Brett Shurtliffe - Double Bass
2025
Round Top Festival Institute
Souvenir de Florence - Tchaikovsky July 5
Concertino - Schulhoff July 12
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - Bach July 12
Round Top Festival Institute | Schedule (festivalhill.org)
Buffalo Chamber Players
"Bach and Brews"
Sonata for Viol de Gamba No. 3 - J.S. Bach
River Run - Peter Schickele
Abigail Rockwood, Harpsichord
Wednesday April 30 7:30
Asbury Hall 341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo
www.buffalochamberplayers.org/2024-2025-season/
2024
Round Top Festival Institute
Chamber Symphony No. 1 - Schoenberg
String Sextet No 2 - Brahms
Round Top Festival Institute | Schedule (festivalhill.org)
World Premiere Recording of "Padre Pio" by Andres Martin
Susan Schuman, Piano
June 13
Trinity Lutheran Church, Buffalo NY
2023
Round Top Festival Institute
Wind Serenade - Dvorak July 1
Octet - Mendelssohn July 15
Round Top Festival Institute | Schedule (festivalhill.org)
Recital at the 2023 ISB Convention
The Solo Music of Edouard Nanny (NOT the Dragonetti Concerto)
Tuesday June 6
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
International Society of Bassists - ISB 2023 Convention Presenters (isbworldoffice.com)
World Premiere Concerto With the Buffalo Philharmonic
World Premiere of "Concierto Hispanoamericano" by Jose Lezcano
Brett Shurtliffe and Daniel Pendley, Double Bass
Friday May 5 and Saturday May 6
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (bpo.org)
Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium
Unaccompanied Solo Recital
Sunday March 5
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium
2022
Buffalo Chamber Players
"American Vein" - Valerie Coleman
with Anna Mattix, Oboe
Thursday Oct 6 7:30
Asbury Hall 341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo
2022-2023 Concert Season at Asbury Hall - Buffalo Chamber Players
Normal St Entrance at the South Buffalo Irish Festival
Cazanovia Park, South Buffalo NY
Saturday August 28
www.southbuffaloirishfestival.com
Round Top Festival Institute
Quintet - Dvorak July 9
Serenade 1 - Brahms July 16
Round Top Festival Institute | Schedule (festivalhill.org)
9th Ward at Asbury Hall Recital
Unaccompanied Recital
Tuesday June 14 7:30pm
Brett Shurtliffe Tickets, Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
Buffalo Chamber Players
"Concertino" - Schulhoff
Thursday May 26 7:30
Asbury Hall 341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo
2021-2022 Concert Series at Asbury - Buffalo Chamber Players
2021
Normal St. Entrance with the BPO Holiday Pops
Performing with the BPO
Friday Dec. 16 10:30am
Saturday Dec. 17 7:30pm
Sunday Dec. 18 2:30pm
Friends of Vienna Recital
BPO Bass Section Recital
Holy Trinity Church
Sunday Nov. 7th 3:30pm
Normal St Entrance at the South Buffalo Irish Festival
Cazanovia Park, South Buffalo NY
Saturday Sept. 4
www.southbuffaloirishfestival.com
Round Top Festival Institute
Appalachian Spring - Copland July 3
Septet - Beethoven July 10
Quintet - Prokofiev July 17
2020
Friends of Vienna Recital
BPO Bass Section Recital
Unity Church
1242 Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY
Sunday March 29th 3:30pm
**Cancelled due to COVID**
Normal St Entrance at Sportsmans Tavern
BPO Out of the Box
326 Amherst St. Buffalo NY
Monday March 16 8:00pm
www.sportsmanstavern.com
**Cancelled due to COVID**
2019
Normal St Entrance at the South Buffalo Irish Festival
Cazanovia Park, South Buffalo NY
Saturday Sept. 7
www.southbuffaloirishfestival.com
Rectial at 2019 ISB Convention
"The Bohmeian Bottesini"
Auer Hall - Simon Music Center
Jordan Ave. Bloomington IN
Tuesday June 4th 4:00pm
https://www.isbworldoffice.com/convention-presenters.asp
Normal St Entrance at The Tabernacle
St. Patrick's Day celebration
Lafayete Ave. Buffalo NY
Thursday Mar. 14th 7:00pm
Live at "The Kate" with Owen and Moley O'Suilleabhan
A night of Irish music with Owen and Moley
The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
Old Saybrook CT
Monday Feb. 11 7:30pm
https://thekate.tv/
https://www.owenandmoley.com/
Normal St Entrance with Williamsville High Schools
Williamsville North High School
Hopkins rd. Williamsville NY
Wednesday Jan. 16th 7:30pm
2018
Recital at the 20th Century Club
Unaccompanied Recital
20th Century Club
Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY
Wednesday Oct. 17th 11:30am
Friends of Vienna Recital
Solo recital
Unity Church
1242 Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY
Sunday April 29th 3:30pm
Concertos with Williamsville South School District
Koussevitsky Concerto 1st. mvt
Bottesini Concerto 1st mvt.
Dragonetti Concerto 3rd mvt
Thursday Jan. 18th
2017
Irish Trio: Normal St. Entrance with the BPO Holiday Pops
Performing Winter Medley with the BPO
Normal St. Entrance is
Brett Shurtliffe, Bass
Amy Licata, Violin
Matthew Sperber, Guitar
Andrea Shurtliffe, Soprano
Friday Dec. 15 10:30am and 8:00pm
Saturday Dec. 16 8:00pm
Sunday Dec. 17 2:30pm
Make Music Day: Buffalo
Unaccompanied Recital:
http://makemusicday.org/western-ny/
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo NY
Wednesday June 21st 12:00pm
Silo City: Marine A
Childs Street, Buffalo NY
Wednesday June 21st 7:00pm
Canisius College Faculty Recital
Solo Recital
Monday April 3rd 12pm
www.canisius.edu/artscanisius
All Irish Night at Nietzsche's
An evening of Trad. Irish music at Nietzsche's night club on Allen St. Buffalo.
Amy Licata, Violin
Andrea Shurtliffe, Soprano
Matthew Sperber, Guitar
Wednesday March 15th 7pm
http://nietzsches.com/events-calendar-2/
Fredonia Bass Fest
Masterclass and Recital
Saturday Feb. 11th 11am to 8pm
http://www.fredonia.edu/music/community/bassfest.asp
2016
James VanDemark 40th Anniversary Recital
Eastman School of Music
Hatch Recital Hall
26 Gibbs St. Rochester NY
Saturday Oct. 8th 4pm
Make Music Day: Buffalo
Unaccompanied Recital:
http://makemusicday.org/western-ny/
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo NY
Tuesday June 21st 1:15pm
Silo City: Marine A
Childs Street, Buffalo NY
Tuesday June 21st 6:45pm
Solo Show at Ellicottville Brewing Company
Unaccompanied Recital
Ellicottville Brewing Company West
34 W. Main St. Fredonia NY
Friday May 6th 9:00pm
Solo Show at The Daily Planet
Unaccompanied Recital
The Daily Planet Coffee Co
1862 Hertle Ave. Buffalo NY
Sunday May 1st 3:00pm
HUMC Concert Series
All Irish Duo
Hamburg United Methodist Church
Sunday March 13th 7pm
Fredonia Bass Fest
Saturday February 27th
A whole day event with Master classes, Workshops, and an evening recital with all the Bass Fest Faculty!
http://www.fredonia.edu/music/community/bassfest.asp
for more details!
2015
Concertos with Lancaster School District
Koussevitsky - Concerto
Bottesini - Elegy
Paganini - "Moses" Variations
Lancaster High School, Lancaster NY
Thursday November 5th 7:00pm
Exstringvaganza! SUNY Fredonia String Faculty Recital
Solo and Duo music of Bottesini, Mozart, and Crosmer
Rosch Recital Hall, SUNY Fredonia
Friday August 28th 8:00pm
Olean Chamber Music Series
Schubert Trout Quintet and Brahms Sextet
St. Bonaventure Parish, Main St. Allegany NY
Friday June 19th 8;00pm
ISB Recital
Sacred music lecture recital at the ISB Convention. Tuesday at 3pm in the Organ Recital hall.
Colorado State University
Fort Collins CO
Tuesday June 2nd 3pm
Sacred Music Recital
Solo recital of sacred music for bass alone, with piano, and with organ.
East Aurora Presbyterian Church
9 Paine St. East Aurora NY
Sunday May 3rd 7pm
An Irish Night at Nietzsche's
An evening of Trad Irish music at Nietzsche's night club on Allen St Buffalo.
Music for Bass and Violin with Amy Licata, and Andrea Shurtliffe
Original arrangements, fiddle tunes, bawdy songs and lots of Guinness.
Wednesday March 11th 8pm
2014
SUNY Fredonia String Experience
A full day of events for high school string players including masterclasses, and a faculty recital.
Saturday November 15th
String Experience | State University of New York at Fredonia
Eire, Meyer, and Bar Talk
a Duo Recital
Dazzling showpieces and stunning new arrangements of old favorites highlight this journey
across borders and through time as BPO Musicians Amy Licata and Brett Shurtliffe
explore the variations on folk themes in music.
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College
2001 Main St. Buffalo NY
Tuesday October 28th, 7:30pm
http://www.canisius.edu/artscanisius/bpo-informally-formal/
Double Concerto with the BPO
Rose in the Heather for violin, double bass and orchestra
Brett Shurtliffe, Double Bass
Amy Licata, Violin
August 6th, 8:00pm
AND
August 9th, 6:30pm
Unaccompanied Recital
The Stone Cellar Bar, Round Top TX
Sunday June 29, 6:00pm
Per Questa Bella Mano
SUNY Cortland Orchestra
Brett Shurtliffe, Double Bass
David Neal, Baritone
April 28
All Irish Music Night at Nietzsche's
*RESCHEDULED from March 12*
An evening of Trad Irish music at Nietzsche's night club on Allen St Buffalo.
Music for Bass and Violin with Amy Licata, and Andrea Shurtliffe
Original arrangements, fiddle tunes, bawdy songs and lots of Guinness.
*NOW* April 2nd 8:00 PM
For info about upcoming Buffalo Philharmonic performances
www.bpo.org
