NABOUT THE ARTISTS

Noon Concert Lena Bonhorst Andaya began her formal music studies in her native Portland, Oregon, and continued at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a Master of Music in Chamber Music. Her primary teachers include Irene Sharp, Hamilton Cheifetz, and Aldo Parisot. She has performed in Chamber Music Northwest, Chamber Music West, and the Old First Church concert series; at the Festival of New American Music at Sacramento State University; and with Music Now, a contemporary music ensemble. She has soloed with and been a member of the Sacramento and Vallejo Symphonies and has played with the Honolulu Lena and Richard Andaya, Symphony. She currently is principal cello of the Sacramento Opera, Choral Society, and Musical Theatre, and is a member of the Sacramento Philharmonic and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. Lena is also an active teacher of cello and piano, currently maintaining a studio of 25. She has coached at California Summer Music; in Steamboat cellos Springs, Colorado; and at the McAteer School of the Arts in San Francisco. She currently coaches at the Sacramento Chamber Music Workshop. Recently, Lena had the honor of playing the Brahms Piano Quintet with Leon Fleisher and other members of the Sacramento Philharmonic. PROGRAM Richard Andaya is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory and Yale University and has studied with Irene Sharp, Aldo Parisot, Gabor Rejto, and Zara Nelsova. He has Sonata in G Major Jean Barrière served as principal cello with the Sacramento Symphony, the Colorado Philharmonic, Andante (1707–47) and the National Repertory Orchestra, and held positions with the Oakland, San Adagio Jose, and New Haven Symphonies. He performs regularly with the San Francisco Allegro prestissimo Symphony and has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, the Colorado Philharmonic, the National Repertory Orchestra, the California Youth Symphony, the Vallejo Symphony, and the Sacramento Symphony. He has been a Fellow Selections form 18 Duos Béla Bartók at Tanglewood and has received full scholarships from the Banff Centre, the Blossom (1881–1945) Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. He has appeared in the master classes of (arr. Walter Kurz) Janos Starker, Paul Tortelier, William Pleeth, and Joel Krosnick. He is former principal cello of the Honolulu Symphony, is involved with the Sacramento Chamber Music Workshop, and has been on the California Summer Music faculty since 1997. Selections from 24 Duos Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) John Cozza is a lecturer in applied piano and accompanying at the University of the (arr. Franz Danzi) Pacific Conservatory of Music and the staff accompanist at California State University Sacramento. He holds bachelor’s and master’s of music degrees in piano performance from the University of Southern California, the diploma in piano performance and in Sonata in G Minor George Frideric Handel chamber music from the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria, and a doctorate in Andante (1685–1759) solo performance, chamber music and accompanying from Northwestern University. Allegro energico He has studied with Daniel Pollack in Los Angeles, David Kaiserman in Chicago, and Largo Hans Graf and George Ebert in Vienna. Allegro con fermezza John Cozza, piano Cozza has collaborated with singers and instrumentalists throughout the United States, and his international engagements have included performances as soloist, 12:05 pm, Thursday, 5 November 2009 accompanist and chamber musician in European cities such as Vienna, Bologna, Milan, Rumsey Rancheria Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center Cologne, and Budapest. Most recently, he taught applied piano and was the director of accompanying at Baylor University in Texas. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi This concert is being recorded professionally for the university archive. Please remain seated during the music, Mu Alpha, American Liszt Society, and the Franz Schmidt Society in Austria. remembering that distractions will be audible on the recording. Please deactivate cell phones, pagers, and wristwatches. Flash photography and audio and video recording are prohibited during the performance.

This performance is made possible in part by the generous support from the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concerts endowment.