Performances — Garth Baxter

Upcoming Performances

August 20 - 23 & 27 - 30, 2026 — Shakespeare Under the Stars

Echolands Winery, 7:00 pm
3281 Mill Creek Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362

Shakespeare Under the Stars presents Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy of music, mischief, mistaken identity, and love gone delightfully astray. Set against the open-air beauty of Walla Walla wine country, this outdoor production offers an enchanting summer evening of wit, romance, and theatrical charm.

Recent Performances

May 7, 2026 — Four Views of Love
Performed by tenor Han Jeong Wook with pianist Indrew Chen

Beckwith Hall, Reineke Fine Arts Center, Fargo, North Dakota

Presented as part of a doctoral recital in vocal performance; also on the program were works by Samuel Barber, Richard Hundley, and Kim Shin.

Other Performances

November 5–6, 2025 — Little Lamb and Here Come the Reapers
Featured in Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba
St. George’s School, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 1, 2025 — Concert of Music by Garth Baxter
Performed by soprano Katherine Merryman, with selected works by other contemporary composers
Garden Chapel, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
October 5, 2025 — Skywriting and Three from Sara
Performed by baritone Jeremy Huw Williams with pianist Scott Crowne
Music Gettysburg, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Presented on “A Programme of British and American Song.”
March 14 and February 22, 2025 — At the Last Ember Light and Crossing Over the Border
At the Last Ember Light performed by guitarist Youngik Jang; Crossing Over the Border performed by soprano Ji Eun Kim and pianist Bonghee Lee
Baltimore Composers Forum presentation, “Intersegnal 38—Composing the Global Peace”
Presented at The Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, Fairfax, Virginia, and the Fine Arts Building, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
November 17, 2024 — Skywriting and Wrapped in the Wind and the Sun
Skywriting performed by soprano Katherine Boyce and pianist Elizabeth Hill; Wrapped in the Wind and the Sun performed by clarinetist Mylah Kittle and pianist Elizabeth Hill
Composer’s Society of Montgomery County Fall Concert
Calvary Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, Maryland
September 27–29, 2024 — A Pregnant Pause
Chamber opera by Garth Baxter and librettist Alize Rozsnyai
Performed by sopranos Alize Francheska Rozsnyai, Marcelle McGuirk, and Katherine Boyce; directed by Vanessa Ogbuehi
Philadelphia Fringe Festival, SideQuest Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14–27, 2024 — A Pregnant Pause
Film of the premiere selected for the Providence Fringe Festival
Providence, Rhode Island
June 9, 2024 — A Parting Glass and A Jagged Path
Performed by the Sunderman Wind Quintet with pianist Scott Crowne
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, Maryland
April 22, 2024 — A Jagged Path
Performed by the Sunderman Wind Quintet with pianist Scott Crowne
Sunderman Conservatory, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
April 12, 2024 — A Pregnant Pause
Premiere performance of the chamber opera by Garth Baxter and librettist Alize Rozsnyai
Featuring Alize Rozsnyai as Serena, Katherine Boyce as Pro Angel, Annie Gill as Con Angel, and Aaron Thacker, pianist; directed by Stephen Strosnider
Presented with a pre-performance art song program by soprano Alicia Woodberry and pianist Justin Pechulis
March 15–22, 2024 — Little Lamb and Here Come the Reapers
Featured in San Diego State University Theatre Department’s production of Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba
Prebys Theater, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
November 19, 2023 — Crossing Over the Border and At the Last Ember Light
Crossing Over the Border performed by soprano Ji Eun Park and pianist Bonghee Lee; At the Last Ember Light performed by guitarist Young Jun Lim
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Intersegmental 38: Baltimore”
An die Musik LIVE!, Baltimore, Maryland
November 16, 2023 — Lily
Scenes and selections from the opera presented in a performance/lecture
Monroe Township Library, Monroe Township, New Jersey
November 5, 2023 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by alto saxophonist Dave Duree and pianist Rachel Andrews
Carroll County Arts Center, Westminster, Maryland
August 27, 2023 — Resting
Performed on the “Let It Be Said” concert
Featuring writer Miesha Lowery, performers/narrators Jada Lane and Mohammad Rohaizad Suaidi, clarinetist Katherine Repka, and vibraphonist Michael Barranco
Carroll County Arts Center, Westminster, Maryland
August 18, 2023 — “The Greatest Gift” from A Pregnant Pause
Performed by soprano Alize Rozsnyai and pianist Jane Kozhevnikova
Trinity@22nd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 27, 2023 — La Nostalgie
Performed by clarinetist Mylah Kittle and guitarist Tommy Gray
JBK Theatre, Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland
April 30, 2023 — La Nostalgie
Performed by clarinetist Mylah Kittle and guitarist Tommy Gray
JBK Theatre, Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland
April 29, 2023 — Let It Be You and The Long Hill
Performed by soprano Arianna Arnold and pianist Valerie Hsu
Chalice Concert Series, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, Columbia, Maryland
February 25, 2023 — Resting
Performed on the “Let It Be Said” concert
Featuring writer Miesha Lowery, performers/narrators Jada Lane and Mohammad Rohaizad Suaidi, clarinetist Katherine Repka, and vibraphonist Michael Barranco
Le Mondo, Baltimore, Maryland
February 12, 2023 — Edgefield
Performed by the Arabesque Duo, Troy King and Kathrin Murray
Sunday Classic Concert Series, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, Maryland
February 11, 2023 — Resting
Performed on the “Let It Be Said” concert
Featuring writer Miesha Lowery, performers/narrators Jada Lane and Mohammad Rohaizad Suaidi, clarinetist Katherine Repka, and vibraphonist Michael Barranco
The Writer’s Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland
September 25, 2022 — From the Headwaters
Performed by the West Shore Piano Trio
Lyceum Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
September 10, 2022 — Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Performed by soprano Katie Procell and mezzo-soprano Ivey Barr with guitarist Jeremy Lyons
“Shakespeare in Opera and Song,” Emmcdee Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Summer 2022 — Lily
Video production directed by Stephen Strosnider
Featuring Katie Procell as Lily, Han Jeong Wook as Seldon, Jeffrey Gates as Gus, Allison Deady as Judy, Marcelle McGuirk as the Milliner, and the Lily Symphonic Ensemble conducted by Juliano Aniceto
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
May 7, 2022 — MacPherson’s Lament
Performed by the Azimuth String Quartet on “String Theory II”
Presented with works by Ray Fields, Janice Macaulay, Ian Rashkin, Anna Rubin, and George F. Spicka
March 27, 2022 — MacPherson’s Lament
Performed by the Gliss String Quartet
“Quartet of Friends: Composers and String Players”
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, Maryland
December 4, 2021 — Let’s End With a Waltz
Performed by Parkway Brass
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Let’s Get Technical”
October 16, 2021 — Nights Without Sleep, Let It Be You, and Flirt
Performed by soprano Katie Procell and pianist Valerie Hsu
“An Evening of Song”
McLean Presbyterian Church, McLean, Virginia
October 16, 2021 — Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Featured in Trinity School at Meadow View’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Directed by James Clancy
Falls Church, Virginia
September 4, 2021 — Frida Kahlo’s Palette
Performed by mezzo-soprano Christine Thomas and pianist Andrew Stewart
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Four Colors, Four Elements”
August 12–14, 2021 — I Am Gone, Sir
Featured in Out of the Woods Theatre’s presentation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Monk’s Botanical Gardens, Wausau, Wisconsin
July 17, 2021 — If You Had Known and The Long Hill
If You Had Known performed by baritone Jason Buckwalter and pianist Bonghee Lee; The Long Hill performed by soprano Elise Christina Jenkins and pianist Bonghee Lee
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Sonitus”
Online concert
July 3, 2021 — Flirt
Performed by soprano Katie Procell and pianist Valerie Hsu
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Vignettes”
November 21, 2020 — Resistance
Featured in “Sound in Motion VI,” a virtual performance with dancers
Baltimore Composers Forum
November 7, 2020 — Chamber Reflections: Music by Garth Baxter and Ronald Pearl
Songs by Garth Baxter performed by soprano Katie Procell and guitarist Jeremy Lyons; When Lights Begin to Show performed by flutist Melissa Wertheimer, clarinetist Jennifer Hughson, and guitarist Jeremy Lyons
Carroll Community College, Scott Center, Westminster, Maryland
October 24, 2020 — MacPherson’s Lament
Performed by the Riverside Chamber Ensemble
Baltimore Composers Forum Concert
Glenelg United Methodist Church, Glenelg, Maryland
September 27, 2020 — The Little Flirt
Performed by pianist Bonghee Lee
“Mini(atures),” a virtual concert of one-minute works by members of the Baltimore Composers Forum
February 10, 2020 — The Silver Run
Performed by flutist Isabelle Pazar and pianist Ludmilla Krasin
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
November 24, 2019 — A Parting Glass
Premiered by the Patagonia Winds
Baltimore Composers Forum Concert
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland
July 18–19, 2019 — Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Featured in the Theresien Gymnasium theatre department’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
July 6, 2019 — The Silver Run
Performed by flutist Karen Johnson and pianist Britton Day
Hidden Music Seminar, Carmel, California
June 2, 2019 — Afternoon on a Hill
Performed by Elise Christina Jenkins
Baltimore Musicales Concert, Baltimore War Memorial, Baltimore, Maryland
June 1, 2019 — The Silver Run
Performed by flutist Karen Johnson and pianist Jeffery Chappell
“Flute Extravaganza,” Alba International Music Festival, Alba, Italy
April 7, 2019 — Rusticola and When Lights Begin to Show
Rusticola performed by guitarist Mark Edwards; When Lights Begin to Show performed for flute, clarinet, and guitar
Baltimore Composers Forum Spring Concert
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland
March 17, 2019 — Songs of Garth Baxter and Hollis Thoms
Works by Garth Baxter performed by soprano Annie Gill, tenor Joseph Regan, baritone Jason Thoms, and pianist Andrew Stewart
Music Gettysburg, United Lutheran Seminary Chapel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
January 30, 2019 — Two Last Songs and “Is This the Cost?” from Lily
Performed by soprano Annie Gill and pianist Andrew Stewart
Edenwald Retirement Community, Towson, Maryland
December 13, 2018 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by saxophonist Kenny Baik and pianist Bonghee Lee
Hebei Institute of Communication College, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, China
December 12, 2018 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by saxophonist Kenny Baik and pianist Bonghee Lee
Shandong University of Art, Jinan, China
December 2, 2018 — “The Battle” from The Battle Cry: A Tragedy
Performed by the McDaniel College Choir as part of “Songs of Peace”
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
November 17, 2018 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by saxophonist Kenny Baik and pianist Bonghee Lee
Baltimore Composers Forum Fall Recital
Corner Community Center, Baltimore, Maryland
October 14, 2018 — April Twilight
Performed by Cora Gamelin-Osenbach with the Fairfield Duo: flutist Nora Suggs and guitarist Candice Mowbray
Trinity Episcopal Church, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
July 24, 2018 — Two Remembrances
Performed by soprano Angela Presutti Korbitz and guitarist Ron Korbitz
“Troubadours and Vagabonds,” Mayslake Peabody Library, Oakbrook, Illinois
May 20, 2018 — A Jagged Path
Premiered by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet
The Engineers Club, Baltimore, Maryland
May 12, 2018 — Ask the Moon Release Concert
Songs by Garth Baxter performed by soprano Annie Gill, tenor Peter Scott Drackley, pianist Andrew Stewart, and flutist Melissa Wertheimer
Haebler Memorial Chapel, Goucher College, Towson, Maryland
April 21, 2018 — Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Performed by soprano Annie Gill and pianist Timothy McReynolds
25th Anniversary Concert of the Baltimore Composers Forum
Christ Lutheran Church, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
November 18, 2017 — Il y a longtemps
Premiered by violinist Heather Haughn and pianist Jay DeWire
Baltimore Composers Forum Concert
Christ Lutheran Church, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
November 5, 2017 — Let’s End With a Waltz
Performed by the McDaniel Faculty Brass Quintet
“Brass in Baker,” Chamber Music on the Hill
Baker Chapel, McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
August 31, 2017 — Two Last Songs
Premiered by soprano Annie Gill
Edenwald Retirement Community, Towson, Maryland
Written for Annie Gill.
March 23, 2017 — Travel
Performed by baritone Jason Buckwalter and pianist Andrew Stewart
Edenwald Retirement Community, Towson, Maryland
March 19, 2017 — La Nostalgie
Performed by Belle Triste: guitarist Candice Mowbray and clarinetist Anita Thomas
Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, Maryland
February 12, 2017 — La Nostalgie
Performed by Belle Triste: guitarist Candice Mowbray and clarinetist Anita Thomas
St. Peter and Paul, Easton, Maryland
January 15, 2017 — Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Performed by soprano Annie Gill and pianist Joy Schreier
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
December 4, 2016 — Songs of Life
Performed by the McDaniel College Choir
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
December 4, 2016 — La Nostalgie
Performed by Belle Triste: guitarist Candice Mowbray and clarinetist Anita Thomas
Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland
December 1, 2016 — To Aegir
Performed by the Towson University Guitar Ensemble
Towson University, Towson, Maryland
November 20, 2016 — La Nostalgie
Performed by Belle Triste: guitarist Candice Mowbray and clarinetist Anita Thomas
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Hanover, Pennsylvania
November 19, 2016 — Nights Without Sleep and Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nights Without Sleep premiered by tenor Joseph Regan and pianist Tim McReynolds; Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay performed by soprano Annie Gill and pianist Tim McReynolds
Baltimore Composers Forum Fall Concert
Christ Lutheran Church, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
October 29, 2016 — Edgefield
Performed by the Arabesque Duo, Troy King and Kathrin Murray
Carroll Community College, Westminster, Maryland
October 24, 2016 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by saxophonist Dave Duree and pianist Rachel Andrews
“Mellifluous Single Reed Sounds for Clarinet and Saxophone”
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
August 18, 2016 — Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Premiered by soprano Annie Gill and pianist Andrew Stewart
Edenwald Retirement Community, Towson, Maryland
May 21, 2016 — MacPherson’s Lament
Performed by the Azimuth String Quartet
Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland
May 19, 2016 — MacPherson’s Lament
Performed by the Azimuth String Quartet
Brightview Westminster Ridge, Westminster, Maryland
February 13, 2016 — Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Performed as part of a Shakespeare 400th anniversary concert
Joy Reigns Lutheran Church, Edgewater, Maryland
December 6, 2015 — Grandmother, Think Not I Forget, “Long Ago,” and “How Strange to Think” from Lily
Performed by soprano Shannah Timms Yerofeyeva and Diana Greene
MacDowell Club of Mountain Lakes Concert
Franciscan Oaks, Denville, New Jersey
November 13, 2015 — Let’s End With a Waltz
Premiered by the Lyric Brass Quintet
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Autumn Brass”
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
February 21, 2015 — La Nostalgie
Performed by Noreen Friedman and Bob Wysong
Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, Reston, Virginia
November 7, 2014 — Des Larmes Encadrées
Performed by saxophonist Jeremy Koch and pianist Andrew Stewart
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
November 2, 2014 — Three Poems by Linda Pastan
Performed by soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Lisa Stepanova
Chamber Music on the Hill, McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
October 28, 2014 — And Death Shall Have No Dominion and Songs of Life
Performed by the Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus and the Kentucky Youth Chorale
Third Baptist Church, Owensboro, Kentucky
October 17, 2014 — “Portrait at 44” and “Is This the Cost? The Penalty I Pay?”
Performed by Katherine Keem
OperaBelle Concert, Arts@Midday Series, St. Alban’s Parish, Washington, D.C.
September 26, 2014 — “Self Portrait at 44,” “Marks,” The Long Hill, “Is This the Cost?,” and Grandmother, Think Not I Forget
Performed by soprano Katherine Keem and pianist Andrew Stewart
OperaBelle Recital, Edenwald Retirement Community, Towson, Maryland
May 11, 2014 — La Sagesse
Performed by the Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra
Loch Raven High School, Towson, Maryland
Winning composition from the Baltimore Composers Forum competition.
May 9, 2014 — To Aegir and Shenandoah: A Fantasy
Performed by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet
The Engineers Club, Baltimore, Maryland
April 4, 2014 — To Aegir, Edgefield, and Shenandoah: A Fantasy
Performed by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet
Baltimore Composers Forum, “Spring Sprigs”
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
February 24, 2014 — Selections from Katherine Keem Sings Songs and Arias by Garth Baxter
Performed by Katherine Keem and Kathrin Murray
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
February 19, 2014 — “Is This the Cost? The Penalty I Pay?” from Lily
World premiere performed by soprano Katherine Keem and pianist Andrew Stewart
“Happenings at the Harman,” Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.
February 6, 2014 — Could You Dream What I Dream
Performed by Nicholus Currie and Diana Greene
Carroll Community College, Westminster, Maryland
September 28, 2013 — The Silver Run, Variations on the Willow Tree, Romance Without Words, and Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Performed by flutist Amber Rose Ennis, pianist Tobias Napleton, vocalist Willow L. J. Moss, and guitarist Matt Willcocks
The New Inn, Gloucester, England
September 27, 2013 — The Silver Run, Variations on the Willow Tree, Romance Without Words, and Four Songs from Twelfth Night
Performed by flutist Amber Rose Ennis, pianist Tobias Napleton, vocalist Willow L. J. Moss, and guitarist Matt Willcocks
Weston Art Gallery, Weston-super-Mare, England
July 25, 2013 — A Touch ’O Carolan
Performed by the Friedman-Wysong Duo
Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland
March 8, 2013 — “How Strange to Think” from Lily and Grandmother, Think Not I Forget
Performed by mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen and pianist Hillary Kruh
Baltimore Composers Forum 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
October 10, 2012 — Grandmother, Think Not I Forget and A Wife in London
Performed by soprano Katherine Keem and pianist Andrew Stewart
OperaBelle Concert, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.
September 10, 2012 — Could You Dream What I Dream
Performed by Nicholas Currie and Diana Greene
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
July 21–22, 2012 — Hardwater
Film score collaboration with Amit Kumar
Premiered at the Maine International Film Festival
Waterville Opera House and Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, Maine
July 8, 2012 — “The Battle” from The Battle Cry: A Tragedy
Performed by the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
World Choir Games, Holy Trinity Parish Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio
July 7, 2012 — “Drummer Hodge” from The Battle Cry: A Tragedy
Performed by the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
World Choir Games, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
July 6, 2012 — “The Battle” from The Battle Cry: A Tragedy
Performed by the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
World Choir Games, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
May 13, 2012 — The Battle Cry: A Tragedy
Performed by the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
April 21, 2012 — Could You Dream What I Dream, Resistance, and Romance Without Words
Could You Dream What I Dream premiered by Nicholas Currie and Diana Greene; Resistance and Romance Without Words performed by pianist Ruth Rose
An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
December 18, 2011 — Two Songs of Reflection
Performed by Katherine Keem and Andrew Stewart
OperaBelle’s Magical Holiday Concert, An die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
November 18, 2011 — Resistance
Danced to by Effervescent Collective
The Theatre Project, Baltimore, Maryland
October 22, 2011 — Romance Without Words and selected art songs
Performed by baritone Jason Buckwalter and pianist Andrew Stewart
“Autumn Sounds,” Enoch Pratt Parish Hall, Baltimore, Maryland
May 21, 2011 — The Silver Run
Performed by the Ross-Burgess Flute and Piano Duo
The Barn at Minchinhampton, Stroud, England
May 8, 2011 — A Romance Without Words
World premiere performed by Elitza Harbova
Casal Palocco, Rome, Italy