Sunday November 8, 2020 CHICAGO 1:00 p.m. HARP DAY www.lyonhealy.com SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 1:00 p.m. Katherine Siochi presents Keys to Strings: Transcribing Keyboard Music from Bach to Debussy Utilizing the Basics of Audio and Video in Teaching, Performing and Sharing Greater Chicago Chapter of the American Harp Society Scholarship Competition Winners’ Recital TABLE OF CONTENTS Program-at-a-Glance P. 1 PROGRAMMING Katherine Siochi Performance p. 2 Scholarship Competition Winners’ Recital p. 3 Artists Katherine Siochi p. 4 Scholarship Competition Winners p. 5 www.lyonhealy.com KATHERINE SIOCHI GREATER CHICAGO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP Keys to Strings: Transcribing Keyboard Music COMPETITION WINNERS’ from Bach to Debussy RECITAL Program Program Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Susann McDonald (b. 1935) Carlos Salzedo trans. K. Siochi Concert Etude Variations on a Theme in the Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Ancient Style Kathryn Cater 1. Praeludium Miriam Kessler, Monarch Wings st 2. Allemande 1 Place Junior Division Rebekah Esper, 3. Corrente Honorable Mention Beginner Division Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), 4. Sarabande arr. M. Grandjany 5. Menuet 1 & 2 Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) Etude No. 4 6. Gigue Petite Berceuse Nancy Zhou, Sophia Singleton, Honorable Mention Senior Division Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Honorable Mention Beginner Division trans. K. Siochi Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704-1766) Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4, Mary Kay Waddington Allegretto Siciliana, No. 1 “Andante Cantabile” Claudia Looper, Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Claude Debussy (1862-1918), trans. 2nd Place Beginner Division The Maid with the Flaxen Hair K. Siochi Emma Chen, Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) nd Children’s Corner 2 Place Senior Division Seguidilla 4. The Snow is Dancing Claude Debussy 1. Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) First Arabesque Rustic Dance Natalia Scheinfeld, Margot Sherman, 2nd Place Senior Division 1st Place Beginner Division Marcel Tournier Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) Etude de Concert (Au Matin) Vers La Source Dans Le Bois Angelina Chan, Jessica Chen, 1st Place Senior Division 2nd Place Junior Division p. 2 p. 3 KATHERINE SIOCHI GREATER CHICAGO CHAPTER HARP OF THE AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP Praised by the New York Times as “excellent,” Katherine Siochi is an internationally acclaimed harp soloist and Principal COMPETITION WINNERS Harpist of the Kansas City Symphony. She served as Principal Harpist of the Sarasota Orchestra from 2017-2019. Katherine is the 2016 Gold Medalist of the 10th USA International Harp Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious harp contests, and is only the second American to win the prize since 1989. Audiences worldwide have commended Katherine for her virtuosity, as well as her poetic interpretations and innate sense of timing. She strives to connect with her listeners through raw emotion and intensely expressive performances. Angelina Chan, Emma Chen, Jessica Chen, Katherine has also received many awards in national harp competitions, student of Eleanor student of Brittany student of Claire including First Prize in the American Harp Society’s Young Professional Kirk and Dr. Ann Yeung Smith Happel Ashe Division, earning her the title of AHS Concert Artist for 2015-2017. As Concert Artist, Katherine presented recitals and masterclasses in 23 cities across the US. She has given solo concerts in Hong Kong, China, Israel and at Lyon & Healy Hall in Chicago. Her performances have been featured on national radio programs: twice on NPR’s “From the Top,” on New York Public Radio for WQXR’s “Young Artist Showcase,” and on American Public Media’s “Performance Today.” As an orchestral musician Katherine has performed in major venues such Rebekah Esper, Miriam Kessler, Claudia Looper, as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall, and substitutes student of Eleanor student of Erin student of Brittany frequently with the New York Philharmonic. Katherine has performed Kirk Freund Smith concertos with the Sarasota Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic and Indiana University Festival Orchestra. She has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and Aspen Music Festival, and in 2018 she was Principal Harp for the Classical Tahoe Orchestra in Lake Tahoe. Ms. Siochi began her musical studies with the piano when she was 5-years- old and began learning the harp at age nine. She holds her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in harp performance from The Juilliard School, where she studied with NY Philharmonic Principal Harpist Nancy Allen. While earning Natalia Scheinfeld, Margot Sherman, Sophia Singleton, her master’s at Juilliard, Katherine was a recipient of the distinguished Kovner student of Michael student of Claire student of Claire Fellowship. In addition to the harp, Katherine studied secondary piano at Maganuco Happel Ashe Happel Ashe The Juilliard School during her undergraduate years. Her background as a pianist has contributed to her interest in transcribing piano works for the harp, and her unique attention to voicing on the harp. Katherine’s transcriptions of Debussy and Chopin are published through Lyon & Healy at harp.com. Outside of classical music, Katherine is a talented arranger of pop and many other genres, with her cover of Owl City’s “Fireflies” reaching over 3 million views on YouTube. Highly sought-after as a teacher, Katherine gives private lessons and masterclasses throughout the US, and is on the Nancy Zhou, faculty of the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar. Katherine grew up in Iowa City, student of Eleanor Iowa, where she studied with Pamela Weest-Carrasco. Kirk p. 4 www.lyonhealy.com.