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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

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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
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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

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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!​


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​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​
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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, 6:30
pm



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
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