Upcoming Performances by Michael Burns:

Double Reed Day at UNCG, 2010. Saturday April 17th

Asheville Symphony Orchestra--principal bassoon:
Concerts 8:00pm in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville Civic Center.
February 27, 2010. MW4, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
March 13, 2010. MW5, Bartok: Rumanian Dances
April 24, 2010. MW6, Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
May 15, 2010. MW7, Mahler: Symphony No. 4
September 18, 2010. MW1, Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
November 20, 2010. MW3, Mendelssohn: Midsummer Nights’ Dream
March 12, 2011. MW5, Dvorak: New World Symphony
April 9, 2011. MW6, Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel
May 7, 2011. MW7, Mussoursgy: Pictures at an Exhibition

Blue Mountain Ensemble:
September 29-October 1. New Music Festival at UNCG--performances TBA of Blue Mountain Ensemble and EastWind Ensemble
October 11, 2009. Blue Mountain Ensemble Recital at Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham, NC. 4:00pm
February 4, 2010. Society of Composers' Inc. (SCI) Conference at UNCG, 7:30pm, Recital Hall--performing Concertino á Tres by Marc SatterwhiteOctober 31, 2010. Live Music for the silent movie: Nosferatu. Carolina Theatre, Durham, 8:00pm-bassoon

Ciompi Quartet:
April 29, 2010. 6:00pm Duke Gardens, Durham, NC.
May 1, 2010. 8:00pm

Carolina Ballet: Nutcracker:
December 4 (afternoon and evening) and 5, 2010. Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill. Principal Bassoon

Duke Messiah:
December 4, 2009, 7:30pm
December 5, 2009, 2:00pm
December 6, 2009, 3:00pm

Eastern Music Festival-faculty, contrabassoon specialist:
July 1, 2010. Contrabassoon masterclass at Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC, 4:00pm
July 3, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Debussy: Pelleas et Mellisande and Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1. Greensboro, NC, 8:00pm--bassoon 3 and contrabassoon
July 10, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Sheng: Just Dance (world premiere). Greensboro, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon
July 11, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Sheng: Just Dance. Boone, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon
July 17, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Mahler: Symphony No. 6. Greensboro, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon
July 18, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Mahler: Symphony No. 6. Boone, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon
July 24, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Elgar: In the South. Greensboro, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon
July 31, 2010. Eastern Festival Orchestra, Strauss: Alpine Symphony. Greensboro, NC, 8:00pm--contrabassoon

EastWind Ensemble:
September 11, 2010. perform at UNCG Collage Concert, Aycock Auditorium.
October 4, 2010. Perform Barber: Summer Music on Barber celebration concert. Greensboro, 7:30pm-bassoon
April 17, 2011. Perform recital on Hendersonville Chamber Music Society series. Hendersonville, NC, 3:00pm-bassoon

North Carolina Opera :
October 15 and 17, 2010. Tosca. Raleigh, NC-principal bassoon
May 12 and 13, 2011. Turn of the Screw. Carolina Theatre, Durham, NC-principal (solo) bassoon

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra:
November 9, 2010, Wilkesboro, NC, 8:00pm-Brahms: Haydn Variations and Symphony No. 3-Contra
November 10, 2010, Wilkesboro, NC, 10:00am educational concert--bassoon
November 11, 2010, Boone, NC, 8:00pm-Brahms: Haydn Variations and Symphony No. 3-Contra
November 12, 2010, Boone, NC, 10:00am educational concert--bassoon
November 12, 2010, Lincolnton, NC, 8:00pm-Brahms: Haydn Variations and Symphony No. 3-Contra
November 13, 2010, Sanford, NC, 7:00pm-Brahms: Haydn Variations and Symphony No. 3-Contra
June 22, 2009. New Bern, NC, 7:30pm--bassoon 2
June 26, 2009. Chapel Hill, NC, 7:30pm--bassoon 2
June 27, 2009. Cary, NC, 7:30pm--bassoon 2
July 2, 2009. Fayetteville, NC, 8:00pm--principal bassoon
July 3, 2009. Garner, NC, 8:30pm--principal bassoon
July 4, 2009. Cary, NC, 7:30pm--principal bassoon
July 18, 2009. Cary, NC, 7:30pm--principal bassoon
October 23, 2009. Southern Pines, NC, 8:00pm--Symphonie Fantastique and Adams Violin Concerto-bassoon
October 24 and 25, 2009. Raleigh, NC, 8:00pm--Symphonie Fantastique and Adams Violin Concerto-bassoon
March 4, 2010. Chapel Hill, NC, 8:00pm--The Planets-contrabassoon
March 5 and 6, 2010. Raleigh, NC, 8:00pm--The Planets-contrabassoon

Greensboro Symphony and Carolina Pops:
November 21, 2009. Carolina Pops (Greensboro Symphony), Westover Church, 8:00pm, 2nd bassoon
December 31, 2009. Carolina Pops (Greensboro Symphony), War memorial Auditorium, principal bassoon
February 12, 2010. Carolina Pops (Greensboro Symphony), Westover Church, 8:00pm, 2nd bassoon
February 13, 2010. Carolina Pops (Greensboro Symphony), Reynolds Auditorium, Winston-Salem, 7:30pm, 2nd bassoon
February 18, 2010. Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, UNCG Recital Hall, 7:30pm, 2nd bassoon
February 19 and 20, 2010. Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Dana Auditorium, 8:00pm, 2nd bassoon

Additional Orchestral Performances:
March 8, 2010. Durham Choral Society-Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Duke Chapel, Durham, 8:00pm, principal bassoon
April 2, 2010. First Lutheran Church-Durufle Requiem, Greensboro, 7:30pm, principal bassoon
October 23, 2010. Moramus Chorale, Salem College, Winston-Salem, 7:30pm, principal bassoon
February 27, 2011. Durham Choral Society-Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms. Durham, 8:00pm, principal bassoon
April 3, 2011. Duke Chorale-Mendelssohn: St. Paul Oratorio. Durham, 4:00pm, principal bassoon

Solo Performances/Masterclasses, misc.:
February 4, 2010. Society of Composers' Inc. (SCI) Conference at UNCG, 7:30pm, Recital Hall--performing Insights No. 1 for solo bassoon by Nicholas Omiccioli
February 23, 2010. UNCG Faculty Composers' Recital. Performance TBA. 7:30pm
April 17, 2010. Double Reed Day at UNCG. Masterclasses and Recitals including Faculty Recital and Bassoon Studio Recital
June 24, 2010. Performance at the IDRS Conference, Norman OK, 11am, Pittman Recital Hall. I will be performing two works from the CD Primavera: Music for Bassoon and Piano by Bassoonists--the Pizzi Prima Vera and my own Two Aotearoa Sketches

This page will be updated periodically as new performance dates are added. Last partial update: 8-19-10