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Richard Danielpour, Composer in Residence

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This past weekend, UConn’s Department of Music hosted award-winning composer, Richard Danielpour. Danilepour, a faculty member of UCLA and the Curtis Institute of Music, kicked-off the weekend with a Five Things I Wish I Knew as a College Student seminar at convocation, followed by a piano masterclass on Friday night. On Saturday, composition students worked with him on their own pieces, followed by a symposium on his works. This Sunday, September 24th, Dr. Angelina Gadeliya gave a stunning recital at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts featuring the music of Danielpour, Bach, Liszt, and Beethoven. This recital also served as the premiere of Danielpour’s work, “The Four Elements”, commissioned by the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Dean’s Grant, and Doucet and Stephen Fischer for Angelina Gadeliya.

Above: Richard Danielpour and Angelina Gadeliya
Below: Richard Danielpour works with UConn composers.

 

 

Master Class with Dover String Quartet on Thursday, April 27

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The Dover Quartet will be giving a master class on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 10:30 AM at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Chamber Stage.

Considered one of the most remarkably talented string quartets ever to emerge at such a young age, the Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three Special Prizes. They won the Grand Prize at the 2010 Fischoff Competitioin, and are now the first ever Quartet-in-Residence for the venerated Curtis Institute of Music.

“The young American String Quartet of the moment.” – The New Yorker

The master class program is as follows:

Mendelssohn Quartet No.2 in A minor Op.13
Presto-Adagio non lento

Beethoven Quartet in F Major Op.59
Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

Osiris String Quartet
Brian Roach, violin
Peter Nowak, violin
Brandon Kaplan, viola
Bronwyn Reeve, cello

Mendelssohn Quartet in E flat Major Op.12
Molto allegro e vivace

Meraki Quartet
Priscilla Back, violin
James Lee, violin
Mai Vestergaard, viola
Andrew Frascarelli, cello

The Dover Quartet will be performing at Jorgensen Center on April 25 and April 27 at 7:30 PM.

http://jorgensen.uconn.edu/events/view.php?id=531

The master class is made possible in collaboration with Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.

Dr. Ed Large Presentation on March 31st

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On Friday, March 31st, Dr. Ed Large, Professor of Psychology will present a paper entitled “A Neuro-Dynamic Model of Rhythm Perception” in von der Mehden Recital Hall.  The presentation will begin at 1:25 pm.

Professor Large directs the Music Dynamics Laboratory at University of Connecticut, where he is a Professor of Psychological Sciences and Professor of Physics. He is President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, has published over 70 articles, and been awarded 5 patents. We are pleased and honored to welcome him to our department and hear his talk.

For those interested in preparing for his talk, please follow this link to read one of his papers.

 

Master Class with Violinist Theodore Arm on April 5th

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University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Department of Music welcomes back  an Emeritus Professor  and a 2010 recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award from the School of Fine Arts, violinist Theodore Arm.

He will be giving a Master Class in von der Mehden Recital Hall at 11 am on April 5, 2017.  The Master Class is made possible in collaboration with the UConn Foundation and a generous contribution by John and Jean Lenard.

Theodore “Teddy” Arm has delighted audiences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia with his artistry. He has appeared as soloist, recitalist and guest artist with such well-known organizations as The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Group for Contemporary Music, New York’s Festival Chamber Players and the Boston Chamber Music Society. In 2011 Arm conducted Master classes in Seoul and performed as a guest artist at the opening of the Chamber Music Hall at the Seoul Arts Center.

He has been a member of the highly acclaimed chamber group TASHI since 1976 and has performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea and Gary Burton throughout Europe and Asia. He has had several works written for him, including a violin chamber suite by Gabriela Frank that he performed at Carnegie Hall in November of 2004. He has recorded for RCA, Delos, Koch, Musical Heritage Society and ECM.

In 2014, Theodore Arm was appointed Adjunct Professor of Violin at Connecticut College. He holds a Doctorate in Performance from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Christine Dethier and Joseph Fuchs.

Dover Quartet Master Class, March 1st

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The Dover Quartet will be giving a master class on Wednesday, March 1st at 10:30 am in the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Chamber Stage.

Considered one of the most remarkably talented string quartets ever to emerge at such a young age, the Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three Special Prizes. They won the Grand Prize at the 2010 Fischoff Competitioin, and are now the first ever Quartet-in-Residence for the venerated Curtis Institute of Music.

Following the master class, the Dover Quartet is performing at Jorgensen Center on March 2, 2017.

http://jorgensen.uconn.edu/events/view.php?id=494

Violin Master Class with Wendy Sharp on February 24th

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On February 24th, award-winning violinist Wendy Sharp will be giving a master class in von der Mehden Recital Hall, from 1:25-2:15 pm.

Wendy Sharp performs frequently as a recitalist and a chamber musician. In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, she is on the faculties of the Yale School of Music and California Summer Music, and maintains a private studio.  For nearly a decade, Ms. Sharp was the first violinist of the Franciscan String Quartet. As a member of the Quartet, she toured the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan, and was honored with many awards including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Press and City of Evian Prizes at the Evian International String Quartet Competition. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, she attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with Distinction in Music and received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms. Sharp has served on the faculties of Mannes College, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Choate Rosemary Hall, and has participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music West, Norfolk, and Music Academy of the West festivals.

Singing Shakespeare at the Benton

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UConn students will be singing Shakespeare this Friday at the Benton!  Highlights of the evening will include Collegium Musicum performing part of “Shakespeare’s Songbook” and “Spem in alium,” a 40-part vocal composition by Thomas Tallis.

Date:  Friday, September 23, 2016
Time:  8:00 pm
Location:  William Benton Museum of Art

For more information, visit the First Folio website or Kenneth Best’s article in UConn Today.