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May 22, 2008: Performed the Brahms Second Piano Concerto with the Orquesta Filarmónica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, conducted by Patricio Aizaga. Program Information
May 13, 2008: Performed solo piano repertoire by Maurice Ravel and the Second Concerto by Johannes Brahms with piano accompaniment provided by Mathew Lane at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland. Program Information
April 26, 2008: Performed with musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra and with flutist Karen Kevra in a program of chamber music for the Capital City Concerts series in Montpelier, Vermont. Program Information
April 20, 2008: Appeared as jazz pianist in Donald McCullough's "Let My People Go" performed by the The Master Chorale of Washington at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington, D.C. Program Information
March 8, 2008: Performed with Noah Getz, saxophonist, at Our Savior's Atonement Lutheran Church in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York in a program of works by New York composers Aaron Jay Kernis, Charles Wuorinen, and Matthew Van Brink, as well as compositions by Fernando Benadon and Gregory Wanamaker from the recent Getz-Chappell CD release, Crosscurrents.
March 7, 2008: Presented a lecture-recital at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City addressing the parallels between acting and performing music. The program consisted of classical music, original compositions, improvisations, and jazz tune arrangements. The closing segment was an improvised collaboration with students of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. To read a transcript of this lecture, click here.
February 23, 2008: Performed Beethoven's Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra, Op. 80, with the York Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Hart Baker.
January 9, 11, 12, 30: February 1, 2, 2008: Served as orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony Orchestra.
December 4, 2007: Led the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble in their end-of-semester concert.
October 28, 2007: Performed original compositions in a program of American music presented by piano faculty members of the Levine School of Music at the Strathmore Music Center in Rockville, Maryland.
October 5, 2007: Performed with Noah Getz, saxophonist, at The Katzen Arts Center, NW Washington, D.C., in Crosscurrents: Where Jazz and Classical Music Merge, a program of jazz compositions and classical compositions that based on jazz, including works by Phil Woods, Scott Lindroth, Andrian Pertout, Noah Getz and Jeffrey Chappell. Program Information
September 27, 28, 29, and 30, 2007: Served as orchestral pianist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop, performing the synthesizer part in John Adams' "Fearful Symmetries".
July 27, 2007: Appeared in the Piano Concerto by Samuel Barber with the Chesapeake Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Silberschlag in the River Concert Series at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Program Information
May 23, 2007: Performed at the Levine School of Music's Annual Gala which honored Leon Fleisher, as accompanist for his son, cabaret singer Julian Fleisher. Program Information
May 19, 2007: Performed with flutist Karen Kevra in a program of French music including works from Louis Moyse's collection, Flute Music by French Composers, and his "Introduction, Theme and Variations", as well as solo piano works by Ravel and Griffes. Program Information
May 6, 2007: Performed a solo recital of American piano music at St. Luke's Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia. Program included works by Jeffrey Chappell, Scott Joplin, Edward MacDowell, Charles Griffes, Marc Mellits, Jeffrey Bauer, and James Grant, as well as Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". Program Information
May 3 and 4, 2007: Served as orchestral pianist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop, performing a keyboard part in John Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur".
April 19, 2007: Performed the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra conducted by Timothy Muffit. Program Information
April 9, 2007: Performed the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto with pianist Lisa Weiss accompanying on second piano at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD. Also accompanied Weiss for her performance of Mozart's Concerto K. 467. Program Information
March 15, 2007: Performed the Concerto for Two Pianos by Francis Poulenc with pianist Bonny Armacost and the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Ecuador, conducted by Patricio Aizaga. Program also included Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (Chappell and the orchestra), Milhaud's Scaramouche (two pianos), and solo piano works by Ravel, Scriabin, and Chappell. Program Information
March 1, 2007: Released "Pick It Up", a recording of eighteen jazz tunes arranged for solo piano by Jeffrey Chappell, on the Centaur Records label. The tune for the title track was composed by Goucher College alumnus Greg Russell.
January 24-27, 2007: Served as orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony Orchestra, performing keyboard parts in Gustav Holst's "The Planets".
January 16, 2007: Performed as jazz pianist at Virgilio's jazz club in Key West, Florida, with bassist Joe Dallas and drummer Skipper Kripitz.
January 9, 2007: Performed sonatas by Beethoven and Barber in recital with cellist Vasily Popov at the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Levine School of Music.
December 5, 2006: Led the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble in their end-of-semester concert.
December 3, 2006: Performed improvised solo piano music for silent films at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
November 1, 2006: Gave a lecture-recital of original compositions and jazz tune arrangements for the Levine School of Music.
October 14, 2006: Performed in recital with pianist Michael Arnowitt on the Capital City Concerts series in Montpelier, Vermont. The program consisted of solo and duet repertoire, including a rare performance of the Brahms Fourth Symphony arranged for piano, four hands.
August 11, 2006: Accompanied the recital of clarinetist Marguerite Baker-Levin in Atlanta, Georgia for the annual International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest.
July 9-21, 2006: Director of the Goucher Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp in Baltimore.
July 3, 2006: Released "Jazz Sonata", a recording of solo piano original compositions by Jeffrey Chappell, on the Centaur Records label.
May 11, 2006: Performed in recital with clarinetist Marguerite Baker at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
May 9, 2006: Conducted the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble in concert at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
May 7, 2006: Performed original composition, Jazz Sonata in the Sandy Spring Museum Lyceum Concert Series, in partnership with the Academy of Music. Program also included works by Darius Milhaud, Claude Bolling, and others, performed by Philip Hosford, Tim Friedlander, Lincoln Cobbins, and Steve Tebbe. Program Information
April 27, 28, and 30: Served as orchestral keyboard player with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in performances of "On the Transmigration of Souls" by John Adams.
March 30, 31, and April 1, 2006: Served as orchestral pianist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in performances of "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky.
March 25, 2006: Performed Robert Schumann's Carnaval, Opus 9, at the Anderson House Museum in Washington, D.C. The performance was preceded by a lecture by Dr. Immanuela Gruenberg addressing Schumann's sources of inspiration — literary and musical works, feelings of love and despair, his vivid imagination — as well as the composer's complex personality. Program Information.
March 11, 2006: Performed music for flute and piano with flutist Thomas Robertello and the Woodbridge Flute Choir at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Bethesda, Maryland. The program included the Fauré Fantasy and the premiere performance of Robertello's transcription of Chopin's Sonata for Piano and Cello. In addition, accompanied flutists for a master class with Thomas Robertello. Program Information
February 18-19, 2006: Performed improvised solo piano music for silent French films in connection with the "Cezanne in Provence" gallery exhibit in the National Gallery of Art Film Program "Provence et Marseille".Program Information
February 1, 2006: A solo piano recital of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Fauré, and Chappell at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland Program Information
January 14, 2006: Performed a solo piano recital on the Capital City Concerts series in Montpelier, Vermont (see the Times-Argus publicity interview). About the concert, the Times-Argus wrote: "(Chopin Sonata) Chappell delivered power and grandeur... (Fauré Ballade) He employed a beautiful variety of touch and phrasing... (Beethoven Sonata) Chappell delivered the ultimate Beethoven power and beauty... (Haydn Sonata) Chappell's virtuosic and sensitive performance was a pleasure." Also performed on Vermont Public Radio on January 11. Program information.
October 29, 2005: The Jeffrey Chappell Jazz Combo with the Master Chorale of Washington performed Pange Lingua Variations by Dave Brubeck and Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, accompanied by orchestra and organ at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Program Information.
September 22, 2005: Dixieland Relief, a concert of Dixieland jazz at Goucher College to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina with Jeffrey Chappell, piano, Jon Mathis, trumpet, Seth Kibel, clarinet, Josh Stober, bass, Josh Cohen, drums, and Lauren Bigelow, vocals. Proceeds from the performance were given to United Way for the Katrina victims relief effort. Program information.
August 3 & 7, 2005: Performed concerts of contemporary chamber music from Slovenia with flutist Jeffrey Cohan and other guest artists. August 3 program: Sounds of Slovenia: Landscapes, Dance & Romance. August 7 program: Sounds of Slovenia: Pour Le Temps Passe. Sponsored by Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival.
July 23, 2005: Improvised live piano accompaniment for the silent film, "Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon", presented at the National Gallery of Art.
July 9 to 21, 2005: Served as director of the Goucher College Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp in Baltimore.
May 21, 2005: Performed as piano soloist and in chamber music with flutists Karen Kevra and Rhea Jacobus on the Capital City Concerts series in Montpelier, Vermont. (see Times Argus article). In connection with this concert, led a master class in collaboration with Ms. Kevra at Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont, on May 18, 2005 as part of the educational outreach program of Capital City Concerts, and performed a recital on Vermont Public Radio with Karen Kevra on May 19.
May 15, 2005: Accompanied the recital of University of Colorado faculty member, flutist Alexa Still, in Manassas, Virginia, sponsored by the Woodbridge Flute Choir.
April 28 & 29, 2005: Conducted performances of the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
April 20, 2005: Performed as jazz pianist at Center Stage Theater in Baltimore, Maryland, with alto saxophonist Matt Pierce.
April 17, 2005: Accompanied the recital of clarinetist Marguerite Baker at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
April 14, 2005: Accompanied the recital of vocalist Lauren Levy at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
April 13, 2005: Accompanied the recital of guitarist Nicole Reynolds at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
April 6, 8 & 9, 2005: Performed the Piano Concerto by Samuel Barber with the Key West Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sebrina Alfonso, as well as the orchestral piano part in the Fifth Symphony by Shostakovich, at the Tennessee Williams Theater in Key West, Florida. Program information.
April 5, 2005: Performed as jazz pianist at Virgilio's jazz club in Key West, Florida, with bassist Joe Dallas and drummer Skipper Kripitz.
March 13, 2005: Performed a solo piano recital including works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Ravel at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, Maryland. Program information.
December 8-11, 2004: Served as orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony Orchestra, performing the piano part to Leonard Bernstein’s “Jeremiah Symphony” conducted by Sebrina Maria Alfonso.
November 7, 2004: Accepted invitation from World Piano Pedagogy Conference to participate in the “Ask The Expert” section of its webzine, answering questions on improvisation. See www.pianovision.com
November 20, 2004: Performed the "Variations on a Nursery Song" by Ernst von Dohnanyi with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra at the River Center for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Georgia. Program information.
November 7, 2004: Presented “Improve Your Improv”, a workshop on how to improvise and how to teach improvisation, at the annual convention of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
October 15-16, 2004: Performed the Piano Concerto by Aram Khachaturian with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra as a last-minute substitution for the scheduled soloist who had to cancel. Program information.
September 30, 2004: Goucher College concert with Ellen Dooley, flute and Pepe Gonzalez, bass in a program of jazz standards, Latin jazz, and classical music including compositions and arrangements by Jeffrey Chappell and the Baltimore premiere of the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Steven Harlos. Program information.
September 11, 2004: In Paducah, Kentucky, performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jordan Tang. Program information.
July 21-24, 2004: Served as an official pianist for the International Clarinet Association Annual Conference at the University of Maryland, collaborating in concerts with eight of the world's finest clarinetists: David Jones and James Gillespie (USA), Dominique Vidal and Stephanie Corre (France), Michele Gingras (Canada), Fabio DiCasola (Switzerland), Joszef Balogh (Hungary), and Wei-leng Chen (Taiwan).
June 20, 2004: Performed the Sextet by Francis Poulenc with the National Gallery Chamber Players Wind Quintet at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Program information.
April 30, 2004: Performed a special Embassy Series concert at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., "An Evening With Jeffrey Chappell", featuring the pianist as soloist, composer, improviser, and chamber musician. Guest artist and Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra performed in a sonata for flute and piano by Louis Moyse. The Washington Post wrote: “Having begun the program with a glittering impromptu by Fauré and a limpid nocturne by Chopin, Chappell offered two more substantial French works after intermission. Flutist Karen Kevra joined Chappell for Louis Moyse’s Flute Sonata No. 1, which proved captivating in their hands. Ravel’s fiercely difficult ‘Gaspard de la Nuit’ closed the program and the unfazed Chappell not only provided seductive pianistic color but vividly illustrated Ravel’s trio of musical narratives, making for a spellbinding performance.” Program information.
April 28, 2004: Recital at Goucher College of solo piano works including "Jazz Sonata" by Jeffrey Chappell, and Ravel´s "Gaspard de la Nuit", as well as "Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano" by Louis Moyse and "Sonata Undine" by Carl Reinecke with Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra. Program information.
April 26, 2004: Jazz concert at Goucher College, led by Gideon Breidegam, bass, with Alan Munshower, drums, Brian Roberson, saxophone, and Brad Gunson, trombone. Program information
April 20, 2004: Performed excerpts from Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" in a chamber orchestra at the Annual Summit Meeting on Applications of Broadband in Washington, D.C., where Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, gave a conducting lesson while in San Francisco to the conductor in Washington, Theodore Abramson, via the Internet.
April 2-3, 2004: Recitals at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, with clarinetist Marguerite Baker in the Candlelight Concert Series at the Whim Museum in Frederiksted. Program information.
April 1, 2004: Released the CD, "Clarinet Now", on the Centaur Label with clarinetist Chester Brezniak. The program includes 20th-century repertoire and an original composition by Jeffrey Chappell.
March 11, 2004: Performed at the Romanian Ambassador's Residence in a program entitled "The Romanian-Jewish Experience", by baritone Jerome Barry, highlighting the Yiddish Theater of Romania and songs and cantorial selections of the Romanian-Jewish community and the Maramures. Program information.
February 15, 2004: Performed as pianist with the Goucher Jazz Ensemble at the East Coast Jazz Festival in Rockville, Maryland.
January 10, 2004: Chamber music concert at Montepelier, Vermont with soprano Hyunah Yu and flutist Karen Kevra performing an all-French program of works by Saint-Saens, Fauré, Roussel, Ravel, Debussy, and Poulenc. Program information.
December 28, 2003: Concert in Key West with the Key West Pops Orchestra conducted by Vincent Zito. Jeffrey Chappell and Daniel Curtis, duo-pianists, performed the Finale from the Concerto For Two Pianos by Mozart, and Jeffrey Chappell and Wendy Reynolds, soprano, performed a Mozart aria. Program information.
December 10-13, 2003: Served as orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony, performing the piano part to Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" in two concerts.
December 8, 2003: Led the Goucher Jazz Ensemble in a program of jazz classics and innovative new tunes at Goucher College in Baltimore.
November 22, 2003: Concert in Jackson, Mississippi with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Crafton Beck, performing the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto. Program information.
October 24, 2003: Concert at Levine School of Music with Ellen Dooley, flute, and Pepe Gonzalez, bass, in a program of jazz standards, Latin jazz, and classical music including compositions and arrangements by Jeffrey Chappell and the Washington, D.C. premiere of the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Steven Harlos. Program information.
September 7, 2003: Performed in chamber music concert at Towson University Center for the Arts with Marguerite Baker, clarinet, and Cathy Amoury, viola, featuring music by Schumann, Poulenc, Horovitz, and the Maryland premiere of Silhouettes by Jonathan Leshnoff, composer and Towson University faculty member. Program information.
July 6-18, 2003: Director of the Goucher College Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp in Baltimore.
June 29, 2003: Interviewed on WKEY Radio 93.5 FM in Key West, broadcasting the first movement of "Jazz Sonata" by Jeffrey Chappell as well as "Rain" by Bill Lorraine.
June 16-28, 2003: Served as faculty member of the Opera Seminar sponsored by Sol Fest, a summer music festival in connection with the Key West Symphony Orchestra. Worked as rehearsal pianist and voice coach, and performed as vocal accompanist in concerts on June 21, 25, and 28 at St. Paul´s Church and at Glenn Archer Auditorium.
May 30, 2003: Performed the Piano Concerto Number 25 in C Major, K. 503, by Mozart with the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque conducted by David Oberg, substituting for another pianist on three weeks´ notice. Composed a cadenza for the first movement in addition to learning the concerto from scratch. Read the review by The Albuquerque Journal.
May 26-28, 2003: Held recording sessions in New York of solo piano compositions by Jeffrey Chappell (a second set of sessions took place on June 9 and 10). Completed recordings of 20 jazz tune arrangements, 3 piano sonatas, and numerous shorter works.
May 6, 2003: Led the Goucher Jazz Ensemble in a program of jazz classics and innovative new tunes at Goucher College in Baltimore.
February 5-8, 2003: Served as orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony, performing the keyboard part to Stravinsky's "Firebird" in four concerts.
January 11, 2003: Solo piano and chamber music performance with Hyunah Yu, soprano, Karen Kevra, flute, and Chester Brezniak, clarinet; including works by Widor, Saint-Saens, Liszt, and Schubert. Capital Concerts series in Montpelier, Vermont, sponsored by Onion River Arts Council.
December 10, 2002: Conducted the Goucher Jazz Ensemble in concert.
December 4, 2002: Performed solo piano recital for the Northern Virginia Music Teacher's Association in Arlington, Virginia.
November 6, 2002: Lecture-recital at Goucher College entitled "The Art of the Fugues" including works by Bach, Mozart, Fauré, Barber, and Chappell.
November 7, 2002: Embassy Series concert at Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. with baritone Jerome Barry and violinist Peter Sirotin, folk repertoire program commemorating the 64th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
October 20, 2002: Chamber music performance at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, with violinist Amy Beth Horman and cellist Neale Perl, president of the Washington Performing Arts Society. Featuring works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Wieniawski.
September 21, 2002: Performance with Lima Symphony Orchestra in Lima, Ohio, featuring the Brahms Second Concerto.
August 17, 2002: Recital in collaboration with flutist Karen Kevra for the National Flute Association Convention in Washington, D.C.
July 7-19, 2002: Director of the Goucher College Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp in Baltimore.
July 11, 2002: Performed a jazz concert with bassist Pepe Gonzalez to inaugurate the "Jazz at St. Luke's" series at St. Luke's Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.
June 24-July 6, 2002: Faculty member and participant in SolFest, a summer music festival in Key West, Florida, sponsored by the Key West Symphony, where he coached opera singers, gave a piano master class, and performed in numerous concerts throughout the city.
June 4, 2002: Recital with clarinetist Chester Brezniak, including "Jazz Sonata" for solo piano by Jeffrey Chappell, at New School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 1, 2002: Recital of solo piano music and chamber music in collaboration with flutist Karen Kevra and clarinetist Chester Brezniak in the Capital Concerts series, Montpelier, Vermont, sponsored by Onion River Arts Council. The Barre Montpelier Times Argus featured articles on May 31 and June 3.
May 12, 2002: Orchestral pianist for the Baltimore Choral Arts Society performance of "Sing For The Cure", fundraising event for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
May 2, 2002: Conducted the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble.
April 26-28, 2002: Attended "Crosscultural Sound and Music in Healing" seminar in Philadelphia, led by Pat Moffitt Cook, founder of Open Ear Center.
April 18, 2002: Jazz Concert at Goucher College led by Alan Munshower/drums, with Jeffrey Chappell/piano, Emmanuel Fournier/trumpet, and Gideon Breidegam/bass.
April 17, 2002: Solo piano recital at Goucher College. Original compositions and jazz tune arrangements.
April 7, 2002: Recital in collaboration with baritone Jerome Barry at Phillips Collection Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, with songs by Schumann, Handel, and others.
April 7, 2002: "Improve Your Improvisation" workshop, part of Jazz Day at Levine School of Music.
April 5, 2002: Collaboration with pianist Bonny Armacost in Claude Bolling's "Sonata for Two Pianists", with Cyndy Elliott, bass, and Charles Mitchell, drums at Levine School of Music, Washington, D.C., Friday Morning Music Club.
March 25, 2002: Gave guest lecture at the Peabody Conservatory for piano literature class. The topic was American Piano Sonatas of the Twentieth Century.
February 23, 2002: Performed a recital with clarinetist Annie Ament at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.
February 22, 2002: Performed with flutist Carmela Cox in recital at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
February 16, 2002: Conducted the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble at the East Coast Jazz Festival in Rockville, Maryland.
February 15, 2002: Performed a recital with clarinetist Annie Ament at the Church of the First Alliance in Silver Spring, Maryland.
February 8, 2002: Performed "Hexapoda" by Robert Russell Bennett with violinist Paula Akbar at the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
January 30 and February 1, 2002: Orchestral keyboardist with the Key West Symphony Orchestra in subscription concerts.
January 27, 2002: Accompanied baritone Clinton Curtis in a recital at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Key West.
December 6, 2001: Led the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble in their end-of-semester concert.
November 30, December 1, 2001: Orchestral pianist with the Key West Symphony Orchestra in subscription concerts.
November 15 and 16, 2001: Performed a pair of recitals at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C., playing the Mozart D Minor Fantasy, the Haydn B Minor Sonata, the Schubert "Wanderer" Fantasy, the Beethoven Sonata Opus 78, and the Barber Sonata, with a Scarlatti Sonata as an encore.
October 31, 2001: Delivered a lecture-demonstration on improvisation to the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association.
October 29, 2001: Performed a jazz trio concert at Goucher College with bassist Steve Sachse and drummer Wes Crawford.
October 27, 2001: Two choral arrangements by Chappell were performed at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore.
October 13, 2001: Led a concert of the Goucher Jazz Ensemble at Goucher College.
October 10, 2001: Presented a solo piano lecture-recital at Goucher College demonstrating improvisation, composition, arranging, and interpreting music. The concert included improvising a fugue.
October 7, 2001: Performed Gershwin's Variations on "I Got Rhythm" with the Key West Pops Orchestra. The Key West Solares Hill newspaper wrote: "This piece is one of Gershwin's attempts to bridge the gap between classical music and jazz, and Jeffrey, who has jazz chops in addition to a formidable classical technique, made a complete success out of Gershwin's effort, even to the point of giving the faster passages a bebop articulation which the composer would surely have arrived at, had he lived long enough to hear it."
August 5-11, 2001: Attended Stanford Jazz Workshop, had a lesson with Benny Green and attended his concerts and master classes, as well as working with Mark Levine in a piano trio group. Also performed in concert on August 9.
July 8-20, 2001: Third year as Director of the Goucher College Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp for high school students.
June 9, 2001: Performed in the first annual Key West International Jazz Festival with vocalist Peter Diamond in a selection of five songs.
June 5, 2001: Solo piano recital in Key West, Florida, for the Impromptu Concert Series, performing Beethoven's Sonata opus 78, Schubert's "Wanderer" Fantasy, Tchaikovsky's June: Barcarolle, Gershwin's Three Preludes, Barber's Piano Sonata, and Chappell's own Jazz Sonata, with an encore of "Homage to Rodrigo" by Vlahopoulos. The critic for the Key West Paradise newspaper wrote: "There was nothing to forewarn the audience of the powerhouse excitement, the almost incredible display of technical firepower, soon to be unleashed. Chappell's dazzlingly confident mastery of the keyboard, in combination with a relaxed demeanor, became especially evident in the Schubert 'Wanderer' Fantasy. Chappell ratcheted up the tension and energy in this dramatic work in remarkably stirring fashion, remaining all the while in impeccable control."
May 21, 2001: Presented a new song at the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
May 20, 2001: Repeated the May 8 recital at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for their American Music Festival month. The Washington Post wrote of "Chappell's crisp touch" and "fiery, uncompromising performance", and went on to say: "Chappell's virtuosity was always honestly applied and impassioned. This was a large-scale, volatile, sweepingly dramatic interpretation."
May 8, 2001: Performed solo recital at Goucher College. Program comprised of all-American works including sonatas by Charles Griffes and Samuel Barber, as well as the world premiere of Chappell's "Jazz Sonata" and two other premieres: "This" by James Grant and "Three Homages" by Sotireos Vlahopoulos.
May 3, 2001: Performed recital with guitarist Paul Fischer at Goucher College.
May 1, 2001: MMC Recordings released CD: "The Dream Wanderer" by Sotireos Vlahopoulos, for piano and string orchestra. Chappell recorded it in Prague in 1995 with the Czech Radio Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Valek.
April 29, 2001: Completed a Levine School of Music teacher training course in using computers for musical purposes such as eartraining, notation, sequencing, and composition.
April 26, 2001: Led the Goucher Jazz Ensemble again in performance at Goucher College.
April 16, 2001: Presented a new song at the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
April 11, 2001: Led the Goucher Jazz Ensemble in performance at Goucher College.
April, 2001: Composed the third movement of "Jazz Sonata".
March 24, 2001: Performed in chamber music concert of American works in Montpelier, Vermont, in the new Capital City Concerts series with flutist Karen Kevra, the series director, and clarinetist Chester Brezniak. The group also did a radio broadcast of selections from the concert for Vermont Public Radio in Burlington, Vermont, on March 23. Program included works by Copland, Bernstein, and Barber. The three musicians played a jazz tune, "Blue Bossa", as an encore, for which Chappell composed a flute solo. Also performed the Sonata for Piano by Samuel Barber. The Montpelier Times Argus wrote: "The masterpiece of the program was Barber's Sonata for Piano, Opus 26, which Chappell delivered with a bravura albeit sensitive performance. Chappell is one fine pianist, with more than enough virtuosity for this magnificent work. He had power, virtuosity, clarity and sensitivity, but more importantly, he was able to convey his understanding of the difficult work to the audience. Chappell's was a magnificent performance of a great work." About the ensemble playing, the Times Argus wrote: "Chappell proved the ideal partner, supporting and punctuating." Read the full article here.
March 12, 2001: Presented a new song at the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
March 11, 2001: Served as one of the administrators for "Jazz Day" at the Levine School of Music, which included giving a class called "Improve Your Improvisation".
March 10, 2001: Repeated the March 9 program at the Czech Embassy.
March 9, 2001: Performed a piano recital of American works at the Levine School of Music, along with two other pianists, for the "In Series". Repertoire included the Sonata by Charles Griffes, three jazz tune arrangements, and his own "American Sonata".
March 5, 2001: Performed in a jazz concert at Goucher College with bassist Pepe Gonzalez and drummer Wes Crawford.
March 4, 2001: Presented lectures on the basics of jazz to two groups of pianists, one high school level and one adult level, for the Levine School of Music "Piano Lab Sunday".
February 16-17, 2001: Conducted the Levine School Jazz Ensemble and the Goucher College Jazz Ensemble at the East Coast Jazz Festival in Rockville, Maryland.
February 12, 2001: Presented a new song at the BMI Musical Theater Workshop in New York City.
January 29-February 3, 2001: Orchestral pianist for the Key West Symphony Orchestra, playing the piano part for Copland's Clarinet Concerto with Igor Begelman, soloist. Gave classes introducing the basics of piano for 1st and 2nd graders at the Key West Montessori School.
January 27, 2001: Accompanied baritone Jerome Barry performing Schubert's "Winterreise" at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of The Embassy Series.
January 10-13, 2001: Attended the 28th annual convention of the International Association of Jazz Educators in New York City, representing the Levine School of Music and Goucher College. Present for unveiling of the IAJE/MTNA Jazz Studies Achievement Plan for which Chappell was a reviewer.
December 7, 2000: Led the Goucher Jazz Ensemble in concert at Goucher College.
November 5-12, 2000: Assistant conductor of the Key West Symphony Orchestra, leading four performances of the musical, "The Wizard of Oz" at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center in Key West, Florida.
November 2, 2000: Lectured on the topic of "Music in Paris in the 1920s" at Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education.
October 20, 2000: Performed in jazz faculty concert with bassist Pepe Gonzalez at Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post wrote: "Their alternately spacious and spry duets often evoked the richness, nuance and swing associated with Duke Ellington's canon."
October to December, 2000: Composed the second movement of "Jazz Sonata".
September, 2000: One of nine music teachers in the United States selected to review the first draft of a Jazz Studies Achievement Plan for the newly-formed alliance of the Music Teachers National Association and the International Association of Jazz Educators. The plan formulates progressive requirements through five stages of jazz study for all instrumentalists and singers. Students who use the plan will receive joint recognition from MTNA and IAJE for their accomplishments.
September 16-17, 2000: Four concerts at the Vermont Millennium Festival, a weekend music festival in Montpelier tracing the greatest musical compositions over the past thousand years. Played works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Chopin, and Keith Jarrett, both solo and chamber music. Invited for return engagement in March, 2001.
August to September, 2000: Composed first movement of third piano sonata entitled "Jazz Sonata".
July 9-21, 2000: Second year as Director of the Goucher College Summer Arts Institute Jazz Camp for high school students.
June 30, 2000: Submitted feature article to Piano & Keyboard Magazine about the Piano 300 exhibit at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The exhibit traces the history of the piano since its invention 300 years ago. The article appeared in the November/December 2000 issue of the magazine.
June 21-23, 2000: Taught three-day improvisation seminar for piano teachers at the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. as part of the Professional Studies Program which trains teachers to teach.
June 10, 2000: Special performance at 20th anniversary of the La Gesse Music Festival in Toulouse, France. Solo recital of works by Frederic Chopin.