The 2009-2010 season includes performances across the United States and abroad. From time to time more information will be added to this list, so check back for updates.
Two Irish Christmas Carols for mixed chorus, flute violoncello and harp, performed by the Diocesan Choir of Greensburg and members of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Sittard.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, North Huntington, Pennsylvania, Sunday, December 13, 2009, at 3:00 p.m.
This exciting program of recent choral works will include one of Frank Ferko's Marian Motets for unaccompanied mixed choir, performed by Commotio, conducted by Matthew Berry.
Douai Abbey, Reading, U.K., December 31, 2009, at 15:30 (3:30 p.m.)
Ralph Klapis, baritone, and Joseph Bognar, piano present Merton Songs : Five Songs on Poems of Thomas Merton and For My Brother: Reported Missing in Action, 1943 in a faculty concert at Valparaiso University. For more information, contact the Valparaiso University Department of Music.
Duesenberg Recital Hall VU Center for the Arts, Valparaiso University, Sunday, February 21, 2010
The men of Iota Chapter, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, conducted by Adam Hightower, will present Three American Songs for TTBB chorus and two pianos in two concerts on the campus of Northwestern University. The work includes "Bacardi Spreads the Eagle's Wing" (poem by Hart Crane), "Passersby" (poem from Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg), and "When Sally Plays the Spoons" (poem by David Brendan Hopes).
Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
The Bay Choral Guild, under the direction of Sanford Dole, presents a program of Lenten choral music which will include Motet for Passion Sunday, a work for unaccompanied mixed choir which has been performed by choirs around the world.
Campbell United Methodist Church, Campbell, CA, Friday, March 5, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, Saturday, March 6, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, Sunday, March 6, 2010, at 4:30 p.m.
Stabat Mater for unaccompanied chorus and soprano solo
Choral Arts, conducted by Robert Bode with soprano Juliana Rambaldi.
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. The composer will be present at this performance.
Stabat Mater for unaccompanied chorus and soprano solo
Frank Ferko is very pleased to be performing in an Alumni Organ Recital at the annual Institute of Liturgical Studies at Valparaiso University. The recital is part of the 2009-2010 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the chapel, which, at the time of its construction, was the largest collegiate chapel in the world.
Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, Monday, April 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Words from Paradise: A Collaborative Concert of the Peninsula Women's Chorus and the Golden Gate Men's Chorus
World premiere of a new work by Frank Ferko for women's chorus and piano, commissioned by the Peninsula Women's Chorus, Martin Benvenuto, conductor.
Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, Sunday, May 9, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.
Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, May 16, 2010, at 2:30 p.m.
Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater, Washington, DC, Saturday, June 12, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
World Premiere of a new Hildegard motet
Meistersingers, conducted by Brian Dehn, will celebrate its tenth anniversary in a series of two concerts which will present the world premiere of Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita, a motet based on a text of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Red Hill Lutheran Church, 13200 Red Hill Avenue, Tustin, CA, Saturday, June 19, 2010, at 7:30pm (714-544-3131)
Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. (949-234-1360)
The Beethoven Festival Chorale, conducted by Dale Warland, will present a concert of choral music which will include Frank Ferko's Lord, Let At Last Thine Angels Come for mixed chorus and solo violoncello
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota, Sunday, July 11, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.
The Esoterics, the multiple-award winning chorus, conducted by Eric Banks, will present, for the first time ever, the complete set of all 15 of Frank Ferko's unaccompanied motets based on texts by Hildegard von Bingen.
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, Saturday, December 4, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, Sunday, December 5, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, Saturday December 11, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA, Sunday, December 12, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.