Eva Kendrick - Composer
Upcoming Concerts
Date Time Event Location  
Wed Aug 04 8:00 pm Local 121 Speakeasy with Garlic and Moonshine
Local 121, Providence, RI more info
Mon Aug 23 8:00 pm Everyman Bistro
Everyman Bistro, Providence, RI more info
Sat Sep 11 2:15 pm Stone Soup Folk Festival
TBA, Pawtucket, RI more info
Sun Sep 12 3:45 pm Singing Out Against Hunger Festival
Evelyn's Drive-In, Tiverton, RI more info
Recent Concerts

May 1, 2010
Stone Soup Coffeehouse Annual Barnraiser
Pawtucket, RI
Anne's Cordial, Triple Spiral, Chris Monti and Jacob Haller performed at this fundraising event for one of the oldest folk venues in Rhode Island.

March 31, 2010
Local 121 Speakeasy
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial and the Kim Lamothe Tree-O performed at this Wednesday night music series.

January 30, 2010
Longy Alumni Voices
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
A new concert series featuring the performances and compositions of Longy alumnae premiered in 2010. Kendrick's chamber piece "Disir" was included on the program with performers E. Reed Ferenbaugh (harp), Rachel Arnold (cello), Noell Dorsey (soprano), James Delorey (percussion), and Eva Kendrick (soprano).

January 27, 2010
"To A Man" Screening
Martini Red, NY

January 9. 2010
"To A Man" Screening
Cargo Cafe, NY

December 22, 2009
"To A Man" screening
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
"To A Man," a documentary about the male youth of Staten Island, directed by Mikhael Antone, was premiered at the College of Staten Island. Musical score was written by Joe D'Angelo and Eva Kendrick.

December 18, 2009
White Electric Holiday Concert
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial, Serena Andrews and Chris Monti and Jacob Haller performed.

November 28, 2009
Jacob Haller CD Release Party
Pioneer Brewing Company
Fiskeville, MA
Anne's Cordial, the Superchief Trio, Kate Katzberg and Jacob Haller performed in honor of Jacob Haller's new release "Mistaken Identity."

November 1, 2009
Empire Review
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial, Jacob Haller, Chris Monti, Hannah Devine and the Superchief Trio were featured acts.

October 11, 2009
RISA Songwriters in the Round
Eva Kendrick was one of the featured performers at this showcase, sponsored by the Rhode Island Songerwriters Association.

October 11, 2009
Redwood Library
Newport, RI
Anne's Cordial performed at the oldest library in the country during their Sunday afternoon concert series.

September 26, 2009
Stone Church Coffeehouse
Bristol, RI
Featured performers: Anne's Cordial, Bill Munroe and Hannah Devine.

September 20, 2009
Singing Out Against Hunger Festival (RI)
Anne's Cordial was one of the many featured local performers at this annual festival, held at various venues throughout Tiverton.

June 21, 2009
Anne's Cordial at the Liberty Elm
Providence, RI

May 30, 2009
Anne's Cordial with the Frankenstein Consort
White Electric, Providence, RI

May 15, 2009
John Kleshinski Faculty Concert Series
Community Music Center of Boston, MA
CMCB faculty members Eva Kendrick, soprano, and Erik Puslys, guitar, presented a concert of classical guitar and vocal music. Pieces on the program include works by Spanish composer Fernando Sor, Brazillian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, arrangements of French 18th century arias by Phyllis Tate, and folk-inspired middle eastern and eastern european works. This concert was paired with a wine tasting.

May 10, 2009
Music Sunday Service
First Parish Medfield, MA
Kendrick organized and directed the annual Music Sunday service at FPUU, featuring performances by the FPUU choir, chimes choir and members of the congregation.

May 9, 2009
Vanderbilt Variety Hour
Newport, RI
Anne's Cordial performed two sets at this weekly variety show, hosted by Rory Raven.

April 26, 2009
Anthology: Songs of Civil Protest and Unrest
First Church Cohassett
Cohassett, MA
Anthology, a professional quartet of enchanting women's voices, commissioned eight composers to compose a work based around the theme of protest and social unrest. The resulting works span an incredible diversity of styles and texts. Also included on the program will be songs of protest from different eras and countries, including South African anti-apartheid hymns, union songs, work songs, and political songs from bygone decades. The composers are Ashi Day, Stephen Feigenbaum, Erin Huelskamp, Eva Kendrick, Ivana Lisak, Carol Lubkowski, Russell Podgorsek and Michael Veloso.

April 11, 2009
Church Street Coffeehouse ***
Warren, RI
Anne's Cordial performed a set with Kim Lamothe at this monthly coffeehouse series.

April 6, 2009
Everyman Bistro ***
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial was the featured performer at this singer-songwriter night, hosted by John Windle.

April 5, 2009
Anthology: Songs of Protest and Civil Unrest
St. James Episcopal Church
Farmington, CT
Anthology, a professional quartet of enchanting women's voices, commissioned eight composers to compose a work based around the theme of protest and social unrest. The resulting works span an incredible diversity of styles and texts. Also included on the program will be songs of protest from different eras and countries, including South African anti-apartheid hymns, union songs, work songs, and political songs from bygone decades. The composers are Ashi Day, Stephen Feigenbaum, Erin Huelskamp, Eva Kendrick, Ivana Lisak, Carol Lubkowski, Russell Podgorsek and Michael Veloso.

March 29, 2009
SWAN Day Composers Festival
Allen Hall, Boston, MA
 
Second annual international festival featuring and showcasing female artists. The SWAN Day Composers Festival featured eight Boston-based female composers in a lecture-performance format. Pieces on the program were "Apelacion al solitario" and "Le Chambre Bleu" by Laura Macias; "Two Songs by Adrienne Rich" by Erin Huelskamp; "Disir" by Kendrick and Ferenbaugh; "Remember" by Ivana Lisak; "Full Moon Waltz" by Carol Lubowski; solo cello pieces by Liz Erickson; "Four Sketches for Piano" and "Babylon" by Liza White. Read more about SWAN Day. Performers were Sarah Dunn, Edward Meradith, Dierdre Viau, Sachiko Murata, Emily Culler, Julia Scott Carey, Natalie Markward, Julie Carew, Sarah Long-Holland, Melissa Griego, Inja Davidovic, Elaine Rombola, Geoffrey Shamu, and Thomas Schmidt. There was also a sound installation by the multimedia artist Lovers v. Haters.

March 18, 2009
The Blackstone
Pawtucket, RI
Anne's Cordial played a set at this singer-songwriter series hosted by Mark Cutler.

March 15, 2009
Circle Worship Service
First Church Boston
Kendrick led the music portion of this monthly service, themed Work As a Spiritual Journey, which was led by Matt Mayer.

March 1, 2009
Anthology: Songs of Protest and Civil Unrest
Christ Church, Andover, MA
 
Anthology, a professional quartet of enchanting women's voices, commissioned eight composers to compose a work based around the theme of protest and social unrest. The resulting works span an incredible diversity of styles and texts. Also included on the program will be songs of protest from different eras and countries, including South African anti-apartheid hymns, union songs, work songs, and political songs from bygone decades. The composers are Ashi Day, Stephen Feigenbaum, Erin Huelskamp, Eva Kendrick, Ivana Lisak, Carol Lubkowski, Russell Podgorsek and Michael Veloso.

February 28, 2009 **
Until the Violence Stops Festival: Musica Fem Concert
West Side Arts, Providence, RI
 
Anne's Cordial performed a set at this festival, held by Peace Providence. Other performers included Sharon Crumrine with Betty Widerski, Mary B, and the Kim Lamothe Trio.

February, 27, 2009
Anthology: Songs of Protest and Civil Unrest
First Parish, Cambridge, MA
Anthology, a professional quartet of enchanting women's voices, commissioned eight composers to compose a work based around the theme of protest and social unrest.  The resulting works span an incredible diversity of styles and texts.  Also included on the program will be songs of protest from different eras and countries, including South African anti-apartheid hymns, union songs, work songs, and political songs from bygone decades. The composers are Ashi Day, Stephen Feigenbaum, Erin Huelskamp, Eva Kendrick, Ivana Lisak, Carol Lubkowski, Russell Podgorsek and Michael Veloso.

February 21, 2009
Night of Staten Island Artist Awards
College of Staten Island. NY
As part of COHASI's Night of Staten Island Artists Awards Ceremony, Mikhael Antone's documentary "Works in Progress" will be screened, with soundtrack by Kendrick. Antone is also a recent recipient of a DCA Grant for 2009 to fund the rest of the project, which will become a feature-length film.

February 20, 2009
Longy School of Music Composition Seminar
Cambridge, MA
Kendrick and composer Hector Martinez Morales, recent alumnae from the school, were guest speakers at the Longy School of Music Composition Seminar.

January 29, 2009
Young Composers Festival
New Gallery Concert Series: Our Sense of Home
Allen Hall, Community Music Center of Boston, Boston, MA
 
Kendrick premiered ...But Not Heard, a commissioned piece for prepared folk harp and cello at this New Gallery Concert Series concert. The NGCS, which presents new pieces music and art, is founded and directed by CMCB faculty member and pianist Sarah Bob. This program also featured the Chuck Gabriel Septet, composer Marcos Balter, and Roshanne Etezady's "Bright Angel" for clarinet and piano. Performers included Rachel Arnold, cello, Erin Reed Ferenbaugh, folk harp, Michelle Shoemaker, clarinet, and Barbara Lieurance, piano.

January 25, 2009
Young Composers Festival Featured Concert
Allen Hall, Community Music Center of Boston, Boston, MA
 
Kendrick's "Against the Grain," commissioned by Boston's new music ensemble Dinosaur Annex, premiered at the Young Composers Festival Featured Concert. The piece was written for the CMCB Senior Wind Ensemble and string trio and was conducted by Todd Millen. The YCF is a weeklong festival of workshops, lectures and concerts, produced in partnership by the Community Music Center of Boston, Dinosaur Annex and the New Gallery Concert Series. Other pieces on the program included works by John Orfe, Daniel Bradshaw, Trevor Gureckis, Timothy Andres and Michele Zaccagnini. A pre-concert panel discussion was moderated by Kati Agocs and included Kendrick, Prof. Jeremy Van Buskirk, Danielle Galler-Rabinowitz, and Arthur Vanaria.

January 4, 2009 **
AS220's Empire Review
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial performed at this monthly variety show, hosted by Keith Munslow and the Superchief Trio.
 
 
2008 Performances

December 14, 2008
Works in Progress
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
 
A documentary in progress, Works in Progress, by filmmaker Mikhael Antone with a musical score by Eva Kendrick, was screened at the College of Staten Island. The film, funded by a COHASI Grant, focuses on six young middle class men, most of whose parents are immigrants.

December 12, 2008 **
Jitters Club,
Southington, CT
Anne's Cordial performed with Porter Singer.

November 21, 2008 **
White Electric
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial performed with Allysen Callery and the Land of Nod and Grow Your Own Butterflies.

November 20, 2008
John Kleshinski Faculty Concert Series
Community Music Center of Boston, Allen Hall
Boston, MA
Kendrick premiered "Disir," for harp, cello, and three singers based on the Norse Poetic Edda, and "Songs of Anxiety" for child soprano and xylophone. Also on the program was "Bee-Smoking" for soprano, cello and marimba. Performers: Erin Reed Ferenbaugh (soprano, folk harp), Natalie Markward (soprano), Julie Carew (cello), Maeve Conway-Pearson (child soprano), and Jim Delorey (marimba, xylophone).

November 1, 2008 **
Century Lounge
Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial played a set with jazz combo Mise en Scene.

October 31, 2008 **
SENE Fundraiser
Cranston, RI
Private party.

October 19, 2008
Rialto Arts, Where Nature Takes Center Stage
Brooks Auditorium
Lincoln, MA
 
Rialto Arts presented Buccaneers of Buzz, Celebrating Honeybees, an event which features a documentary about beekeepers, live performance, dance, and original music, including a commissioned work by Kendrick. Performers included Yuko Yoshikawa, marimba, Miranda Loud, mezzo-soprano, Brian Jones, and tapdancer, Karl Haas, percussion. This program was funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and individual donors. The multimedia event included a hive demonstration, the concert, and a honey-tasting bee fair featuring local beekeepers.

September 20, 2008 **
Ninth Annual Pawtucket Film Festival
Pawtucket Visitors Center
Pawtucket, RI
Anne's Cordial played a set of music before the screening of Lost in Woonsocket.

September 7, 2008 **
Singing Out Against Hunger Festival
Evelyn's Drive-In
Tiverton, RI
Anne's Cordial performed at this local annual festival, which also featured singer-songwriters like Chris Rosenquest, Allysen Callery and Kim Lamothe.

August 20, 2008 **
Basement Forts @ Sound Sessions
Tazza Cafe
Providence, RI

August 17, 2008 **
Lake Shore Farm Inn
Norwood, NH
Anne's Cordial perfomed with Allysen Callery.

July 31, 2008 **
All-Asia Bar
Cambridge, MA
Anne's Cordial performed with Los Angeles Genevieve.

July 27, 2008 **
Nave Gallery
Somerville, MA
Performance with Emily Smith and Synergy.

June 29, 2008 **
The Beehive
Boston, MA

June 13, 2008 **
The Middle East Corner Cafe
Cambridge, MA
Anne's Cordial played with Erik Lindgren and the Frankenstein Consort.

June 8, 2008
Wimberly Theatre
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
 
In celebration of David Lapin, Executive Director of the Community Music Center of Boston's 25th anniversary, this concert featured works by the ensembles of the CMCB. Kendrick's piece "A Child Said, What Is the Grass" was commissioned in honor for David Lapin and featured the CMCB orchestra, children's chorus, adult chorus and soprano soloist Jennifer Ashe.


May 14, 2007
<B>Music of Liz Knight</B>
Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA
Longy School of Music student composer Liz Knight presented her masters recital. The program included chamber works, solo trumpet and cellos pieces, and "In My Family's Words," an a cappella song cycle sung by Nils Erickson and Eva Kendrick.

May 13, 2007
<B>First Parish Medfield Music Service</B>
First Parish Medfield, Medfield, MA
As the music director of First Parish Medfield, Kendrick directed this annual music service which included solo organ pieces, soloists Becca and John Kornet, and a cameo by Kendrick's folk trio Anne's Cordial.

May 6, 2007
<B>Voices of the Spirit: Voices of New England</B>
Kendrick's piece "Famous" was included on this program of Boston-area composers, who also included John Howell Morrison, Chris Eastburn, Chris Montgomery and Frank Peri. Kendrick was also the soprano soloist for the concert.

May 6, 2007
<B>First Parish Needham Concert</B>
First Parish Needham, Needham, MA
Kendrick's piece "Famous," for mixed adult and children's choir and string quartet was premiered at this concert, along with works by John Howell Morrison, Chris Eastburn, and Chris Montgomery. Vivian Montgomery was the conductor and music director.

April 14, 2007
<B>Anne's Cordial at the Mediator Stage</B>
55 Rounds Ave. Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial performed a solo show at this live music venue in Providence.

March 23, 2007
<B>Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House</B>
209 Douglas Ave. Providence, RI
Anne's Cordial performed with Porter Singer in a double-bill at this Providence coffeeshop.

February 20, 2007
<B>Longy New Music Concert</B>
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Eva Kendrick and tenor Nils Erickson performed "The Universe Breathes," part of a song cycle by composer Liz Knight based on poems by her family. The song cycle will be performed in full in a recital in May, 2007.

February 11, 2007
<B>Music of Her Voice: Joint Faculty Recital</B>
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
This recital by Longy faculty members Vanessa Breault Mulvey (flute) and Michelle Shoemaker (clarinet) featured wind music by Libby Larsen, Thea Musgrave, Mara Gibson, Beth Wiemann (University of Maine), and Longy alumna Eva Kendrick.

December 24, 2006
<B>Christmas Eve Service</B>
First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Medfield, MA
Kendrick's choral piece "Cloudy Christmas Eve" was performed by the First Parish Choir at their Christmas Eve service.

November 29, 2006
<B>Longy New Music Concert</B>
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Kendrick performed Longy student Elizabeth Knight's piece "What If," an <i>a cappela</i> atonal duet with tenor Nils Erickson at the Longy School of Music's New Music Concert.

November 19, 2006
<B>Providence Mandolin Orchestra</B>
Hingham Library Concert, Hingham, MA
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra performed music throughout the centuries during its 2006-2007 concert season. The program includes Kendrick's recently premiered "Country Fields," written for the Providence Mandolin Orchestra.

October 29, 2006
<B>Providence Mandolin Orchestra</B>
Mattapoisett Congregational Church, Mattapoisett, MA
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra performed music throughout the centuries during its 2006-2007 concert season. The program includes Kendrick's recently premiered "Country Fields," written for the Providence Mandolin Orchestra.

June 23, 2006
<B>Waterfire: Providence Mandolin Orchestra</B>
RISD Auditorium, Providence, RI
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra performed Kendrick's "Country Fields" at their Waterfire Concert.

June 5, 2006
<B><i>Shining</i> West Coast Premiere</B>
Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
<i>Shining</i> made its west coast premiere at the Ebell of Los Angeles, one of the largest and oldest women's philantthropic organizations in the United States. Performers: Eva Kendrick, soprano, Melanie Henley-Heyn, soprano, Belinda Wilkins, mezzo-soprano, and Yelena Koshelevskaya, pianist.