Upcoming Events
2024
Solo recital at Glacier Hills Senior Living Community; program including works by Mozart, Ives, and Chopin
May 30 | Ann Arbor, MI
Berofsky/Votapek “family” concert at the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, featuring Aaron Berofsky, violin; Kathryn Votapek, violin; and Ralph Votapek, piano. See artist bios here.
July 18 & 19 | Saugatuck, MI
Release date TBA
Recording project with violinist Aaron Berofsky: Mozart violin sonatas on period instruments
Trio Sponte: Concert on Austin Chamber Music Series as Grand Prize winners of the 2024 Coltman Chamber Music Competition (Senior Division)
Date TBA | Austin, TX
Past Events
2024
Trio Sponte: Honors Ensemble Recital at NEC’s Jordan Hall; program including works by Beethoven, Piazzolla, and Mendelssohn, as well as the world premiere of Leaves Fall Like Snow by Changjin Ha. See the event page here.
May 5 | Boston, MA
Nick Hammel, violin: MM Degree Recital at NEC’s Keller Room; program including works by Mozart, Schubert, and Previn. See the event page here.
May 1 | Boston
University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series: "MozArt: Xiang Gao & Friends" at UD’s Gore Recital Hall
April 27 | Newark, DE
Rockport Music: NEC Honors Ensemble Showcase at Shalin Liu Performance Center, featuring Trio Sponte
April 13 | Rockport, MA
March 28 | Boston
Charles Berofsky’s Master of Music Degree Recital at NEC’s Williams Hall; program including works by J.S. Bach, Ives, Mozart, and Chopin. See the event page here.
NEC Piano Department Series: Ives 150, Program One – Performance of Charles Ives’ Study No. 20 “March” at NEC’s Jordan Hall. See the event page here.
February 27 | Boston
Trio Sponte: Concert at North Hill Community sponsored by the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble program
February 25 | Needham, MA
Performance with Hannah Goldstick, violin on Miriam Fried Studio Class Concert “Fusions and Allusions” at Harvard Musical Association
February 22 | Boston
Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Concert: Performance of Dvořák’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat with Kristopher Tong, Melissa Reardon, and Yeesun Kim at NEC’s Jordan Hall
January 23 | Boston
2023
The New York International Piano Competition 2023-24 Young Artists Series: Solo recital at Temple Emanu-El’s Greenwald Hall; program including works by J.S. Bach, Schoenberg, Florence Price, Scriabin, and Chopin
December 17 | New York, NY
Pressenda Chamber Players: Piano trio concert with Aaron Berofsky and Tobias Werner at Glen Echo Park; program including Dvořák “Dumky” Trio and Mendelssohn Piano Trio #2 in C minor
December 2 | Glen Echo, MD
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players: “Two Titans” (program including Mozart Piano Quintet in E-flat, K. 452)
October 30 | New York, NY
October 23 | Boston
John Heiss Memorial Concert: Performance of Schoenberg’s Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, as part of larger concert celebrating the life and legacy of NEC professor John Heiss
June 24, July 8, July 22, August 6 | Taos & Taos Ski Valley, NM
Performances on Young Artist Chamber Music Concerts at the Taos School of Music: Dvořák “Dumky” Trio, Brahms Piano Trio #1 in B, Schumann Piano Trio #3 in G minor, and Beethoven Trio in B-flat “Archduke”
May 9 | Ann Arbor, MI
Berofsky Piano Quartet: Concert at Glacier Hills Senior Living Community; program including Mozart Piano Quartet #1 in G minor and Fauré Piano Quartet #1 in C minor
April 20 | Boston
Recital with violinist Bree Fotheringham at Boston Public Library on Never Too Late Series; program including music by Bacewicz, Baker, Bates, Beach, Brahms, and Esmail
April 15 | Westwood, MA
Newbury Trio: Concert at Fox Hill Village, under the auspices of the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble program; concert including music by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Schoenfield
April 13 | Boston
Newbury Trio: New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble recital in Jordan Hall; program including works by Beethoven and Dvořák, as well as the world premiere of Minoo Dixon’s TRiO #1. See the event page here.
March 13 | Lincoln, MA
Recital with violinist Bree Fotheringham at The Commons in Lincoln; program including works by Beethoven, Price, Perkinson, and Beach
March 12 | Needham, MA
Newbury Trio: Concert at North Hill Community, under the auspices of the NEC Honors Ensemble program; concert including works by Mel Bonis and Beethoven
February 27 | Boston
NEC Piano Department Series: A Fine Balance - Piano Music by Women and Men, Part Two – Performance of Florence Price’s Piano Sonata in E minor in Jordan Hall. See the event page here.
Performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449 with the New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra in Jordan Hall, as winner of the 2022 NEC Piano Chamber Orchestra Competition. Watch on NEC’s official YouTube page (or see the original event page here).
February 13 | Boston
2022
December 3 | Glen Echo, MD
Pressenda Chamber Players: Piano trio concert with Aaron Berofsky and Tobias Werner at Glen Echo Park; program including Schumann Piano Trio #1 in D minor and Beethoven Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70, #2
November 21 | Boston
Recital with violinist Bree Fotheringham at Hale House; program including works by Haydn, Coleridge-Taylor, and Beethoven
October 16 | Houston, TX
“Hear&Now” new music concert at Rice University’s Duncan Hall—featuring the world premiere of Charles Berofsky’s Obsession for cello quartet (performed by Sebastian Berofsky, Claire Druffner, Evan Nicholson, and Maximus Gurath)
September 25 | Rochester, NY
Voices choir concert at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, under the direction of William Weinert—featuring Charles Berofsky’s choral work Invitation to Love
Voices choir concert at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, under the direction of William Weinert—featuring Berofsky’s Invitation to Love
September 23 | Buffalo, NY
Solo and collaborative performances on student concerts during the Academia Internacional de Música de Solsona
August 13 | Solsona & Sallent, Catalonia
Performance with bassoonist Tatia Slouka as a finalist on Preisträgerkonzert at the Universität Mozarteum’s Solitär
August 3 | Salzburg, Austria
Solo and collaborative performances at the Universität Mozarteum and Schloss Höch during the 2022 Mozarteum Internationale Sommerakademie
July 18, 21, 29, 30; August 3 | Salzburg & Flachau, Austria
Performance on Baroque chamber music concert at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute
July 2 | Oberlin, OH
June 20–24 | New York, NY
Performances at the Manhattan School of Music as a contestant in the 10th New York International Piano Competition. Watch the live-streamed performances here.
Recital with cellist David Sheng at Cornell University; program including music by Ernest Bloch, Nadia Boulanger, Clara Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn
May 9 | Ithaca, NY
Chamber Music Extravaganza concert at Eastman School of Music: Performance of works by Willard Elliot and Charles Berofsky; with Gwen Goodman, oboe and Tatia Slouka, bassoon.
May 2 | Rochester, NY
World premiere of Invitation to Love for SATB a capella, composed by Charles Berofsky; performed by the Eastman Chorale at Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word in Rochester
May 1 | Rochester
Graduate Chamber Seminar Recital at Eastman School of Music: Performance of Ravel Piano Trio with Chihiro Kakishima, violin and Hannah Rubin, cello.
April 30 | Rochester
World premiere of Open World for solo piano, composed by Charles Berofsky; performed by Teresa Grijalva on her BM Senior Recital at the University of Dayton
April 23 | Dayton, OH
Charles Berofsky’s Bachelor of Music Degree Recital at Eastman School of Music, featuring works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann, and Medtner, as well as Berofsky’s Piano Sonata
March 26 | Rochester
Performance of Spirals for solo piano, composed by Charles Berofsky; performed by Andrew Chen on his BM Degree Recital at Eastman School of Music.
March 23 | Rochester
March 6 | Middlebury, IN
Berofsky Piano Quartet performance for Crystal Valley Concert Series, featuring music by Mozart, Charles Berofsky, and Dvořák. Link to website.
March 2 | Rochester
World premiere of Four Thank Yous for solo cello, composed by Charles Berofsky; performed by Joëlla Becker on her BM Degree Recital at Eastman School of Music
February 27 | Rochester
World premiere of Wandern for bassoon and piano, composed by Charles Berofsky; performed with Tatia Slouka on her BM Degree Recital at Eastman School of Music
February 2 | Rochester
Eastman School of Music Composers’ Concerts: World premiere of Charles Berofsky’s Piano Sonata
2021
December 19 | Ann Arbor, MI
Recital with cellist Sebastian Berofsky at Glacier Hills Senior Living Community, featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, and Medtner. See the program here.
December 7 | Rochester
Graduate Chamber Seminar Recital at Eastman School of Music: Performance of Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor with Chihiro Kakishima and Hannah Rubin. Watch here.
December 1 | Rochester
Performance of Charles Berofsky’s A Day in the Life for oboe, bassoon, and piano; performed by Gwen Goodman, Tatia Slouka, and James Wilson.
November 30 | virtual broadcast
Trio performance with Chihiro Kakishima and Hannah Rubin for “Lunch and Listen” concert series; online concert for members of University of Rochester Medical Center, featuring music of Schumann and Mendelssohn.
November 29 | Rochester
Performance of Bach’s Sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord with flutist Elise Kim on recital at Eastman School of Music’s Howard Hanson Hall
November 18 | Rochester
Eastman School of Music Composers’ Concerts: World premiere of Charles Berofsky’s O Lord, Our Father for baritone and piano, performed by Finn Bucci and the composer
October 14 | East Lansing, MI
Absolute Music Chamber Series: Recital with violinist Aaron Berofsky, featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, de Falla, and Charles Berofsky
September 21 | Rochester
Eastman School of Music Composers’ Concerts: World premiere of Charles Berofsky’s Three Academic Pieces for solo piano, performed by the composer
September 10-12 | Cape Vincent, NY
Thousand Islands International Piano Competition, consisting of three days of performances; resulted in first prize awarded by the jury, as well as an audience favorite prize
July 11 | Chautauqua, NY
Performance at the Chautauqua Amphitheater as second prize winner of the annual Chautauqua piano competition, featuring music of Schumann and Bartók
June 12 | virtual broadcast
Pianist for Sebastian Berofsky’s senior high school cello recital, featuring works by Schumann, Bach, and Grieg. Watch here.
Pressenda Chamber Players: Piano quartet concert with Aaron Berofsky, Kathryn Votapek, and Tobias Werner at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, program including Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor and Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat
May 15 | Bethesda, MD
Honors Chamber Music Recital at Eastman School of Music: Performance of Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor with Chihiro Kakishima and Cheng “Allen” Liang. Watch here.
May 5 | Rochester
Eastman School of Music Composers’ Concerts: World premiere of CB’s Long Lost Love for violin and piano, performed by Robert Sanders and the composer. Watch here.
May 4 | Rochester
Pianist for Cheng Liang’s senior cello recital at Eastman School of Music, featuring music of Schubert and Chopin
April 19 | Rochester
Eastman School of Music Composers’ Concerts: World premiere of CB’s Quartet Fragments for string quartet, performed by Lily Dunlap, Lydia Becker, Lucy Gelber, and Joëlla Becker. Watch here.
April 15 | Rochester
March 16 | virtual broadcast
Eastman Audio Research Studio concert: World premiere of CB’s A COVID Piece for fixed media
2020
December 15 | virtual broadcast
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra “Holiday Pops” concert with Aaron Berofsky – featuring Christmas carols and works by Bach, Mozart, and Vince Guaraldi. Watch here.
November 14 | virtual broadcast
Eastman School of Music Virtual Mini Concert: World premiere of CB’s Warming Up for violin, viola, and piano, performed by Aaron Berofsky, Kathryn Votapek, and the composer. Watch here.
September 27 | virtual broadcast
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Beethoven recital with Aaron Berofsky featuring Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 and 7 and an excerpt from the Violin Concerto
August 17 | virtual broadcast
Chautauqua Institute presents the Berofsky Piano Quartet in an online concert, featuring music of Mozart, Dvořák, and Charles Berofsky
February 5 | Rochester
Performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with Neil Varon and the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, as winner of Eastman’s January 2020 piano concerto competition. Watch here.
2019
October 15 | Rochester
Performed on Tuesday Pipes (weekly organ concert series at Christ Church) with Bradley Vogel, featuring music by Bach and Brahms as well as the second performance of CB’s Transcendence for baroque organ
September 20 | Rochester
World premiere of CB’s Transcendence for baroque organ, performed by Bradley Vogel at Christ Church
July 25 | Orford, Quebec
Performed Rameau’s La Dauphine for harpsichord on Orford Academy student concert
Performed second and third movements of Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” at Orford Academy student concert
July 24 | Sherbrooke, Quebec
Solo and chamber performances, the latter in collaboration with Joel Munday, Wilson Vanderslice, Sommer Altier, Colton Slaven, and Colin Hill, at Bowdoin International Music Festival in Studzinski Recital Hall – music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Janáček, and Stravinsky
July 9 & 11 | Brunswick, ME
July 5 & 12 | Brunswick
Performances at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community as part of Bowdoin’s Community Concert Series
Recital with Sebastian Berofsky at University of Michigan Britton Recital Hall, including works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Respighi
May 17 | Ann Arbor
May 15 | Ann Arbor
Solo recital at Glacier Hills Senior Living Community, featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Copland
2018
December 9 | Rochester
Performed Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor with a student orchestra on a concert curated and conducted by Eastman student Timothy Ren
July 27 | Rochester
Performances at Christ Church and Third Presbyterian Church on concerts for the 2018 Eastman Summer Academy for High School Organists
July 1 & 12 | Brunswick
Solo and chamber performances, the latter in collaboration with Zoe Lo, Wednesday Hsu, and Owen Cummings, at Bowdoin International Music Festival in Studzinski Recital Hall – music by Bach, Mozart, and Schubert
May 25 | Ann Arbor
Senior high school piano recital at University of Michigan Britton Recital Hall, featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Takemitsu, as well as the world premiere of CB’s When I Think Upon My Past
May 6 | Ann Arbor
Recital with Sebastian Berofsky at University of Michigan Britton Recital Hall, including works by Beethoven and Stravinsky
May 4 | Dearborn, MI
Performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center with Kypros Markou and the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra, as winner of the Symphony’s 2018 concerto competition
2017
October 16 | Ann Arbor
Huron High School orchestra concert: World premiere of Charles Berofsky’s Repose for string orchestra, conducted by Timothy Krohn
May 19 | Ann Arbor
Solo piano recital at University of Michigan Britton Recital Hall, featuring Charles Berofsky’s Spirals and the complete Bach Goldberg Variations
February 27 | Ann Arbor
Huron High School concert: Performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with jazz orchestra and Copland’s Appalachian Spring with chamber ensemble
2016
May 28 | Ann Arbor
Solo piano recital at University of Michigan Britton Recital Hall, featuring works by Bach, Chopin, Brahms, and Bartók, as well as two of CB’s Moments Musicaux