LYNN UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC PROGRAM MOSTLY MOZART Thursday, March 1, 7:30pm Friday, March 2, 7:30pm Dr. Jon Robertson, Dean Amamick-Goldstein Hall Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL Welcome to the 2006-2007 season . The talented musicians and extraordinary performing faculty at Lynn represent the future of the performing arts, and Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, hom & bassoon you, the patrons, pave the road to their artistic suc­ cess through your presence and generosity. This com­ munity engagement is in keeping with the Largo - Allegro moderato Conservatory of Music's mission: to provide high­ Larghetto quality professional performance education for gifted Allegretto young musicians and set a superior standard for music performance worldwide. Roberta Rust, piano THE ANNUAL FUND Paul Green, clarinet A gift to the Annual Fund can be designated for Gregg Miller, hom scholarships, various studios, special concerts or to Michael Ellert, bassoon the General Conservatory Fund. Terence Kirchgessner, oboe ADOPT- A-STUDENT You may select from the conservatory's promising young musicians and provide for his or her future through the Conservatory Scholarship Fund . You Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K. 448 (375a) will enjoy the concert even more when your student performs. A gift of $25,000 adopts a student for Allegro con spirito one year. A gift of $100,000 pays for an education. Andante A llP(!fO molto ESTATE GIFT An estate gift will provide for the conservatory in perpetuity. Your estate gift may be made as a gift Lisa Leonard and Tao Lin, pianos of appreciated stock, real estate or cash . FRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY As a member of the Friends of the Conservatory, you will be involved in an organization that seeks to ~INTERMISSION~ address the needs of the students and the conser­ vatory as a whole. This organization has just com­ pleted its first year and now includes more than 100 members providing major scholarship assis­ tance to the students. Piano Quartet in E-flat major VOLUNTEERING Become a volunteer. Contact the ticket office Allegro manager at 561-237-9000 for more information. Larghetto Allegretto Your contribution to the conservatory is Jon Robertson, piano tax-deductible. For additional information, Carol Cole, violin you may call the development office at Ralph Fielding, viola 561-237-7766, or visit the university's Web David Cole, cello site at www.lynn.edu. Jon Robertson Dean - Conducting Performance Experience Maestro Jon Robertson enjoys a distinguished career, both as a pianist, conductor and academician. His career as a concert pianist began at age nine with his debut in Town Hall, New York, with the New York Times calling him "a pint-sized Paderewski." As a child prodigy and a student of the renowned pianist and teacher Ethel Leginska, he continued to concertize throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Europe. From 1979 until 1987, he was the conductor and music director of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway. Under his dynamic leadership, the orchestra enjoyed critical acclaim along with consecutive sold-out seasons. While director of the symphony, he was invited to conduct the National Norwegian Opera Company in six performances of La Boheme, as well as yearly productions with the Kristiansand Opera Company. First appearing in Redlands, California, as guest conductor in the spring of 1982, Maestro Robertson became the conductor and music director of the Redlands Symphony Orchestra in the fall of that year and is currently in his twenty-second successful season with that ensemble. During his tenure, ticket sales have increased to capacity houses. In addition, the Redlands Symphony has enjoyed the distinction of receiving the highest ranking possible from the California Arts Council, as well as top ranking with the National Endowment for the Arts. As guest conductor, Maestro Robertson has conducted orchestras nationally and internationally. Among others: the San Francisco Symphony at Stern Grove to critical acclaim, returning for their subscription series in Davies Hall; the Beijing Central Philharmonic in China; and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Egypt, where he is a regular guest conductor. He was the principal guest conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Yerevan from 1995-1998. Maestro Robertson has also conducted the Bratislava Chamber Orchestra at the Pianofest Austria at Bad Aussee, Austria, and most recently in South Africa, at the University of Stellenbosch International Festival. In addition to his position as conductor and music director of the Redlands Symphony, Robertson continues to guest conduct and concertizes as a member of the Archduke Trio. Along with performing and academia, Robertson enjoys writing, the study of theology, and is sought after as a consultant, lecturer and motivational speaker. Teaching Experience Maestro Robertson was chair of the Department of Music at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. In 1972, Robertson became chair of the Thayer Conservatory of Music at Atlantic Union College in Massachusetts, where he instituted the highly successful Thayer Preparatory Division, began the Thayer Conservatory Orchestra, tripled enrollment, renovated and refurbished the historical Thayer Mansion (home of the Thayer Conservatory) and led the New England Sinfonia on their successful national tour in 1975. For 12 years, 1992-2004, Robertson served as chair of the Department of Music at UCLA. During his tenure, the department gained national and international recognition, thus attracting world renowned faculty and highly gifted students, and creating a world class Department of Music. Robertson was recognized at the President's Recognition Dinner for being instrumental in raising over $2 million for scholarships, and the expansion of the Opera Department and Music Theater through the Gluck Foundation and other donors. Robertson is currently in his twelfth year as Professor of Music and Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has also been the recipient of the President's Award for Outreach Programs. Robertson sits on various non-profit boards and has served three years as a panelist for the California Arts Council Organizational Grants and Touring Panel and an equal number of years as panelist for the National Endowment of Arts. Education Maestro Robertson was awarded full scholarship six consecutive years to The Juilliard School of Music, where he earned B.M., M.S., and D.M.A. degrees in piano performance as a student of Beveridge Webster. Although his degrees were in piano performance, he also studied choral conducting with Abraham Kaplan at Juilliard and orchestral conducting with Richard Pittman of the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1970, Robertson returned to Juilliard as a Ford Foundation Scholar to complete his Doctorate of Musical Arts. He later traveled to Sweden and East Germany to become the first and only private student of Maestro Herbert Blomstedt, currently conductor and music director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig. Carol Cole Artist Faculty - VIolin, Chamber Music Performance Experience Carol Cole made her debut with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 13 as winner of the San Francisco Young Artists competition. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader, the violinist has appeared at major music centers in 20 countries and in more than 25 U.S. states. She has performed in the world's most prestigious music festivals, including the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds in Italy; Konzertring in Rottwell, Germany; Jeunessess Musicales in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro; Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Festival Miami; Philadelphia's Mozart on the Square; and the String Seminar at Carnegie Hall. Pursuing her multi-faceted musical interests, Carol Cole has backed artists such as Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Nestor Torres, Gloria Estafan, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. She is a member of the Miami Symphonic Strings recording orchestra, which recently released a CD from the Criteria Studios in Miami featuring Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand. Cole and her husband, cello artist faculty David Cole, are in their 30th year together. They present duo concerts and collaborate with top musicians performing the vast chamber music literature. Teaching Experience Carol is active in teaching, with an appointment as artist faculty - violin at the Lynn University Conservatory School of Music. Carol is also an artist in residence at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in Palm Beech and a member of the Sagee Piano Trio, and the former associate concertmaster of the Florida Philharmonic. Education Carol studied violin with Arnold Steinhardt at the Curtis Institute of Music and chamber music with Mischa and Alexander Schneider, Jascha Brodsky, Jaime Laredo, Felix Galimair and Michael Tree. Ms. Cole was the first-prize winner of the Stresa International Violin Competition and the San Francisco Young Artists Competition. Ralph W. Fielding Associate Professor, Head of Strings - Viola, Chamber Music Teaching Experience Ralph Fielding, Associate Professor of Viola at the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University, has served on the viola faculty of the University of Southern California, the University of California Los Angeles, Texas Tech University, and is currently on the summer faculty of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He is active as a clinician at music programs around the country and has given master classes at such institutions as Oberlin College, the Cleveland Institute, the New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, the San Francisco Conservatory, Rice University, the New World Symphony. He has also been an adjudicator for ASTA, MTNA, Suzuki, AVS/Primrose and other competitions. He specializes in quickly getting players to reach their highest potential through combining a singing approach to music-making with simple ways to master the basic mechanics of bow control, shifts, string crossings and bow changes. Performance Experience Mr. Fielding had a long history as an orchestral musician. As a teenager, he played a year in the Utah Symphony under Maurice Abravanel.