50Th Annual Concerto Concert
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SCHOOL OF ART | COLLEGE OF MUSICAL ARTS | CREATIVE WRITING | THEATRE & FILM BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY 50th a n n u a l c o n c e r t o concert BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Summer Music Institute 2017 bgsu.edu/SMI featuring the SESSION ONE - June 11-16 bowling g r e e n Double Reed Strings philharmonia SESSION TWO - June 18-23 emily freeman brown, conductor Brass Recording Vocal Arts SESSION THREE - June 25-30 Musical Theatre saturday, february 25 Saxophone 2017 REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 1ST 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit BGSU.edu/SMI kobacker hall BELONG. STAND OUT. GO FAR. CHANGING LIVES FOR THE WORLD.TM congratulations to the w i n n e r s personnel of the 2016-2 017 Violin I Bass Trombone competition in music performance Alexandria Midcalf** Nicholas R. Young* Kyle McConnell* Brandi Main** Lindsay W. Diesing James Foster Teresa Bellamy** Adam Behrendt Jef Hlutke, bass Mary Solomon Stephen J. Wolf Morgan Decker, guest Ling Na Kao Cameron M. Morrissey Kurtis Parker Tuba Jianda Bai Flute/piccolo Diego Flores La Le Du Alaina Clarice* undergraduate - performance Nia Dewberry Samantha Tartamella Percussion/ Timpani Anna Eyink Michelle Whitmore Scott Charvet* Stephen Dubetz, clarinet Keisuke Kimura Jerin Fuller+ Elijah T omas Oboe/Cor Anglais Zachary Green+ Michelle Whitmore, flute Jana Zilova* Febe Harmon Violin II T omas Morris David Hirschfeld+ Honorable Mention: Samantha Tartamella, flute Sophia Schmitz Mayuri Yoshii Erin Reddick+ Bethany Holt Anthony Af ul Felix Reyes Zi-Ling Heah Jamie Maginnis Clarinet/Bass clarinet/ Harp graduate - performance Xiangyi Liu E-f at clarinet Michaela Natal Lindsay Watkins Lucas Gianini** Keyboard Kenneth Cox, flute Emily Topilow Hayden Giesseman Paul Shen Kyle J. Kostenko** Adam O’Dell Zachariah Shutt Timothy Young Peisi Luo, piano Alexis Reif DMA assistant conductor Bassoon/Contra Maria Mercedes Diaz Honorable Mention: Aldulfulyne Padmore, flute Violas Ashley Mania Garcia Kathryn Kibbe* Mikaela Kroyer** Yu-Ting Huang Jack Smolenski ** MM assistant conductor Irene Blazek Robert Jay Garza III composition Ben Silberman Horn Amory R. Fout Rachel Britt** Orchestra Librarian Daniel Bayot Alysha Szczublewski Peter Guidi** Teresa Bellamy Douglas Poteat Cello Trent Andersen *denotes section principal Jonathan Moody* **denotes section co-principal Andrew Lewis Trumpet +denotes guest virginia marks collaborative piano award Taylor Stobinski Bryan Powell** Sara Hart Enrico Solito** Jonathan Brian Guelfand Gramm Drennen Christina Komosinski** Kaleb Ringler Edmund Gunther** Julia Horter program Daniel Bayot (b. 1995) is concert and f lm composer interested in creating works that satisfy the cerebral, visceral, and kinetic facets of a listener’s experience. Clarinet Concerto Landscape in Blues ......................................Stephen Hartke As a kama’aina from Hawai’i and an alumnus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Daniel is a recipient I. Senegambia III. Philamayork of the Interlochen Fine Arts Award for Composition in 2012 with works performed by a variety of ensembles Stephen Dubetz, clarinet including the LA-based collective wild Up, the World Emily Freeman Brown, conductor Youth Wind Symphony, the Interlochen Philharmonic, The Pied Piper Fantasy ..........................................................John Corigliano members of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and I.Sunrise and the Piper’s Song members of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. As a vocalist, Daniel II.The Rats III.Battle With the Rats is an active performer of choral and contemporary music and a third of the IV.War Cadenza experimental trio, 3 dB Vocal Ensemble. He is currently a senior pursuing a (played without pause) B.M. in composition at BGSU. Michelle Whitmore, flute Robert Jay Garza III, MM conductor Argentine pianist, Jonathan Guelfand, has performed recitals in the United States and Argentina. He played Flute Concerto.............................................................................Joan Tower at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) in 2016 after Kenneth Cox, flute being invited by the Bottazzi International Music Maria Mercedes Diaz, DMA conductor Society. Walter Aparicio, president of Piano Teachers Congress of New York described his performance as Piano Concerto for the left hand .............................................. Maurice Ravel “very thoughtful, sensitive and communicative” with Lento, Cadenza, Piú lento, Andante, Allegro, Tempo I, Cadenza, Allegro melodic sections being “shaped beautifully” and with (played without pause) “a poetic aspect”. Other performance venues include Peisi Luo, piano the Jeanne Rimsky T eater, Argentinean Consulate, Emily Freeman Brown, conductor DiMenna Center and the Manhasset Library. He has also performed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Argentina. Jonathan has received various awards: the ALAPP “Latin-American Association of Pianists and Pedagogues” Award, Teachers del Norte - Pianists del Sur International Piano Competition, Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award at BGSU, NJMTA Young Musicians Competition and National Endowment for the Arts. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rowan University. He currently studies as a Master of Music in Piano Performance at BGSU. In addition, Jonathan is a piano teacher, improviser and composer. biographies Originally from Akron, Ohio, Stephen Dubetz is a One of the most fresh and cutting-edge f utists of today, junior music education major. Currently, he is Kenneth J. Cox is taking the music scene by storm. the principal clarinet for the Wind Symphony at Kenneth has performed in over twenty internationally Bowling Green State University. His teacher is acclaimed venues around the globe, including private Mr. Kevin Schempf. Former teachers include Lee concerts in T e Vatican. He has been a f nalist/ Gibson and Willow Digiacomo. Past prizewinner at the South Carolina Flute Society Young performance honors are: Winner of the 2016 Douglas Artist Competition, the Florida Flute Association Wayland Chamber Music Competition Young Artist Competition and the Atlanta Flute Club with the Pitnix piano trio; recipient of the ‘Most Young Artist Competition. Kenneth was named winner Outstanding Performer’ award for the 2015 of the 2017 Ohio Music Teacher’s National Association MATRIX Performing Arts season, and select member of the MATRIX Young Artist Competition, and the 2017 East Central Division Music Teacher’s International Taiwan tour. National Association Young Artist Competition. He was named a f nalist this year for the award-winning Ensemble ACJW, a chamber ensemble in-residence at Carnegie Hall. He was recently featured on a CD released internationally entitled “Frontiers” with the Cincinnati Chamber Soloists. Flutist Michelle Whitmore is a native of Clarkston, Michigan and is an active performer as well as a current senior at Bowling Green State University. She Peisi Luo studied at Xinghai Conservatory of Music is a member of the Bailamos Trio and a chamber music in Piano Performance from 2005 until 2015, and enthusiast. Past performance honors include receiving is currently pursuing a masters degree in Piano Second Place in the 2013 Douglas Wayland Chamber Performance at Bowling Green State University under Competition with the Barefoot Four f ute quartet, the instruction of Dr. T omas Rosenkranz. Past placing as a f nalist in the Southeastern Michigan teachers include Dr. Claire Chiu and Dr. Songwen Li. Flute Association (SEMFA) competition, and she is a She recently won the “Professional Group” excellence recipient of the BGSU Music Talent Award. award at the American Protégé Piano Competition, Michelle is currently in the studio of Dr. Conor Nelson. Her previous teachers performed at the Brevard Summer Music Festival, include Jef ery Zook of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Brandy Hudelson. and participated in the Toledo Video Show. After experiencing an injury to her right hand, Peisi has actively explored works for piano written for the left hand by Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Busoni and Godowsky during her recovery. Aside from solo performance, she also enjoys teaching piano and collaborative music..