As Jazz Pianist/Arranger:
2012
June 8: concert in Nogata ku-min Hall with Rick Overton Quartet (details to be announced)
June 11: concert with flutist 工藤重典 (details to be announced)
June 14: Bruce Stark piano trio (jazz)
ミューザ川崎シンフォニーホール
Stark joined the Black Five Woodwind Quintet on January 9 in 茅ヶ崎市民文化会館 for a performance of his arrangements as part of the Coming Of Age ceremony events.
Bruce Stark performed a ファミリーコンサート on January 8 at 静岡文化会館.
2011
Bruce Stark's new solo piano cd When You Wish is now available from CDbaby
December 10 Bruce Stark will play a jazz Christmas concert with the Rick Overton (tpt) quartet at Nogata ku-min Hall, Tokyo.
On December 23 Bruce Stark joined tenor John Nuzzo for Mr. Nuzzo's dinner show. please see Mr. Nuzzo's website for details.
On December 20 Bruce Stark performed a jazz trio concert at Yamaha Ginza studio in Tokyo, featuring solo, duo and trio doing jazz standards and Christmas songs.
September 4 Bruce Stark played in a jazz duo with saxophonist Tom Zinnen at Cafe Dolce in Saitama.
On February 14 Bruce Stark's quartet performed an afternoon and evening concert of jazz standards at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall in Kawasaki.
On March 31 Bruce Stark joined flutist Shigenori Kudo and bassist Brent Nussey in Hakuju Hall for a concert of Stark's arrangements of music from cinema.
August 3 Bruce Stark performed a solo piano concert at YAMAHA Ginza for broadcast/video only, to demonstrate the new capacities of the disc clavier. The performance was sent live to several locations in the U.S. with real time video/audio sync., and included several original works and Stark's performances of his arrangements and improvisations on classical and jazz themes. Also included were pianist Chika Nagisa performing Stark's Ode To 'Ode To Joy' and Four for 4 hands piano with Ikuma Itoh.
As Composer Of Works For Classical Musicians:
2011
On August 12 flutist Pam Youngblood and pianist Gabriel Bita performed Stark's American Suite at the National Flute Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On August 28 pianist Stanley Wong included several works by Bruce Stark in his concert at the DoReMi Music Wonderland Recital Hall in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong performed Dance No. 3 from Six Dances For Piano, Deja vu and Tones For Tears from Songs From Innocence.
On July 8 in Nogata-kumin Hall (Wiz Hall), Tokyo, there was a concert of Bruce Stark's original compositions, including Four for 4-hands piano, Suite For Woodwind Quintet, Ode To Friendship for trombone and piano, Songs Of Innocence for narrator and piano, Six Dances For Piano and more. Bruce Stark was MC for the evening.
On May 24 pianist Tatjana Rankovich gave the U.S. premiere of Stark's Six Dances for Piano at the Henry Street Settlement on opening day of the Keys To The Future contemporary piano music festival in New York City. The work was commissioned by the series.
On February 24 flutist Lyon Leifer and pianist Brian Lee performed Stark's American Suite at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
On February 6 euphonium player Tamao Araki and pianist Mayumi Akahoshi performed Bruce Stark's Ode To Friendship in Kumamoto, Japan.
On February 9 trombonist Tom Gibson and pianist Paula Peace performed Stark's Gospel Song Fantasy in Atlanta, Georgia at a concert of the Atlanta Chamber Players.