Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC All Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs 11-9-2012 Guest Artist Recital: Kenneth Tse, saxophone Kenneth Tse Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Tse, Kenneth, "Guest Artist Recital: Kenneth Tse, saxophone" (2012). All Concert & Recital Programs. 3813. https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/3813 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Guest Recital: Kenneth Tse, saxophone Alan Huckleberry, piano Hockett Family Recital Hall Friday November 9th, 2012 7:00 pm Program Dualités for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2012)* Guy Lacour (b. 1932) Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano William Lovelock (1974) (1899-1986) I. Adagio sempre liberamente e ed. Michael Lichnovsky rubato—Allegro II. Molto vivo e leggiero III. Adagio liberamente—Allegro vigoroso Brief Intermission Pictures at an Exhibition for Soprano, Modest Mussorgsky Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones (1839-1881) and Piano (2012) * Promenade I arranged and adapted by David Gnomus DeBoor Canfield Promenade II Il vecchio castello Promenade III Tuilleries Bydlo Promenade IV Ballet of Unhatched Chicks “Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle” Promenade V Limoges Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) Con mortuis in lingua mortua The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev * Denotes a piece dedicated to Tse Biographies Widely recognized as one of the leading classical saxophonists in the world, 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 resulted in an acclaimed debut recital at Carnegie Hall and being hailed “a young virtuoso” by the New York Times. The Alex Award from the National Alliance for Excellence led to another Carnegie Hall performance. And these are but two of the multitude of awards that Tse has garnered in less than a decade and a half. Since then he has been a frequent soloist in five continents. He is frequent featured artist at events such as the triennial World Saxophone Congress and North American Saxophone Alliance conferences and has been a guest clinician at conferences hosted by the California Band Directors’ Association, Iowa Bandmaster’s Association, and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinics. Prestigious universities and conservatories worldwide, such as Gnesin Academy of Music, Moscow State Conservatory, Sydney Conservatory and Paris Conservatory have invited him to give master classes. 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 eight other releases and more in process on RIAX records, Jeanné records, Bridge records, Enharmonic records, Arizona University Recordings and MSR Classics. Critical review of these disks have yielded such comments from Fanfare Magazine as “Hong Kong-born Kenneth Tse is of the caliber of 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 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 magician’.” 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. (Kenneth Tse, continued) Tse is currently professor of saxophone at the University of Iowa and serving his second term as Vice-President of the International Saxophone Committee. More information and media clips are available at www.kenneth-tse.com. Praised for his “impeccable musicianship, exhilarating technique, and panache” (American Record Guide), pianist Alan Huckleberry is recognized as a multi-faceted artist on the classical music scene. He has performed both in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in Germany, England, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Spain, France, Costa Rica, Colombia, and across the United States. Huckleberry is also in demand as a chamber musician, with recitals across the United States, Australia, and Europe. He can be heard on four compact disc recordings on the Crystal Record and Albany Record labels. In addition to his performing career, Dr. Huckleberry is equally passionate about his role as an educator. He is currently associate professor of piano pedagogy and collaborative arts at The University of Iowa. There he heads the piano pedagogy program, which is now recognized as one of the leading programs in the nation. He is a sought-after speaker on pedagogical topics, including talks at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and the Music Teachers National Conference. At The University of Iowa, he also maintains a studio of national and international students, who themselves are beginning to leave their mark in their field. In fact, all DMA graduates from his piano pedagogy program are themselves now teaching at academic institutions across the country and abroad. A native of Indiana, Huckleberry began serious studies at the piano in Germany with Polish pianist Barbara Szczepanska. Further studies at the conservatories of Karlsruhe and Cologne with Japanese pedagogue Naoyuki Taneda and German pianist Josef A. Scherrer solidified a diverse and international musical background. He then returned to the United States to complete his studies with Arthur Greene at the University of Michigan. Huckleberry’s repertoire not only includes the standard works of the piano literature, but he is an ardent supporter of new music and young composers, as seen by a long list of compositions which were written for him. Among the many 20th and 21st century styles he enjoys, he is particularly interested in contemporary rags and other crossover genres. Dr. Huckleberry has recently embarked upon a massive video recording project. Together with Dr. Jason Sifford, he is creating the largest known database of performances of piano pedagogical literature. In the end, it will encompass some 7000 videos of beginning to intermediate repertoire. The videos are available to all, free of charge, at YouTube (search: UIPIANOPED)..