upcoming solo concerts, events, and publications

March 24, 2020 Earlham College Lingle Recital Hall (tba)

with the Aurelian Trio, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Ernst Dohyanyi

March 22, 2020 Wright State University Schuster Recital Hall

with the Aurelian Trio, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Ernst Dohyanyi

March 20, 2020 Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church

with the Aurelian Trio, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Ernst Dohyanyi 

past concerts and events

February 9, 2020, Wright State University

      Paganini's chamber music for viola, CPE Bach sonata in g minor, selections from Kurtag's "Signs, Games, and Messages"

February 1010

      "From the Beginning, How to Build Rudimentary Technique in Beginning Violin and Viola Students"

       American String Teacher Journal

May 31, 2019 University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

       Solo Recital, music by Bach, Rebecca Clarke

February 16, 2019

       TMEA, Texas Music Educators Association - conference presentation

Structured Lesson Plans for the Private Studio: How to Guide Students to a Better Practice Routine

March 3, 2019 5:00 pm - Chamber music recital, Christ the King Presbyterian Church, El Paso, Texas

March 5, 2019 7:30 pm - Chamber music recital, University of Texas at El Paso

March 6, 2019 7:00 pm EST, Webinar for Pennsylvania Music Educators Association "From the Beginning: How to Develop Rudimentary Technique in Beginning Students"

March 8, 2019 9:30 am MST

       ASTA, American String Teacher Association - National Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Success of Your Secondary Instrument: Reciprocal Exercises for the Violin and Viola

May 10, 2019

       Faculty Showcase Recital, Beavercreek, Ohio

July - August, 2019

       New England Music Camp, performances

August, 2018

       "Success on Your Secondary Instrument, Pt. 1 - A Violinist on the Viola, the Right Hand"

American String Teacher Journal - Back to School issue

December 4, 2018, Wright State University viola studio recital

December 5, 2018, Faculty Solo Recital

December, 2018

       "Success on Your Secondary Instrument, Pt. 2 - A Violist on the Violin, the Left hand"

American String Teacher Journal

December 1, 2017

       "Transformation and Distortion - The Process of Variation in Ligeti's Sonata for Viola Solo"

       article published in the Journal of the American Viola Society vol. 33 no. 2

February 10, 2018 - 8am

Clinic - Structuring Lesson Plans for a Better Practice Routine

        Ohio Music Educators Association Convention in Columbus, OH

        co-presented with Dr. Stephen Nordstrom

February 15, 2018, 1030am

        Clinic - Teaching and Performing on Your Secondary Instrument

        Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio, TX

        co-presented with Dr. Stephen Nordstrom

March 18, 2018, 4pm

        Recital, Grace Lutheran Church, West Carrollton Ohio

        Music of Marion Bauer and Rebecca Clarke

April 6, 2018, 230pm

        Lecture Recital “Mystic Chords and Developing Variation: The Modernisms of Marion Bauer’s Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 22”

        - Great Lakes Regional CMS Conference

April 17, 2018 3:30pm

        Wright State University viola studio recital

        - Full premiere of Carmen - Concert Suite no. 1

October 29, 2017 8:00pm

        Wright State University Schuster Recital Hall with Clarinetist John Kurokawa and Pianist Neil Nanyi Qiang

        the music of Paul Juon, Max Bruch, and Carl Reinecke

November 1, 2017 12pm

        Ball State University with Clarinetist John Kurokawa and Pianist Neil Nanyi Qiang

        the music of Paul Juon, Max Bruch, and Carl Reinecke

November 27, 2017 - 5:30 pm

        Wright State University Schuster Recital Hall

        Bach Suite 3 Prelude, Brahms Sonata in E-flat, Brahms Horn Trio op. 40 (arr. viola by Brahms)

        - Kevin Nordstrom, viola - Stephen Nordstrom, violin - Neil Nanyi Qiang, piano

February 10, 2017 at 6 pm

        Texas Music Educators Association Convention San Antonio TX

        Clinic on violin and viola playing in conjunction with Dr. Stephen Nordstrom

February 16, 2017 (time tab)

        Indiana University East Faculty Chamber Music Recital

        Debussy Trio for Viola, Flute, and Harp

February 17, 2017 at 12 pm

        Earlham College 'Brown Bag' Recital

        Sonata's by Ligeti and Koechlin

February 19, 2017 at 8:00 pm

        Wright State University Schuster Recital Hall

        Sonatas by: Debussy - Ligeti - Koechlin : with pianist Nanyi Qiang, flautist Jessica Raposo, and harpist Rachel Miller

February 23, 2017 at 3:10

        38th College Music Society Southern Regional Conference

        Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tennessee

        Lecture Recital - 'Transformation and Distortion - Modern Variation Technique in Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Viola

February 25, 2017 at 1:30

        38th College Music Society Southern Regional Conference

        Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tennessee

        Recital: Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 53 by Charles Koechlin

March 18, 2017 at 10 am

        38th College Music Society Northeast Regional Conference

        SUNY Plattsburgh - Plattsburgh, New York

        Lecture Recital - 'Transformation and Distortion - Modern Variation Technique in Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Viola

April 1, 2017 at 2:30 pm

        College Music Society Md-Atlantic Regional Conference

        Towson University - Baltimore, Maryland

        Lecture Recital - 'Transformation and Distortion - Modern Variation Technique in Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Viola

April 8, 2017 at 2 pm

        35th College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference

        Murray State University - Murray, Kentucky

        Lecture Recital - 'Transformation and Distortion - Modern Variation Technique in Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Viola

April 22, 2017 9:00am

        Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music : Watson Hall

        CCM Prep. Department Viola Day!

        Hosted by Kevin Nordstrom and Joyce Chan Garbel - featuring the Wright State University Viola Choir

April 28-29, 2017 (time tab)

        College Music Society Pacific North West Regional Conference

        Capliano University - Vancouver, British Columbia

        Lecture Recital - 'Transformation and Distortion - Modern Variation Technique in Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Viola

Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 4 pm

        Earlham Chamber Music Concert, Lingle Recital Hall

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 5:30 pm

        WSU Viola Studio Recital featuring The Wright State Viola Choir

        Wright State University Recital Hall

Monday, November 28, 2016 at 5:30 pm

        Wright State University Schuster Recital Hall

        With guest artists Stephen Nordstrom and Chang Ji

        Works by Bach, Dvorak, Johann Halvorsen and others

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 12:00 pm

        Christ Church Episcopal - Glendale, Ohio

        Works by Glinka, Bach, and Schubert

Monday, April 11, 2016 at 3:00 pm

        University of Florida, Recital Hall

        Guest Artist Recital, works by Hindemith, Ligeti, Bach and Schubert

Monday April 11, 2016 at 1:30 pm

        University of Florida

        Guest Artist Masterclass

Friday, March 18, 2016 at 6:30 pm

        Cincinnati Conservatory Watson Hall

        Lecture Recital on Gyorgy Ligeti's Sonata for Viola Solo

Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3:00 pm

        Wright State University, Schuster Recital Hall

        WSU Faculty String Quartet Recital

        Prokofiev Quartet no. 2 and Beethoven op. 127

Monday, March 14, 2016 date 5:30 pm

        Wright State University, Schuster Recital Hall

        Works by Hindemith, Ligeti, Enescu, Schubert, and Villa-Lobos

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm

        Schuster Recital Hall, Wright State University

        WSU Viola Studio Recital featuring the WSU Viola Choir

Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 3:00 pm

        Schuster Recital Hall, Wright State University

        Bohuslav Martinu Three Madrigals for violin and viola, Piano Quartet

Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm

        Watson Recital Hall at CCM, Cincinnati OH

        Beethoven op. 9 String Trios no. 1 and no. 3

Friday, November 6, 2015 at 12:00 noon

        Brown Bag recital, Earlham College, Richmond IN

        Beethoven op. 9 String Trios no. 1 and no. 3

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm

        Hayner center, Troy Ohio

        Mozart Kegelstatt Trio with Randall Paul, clarinet and Steve Aldredge, piano

Wednesday, May 25, 2015 at 3:00 pm

        Recital Hall, Xi'an University of Arts and Sciences, Xi'an, China

        Lecture and short recital

Monday, February 16, 2015 at 8:00 pm

        Warner Recital Hall, CCM at University of Cincinnati

        'Salad Bar' for VIola and Flute by Ellen Harrison

Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:30 pm

        Warner Recital Hall, CCM at University of Cincinnati

        'Wild Purple' by Joan Tower, Hindemith Sonata for solo viola op. 31/4, Rachmaninov Sonata for Viola op. 19

Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 8:00 pm

        Schuster Recital Hall, WSU campus

        'WIld Purple' by Joan Tower, Hindemith Sonata for solo viola op. 31/4, Rachmaninov Sonata for Viola op. 19

Friday, March 6, 2015 at 12:00 pm

        'Brown Bag Recital' Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Earlham College, Richmond Indiana College

        'Wild Purple' by Joan Tower, Hindemith Sonata for solo viola op. 31/4, Short pieces by Rebecca ClarkeTuesday, October 7, 2014 at 8:00 pm

Tuesday, October, 8 2014 at 8:00 pm

        Kevin Nordstrom, viola with the Wright State Chamber Orchestra.

        Schuster Recital Hall, Wright State University. Cecil Forsyth Viola Concerto in G minor

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 7:00 pm

        Kevin Nordstrom viola and Xin Xin Zhang piano.

        Dayton Arts Institute Evening Recitals, Dayton, Ohio. Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata op. 36

Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 8:00 pm

        Wright State University Faculty String Quartet with clarinetist John Kurokawa.

        Schuster Recital Hall, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet op. 115

Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 2:00 pm

        Kevin Nordstrom, viola with Edward Neeman, piano.

        Dayton Arts Institute Sunday Musicales, Dayton, Ohio. York Bowen: Phantasy

Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 2:00 pm

        Wright State University Faculty String Quartet with clarinetist John Kurokawa.

        Dayton Arts Institute Sunday Musicales, Dayton, Ohio. Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet op. 115

Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm

        Wright State University Faculty String Quartet with clarinetist John Kurokawa.

        Ohio MEA Conference, Columbus, Ohio at the Columbus Convention Center. Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet op. 115

Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm

        Duo Recital with Edward Neeman, piano. Sidney W. Souers Recital Hall,

        Miami University. Hindemith: Sonata (1939), York Bowen: Phantasy, Vieuxtemps: Sonata, Op. 36. Free admission.

Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:00 pm

        Duo Recital with Edward Neeman, piano.

        Schuster Recital Hall, Wright State University, Dayton. Hindemith: Sonata (1939), Vieuxtemps: Sonata, Op. 36. Free admission.

Monday, November 25, 2013 at 6:45 pm

        Duo Recital with Edward Neeman, piano.

        Watson Recital Hall, CCM, Cincinnati. Hindemith: Sonata (1939), Vieuxtemps: Sonata, Op. 36. Free admission