamazoo Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra performs Start’s “Passacaglia” on the final concert of the 8th Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, Ladies Library Association, 333 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, MI
November 13, 2015, Start premieres “Dju-Tongo” by Yale Strom, for violin and cello, with Rachel Barton Pine, at Michigan Festival of Sacred Music’s Rachel Barton Pine recital at Portage Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, 7028 Oakland Drive, Portage, MI
November 9, 2015, Start performs and her “To Hildegard” is presented at Michigan Festival of Sacred Music “Hildegard Then and Now”, Holy Family Chapel, 3427 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, MI
October 9, 2015, Start performs and her “More Talking Object Songs” are premiered at Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert, North Shore Baptist Church, 5244 N. Lakewood, Chicago
September 15, 2015, 6 pm, Start premieres her “Autumn Reflections” for theremini and flute (Start plays theremini) at the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music annual dinner, First Baptist Church, 315 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 16, 2015, 7 pm, Start’s “To Hildegard” is presented at the Western Michigan University Medieval Congress in collaboration with the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music and the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies.
April 26, 2015, 3 pm, the Chicago Composers Orchestra performs Start’s “Dreams of Summer” in a program presented by the Chicago Composers’ Consortium at Ebeneezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster in Chicago.
April 19, 2015, 7 pm, Start’s new film score for “Into the Cave of Wonders” is premiered live through Access Contemporary Music in collaboration with the Chicago Film Festival.
March 19, 2015, 7 pm, Due East flute and percussion duo performed Start’s “Moving Toward Evening” at Illinois State University
March 15, 2015, 3 pm, First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, Brandon Ridenour and his ensemble Useful Chamber premiered Start’s “Father Alfaro”, on a text of Conrad Hilberry.
February 26, 2015, baritone Brad Jungwirth and pianist Lawrence Axelrod premiered Start’s “Talking Object Songs” on texts of Conrad Hilberry, on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium Concert at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1218 W Addison St., Chicago.
December 5, 2014, 5-7 pm, First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI: As part of Arthop, Start releases a new CD of her compositions and displays fused glass works, all based on poems of Conrad Hilberry. This is the product of a Kalamazoo Artist Development Initiative grant through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
November 16, 2014, 6:00 pm: Start performs on a concert in memory of cellist Marc Johnson at St. James, 65 E. Huron, Chicago
July 17, 2014, 9:00 pm: Start’s composition “To Hildegard” is premiered by Ensemble Assisi Suono Sacro at Sala San Gregorio, Assisi, Italy
June 29, 2014, 10:30 am: Start provides special music for First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, including her own work “When a Stone Sings”
May 20, 2014, 7:30 pm: Start performs on Michigan Festival of Sacred Music concert “Dreams & Memories: Holocaust Remembrance Music”, First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI
May 18, 2014, 1:00 pm: Start performs 2 works, including a premiere of a new composition, at the reopening ceremonies for the Ladies’ Library Association, Kalamazoo, MI
Date TBD, 2014, San Francisco: Awesöme Orchestra performs Start’s “Early Reflections” and “Echoes” with Rohan Krishnamurthy
March 28, 2014, Western Michigan University: Start and Ben Aldrich perform Start’s “Three Pieces for Theremin and Electric Cello” as part of Society of Composers, Inc. Region V conference
March 20, 2014, Illinois State University: Due East performs Start’s “Moving Toward Evening”
November 15, 2013, Ukrainian Institute, Chicago: Release party for ten x ten project, where Start is one of 10 composers paired with 10 print-makers, creating a book with companion vinyl recording; presented by homeroomchicago.org, Spudnik Press, and Accessible Contemporary Music.
October 19, 2013: Start’s “to remember…to believe” is premiered by Accessible Contemporary Music at the Elks Veterans Memorial, Chicago, as part of the Chicago Architectural Society’s weekend Open House Chicago event.
August 28, 2013: Start premieres “Assisi Impressions” with flutist Mary Stolper at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI as a preview concert for the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music. The remainder of the program includes the U.S. premiere of “Assisi Musings” and solo cello music by Start and others.
July 13, 2013: Start premieres “Assisi Musings” with flutist Andrea Ceccemori at Chiesa di Santo Stefano, Perugia, Italy, as part of the Assisi Sacred Music Festival. The remainder of the program is solo cello music by Start and others.
June 26, 2013: Due East premieres Start’s “Moving Toward Evening” at Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert
February 13, 2013: Start performs her “Three Etudes for Electric Cello and Processing” at the national conference of Society of Composers, Inc.
December 24, 2012: Start premieres “Midwinter Carol” at Holy Family Chapel, Nazareth, MI
November 8, 2012: Start performs with CUBE
October 13, 2012: Start performs “Rising” with Phillip Chen on annual fund-raising dinner for Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
September 28-29, 2012: Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo perform Start’s “Pale Cliffs” in Milwaukee and Madison, WI
September 23, 2012: Start premieres “Rising” with Phillip Chen on memorial service for W.C.Chen, Kalamazoo College
July 8, 2012: Performance of Start’s “Influences” at the International Double Reed Society Conference, Miami University, Ohio
June 2, 2012: Start performs solo cello at Kalamazoo Institute of Arts annual Art Fair
May 26, 2012: Start composes music cues and performs for All Ears Radio Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
May 24, 2012: Start performs 6 new works by Chicago Composers’ Consortium members, including her own “Called Hers”, in a collaborative concert with CUBE Ensemble, North Shore Baptist Church, Chicago
May 7, 2012, 7:30 pm, Start performs her 3 Etudes for Electric Cello and Processing at a Chicago Cello Society program; Poco Frenetica, from her “Air Swiftly Flies” is also performed, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
April 29, 2012, Start premieres her “Influences” with Shawna Lake, Laura Ross, and Shirley Trissell at First Congregational Church in Crystal Lake, IL
April 9, 2012, 8 pm, Start performs solo works by Robert Fleisher and herself at Northern Illinois University
April 3, 2012, noon, Start appears with WMU Collegium Musicum for Artbreak at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
February 14, 2012, Start presents an all-school convocation for Northern Illinois University music school on entrepreneurialship in music
January 17, 2012, 2 pm, Start presents her “Cello as Muse” program at the Kiva at Friendship Village, Kalamazoo.
November 17, 2011, Start’s new works for viols are premiered on a concert presented in collaboration between the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music and WMU Collegium Musicum
November 10, 2011, Start performs with MusicAEterna on opening night concert of the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music www.mfsm.us
November 8, 2011, Start appears on Art Break at Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
October 29, 2011, Start appears with the Chicago Composers Consortium, Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
July 27, 2011, Carlo Aonzo performs Start’s Pale Cliffs with Fabrizio Giudice on OperaEstate Festival Veneto 2011 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy
May 20, 2011, Carlo Aonzo performs Start’s Pale Cliffs with Katsumi Nagaoka in Arenzano, Italy
March 14, 2011, Start performs on cello, electric cello, and viola da gamba, providing a program in contrasts for the Ladies Library Association, Kalamazoo, MI
February 28- March 4, 2011, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performs Start’s Echoes as part of its Kids Concerts program, Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI
February 11, 2011, dal niente premieres Start’s Options on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert
January 24, 2011, Start joins the CUBE Ensemble for a live broadcast performance on WFMT-FM Chicago
November 15, 2011, Start performs three of her solo cello works as part of the program for the Chicago Musicians Club of Women
November 11, 2010, the Avanti Guitar Trio premieres Start’s Passacaglia arrangement for 3 guitars on a Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at the Music Institute of Chicago
October 24, Start performs her Prayer and Meditation on a Benefit Concert for Pakistan Flood Relief, presented by the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
June 16, 2010, Carlo Aonzo premieres Start’s mandolin concerto with the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra at First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI
May 22, 2010, the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra premieres Start’s Passacaglia at the Ladies Library Association, Kalamazoo, MI
April 24, 2010, Start’s “Whirlwind” is performed by SIU Percussion Ensemble on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
April 23, 2010, Start’s “Whirlwind” is performed by SIU Percussion Ensemble on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert, Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago.
March 30, 2010, Start performs her “A Day Late and a Quarter-tone Short” at John Eaton 75th Birthday Tribute Concert, Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago. She also performs Eaton’s “Fantasy Romance” for cello and piano with Philip Morehead.
March 29, 2010, Start’s “Whirlwind” is performed on Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s “Outside the Box” festival.
December 4, 2009, Start’s “Ruminations” is performed on IAWM concert at Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago.
November 15, 2009, Start’s “Ruminations” is performed on Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, Kalamazoo, MI.
October 25, 2009, Start’s “Ruminations” is performed on CUBE’s “Sounding the Sacred” concert in Hyde Park (Chicago).
May 11, 2009, Start’s “Camping in the Rafters” is premiered by Julia Miller and Lawrence Axelrod on Chicago Composers’ Consortium Cyber-Victorian Parlor Concert.
May 3, 2009, Start’s “Inspired by Mozart” is premiered at First Congregational Church, Kalamazoo, MI.
April 17, 2009, Eric Mandat performs Start’s “Roundabout” at University of Wisconsin-Madison Clarinet Festival. Start also performs her “Elizabethan Fantasy” and “A Love Song”, and solo work by Martha Horst, and premieres a new work by Lawrence Axelrod with Axelrod and Mandat.
April 11, 2009, Start’s “Three Pieces for Theremin and Electric Cello” are performed by Start and thereminist Ben Aldrich on Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s “Outside the Box” festival. Start also performs a solo cello work by Martha Horst and cello and electronics work by Timothy Edwards
April 9, 2009, Start’s “Ain’t that Trillin’? A Mazurka” is performed by pianist Lawrence Axelrod on Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s “Outside the Box” festival
November 22, 2008, Start and Ben Aldrich premiere her “Three Pieces for Theremin and Electric Cello” on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert at Columbia College, Chicago
November 9, 2008, Start performs on the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music program “The Sound & Spirit of Kalamazoo”, hosted by PRI’s Ellen Kushner
October 12, 2008, pianist Lawrence Axelrod premieres Start’s “Ain’t That Trillin’?”, on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert “Mazurka Mania” at North Shore Baptist Church, 5224 N. Lakewood Ave., Chicago
October 10, 2008, Start performs on Kalamazoo Bach Festival’s opening concert
August 12, 2008, Start performs with singer Emily Lodine and the flute/harp duo Capriccio on “Rush Hour” series concert at St James Cathedral in Chicago
June 13, 2008, Detroit Inst. of Arts, Rohan Krishnamurthy and Ayano Ninomiya perform Start’s new works for mridangam (South Indian drum) and violin
April 14, 2008, Start performs her “Masks” for electric cello and piano, with Lawrence Axelrod, on a second Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert during the new music festival at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
April 13, 2008, repeat of Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert of November 18, 2007: Eric Mandat performs Start’s “Roundabout” for solo clarinet, and Start performs her solo cello pieces “Union” and “Elizabethan Fantasy”, during the new music festival at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
April 9, 2008, Start performs her “Four Briefs” and “Elizabethan Fantasy” at her alma mater, Northern Illinois University School of Music
March, 2008, Rohan Krishnamurthy and Ayano Ninomiya perform Start’s new works for mridangam (South Indian drum) and violin in multiple venues:
March 25 Valparaiso University
March 26 Hope College
March 14, 2008, the String Orchestra of Kalamazoo performs Start’s “Dreams of Summer” at First Congregational Church, Kalamazoo.
March 13, 2008 the String Orchestra of Kalamazoo performs Start’s “Dreams of Summer” at Disciples of Christ Church, Kalamazoo
February 24, 2008, Rohan Krishnamurthy performs Start’s “Early Reflections” and “Echoes” as mridangam (South Indian drum) soloist with the McHenry County (IL) Youth Orchestra.
February 9 and 23, and May 17 and 31, , 2008, Start provides musical cues for performance/tapings of All Ears Theatre radio plays
January 27, 2008, Rohan Krishnamurthy performs Start’s “Early Reflections” and “Echoes” as mridangam (South Indian drum) soloist with the Lakeshore (Chicago) Symphony.
November 18, 2007, Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert: Eric Mandat premieres Start’s “Roundabout” for solo clarinet, and Start performs her solo cello pieces “Union” and “Elizabethan Fantasy”.
November 16-18, 2007, Start performs as soloist with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, on electric cello, in her arrangement of Moreve/Kay’s 1960’s classic tune “Magic Carpet Ride” (11/16 in Schaumburg, IL, 11/17 and 18 in Elgin, IL)
November 8, 2007, Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, Start performs with Capriccio, and Capriccio performs Start’s “Unity” for flute, piccolo, harp and electric harp, commissioned and premiered by Capriccio in 2006
August 12, 2007, Edinburgh (Scotland) Fringe Festival, “St. Giles’ at Six” series, the Sutherland Piano Quintet performs Start’s “Toward Dance, Too”
August 9, 2007, Edinburgh (Scotland) Fringe Festival, Palmerston Place Church, the Sutherland Piano Quintet performs Start’s “Toward Dance, Too”
May 24, 2007, Portage Northern High School Concert Band premieres Start’s concert band arrangement of her own “Buoyancy”, originally for symphony orchestra
March 25, 2007, First Baptist Church chancel choir premieres Start’s “Look to the Lord and be Radiant” for SATB a cappella choir
March 22, 2007, Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo perform Start’s Pale Cliffs for mandolin and guitar
March 15, 2007, Rohan Krishnamurthy and the String Orchestra of Kalamazoo, Barry Ross, conductor, premiere Start’s “Early Reflections” for mridangam (S. Indian drum) and strings. Also on program, Start’s “Echoes” for mridangam and strings
March 9, 2007, Madison, WI, Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo perform Start’s Pale Cliffs for mandolin and guitar
March 7, 2007, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Helen Bader Recital Hall, Milwaukee, WI, Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo perform Start’s Pale Cliffs for mandolin and guitar
March 4, 2007, First Baptist Church Community Arts Program, Kalamazoo, MI, Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo perform Start’s Pale Cliffs for mandolin and guitar; Start also joins them in performing a work by Cauciello
March, 2, 2007, premiere of “Masks” for electric cello and piano, Chicago Composers’ Consortium, Columbia College, Chicago (E. Start, cello, Lawrence Axelrod, piano)
2007 All Ears Radio Theatre with original music cues by Start on February 17, March 17, and April 7, performed at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, delayed broadcast on WMUK 102.1-FM
January 22, 2007, premiere of “Toward Dance, Too” for piano quintet, Central European University, Budapest
December 9, 2006, Michigan Bach Collegium performs “Adam”, “Carol”, “The Animals”, and “Shepherd”, Start’s settings of Conrad Hilberry’s “Christmas” poems, Cathedral of Christ the King, Kalamazoo, MI. Start also performs on the program.
November 5, 2006, Start and David Murray repeat October 22nd performances of Start’s “Knot” and duos by Edwards and Kertsman on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert, Swedish American Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
November 4, 2006, Capriccio (Donna Milanovich and Stephen Hartman) premieres Start’s “Unity” at the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple concert series, Oak Park, IL
October 29, 2006, Pinotage performs Start’s “More Sign Songs”, settings of poems by Conrad Hilberry, at the Sonic Impact event, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
October 22, 2006, Start premieres her duo “Knot” along with duos by Timothy Dwight Edwards and Miguel Kertsman, with David Murray, double bass, on a concert of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
October 14, 2006, Start premieres her work “Union” at Jon and Mary Beth’s wedding, Kalamazoo, MI
September 16, 2006, Duo Breve performs Start’s “Bits-O-Bugs” at the College Music Society’s annual conference, San Antonio, TX
July 7, 2006, Start performs her works as part of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium’s electronic party at Rubin Gallery, 3318 N. Halsted, Chicago
June 16, 2006, 8 pm, Park Club of Kalamazoo, performs two sonatas by Gaetano Boni with Italian mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo.
June 11, 2006, 2:00 p.m.,First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, MI, Trio Dagoba performs Start’s Circuits
June 10, 2006 7:00 p.m., Ann Arbor, MI Trio Dagoba performs Start’s Circuits
June 9, 2006 7:00 p.m., Homer Community Center, Homer MI, Trio Dagoba performs Start’s Circuits
June 8, 2006 at the Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Building, Barry Ross, Rohan Krishnamurthy and Leslie Tung premiere Start’s Migration
May 28 2006, Santa Cruz, CA, Trio Dagoba premieres Start’s Circuits
May 1, 2006 Start’s work for piano trio, Toward Dance, premiered by the Lincoln Trio in collaboration with the Chicago Composers’ Consortium at the Music Center of Chicago in Evanston
April 2, 2006 Start’s Water Music is premiered by Corlyn and Joseph Schreck with the Kalamazoo Mandolin Orchestra, Community Arts Program at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
March 17, 2006 Start performs as cellist and composer with Chicago Composers Forum
March 12, 2006 a new commissioned work for electric cello and acoustic instruments is premiered on a CUBE concert in Chicago
February 28 – March 3, 2006 Start’s “Echoes” is performed by Rohan Krishnamurthy and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra on their Kids Concert series.
February 26, 2006, Unna, Germany, Duo Ahlert & Scwhab performs Start’s Pale Cliffs
January 11, 2006 Start’s “Duo” for English Horn and cello is performed on “the Definiens project” Crescent Series in Culver City, CA
December 19, 2005 Start performs her Divergence and Repercussions with the Chicago Composers’ Consortium at the Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts
December 01, 2005 Start performs interludes and underscores to poetry reading by Conrad Hilberry, Community Arts Program at First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo
October 30, 2005 Start performs many of her works with the Chicago Composers’ Consortium at Chicago’s Green Mill
October 15, 2005 Start’s electronic work “little girl” is performed on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concert
September 25, 2005 Start participates in John Cage’s Musicircus with the Chicago Composers Forum at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
September 25, 2005 Capriccio performs Start’s “Bits-O-Bugs” at the University of Wisconsin-Richland
June 4, 5, 2005 Start’s “Echoes” is performed by Rohan Krishnamurthy and the Kalamazoo College and Community Orchestra, Dalton Theater, Kalamazoo College
May 5, 2005 Start’s “Echoes” is premiered by the Kalamazoo College Chamber Orchestra to great success at the Kalamazoo Juvenile Facility
May 5,7, 2005 Start’s “Pale Cliffs” performed with the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, on a concert by German duo Alhert and Schwab
May 4, 2005 Start’s “Pale Cliffs” premiered live on Chicago’s WFMT-FM
May 5 & 7 2005, The German mandolin and guitar duo, Ahlert & Scwhab (www.ahlert-schwab.de), premiere Start’s “Pale Cliffs” on Chicago Composers’ Consortium concerts May 5,2005, 8 pm, at the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston, and May 7,2005, 7:30 pm, at the Somnambulist Music Series in Chicago. They will also appear live on WFMT-FM on May 4 at 4 pm. www.c3composers.org
March 9, 2005, soprano Diane Ragains and cellist Marc Johnson perform Three Songs in faculty recital at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
February 15, 2005, Pinotage performs More Sign Songs on a guest artist recital at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
December 12, 2004, Elizabeth Start performs her own “Air Swiftly Flies”, Laura Schwendinger’s “Rapture”, and premieres a new piece by Paul Chihara, for the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, with pianist Helen Lukan
November 9, 2004, Pinotage performs Sign Songs, and More Sign Songs at the 2004 Festival of New American Music, California State University, Sacramento
October 29, 2004, 8 p.m.: Chicago Composers’ Consortium, DePaul University, Chicago
October 22, 2004, 25th New Music and Art Festival, Bowling Green State University:
The critically-acclaimed Chicago-based ensemble Pinotage performs selections from Start’s “Sign Songs” and “More Sign Songs”
October 6-9, 2004, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Start performs during the conference of the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies: “Bridges to Infinity”, 20th Anniversary Celebration and International Symposium
September 26, 2004, 3 p.m.: Pinotage performs Sign Songs and More Sign Songs, Lake Forest, IL
September 26, 2004, 4:30 p.m.: CD Release Concert, “From the Start”, First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, MI

As Orchestral Cellist

With the Elgin (IL) Symphony

With the Kalamazoo (MI) Symphony

With the Chicago Philharmonic

With Early Music Michigan (formerly Michigan Bach Collegium)