Performing works by Martinu, Gordon Jacob, Prokofiev, and more on the chamber music series of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra.
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Gil Shaham, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Chamber music performance at the WKU Recital Hall, with Arun Nadgir
Shostakovich - Sonata for viola and piano
Bach - Suite no 4 in E flat major
Henze - Serenade for solo viola
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gustav Mahler, arr. Cooke: Symphony No. 10
Direct, teach, and perform at the 2024 Hilltop String Festival
The Hilltop String Festival is an intensive program housed on the beautiful campus of Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Festival offers dedicated string players the opportunity to deepen their musical and instrumental skill through studying with world-renowned faculty members. The program includes lessons, master classes, chamber music, performance opportunities, faculty concerts, practice coaching, and musical enrichment.
https://www.wku.edu/strings/hilltop.php
Teach, perform, and direct chamber music program at the IU Summer String Academy.
More info here: https://jacobsacademy.indiana.edu/descriptions/summer-string-academy.html
Recital at the 2024 Jacobs School of Music Summer Chamber Music Festival.
Gordon Jacob - Prelude, Passacaglia, and Fugue for violin and viola
Henze - Sonata for viola and piano
Bruch - Eight pieces, op. 83, for viola, clarinet (violin), and piano
With Aram Arakelyan and Ching-Yi Lin
Direct, teach, and perform at the WKU Summer String Institute
The WKU Summer String Institute is a concentrated week of study for violin, viola, cello, and bass students ages 4 - 18. Enrolled students will participate in master classes, group instruction, orchestral study, concerts, and musical enrichment on the campus of Western Kentucky University. The Institute features two courses of study:
Twinklers: A half-day session for young beginners
Young Musicians: A full-day session for elementary through high school age students
The Institute offers all students the valuable opportunity to deepen their knowledge of string playing in an engaging and exciting environment. The teaching faculty of the Summer String Institute includes WKU music faculty members and guest artist teachers.
https://www.wku.edu/strings/ssi.php
Presentation at the 2024 ASTA National Conference.
Publishing an article may seem like a monumental task, but it doesn’t have to be! If you’re able to teach private lessons or lead strings class, you can become a successful author. In this session, we’ll break down the writing process, from generating ideas and overcoming doubt all the way to completing a project. I’ll share the insights I’ve gained as the editor of music publications to help you become a published author!
Presentation at the 2024 ASTA National Conference
Summer presents a tremendous opportunity for student musical growth. Because summer is viewed as vacation time, students and parents neglect their studies and miss out on this opportunity. In this presentation, we will discuss multiple strategies for keeping students engaged, practicing, and performing over the summer. These ideas will be useful for private studio teachers and school educators. We will focus on setting up a summer lesson program, creating special projects, building festivals, and more!
Presentation at the 2024 Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
Some frustrated writer once said “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” That person should come to this session! We’ll share tips for generating ideas and writing an article, as well as specific insights for publishing in the American Suzuki Journal. The skills you use every day, from lesson planning to leading group class, are immediately applicable to writing. Come to this session to unlock your inner writer—“write” now!
Soloists: Ching-Yi Lin, Andrew Braddock
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W. A. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra (chamber reduction by Joshua Dieringer)
Gordon Jacob - Prelude, Passacaglia, and Fugue for violin and viola
Western Kentucky University
Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
Eslite Performance Hall
Prelude, Passacaglia, and Fugue (1949) - Gordon Jacob
Serenade, op. 12 (1920) - Zoltán Kodály
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364 (320d) - Wolfgang Mozart
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
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At WKU FAC Recital Hall
with Arun Nadgir, piano
Szymanowski, Prokofiev, Chick Corea
https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/concert/2023-2024-season/classical-4-corea-s-concerto-plus-romeo-juliet/
Mahler 4
Schubert 5
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Brahms, Bacewicz, Bach, Montgomery
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Works by Rebecca Clarke, Grażyna Bacewicz, George Benjamin, and Ernst Bloch.
with Ching-Yi Lin (violin), Aram Arakelyan (piano), Roeland Jagers (viola)
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Bomsori Kim, violin
R. Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
Wieniawski - Fantasia on Themes from Gounod’s Faust
Waxman - Carmen Fantasy
R. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Nashville Symphony | Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Copland - Rodeo
Leonard Slatkin - Kinah
Elgar - Symphony No. 1
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Jorge Lopez-Yañez, tenor | Cesar Sanchez, tenor | Bernardo Bermudez, tenor
The Three Mexican Tenors
Ahoy, mateys! This wacky high-seas Britcom has spelled family fun since the Victorian era. Join the most unlikely band of pirates ever known as they sail through the clever wordplay and infectiously merry music Gilbert & Sullivan are known for! Hum along (in your head, at least!) with the famous melodies and set your phasers on pun. This madcap gem guarantees you’ll leave the theater singing! Parrot and eye patch optional, but do dress up if you’re inspirrrrred! (We arrrrrgh!)
By Arthur Sullivan / Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra
Sung in English with projected English titles
Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, op 18 no 4
Dvorak: Terzetto
Paducah, KY
5:30pm
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Presentation at the ASTA National Conference in Orlando, FL
Martelé and the Mastery of Sound Production
Galamian wrote that martelé is “one of the most fundamental of all strokes, and its mastery will benefit the right-hand technique well beyond the limit of this particular bowing.” In this session, we will explore the myriad possibilities the martelé stroke offers for developing a beautiful tone. From the first bow strokes to advanced repertoire, to shifting, vibrato, and set up, participants will learn about the long-lasting physical and tonal benefits of the martelé stroke.
Presentation at the ASTA National Conference, in Orlando, FL.
#100daysofpractice
Description: If you type in #100daysofpractice into your Instagram search box, you will find thousands of posts uniting musicians in their efforts to support and motivate each other. #100daysofpractice was created by violinist Hilary Hahn, who posted daily videos of her own practicing over 100 consecutive days and shared her personal insights. This session will cover the beneficial aspects of using social media for you and your students and will provide healthy social media guidelines.
Join us in the beautiful Mabry Concert Hall at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN (map) for a Suzuki play-down! We will all join together to play selections from the Suzuki violin, viola, cello, and brass repertoire. A teacher social will follow.
Registration for this event is free and required. Both MTSA member and non-member students, parents, and teachers are invited to register and attend. Use the button at left to register, and then you will receive the repertoire list and further details about the event by email.
Attending teachers (including violas & cellos) are invited to submit repertoire recommendations based on anticipated attendance from your studio to fred@sienkiewicz.org. Please also let us know if you would like to lead a piece! Likewise if you are a Suzuki teacher for a different instrument and would like to participate, please reach out and we will make all efforts to include your studio.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Paul Jacobs, organ
Brian Raphael Nabors - Pulse
Wayne Oquin - Resilience - Live Recording
Rouse - Organ Concerto - Live Recording
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Turner Recital Hall, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
Recital of works for viola and piano with Matthew Gianforte, piano
George Rochberg - Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
Robert Schumann - Märchenbilder, op. 113
Ernest Bloch - Suite (1919)
Recital of works for viola and piano with Matthew Gianforte, piano
George Rochberg - Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
Robert Schumann - Märchenbilder, op. 113
Ernest Bloch - Suite (1919)
Recital of works for viola and piano with Matthew Gianforte, piano
George Rochberg - Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
Robert Schumann - Märchenbilder, op. 113
Ernest Bloch - Suite (1919)
Guest artist and teacher at University of Kentucky Viola Day, Lexington, KY
Performing George Rochberg’s Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
