Hibakusha

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Region VI Conference</div> <div> <I>Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 29, 2006"><U>March 29, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Catherine Branch, flute</div> <div> Composers' Forum Concert</div> <div> <I>Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 2, 2006"><U>April 2, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Catherine Branch, flute</div> <div> Catherine Branch Sophomore Recital</div> <div> <I>Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 16, 2006"><U>September 16, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Rita Linard, flute</div> <div> Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference</div> <div> <I>University of Texas at San Antonio</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February 11, 2007"><U>February 11, 2007</U></A></div> <div> Deborah Schmidt, flute</div> <div> Sounds New Concert</div> <div> <I>Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, Kensington, CA</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February 16, 2007"><U>February 16, 2007</U></A></div> <div> Deborah Schmidt, flute</div> <div> Sounds New Concert</div> <div> <I>Old First Church, San Francisco, CA</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 6, 2008"><U>April 6, 2008</U></A></div> <div> Catherine Branch, flute</div> <div> Around Hear Concert</div> <div> <I>Meredith Community Gardens in Mandell Park, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 14, 2008"><U>April 14, 2008</U></A></div> <div> Catherine Branch, flute</div> <div> Aaron Alon: Doctoral Composition Recital</div> <div> <I>Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 8, 2009"><U>March 8, 2009</U></A> (Tentative)</div> <div> Leone Buyse, flute</div> <div> Webster Trio Japan in Concert</div> <div> Fujisawa, Japan</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 11, 2009"><U>March 11, 2009</U></A> (Tentative)</div> <div> Leone Buyse, flute</div> <div> Webster Trio Japan in Concert</div> <div> <I>Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="about_the_recording"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <U>About the Recording</U></div> <div> This is a studio recording of Catherine Branch, soon to be released by Capstone Records (<A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recordings"><U>more information</U></A>).</div> <bR> <div> All music ©2005 Aaron Alon (ASCAP).  All rights reserved. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>