EVENTS & PERFORMANCES
Staying incredibly busy
and meeting so many wonderful people!
Benita at Carnegie Hall in New York!!
Upcoming Performances
July 20, 2025
Return to Carnegie Hall!
Benita Rose won 1st prize in Solo Division of New York Classical Debut Competition on October 2, 2024 which in turn won her a RETURN CARNEGIE PERFORMANCE where she will present the music of Franz Liszt!
New York, NY
July 23, 2025
Palau de la Música Catalana!
Benita Rose was chosen as First Prize Winner in the 2025 International Music Competition “Barcelona” Grand Prize Virtuoso on May 29th, for which she will be performing the music Chopin at the incredible Palau in Barcelona, Spain.
July 27, 2025
Lecture recital on saxophone and piano works of Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Harbin, China
July 28, 2025
Rose-Gibbs Duo will perform a recital at the
2025 World Saxophone Congress
Harbin, China
September 24, 2025
Benita Rose, Solo Piano Recital
Copper Door Concert Series
Prescott, Arizona
October 9, 2025
Benita Rose, Solo Piano Recital
for PMTA at Steinway
Scottsdale, Arizona
October 15, 2025
Benita Rose, Solo Piano Recital of Marcos Fernández-Barrero
at Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Past Performances…
Past Performances - 2025
June 15, 2025
Benita Rose, Solo Piano
Beethoven: Op. 109, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne,
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 and Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Liszt: Un Sospiro,
Fernández-Barrero: Wonderer, Fountains, and In Barcelona
León, Spain
May 29-31, 2025
Benita Rose will be presenting two lecture recitals at the
2025 ASMTA State Conference, featuring piano solos by
Marlene Moore, Magnus Gautestad, Dace Aperane,
Laume Reinholde, Lolita Ritmanis, and a newly-commissioned
work by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
May 13, 2025
Beethoven: Op. 109, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne,
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 and Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Liszt: Un Sospiro,
Fernández-Barrero: Wonderer, Fountains, and In Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
May 11, 2025
Beethoven: Op. 109, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne,
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 and Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Liszt: Un Sospiro,
Fernández-Barrero: Wonderer, Fountains, and In Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
May 7, 2025
Beethoven: Op. 9, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne,
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 and Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Liszt: Un Sospiro,
Fernández-Barrero: Wonderer, Fountains, and In Barcelona
Rīga, Latvia
May 3, 2025
Beethoven: Op. 109, Bach-Busoni: Chaconne,
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 and Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Liszt: Un Sospiro,
Fernández-Barrero: Wonderer, Fountains, and In Barcelona
Oslo, Norway
May 1, 2025
Music of living composers:
Marlene Moore, Magnus Gautestad, and Alex Blechinger
Oslo, Norway
March 26, 2025, 6:00PM
Rose-Gibbs Duo – Habanera by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Prescott, AZ
February 28-March 1, 2025
Benita Rose, Solo Piano
Works by Lauma Reinholde and Dace Aperane
Women Composers Festival at Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut
January 26, 2025
Prescott Classic, Benita Rose, Solo Piano
Chopin Ballade No. 3, and more
January 20, 2025 at 11:00AM
Martin Luther King Celebration
Christ United Methodist Church, Prescott AZ
Rose-Gibbs Duo
Benita Rose, Solo Piano
Works of William Grant Still
FugaCity by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds
January 12, 2025
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Prescott AZ at 2:00PM
Rose-Gibbs Duo plays Habanera by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Past Performances - 2024
December 29, 2024
Klavierhaus, New York City- solo piano
Brahms Op.1 Sonata, Chopin Etudes Op.25,
FugaCity by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
November 23, 2024
Emmanual Lutheran Church
Rose-Gibbs Duo
Works TBD
October 6, 2024
Works of Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York City
October 2, 2024
Pianist Benita Rose performs FugaCity by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Carnegie Hall
New York City, New York
September 29, 2024
Prescott Classic
Works of Chopin and Marcos Fernández-Barrero
September 12, 2024 at 9:00AM
Pianist Benita Rose performs complete Fernández-Barrero program for Phoenix Music Teachers Association, Arizona
August 22, 2024
Works of Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Paradise Valley, Arizona
August 4, 2024
Chopin in honor of Joe Patrych
Klavierhaus
New York City, New York
August 3, 2024
Fountains by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
MTNA GP3 Pedagogy Forum
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 23, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 21, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
Christ United Methodist Church
Rochester, Minnesota
June 19, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
Latvian Embassy
London, England
June 16, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
Eutherpe Foundation
León, Spain
June 9, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
Balma Concert Series
Toulouse, France
June 4, 2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
Escola Municipal Musica Eixample,
Barcelona, Spain
May 30,2024
All Marcos Fernàndez-Barrero program
St Peter’s Church
Rīga, Latvians
May 5, 2024 at 3:00pm
FugaCity by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Living Composers Concert
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York City, New York
May 5, 2024 at 5:00pm
Fountains by Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Joe Patrych Memorial
New York Piano Academy
New York City, New York
April 20, 2024
Rose-Gibbs Duo in Prescott, AZ
February 29, 2024, 10:00AM
Pianist Benita Rose performs complete M. Fernández-Barrero program for Contra Costa Branch of Music Teachers Association of California in Orinda, California
February 11, 2024, 4:00PM
Rose-Gibbs Duo including solo piano works of Fernández-Barrero TBA Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas, Nevada
February 2024
Lecture/Recital featuring music of Marcos Fernández-Barrero for California piano teachers
January 14, 2024, 4:00PM
Rose-Gibbs Duo including solo piano works of Fernández-Barrero TBA Forte House in San Francisco, California. Admission $25
Past Performances - 2023
December 2023
Rose-Gibbs Duo in Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria, Spain
World Saxophone Congress
October 26, 2023
Benita Rose solo piano recital of works by Domenico Scarlatti and M. Fernández-Barrero
Phoenix, AZ
October 21, 2023, 1:00PM
Benita Rose solo piano recital of Marcos Fernández-Barrero works
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
October 8, 2023, 3:00PM
Benita Rose solo piano recital of Marcos Fernández-Barrero works
Grand Lodge at Touchmark, Prescott AZ
September 24, 2023
Benita Rose solo piano recital – works of Marcos Fernández-Barrero
Paradise Valley AZ
August 17, 2023
Benita Rose, guest speaker, “My Life in Music- Behind the Talent”
Ranch Social Club breakfast
Thursday, July 6, 2023, 6:00PM
Rose-Gibbs Duo (sax and piano) in Rīga, Latvia at
Pēter Baznica.
Tony and I will perform the Franck Sonata, and works by Latvian composers.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023, 6:00PM
Benita Rose, solo piano recital
Rīga, Latvia at Pēter Baznica, St.Peter’s Church
I will be performing works by Lauma Reinholde, Marcos Fernandez-Barrero, Chopin, and Liszt.
June 24, 2023
Benita Rose, solo piano
House concert, Prescott AZ
Works by Laume Reinholde, Marcos Fernández-Barrero, Chopin, Liszt
June 22, 2023
Benita Rose, solo piano in Scottsdale AZ
Chopin and Liszt
Posters & Programs for Benita’s Performances…
