2024
Friday, September 13
Talk: Suffering, Mental Disorder, and the Expression of Beauty
2024 Kentucky Music Teachers Association
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Tuesday, October 8
Phyllis Richardson Woods Memorial Recital
Selections from Preludes, Op. 9 - 48 (1894-1905) by Alexander Scriabin
University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
Sunday, October 13
Fine Arts Association of Southeast Kentucky Recital
(above program)
Location TBD
2025
Friday, February 21
Lecture-recital: In Defence of Video Game Music Arrangements
Knoxville Music Teachers Association
Knoxville, TN
2024
Tuesday, March 25
Guest Artist Recital
Sound and Color II: Perceiving Scriabin's Unique Vision
(all music by Alexander Scriabin)
Etude, Op. 2, No. 1 (1889)
Selections from Twelve Etudes, Op. 8 (1884):
1. Allegro
2. A capriccio, con forza
8. Lento
9. Alla ballata
11. Andante cantabile
12. Patetico
Nineteen Preludes (1894-1905):
Op. 27, No. 1 - Patetico
Op. 16, No. 1 - Andante
Op. 13, No. 6 - Presto
Op. 22, No. 1 - Andante
Op. 15, No. 4 - Andantino
Op. 11, No. 7 - Allegro assai
Op. 9, No. 1 - Andante (for the left hand alone)
Op. 31, No. 1 - Andante
Op. 37, No. 1 - Mesto
Op. 11, No. 16 - Misterioso
Op. 33, No. 3
Op. 35, No. 3 - Scherzoso
Op. 39, No. 4
Op. 48, No. 4 - Festivamente
Op. 33, No. 4 - Ardito, bellicoso
Op. 17, No. 2 - Presto
Op. 16, No. 4 - Impetuoso, fiero
Op. 37, No. 2 - Maestoso, fiero
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 (1913)
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914)
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Friday, March 8
Opening Concert
Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition
Obsidian (2023) by Laura Harrison world premiere
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Friday, February 9
(above program)
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
Thursday, February 1
(above program)
Pellissippi State Community College
Knoxville, TN
Thursday, January 25
(above program)
University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
2023
Friday, November 3
Sound and Color: Perceiving Scriabin's Unique Vision
(all music by Alexander Scriabin)
Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (1907)
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. (1913)
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914)
Quasi Valse, Op. 47 (1905)
Waltz, Op. 1* (1886), arr. Kris Rucinski
*with Marianna Prjevalskaya
University of the Cumberlands
Thursday, November 2
Guest Artist Recital
(above program)
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA
Wednesday, November 1
Guest Artist Recital
(above program)
Reinhardt University
Waleska, GA
Tuesday, October 31
Halloween Special Dueling Pianos
King of the Mountain in the Hall...* (2023) by Kris Rucinski
*with Mason Valentine
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Wednesday, October 25
Guest Artist Recital
(above Scriabin program)
The University of Tennessee
Tuesday, September 26
Phyllis Richardson Woods Memorial Recital
Selections from Java Suite, Bk 1 and 2 (1925) by Leopold Godosky
University of the Cumberlands
Saturday, April 29
Guest Artist Lecture-Recital
Suffering, Mental Disorder, and the Expression of Beauty
Prelude for Kris (2023) by JT
The Inescapable Light I-II (2013) by Kris Lennox
Missippi Mud (2023) by Sissy Ellison
2 Poems, Op. 32 (1903) by Alexander Scriabin
Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 7 (1917) by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914) by Alexander Scriabin
Poeme tragique, Op. 34 (1903) by Alexander Scriabin
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 10 (1910) by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 2 (1903) by by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Reinhard University
Friday, April 28
Guest Artist Lecture-Recital
Suffering, Mental Disorder, and the Expression of Beauty
University of North Georgia
Monday, April 24
Guest Artist Lecture-Recital
Suffering, Mental Disorder, and the Expression of Beauty
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Owensboro, KY
Saturday, March 11
Judges' Gala Concert
Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition
The University of Tennessee
Friday, March 10
Rachmaninoff's Complete Etudes-Tableaux
Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 7 (1917) by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition
The University of Tennessee
2022
Tuesday, February 15
Phyllis Richardson Woods Memorial Recital
Transcendental Etude "Harmonies du soir" (1852) by Franz Liszt
University of the Cumberlands
Monday, January 31
Guest Artist Recital
The Inescapable Light I-IV (2013) by Kris Lennox
Selections from Etudes, Book 1 (1994) by Philip Glass
City of Tears (2017 / 2022) by Christopher Larkin, arr. Kris Rucinski
world premiere
Cat Suite (2021) by Steve Sudduth world premiere
Awakening (2021) by Huijuan Ling world premiere
Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30 (1903) by Alexander Scriabin
The Flying Bird (2022) by Paul Skripnik world premiere
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Friday, January 28
Louisiana Tech Concert Association Guest Artist Recital
(above program)
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
January 19
Faculty Recital
(above program)
University of the Cumberlands
2021
December 5
Christmas at the Cumberlands
Carol of the Kings (2021) by Kris Rucinski
(Carol of the Bells, arr. George Winston (1992), arr. Kris Rucinski;
We Three Kings, arr. Kris Rucinski)
University of the Cumberlands
October 28
Haloween Piano Spook-a-thon
Prelude and Fugue No. 5: Prelude (1980) by Aleksandr Flyarkovsky
Les diablotins, from Esquisses, Op. 63 (1861)
by Charles-Valentin Alkan
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1905): IV. Finale.
Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco by Mily Balakirev
Skazka, Op. 21 No. 1 (1909) by Nikolai Medtner
University of the Cumberlands
April 18
University of the Cumberlands Spring Ensemble Showcase
Cappriccio and Intermezzo
for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2005)
by Charles Booker
Steven Sudduth and University of the Cumberlands Wind Ensemble
University of the Cumberlands
2019
April 12
Birthday Charity Bash to Support E.M. Jellinek Center
Fresh Keyboard Salad by Kristofer Rucinski
The Ides of March by Kristofer Rucinski
3 Gymnopédies by Eric Satie
6 Gnossiennes by Eric Satie
Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin
Awaken Coffee
Knoxville, TN
2018
August 26
A Musical Message of Hope and Remembrance
Opening from Glassworks by Philip Glass
China Gates by John Adams
The Lunarians from Final Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu
Meditation for James Blignaut by Kristofer Rucinski
The Mysterious Fountain by Drew Dolan
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Emerald Ave United Methodist Church
Knoxville, TN
2017
October 13
Alia-The-Strange by Arturo Fernandez
CCM, Watson Recital Hall
Cincinnati, OH
3 PM