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A “GRAND” PIANO CELEBRATION: THE JEAN CARRINGTON COOK MEMORIAL PIANO SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL
For general information about tickets, seating, parking, etc., please contact the ticket office directly at 703-993-2787.GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY’S
COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
ANNOUNCES
A “GRAND” PIANO CELEBRATION
THE JEAN CARRINGTON COOK MEMORIAL PIANO SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL
Featuring George Mason University Faculty and Students
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 at 4 p.m.
Reception immediately following on Concert Hall Grand Tier III
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 28, 2007 – George Mason University’s Department of Music will hold its annual concert in honor of the late Jean Carrington Cook and her husband, C. Barrie Cook, for their endowed piano scholarship awards to talented Mason students. A “Grand” Piano Celebration: The Jean Carrington Cook Memorial Piano Scholarship Recital will be held at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Concert Hall on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 at 4 p.m. A reception will immediately follow the recital on the Concert Hall’s Grand Tier III.
Performing in the recital are several members of the music faculty including music department associate chair and International Steinway Artist Linda Apple Monson, soprano Kathryn Hearden, pianist Anna Balakerskaia, violinist Zino Bogachek and tubist Michael Nickens (affectionately known as "Doc Nix," the leader of the Mason Pep Band). The students performing are undergraduate and graduate music majors studying piano performance, including Emma McDermott, Jennifer Robinson, Min Son, Yoonji Kim, Jihae Lim, Emi Ishiwata, Ina Mirtcheva and JiYoon (Jiji) Park. The student artists (and piano scholarship recipients) will play a variety of works from composers as diverse as Chopin, Schumann, Granados, Albeniz, Liszt and Ravel. Mason's outstanding music faculty artists will feature an exciting duo-piano work by Lecuona, an east coast premiere by composer Don Bowyer for jazz tuba and piano, a jazzy piece by William Bolcom for violin and piano and beautiful vocal/piano works by Obradors.
The concert on Sept. 14 is a celebration of the wonderful keyboard area within the Department of Music at Mason. Last year George Mason University had the distinct honor of being named an All-Steinway School. With 16 new Steinway grand pianos gracing its practice rooms, George Mason University has joined the ranks of some of the most prestigious music schools in the country. The George Mason University community is indebted to all of the donors who contributed to the All-Steinway School initiative and to the late Jean Carrington Cook and her husband, C. Barrie Cook, for their invaluable contributions for endowed piano scholarships to the music programs at George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Local area Steinway retailer Jordan Kitt’s Music also partnered with the University in the Steinway effort.
Program
Etude, Opus 10, No. 8 Frederic Chopin
Emma McDermott
Fantasiestucke (II. Aufschwang) Robert Schumann
Min Son
Goyescas: Quejas O La Maja Y El Ruisenor Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
(Laments or The Maiden and the Nightingale)
Jennifer Robinson
Goyescas: Los Requiebros (Flattery) Enrique Granados
Yoonji Kim
Prelude No. 9, Opus 11 Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No. 2, Opus 19 (II. Presto) Alexander Scriabin
Ina Mirtcheva
Asturias (from Suite Espagnole) Isaac Albéniz
Jihae Lim
Paraphrase of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” Franz Liszt
Ji Yoon Park
La Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel
I. Prelude
VI. Toccata
Emi Ishiwata
Intermission
Come Ready and See Me Richard Hundley, b. 1931
Will There Really Be A Morning?
Del cabello más sutil Fernando J. Obradors (1897-1945)
Kathryn Hearden, soprano
Linda Apple Monson, piano
Graceful Ghost William Bolcom
Banjo Eyes David Rubinoff
Zino Bogachek, violin
Anna Balakerskaia, piano
Three Moods (East coast premiere) Don Bowyer (b. 1958)
I. Dearest
II. Lost in Regensburg
III. A Little Short
Michael Nickens, tuba
Linda Apple Monson, piano
Malaguena from “Andalucia” Ernesto Lecuona
(from Suite Espagnole)
Anna Balakerskaia, piano
Linda Apple Monson, piano
Program subject to change
Tickets for A "Grand" Piano Celebration: All-Steinway School Piano Dedication are $15, adults; $10, seniors; and free for students of all ages. All ticket proceeds to benefit the Jean Carrington Cook Piano Scholarship Fund for deserving students. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit www.tickets.com. The Center for the Arts complex is located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University at the intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123. Paid parking is located in the deck adjacent to the mainstage Concert Hall and FREE parking is located in university lot K. Visit www.gmu.edu/cfa
The College of Visual and Performing Arts exists to create an academic environment in which the arts may be considered both as individual disciplines and as interdisciplinary forms that strengthen each other. Believing that an education in the arts is deepened by regular contact with the work of distinguished visiting artists, the College draws on a variety of professional presenting and producing units where artists from across the country and around the world regularly perform, give master classes, work with students during extended residencies and interact with the community in a variety of other ways. These programs at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, TheaterSpace, Galleries, Harris Theater and other venues, provide a diverse selection of challenging and entertaining cultural experiences for the University community, as well as Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. area. The College houses four academic departments: Art and Visual Technology, Dance, Music and Theater.
About George Mason University
George Mason University, located in the heart of Northern Virginia’s technology corridor near Washington, D.C., is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. With strong undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering, information technology, biotechnology and health care, Mason prepares its students to succeed in the work force and meet the needs of the region and the world. Mason professors conduct groundbreaking research in areas such as cancer, climate change, information technology and the biosciences, and Mason’s Center for the Arts brings world-renowned artists, musicians and actors to its stage. Its School of Law is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 35 law schools in the United States.