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Inspiration and perfection through music performance and eduction Welcome to the 2013 CICA Summer Music Festival Concert

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The Chen International Culture and Arts Summer Music Festival was begun in Fayetteville by Thomas Chun-yu Chen in 2009. In 2013, Maestro Chen moved to the festival to Dallas after being impressed by the environment of visual and performing arts so prevalent in the small town. This years festival is CICAs most ambitious to date, bringing guest artists and faculty from around the world to Dallas. CICAs guest artists also serve to attract enrollment of students who will spend three weeks with the festival, receiving instruction from and attending master classes with these renowned musicians, often playing alongside them in concert as part of the festivals educational initiative - which is the ultimate focus. Revenue derived from ticket sales to concert performances also helps to fund the educational effort. This is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best players of our generation in solo, chamber ensemble and symphony performances. In addition, youll have the thrill of being among the first to hear young players and rising stars in the International Concerto Competition and the Sunday Student Recitals. The CICA Music festival is much more than a nightly concert series featuring renowned musicians. Every day from June 18 to July 7, children from kindergarten to college are taking intensive immersion courses in guitar, strings, harp, woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, voice and even composition from some of the finest teachers available. Thomas Chens ultimate goal is to found a permanent music conservatory in Dallas that will continue to draw students and faculty from around the world. This years CICA students have the rare opportunity to study with members of the Eroica Trio and have classes with Sara SantAmbrogio, Andrey Ponochevny, Aisha Syed Castro. Dr. Tony Baker, Dr. September Payne, Dr. Shih-Peng Chang, opera and movie artist Dominika Zamara and other accomplished teachers and musicians. The 2013 CICA Music Festival is all about celebrating the world of music by giving the next generation of talent the opportunity to flourish and bring its own music to the world. Theyre waiting in the wings for their time to comeso enjoy the music and celebrate with us. Your ticket purchase is rewarded twice once with an evening of enjoyment, and again by knowing your helped support CICAs educational mission to help young musicians develop their talents and preserve fine arts performance into the future. www.cicamusicfestival.org Email: info@cicamusicfestival.org Phone(901) 219-3931

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CICA Summer Music Festival 2013 Program

Due to the nature of our performances, all programming may be subject to change
July 15th, Monday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School
Extraordinary Artists Concert 1 Romeo and Juliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prokofiev, Sergei Arsentiy Kharitonov -- Piano Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig van Dr. Shih-Peng Chang --Violin Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig van Dr. Gregory Maytan -- Violin, Dr. Carlton McCreery -- Cello, Arthur Hart -- Piano

Extraordinary Artists Concert 2 Aisha Syde Castro Violin recital (Arthur Hart - Piano accompanist) Danse Espagnole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manuel de Falla El Primer Beso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julio Alberto Hernndez Le Grand Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astor Piazzolla Suite Populaire Espagnole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manuel de Falla Zapateado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pablo de Sarasate Intermission Pampeana No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alberto Ginastera Habanera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pablo de Sarasate Estrellita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manuel Ponce La Campanella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Niccol Paganini

July 16th, Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Extraordinary Artists Concert 3 Recital by Music CICA Festival Faculty and Participants Passages, for flute, trumpet and piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abraham Fabella Five Inventions for flute and C trumpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Presser Serendipity Miles from Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Stephenson Dr. Brian Walker - Trumpet, Dr. Julee Walker - Flute, Luis Sanchez - Piano Dr. Tony Baker - Trombone, Dr. John Irish - Trumpet, Dr. Howard Hilliard - Horn, Dr. Brian Walker ,Dr. Kevin Young

July 17th, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

More pieces will be added

Extraordinary Artists Concert 4 Andrey Ponochevny Piano Recital (Tchaikovsky international compeition and 9 other international competition awards winner) Six Sonatas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Domenico Scarlatti Sonata No.7 in B flat major, Op. 83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sergey Prokofiev Intermission Prelude in D minor; Fragments, Op. Posth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Rachmaninoff Andante (from Cello Sonata), Op. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arcadi Volodos 6 Preludes:F sharp minor, Op. 23 No.1, B flat Major, Op. 23 No.2, D Major, Op. 23 No.3, G major, Op.32 No.5 G sharp Minor, Op.32 No.12, D flat Major Op. 32 No.13

July 18th, Thursday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Symphony Concert 1 Concerto for 2 violins in D minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bach, J. S. Violin solo: Nanette Chen, Shih-peng Chang Vivaldi 4 seasons Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 Autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Vivaldi Violin solo: Nanette Chen Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven, Ludwig van Violin solo: Gregory Maytan Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dvorak, Antonio Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

July 19th, Friday 7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

July 20th, Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Dallas Pianos

the master class will be given by Andrey Ponochevny (Tchaikovsky international compeition and 9 other international competition awards winner) CICA summer music festival students and faculty recital Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank, Cesar Dr. Nanette Chen -- Violin

World Renowned Pianist Master Class

13520 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75244

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

Symphony Concert 2 The Marrige of Figaro-Overturn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saint Saens Camille Piano solo: Arsentiy Kharitonov Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dvorak, Antonio Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

CICA International Concerto Competition

July 22th, Monday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

CICA summer music festival students and faculty recital Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Opus 56b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johannes Brahms Danse Macabre .Op 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Saint-Saens Souvenirs op. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Barber La Valse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurice Ravel Dr. Le Kang -- Piano, Dr. Mei Zhu -- Piano Serendipity Miles from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Stephenson Centennial Horizon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin McKee, Aspen Grove, Interlude-Alpenglow, Roaring Gunnison Dr. Brian Walker --Trumpet Sonata in G Major Hamburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allegretto Rondo Dr. Julee Walker --Flute Beethoven piano trio Op. 70 GHOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig van Dr. Nanette Chen -- Violin, Dr. Carlton McCreery -- Cello, Arsentiy Kharitonov -- Piano

July 23th, Tueday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

CICA summer music festival students and faculty recital Program: TBA

July 24th, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Extraordinary Artists Concert 5 Gregory Maytan Violin Recital (Arthur Hart - Piano accompanist) Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig van Violin Sonata No. 18 in G Major (K 301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Achille-Claude Debussy Pome (Chausson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amde-Ernest Chausson

July 25th, Thursday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

July 26th, Friday 7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

Symphony Concert 3 Vivaldi 4 seasons violin concerto, Op. 8 Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antonio Vivaldi Violin solo: Gregory Maytan Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig Van Piano solo: Andrey Ponochevny Symphony No. 9 From the new world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dvorak, Antonio Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

July 27th, Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Dallas Pianos

13520 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75244 Chamber Music Concert and Party

Extraordinary Artists Concert 6 Sara Sant Ambrogio Cello recital (Arthur Hart - Piano accompanist) Porgy and Bess Fantasy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Gershwin Requiebros Piazzolla, Oblivion Piazzolla, Libertango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassado Gaspar Etude Op.25 no.7, Opus posthumous Nocturne, Polonaise Brillante Op.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frdric Chopin Intermission Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johannes Brahms

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

Symphony Concert 4 Overture from The Magic Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arias Soprano: Dominika Zamara Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig Van Piano solo: Andrey Ponochevny Symphony No. 9 From the new world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dvorak, Antonio Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

July 28th, Sunday 6:30 p.m. Chase Oaks Church

Symphony Concert 5 Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Bach J.S. violin concerto for 2 violins in Dminor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bach J.S. Violin solo: Nanette Chen, Shih-peng Chang Vivaldi 4 seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antonio Vivaldi Violin solo: Nanette Chen, Gregory Maytan Arias Soprano: Dominika Zamara Beethoven violin concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig Van Violin solo: Aisha Syed Castro Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

Extraordinary Artists Concert 7 Sara Sant Ambrogio Cello recital (Arthur Hart - Piano accompanist) Porgy and Bess Fantasy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Gershwin Requiebros Piazzolla, Oblivion Piazzolla, Libertango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassado Gaspar Etude Op.25 no.7, Opus posthumous Nocturne, Polonaise Brillante Op.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frdric Chopin Intermission Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johannes Brahms

July 29th, Monday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Extraordinary Artists Concert 8 Matthew McBride-Daline Viola recital FAE Scherzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ludwig van Beethoven Marchenbilder, Op. 113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Schumann Intermission Solo Sonata Op 25 No. 1 Trauermusik (Music of Mourning). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Hindemith

July 30th, Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Extraordinary Artists Concert 9 Arthur Hart Piano recital Polonaise op. 53 Ballade op. 23, Scherzo op. 37 Nocturne op. 27 no. 2 12 Etides op. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frdric Chopin

July 31th, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Chamber Music Concert by faculty and participants String Sextet No.1 in B-flat, Op.18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beethoven, Ludwig van Dr. Nanette Chen - Violin, Dr. Shih-Peng Chang - Violin, Dr. Gregory Maytan - Violin, Dr. Matthew Daline - Viola Dr. Marshall Fine - Viola, Dr. Carlton McCreery, Dr. Simona Barbu,Arthur Hart - Piano Dr. Tony Baker - Trombone, Dr. John Irish - Trumpet, Dr. Howard Hilliard - Horn, Dr. Brian Walker, Dr. Kevin Young

August 1st, Thursday 7:00 p.m. Hockaday School

Symphony Concert 6 Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Cello concerto Op. 8 Summer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elgar, Edward Cello solo: Sara Sant Ambrogio Symphony No. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schumann, Robert Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

August 2nd, Friday 7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

August 3rd, Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Dallas Pianos

13520 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75244 Chamber Music Concert and Party

CICA summer music festival students and faculty recital Program: TBA

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

Symphony Concert 7 Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Cello concerto Op. 8 Summer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elgar, Edward Cello solo: Sara Sant Ambrogio Intermission CICA international Concerto Competition winner awards Concerto Competition Winner Performance Symphony No. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schumann, Robert Conductor: Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen

August 3rd, Saturday 7:30 p.m. Brookhaven College

Orchestra Members
Dr. Gregory Maytan Dr. Nanette Chen Seula Lee Leah Greenfield Wei-Chen Huang Monica Lee Caleb Mallett Ellen Lee Krista Visnovsky Tzu-Ting Yeh Paulina Jeng Jaclyn Ruedisueli Dr. Shih-Peng Chang Aisha Syde Castro Zo Manfredi Hsin-Yu Shih Cheng-Hsuan Chen Chia-Ling Wu Mycah Kettner Hillary Ou Jina Zhao Shi-Yo (Jill) Chen Dr. Marshall Fine Dr. Matthew McBride-Daline Dr. Ellen Rose Dr. Lon Lon Kang Ching-Han Lin Tzu-Yu Wu Maria Rusu Dr. Carlton McCreery Sara Sant Ambrogio Dr. Simona Barbu Brooks Popwell Rachel Lin Juneho Kim Elaine Whitmire Marilyn liu Yo yo Wang Johnny Mok Jenna Whitehead Chiala Lee

Violin

Aubrey Reichman Tyler Francis Dr.Julee Walker Dr. September Payne Donald Bohanon-Wiliams Jason Couturier Jessa Martinez Dr. Susanna Hilliard Dr. Shannon Clardy Timothy Bagert Luis Leon Kyle Przybylski Peter Uterstein Burton Fowler Dr. Howard Hilliard Matthew Prost Howell Travis Bert Truax Dr. Brian Walker John Irish Stephen Braack Dr. Tony Baker Steven Eckert Rick Blake Kevin Young Emsley Timothy Chase Kallemeyn TJ Emsley

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Bassoon

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French horn

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Festival Director, CICA Orchestra Con- instrument designer, Maestro Chen has received First Prize in String Quartet ductor Thomas Chun-yu Chen
Maestro Thomas Chun-yu Chen is an internationally renowned conductor, violinist, composer, and string instruments maker and designer. A native of Taiwan, Mr. Chen has served as a member of the presidential string quartet, resident composer, and orchestra conductor for the ministry of Defense Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. Maestro Chen is the founder and the director of CICA international Music Festival and School. Each year over 35 International world-renowned classical performance artists perform under the directions of Maestro Chen, alongside the Core-Art International Chamber Orchestra and the CICA Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. As orchestra conductor and violinist, Maestro Chen directs and performs three to four seasons of concerts each year. He has performed and collaborated with many top symphonic performers in the world, including Sara Sant Ambrogio, Alexander Gilman, Tao Fan, Lech Antonio Uszynski, Gregory Maytan, Erika Nickrenz, Julia Bushkova, Arsentiy Kharitonov, Shihpeng Chang, Susie Park, Arthur Hart, Alla Aranovskaya, Boris Vayner, Leonid Shukayev, Evgeny Zvonnikov, Dominika Zamara, Nanette Chen, Tony Baker, the Eroica Trio, the St. Petersburg String Quartet, and many other performing artists. Chen has a BFA degree in performance from Fu-Jen Catholic University, MM degrees in performance, a Suzuki Violin Pedagogy degree from Southern Illinois University and a MA degree in Music Education from Lindenwood University. He did postgraduate doctorate study for the DM program at Florida State University and the DMA program at the University of Memphis. A decorated violin-maker and stringed

(France) and Academie Europenne de Musique (France), Baker grew his making and Tone Prizes in Violin and solo repute. These Viola from the VMAAI International achievements gained Violin-making Competition. Maestro him the opportuniChen, who has led research on violin ties to coach clinics making methodology for decades, is and jazz workshops known for his development of a unique at places such as crystallized violin varnishing methodology that achieves extraordinary the University of North Texas Jazz clarity, brightness, and tone. Maestro Combo Clinic, the Redbud Jazz FestiChen serves as a competition judge for val, the Capital University Jazz week, the Eureka Springs Violin Makers as well as give master classes and guest Conference held in Eureka Springs, performances at renowned schools such Arkansas and Dallas International Antonio Stradivari Violin Makers Confer- as Oberlin Conservatory, Cincinnati Conservatory, University of North Texas and ence held in Dallas, Texas which Ohio State to name a few. Bakers fervor feature over 200 string instrument exhifor the trombone militated his entrance bitions. Maestro Chen has recently concluded a into ensembles such as the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota successful 2012 season of CICA Opera Orchestra, the New Hampshire Summer Music Festival consisting of 7 Music Festival Orchestra, the Gramsymphonic concerts, 12 extraordinary artists concert series, 18 chamber music my-nominated Sounds of Blackness, the Kent Brass Quintet, the Woody Herman concerts and numerous other Band, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, solorecitals performed by such leading among a plethora of others. musicians as the Eroica Trio, the St. Through his vast and multifarious proPetersburn Quartet, Alexander Gilman, fessional experiences in the jazz as well as and Lech Uzsynski. Maestro Chens upcoming performances classical facets of music, Baker has been acclaimed as one of the best trombonists include conducting 7 symphony of his generation. Baker currently serves concerts and many violin performances as a member of the Richardson Symin the 2013 CICA summer music phony Orchestra (TX), the Intergalactic festival in Dallas, Texas from July 15 to Contemporary Ensemble in addition to August 4th 2013, leading and being Professor of Trombone at the Uniconducting the Core Art Chamber Orchestra, directing the Taiwan Interna- versity of North Texas College of Music. tional Music Festival 2014 in Taipei Taiwan, Dr. Simona Barbu and directing the Taipei 2014 An astounding cellist and educator, International Jazz Festival. Simona Barbu began her musical studies Dr. Tony Baker at age seven, gaining public attention as Tony Baker is an alumnus of the Unia member of the leading string quartet versity of Minnesota and the University from the Conservatory of Timisoara of Central Arkansas. After serving as an in her native Romania. She made her assistant professor at Ohio University solo debut performing Tchaikovskys and Kent State University, Baker went Variations on a Rococo Theme with the on to establish himself in the internation- Conservatorys Symphonic Orchestra. al realm. Through being featured as a Active throughout Europe and United soloist in festivals and performances such States as a soloist and chamber musician, as Grindavik Cultural Festival (Iceland), Barbu most recently appeared in ShangFestival International Dart Lyrique hai, China. Also active as an orchestral

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musician, she has performed with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, and served as principal cellist with both the Eroica Ensemble in Memphis, Tennessee as well as the Starkville Symphony Orchestra in Mississippi. Dr. Barbu graduated as the Music Conservatory valedictorian from Lynn University in Florida, continuing her studies in the master of music in cello performance program at Southern Methodist University under the tutelage of Nathaniel Rosen and Christopher Adkins. Subsequently, Barbu earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Memphis where she studied with cellist Leonardo Altino. She has participated in festivals such as the Brevard Music Center, Masterworks, and the International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Garfagana, Italy, and performed in master classes for Timothy Eddy, Yehuda Hanani, Lynn Harrell, Carol Ou, Amit Peled, Aldo Parisot and Janos Starker. During her doctorate studies, Barbu served as a faculty member at Mississippi State University, where she taught strings, coached string chamber ensembles, and conducted the orchestra. In 2011, Dr. Barbu was appointed Assistant Professor of Cello and Burgum Endowed Chair at the University of North Dakota, where she currently teaches cello, string bass, string methods and chamber music.

Julia Bushkova
Born into a family of renowned violinists in Moscow, Russia, Julia Bushkova began study of the violin at the age of five and made her concerto debut at the age of fifteen in Poland. She graduated summa cum laude from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

where she studied with Professors Zoria Shikhmurzaeva, Igor Bezrodny, Konstantin Adjemov, and Dmitri Shebalin of the Borodin String Quartet. During this time, she performed in Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, and the former USSR, including concerts in Moscows Great Hall and the Palace of Congress. Acclaimed by Joseph Gingold as a virtuoso of high rank, Julia Bushkova has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, in her native Russia, as well as Germany, Italy, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela. The Ann Arbor News emphasized, her remarkable expressiveness and an unusually large and beautiful tone... her dazzling cadenzas and extraordinary technical execution. These accurate depictions of her playing has landed her as one of Dallas finest violin teachers, giving her opportunities to teach at Brzewski International Master Classes in Poland, Yellow Barn Music School, Weathersfield Music Festival, Niagara International School for Musical Arts (Canada), the International Academy of Music (Italy), among a myriad of other festivals around the globe. Ms. Bushkovas students have gone on to attend the finest conservatories, including the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, Oberlin Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, Moscow Conservatory, and perform with well known ensembles and orchestras, such as Cavani String Quartet, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and New York Philharmonic. Bushkova currently serves as a violin professor at the University of North Texas College of Music.

wan National String Competition, winner of The National Taiwan Normal University Most Outstanding Musician Prize, and winner of The Taiwan National Culture Center Competition. During his time of United States, he also received the full scholarship from Aspen and Kent Blossom Music Festival. Mr. Chang is also member of Alexandria Symphony orchestra, Annapolis Opera Orchestra, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Chang founded the Taiwan Homeland Chamber Orchestra, and has leaded the orchestra to perform in many countries. He had released several award winning CDs which presents the compositions by well-known Taiwanese composer Dr. Diau-Hua Lim. Mr. Shih-Peng Chang joined CICA Music School in 2006. He decided to contribute his knowledge to our music education in order to help more students.

Dr. Nanette Chen

Nanette Chen started her musical education at the age of six in her native country, Taiwan. After graduating from Indiana University College of Music, she completed her doctoral degree at the University of Maryland under full scholarship with High Distinction and was awarded PI KAPPA LAMDA. She has studied with many renowned violinists such as Lin Yao-ji in China, Daniel Dr. Shih-Peng Chang Heifetz and Guarneri Quartet, Henryk Mr. Shih-Peng Chang He has given Kowalski in the US, and Ms. Su-Te Lee numerous recitals through Taiwan, in Taiwan. Dr. Chen is in high demand as soloJapan, United States, and Europe. After received his MM degree from Peabody ist, recitalist, chamber musician and music conservatory, he is a DMA (Doctor pedagogue. She has performed, among of Music Art) candidate at the University others, under Robert Scholz, Felix of Maryland. Mr. Chang has received Chiu-Sen Chen, Gustav Knig, Dr. many awards, including first prize of Tai- Jan Popper, Lutz Herbig, and Peng

Cao, with Taiwans leading orchestras including National Symphony Orchestra, Taipei City Symphony Orchestra, Taipei County Symphony Orchestra, Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra, Fu-Jen Catholic University Symphony Orchestra, and Yin Qi Symphony Orchestra. Her numerous recital engagements include performances all over Taiwan and occasionally in Europe, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., and Hong Kong. She has appeared at many major music specials including Taipei International Music Festival, Composition Competition Debut, Hsin-Tien Temple Art Series. As a chamber musician, Ms. Chen frequently appears as a major artist-member of chamber groups including KuanYu Ensemble, Rhapsodic String Quartet, Chopin Piano Trio, Taipei Ensemble of New Arts, New string Octet, and Taipei Ensemble Virtuoso, cooperating with visiting international musicians. At present, Professor Chen is the head of the Violin Teaching and Research Department at the National Taiwan Normal University and also teaches at Taipei Municipal University of Education.

in a NASA IDEAS grant to introduce astronomy activities to middle school and high school classrooms, allowing students access to a fully-automated research-grade telescope.

Arthur Hart
Arthur Hart, graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the Vienna Music Academy, has won numerous top prizes at international piano competitions. These have included the Juilliard Gina Bachauer Prize, the American Chopin Competition, the Maria Callas Prize in Greece, the Claude Kahn European Piano Award in Paris, and many others. On his debut at the Newport Music Festival, the New York Times noted him as, unquestionably a name to watch for. His marathon concert series have included the Thirty-Two Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Bachs Complete Well-Tempered Clavier, and the Liszt Piano Transcriptions of Beethovens Nine Symphonies. An avid interpreter of contemporary music, he was awarded First Prize at the Vienna Music Academys Twentieth-Century Piano Music Competition. Also active as a composer throughout his career, he was given the Alban Berg Composition Award during his studies in Vienna. He has held positions as Educational Music Director with Opera Carolina, and Artist-in-Residence for the St. Louis City Museum, and the International Piano Guild in West Palm Beach. Presently an accompanist at the University of Memphis, he has just released a CD named One on One with Chopin, and continues to compose.

Dr. Shannon Clardy

Shannon Clardy, Adjunct Professor of Oboe, performs as principal oboist with the Little Rock Wind Symphony and has performed with the Pine Bluff Symphony. While residing in Texas, she performed with the Arlington, Sherman, and Allen Symphonies. Her primary teachers include Eric Barr and James Hobbs. Dr. Clardy has performed under many notable conductors, including Frederick Fennell, Andrew Litton, Eduardo Mata, Keri-Lynn Wilson, H. Robert Reynolds, Gary Garner, Richard Giangiulio. In addition to her musical activities, Dr. Clardy is an active researcher in astronomy. Her primary research interest is the observation of the optical properties of X-ray binary systems. She is involved

Dr. Howard Hilliard

Howard Hilliard is a fifth generation Californian where he studied at the University of Southern California and received his Bachelor and Master of Music. At the invitation of principal conductor Zubin Mehta, he was invited to play principal horn in Florences main orchestra, LOrchestra Dr. Sussana Hilliard del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, for over Susanna Newton Hilliard was born in

six years. As part of that orchestra he recorded on many of the major classical labels as well as the original Three Tenors concert from Romethe fastest selling classical CD of all time. After returning to the United States, Dr. Hilliard received his doctoral degree from the University of North Texas College of Music. His most recent concerto engagements in Texas include performances with the Garland, Las Colinas, San Angelo and Arlington symphony orchestras. Dr. Hilliard has performed as principal horn in numerous symphonies through out the United States, Europe and Latin America. Orchestras and wind ensembles he has performed as principal horn with include: I Solisti Fiorentini; Solisti dellEnsemble Cameristico Pistoiese; Orquesta Sinfnica de la UANL; in Monterrey, Mexico, Boston Civic Symphony, North Shore Symphony, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas and Texas Wind Symphonies, Riverside County Philharmonic, West Side Symphony among others. He is currently the principal horn of the Garland, Las Colinas, San Angelo and Arlington symphony orchestras. Some of the conductors Dr. Hilliard has played principal horn for include: Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Guilini, Eduardo Mata, Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin, Georges Prtre, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thielemann, Myung-Wha Chung, Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Frederick Fennell as well as Zubin Mehta. He has been a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science, which selects the Grammy awards each year. In addition to being an active freelancer in the DFW Metroplex, he teaches French horn and trumpet, repairs brass instruments, does custom horn work and publishes both pedagogical articles and sheet music.

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England and raised in the Boston area. Her musical training began at the age of seven with the recorder. At eleven, she switched to the oboe. In high school, Susanna performed with both the New England Conservatory Youth Orchestra, under the baton of Benjamin Zander, and the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble (M.Y.W.E.), under conductor Frank L. Battisti. In 1976 she had the honor of touring Russia with M.Y.W.E. It was at the age of 15 after attending the Apple Hill music camp in the New Hampshire countryside, that she was inspired to pursue a lifelong career in music. Susanna received her Bachelors Degree in Musical Performance from the New School of Music in Philadelphia under the instruction of Stevens Hewitt and Louis Rosenblatt. She was the recipient of the prestigious Robert Montgomery Memorial Award for leadership, a full merit scholarship. She played numerous chamber music concerts as a member of a student-organized oboe quartet and performed in several local symphonies, soloing twice in 1978 and 1979. She then traveled to Los Angeles, California, where she played with the Desert Symphony, the Peninsula Chamber Orchestra, and the Glendale Chamber Orchestra. Subsequently, she won a oneyear position in the National Orchestra of New York in Manhattan, where she studied with Elaine Duvas, principal oboe of the Metropolitan Opera, and also performed with the New Amsterdam Symphony. During the next few years, while traveling at home and abroad, Susanna played in ensembles and orchestras in Boston, Los Angeles, and Florence, Italy. Her performances in Florence included the chamber groups Solisti a Fiato di Firenze and Solisti dellEnsemble Cameristico Pistoiese, and a unique recital at the historic Villa Corsi Salviati in Sesto Fiorentino. In 1994, Susanna and her family

which now included two sonsmoved to North Texas, where she launched her teaching career. She currently has a studio of more than 45 students a week, and plays oboe and English horn regularly in three symphony orchestras: the Irving Symphony, Plano Symphony, and San Angelo Symphony. Susanna is a co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Mlange Musical.

peninsula of Mexico. In addition to his passion to play music, Dr. Irish also enjoys writing about it. He has contributed to the Journal of the International Trumpet Guild as well as the Bandmasters Review, the Newsletter of the International Womens Brass Conference and The Brass Herals. Irish completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; he earned the Masters and Bachelors degrees Dr. John Irish John Irish is Professor of Music at Angelo from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Prominent teachers include Bert State University, Truax, Alan Siebert, John Carroll, Vince San Angelo, Texas. DiMartino, and Dale Marrs. In addition to his duties with the high brass studio, he Dr. Le Kang directs ASU high A native of China, pianist Le Kang brass ensembles. specializes in both Prior to this position, Chinese and Amerhe taught trumpet at ican classical music Wittenberg Univer- and has performed sity in Springfield, Ohio and at St. Marys these works widely University in San Antonio, Texas. His in China and the career includes performances with the United States. Le Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Kang earned a DMA the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, degree from the Unithe Dayton Philharmonic, the Omaha versity of Colorado Symphony Orchestra, among chamber and a BM degree in piano performance orchestras, brass quintets, and a wide from the prestigious Shanghai Conservavariety of dance bands and commercial tory, the leading music school in China. projects. He currently holds the position As a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and of principal trumpet of the San Angelo Shenzhen Piano Teacher Association Symphony Orchestra and resides as (Shenzhen, P.R.China), Le Kang won founder of the jazz quintet, Jazz Concho. a number of awards, including prizes This university position follows a disin the KAWAI International Piano tinguished career in the Air Force Band Competition, Pearl River Piano Competisystem in which he performed in all fifty tion, ISMTA, Bruce Ekstrand Memorial states in addition to Canada, Mexico, and Graduate Student Competition. Western Europe. Dr. Irish was featured She has served as juror for the China in 2005 as a guest artist in a series of National Giant Cup Art Talent Contest; master classes and as a soloist with an the Shenzhen Piano Open Competition; the TOYOMA Piano Competition, the orchestra in Chihuahua, Mexico as well as performing a solo recital in Taipei, Tai- Sonic Cup piano Open Competition; the Irmler Piano Competition and the wan in 2010. In May 2011, he gave the Golden Sunflower Cup National Piano world premiere of a new work for trumCompetition in China. pet by Australian composer, Brendan Le Kang is currently a Associate ProCollins at the 36th Annual Conference of the International Trumpet Guild in Min- fessor at Shenzhen University. Many of neapolis. In the summer of 2012, he was her students are prize winners of various competitions including the Hong Kongasked to perform as Principal Trumpet Asia Piano Open Competition; Irmler in the orchestra of Opera Maya, touring with that group throughout the Yucatan Piano Competition; Macau- Asia Piano

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Open Competition; TOYOMA Piano Competition; Hong Kong International Music and Arts Competition. And her students have been accepted by famous schools including the Manhattan School of Music.

Dr. Arsentiy Kharitonov

A prize winner of numerous national and international competitions, including the 1991 Sergei Rachmaninoff Competition (Russia), 2003 Slavic Music Competition (Ukraine), Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition (Memphis, USA), and the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, USA), Arsentiy Kharitonov has been heard in solo recitals and with orchestras in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. He studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music of the famed St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, where his musical progress was immediate and astounding. Soon, he was giving solo recitals, which featured his own compositions and brilliant improvisations in variety of musical styles in addition to the standard piano repertoire. Kharitonovs first orchestral appearances in Russia have included solo performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Theatre Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon graduating from St. Petersburg, he moved to the University of North Texas - the largest music school in the United States. His major teachers have been Igor Lebedev of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and, in the United States, Nikita Fitenko, and Joseph Banowetz. Recently, Kharitonov recorded first CD of a series of music by Leo Ornstein, which has been released internationally by Toccata Classics (London, England).

Dr. Gregory Maytan

Gregory Maytan is on the faculty at Grand Valley State University (Allen-

dale, MI). Playing over 50 recitals a year, Maytan performs major pieces around the worldincluding major pieces such as Paganini, Bruch, Barber and Tchaikovsky violin concertos. More recently, Maytan has toured through Nevada, Indiana, Michigan, Sweden, China, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. An avid chamber musician, he has participated in the prestigious chamber music festival Musikveckan in Junsele, Sweden; the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee; and the Sagatuck Chamber Music Festival in Sagatuck, MI. He has performed at venues such as Ravinia, Tanglewood and the Chicago Cultural Center. Recently he performed live on Chicago Public Radio. Maytans first CD, consisting of music from his native Scandinavia, was selected by The Strad as the top recital CD of April 2009 and highly praised by Strings Magazine and the American Record Guide. He has participated in the International Chamber Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, where he was a featured prize winner, and he has placed in the Swedish Royal Academys competition for post-graduate three years in a row. A sought-after teacher, he has presented master classes at Butler University (Indianapolis), the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the University of Nevada-Reno, Northern State University-Aberdeen the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway, the University of North Texas-Denton, The University of Florida- Gainesville and the University of Wyoming-Laramie. Maytan has recently been involved in the musical ensemble Luna Nova and also maintains his position as concertmaster of the Battle Creek Symphony. Maytan has also performed as concertmaster and section leader for legendary conductors Kurt Masur and Christoph Von Dohnanyi. He earned his doctorate in violin

performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, where he studied with the renowned violinists Miriam Fried and Paul Biss. Other teachers include Igor Petruschevski (London), Federico Agostini (Bloomington) and Alexander Kerr (Bloomington). He is currently performing on the 1766 exLoeb Nicolo Gagliano.

Dr. Matthew McBride-Daline

Mr. Daline enjoys an international career as a chamber musician and viola soloist. He began his studies on violin with Michele Auclair of the Paris Conservatory, and continued his studies on the viola with Marcus Thompson and Martha Strongin Katz at the New England Conservatory. He received his Bachelors Degree from The Juilliard School where he was a Teaching Assistant for Karen Tuttle and his Masters Degree from Yale University where he studied with Jesse Levine. Dr. McBride-Dalines pursuit of a higher education has landed him the opportunity to work with venerable musicians including Katherine Murdock and Lawrence Dutton. Daline made his debut in Carnegie Hall after winning he 1999 Artists International Competition. Since this performance, Daline has been invited to perform worldwide as a viola soloist. In terms of chamber music experience, Daline has performed in a multiplicity of chamber music festivals including The Banff Center for the Arts, the Spoleto Festival, the Verbier Academy, The Tanglewood Festival, among many others. More recently, Daline has held viola and chamber music master classes at Yale University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Yonsei University, Penn State, among other impressive conservatories across the globe. Dalines musical versatility has granted her opportunities to perform in most of the major concert halls in North America including Lincoln Centers Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Daline

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has recently performed as the Principal Violist of The Baton Rouge Symphony, Opera Louisiane, and with the Louisiana Philharmonic. In 2006 Mr. Daline started the Southern Viola Society which organized events at Louisiana State University. Mr. Daline performs on a Brescian Viola circa 1690.

Andrey Ponochevny is a prize-winning pianist born in Minsk, Belarus on December Dr. Carlton McCreery 31, 1976. He graduatCarlton McCreery, Professor of Cello, is ed at the Belarussian a native of Toledo, State Academy of Ohio and began Music in 2001, and studying cello in the Dr. September Payne soon afterward was fourth grade. In high Dr. Payne is Adjunct Flute Professor/ awarded the Bronze school, he served a Medal at the XIII Lecturer of Music principal cellist and History, Emeritus at Tchaikovsky competition. In addition soloist with the Tole- SDSU, Grossmont to his success in Moscow, Ponochevny do Youth Orchestra. and Mesa Colleges. has won First Prize at the Tomassoni He went on to study She is a teaching/ International Piano Competition in under Peter Howard at Bowling Green Cologne, Germany and First Prize at performing faculty State University. Immediately after his member of CICA the William Kapell International Piano college graduation, Mr. McCreery was Competition in Maryland. His other International Sumappointed Principal Cellist of the Toledo mer Orchestra & competition achievements include top Symphony Orchestra. He studied in prizes in Prague, Warsaw (Chopin), DubChamber Music Festival in Dallas, TX, Zurich, Switzerland with Gregor Piatigand Raffaele Trevisanis Summer Flute lin (AXA), Moscow, Hong Kong, Riga orsky and at the Mozarteum Academy in Course in Milan, Italy. (Latvia), Alexandria and New Orleans Salzburg, Austria with Antonio Janigro. (Louisiana). Former free lance positions include: At the University of Michigan, he studied Houston Symphony, San Diego ChamSince then, he has toured extensively with Oliver Edell and conducting with throughout the world, performing solo ber Orchestra, Boston Opera, Banff Elizabeth A.H. Green. He had further recitals at major historical venues such as Festival Orchestra, and Philharmonic cello study with such noted artists as Woodwind Quintet. As Director of Wind/ Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New Zara Nelsova and Lynn Harrell. York City; Kennedy Center and Phillips Brass at California Institute of Music, His first academic appointment was at conductor of SDSU Flute Choir and CYO Collection in Washington, DC; Preston the age of 23 at Pittsburg State UniverBradley Hall, Beethonvenhalle, City Hal Wind Ensemble, Dr. Payne recruited sity, where he was a member of the Res- and mentored young orchestral musiin Hong Kong, Salle Alfred Cortot in ident String Quartet. He also served as cians. She served as President to the SD Paris among others. a Professor at Southwest Missouri State Flute Guild and now as a flute mentor for Mr. Ponochevny has appeared with University and the Lawrence Conserva- NFAs scholarship program. the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, tory of Music. In addition to performing Currently, September (co-founder of Des Moines Symphony, Rogue Valley with the internationally acclaimed Cadek SD Coastal Flutes) brings cutting edge Symphony and the Illinois Symphony, projects & international artists to So. Trio, Mr. McCreery serves as Director Nashua Symphony, Warsaw PhilharCal. As a clinician and in her Music West monic, Irving Symphony, Louisiana of Orchestral Studies at the University of Alabama. Mr. McCreery has concertFlute Studio, she teaches the traditions Philharmonic, Plano Symphony, Tianjin ized in China, South America, Austria, of her mentors of the French School of Symphony, Xinjiang Philharmonic, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, flute playing: Moyse, Rampal, Galway, Orchester der Ludwigsburger SchlossSwitzerland and Boston, Washington, Gilbert, Tipton, Buyse and Wincenc. festspiele and Belarusian State SymphoD.C. and New York.The Bucaramanga September is a mover and shaker in ny. Vanguardia Liberal wrote that the perthe world of Classical flute. She is a perHis concerts have been broadcast on formance showed flawless interpretation sonable expert in her field who produces WGBH Boston, WQXR New York, great results. Many of her students from WFMT Chicago, WDR Cologne (Germaand . . . refined beauty. He dealt with SDSU, Grossmont, Mesa, and Houston the variety of moods with a high degree ny), Kultura Minsk (Belarus), SIRTVS of virtuosity, said the Meridian Star and Colleges hold jobs in universities and orLjubljana (Slovenia), ROROR Buchathe Birmingham News said, Carlton Mc- chestras. She is someone every San Diego rest (Romania), AUABC Adelaide (AusCreery performed musically, with clean flutist should get to know. tralia), DKDR Copenhagen (Denmark).

intonation and flawless rhythm . . . Mr. McCreery recently completed his 33rd year on the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Center, where he was Principal Cellist of the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Repertory Symphony Orchestra. Mr. McCreery owns several cellos, including a Scarampella and a Carl Becker (1930).

Dr. Kurakowa, Music Director, San Marcos College; formerly Grossmont College.

Andrey Ponochevny

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Andrey Ponochevny has performed at several prestigious festivals such as Ruhr Klavier Festival and the Bonner Herbst, International Keyboard Institute and Festival (IKIF) in New York city, International Ludwigsburg Festival; Serie de los Nuevos Virtuosos in Puerto Rico, Bravissimo Festival in Guatemala city, Changchun International festival, China, Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO. He also holds several prestigious awards from China such as Outstanding Artist in China 2009 and 2011, Honorable professor of Jilin College of Arts and visiting professor at the Beihua University. Mr.Ponochevny graduated from Belarussian Academy of Music where he received his Bachelor and Master degrees. He also holds his Artist Diploma from TCU, Fort Worth, where he studied with Dr. Tamas Ungar. He continued to refine his skills in the Artist Certificate Program at SMU in Dallas with renowned pianist Joaquin Achucarro. In addition to his concert schedule, he also teaches piano at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.

Whitaker, The Dealey, Artists International, Palm Beach awards as well as a Grammy Award for her performance of Bernsteins Arias and Barcarolles. SantAmbrogio has been profiled in Strings, Glamour, Gramophone, Vogue, Strad, Elle, In Fashion, Bon Appetit, Detour, Travel and Leisure, Fanfare and Swing magazines, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, on CBS, ABC, PBS, Fox, USA and CNN networks. Ms. SantAmbrogio has appeared as a soloist with such orchestras as Atlanta, the Beijing Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Budapest, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Osaka Century Orchestra (Japan), St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle; she has performed throughout the world at major music centers and festivals including Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Konzert Huset in Stockholm, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Musikverein in Vienna, Ravinia, Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo and Great Mountain Festival in Korea. Ms. SantAmbrogio started cello studDr. Ellen Rose ies with her father John SantAmbrogio, Ellen Rose, a Juilliard School graduate, principal cellist of the St. Louis Symsince 1980, has served phony, and at the age of 16 was invited as Principal Viola of on full scholarship to study with David the Dallas SymphoSoyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. ny. She has perSara SantAmbrogio Three years later world renowned cellist formed with Itzhak (Eroica Trio) Leonard Rose invited Ms. SantAmPerlman, Pinchas Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara brogio to study at The Juilliard School; SantAmbrogio first Zukerman and Yowithin weeks of arriving, she won the Yo Ma in chamber leapt to international all-Juilliard Schumann Cello Concerto music concerts and attention when she Competition, resulting in the first of has appeared as soloist and chamber was a winner at the many performances at Lincoln Center. musician in the U.S., Europe and South Eighth International Ms. SantAmbrogio is a founding America. She served on The Aspen music Tchaikovsky Violonmember of the Eroica Trio. The Trio won faculty from 1989-2002 and currently cello Competition in the prestigious 1991 Naumburg Award, teaches at Southern Methodist UniverMoscow, Russia. As resulting in an acclaimed Lincoln Center sity. Rose can be heard on two CDs on a result of her medal, the Centaur Records label. She has given Carnegie Hall invited Ms. SantAmbrogio debut and has since extensively toured the United States, Europe, Asia, the Midmaster classes at The Juilliard School, to perform a recital that was filmed by dle East, Australia, and New Zealand. Manhattan School of Music, and the CBS News as part of a nationally teleIn 1997 the Trio opened the Distinctive Cleveland Institute of Music. She has vised profile about her. The New York been a performer and guest speaker at Times described her New York debut as, Debuts series at Carnegie Hall, and that year represented Carnegie Hall as the Viola National Congresses in Sweden sheer pleasure. and the U.S. She has written two books: In addition to the Tchaikovsky Medal, the official chamber music ensemble in concerts worldwide. While touring the EXTREME VIOLA (a scale book) and Ms. SantAmbrogio has won numerous VIOLA EXCERPTS PLUS. international competitions, including The globe, Eroica has released eight celebrat-

In January, 2010, she presented a world premiere of a viola concerto dedicated to her by composer, Margaret Brouwer, that was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony. In March of 2012, she recorded the concerto with Jaap van Zweden conducting members of the DSO. In 2010, she returned to Romania to do master classes and chamber music concert. In the summer of 2010, she joined the faculty of the Summer Institute in Budapest, Hungary. In November, 2012, she did a recital tour of China in Beijing, Shanghai and Kunming giving master classes at the Beijing Conservatory of Music and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as well as coaching string ensembles. In July, 2013 she will be giving master classes in Moscow before going to festivals in Romania and Hungary. As a philanthropist, she has worked with Childrens Medical Center of Dallas to raise money for the childrens cancer unit and has raised funds for The Nelson Center for abused and abandoned children.. Her recital fee in Kunming, China was donated to the Kunming International Academy to buy instruments and create scholarships. She was also a volunteer counselor at the Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center.

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ed recordings for Angel EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy nominations. Sara Joined CICA Summer Music Festival as cello faculty and distinguished artist since 2012 and will serve as faculty and CICA 5th international concerto competition judge in 2013.

studied with Will Roberts of the Dallas Symphony. Additional teachers include Jeff Keesecker of the Florida State University where Peter holds a bachelors degree in bassoon as well as John Hunt of the Eastman School of Music and Trevor Cramer.

Dr. Walker is currently the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Tarleton State University.

Dr. Julee Kim Walker

Flutist Julee Kim Walker remains an active performer and pedagogue in the DFW and Texoma regions. She is the newly appointed Instructor of Flute at Texas A&M University. Prior to her appointment, she held teaching positions at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Grayson County College, Eastfield College, and the University of North Texas as a Teaching Fellow. Ms. Walker received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her Masters degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Currently, she is a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) at the University of North Texas. Ms. Walker has served on the Board of Directors in the Texas Flute Society and the Oklahoma Flute Society, and is the Director of the Texas Summer Flute Symposium. As a versatile chamber musician, she has performed and recorded with the jazz chamber group, Evan Weiss Project , and with the rock band Oso Closo. Julee has also performed and recorded with the North Texas Wind Symphony under Eugene Corporon, where she can be heard on the Klavier Wind Project, GIA WindWorks and the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series from 2005-2009. She appeared as soloist with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra in 2006, and has performed at the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles conventions. Overseas, she was flutist for the Austrian American Mozart Academy Opera Festival in Salzburg, Austria for 3 seasons, and has performed as Principal flutist with the Franco-American Vocal Academy Opera Festival in Perigueux, France. In April 2012, she was featured soloist with the

Dr. Brian Walker

Instructor of Music at Southeastern teaches courses in Music Theory, applied Trumpet and is Director of the Southeastern Jazz Ensemble. He has completed trumpet performance degrees from Southeastern Oklahoma State University (B.M.), The Florida State University (M.M.), and the University of North Texas (D.M.A.). Dr. Walker has performed with many groups in the DFW region including the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Dallas Opera, Plano, Allen, Arlington, Las Colinas, Irving, Garland, and Dallas Chamber Orchestras. He has also had the opportunity to perform with the North Texas Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and the Grammy Nominated UNT One Oclock Lab Band. While at Florida State, Dr. Walker performed with the Tallahassee Symphony, Pensacola Symphony, New World Symphony, Tallahassee Ballet, and Miami Opera Company to name a few. As a soloist, Dr. Walker has given recitals in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Mytilene, Greece and performed throughout France. As a teacher, he has been a Teaching Assistant at The Florida State University and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. His private students have gone on to study at distinguished universities such as: Michigan University, Julliard School of Music, Harvard University, Yale University, Eastman School of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music and have been placed in a multitude of area youth orchestras, jazz ensembles and All-State groups. As a student, he has studied with Michael Miles, Iskander Akhmadullin, Christopher Moore, John Holt and Keith Johnson.

Bert Truax
Bert Truax started playing trumpet when he was 7 years old, and soloed with the San Francisco Symphony when he was 13. After graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music in1976, he won the job of Second Trumpet with the Dallas Symphony, where he played for 23 years. In 1985 he took a leave of absence to play a season as Second Trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He played Principal Trumpet with the Richardson Symphony from 2001 to 2009, and currently is Principal Trumpet of the Lewisville Symphony. He also performs with the East Texas and Wichita Falls Symphony orchestras. As a successful composer, Bert has been commissioned by the Dallas Symphony, the Dallas Bach Society, the West Point Military Academy, and New York Philharmonic Principal Trombonist Joseph Alessi.

Peter Unterstein
Peter Unterstein is currently the contrabassoonist and utility bassoonist of the Fort Worth Symphony, a position he has held since 2000. He also serves as the principal bassoon of the Plano Symphony and the Irving Symphony and is in demand as a freelance player throughout the Dallas metroplex. He holds a Masters degree from the Univeristy of Michigan where he studied with Richard Beene and an Artist Certificate from the Southern Methodist University where he

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1981 in Wroclaw (Poland). Though her first instrument was the piano, Dr. Zamaras first musical passion was actually singing. When she was a child she performed many religious solos during Dr. Kevin Young church masses and Kevin Young is a native of Baton Rouge, also recorded several numbers for Polish Louisiana where he Radio. began his music caHer professional singing classes started reer playing trombone in Secondary Richard Bukowski School and tuba at the age of in Wroclaw where she studied under 11. After graduating Professor Hanna Celejewski and gradfrom high school he uated summa cum laude. After serving attended Louisiana as a leading role in the play Sweeney State University. His Agonastis at the Jerzy Grotowski Theater academic career was and after receiving a scholarship from the interrupted with his enlistment into the Italian government, Zamara studied at United States Army. He spent nearly nine years serving his country at four sep- the Italian Conservatorio in Verona and arate duty stations. His assignments were then finished her studies at the Music Academy in Wroclaw, receiving summa to the 1st Calvary Division Band in Ft. cum laude and becoming a Master of Hood, Texas, 8th Army Band in Seoul, Fine Arts. Korea, The United States Continental Some of her more interesting works Army Band in Ft. Monroe, Virginia and are her projects in collaboration with the the 389th Army Band (AMCs own) venerable Polish artist, Witold Liszkowsin Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryki. Together they pioneered new syntheland. Kevin has performed extensively throughout the East Coast from Orlando, sized genres such as rock-opera, painting, theater, and dance. Florida to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has In more recent years, Zamara toured also performed as a free-lance musician France during the Sacred Music Festival outside of his military assignments with along with the notable organist, Fabrice many chamber ensembles. Pitroise; she also toured internationally Now out of the military, Kevin comthrough Germany, Poland, Great Britain, pleted both the Bachelor of Music and and Switzerland, and Italy, where she Master of Music degrees from L.S.U. sung for the Vatican and the Polonia Kevin is the Principal Tubist of the Academy Awards. In 2011, she made Rapides Symphony Orchestra and has her debut in Los Angeles, performing the performed with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Dominion Brass Band leading role of Mimi in the opera La Boheme alongside famous actors Maria and the Salt River Brass. He has been a Newman and Chris Allport. She went on semi-finalist in auditions for the United to act in the Mozart Festival in Salzburg States Army Band, The United States and participated in the Stradivari FestiField Band, The Dallas Brass Quintet val, singing in the Lodz Cathedral. and The United States Military AcadeAt present Dominika resides in Italy and my Band. His playing has been greatly holds the position of Associate Professor influenced by Dr. Joseph Skillen, Larry of voice at the Certosa Italian Academy Campbell, Sam Pilafian, Pat Sheridan, of music. Deanna Swoboda, John Manning and Robert Nunez.

Dr. Mei Zhu

where her intelligent and passionate performances have received wide acclaim. The Denver Post has described her playing as penetrating beyond technical requirements to encounter its emotional heart. Her Mozart playing has been praised by Paul Badura-Skoda as intelligent and beautiful. She won the first prize in the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition, the first prize in the Zhejiang Professional Music Competition, Howard Lebow Music Award, Kent/Blossom Chamber Music Fellowship, Simms Piano Fellowship and many others. She has performed with Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra, UMass Orchestra, and Stony Brook Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with great musicians across the world, presenting numerous concerts, including those in the Weill Hall of Carnegie, Reinberger Hall of Severance, Fine Arts Center at Amherst, Ludwig Hall at Kent, Harris Hall at Aspen, Berkner Hall at Brookhaven, Staller Fine Arts center at Stony Brook, Shanghai Concert Hall, etc. She could be heard on broadcasts by KAJX-91.5 FM, WKSU-89.7FM radio stations, and on the Springfield TV station. From 2003-2007, she has received chamber music coaching with Emerson String Quartet, Gilbert Kalish, Colin Carr, Pamela Frank, Frank Morelli, and Elain Bonnazzi. Born in Hangzhou, China, Ms Zhu received her Bachelors degree in piano performance from Shanghai Conservatory of Music under Shiyu Zhou. She earned her Masters degree in solo and chamber music from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she worked with Estela Olevsky and Nadin Shank, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Stony Brook University under the tutelage of Christina Dahl. Ms Zhu is now serving as associate professor and Deputy Head of the Piano Department of the Xinghai Conservatory of Music.

Dominika Zamara
Dominika Zamara was born on 11 Aug

Ms Mei Zhu, pianist, has giving numerous performances in the US and Asia

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