11:00 a.m. Professional Development Program
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Composer, Poet, Author
"Compositions for Piano by Regina Harris Baiocchi"
I will present an annotated bibliography and discography of my piano and organ music: titles, creation dates, performance levels, and recordings. This will end with a Q and A.
BIOGRAPHY
Regina Harris Baiocchi writes music, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Regina’s compositions have been performed by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, US Army Band, Chicago Sinfonietta, concert and gospel choirs, jazz and chamber ensembles, and other acclaimed artists.
Her music is recorded on Hammers, Pipes & Strings, Percussing Up A Storm, Kidstuff, Sojourn, The Future Is Female (vol. 3), Where Freedom Rings, unto thee i burn, and other CDs.
Regina’s poetry and fiction appear in Chicago Tribune Magazine, Modern Haiku, Obsidian, Dada Kuku, Black Fire This Time, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction is published by Oxford University, Third World Press, Facts On file, et al.
Regina founded 6Degrees Composers to promote music by womxn, and Haiku Festival Chicago to celebrate children and promote literacy. An alumna of NYU, DePaul University, and Roosevelt University, Regina is a protégé of Dr. Gwendolyn Brooks and Dr. Hale Smith.
NB: Regina's 2025 performances include the following dates:
Sunday, 23 February, the R. Nathaniel Dett Club of NANM will be in concert at 3pm, St. Thomas Episcopal church 3801 South Wabash, include my Sketches for Violin and Piano
Friday, 14 March 2025, 6Degrees Composers in concert at Sherwood Auditorium, 1312 South Michigan 7pm, including my Sketches for Viola and Piano and Tightrope, my piano etude
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, University of Wisconsin, Madison professors, Dr. Jessica Johnson and Dr. Anthony Disanza will present new music for piano and percussion commissioned by Johnson and Disanza
Saturday, 26 April 2025 Haiku Festival celebrates our 21st anniversary during National Poetry Month, featuring award-winning poet, essays, and music by 8- to 14-year-olds
June 2025 Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra will perform my Muse for Orchestra will be performed in Wisconsin in Madison, WI
Friday, 17 October 2025.my opera, No One’s Child (re: Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes) will be performed as part of Ear Taxi Festival in Chicago, 7:00 PM at Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 West Washington
October 2025. Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra will record my Muse for orchestra for PARMA Records
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