2/22/09 - time TBA - Duo TransAtlantique Concert - Easton, MD - Academy Art Museum
2/15/09 - time TBA - Duo TransAtlantique Concert - Baltimore, MD - St. John's Church
10/30/08 - time TBA - Duo TransAtlantique Concert - Paris, France - American Cathedral.
10/18/08 - 8:30 PM Duo Transatlantique Concert - Rueil-Malmaison, France Eglise Notre-Dame de la Compassion.
6/9/08 - 6/13/08 Joann Falletta Concerto Competition Click here for more infoBen won 3rd prize!
6/7/08 - House Concert in Toronto (private event)
5/31/08 -7PM Free House Concert Ben Beirs, Sarah Hershman, Ruriko Osawa Jonas Studio 5225 Greene St. #17 Phila.,PA 19144 Poster Click Here
5/30/08 -7PM Free House Concert Ben Beirs, Sarah Hershman, Ruriko Osawa 212 Merion Ave, Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Click Here for Program
5/2/08 - 8 PM - Solo Graduate Performance Degree Recital - Goodwin Hall, Peabody Conservatory
4/19/08 - 2 PM - Soprano Sarah Hershman's voice recital, including songs for voice and guitar played by Ben - Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory
3/24/08 - 1 PM - Solo Recital for 3 Arts Club of Homeland
3/4/08 - Academy Art Museum - Easton, MD- A Night of Guitar - Benjamin Beirs and Pianist Irene Kim (Reservations are required.)
Hor d'oeuvres at 5:45pm, Dinner: 6pm, Concert: 7pm Cost: $45, Non-members $70
"Come enjoy a night of beautiful classical guitar music with young virtuoso guitarist Benjamin Beirs. He will present a famous concerto for guitar by another Spanish composer, Joaquin Rodrigo. The Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre was originally written for Andres Segovia. The orchestral part will be performed by prize-winning pianist and fellow Peabody alum Irene Kim."
2/29/08 - 3/2/08 - Schadt Concerto Competition with Allentown Symphony - Ben won 2nd prize
1/31/08 - 12 PM - Solo Performance for Thursday Noon in Friedberg Hall of Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore, MD.
1/20/09 - 3:00 8 PM - Yale Gordon Prizewinners recital as part of the acclaimed "Music in the Great Hall" series - Benjamin Beirs solo as well as first-prize winner Ji-Hye Jung, marimba
1/16/08 - Time TBA - Recital for the hospital-wide telecast at Greater Baltimore Medical Center - Benjamin Beirs solo recital.
11/18/07 - 7 PM - Duo Transatlantique Recital at An Die Musik Live - An Die Musik, 409 North Charles Street, Second Floor, Baltimore MD 21201 www.andiemusiklive.com
11/17/07 - 6:30 PM - Duo Transatlantique house concert in Germantown, PA $20 (food and drink) - 5225 Greene St. #17 Germantown, PA RSVP to jonasbeirs@mac.com
11/13 or 11/14/07 - Time and date TBA - Duo Transatlantique Recital at Mr. Martino's restaurant $20 (Coffee and dessert will be served following the performance)- 1646 East Passayunk Ave Philadelphia PA. Call 215 755 0663 for more info.
11/10/07 - 7:00 PM - Duo Transatlantique Recital for the Peabody Preparatory - Goodwin Hall, Peabody Conservatory.
11/9/07 - 7 PM - Duo Transatlantique house concert in Haddonfield $20 (food and drink) - 212 Merion Ave, Haddonfield, NJ RSVP to charon212@aol.com
10/2/07 - 4:30 PM - Benjamin Beirs solo recital at the University of Baltimore. schedule.htm
9/26/07 - 8:30 PM - Solo elderhostel recital - Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory.
7/22/07 - 7/27/07 National Guitar Workshop Solo Competition.Ben won first prize
7/19/07 - Duo Transatlantique Recital at the music Festival des Chapelles in Audierne, France.
7/15/07 - Duo Transatlantique Recital at Notre Dame de la Compassion, Paris.
7/12/07 - Duo Transatlantique Recital at Dame de Pentecote, La Defense, Puteaux, France.
7/5/07 - Duo Transatlantique Recital at the American Cathedral in Paris.
7/3/07 - Duo Transatlantique Recital at the Eglise de Rochepot, France.
6/5/07 - 6/10/07 - Boston Guitarfest Solo Competition.Ben was a semi-finalist
6/4/07 - 8:30 PM Goodwin Hall - Solo Elderhostel Recital - Peabody Conservatory.
6/2/07 - House Concert at the Germantown Artists' Co-op. Time TBA
5/19/07 - 1:30 PM Baltimore Music Club Competition Winners(BEN WON 1ST PLACE IN GUITAR)' Recital at the Suburban Club in Northwest Baltimore
4/20/07 - 8 PM Goodwin Hall, Peabody Conservatory - Master's degree recital, featuring Irene Kim as accompanist. Program includes 1st Lute Suite by Bach, a set of Barrios pieces, and the Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre by Rodrigo. It's Free!!!! For directions to Peabody, please visit http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/directions.
4/15/07 - 3 PM Joppa Hall - Solo Half Recital at Harford Community College along with Jorge Amaral. (Click here for more info).
4/11/07 - 7 PM, Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory - Ben plays a new work entitled "Haunted by an Angel" by Peabody composer Ying-Chen Kao with Elise Blake and Jason Buckwalter. This concert will feature a host of new works by Peabody composers and is definitely worth checking out. Did I mention it's FREE?!
3/20/07 - Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. BEN TOOK SECOND PLACE CLICK HERE
3/18/07 - CANCELLED 4 PM - Solo Recital at Grace Episcopal Church in Ben's hometown of Haddonfield, NJ CANCELLED (House concert in Haddonfield will take its place, contact if interested :)
3/4/07 - Time and Location TBA - Duo Transatlantique plays at the Evergreen House in Baltimore, MD.
2/22/07 - Audition for Peabody.
2/18/07 - Audition for Cleveland Institute of Music.
2/8/07 - Audition for San Francisco Conservatory.
2/5/07 - 8:30 PM - Peabody Elderhostel recital. Hall TBA.
1/25/07 - 5-8 PM - Charity performance in Washington, DC hosted by NPR's All Things Considered for the families of the New Orleans' Times-Picayune.
11/12/06 - 3 PM - Duo Transatlantique performs a recital at An Die Musik as part of the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society's Young Talent Series. The recital includes the world premiere of "Chupacabra," a piece commissioned by the BCGS to be written for the guitar duo by Christopher Gainey.
10/28/06 - Baltimore, MD - Hall and time TBA - Duo Transatlantique performs for the JHU Leadership Weekend Gala Dinner, an annual event attended by about 700 of the "top leadership and friends" of Johns Hopkins and all its schools.
10/3/06 - 8:15 PM Baltimore, MD - Peabody Elderhostel Recital Hall TBA
9/12/06 - 8:15 PM Baltimore, MD - Peabody Elderhostel Recital in Griswold Hall
9/4/06 - 8:15 PM Baltimore, MD - Peabody Elderhostel Recital in Goodwin Hall
7/21/06 - 7 PM Hartford, CT - Joint recital with Mia Pomerantz in preparation for National Guitar Workshop guitar competition Click here for more info
7/6/06 - 12:30 PM Paris, France - Duo Transatlantique performs at the American Cathedral
7/5/06 - 3 PM Paris, France - Duo Transatlantique performs for the Association Coeur en Fete
7/4/06 - 3 PM Rochepot, France - Duo Transatlantique performs (Time and Hall TBA)
7/3/06 - 3 PM Paris, France - Duo Transatlantique performs for the Association Coeur en Fete
7/2/06 - 12 PM Paris, France - Duo Transatlantique performs at the Chapelle Bienheureuse Isabelle, Neuilly sur Seine
6/22/06 - Cervo, Italy - Benjamin Beirs solo half recital at the Cervo Guitar Festival
5/24/06 - 7:30 pm Duo Transatlantique performs in the Dean's Conservatory Honors Recital - Friedberg Hall Click here for entire program
5/3/06 - 6:00 pm Duo Transatlantique performs in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of "The Conservatory Project," an initiative showcasing talent at our nation's conservatories. Click here to watch the entire performance!
4/30/06- Grace Church Haddonfield NJ 4:00 PM- DUO TRANSATLANTIQUE Click here for program
3/30/06 - 6:30 PM Benjamin Beirs Bachelor of Music Degree Recital - Goodwin Recital Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
3/25/06 - 7:00 PM Benjamin Beirs Solo Recital - Hartford, CT Click here for poster
3/19/06 - 4:00 PM Benjamin Beirs Solo Recital - Grace Episcopal Church, Haddonfield, NJ Click here for program
1/22/06 - 4:00 PM Benefit concert for STAND - Students Take Action Now Darfur - Grace Episcopal Church, Haddonfield, NJ - Kovalchick-Beirs Violin and Guitar Duo
1/17/06 - 7:00 PM Peabody Elderhostel Recital, Baltimore, MD - Kovalchick-Beirs violin and Guitar Duo
1/14/06 - 7:30 PM Allentown Presbyterian Church, 120 High Street, Allentown, NJ - Kovalchick-Beirs Violin and Guitar Duo
12/3/05 - 2:00 PM Tome Memorial Church, Port Deposit, MD - Duo Transatlantique
10/16/05- 7:30 PM - Elderhostel Recital at Peabody Conservatory, Cohen-Davidson Hall. Works by Albˆ©niz, Matthew Dunne, Sor, Tansman, Turina, and Villa-Lobos.
10/13/05- 12:00 PM - Thursday Noon Recital at Peabody Conservatory
9/11/05 - 11:30 AM - Johns Hopkins University Luncheon (Duo Transatlantique)
