Recent Performances

April 1, 2001 - The St. Louis Symphony, conducted by Dr. Julius Karr-Bertolli, performed Partita for String Orchestra during the Festival of African American Music (FESAAM 2001) in St. Louis, MO.

March 31, 2001 - St. Louis, MO. Flautist Wendy Hymes played selections from Dancing Through the Walls, an electro/acoustical work for flute and Virtual Percussion ensemble during the Festival of African American Music (FESAAM 2001) in St. Louis, MO. This dance suite has been released on Delos International Records and was nominated for a Grammy. 

February 8, 2000 - Rambunctious Serenade performed by the UCLA Orchestra, conducted by Jon Robertson, at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall.

November 11, 1999 - Dancing Through the Walls performed by Laura Hamm, flautist, and the New Chamber Ensemble of the Center for Black Music Research at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, IL. Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, Musical Director.

October 14, 1999 - Piece for Chamber Orchestra performed by the New Chamber Ensemble of the Center for Black Music Research at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, IL, Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, Conductor.

October 14, 1999 - Arion's Song (Woodwind Quintet #2) performed by the Imani Woodwind Quintet, at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in New York City. 

October 9, 1999 - Three Chaconnes in Blue performed by piano soloist, Darryl Hollister, at the University of Pittsburgh, Conference on "African Pianism."

October 7, 1999 - Three Chaconnes in Blue performed by piano soloist, Mark Boozer, at the University of Pittsburgh, Conference on "African Pianism."

February 1999 - Atalanta's Challenge performed by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. For Soprano saxophone and Orchestra. Allen Rippe, saxophonist; Vincent Danner, conductor.

October 15, 1998 - Rambunctious Serenade performed by the Yale Wind Ensemble. Conducted by Thomas Duffy. (They performed a wind ensemble version of this work.)

August 1997 - Round Robin, a Divertissement for Clarinet Choir, was premiered at the European Clarinet/Saxophone Conference in Budapest by the Hungarian Clarinet Choir Association. It was also broadcast over the Bartok Channel of Hungarian National Radio.

Upcoming Recordings

Assassins of the Soul (Chamber opera: Music by Ed Bland; text by Ed Bland and Mary Batten . Spoken text with chamber group and virtual percussion.)  Recording in progress on Cambria Records.

Piano Works by Ed Bland - In progress for Cambria Records.  Judith Olson, pianist.

Sketches-Set 7 (Piano Work) - Karen Walwyn, pianist. In progress for Albany Records.

Hide and Seek - In progress for Cambria Records. Althea Waites, pianist.

Current Composing Activities:

  • String quartet.

  • Work for Full Orchestra

  • Series of spoken political songs

  • Series of 5-minute piano works

Ed Bland is available for lectures and clinics. Eobland@aol.com