<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Member Program and Open House. Reception follows in the Fireside Room. Admission free!</p><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">PROGRAM</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Sonata in E flat major, Op. 5, No. 3 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel</strong> (1778-1837)</p><p>Virginia Allen, viola; Linda MacGougan, piano</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hungarian born Hummel, as an 8 year old, lived with Mozart and studied with him for 2 years. Over the subsequent years he was either a friend of, student of or teacher of Beethoven, Haydn, Czerny, Mendelssohn and many others. Later in life, his style of balanced classicism was overtaken by the fireworks of composers like Liszt.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 by Frederic Chopin</strong> (1810-1849)<br />Soohyung Yoo, piano</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Ballade No. 4 was composed in 1842 in Paris and Nohant and revised in 1843. The work was dedicated to Baroness Rothschild, wife of Nathaniel de Rothschild, who had invited Chopin to play in her Parisian residence, where she introduced him to the aristocracy and nobility.</p><p>According to Robert Schumann, this Ballade was inspired by Adam Mickiewicz&#39;s poem. The Three Budrys, which tells of three brothers sent away by their father to seek treasures, and the story of their return with three Polish brides. A distinguishing feature of the fourth Ballade is its contrapuntal nature. Of the four Ballades Chopin composed, it is considered by many pianists to be the most difficult, both technically and musically.</p><p><strong>Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla</strong> (1921-1992), arranged by R. Becker &amp; J. Handler</p><p><strong>Chorei by Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho</strong> (<strong>&quot;Pixinguinha&quot;</strong>) (1897-1973) <strong>and Benedito Lacerda</strong> (1903-1958)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>East-West Suite by Stephen Lalor</strong> (1962- )</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; II. Ballade<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; III. East-West</p><p>Leonor Snow, flute<br />Mark Levesque, mandolin<br />Judith Handler, guitar</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><em>Oblivion</em> is a hauntingly beautiful melody by the great Argentinean composer and performer, Astor Piazzolla. <em>Chorei</em> is an example of Brazilian &ldquo;choro&rdquo; music, which has some similarities to ragtime music. Stephen Lalor&#39;s music reflects a combination of his formal training and extensive experience performing a wide range of genres at an international level. He is a well-known Australian composer and mandolinist.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">BIOS</h3><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Virginia Allen</b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Ginny Allen graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Music degree. She then went on to get a Master&rsquo;s degree in Special Education, teaching the hearing impaired. After spending some years raising a family, she went back to school and became a registered nurse. She recently retired from a 20-year nursing career.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Ginny is presently Concertmaster of the Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra and is a performing member of The Musical Club of Hartford. She has been a member of the CVSO since the 1980&rsquo;s. Many things bring her great pleasure in life. Making music is one of them. Another is her role as a bi-coastal grandmother, with 4 grandchildren in Rhode Island and 2 in California.</p><p><img src="/files/macgougan_allen.jpg"/> gypsy, jazz, Celtic and folk music influences to create a unique and extraordinary sound. This matched with their impeccable musicianship and outstanding stage presence has won them a widespread enthusiastic following.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Handler &amp; Levesque have performed for festivals, arts centers, universities and museums. Recent highlights include performances in Portugal &amp; Spain in August 2016, Eurofest 2014 in Bruchsal, Germany, The English Church in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Classical Mandolin Society of America Convention 2014 in Portland, Oregon, The Performing Arts Complex of Delaware County, The United Methodist Church in New Market, Maryland, Troy NY Music Hall, International Festival of Arts &amp; Ideas, Caramoor Center in Katonah, NY, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Hudson River Museum, Roger Williams University, The University of Connecticut, The Bushnell Performing Arts Center, The Hartford Symphony Orchestra&rsquo;s Musical Dialogue Series, The Byron Colby Barn, Music Mountain and the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. They have performed for many community events including First Night Westport, The Mystic Arts Café, Bean Blossom Music Series in Indiana, the Rainbow&rsquo;s End Series in Chicago, Nashua Public Library in New Hampshire and the Quechee Club in Vermont. They are founding members of the New American Mandolin Ensemble that performs contemporary classical music in the U.S. and abroad.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Handler &amp; Levesque are on the roster of Cantaloupe Music Productions in Manhattan, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Connecticut Library Consortium. Their CDs <u>Passion</u>, <u>Two Guitars Live</u>! &amp; <u>Acoustic Blend</u> have received critical acclaim and have been sold in dozens of countries throughout the world. All three CDs have been used by the Greater Hartford Arts Council as a gift to thousands of donors to their United Arts Campaign in 2003, 2006 and 2009. Handler &amp; Levesque have also been featured on numerous compilation CDs with other artists as well as many radio &amp; cable programs.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Mark Levesque</b> has performed on guitar (classical, jazz archtop, 12 string, electric &amp; gypsy), mandolin, and cuatro in numerous ensembles throughout New England most recently with the CitySingers of Hartford. He has played and arranged world, jazz, Latin and blues music and has worked with synthesizer orchestration and studio recording. Mark&rsquo;s passion for guitar and mandolin music has led him to research music from all over the world and his creative ideas have been the stimulus for many of the arrangements performed by the group. He currently teaches mandolin and guitar at a private studio in Vernon, CT. Mark has taken courses at Central Connecticut State University and the Hartt School of Music as well as private instruction with guitarists in a variety of genres.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Judith Handler</b> received a Master of Music in guitar performance from the Hartt School of Music, a Bachelor of Music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, a Diploma of Merit from Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, a Certificate from Curs Internacional de Música at the Vila-Seca i Salou Conservatory in Spain and a Diploma from the Aspen Music School. She has performed and given workshops and classes throughout the United States. Judith also performs historical programs on period instruments in the <i>Rosewood Chamber Ensemble</i> with flutist Barbara Hopkins, teaches at a private studio in Vernon, CT and runs monthly performance classes. Judith is founder of the Connecticut Guitar Society.</p>

Music by Members/Open House - Sep 28, 2017

<p>Member Program featuring Michelle Davis, *Tracy Norkun, Fred Fenn, Bridget de Moura Castro, Sandra Ann Craig, Laura Mazza-Dixon, and *Monika Kinstler.</p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p>Trio Sonata in D Minor, H.569&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adagio<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Allegro<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Largo<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vivace</p><p>For many years the Trio Sonata in D Minor, H. 569 was attributed to J.S. Bach but recent early music scholars have come to the conclusion that the piece was actually composed by his son, C.P.E. Bach. Since J.S. Bach taught his children, it is sometimes hard to differentiate who composed what piece. &quot;Within the rich repertoire of instrumental trios spanning Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach&rsquo;s entire creative life, the sonatas for two treble instruments and bass represent not only the majority but also the composer&rsquo;s point of departure for this genre of composition, going all the way back to the Leipzig years when he was studying with his father&rdquo; (Christoph Wolf).</p><p>Michelle Davis, flute<br />*Tracy Norkun, flute<br />Fred Fenn, bassoon<br />Bridget de Moura Castro, organ</p><p>***</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Andante and Rondo, Op. 25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Franz Doppler (1821-1883)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Michelle Davis, flute<br />*Tracy Norkun, flute<br />Bridget de Moura Castro, piano</p><p>Albert Franz Doppler, following the example of Paganini, was both a composer and a virtuoso performer. Taught by his composer and oboist father, Joseph, Franz made his Vienna debut as a flutist at the age of 13 and embarked on several concert tours, often accompanied by his brother Carl, also a highly accomplished flautist and composer. Composed to showcase the talents of the Doppler brothers during one of their many tours, Andante and Rondo is a flashy showpiece for 2 flutes.&nbsp; The Rondo features complex rhythmic layers, and has the cheek and drive of a Hungarian gypsy dance.</p><p>***</p><p>Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 333 W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;1. Allegro<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;3. Allegretto grazioso</p><p>Sandra Ann Craig, piano</p><p>This sonata is written in 1778.&nbsp; It is in Mozart&#39;s mature style.&nbsp; A special feature is found in the third movement, which is a large Rondo, which has a full-sized &quot;cadenza in tempo,&quot; occupying the position of the customary cadenza for the soloist in the classical concerto, a feature that is unique in the piano sonata of Mozart.</p><p>***</p><p>Suite in A minor for Two Viols John Jenkins (1592-1678)</p><p>Fantasia<br />Ayre<br />Fantasia<br />Courant</p><p>Laura Mazza-Dixon, bass viola da gamba<br />*Monika Kinstler, bass viola da gamba</p><p>John Jenkins played, taught, and composed instrumental music for the English nobility during the height of the popularity of the viol consort. A skilled performer on both the lute and the viol, Jenkins was one of the most highly regarded composers in England between the death of William Byrd and the rise of Henry Purcell. Perhaps best known for his consorts for four, five and six viols, Jenkins&rsquo; manuscripts of pieces written for two bass viols included some fifty-five movements, among them the Fantasias, Ayre and Courant we will perform on this program.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>BIOS</h3><p><strong>Bridget de Moura Castro</strong></p><p>Bridget de Moura Castro has a piano studio in Avon, CT, is music director of Our Lady of Sorrows, Hartford and is married to concert pianist Luiz de Moura Castro. With 10 CDs on organ, piano and fortepiano she has recently returned from Portugal and Brazil where she gave organ recitals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Michelle Davis</strong></p><p><img src="/files/michelle_davis_1.jpg"/>ace industry, holds multiple patents, and is currently employed as a manager in Pratt &amp; Whitney&rsquo;s Materials &amp; Processes Engineering department.&nbsp; Her musical and engineering interests collide in a passion for woodworking, and she has built several historical musical instruments, including a set of virginals and two vielles.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Music by Members - Oct 12, 2017

<p><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/marjorie-jolidon" target="_self">Jolidon</a> Concert featuring the Schwarz-Bournaki Duo (Julian Schwarz, cello and Marika Bournaki, piano)</p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p>Sonata no. 5 in D Major, Op 102, No. 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)<br />Sonata in A minor &ldquo;Arpeggione&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Franz Schubert (1797-1828)<br />Sonata in D minor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claude Debussy (1862-1918)<br />Scherzo in C minor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)<br />Méditation Hébraïque&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ernest Bloch (1885-1977)<br />Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)</p><p>Cellist Julian Schwarz and Pianist Marika Bournaki of the Schwarz-Bournaki Duo are both young, rising stars in the classical music world.</p><p>Julian, born into a multigenerational musical family, holds a Bachelors and a Masters Degree from Juilliard. He has already established an active international chamber music and solo career, performing many times with orchestras conducted by his father, Gerard Schwarz, including his concerto debut at age 11 with the Seattle Symphony, as well as with other orchestras.&nbsp; In 2013, he won first prize in the professional cello division of the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong.</p><p>Marika, who is also a graduate of Juilliard, began performing as a child making her professional debut at age 9.&nbsp; She has been described as &ldquo;the Celine Dion of classical&rdquo; by The Huffington Post and in 2011 was named as one of the Canadian Chatelaine Magazine&#39;s Women of the Year. She is the subject of the documentary film, I am Not a Rock Star, which traces her evolution as a pianist from the age of 12 to 20.</p><p>Julian and Marika met as students in the 2006 Aspen Festival.&nbsp; Over the subsequent years they reconnected at the Verbier festival in Switzerland, and as students at the Juilliard School in New York City. They began their musical collaboration in 2014 and made their debut together in recital at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC for the Embassy Series.&nbsp; Since then this vibrant duo has performed many recitals as a duo.&nbsp; In 2016, Julian and Marika were awarded First-prize in the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Art of the Duo&rdquo;. The competition attracted 156 applications from 25 countries and 22 duos were selected to compete.</p><p>The Duo will begin their program for the Musical Club with Beethoven&rsquo;s last Cello Sonata no. 5, Op. 102, No. 2.&nbsp; Although written after Beethoven had become deaf and at a time when his compositions had become more complex and visionary, this sonata is more accessible and conventionally structured than his fourth cello sonata.&nbsp; However, the concluding fugue prefigures the fugal finales of the Hammerklavier Sonata and the late string quartets.&nbsp; Next is Schubert&#39;s &ldquo;Arpegionne&rdquo; sonata. This sonata is the only substantial composition for the arpeggione instrument, essentially a bowed guitar, which remains extant today.&nbsp; The sonata was composed in November 1824 but by the time the sonata was published posthumously in 1871, the enthusiasm for the novelty of the arpeggione had long since vanished, together with the instrument itself. Today, the piece is heard almost exclusively in transcriptions for cello or viola, and piano. After intermission the Duo will continue with Debussy&rsquo;s Cello sonata. This piece was written as one of six sonatas for various instruments that Debussy had planned to compose; however, his death in 1918 prevented him from carrying out this plan and only three were ever written.&nbsp; It is notable for its brevity and is considered one of the masterpieces written for the cello.&nbsp; The program will conclude with Brahms&rsquo; fast-moving and exciting Scherzo in C minor, Bloch&rsquo;s beautiful and moving Meditation Hébraïque, and Chopin&rsquo;s Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3. One of Chopin&rsquo;s first published compositions, this work for cello and piano is still heavily rooted in the piano, with the cello taking on a primarily melodic role while the technical aspects of the performance are left to the piano.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>SCHWARZ-BOURNAKI DUO</b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><img src="/files/schwarz_bournaki_duo_reduced.jpg"/>erbier festival in Switzerland.&nbsp;</p><p>As a recitalist, he has performed at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, the Rosenegg Castle in Steyr Austria, on the Embassy Series in Washington DC, at the National Arts Club, and in Palm Springs, CA. In March 2017, Mr. Schwarz embarked on an extensive 10-recital tour of China, and will make debuts for the Musical Club of Hartford, the University Club in NYC, and the Boulder Bach Festival in the 17-18 season. A committed chamber musician, he is a member of the New York based Frisson Ensemble, the New York Classical Players, and the Mile-End Trio with violinist Jeff Multer and pianist Marika Bournaki. He performs frequently at Bargemusic in Brooklyn with violinist Mark Peskanov, on the Frankly Music Series in Milwaukee with violinist Frank Almond, and has been the featured young artist at both the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival.&nbsp;</p><p>Julian Schwarz is an ardent supporter of new music, and often commissions new works to enhance the cello repertoire. He has premiered concertos by Richard Danielpour, Samuel Jones (recorded with the All Star Orchestra for public television in 2012, subsequently released as a DVD on Naxos), and will give the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann&rsquo;s first Cello Concerto with a consortium of five orchestras in the 17-18 season. Other premieres include the US Premiere of Dobrinka Tabakova&rsquo;s Cello Concerto with the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, and recital works by Paul Frucht, Gavin Fraser, Ren Damin, and Gerard Schwarz. On record, the Schwarz-Bournaki duo has recorded Bright Sheng&rsquo;s &ldquo;Northern Lights&rdquo; for Naxos, the complete cello/piano works by Ernest Bloch for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, and will release a debut recital album in 2017.&nbsp;</p><p>A devoted teacher, Mr. Schwarz serves as Asst. Professor of Cello at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA). Other faculty appointments include the Eastern Music Festival (Greensboro, NC), Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (Nova Scotia, Canada), and faculty teaching assistant to Joel Krosnick at The Juilliard School.</p><p>Mr. Schwarz studied at the Academy of Music Northwest, the Colburn School with Ronald Leonard, and received both BM and MM degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied with mentor Joel Krosnick. Other influential teachers include David Tonkonogui, Toby Saks, Lynn Harrell, Neal Cary, and chamber music studies with Andre Roy, Arnold Steinhardt, Jonathan Feldman, Toby Appel and Paul Coletti. Julian plays on a Neapolitan cello made by Gennaro Gagliano in 1743, is an active contributor to Strings Magazine&rsquo;s Artist Blog, and sits on the music committee of the National Arts Club.</p><p><strong>MARIKA BOURNAKI</strong></p><p>Described as &ldquo;the Celine Dion of classical&rdquo; by The Huffington Post, MARIKA BOURNAKI is at once a world-class performer, dazzling pianist, vivacious young woman and one of the freshest faces on the classical music scene. Ms. Bournaki not only brings distinctive interpretations to favorite standards, but extends her passion for music by commissioning works from younger composers and collaborating with artists from various fields.</p><p>Marika Bournaki has appeared as guest soloist with the symphony orchestras of Montréal, Quebec and St. Petersburg along with Romania&rsquo;s Timisoara Filharmonica, Switzerland&rsquo;s Verbier Chamber Orchestra and Canada&rsquo;s Orchestre Métropolitain. In addition to a benefit recital for the Glenn Gould Foundation at New York City&rsquo;s Carnegie Hall, she has been presented in solo recitals and chamber music collaborations throughout the United States, Canada and the world, including Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and South Korea.</p><p>A devoted chamber musician, Marika Bournaki performs regularly at Brooklyn&rsquo;s Bargemusic, the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival and the Frankly Music series in Milwaukee, while serving on the faculties of the Eastern Music Festival and Canada&rsquo;s Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. She tours internationally with duo partner cellist Julian Schwarz, and together won 1st prize in the 2016 Boulder International Chamber Music Competition&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Art of Duo.&rdquo; Ms. Bournaki is also a member of the Mile-End Trio with Mr. Schwarz and violinist Jeffrey Multer.</p><p>The award-winning documentary &ldquo;I am Not a Rock Star,&rdquo; featuring Marika Bounaki and directed by Bobbi Jo Hart, has captivated international audiences of all ages. The feature-length film chronicles Ms. Bournaki&rsquo;s evolution as an artist from the age of 12 to 20. A runaway success at multiple film festivals throughout the world, screenings of &ldquo;I am Not a Rock Star&rdquo; and solo performances were recently presented in Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, Miami, Napa Valley, Palm Springs, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as in Greece, México and Spain. The film has also been seen in Greece (ERT), The Netherlands (NTS), Norway (NRK), Sweden (SVT) the United Kingdom (BBC4), Australia (SBS) and New Zealand (Sky). The documentary is the recipient of awards for Best Arts Documentary and Best Editing from the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.</p><p>Marika Bournaki&rsquo;s innovative approach to her art and performance is reflected in a number of multimedia projects intended to reach out to new audiences. Additionally, her role as Ambassador to the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal&rsquo;s summer event, &ldquo;A Cool Classical Journey,&rdquo; afforded new and stimulating ways to share her music with the public.</p><p>Marika Bournaki holds both Bachelor&rsquo;s and Master&rsquo;s degrees from The Juilliard School, where her principal teachers were Yoheved Kaplinsky and Matti Raekallio. She makes her home in New York City.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Julian Schwarz, cello and Marika Bournaki, piano - Oct 19, 2017

<p>Member Program featuring Stacy Cahoon, Gene Chen, John Church, Carrie Hammond, Lisa Kugelman.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">This program spans four centuries of music, from Elizabethan Songs to string chamber music written in the 20<sup>th</sup> century. John Church, baritone, has assembled a collection of true Elizabethan songs as well as Roger Quilter&rsquo;s modern interpretations. He will be accompanied by Elizabeth Carabillo, piano. The A Minor Tchaikovsky Piano Trio, first movement, will be performed by Lisa Kugelman, violin, Fran Bard, cello, and Stacy Cahoon, piano. It is an elegy dedicated &ldquo;In Memory of a Great Artist&rdquo; to Tchaikovsky&rsquo;s close friend and mentor, Nicholas Rubenstein. Clarinet and Soprano will combine in the Spohr German Songs Op. 103, with husband and wife team of Jon and Carrie Hammond, with Paul Feyer, piano. The program finishes with a unique String Trio performing both contemporary works by Yale composer Kernis writing in homage to Mozart, as well as a movement from Mozart&rsquo;s Divertimento in E flat. These are performed by MuUyas String Trio consisting of *Yu-Hao Chang, violin, Gene Chen, viola, and *Vivian Su, cello.</p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p>Go Lovely Rose &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Roger Quilter (1877-1953)<br />Text, Edmund Waller (1606-1687)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Ye Bubling Springs&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604)<br />I Die when as I do not See Her (1606)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Danyel (1564-c.1626)</p><p>Time Stands Still &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Dowland (1563-1626)</p><p>Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Roger Quilter&nbsp;(1877-1953)<br />(text, Shakespeare, 1599,&nbsp; As You Like It Act II Scene 7&nbsp; )&nbsp;</p><p>John Church, baritone<br />Elizabeth Carabillo, piano</p><p>***</p><p>Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)<br />1. Pezzo Elegiaco</p><p>Lisa Kugelman, violin<br />Fran Bard, cello<br />Stacy Cahoon, piano</p><p>***</p><p>Three Selections from Six German Songs, Op.103 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Louis Spohr (1784-1859)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Carrie Hammond, soprano<br />*Jonathan Hammond, clarinet<br />*Paul Feyer, piano</p><p>***</p><p>Mozart en route (or a little traveling music)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960)</p><p>Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 563&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Andante</p><p>MuUyas String Trio<br />*Yu-Hao Chang, violin<br />Gene Chen, viola<br />*Vivian Su, cello</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>BIOS</h3><p><strong>Stacy Cahoon</strong></p><p><img src="/files/bard_cahoon_kugelman.jpg"/>uUyas also collaborated with the Hartt School Dance Division and the Bowen McCauley Dance Company, performing in both the Hartt School and DC&rsquo;s Historic Lansburg Theatre. MuUyas has performed with many musicians, such as Judith Mendenhall, Bonita Boyd, Chewon Park, and Megan Chang. Members of the MuUyas Chamber Music are currently all working towards their Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at University of Hartford&#39;s Hartt School.</p><p><br /><strong>John Church</strong></p><p>John Church, baritone, received his BA in music and briefly studied composition as a post graduate. He sings with the choir at St. John&rsquo;s Episcopal Church (West Hartford), MadSingers, and CitySingers of Hartford. He has also sung with Trinity Episcopal&rsquo;s Compline Schola, and The Festival Singers (in performances of Neely Bruce&rsquo;s Bill of Rights), and joins friends regularly to entertain at Avery Heights.</p><p><br /><strong>Carrie Hammond</strong></p><p>Carrie is the director of Business Development for Infinity Hall &amp; Bistro, a 500-seat live music venue anchoring Hartford&rsquo;s Front Street Arts and Entertainment District. She was CEO of the Hartford Symphony from 2011-2014 and before that spent 25 years in financial and strategic management for both The Travelers and United Technologies. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Wellesley College, she is active on many Boards including The Hartford Stage, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, The Hartt School, Connecticut Arts Alliance and Choral Arts New England.<br />&nbsp;<br />A soprano dedicated to choral singing, Carrie is a 25-year member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the resident chorus of the Boston Symphony as well as the Boston based Copley Singers. She sang for 15 years with the Trinity Church Choir (Copley Square, Boston), the Hartford Chorale, and various a Capella groups. Recordings include Brahms Requiem Boston Symphony, James Levine conducting (BSO Classics 2008), Candlelight Carols (London), With Heart and Voice, and A Choral Christmas (Dorian), Trinity Church, Boston.</p><p><br /><strong>Jonathan A. Hammond Jr.</strong><br />&nbsp;<br />Jon is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Hartford HealthCare, where he has been in practice for more than 25 years. He is currently Surgical Director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Services.&nbsp; He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.<br />&nbsp;<br />A clarinet student of Anthony Gigliotti, former principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Jon attended Williams College where he spent 4 years as principal clarinet in the Berkshire Symphony. He spent 4 summers at Interlochen where he was first chair in the World Youth Orchestra. He represented his high school in the Pennsylvania District, Regional, and All-State Bands and Orchestras, as well as the All-Eastern Orchestra and the National High School Honors Band. He is currently a member of the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra.<br />&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Elizabeth Carabillo</strong></p><p>Elizabeth Carabillo has been a handbell choir director and is currently the accompanist for the CT Women&#39;s Chorale.</p>

Music by Members - Nov 2, 2017

<p>Musical Exploration featuring Michelle Fiertek in Spanish Songs.</p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Michelle Murray Fiertek</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">, soprano, will present a program of songs by 19th and 20th century Spanish composers, accompanied by </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Daniel Hartington</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">, guitar, and </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Stephen Scarlato</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">, piano. Composers include Joaquin Rodrigo, Fernando Sor, Federico Garcia Lorca, Rodolfo Halffter, Frederic Mompou and Antón García Abril. </font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Watch a recently posted music video of Michelle Murray Fiertek and Daniel Hartington performing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WspAYH4TOQ&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Nana de Sevilla by Federico García Lorca</a>.</p><h2>Canciones Españolas</h2><p><strong>Tres Canciones Españolas</strong> - Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)<br />Adela<br />En Jerez de la Frontera<br />De ronda</p><p><strong>Seguidillas</strong> - Fernando Sor (1778-1839)<br />Si dices que mis ojos<br />Cesa de atormentarme<br />Muchacha, y la vergüenza<br />Las mujeres y cuerdas</p><p><strong>Canciones Españolas Antiguas</strong> - Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)<br />Anda, jaleo<br />Los cuatro muleros<br />Las morillas de Jaén<br />Nana de Sevilla<br />Los reyes de la baraja</p><p>Michelle Murray Fiertek, soprano<br />Daniel Hartington, guitar</p><p>INTERMISSION</p><p><strong>Marinero en tierra</strong> - Rodolfo Halffter (1900-1987)<br />Qué altos los bancones<br />Casadita<br />Siempre que sueño las playas<br />Verano<br />Gimiendo por ver el mar</p><p><strong>Combat del somni</strong> - Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)<br />&nbsp; I. Damunt de tu només les flors<br />&nbsp;II. Aquesta nit un mateix vent<br />III. Jo et pressentia com la mar</p><p><strong>Canciones del jardín Secreto</strong> - Antón García Abril (b. 1933)<br />&nbsp; I. Ausente de mis ojos (Baha Al-Din Zuhayr)<br />&nbsp;II. Los dos amores (Rabia Al-Adawiyya)<br />III. Elegía a la pérdida de la Alhambra (Boabdil)<br />&nbsp;IV. Te seguiré llorando (Al-Farzdaq)<br />&nbsp; V. El jardín de Al-Andalus (Ben Jafacha)<br />&nbsp;<br />Michelle Murray Fiertek, soprano<br />Stephen Scarlato, piano</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.21in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><u><b>Michelle Murray Fiertek</b></u></font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.21in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><img src="/files/michelle_murray_fiertek.jpg"/>"de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">An Embarrassing Position&rdquo; (Shore).</font></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">In her early years, Michelle opened </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">The Voyage of the Little Mermaid&rdquo; for Disney&rsquo;s Hollywood Studios as one of the original Ariels. She went on to work as the lead singer aboard the S. S. Discovery I and, in 1995, became the first American singer to be invited to perform both Japanese and American music in Minakami, Japan. She has released two albums on the Summit Records label: </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Blue: The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">, described as </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="pt-PT">exemplary</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">&rdquo; by BBC Music Magazine and named </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">CD of the week&rdquo; by the </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Arizona Republic</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"> and KBAQ-FM, and </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>The Juliet Letters. </i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">Michelle made her Carnegie Hall debut in December 2005 with a solo performance described as </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">First rate &ndash; engaging and authentic&rdquo; in </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>New York Concert Review</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">.</font></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">A champion of Spanish art song, Michelle has studied under such famed musicians as pianist Miguel Zanetti and mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza in Granada, Spain as part of the celebrated </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Interpretation of Spanish Song </i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">program, as well as returned to the program in subsequent years as a guest artist. She has been a faculty and guest recital artist at venues across the country, and the featured soloist in many large-scale choral works, including Faur</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="fr-FR">é&rsquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">s </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="es-ES"><i>Requiem</i></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">, Mozart&rsquo;s </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Coronation Mass </i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">and </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Mass in C Minor</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">, Vivaldi&rsquo;s </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Gloria</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">, Bach&#39;s </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>B Minor Mass</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"> and Handel&rsquo;s </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE"><i>Dettingen Te Deum </i></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">and </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><i>Messiah</i></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">. She holds two B.M. degrees from Arizona State University, an M.M. from California State University, Long Beach, and a D.M.A. in Vocal Performance from The Hartt School, University of Hartford. She currently serves on the voice faculty of The Hartt School, Hartt Community Division, and Manchester Community College. </font></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2">&nbsp;</p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><u><b>Daniel Hartington</b></u></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2">[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"178","attributes":{"alt":"Daniel Hartington, guitar","class":"media-image","height":"383","style":"width: 376px; height: 300px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]</p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">Guitarist </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="nl-NL"><b>Daniel Hartington</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">&nbsp;performs regularly as a soloist and extensively as part of a number of chamber ensembles. Recent solo performances include recitals throughout New England, as well as in several cities in Germany. He has been featured on numerous concert series including the North Meadow House Concert Series, the Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word and Music Series, the Pierpont Concert Series, the Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, and the Connecticut Guitar Society.</font></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">Hartington&rsquo;s chamber experience includes premier performances and recordings of several major works. In 2010, he was a member of the chamber orchestra which gave the premiere performance and recording of </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">The Calm Bee in the Busy Hive,&rdquo; a guitar concerto written for Christopher Ladd by Robert Carl. Also in 2010, Hartington was a member of the guitar quartet that premiered three works by Thomas Schuttenhelm. In 2008 he was a member of the ensemble which premiered </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE">&ldquo;</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">A Coney Island of the Mind,&rdquo; a song cycle by Anthony Cornicello on a text by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In 2009 he performed with flutist Gonzalo Cortes and violist Jessica Heller at the opening night of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at The Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Conn., sharing the stage with former U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Hass. As a member of Blackledge Music Inc., Hartington&nbsp;has performed at events such as the Ted Hershey Dance Marathon at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, Conn., and the Connecticut Dance Alliance performance showcase in a trio of guitar, flute, and dancer.&nbsp;</font></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">Hartington also serves as director of the Connecticut Guitar Ensemble. Under his direction, this group of amateur guitarists has performed on stage with William Kanengiser (2009) and the Mark and Beverly Davis guitar duo (2010) and presented a series of concerts throughout central Connecticut. In recent performances the ensemble has performed in pre-concert events at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., before renowned guitarist John Williams (2011), and before the Brazil Guitar Duo (2010).&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt">As a teacher Hartington maintains several studios, serving on the faculty of Eastern Connecticut State University, The University of Hartford&rsquo;s Hartt School Community Division, and Miss Porter&rsquo;s School. He completed graduate studies at The Hartt School with Richard Provost and undergraduate studies at the University of Rhode Island with Daniel Salazar Jr. He has performed in many master classes including classes with world-renowned guitarists William Kanengiser, David Russell, David Tannenbaum, and Oscar Ghiglia.</font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2">&nbsp;</p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><u><b>Stephen Scarlato</b></u></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2">[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"179","attributes":{"alt":"Stephen Scarlato, piano","class":"media-image","height":"480","style":"width: 209px; height: 300px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"335"}}]]</p><p align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"><span lang="de-DE"><b>Stephen Scarlato</b></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 13pt"> is a collaborative pianist and organist based in central Connecticut. He received his bachelor&#39;s degree in organ performance from The Hartt School, where he studied under Larry Allen.&nbsp; While at The Hartt School, Scarlato&nbsp;received the University of Hartford&#39;s Regents Honors Award for academic excellence, won prizes in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA, was a finalist in Hartt&#39;s Performance 20/20 competition, and received the Ethel Greenberg scholarship for outstanding performance within the organ department. He graduated summa cum laude. He can be heard on several commercially available recordings, including the Valmarie Music cd The Ash Grove with soprano Julie M. Poole, and a collection of Chinese art songs entitled Infinite Time with baritone Chai-lun Yueh. In addition to a wide variety of freelance work, he currently serves as organist at Immanuel Congregational Church, and as a staff accompanist in The Hartt School&#39;s vocal studies division.&nbsp;</font></font></font></font></font></p>

Michelle Fiertek, Spanish Songs - Nov 9, 2017

<p>Member Program featuring Audree Raffay, David Kennedy, Scott Lamlein, Maryjane Peluso, Benita Rose, and Anhared Stowe.</p><p>This program of mainly pieces written in a romantic vein begins with a group of well loved Legends and Slavonic Dances for four hands at one piano, by Antonin Dvorak. The piano team of Maryjane Peluso and Allison Platt will play Legends, Op. 5, No. 1 in D minor and Op. 59, No. 3, in G minor, and Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2, in E minor and Op. 46, No. 1, in C major.</p><p><em>(Note: The Dvorak set was not performed due to performer illness.)</em></p><p>The organist, Scott Lamlein, at St. Johns Episcopal church in West Hartford, will play Toccata in F by Dieterich Buxtehude, and from Symphony No. 5 for organ in F minor, the beautiful Adagio and very spirited and well-known Toccata.</p><p>Anhared Stowe, violinist and Pi-Hsun Shih, pianist, will perform the Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 47 (The Kreutzer). It is written in the style of a concerto in which he introduced elements of dynamic conflict, giving equal weight to both violin and piano. Anhared is a former player with the Hartford Symphony.</p><p>&ldquo;A Little Bit of Broadway&rdquo; is the title of baritone David Kennedy&rsquo;s program. He will sing three songs, including Fiddler on the Roof, If I were a Rich Man, and To Life.</p><p>Benita Rose, pianist, will end the program with the Concert Etude No. 2 by Franz Liszt and the stirring Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12. The Rhapsody is a popular piece, which needs good hand technique for its brilliant passage work and plenty of power for the final conclusion.</p><h3><br />PROGRAM</h3><p>Legends, Op. 59&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;No. 1 (Allegretto non troppo quasi andantino &ndash; D minor)</p><p>Slavonic Dances, Op. 72&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dvorák<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;No. 2 (Dumka. Allegretto grazioso &ndash; E minor) Starodavny</p><p>Legends, Op. 59&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Dvorák<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;No. 3 (Allegro guisto &ndash; G minor)</p><p>Slavonic Dances, Op. 46&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dvorák<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;No. 1 (Presto (Furiant) &ndash; C major)</p><p>Maryjane Peluso &amp; Allison Platt, piano 4-hands</p><p>***</p><p>A Little Bit of Broadway:<br />Fiddler on the Roof&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Jerry Bock (1928-2010), music; Sheldon Harnik (1924- ), lyrics<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;If I Were a Rich Man&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;To Life</p><p>David Kennedy, bass-baritone<br />Sylvia Goldstein, piano</p><p>***</p><p>Toccata in F major, BuxWV 157&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dieterich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707)</p><p>Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Adagio&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Toccata (Allegro)</p><p>Scott Lamlein, organ</p><p>***</p><p>Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Adagio sostenuto -- Presto &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Anhared Stowe, violin<br />Pi-Hsun Shih, piano</p><p>***<br />Concert Etudes, S.144&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Franz Liszt (1811-1886)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;No. 3 (Un sospiro)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12, S.244/12&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Franz Liszt (1811-1886)<br />Benita Rose, piano</p><h3><br />BIOS</h3><p><strong>Audree Raffay</strong></p><p><img src="/files/audree_raffay.jpg"/>technical with things artistic led to his pursuit of web design. This broad knowledge gives his business,&nbsp;North Forty Road Web Design, a keen sensitivity for portraying businesses, individuals, and artist/musicians online in a unique and effective way.</p><p><br /><strong>Anhared Stowe</strong></p><p>Anhared Stowe retired this past season from the Hartford Symphony after 46 years, 37 of which were as Principal Second Violinist. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she continued to pursue her passion for chamber music, working with groups such as the Hungarian String Quartet and the Guarneri String Quartet. Throughout her career, Ms. Stowe has performed chamber music extensively; she is the founder of the New World Trio and has been its violinist and artistic director for over 25 years. She has performed as soloist with orchestras in Connecticut, Florida, and Iowa. Most recently, Ms. Stowe was heard on NPR&rsquo;s &ldquo;Morning Edition&rdquo;, accompanying the poet Edgar Silex with works of her own composition.</p><p><br /><strong>Pi-Hsun Shih</strong></p><p>Pi-Hsun Shih enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and teacher. Ms. Shih has been a participant in a number of diverse chamber ensembles, and has been performing with the New World Trio for over a decade. The Taiwanese-American musician has also been a featured soloist with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, where she was also the principal keyboardist. She studied with Gary Steigerwalt, Hong-Kuan Chen, Irma Vallecillo, and Rolf-Peter Wille. Ms. Shih received her DMA from the Hartt School, and her Master of Music from Boston University.</p><p><br /><strong>Benita Rose</strong></p><p>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"188","attributes":{"alt":"Benita Rose, piano","class":"media-image","height":"427","style":"width: 300px; height: 300px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"427"}}]]</p><p>Benita Rose has performed throughout the United States, as well as Latvia, Brazil, and Canada as soloist, accompanist, or chamber musician. She has been soloist with Connecticut orchestras as well as the U. S. Coast Guard Band. Her concerto performances with this ensemble were broadcast on over 200 national public radio stations on Martin Goldsmith&#39;s Performance Today. She has been a scholarship student at the University of Connecticut and the Hartt School of Music where she received the prestigious Parker Award and Master of Music degree. She has studied with Luiz de Moura Castro, Joseph Villa, Louis Crowder; also, Paul Rutman, David Westfall, Leonard Seeber, and Neal Larrabee; also Menahem Pressler, Emanuel Ax, Ilana Vered, and Raymond Lewenthal; early studies with Olga Froman and Doris Carlson. The winner of numerous competitions, Ms. Rose has performed at Steinway Hall in New York City and also Symphony Space, where she premiered music written for her by composer Jane Brockman. She has been on the faculty of the Orford Center for the Arts in Canada, Moravian College&#39;s Summertrios program, Pomfret School, and the University of Connecticut. Ms. Rose is presently an organist at Bethany Lutheran Church in West Hartford, an active recitalist, teacher of award winning students, as well as a frequent adjudicator in the greater Connecticut-New York area.</p>

Music by Members - Nov 30, 2017

<p>Member Program featuring Susanne Shrader, Carolyn Bernstein, Michelle Duffy, Bridget Gilchrist, and Adrienne Milics.</p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p>A Selection of Christmas Carols</p><p>Silent Night&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph Mohr (1792-1848), lyrics; arr. by Ernie &amp; Becky Brock</p><p>Angels&#39; Medley&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Traditional; arr. by Ernie &amp; Becky Brock</p><p>Romance, Op. 37&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Camille Saint-Saëns (1835&ndash;1921)</p><p>&nbsp;<br />Bridget Gilchrist, flute<br />Linda MacGougan, piano</p><p>***</p><p>Trio for Flute, Clarinet (or Viola) and Harp (or Piano)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Movement 2 (Molto moderato)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Movement 4 (Vivace scherzando)</p><p>Bridget Gilchrist, flute<br />Carolyn Bernstein, clarinet<br />Linda MacGougan, piano</p><p><br />Elizabeth Poston was an English composer, pianist and writer who edited and collected folk songs. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, first creating a name for herself at the age of 20 with the publication of seven songs, including the popular &quot;Sweet Suffolk Owl&quot; (1925 for voice and piano). During WW ll she worked for the BBC, becoming Director of Music for European Service Broadcasting. She was the subject of E.M. Forster&#39;s Howard&#39;s End and wrote the score for the 1970 film adaptation.</p><p>&ldquo;Elisabeth Poston&nbsp;(1905-1987) was a British composer and musician, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later worked for both the BBC and the Arts Council. She is best remembered for her setting of the Christmas carol&nbsp;Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, which is still performed regularly today.</p><p>The&nbsp;Harp Trio&nbsp;was commissioned in 1958 by Anthony Friese-Greene, to whom it is dedicated. He was secretary of the Hampton Music Club, where it was first performed as part of a private concert. This beautiful work is one of her more substantial compositions, comprising four contrasting movements. Originally scored for Flute, Clarinet, and Harp, it can be performed with a Viola instead of the Clarinet and/or a Piano instead of the Harp.&rdquo;&mdash;quote from Musicroom.com</p><p>The trio is in four contrasting movements: the second is poignantly beautiful and the last has a strong rhythmic drive, with a puckish sense of humor.</p><p>***</p><p>Plöner Musiktag&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;Zwei Duette fur Violine und Klarinette<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;1. Lebhaft<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;2. Mässig bewegt</p><p>Susanne Shrader, violin<br />Carolyn Bernstein, clarinet</p><p>Paul Hindemith was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. He was one of the principal German composers of the first half of the 20th century and a leading musical theorist who sought to revitalize tonality, which was being challenged by the introduction of Schoenberg&#39;s 12-tone music. &nbsp;His early music was considered anti-Romantic and iconoclastic.</p><p>&ldquo;On June 20, 1932,&nbsp;Hindemith spent the day at a school in Plön, a small town between Hamburg and Kiel. The school specialized in music, and he had written a series of pieces for the students to learn and play. Thus:&nbsp;A Day of Music at Plön. The day opened with&nbsp;Morning Music, a complex set for brass instruments. Much of the day was spent rehearsing individuals and ensembles. For a boy who could play only the xylophone, Hindemith wrote a part, on the spot; for three boys who couldn&rsquo;t play any instrument, he wrote recorder trios and had them trained to play the instrument. During breaks between courses of midday dinner, the orchestral&nbsp;Table Music&nbsp;was played. In the afternoon, a cantata (&ldquo;Admonition to Youth to Apply Themselves to Music&rdquo;) for two soloists, three choruses, and orchestra which urges children to learn music was sung, spoken (a melodrama), and played. Hindemith was renowned for his sense of humor; the cantata is supposedly mostly tongue in cheek, but any wit therein doesn&rsquo;t translate--the texts seem deadly serious, almost boarding-school punitive in attitude. The&nbsp;Evening Concert, a 35-minute series of orchestral, ensemble, and instrumental works, closed the day.</p><p>The point of it all was performing, not creating music for the ages to be heard by the general public or even the Serious Record Collector. So there seems little point in evaluating the music (by what standards?) or the performances (measured against whom?). While parts of&nbsp;Table Music&nbsp;have a light touch, most of the Plön music is in Hindemith&rsquo;s heavy, neobaroque style of the early 1930s.&nbsp;&ldquo;&mdash;Quote from Arkivmusic.com</p><p>***</p><p>Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ludwig van Beethoven &nbsp;(1770-1827)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;I. Entrada. Allegro</p><p>This work is one of the Trios für Streichinstrumente and was originally scored for flute, violin, and viola. (Here &nbsp;the flute is substituted by the violin ).&nbsp;It is a very unusual arrangement, one of the only in the literature. From Jon Palmer (allmusic.com): By&nbsp;Mozart&#39;s time, &ldquo;the term &#39;serenade&#39; was not necessarily associated with a piece played in the evening and directed toward a lover. Serenades were still, however, pieces written for particular occasions and often performed outdoors&hellip; In Vienna it became common to compose such works for very small ensembles&hellip; The forces, however, are reduced and the structure of the work is much smaller in scale&hellip;&nbsp; [Beethoven&#39;s] opening Allegro is marked &quot;Entrada,&quot; traditionally indicating that the music is intended to accompany the entrance of an important person. Beethoven&#39;s use of Spanish term is more a nod toward the past than it is indicative of any practical use for the piece. A binary structure with a brief coda, the Allegro&#39;s numerous repeats are typical of both dance music and the pièce d&#39;occasion.&rdquo;</p><p>Trio &quot;Le Londres&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;2. Allegretto poco Lento &ndash; Poco vivo scherzando</p><p>Lisa Kugelman, violin<br />Virginia Allen, violin<br />Susanne Shrader, viola</p><p>This is the only trio for two violins and viola composed by Eugène Ysaÿe. The trio was unpublished at the time Eugène Ysaÿe died in 1931. It was composed from ca. 1914--1916, and was given its premiere performances in London in 1916. The trio was revised between 1916 and 1926. The revisions were done in stages and were related to different performances of the work from 1916 and 1925. The initial title was Trio Pour Deux Violons et Alto. The publisher nicknamed it &quot;Le Londres.&quot; It premiered in London in 1916.</p><p>Eugène Ysaÿe was foremost a concert violinist to whom many composers dedicated their violin concerti or sonatas.</p><p>***</p><p>Rapsodie espagnole&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;1. Prélude à&nbsp;la nuit<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;2. Malagueña<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;3. Habañera</p><p>Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;5. Fandango asturiano<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Michelle Duffy &amp; Diane Day piano four-hands</p><p>Ravel&rsquo;s Rapsodie espagnole was one of his first major works for orchestra, first performed in 1908. He composed a version for piano 4-hands or 2 pianos at the same time. Ravel&rsquo;s mother was Basque, and his father was French. He grew up in a Basque town in France, very close to the Spanish border. Many of his pieces reflect this Spanish heritage. The final movement of the suite, Feria (marked assez animé) is the longest of the four movements, so we are concluding instead with the shorter final movement of Rimsky-Korsakov&rsquo;s Capriccio espagnol.</p><p>The Capriccio espagnol was written for orchestra and had its first performance in 1887 in St. Petersburg, Russia. This suite was originally intended for solo violin, but Rimsky-Korsakov decided an orchestral work would do it better justice. Rimsky-Korsakov stated that, &nbsp;&ldquo;It is intended as a brilliant composition for the orchestra. The change of timbres, the felicitous choice of melodic designs and figuration patterns, exactly suiting each kind of instrument, brief virtuoso cadenzas for solo instruments, etc., constitute here the very essence of the composition and not its garb or orchestration. The Spanish themes of dance character furnished me with rich material for putting in use multiform orchestral effects. All in all, the Capriccio is undoubtedly a purely external piece, but vividly brilliant for all that.&rdquo;</p><p>He uses the fandango as his finale for this suite. This is a type of Andalusian dance for couples, and one of most widespread of the Spanish dances, whose music expresses the passion of the dancers.<br />Capriccio espangnol was arranged for piano 4-hands by the composer.</p><p>***</p><p>Popular Christmas Classics</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.23in">White Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Irving Berlin (1888-1989)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.23in">It&rsquo;s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas​&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Meredith&nbsp;Willson (1902-1984)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.23in">I&rsquo;ll Be Home&nbsp;for Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kim Gannon, lyrics; Walter Kent (1911-1994), music</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.23in">Have&nbsp;Yourself&nbsp;a Merry Little Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ralph&nbsp;Blane, lyrics; Hugh Martin (1914-2011), music</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Adrienne Milics, mezzo-soprano<br />Al Kennedy, clarinet<br />Jean Watson Esselink, piano</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>BIOS</h3><p><strong>Bridget Gilchrist</strong></p><p><img src="/files/b_gilchrist.jpg"/>

Music by Members - Dec 14, 2017

<p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoNormal" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">For the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s first music-by-members program in 2018, we will be treated to a wide-ranging program to delight and amuse you.</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Sylvia Goldstein will perform two movements from the <i style="font-style: italic;">Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major</i> by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809-1810. Beethoven called it &ldquo;Les Adieux,&rdquo; and added a dedication reading &quot;On the departure of his Imperial Highness, for the Archduke Rudolph in admiration.&quot; The French attack on Vienna, led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1809, forced Beethoven&#39;s patron, Archduke Rudolph, to flee the city, to which this dedication - and the titles of the movements and the sonata overall - may refer. Sylvia will play the movement II - &ldquo;Andante espressivo&rdquo; (The Absence) and movement III &ndash; &ldquo;Vivacissimamente &ldquo; (The Return).</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Next on the program, Lean-Cheng Tan and Ellen Ma will sing two duets. The first duet will be &ldquo;Jasmine Flower,&rdquo; a traditional Jiangsu Folk song. One of the first Chinese folk songs to attain international popularity, the song describes young girls marveling at the loveliness and fragrance of the white jasmine flower. Giacomo Puccini, in his opera Turandot, might have taken the melody of &ldquo;La Sui monti dell&rsquo;Est&rdquo; (The Mountain of the East) from this Chinese folk song. The second duet will be &ldquo;Sull&rsquo;aria,&rdquo; a duettino from Act 3 of The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In this short duet, Countess Almaviva dictates to Susanna an invitation to a tryst addressed to the countess&#39; husband in a plot to expose his infidelity.</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Next, Lean-Cheng Tan and Gail Tanguay will perform two pieces from the <i style="font-style: italic;">Dolly Suite, Opus 56,</i> a piano duet by Gabriel Fauré. The duet is a collection of pieces for one piano, four hands, written or revised between 1893 and 1896 to mark the birthdays and other events in the life of Hélène Bardac, aka Dolly, daughter of Fauré&rsquo;s mistress. The performers will play pieces III &ldquo;Le jardin de Dolly&rdquo; and VI &ldquo;Le pas espagnol.&rdquo;</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Following that, Karen Robinson, soprano, will be accompanied by Diane Day, piano, in the performance of four songs from <i style="font-style: italic;">Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,</i> which was first produced Off-Broadway in 1968 and has given rise to many international and regional productions, revivals, and a film adaptation. Jacques Brel (1929-1978) was a Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director of many thoughtful and provocative songs. He had a large following &ndash; first in Belgium and France and later throughout the world. Most of his songs were written with French lyrics. Occasionally he composed in Flemish, the other language of Belgium. The four songs that will be performed on January 11 are &ldquo;Marieke,&rdquo; &ldquo;I Loved,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sons of&rdquo; and &ldquo;If We Only Have Love.&rdquo; For the production, Brel&rsquo;s lyrics were translated into English by Eric Blau and Mort Schuman. They also provided a story to link together the twenty-three songs included in the revue.</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Deborah Robin, recorder, and Sylvia Goldstein, piano, will perform <i style="font-style: italic;">Divertimento for Treble Recorder and Piano</i> (1964) by John Graves. With the title &ldquo;Divertimento&rdquo;, the composer suggests a link to 18th century music history, when the divertimento was a popular form of composition, generally of a light vein, consisting of 3-10 movements, composed for a small instrumental ensemble. This Divertimento for recorder and piano has five movements: Prelude, Air, Festivo, Soliloquy, and Finale. The recorder, whose typical classical repertoire draws from the Baroque or earlier, is most often paired with a period keyboard like harpsichord. In this contemporary work written specifically for piano accompaniment, both the recorder and keyboard are challenged with popular techniques of the day, such as tone clusters, abrupt meter and key changes, clashing harmonies, and unpredictable syncopation.</p><p class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 14px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The program will close with the Meeting House Trio - Walter Mayo, bass, David Sergio, piano, David Woodard, drums - performing a sampling of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century. It includes the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film. The jazz trio will be joined for a few tunes by soprano Karen Robinson and baritone John Church.</p><h3 class="defanged12-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;">BIOS</h3><p style="margin-top: 0.07in; margin-bottom: 0.02in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, serif"><b>Sylvia Goldstein (piano) </b></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, serif">is a pianist, teacher and composer. She has served as chairperson of the Piano Department of the Hartford Conservatory, adjunct professor of music at Capital Community-Technical College, and music director of Temple B&rsquo;Nai Israel. Several of Sylvia&rsquo;s liturgical and secular compositions for voice and piano have been published, and her Chanukah Oratorio &ldquo;Who Can Retell?&rdquo; has aired annually for over 30 years during the holiday season on West Hartford Community Television. Sylvia studied music at the Mannes School of Music, the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division, and the Longy School of Music, then continued her studies at Cornell University, Brandeis University, and the University of CA at Berkeley. Sylvia has both a B.A. and an M.A. in Music, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Sylvia is also a member of The Women Cantors Network and the Guild of Temple Musicians, as well as the Musical Club of Hartford.</font></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.07in; margin-bottom: 0.02in"><img src="/files/goldstein.png"/>

Music by Members - Jan 11, 2018

<p>In early January, The Musical Club of Hartford held its 42nd annual scholarship competition for high school students living or studying music in Connecticut. At the Winners&rsquo; concert we will hear the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the Piano, Strings, Winds, and Voice categories of this competition.</p><p>The strings, brass/woodwind, and voice scholarship prizes are awarded by the Musical Club&rsquo;s Gifts and Scholarships Fund, which also supports many other musical activities in the Hartford area. The Piano Competition is sponsored by the Musical Club&#39;s Evelyn Bonar Storrs Fund, set up by a bequest to provide funds for talented and advanced students of piano.</p><p>This is one of our most well attended programs of the year. Be sure not to miss the performances of these extraordinarily talented young students! Admission is free!</p><p>Bridget Gilchrist, Coordinator and Winds Chair</p><p>David Garrido-Cid, Piano Chair</p><p>Linda MacGougan, Strings Chair</p><p>Carolyn Bernstein, Voice Chair</p><h2><br />Winds Competition Winners</h2><p><br />1st Place winner: &nbsp;&nbsp;Grace Helmke&nbsp;<br />Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Sonatine (1943)&nbsp;&nbsp;- &nbsp; Henri Dutilleux&nbsp;&nbsp;(9:10)</p><p>Accompanist: &nbsp; &nbsp;Elizabeth Tomczyk</p><div><br />The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s High School Winds Competition&nbsp;was Grace Helmke, a junior at South Windsor High School. &nbsp;She studies with Greig Shearer. &nbsp;Grace has been playing in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras for three years, as principal flute. For the past 2 summers, she has played in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Wind Ensemble. &nbsp;In 2013, she won the Hartt Community Division Honors Recital. In 2015, she received honorable mention in this competition. Grace has received 3 honorable mention awards in the New York Flute Club Young Musicians Contest, and an honorable mention in the BYSO&rsquo;s Repertory orchestra Concerto Competition.&nbsp;&nbsp;Grace&nbsp;has been accepted by audition into the Eastern Region Band and Orchestra for the past 3 years, twice as principal flute, as well as&nbsp;</div><div>being principal flute in Ct All State Orchestra last year. &nbsp;She was principal flute of the New England Music Festival Orchestra for 2 years, as well.<div>&nbsp;</div><div><br />2nd Place winner: &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Steven Mustakos<br />Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Solo De Concours, Opus 10 &nbsp;(1901)&nbsp;- Henri Rabaud&nbsp; (5:30)</div><div>Accompanist: &nbsp;Gay Chun</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Second Place winner in the Winds Competition was Steven Mustakos, a senior at Guilford High School. &nbsp;He studies with Andrew Grenci. &nbsp;Steven is principal Clarinet in his High School Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and Lead Alto in the Jazz Ensemble. &nbsp;He is also principal clarinet in the Hartt Community Division Youth Symphony, and the Neighborhood Music School Greater New Haven Youth Wind Ensemble. &nbsp;Steven plays e flat clarinet in the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, as well. &nbsp;He has been accepted into the Southern&nbsp;Region Band and Orchestra, and the Ct All State Band. &nbsp; He plans to attend a conservator and major in clarinet performance with a minor in woodwind repair.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner: &nbsp; &nbsp;Trevor Shultz&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Fantasie&nbsp;Sur un Theme original &nbsp;(1860) - Jules Demersseman&nbsp; ( 6:22)</div><div>Accompanist: Elizabeth Tomczyk</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Third Place winner in the Winds Competition was Trevor Shultz, a senior at Hamden Hall County Day School. &nbsp;He studies with Shane Rathburn at the Neighborhood School, where he currently is in honors programs for both Alto saxophone and piano. He is principal alto saxophone in the&nbsp;Greater New Haven Symphonic Wind Ensemble, as well as the Hamden Day School Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Ensemble. &nbsp;He performs with several Jazz ensembles. &nbsp;Trevor has been accepted into the&nbsp;Southern Region Middle and High School Festivals. Last summer he studied with Ken Randolfsky at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. &nbsp;He is hoping to pursue a dual degree in Music/alto sax performance and math/statistics/data science in college.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention&nbsp;was awarded to :&nbsp;Mariel Christiana, a senior at Berlin High School. Her teacher is Dr Barbara Hopkins.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Judges: Mr. Anthony Susi, and Mrs. Elaine Thoma</div><div>&nbsp;</div></div><h2>Vocal Competition Winners</h2><p>1st Place winner:&nbsp; &nbsp; Emily Steele, Soprano</p><div>Concert Performance Pieces:&nbsp; Widmung (Myrthen, Op. 25 no.1) - Robert Schumann (2:20)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Will There Really Be a Morning - R. I. Gordon (3:10)</div><div>Accompanist: TBA (Barbara Robbins accompanied Emily at the auditions)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&#39;s High School Vocal Competition is Emily Steele.&nbsp; Emily is a junior honors student at Simsbury High School, where she is a member of the National Honor Society, the Tri-M,&nbsp; the Simsbury Singers and No Fella&#39; A Cappella.&nbsp; She has performed in the CMEA Honors Choir, the OAKE Youth Choir, the CT Northern Regionals Choir and the Berkshire Chorale International.&nbsp; Musical theater performances include:&nbsp; Annie, The Music Man, Aladdin, 42nd Street and Mary Poppins.&nbsp; Emily sings with the CCC Primi Voci, is the Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship first alternate and is the recipient of the HCD Bel canto award.&nbsp; Emily was also awarded the title of Most Promising Sophomore at the the Schmidt Vocal Competition.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd Place Winner:&nbsp; Camille Hoheb, Soprano</div><div>Concert Performance Pieces:&nbsp; Kiss Me Not Goodbye - Robert Schumann*(1:40)&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Lascia ch&#39;io Pianga - George Frederic Handel (4:40)</div><div>Accompanist:&nbsp; David Chrzanowski</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Second Place Winner in the Vocal Competition is Camille Hoheb, a junior at Farmington High School.&nbsp; Camille was recently awarded first place in the High School Musical Theater sector of the NATS Competition as well as second place in the Upper High School Classical Competition.&nbsp; This past fall she played Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller&#39;s The Crucible with Farmington High School&#39;s Drama program.&nbsp; She is also a fellow with the Ensign Darling Vocal Fellowship program at the Bushnell.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;3rd Place Winners (tied):&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sarah Lewis, Soprano</div><div>Concert Performance Pieces:&nbsp; Nuit D&#39;etoiles (L 4) - Claude Debussy (3:22)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 - Samuel Barber (2:18)</div><div>Accompanist:&nbsp; Stacy Cahoon</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Tied for Third Place Winner in the Vocal Competition is Sarah Lewis, a junior at Hall High School in West Hartford.&nbsp; Sarah has auditioned for and performed with the CMEA Northern Regionals choir for the past five years.&nbsp; She is a member of the Hall High School Choraliers, Hall&#39;s most prestigious and selective choir.&nbsp; She performed in a (Hall HS) choral tour of Ireland in 2017. Sarah also was the&nbsp; second place winner in West Hartford&#39;s Town Wide Talent Show in 2015 and in 2014, when she placed first for singing and playing the ukule.&nbsp; While participating in Midfest 2014 she has a solo at the Bushnell.&nbsp; In addition to all of her choral activities Sarah has acted and sung in several school theater productions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Rebecca Clark, Soprano</span></div><div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Concert Performance Pieces:&nbsp; </span>O Del Mio Amato Ben by Stefano Donaudy&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(time&nbsp; 4:10)</div><div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Art is Calling for Me by Victor Herbert&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (time&nbsp; 3:58)</div><div>Accompanist:&nbsp; Letitia Clark</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Rebecca is a junior and studies with Rachel Morris at the Hartt Community Division. </span>Music has always been an important part of Rebecca&#39;s life and the life of her family, where she and her siblings have all been home schooled.&nbsp; Her first important performance was singing for her brother&#39;s baptism at age 4.&nbsp; Her confidence received a big boost when she placed first in the Virtuosi Competition.&nbsp; &nbsp;She plans to pursue her music studies in the years ahead, as did her sister and teacher, soprano Rachel Morris, and her brother, who is pursuing a degree in violin performance.</div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There were 2 Vocal Honorable Mention winners:</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Samantha Scheidel, Soprano:&nbsp; Samantha is a junior at Farmington High School and studies with Joanne Scattergood-Reeves.</div><div>Brian Farrell III, Tenor:&nbsp; Brian is a senior at Xavier High School in Middletown who studies with Matthew Campisi.</div><div><div><h2><br />Piano Competition Winners</h2><div>The&nbsp;judges&nbsp;for the piano competition were: Estela Olevsky&nbsp;and&nbsp;&nbsp;Deborah Gilwood.&nbsp;Both come from the Amherst/Umass area.&nbsp;</div><div><br />1st Place winner: &nbsp;&nbsp;Prairwaa Madden&nbsp;<br />Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Hungarian Rhapsody in E Major&nbsp; - &nbsp; Franz Liszt&nbsp;&nbsp;(6:10)</div><br />This young 9th grade student at Kingswood Oxford school in West Hartford has an already extensive musical&nbsp;bio. A piano student of Tamila Azadaliyeva, Prairwaa began her piano studies at the age of six at the Hartt Community Division in Hartford, CT. At age nine she won first place in the Crescendo Piano Competition and performed at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall. In the summer of&nbsp;2016 she was chosen by audition to perform with Orchestra Giovanile Napolinova in Italy. She was invited to participate in master classes and perform in concert at the XXI International Chopin Festival, Poland, in summer of 2015.</div><div>At 13 years of age, Prairwaa won the first place in the Danbury 15th Concerto Competition and performed with the&nbsp;Danbury Symphony in January 2017. She also won the CT Youth Symphony (CYS) Concerto Competition 2016, playing with the orchestra in March 2017.&nbsp;</div><div>Recently, she received a Watson Morrison Scholarship (2017-2018) from the Hartt School Community division Piano Honors Program, and the 2016 Music Scholarship award sponsored by the First Church of Christ in Glastonbury for talented young students.</div><div>Both scholarships apply towards private piano lessons at the Hartt School Community Division.&nbsp;</div><div>Other honors include CT state winner of the 2015 MTNA Junior Piano Competition, 2nd prize in the 2015 Chopin International Competition, and four-time First Place winner of the all-CT Audrey Thayer competition.&nbsp;</div><div>Prairwaa has already received master-classes from renowned teachers: Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Alexander Korsantia, Eduardo Delgado, Younjie Chen, Margarita Nuller, and others.&nbsp;</div><div><div><div><br />2nd Place winner: &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;En-Hua Holtz<br />Concert performance piece: Sonata No. 13 in B flat Major, K.333.&nbsp; Mov.I.&nbsp;Allegro&nbsp; - Mozart (5:26)</div><div>&nbsp;</div>En-Hua is a student at East Lyme High School. She has been playing piano since she was 7, having studied with John Metz, Vicki Reeve and, currently, Maggie Francis. She has performed in many recitals, both as a soloist as well as accompanist for her brother, a cellist.</div><div>En-Hua placed 2nd&nbsp;in the 2016 Jumy Festival and was a finalist in the 2016 Fischer competition. She also performed a 4-hand piece at the 2017 Elm City Music Festival, and performed at the first CT Bach Festival in 2017. She is also the accompanist for her HS orchestra and performed in a recital a the 2017 Pipe Organ Encounter in Hartford.</div><div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd Place winner: &nbsp; &nbsp;Kelly Zheng&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op.109. Mov.I:&nbsp;Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Beethoven&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Starting classical piano at the age of 4, Kelly Zheng currently studies with Sima Brodsky at the Hartt School of Music. Her recent awards include second place in the Connecticut Bach Competition, first place in the Virtuoso Piano Competition, and the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship. She also received First Prize and the Judges&#39;Distinction Award in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, and performed at Carnegie Hall. Besides competing, Kelly enjoys performing with her quintet and in the Hartford Symphony pre-concert series. As a senior, Kelly plans to double major in biochemistry and music in college.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>An&nbsp;Honorable Mention&nbsp;was awarded to:&nbsp;Tristan Wong, who is a junior at Farmington High School, and is currently studying piano with Malgosia Lis at the Hartt School Community Division.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><h2>Strings Competition Winners</h2><div>1st place winner: Sofia Gilchenok, viola<br />La Campanella (1952) - Niccolo Paganini<br />Accompanist: Ruriko Wheeler</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Violist Sofia Gilchenok is a student of Hsin-Yun Huang, Molly Carr, and Yi-Fang Huang in the Juilliard School&rsquo;s Pre-college Program, which she has attended since 2013, and where she serves as co-principal of the Pre-college Symphony. In 2016, Sofia was chosen as the winner of the American Viola Society&rsquo;s Solo Competition, Junior Division, and in 2015 she was the recipient of the NFMC&rsquo;s National Wendell Irish Viola Award, Northeastern Division. Sofia has performed Paganini&rsquo;s La Campanella with the Ocala Symphony and has also appeared as soloist with the Willimantic Symphony. Sofia, of Columbia, CT,&nbsp; is in the tenth grade and is home-schooled. She is passionate about chamber music and considers her participation in Music@Menlo among her favorite musical experiences.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>2nd place winner: Lillian Yim, cello<br />Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 (1956) - David Popper<br />Accompanist: Cihan Yücel</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Lillian Yim, a current sophomore at Farmington High School, has been studying cello with Katie Kennedy for six years. Yim has been principal cellist of the Connecticut Youth Symphony for two consecutive years, as well as being principal cellist of the Tanglewood Young Artists Orchestra, which she attended this summer. She was also principal cellist of the Northern Regional High School orchestra last year and a member of the All State Orchestra. Yim has participated in masterclasses with Rick Mooney, Jonathan Spitz, members of the Juilliard String Quartet, West End String Quartet, Norman Fisher, and Lynn Harrell.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3rd place winner: Matthew Hill, violin<br />Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (1878) - Pablo de Sarasate<br />Accompanist: Elizabeth Tomczyk</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Matthew Hill is a sophomore at Conard High School in West Hartford. He studies violin with Kyoko Horowitz in Boston, MA, and has also studied at the Hartt School Community Division with Teri Einfeldt. This summer he participated in a masterclass given by Kyu Young Kim (Principal Violin and Artistic Director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra), and was featured as a soloist in the University of Hartford&rsquo;s Annual Hartt Gala (2016), performing Kreisler&rsquo;s Praeludium<br />and Allegro. He is co-principal second violin of I Giovani Solisti (an internationally-touring chamber orchestra made up of the most advanced high school string players from West Hartford high schools) and is also a member of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Honorable Mention went to Jisoo Kim, violinist, of Avon, CT, who is a junior at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA.</div></div></div></div></div>

Classical Competition Winners Concert - Jan 21, 2018

<p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,&quot; Helvetica&quot;,&quot; sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Come to enjoy the voices of Sudie Marcuse Blatz and Laura Cook in duet, &nbsp;jazz played on hammered dulcimer, bassoon and guitar, original compositions by contemporary women, including our own Ami Montstream, Boston&#39;s Jennifer Griffith, and the late Amy Beach. Savor the first movement of Prokovief&#39;s </span><i style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,&amp;quot; Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Sonata in C for Cello and Piano</i><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,&quot; Helvetica&quot;,&quot; sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">, played by Fran Bard and Carolyn Woodward and revel in the saxophone of Tony Gibbs with Benita Rose at the piano on Hemke&#39;s &quot;Variations on Carnival ov Venice.&quot; </span></p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I) A Little Jazz Music</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;Take Five&rdquo; Paul Desmond (1924 &ndash; 1977)<br />&ldquo;Tico Tico&rdquo; (1917) Zequinha Abreu (1880 &ndash; 1935)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />Ami Montstream &ndash; Hammered Dulcimer<br />Charlie Eirmann &ndash; Bassoon<br />*Kevin Gallagher &ndash; Guitar<br />Note: Although first recorded and popularized by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959, Brubeck magnanimously gave full credit to Desmond for being sole composer of the famous tune of &ldquo;Take Five.&rdquo;</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />&ldquo;Jazz Sonata&rdquo; (1956) Ami Montstream<br />Sylvia Goldstein &ndash; Piano</p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">II) A Little Baroque and Classical Music</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;Les Naiades&rdquo;&rdquo; Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)<br />(From &ldquo;Acis et Galatea&rdquo;)<br />You, who think love is a weakness, need not trouble our innocent peace. We do not sing our songs of love for you. If you are destined to love neither harshness, hate, nor rage will help you.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;Ecco il Petto&rdquo; Benedetto Marcello (1686 &ndash; 1739)<br />Here is my heart: I don&rsquo;t fly from most cruel martyrdom. Anyone who lives and breathes may strike the blow.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />&ldquo;Ah, perdona al primo affetto&rdquo; W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) (From &ldquo;La clemenza di Tito&rdquo;)<br />Annio finds himself in the unenviable position of telling his true love Servilia that she must wed his Emperor Titus and that now their love is forbidden. Mozart will not let these lovers part though, as is obvious in the sensuous music of this duet for soprano and mezzo in pants.</p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />Sudie Marcuse &ndash; Soprano<br />Laura Cook &ndash; Mezzo-soprano<br />Benita Rose - Piano</h4><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">III Music for Cello and Piano</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano&rdquo; Sergei Prokofiev (1891 &ndash; 1953) Opus 119, 1st Movement: Andante Grave</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />Fran Bard &ndash; Cello<br />Carolyn Woodard &ndash; Piano</p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />IV Add Mezzo</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;Chanson d&rsquo;Amour&rdquo; Amy M. C. Beach (1867 &ndash; 1944)<br />Wake, my beloved, dawn is breaking and all nature calls to you. I, too, implore you with sighs and tears and my most beautiful song &ndash; awake, open your portal to my love.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />Laura Cook &ndash; Mezzo-soprano<br />Fran Bard &ndash; Cello<br />Carolyn Woodard &ndash;Piano</p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">V Three Songs by Jennifer Griffith</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo;When the Forsythia is in Full Bloom&rdquo; Poem by Judith Joiner<br />&ldquo;In Just-spring&rdquo; Poem by e.e.cummings<br />&ldquo;Such Self-Indulgence and Sloth&rdquo; Poem by David Budbill<br />Jennifer Griffith lives and composes in the Boston area. These songs are part of a group that were composed with Sudie&rsquo;s voice in mind. Today&rsquo;s performance is a Musical Club premiere!</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />Sudie Marcuse &ndash; Soprano<br />Benita Rose &ndash; Piano</p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0in;">VI Finale</h4><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a name="_GoBack"></a>&ldquo;Variations on Carnival of Venice&rdquo; J. A. E. Demersseman/Fred Hemke</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br />Tony Gibbs &ndash; Saxophone<br />Benita Rose -Piano</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p><h3 align="left">BIOS</h3><p><strong>Laura Cook</strong></p><p>Mezzo-soprano Laura Cook studied music at and earned degrees from Bennington College, Yale School of Music, and the Franz Schubert Institute with emphasis on vocal performance. She taught voice for many years in the Community and Diploma divisions of the Hartford Conservatory and general music for the Hartford Public School system. Laura is also a long-time performing member of the Musical Club of Hartford where she has taken great pleasure in her many collaborations with fine musicians over the years.</p><p><strong>Fran Bard</strong></p><p>Fran Bard, cellist, has performed with the Hartford Symphony for many years. &nbsp;An avid chamber music player, she is a cellist with the Hop River Chamber Players. &nbsp;She also taught in the Windsor and Glastonbury Public Schools.</p><p><strong>Carolyn Woodard</strong></p><p>Carolyn Woodard, pianist, received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music Degree in performance from the Hartt School of Music. She studied with William Harms, Edward Steuermann, and Raymond &nbsp;Hanson. Carolyn was a founding member of The Camerata Ensemble and has also performed with the Connecticut String Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony and the New World Ensemble. A well-known teacher in the area, she was chair of the piano department at the Hartford Camerata Conservatory, taught at The Hartt School and maintains a private studio in Glastonbury.</p><p><strong>Sudie Marcuse</strong></p><p>Sudie Marcuse, soprano, has been an oratorio soloist with the Andover Choral Society, Newton Choral Society, Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra, Hampshire Choral Society, and the Choir of the Church of the Advent in Boston. As a specialist in early music she has performed with period-instrument ensembles such as Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra, Capella Clausura and Cambridge Concentus. A lifelong advocate of ensemble singing, she has sung with Cantata Singers, CONCORA, Convivium Musicum, Cantabile, Novi Cantori, and numerous other choirs. She is also known for her interest in new music, and has premiered solo works of several New England composers including Jennifer Griffith, Robert Edward Smith, and Charles Turner, and has performed with Triad Choral Collective, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Springfield Women in Music and the CUNY Composers&rsquo; Alliance. She holds the DMA degree in Historical Performance from Boston University and teaches voice privately in the Boston area.</p><p><strong>Benita Rose and Tony Gibbs</strong></p><p><img src="/files/rose_gibbs.png"/>

Music by Members - Jan 25, 2018

<p>Performances by the Winners of the 1st High School Competition in Solo Jazz</p><p>This year, in early January, The Musical Club of Hartford held its 1st annual scholarship jazz solo competition for high school students living or studying music in Connecticut. This is the first of its kind in Connecticut! The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will perform in a jazz cabaret setting accompanied by a professional jazz trio. The professional trio will also perform a set separately from the students, to round out the one-hour concert.</p><p>The scholarship prizes are awarded from the Jolidon Fund, named for Marjorie Jolidon, who left a share of her estate to the Musical Club.</p><p>Come to support these wonderfully talented musicians and to listen to a free concert with live professional jazz! Admission is free!</p><div><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Jazz Competition Winners</h2><p><strong>1st Place winner:</strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;Lucas Gazianis&nbsp;</p><div>Concert performance pieces: &nbsp;Corcovado -Antonio Carlos Jobim, Night Train - Jimmy Forrest, Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson</div><br />The First Place winner in the Musical Club of Hartford&rsquo;s High School First Jazz Soloist Competition&nbsp;is pianist Lucas Gazianis, a sophomore at Greenwich High School. &nbsp;He studies with Joyce DiCamillo. He performs with the Greenwich High School Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, and has been accepted by audition into the Western Region Jazz Ensemble, and Concert Band, for the past 2 years. &nbsp;Last year he was accepted into the Ct All State Jazz Ensemble. &nbsp;Additionally, last year he received the &lsquo;Outstanding Soloist&rsquo; award at the Essentially Ellington Festival in Greenwich, as well as the Darien Jazz Festival. &nbsp;He has also performed with Joyce DiCamillo&rsquo;s JAZZ ALIVE Combo, and participated in the Greenwich Summer Jazz workshop.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><div><div><br /><strong>2nd Place winner:</strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Ryan Griffiths<br />Concert performance pieces:&nbsp;Body and Soul - Johnny Greene, On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislaw Kaper</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Second Place winner in the Jazz Soloist Competition was Tenor Saxophonist Ryan Griffiths, a senior at North Haven High School. &nbsp;He studies with Neil Dokurno. &nbsp;At North Haven High School, Ryan is a multi-instrumentalist who plays lead Tenor Sax in the Jazz 1 group, as well as&nbsp;Baritone Saxophone,&nbsp;&nbsp;Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Trumpet, in the Pit Orchestra, and Upright and Electric Bass in Jazz 2 group, &nbsp;as well as the Upright Bass in the Orchestra, and sings Bass in the Honor&rsquo;s Choir. &nbsp;He also performs as lead tenor sax with the Educational Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble, and the Neighborhood Music School select Ensemble. &nbsp;He has auditioned and been accepted into the Southern Regional Jazz Band as lead tenor for the past 3 years, as well as 1st chair Bass Clarinet in the Southern Regional Band. He has also participated in several summer Jazz programs&hellip;Hartt School, Rutgers Mason Gross,&nbsp;Neighborhood School, and Western Connecticut &nbsp;(Band and Jazz Band). He&nbsp;plans to major in Music Education and Jazz Studies (Tenor Saxophone.)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>3rd Place winner:</strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;Jacob Donald&nbsp;</div><div>Concert performance piece:&nbsp;Donna Lee - Charlie Parker, Blue in Green - Bill Evans</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Third Place winner in the Jazz Soloist Competition was guitarist Jacob Donald, a high-honors senior at South Windsor High School. &nbsp;He studies with Richard Goldstein. &nbsp;For the past 3 years, Jacob has performed with the South Windsor High School Spectrum Band (Show Choir Band), and Jazz Band as lead guitarist. &nbsp;He participates in Guitar Class, Chorus, AP Music Theory, and Piano class at school, and has performed as guitarist &nbsp;at Infinity Hall in Hartford, the Hungry Tiger Cafe in Manchester, The Space in Hamden, Nightingales Acoustic Cafe, and the Music Now Showcase ICRV Radio with Ramblin Dan Stevens. &nbsp;He has been performing with his own band &lsquo;Letterhead&rsquo; for the past 4 years, as well. &nbsp;He hopes to be a music teacher, as he enjoys encouraging children&rsquo;s self-esteem, while helping them to discover something new every day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Honorable Mention</strong>&nbsp;was awarded to :&nbsp;Trumpet player Ryan Farrell, a junior at Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford. He studies with Steve Perrett.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Judges: Mr. Douglas Maher, and Mr. Kevin Duffy</div></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Jazz Competition Winners Concert - Jan 28, 2018

<p><span class="fontstyle0"><font size="2">Come early for refreshments at 9:45 a.m. and then find a seat at one of the round tables that will be set up in the Fireside Room. The meeting will begin shortly after 10:00 am with a 30-minute recital by the Duo Alterity (Joseph Van Doran, guitar, &amp; Allison Hughes, flute). Both performers are pursuing graduate degrees at The Hartt School and are appearing for our enjoyment through the Hartt@Home program.</font></span></p><p><br /><span class="fontstyle0"><font size="2">Following the concert, we&rsquo;ll see a few funny, informative skits about the Musical Club. No boring reports &ndash; just an enjoyable and interesting morning with the opportunity to get to know better your fellow club members. Be sure to sign up at the Jan. 11 or Jan 15 programs so we can plan for the seating and refreshments beforehand.</font></span></p>

Mid-Year Meeting - Feb 1, 2018

<p>Musical Exploration featuring Emlyn Ngai, Baroque violin.</p><p>Emlyn Ngai, Artist Teacher at Hartt in violin and performance practice. He will present a program spotlighting the violin, the bow, playing technique, and the ways that composers wrote for the instrument during the Baroque period. Here is the description Emlyn has provided:</p><p><strong>The violin has always been regarded as an instrument that could imitate the human voice with incredible realism and delicacy.&nbsp; Since its early roots steeped in vocal music, the violin has been pushed to find its own realm of possibilities.&nbsp; Drawing upon a rich dance music tradition as well as the instrument&rsquo;s innate lyricism, composer-performers have created a wonderful body of works for unaccompanied violin that intertwines form and structure with lofty inventiveness.&nbsp; This presentation will explore the evolution of violin playing and aesthetics changes in the 1600s and 1700s through works by J.S. Bach, Thomas Baltzar, Nicolas Matteis, Jr., Giuseppe Tartini, and Georg Philip Telemann. </strong></p><p>Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare, Emlyn enjoys a diverse life as both a modern and historical violinist. He holds degrees from McGill University, Oberlin College Conservatory, and the Hartt School.</p><p><img src="/files/emlyn_ngai.jpg"/>World Records, and Telarc. His recordings for the label Musica Omnia have received acclaim in American Record Guide, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and The Strad. Emlyn holds degrees from McGill University, Oberlin College Conservatory, and the Hartt School. His teachers have included Frona Colquhoun, Sydney Humphreys, Thomas Williams, Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer. It was during his studies with Marilyn McDonald at Oberlin that he won first prize on baroque violin in the 1995 Locatelli Concours Amsterdam and appeared at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo with Ensemble Il Giardino Armonico and the Berliner Tage für Alte Musik.</p><p>An enthusiastic educator, Emlyn has taught at Boston University, Mount Holyoke College, and McGill University and has been a faculty member of Amherst Early Music, Madison Early Music Festival and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Currently he teaches modern and baroque violin, chamber music and performance practice at The Hartt School, where he also co-directs the Collegium Musicum.</p>

Emlyn Ngai: Form, Fantasy, and Four Strings - Feb 15, 2018

<p>Evelyn Bonar Storrs established a fund through the Musical Club to support &quot;talented and advanced students of piano&quot;. Each year a number of these scholarship recipients present a Piano Recital that showcases some stars of tomorrow.</p><p>Admission free.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>PERFORMERS AND PROGRAM</h3><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Shuangning Liu</strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op.83 by Sergei&nbsp;Prokofiev (1891-1953)<br /><em>Allegro inquieto</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Shuangning Liu is a DMA candidate at Hartt&nbsp;School of The <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">University of </span><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Hartford</span>, studying with Dr. Paul Rutman. He is scheduled to play his first DMA recital on April 5th, 2018, 7:30 pm at Millard Auditorium,&nbsp;<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">University of </span>Hartford. He will play pieces by Bach, Liszt, and Prokofiev. He is also a co-founder and organizer of the Hartford International Music Festival which takes&nbsp;place every summer at Hartford area. Last year, the event was held at the Hartt School, and 30 students from the U.S and China came here to join us. The festival lasts 10 days, and consists of master classes, private lessons, a faculty concert, a student recital, and ensemble coaching. For more information please contact&nbsp;shuangningliu_1988&lt;at&gt;hotmail.com.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Victor Nigri e Silva Santos</strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV 816 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)<br /><em>Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Victor Nigri is a Master&rsquo;s candidate in piano performance at The University of Hartford&#39;s The Hartt School, where he is the recipient of a music talent scholarship, studying under the guidance of Professor Luiz de Moura Castro and Professor Dr. David Westfall.</div><div><br />He has performed in both solo and chamber music recitals throughout Brazil, the United States and Portugal. He recently took part in the Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival, Brazil, and Óbidos International Piano Festival, Portugal.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 2014 he graduated from Minas Gerais State University with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance as a student of Professor Heron Alvim. In addition to being distinguished with an Honorable Prize of Best Performance of Brazilian Music at the VII Maestro Spartacco Rossi Piano Competition, Nigri was also a top prizewinner at the XXII Souza Lima Piano Competition and the IX Cora Pavan Capparelli Piano Competition.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Nigri has performed in master classes and private lessons for Yefim Bronfman, Arnaldo Cohen, Paul Badura-Skoda, Anna Malikova, Boris Berman, Josep Colom and Berenice Menegale.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Cihan Yücel</strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Piano&nbsp;Sonata No. 20 in D major, K. 311 by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)<br /><em>Allegro con spirito<br />Andante con espressione<br />Rondeau: Allegro</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/sites/default/files/cihan_yucel_resume.pdf" target="_blank">Cihan Yücel&#39;s Résumé</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br /><strong>Miles Walter</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 893 (from WTC Book II) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)<br />Six Etudes and a Dream Hannah Lash (b. 1981)<br /><em>&ldquo;Thumbs and Pinkies&rdquo;</em></div><div>Études, Book 2&nbsp; György Ligeti (1923-2006)<br />No. 8, &ldquo;Fém&rdquo;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Miles Walter is a pianist and composer from New Hampshire. He is currently finishing a BA in Music (Intensive) at Yale, where he studies piano with Wei-Yi Yang and composition with Hannah Lash and Kathryn Alexander. He is an eager chamber musician and an active performer of new music.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br /><strong>Jimin Han</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Piano Sonata Op. 35 No. 2 by Fréderic Chopin (1810-1849)<br />1st movement</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>South Korean pianist Jimin Han was born in 1989 and began studying piano at the age of five. In 2007, Han made her solo debut recital performing in the 24th Annual Young Musical Recital at the YoungSan Arts Performance Hall while studying at the Sunhwa Arts High School in Seoul. Han has also won top prizes at the Teenager Music Competition and receive honorable mention prizes at the Chopin International Competition and Paderewski International Competition in Hartford, the Beijing International Music Festival Academy. Jimin Han earned a bachelor&rsquo;s and master&rsquo;s degree in piano performance from Yonsei University. Han is currently an artist diploma student with the 20/20 performance ensemble at the Hartt School where she studies with Professor David Westfall.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Anna Grudskaya</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>3 Sonatas by<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">&nbsp; Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)</span></div><div>Sonata K. 380 in E Major &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Sonata K. 466 in F minor<br />Sonata K. 24 in A Major</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Anna Grudskaya was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to a family of musicians and artists and began piano studies at the age of four. Winner of the Concerto/Aria Competition at Santa Clara University, the Van Waynen Piano Competition, and the 2017 Hartt Chamber Music Competition, Ms. Grudskaya has performed in concert halls in the United States and abroad. She has performed in festivals including the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria; International Keyboard Institute and Festival; Aspen Music Festival and School; Beijing International Music Festival and Academy; New Orleans Piano Institute; NYU Summer Piano Intensive; and Adamant Music School.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She has worked with distinguished artists such as Menahem Pressler, Nelita True, Boris Berman, Ann Schein, Alan Chow, and Alessio Bax. Anna Grudskaya has earned degrees from Santa Clara University, Mannes College of Music, New York University, and is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in piano performance at The Hartt School under the tutelage of David Westfall. Other major teachers have included Hans Boepple, Pavlina Dokovska, Vladimir Valjarevic, and Eteri Andjaparidze. Ms. Grudskaya is a faculty member at the Hartt School Community Division as well as the Interlochen Center for the Arts.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><em>Note: Ms. Grudskaya was prevented by a snowstorm from traveling to Hartford for this performance.</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Yoshina Toi</strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110, Mvt. III by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)<br /><em>Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro ma non troppo</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Yoshino Toi is a junior pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Hartt School under the direction of Professor David Westfall. She is a winner of the Paranov Concerto Competition at the Hartt School and has received awards in multiple competitions including, the Brevard Music Center Piano Competition, the High School Scholarship Competition by the Musical Club of Hartford, the Audrey Thayer Competition, and the Rene̒e B. Fisher Piano Competition with the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work. A native of Japan, she has studied at the Hartt Community Division since moving to the U.S. in 2010. Her previous teachers include, Malgosia Lis and Atsuko Imamura.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Hanna Yukho</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Don Juan&rsquo;s Serenade from &ldquo;Masks&rdquo; by Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Born in Minsk (Belarus), Hanna Yukho started playing piano at age six under the tutelage of her mother. In 1999 she made her debut with the Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra performing the fifth J. S. Bach piano Concerto. Prizewinner of International Piano Competition in memory of Arthur Rubinstein in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Hanna received her first award at the age of ten as a winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Antonin, Poland. In 2003, she became a prizewinner of the International Piano Competition &ldquo;Music of Hope&rdquo; in Gomel, Belarus. In 2015, she won Pianist&rsquo;s Award of the ISA15 &ndash; International Summer Academy of the MDW in Reichenau, Austria.<br />&nbsp;<br />During her career, Hanna appeared at important venues at different festivals such as Weill Recital Hall &ndash; Carnegie Hall and Klavierhaus in New York during the Mannes Sounds Festival, Flagey in Belgium. Hanna has participated in international festivals such as Vladimir&rsquo;s Spivakov&rsquo;s charity Festival &ldquo;Moscow meets friends&rdquo;. She also gave performances in Belgium, Italy, Austria, Holland, Poland, and Russia. As a soloist, Hanna has performed with the Belarusian State Chamber and Symphony Orchestra several times.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Hanna has won scholarships from different institutions such as Tuition Scholarship from Mannes College The New School For Music, Tuition Scholarship from Yale School of Music, and Marian Marcus Wahl Memorial Award, and The Musical Club of Hartford. Hanna Yukho attended Republican Music College in her native Minsk, Belarus. In 2013, she graduated from the Academy of Music in Minsk where she studied with Prof. Igor Olovnikov, who had been her teacher for the previous thirteen years. Hanna attended Mannes College The New School for Music where she studied with the legendary pianist Vladimir Feltsman. In 2017 Hanna Yukho graduated from Yale School of Music where she studied with Boris Berman and Peter Frankl.</div>

Storrs Scholars Piano Recital - Mar 22, 2018

<div><p>This program features teams of pianists playing two grand pianos, with a varied repertory.</p><div><ul><li>Dorothy Bognar and Connie Hegarty will play Robert Schumann&#39;s. Andante and Variations, Op .46 and George Gershwin &#39;s, S&rsquo;Wonderful/Funny Face, arr. Paul Posnak&nbsp; (2007).</li><li>Maryjane Peluso and Allison Platt will play Legend in D Minor, Op. 59, No.1,&nbsp; Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op.72, No.2,&nbsp; Legend in G Minor Op. 59, No. 3 and&nbsp; Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op. 46, No.1, all by Antonín Dvořák.</li><li>Stacy Cahoon and Diane Day will play Scaramouche Suite for 2 Pianos, Op.165b by Darius Milhaud&nbsp; and Samba Triste from Divertimento Suite for Two Pianos by Richard Rodney Bennett.</li><li>Soohyung Yoo and Munkyung Kim will play a Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos: Based on Themes by George Bizet, by Greg Anderson (b. 1981).</li></ul><p>Admission free.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div><div><h3>PROGRAM</h3><h4>Robert Schumann - Andante and Variations, Op.46 (1843)</h4><div>Robert Schumann&#39;s Andante and Variations was the only piece he wrote for two pianos. It was originally written for two pianos, two cellos and French horn. Not happy with the original version after hearing its first performance in March, 1843, and at the urging of his wife Clara and his friend Felix Mendelssohn, Schumann rewrote the piece, eliminating the cellos and horn, and cutting out several passages and variations.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The piece now contains a 32-bar theme, followed by four variations, then a 16-bar restatement of the theme, three more variations, and one last reiteration of the theme leading directly to a tranquil coda with a wonderful spinning down effect. The variations vary in length. Even though the horn part was removed, the sixth variation evokes the heroic sound of a full choir of horns. The treatment of the pianos gives the effect of a dialogue between two people who are so close that they finish each other&#39;s sentences, lend support while the other one is talking, and even alternate singing individual words in the 1st variation. There is no hint of dueling personalities here - these two are definitely on the same wave length.</div><div>The new version was introduced by Clara Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. The original version was not performed again until Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann played it in 1868; and that version was not actually published until 1893 (as WoO 10).</div><h4>George Gershwin - S&rsquo;Wonderful/Funny Face, arr. Paul Posnak (2007)</h4><div>Wanting to fill a regrettable void in the repertoire of Gershwin arrangements for two pianos, Paul Posnak created and published a group of four pieces, including this medley. His aim was to capture Gershwin&rsquo;s bravura orchestral style as heard in original solo recordings, a style which featured &ldquo;wonderful inner voices, contrapuntal runs, jazz figurations, sophisticated chordal textures, and swing.&rdquo;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dorothy Bognar and Connie Hegarty, duo pianists</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>**********</div><h4>Legend in D Minor, Op.59, No.1&nbsp;<br />Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op.72, No.2<br />Legend in G Minor Op. 59. No. 3<br />Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op.46, No.1</h4><h4>All by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)</h4><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Maryjane Peluso and Allison Platt, duo pianists</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>**********</div><h4>Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos: Based on Themes by George Bizet arranged by Greg Anderson (b. 1981)</h4><div>The Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos weaves together several distinct scenes from Georges Bizet&#39;s beloved opera Carmen. Several themes from the opera are heard, such as the &quot;Danse Bohémienne&rdquo;, &ldquo;Aragonaise&quot;, the famous &quot;Habanera&quot;, and the &quot;Card Aria&quot;. The fantasy concludes with a party scene from the beginning of Act II, in which Carmen and her friends entertain army officer with a song about gypsy girls. The music accelerates to a grand finale in a whirlwind of fevered rhythm, Basque tambourins, and ecstatic dance.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Soohyung Yoo and Munkyung Kim, duo pianists</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>**********</div><h4>Scaramouche Suite for 2 Pianos, Op. 165b by Darius Milhaud</h4><div>Milhaud was a French composer, teacher and conductor and one of the most prolific composers in the 20th century. The name &ldquo;Scaramouche&rdquo; comes from Theatre Scaramouche which has productions aimed towards children. Milhaud produced some music for them. At the same time in the summer of 1937, he was composing various works for the Paris International Exposition. One of the things he needed to prepare was a duo piano work for &nbsp;Marguerite Long&nbsp;and&nbsp;Milhaud&#39;s old friend&nbsp;Marcelle Meyer (who later recorded it on a 78 rpm record).&nbsp;He completed it in time of the exposition and it was a great hit. Eventually he agreed to give the rights to the publisher Deiss. The two outer movements of the suite were recycled from two pieces from <em>Le médecin volant</em> and for the slower middle movement he extracted a piece written for Jules Superville&#39;s 1936 play Bolivar. The finished structure is as follows: 1. &quot;Vif,&quot; 2. &quot;Modéré,&quot; 3. &quot;Brazileira&quot; (Mouvement de Samba). There are many other instrumental versions written by Milhaud and that included lyrics for Brazileira later on.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><h4>Samba Triste from Divertimento Suite for Two Pianos by Richard Rodney Bennett</h4><div>Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was born in England in 1936 to musical parents. He became a famous British composer of over 200 works for the concert hall and 50 scores for film and television. He also was a well known jazz pianist and was in New York from 1979 till his death in 2012. The Samba Triste is part of a Four Piece Suite which was composed in 1974 and first performed by the composer and Susan Bradshaw in a BBC broadcast. In 1975 in Australia was the 1st real public performance. The work was later used for the ballet by Dance Prism which was performed in London in 1976. His love of jazz is heard throughout all 4 of these movements.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Stacy Cahoon and Diane Day</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>**********</div><div>&nbsp;</div><h3>BIOS</h3><div><strong>Dorothy Bognar</strong> holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from the University of California (Santa Barbara and Berkeley) and an MLS from UC Berkeley. She served as Head of the University of Connecticut Music Library from 1969-1998. Subsequently she has been teaching piano, playing keyboard in the swing band Flamingo, and performing both solo and ensemble music. She has performed in numerous duo-piano concerts and as a solo pianist.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><img src="/files/dorothy_bognar.jpg"/>rvatory Alumni Concert. Also Ms. Kim performed as piano duo with Heejin Ku at Sejong Center for Performing Arts.</div><div>In the United States, Russia, and Korea, Ms. Kim has actively participated in master classes and music festivals. Ms. Kim conducted the master class with Leon Fleisher at the William Kapell International Piano Competition &amp; Festival, led the master class with Noel Lee and Gyorgy Sandor in NY, and participated in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Foundation sponsored master class with Yuri Bogdanov.</div><div><br />Ms. Kim had numerous recitals and chamber concerts and also has been awarded many prizes in competitions. Ms. Kim appeared as a soloist with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul City Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Kim also has selected as New Rising Artist by Korean Piano Association in 2006. In addition, Ms. Kim has been awarded for Piano Competition by National Young Artist Competition, by Korean Piano Association, and by Music Journal. Recent performances include appearances at Gildenhorn Hall and Dekelboum Hall of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in Maryland, Miriam Friedberg Hall, Goodwin Hall, Cohen-Davison Theater and Griswold Hall in Baltimore, Carnegie Hall&rsquo;s Weill Recital Hall in NY, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Ewon Cultural Center, Mozart Hall, Ceramic Palace Hall, Sejong Center for Performing Arts, and Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Scriabin Museum Concert Hall in Moscow, Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall in Berlin and Kuenstler Haus in Munich. Ms. Kim awarded the Chevy Chase Scholarship in 2009 and performed at the benefit concert sponsored by the Club of Chevy Chase in 2010.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ms. Kim taught piano performance at Sunhwa Arts School and Sunhwa Arts High School in Seoul until last year and moved to West Hartford last Spring.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"212","attributes":{"alt":"Mun Kyung Kim, piano","class":"media-image","height":"480","style":"width: 160px; height: 240px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"320"}}]]</div><div><br /><strong>Stacy Cahoon</strong>, pianist, enjoys collaborating with vocalists and instrumentalists alike. She holds performance degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and a Master of Music in Accompanying and Ensemble from the Hartt School of Music. Her active accompanying life has included flute duo performances at Lincoln Center&rsquo;s Bruno Library, and St. Peter&rsquo;s Church in NYC, and vocal concerts at the Mark Twain House, and South Church in New Britain. As a member of Trio Cantabile, consisting of voice, harp, and piano, she has performed at The Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor, and the Music at the Red Door concert series at St. John&rsquo;s Episcopal Church in West Hartford. Since 1995, Stacy has been the accompanist for the Travelers Chorale, the oldest company-sponsored singing group in the country. In 2008, her choral composition &ldquo;Little Tree&rdquo; a setting of the poem by e.e. cummings, had its premiere at Bushnell Hall. As a soloist, she has presented recitals at Center Church in Hartford, the Unitarian Meeting House, West Hartford, CT and throughout her native Cape Cod. Stacy is an independent piano teacher in West Hartford, where she resides with her husband and two musical daughters.</div><div><br /><strong>Diane Day</strong>, a native of Simsbury, started studying piano at age 7. She graduated from the 4-year program at the Hartford Conservatory with an artist&rsquo;s diploma in Piano and a minor in Theory &amp; Composition. She studied with Juan Nazarian, Maria Luisa Faini, and Howard Parsons.&nbsp;Having taught piano privately for over 40 years, she also performed chamber music, accompanied soloists and groups, including dance, and has performed many solo concerts over her career. Specific ensemble work included the &quot;Quindec&quot; a piano quintet she performed with many years in the area. Her duo piano work was first in the &quot;Duffy-Day Duo&quot; and now works with Stacy Cahoon. She lives in West Hartford with her husband.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"213","attributes":{"alt":"Stacy Cahoon and Diane Day","class":"media-image","height":"480","style":"width: 210px; height: 280px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"360"}}]]</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div></div></div>

Piano Ensemble Program Mar 25, 2018

<p><a href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/content/marjorie-jolidon" target="_self">Jolidon</a> Concert featuring Göran Marcusson, flute and Tim Carey, piano.</p><p>Göran, who is from Sweden, first received international acclaim after winning several competitions early in his career. Later, he was awarded a handmade flute of Waterford Crystal for his outstanding performance in a Galway master class, which was followed by a duo performance on television. He has played for many years at the summer Newport Music Festival, runs one of largest flute master classes in Sweden and also teaches at the Wildacres Flute retreat in North Carolina each summer. As one interviewer commented, &ldquo;he makes brilliant flute playing look as easy as tossing a ball.&rdquo;</p><p>Tim, who is from England and has been playing with Göran for over 20 years, has developed a reputation as &ldquo;the flautists&rsquo; accompanist&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Prélude à l&#39;après-midi d&#39;un faune &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Claude Debussy (1862-1918)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Flute sonata No. 1, in A major &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)</p><ol type="I"><li>Modéré (sans lenteur)</li><li>Lent</li><li>Allegro moderato</li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 (1987) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lowell Liebermann (1961- )</p><ol type="I"><li><p>Lento con rubato</p></li><li><p>Presto energico</p></li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2 Sentimentala romanser, Op.28 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)</p><ol><li><p>Romance in A major</p></li><li><p>Romance in F minor</p></li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Vallflickans dans (Herdsmaidens Dance) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)</p><p>From Bergakungen (The Mountain King) Suite, Op. 37</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>BIOGRAPHIES</h3><p><img src="/files/goran_marcusson_0.png"/>de":"media_large","fid":"218","attributes":{"alt":"Tim Carey, piano","class":"media-image","height":"247","style":"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 240px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; width: 198px; word-spacing: 0px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"204"}}]]</p><p><strong>Tim Carey</strong>, who lives in Chelmsford, England, enjoys a career full of variety, as solo performer, chamber-music player, orchestral keyboard player and teacher. His early studies were with Harold Parker, Louis Kentner, and then, at the Royal College of Music, London, with Kendall Taylor, David Parkhouse, and Bernard Roberts. He was awarded many prizes and scholarships during his time there, both in and outside college.</p><p><br />He now spends his time partnering many different instrumentalists, especially flautists, in a large variety of chamber-music combinations, as well as giving the occasional solo recital or concerto performance. He is the regular pianist for many flute festivals and conventions all over the world. Last year included six trips to the USA, as well as China, Brazil, Costa Rica, Sweden, Slovenia and elsewhere, all working with flautists.</p><p><br />As an orchestral keyboard player he has worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bournemouth Orchestras, the Philharmonia, Ulster Orchestra, Scottish Opera and currently with the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is also much in demand as a teacher throughout his home county of Essex.</p><p>When not actively involved in musical pursuits, Tim still finds time for his other interests which include languages, collecting and restoring cars, aircraft, boats and spending time with his large family.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"219","attributes":{"alt":"Göran Marcusson and Tim Carey","class":"media-image","height":"265","style":"width: 297px; height: 240px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; cursor: default; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"328"}}]]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Göran Marcusson, flute and Tim Carey, piano, Apr 12, 2018

<p><em>(Note: This program was originally scheduled for March 8, but was cancelled because of snow.)</em></p><p>We celebrate International Women&rsquo;s Day [somewhat belatedly!] with the music of two 19th-century female composers, from Spain and France. This will be complemented by works of two males - a German Romantic composer and a contemporary Spanish composer.&nbsp; Songs of Eugenia Osterberger, of the Galician area of Spain, will kick off the program. These selections feature the wife-and-husband team of <strong>Alice Matteson</strong>, soprano, and <strong>David Garrido-Cid</strong>, piano and they comprise the first of four Musical Club premieres on the program. Osterberger was a brave woman during revolutionary times; also, she hosted and performed both as a singer and a pianist at many soirees featuring poetry and music. Next up is the first movement of Brahms&rsquo; beloved <em>Sonata for Piano and Cello, Opus 38</em>, played by <strong>Linda MacGougan </strong>and<strong> Karen Benjamin</strong>. <strong>Alice </strong>and<strong> David</strong> will bring us back to Galicia with two songs by contemporary composer - and friend of David - Octavio Vázquez.&nbsp; Louise Farrenc was the first female to be granted a full piano professorship at the Paris Conservatory and was also a well-regarded composer during her lifetime. &nbsp;Her <em>Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Opus 44</em> will be performed by <strong>David Schonfeld</strong>,<strong> Karen Benjamin</strong> and <strong>Linda MacGougan</strong>. The conclusion for this wide-ranging program will be the <em>Galician Folk Dances</em> by Vázquez, a mix of folklore, emotion and virtuosity, to be played by <strong>David Garrido-Cid</strong>.&nbsp;</p><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>PROGRAM</h3><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Cántigas e Melodias<span style="margin: 0px;"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>Eugenia Osterberger (1852-1932)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Alice Matteson, Soprano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">David Garrido-Cid, Piano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">****</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Johannes Brahms (1833-97)</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Allegro non troppo</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Karen Benjamin, Cello</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Linda MacGougan, Piano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">****</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">En Cornes <span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>Octavio Vázquez (b. 1972)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Como Chove Miudiño</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Cambria"><font color="#000000"><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Alice Matteson, Soprano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">David Garrido-Cid, Piano</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">****</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Cambria"><font color="#000000">Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 44&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)<span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></font> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Andante; Allegro moderato</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Adagio</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Minuetto</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><font color="#000000"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Allegro</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></span></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">David Schonfeld, Clarinet</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Karen Benjamin, Cello</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Linda MacGougan, Piano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">****</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">Galician Folk Dances<span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Octavio Vázquez</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">March (Processional)</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Moderate Dance</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Moderato (flowing melody)</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Lento (melancholic)</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Vivace</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000">Vivace</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria">David Garrido-Cid, Piano</font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><div><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p><h3 align="left" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">BIOS</h3><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Pianist <strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">David Garrido Cid</strong>, born in Venezuela, but of Spanish descent, studied primarily in Madrid, completing his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in piano and chamber music at the&nbsp;Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. He went on to study with Luiz de Moura Castro at&nbsp;The Hartt School&nbsp;, earning a&nbsp;Master of Music&nbsp;and a&nbsp;Graduate Professional Diploma&nbsp;in 2001 &amp; 2002. He continued studies at the&nbsp;Yale School of Music&nbsp;with Boris Berman, earning his Artist Diploma in 2005.</p><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Alice Matteson</strong>, soprano, came to&nbsp;The Hartt School&nbsp; in 2004 to study with Cherie Caluda and Joanna Levy, and graduated magna cum laude with a&nbsp;Bachelor of Music&nbsp;in vocal performance in 2008. David and Alice were married in September 2013, and welcomed their first child into the world in January 2017.</p><p style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: text; font-family: sans-serif,Arial,Verdana,&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20.8px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img src="/files/garrido-cid_matteson .jpg"/>

Music by Members - Apr 19, 2018

Music by Members - Apr 26, 2018

<div>&nbsp;</div><div>Musical Club finishes off its 127th season with the Club&rsquo;s Annual Luncheon. Following a business meeting, we&rsquo;ll hear the MuUyas String Trio. You may remember the very enjoyable pieces played by this trio (Yu-Hao [Howard] Chang, violin, Po-Chun [Gene] Chen, viola, and Wen-Hsuan [Vivian] Su, cello) at the Musical Club&rsquo;s November 2 program. All trio members are pursuing their Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at the Hartt School.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Please plan to attend our end-of-year event. You&rsquo;ll find out what we&rsquo;ve accomplished this year, learn details about next year&rsquo;s programs, elect Executive Board officers, greet your friends, hear the MuUyas String Trio, and enjoy lunch with fellow club members.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>A menu and detailed program, including the slate of officers to be voted on at the business meeting, are included on a separate page at the end of this Bulletin. You can make your reservation at the April 12, 19, or 26 program meetings, or by mail to co-Treasurer Anita Wilson. The reservation deadline is Friday, April 27.</div>

Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon - May 3, 2018

<p>Most (but not all) Musical Club of Hartford events take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Roads). Location information is given at the bottom of each event description.</p><p>​<a target="_blank" href="http://musicalclubhartford.org/files/performance_index_2022.pdf" alt="Current Performance Index" class="on">Current Performance Index</a>​<br></p>

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