Kris Carlisle

The American Evolution: Programmatic Music for Piano moves north. Carson Newman University hosts this program free of charge, 7:30pm.

The Symphony will be performing an all Italian program featuring pieces by Respighi and other Italian great. At the Rome City Auditorium, 7:30pm. Contact the RSO for ticket information.

The hometown edition of the American Evolution: Programmatic Music for Piano. 7:30, Ford Auditorium. Admission is free.

This event will feature the three great conductors of the Berry College Choral program. Past conductors Ross McGullis and Harry Musselwhite, along with present conductor Paul Neal. The concert will take place at the historic Berry College Chapel, 2:00. Admission is free.

Continuation of the the American Evolution: Programmatic Music for Piano tour of the Carolinas. Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, North Carolina. 1:00pm

The premiere performance of the American Evolution: Programmatic Music for Piano, at Newberry College, in Newberry, South Carolina. 7:30pm

Ford Auditorium, 7:30. Free to the public.

I will be performing my Piano Preludes recital at the Steinway Piano Galleries at 5950 North Point Parkway, Set., 130 in Alpharetta. Concert begins at 7:00 pm and is free and open to the public. For more information call 770-777-1300 or go to their website included in the "Links" section of this website.

This concert will be the inaugural concert of the Berry College New Music Ensemble. The ensemble will utilize both faculty and student artists in works that are brand new, and some that are a bit more "standard" repertoire from the last century.

We hope you will join us for this event. 7:30 pm. Ford Auditorium, open and free to the public.

Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia is hosting a presentation of my American Evolution: Piano Prelude lecture/recital on the 6th at 7:30. The event will take place at Carol A. Carter Recital Hall in the Foy Building on the Georgia Southern campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

The annual Georgia Honors Council Conference will be meeting at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. My presentation of The American Evolution: Piano Preludes will take place the evening of February 2, with a masterclass for Wesleyan's pianist earlier that day.

An encore performance of the September 20th performance at Dalton State University. This one will be at Berry College in the Ford Auditorium. 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.

At the Eddie Owens Presents @Red Clay Music Foundry, Duluth, Georgia. ‘Broken Watch: A New Song Cycle on the Poetry of David Bottoms’. Tickets information available in the 'Links' section of this website.

Joining Dr. Ellie Jenkins on horn, Dr. Lauren Denney Wright on clarinet, and Dr. Eric Hanson on double bass, we will be presenting new music that includes a number of instrument combinations. 7:30. Dalton State University. Admission is free

I will be presenting a Faculty Artist Recital at Berry College in the Ford Auditorium. The piano is truly wonderful so I am really looking forward to this concert. Many of the works will be premiere performances. Lots of interesting music to be heard. 7:30, free

I have been invited to present my Lecture Recital at the Great Plains CMS Conference. I am very excited to be visiting Lincoln, Nebraska. The folks who live there claim it is a wonderful place.

I will be presenting a Guest Artist Recital with my colleague and trumpet professor Adam Hayes. We have not performed together for a few years so I am really looking forward to this recital. 7:30, free

I will be presenting a recital at Dalton State University in Dalton, Georgia. I have played there a number of times and can tell you that the audiences are great and the piano is really nice. 7:30, free.

I will be presenting my Lecture Recital of the American Evolution: Piano Preludes at the university's conference on Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Tough job huh?!
If you just happen to be in the area come to the Ala Moana Hotel, 1:00 Tuesday, January 3, 2017