Public Lectures
How to listen to a piece of music you have never heard before.
Chamber Music Northwest, July 2002
Brahms’ Fourth and Don Carlos
Conductor's Retreat at Medomak, July 2002
Musical Prodigies; the Pacific Rim
Chamber Music Northwest, July 2003
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony; Barber’s Violin Concerto; Histoire du soldat — the pitches, the rhythms
Conductor's Retreat at Medomak, July 2003
Schnittke’s Piano Quintet
Chamber Music Conference of the East: Vassar College, July 2003
The Great American Song Book
Chamber Music Northwest, July 2004
Mozart: Jupiter Symphony; Elgar: Enigma Varations
Conductor’s Retreat at Medomak, July 2005
It’s all music: classical music and jazz
Chamber Music Northwest, July 2005
Richard Wagner: Father of modern music
Seattle Opera, August 2005
Comparing Notes
David Schiff and Tomas Svoboda
Chamber Music Northwest, July 2007
"Two articulate composers who are friends and colleagues have an
informal dialogue about their careers, their triumphs and challenges,
and how they work with musicians." More info at www.cmnw.org.