2026
Saturday, May 2
Judge Showcase
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 (1903)
Southeastern Kentucky Piano Festival
Barbourville, KY
Summer, date TBD
A Musical Message of Hope and Remembrance III
Solo recital featuring Rachmaninoff and Scriabin
Holy Family Catholic Church
Seymour, TN
Fall, date TBD
Guest Artist Recital
Program including Scriabin
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
2026
Friday, February 27
Opening Concert: Piano Fiesta
Alberto Ginastera - Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47
(arr. Kris Rucinski)
Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Saturday, January 31
Lecture-recital:
In Defence of Video Game Music Arrangements
Eighteenth Annual Tristate Winter Piano Pedagogy Conference
Western Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY
2025
Friday, October 31
Halloween Concert: Spooky Pianos
Kris Rucinski - Killer Vampire Killer (2025)
for 2 pianos, 8 hands
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, KY
Friday, October 10
Lecture-recital:
In Defence of Video Game Music Arrangements
Kentucky Music Teachers Association
State Convention
Western Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY
Friday, May 30
A Musical Message of Hope and Remembrance II
Nikolai Medtner - 2 Tales, Op. 20 (1909)
1. Allegro con espressione
2. "Campanella" - Pesante, minaccioso
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (1944)
10. Regard de l'Esprit de joie
Christopher Larkin - City of Tears (2015)
Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin — Six Preludes (1894-1905)
Op. 27, No. 1 - Patetico
Op. 16, No. 1 - Andante
Op. 22, No. 1 - Andante
Op. 48, No. 4 - Festivamente
Op. 37, No. 1 - Mesto
Op. 37, No. 2 - Maestoso, fiero
Holy Family Catholic Church
Seymour, TN
Friday, April 25
Judges' Recital
Nikolai Medtner - 2 Tales, Op. 20 (1909)
1. Allegro con espressione
2. "Campanella" - Pesante, minaccioso
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (1944)
10. Regard de l'Esprit de joie
Christopher Larkin - City of Tears (2015)
Southeastern Kentucky Piano Festival
Barbourville, KY
Sunday, March 2
Judges' Gala Recital
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (1944)
10. Regard de l'Esprit de joie
Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition
Knoxville, TN
Friday, February 21
Lecture-recital:
In Defence of Video Game Music Arrangements
Knoxville Music Teachers Association
Knoxville, TN
2024
Sunday, October 13
Fine Arts Association of Southeast Kentucky Recital
Selections from Preludes, Op. 9 - 48 (1894-1905) by Alexander Scriabin
Corbin, 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
Friday, September 13
Talk: Suffering, Mental Disorder, and the Expression of Beauty
2024 Kentucky Music Teachers Association
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
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 Scriabin program)
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
Thursday, February 1
(above Scriabin program)
Pellissippi State Community College
Knoxville, TN
Thursday, January 25
(above Scriabin program)
University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
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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