Matthew Slotkin has premiered over 70 works in solo and chamber music settings, including music by Olga Amelkina-Vera, John Anthony Lennon, Scott Lindroth, Ingram Marshall and Mark Mellits.
Premieres
Jeremi Edwards: Under the Crescent Moon – September 18, 2023 – Northwestern State University – Natchitoches, LA with Duo Montagnard
Olga Amelkina-Vera: Seaglass – July 17, 2023 – Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD with Atlantic Guitar Quartet
Damon Sink: Ways They Are Here – March 15, 2022 – Western Carolina University – Cullowhee, NC with Duo Montagnard
Marc Mellits: Pegasus – March 15, 2022 – Western Carolina University – Cullowhee, NC with Duo Montagnard
David Conte: Soliloquy (version for guitar and saxophone) – March 4, 2020 – California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA with Duo Montagnard
Christian Dubeau: Some Tavern Tale – March 4, 2020 – California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA with Duo Montagnard
Christine Lee: Intertwined Chains – March 4, 2020 – California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA with Duo Montagnard
Daniel Kessner: Duo Unchained – March 4, 2020 – California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA with Duo Montagnard
Alexander Elliott Miller: Chapparal – March 4, 2020 – California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA with Duo Montagnard
John Anthony Lennon: Fatas Morgana – September 21, 2019 – Skaneateles Library Guitar Series, Skaneateles, NY with the New York Guitar Quartet
Alejandro Rutty: Focus Beyond Clarity – July 4, 2019 – Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina with Duo Montagnard
John Anthony Lennon: bon méchants – April 4, 2019 – Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA with Dez Cordas
Stacy Garrop: Sueños de Flamenco – March 12, 2019, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI with Duo Montagnard
Alejandro Rutty: On the Continuity of Self – January 18, 2019, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC with Duo Montagnard
Akmal Parwez: NauBahaar – January 16, 2019, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC with Duo Montagnard
Anthony Gatto: klangfarbenmelodie (for Ornette) – January 16, 2019, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC with Duo Montagnard
Annette Kruisbrink: Tumble Dry – March 16, 2018 – Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Aachen, Germany with Duo Montagnard
Baljinder Sekhon: Balancing Act – February 24, 2018 – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL with Duo Montagnard
Patrick Long: Cobalt Blue – January 13, 2018 – Navy Band Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA with Duo Montagnard
Gregory Wannamaker: Taking Turns – December 3, 2017 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA with Duo Montagnard
Mark Engebretson: Radiance – September 24, 2017 – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL with Duo Montagnard
Frank J. Oteri: Dually – April 26, 2017 – Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY with Duo Montagnard
Greg Caffrey: Filigree – March 22, 2017 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Duo Montagnard
Stephanie Richards: Wax Apples (and Plastic Deeds) – January 17, 2017 – Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC with Dez Cordas
David Heuser: What Passes For Discourse – November 12, 2016 – Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ with Duo Montagnard
L.A. Logrande: L’Eternité – September 18, 2016 – Simply Grand Concert Series, WVIA Studios, Pittston, PA with Duo Montagnard
John Anthony Lennon: Alien Dances – June 9, 2016 – Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC with Dez Cordas
June 9, 2016 – Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC with Dez Cordas
Perry Goldstein: Everyday Pleasures – May 16, 2016 – ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY with Duo Montagnard
C.R. Kasprzyk: La persistencia de la – May 16, 2016 – ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY with Duo Montagnard
Ingram Marshall: The Mentioning of Love [new version for saxophone and guitar] – April 15, 2016 – Symphony Space, New York, NY with Duo Montagnard
Beata Moon: Conversations and Coda – April 15, 2016 – Symphony Space, New York, NY with Duo Montagnard
David Crowell: meander – January 16, 2016 – U.S. Navy Band Symposium, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA with Duo Montagnard
Girard Kratz: The Witch’s Kiss – October 14, 2015 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Duo Montagnard
Martin Lodge: Tauhara – (i) lake – October 14, 2015 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Duo Montagnard
L.A. Logrande: Insouciance – October 4, 2015 – Covenant Public Concerts, Scranton, PA with Dez Cordas
Martin Lodge: Tauhara – (ii) mountain – April 18, 2015 – LaVeck Concert Series, Pulaski, NY with Duo Montagnard
Hannes Taljaard: Riturnelli, Libro Primo: Gli Montanardi – August 5, 2014 – North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa with Duo Montagnard and André Oosthuizen, flute
R.J. Meyer: A Witch’s Tale – August 5, 2014 – North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa with Duo Montagnard
Mauro Zannoli: Tunc Dilatatur for solo guitar and electronics – August 4, 2014 – North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Clare Loveday: 48km north-west of Kokstad – July 30, 2014 – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa with Duo Montagnard
Peter Terry: Sakka Blue Valentine – March 16, 2014 – Miami University, Oxford, OH with Duo Montagnard
Greg Caffrey: La Belle et La Bête – March 11, 2014 – Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA with Dez Cordas
James Crowley: Pilgrimage – March 11, 2014 – Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA with Dez Cordas
Thomas Schuttenhelm: Interspheres – January 26, 2014 – Great Island Presbyterian Church, Lock Haven, PA with Duo Montagnard
Kevin Cope: Origin Unknown: A Pole Was Journeying – October 28, 2013 – University of Delaware, Newark, DE with Duo Montagnard
John Anthony Lennon: Passing Future Past – May 5, 2013 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Charisse Baldoria, piano, Craig Butterfield, double bass, Gifford Howarth, vibraphone, Joseph Murphy, saxophone, and Andrew Rammon, cello
Andrew Walters: Of Gossamer Webs – May 5, 2013 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Dez Cordas
Linda Buckley: Glimmer (new version for guitar and tape) – October 12, 2012 – Eastman School of Music 20th Anniversary Guitar Celebration, Rochester, NY
Greg Caffrey: Takemitsu’s Dream for solo guitar – July 31, 2012 – Walled City Music Festival, Derry, Northern Ireland
Frank Lyons: Shake – July 31, 2012 – Walled City Music Festival, Derry, Northern Ireland with Sabrina Hu, flute
Laura M. Kramer: On the Edge – July 14, 2012 – World Saxophone Congress, St. Andrews, Scotland with Duo Montagnard
Jonathan Elliott: Szellem – March 1, 2012 – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with Duo Montagnard
Ilya Levinson: Solstice Canyon – March 1, 2012 – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with Duo Montagnard
Loretta Notareschi: Two About Two – March 1, 2012 – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with Duo Montagnard
Russell Peterson: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Guitar – March 1, 2012 – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with Duo Montagnard
L.A. Logrande: Indelible Imprint – October 13, 2011 – Pennsylvania State University at Hazleton, Hazleton, PA with Duo Montagnard
Jonathan Elliott: Friss (version for saxophone and guitar) – February 19, 2011 – Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA with Duo Montagnard
James Crowley: Tableaux Vivants – February 28, 2010 – Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA with Duo Montagnard
Dick Goodwin: Song and Dance Man – August 29, 2009 – University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC with Dez Cordas
John Orfe: Waxwing (version for double bass and guitar) – August 26, 2009 – Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA with Dez Cordas
Andrew Walters: Before Clocks Ceased Their Chiming – July 11, 2009 – World Saxophone Congress, Bangkok, Thailand with Duo Montagnard
Andrew Walters: Suite for Guitar – March 29, 2009 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
John Anthony Lennon: Messengers – February 26, 2009 – Penn State University, State College, PA with Duo Montagnard
John Orfe: Waxwing for solo guitar – February 12, 2009 – Yale University, New Haven, CT
John Orfe: [after Werner Herzog] – February 12, 2009 – Yale University, New Haven, CT with Duo Montagnard
Scott Lindroth: Music for Three – February 8, 2009 – Duke University, Durham, NC with Laura Gilbert, flute and Jonathan Bagg, viola
John Orfe: Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control – November 22, 2007 – Royal Welsh Conservatory of Music, Cardiff, Wales (UK) with Duo Montagnard
George Daravelis: Nicht Akzeptiert – October 11, 2007 – Emory University, Atlanta, GA with Duo Montagnard
George Daravelis: Sonatina – March 11, 2007 – Biola University, La Mirada, CA with Duo Montagnard
Charles Stolte: Les Trois Soeurs – July 7, 2006 – World Saxophone Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia with Duo Montagnard
Shane Endsley: Storyteller’s Anthem – April 5, 2004 – Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA with Duo Montagnard
Carlos Chávez: Feuille d’Album for solo guitar – World premiere recording on Centaur Records, released in November 2003