North American Saxophone Alliance, and serving his third term as president of the International Saxophone Committee. More information and media clips are available at www.kenneth-tse.com. SCHOOL OF CASEY DIERLAM, piano An avid performer of contemporary music, Casey Gene Dierlam MUSIC devotes herself in promoting new music. She has won several prizes in international competitions, including first prize at the Rose Petroff College Piano Competition held in San Antonio, Tex., finalist at the St. Louis Artist Presentation Society Competition, alternate for the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and Honorable Mention in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition in New York City. Besides her solo career, Casey is also an active collaborative artist. She has been a coordinator for staff pianists for North American Saxophone Alliance conferences and competitions. She has collaborated with many internationally renowned saxophonists such as: Claude Delangle, Branford Marsalis, Debra Richtmeyer, Kenneth Tse, McChrystal, and Julie Nolan. She was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame and currently serves as a piano instructor and accompanist at Knox College. UPCOMING EVENTS For the most up to date listing of concerts and recitals please visit arts.uiowa.edu All events are FREE unless otherwise indicated. APRIL 2018 09 7:30 p.m. Ensemble Concert: UI Concert Band Concert Hall 10 7:30 p.m. Guest Recital: Katie Johnson-Webb, horn; Recital Hall Kirstin Ihde, piano 11 7:30 p.m. Guest Recital: Dr. M. Lalitha and M. Nandini, Recital Hall South Indian Classical Violin Duo 12 7:30 p.m. Guest Recital: Junko Garrett, piano Recital Hall FACULTY RECITAL 12 7:30 p.m. Guest Chamber: Iowa Saxophonists' Workshop Concert Hall Kenneth Tse, soprano & alto saxophones Casey Dierlam, guest piano 13 7:30 p.m. CNM Concert 17: Sarah Plum, guest violin; Concert Hall Timothy Lovelace, guest piano Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. *Tickets available through the Hancher Box Office at (800) HANCHER or hancher.uiowa.edu/tickets Voxman Music Building, Concert Hall Faculty Recital BIOGRAPHIES Kenneth Tse, soprano & alto saxophones Casey Dierlam, piano KENNETH TSE, saxophones Widely recognized as one of the world’s leading classical saxophonists, Kenneth Tse is certainly one of the instrument’s outstanding proponents on any saxophone aficionado’s short list. He burst on the scene in 1996 as the winner of the prestigious New York Artists International Award, which PROGRAM resulted in an acclaimed debut recital at Carnegie Hall, after which he was hailed as “a young virtuoso” by the New York Times. The Alex Award from the National Alliance for Excellence led to another Carnegie Hall performance. These are but two of the multitude of awards that Tse has garnered in less Sonate en Ut# pour Saxophone Alto et Piano Fernande DECRUCK than a decade and a half. Since then he has been a frequent soloist on five Très modéré, expressif (1896–1954) continents, including solo appearances with the Des Moines Symphony, United Noël, Andante States Navy Band, Slovenia Army Band, La Armónica Band of Bunol, Spain, Fileuse Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hong Kong Sinfonietta Nocturne et Final among others. He is frequently featured soloist at events such as the triennial World Saxophone Congress and North American Saxophone Alliance conferences. He has also been a guest clinician Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Piano Leo ORNSTEIN at conferences hosted by the California Band Directors’ Association, Iowa Bandmaster’s Association, (1895–2002) and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinics. Prestigious universities and conservatories worldwide, such as Sydney Conservatory, Moscow Conservatory, and Paris Conservatory have invited him to give masterclasses. He was recently a judge, representing the United States, at the 6th Adolphe Chromatic Fantasy Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Sax International Competition in Dinant, Belgium. Adapted and Edited by Kenneth Tse Tse has been an active recording artist since his first CD for Crystal Records at age 23. There are now a total of six Crystal CDs — presenting a wide variety of saxophone repertoire, most of it new, some with assisting artists — as well as other releases on various labels. Critical review of these disks have yielded such comments from Fanfare Magazine as “Hong Kong-born Kenneth Tse is of the caliber of ——— BRIEF INTERMISSION ——— instrumentalists whose very sound is captivating,” and in American Record Guide, “supremely elegant tone … sheer virtuosity.” Saxophone Journal opined, “Kenneth Tse is a phenomenal saxophonist with incredible technical and interpretive skills. His tone is absolutely lovely. His fingers are precise Tegu-mäi for Soprano Saxophone and Piano Robert LEMAY (b. 1960) and rapid. His interpretive skills are excellent having the ability to create vast aural fantasies in the listeners’ musical soul. The true magic of music is to take a series of ink blots on a piece of paper and turn them into temporal living entities that almost live and breathe. And … Kenneth Tse is the ‘master Ocres Rouges for Soprano Saxophone and Piano Alexis CIESLA magician’.” (b. 1967) As an advocate for new music, Tse has had over thirty works dedicated to him and more in progress by many notable American composers as well as international composers in Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Russia, Spain, Canada, Australia, and Belgium. Tse has recorded and premiered many of these concertos, sonatas, solo works, and chamber pieces. His own arrangements for the saxophone are published by Reed Music, Australia, and his articles and interviews have been featured in the Saxophone Journal, The Instrumentalist, Fanfare Magazine, Saxophone Symposium, Iowa Bandmaster Association Journal, Japan’s Piper and The Sax magazines, and Yamaha Education Series. Desiring to give back to his home city, Hong Kong, Tse has also founded in 2009 the biennial Hong Kong International Saxophone Symposium, which connects saxophonists from Asia and Oceania with world-class saxophone performers and teachers in a week-long event. Tse's students have garnered high recognition through competitions and recordings as well as concert appearances. Tse is currently professor of saxophone at The University of Iowa, president of the In consideration of our performers and guests, please take a moment to turn off your cell phone. (cont. on back).