2009-2010 Inaugural Season
Bringing the finest musicians
to the Stocker Arts Center
Studio Theatre

Hosted by Jeffrey Mumford

Come as our guest
Admission is Free

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Friday, November 20, 2009
7:30 pm

pianist

Andrea McAlister

mezzo soprano

Fenlon Lamb

violist

Scott Buzza

• Viola Sonata, Op 11, No. 4
  Paul Hindemith
   
• Songs for Voice, Viola, & Piano Op. 91.
  Johannes Brahms

Also on the program will be a set of Spanish songs

Andrea McAlister is Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Oberlin. She previously taught at Capital University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music where she also received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Pedagogy.

Fenlon Lamb, consistently garners critical acclaim for her dynamic, rich vocal soundpolished acting abilitiesLE NOZZE DI FIGARO, DON GIOVANNI, RIGOLETTO, and CARMEN with Cleveland Opera and many other companies.

Scott Buzza has had a career with orchestras on four continents. In 1987 he became principal violist of the Tokyo Philharmonic, and in 1990 he became soloist-principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona, Spain. He is on the faculty at N. Kentucky University, teaches Sacred Music curriculum at the University of Cincinnati, and is Director of Liturgical Music at Xavier University.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:30 pm

violist

Eliesha Nelson

pianist

Shanelle Cook

• Suite No.6 (1717-1723)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
   
• wending (2001)
  Jeffrey Mumford
   
• Suite for Viola Alone (1930)
  Quincy Porter
   
• Melodie Arabesque
  Pierre Monteux
   
• Sonata No. 2 in F for Viola and Piano (1906)
  York Bowen

Eliesha Nelson grew up in North Pole, Alaska. She completed B. Mus. from Cleveland Institute of Music and an ArtistBritainRoyal Academy in violin. She then turned to the viola and retuned to CIM to complete an MA in viola performance. She has performed in several orchestras, and is currently a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. Noted accompanist, Shanelle Cook will join her on stage.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010
3:00 pm

violinist

Joel Smirnoff

pianist

Christopher Oldfather

Program to include works of Roberto Gerhard, Milton Babbitt, Aaron Copland and Maurice Ravel.

Conductor, violinist and eminent pedagogue Joel Smirnoff recently left the Juilliard String Quartet and School of Music after 23 years in order become President of the Cleveland Institute of Music.He is a Grammy-nominated musician that has conducted orchestras in Europe and America, and has performed throughout the world. He has also performed and recorded jazz music with Tony Bennett.

Christopher Oldfather is acclaimed for his performances of contemporary music. He has been a member of Collage New Music since 1979 and New York City's Parnassus since 1997. He has played virtually every sort of keyboard ever made, including harpsichord and the Chromelodeon. As a soloist Mr. Oldfather has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Germany. His recording of Elliott Carter's violin-piano Duo with Robert Mann was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1990.

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Sorry you missed these events:

pianist

Lura Johnson

• Three Fantastic Dances
  Dmitry Shostakovich
   
• Klavierstucke, Op. 118
  Johannes Brahms
   
• Turning (1995)
  Derek Bermel
  
• Sonata No. 7 in B Flat Minor, Op. 83
  Sergei Prokofiev

Hailed as brilliant by the Washington Post, Lura Johnson serves as faculty at Peabody Institute and Loyola College. An Oberlin native, her performance tours have taken her thoughout the US and Europe. She is a member of VERGE Ensemble.