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Saturday, 21 August,
2010 |
Timinski/Trapecheva
Duo (Guitar and
Violin) |
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Saturday, 18
September, 2010 |
Patilla/Hopkins Duo:
Cancíones y Cuerdas |
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Monday, 11 October,
2010 |
Hymn Festival:
John Behnke,
Organist |
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Tuesday, 12 October, 2010 |
Music of the
Reformation and
Renaissance |
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Saturday, 13
November, 2010 |
Meridian Chamber
Ensemble |
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Sunday, 12 December,
2010 |
Festival of Lessons
and Carols |
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Saturday, 15
January, 2011 |
A Touch of Brass |
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Saturday, 26
February, 2011 |
Silent Movie: Jelani
Eddington, Theatre
Organist |
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Saturday, 9 April,
2011 |
Brookhaven Choral
Society |
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Sunday, 1 May,
2011 |
Tesoro Trio |
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Saturday, 21 August, 2010
Timinski/Trapecheva Violin
and Guitar Duo
Violeta Trapcheva
was born in Sofia, Bulgaria,
where she studied Violin and
Music Theory with Professor
Elena Atanasova and attended
the Bulgarian National Music
School where she studied
Violin Performance with
Radmila Petrova and
Elizaveta Kazakova.
Subsequently, she studied
music pedagogy at the
University of Sofia. Ms.
Trapcheva then attended
Texas Christian University
in Fort Worth where she
received a Bachelor of Music
Performance in Violin. At
TCU she studied with Dr.
Curt Thompson and Ms. Swang
Lin (Associate Concert
Master at the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra). She
has earned a Master in Music
Performance (violin) from
Southern Methodist
University, where she
studied with Dr. Chee-Yun
Kim. Ms. Trapcheva has
already had an extensive
experience in teaching and
in performing. In Sofia, she
was a member of the Chamber
Music Ensemble "Oborishte",
she performed with the
Symphony Orchestra and with
the Classic FM Radio
Orchestra. While at TCU, she
performed with the Texas
Christian University
Symphony Orchestra, the San
Angelo Orchestra, the Irving
Symphony Orchestra, and the
Abilene Symphony Orchestra.
Vadim Timinsky
began studying guitar at the
age of ten and later
continued his studies at the
Georg Ots Tallinn Music
College with the noted
Estonian guitarist Tiit
Peterson. After studying in
his native Estonia, he
attended the Jerusalem Rubin
Academy of Music and Dance,
studying with Joseph
Urshalmi, and from where he
received a Bachelor in Music
Performance. Mr Timinsky has
attended master classes by
Aniello Desiderio (Italy),
Costas Cotsiolis (Greece),
Thomas Muller-Pering
(Germany), Zoran Dukic (Chorvatia),
Vladimir Mikulka (Czechoslovakia).
In 2005, Mr. Timinsky
completed his Master of
Music in Classical Guitar
Performance at SMU under
Professor Robert Guthrie. He
started giving recitals
while still a student. He
has also performed as a
soloist at various festivals
in Estonia, Finland, Israel,
Greece and Germany. He
frequently performs in the
Dallas Metroplex as a
soloist as well as an
ensemble member.
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Saturday, 18 September, 2010
Patilla/Hopkins Baritone and
Guitar Duo: Cancíones
y Cuerdas
Classical guitarist
Michael Patilla has
performed extensively
throughout North America,
Europe and Central America
and has been warmly received
by audiences and critics.
Some of the accolades
include, “American
guitarist Michael Patilla
delighted the audience with
his excellent performance.”
(Roque Galo, El Pais),
“…dexterous
fingers…brilliant
technique…” (Michael
Huebner, The Birmingham
News),
“Michael
Patilla sharing the works of
his favorite South American
composers is an aural and
visual treat not to be
missed.”
(Jan
Swoope, The Columbus
Post-Dispatch) and “Not
only Patilla's fine musical
sense, but the variety of
the program, made for an
unfailingly enchanting
concert.” (Karl Henning,
Berkshires Arts and
Entertainment). He has
performed as concerto
soloist with the Alabama
Symphony Orchestra, the
Eastman Chamber Orchestra,
the Masterworks Festival
Orchestra, the Orquesta
Filarmonia de Honduras, the
Red Mountain Chamber
Orchestra, and the
Starkville Symphony
Orchestra, and in addition,
has been a featured
performer at Piccolo
Spoleto, City Stages, the
Tennessee Guitar Festival,
the Volos Winter Guitar
Festival in Greece and
Crescendo Hungary.
As a
Fulbright scholar, Michael
Patilla worked as a guest
lecturer in the Department
of Fine Arts at the National
Autonomous University (UNAH)
in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He
currently serves as an
Assistant Professor of Music
at Mississippi State
University and directs the
guitar program for the
Masterworks Festival, an
international performing
arts festival held each
summer in Winona Lake,
Indiana.
Michael
Patilla completed a Doctor
of Musical Arts Degree at
the Eastman School of Music
and has studied with such
teachers as Manuel Barrueco,
Julian Gray, Nicholas
Goluses, Bruce Holzman, Paul
O’Dette, and Raphaella Smits.
Septiembre, his debut
CD of music by South
American composers was
released in 2005. He is
currently working on a
project to record and
publish music by Honduran
composers.
Joseph Hopkins,
Professor of Music and
Dean of the School of
the Arts at Samford
University, holds
degrees from Shorter
College, Baylor
University and Indiana
University and recently
completed a diploma from
the Institute for
Management and
Leadership in Education
at Harvard University.
Before Samford, Dr.
Hopkins served as Dean
of the Petrie School of
Music at Converse
College and chair of the
Department of Music at
the University of
Evansville. He has
served as director and
faculty for festivals in
England and Italy.
Performances include
leading opera roles with
the Operafestival di
Roma and the Dallas
Lyric Opera,
Artist-in-residence at
the Wildwood Opera
Theatre and Performing
Arts Center, soloist for
the Mozart Requiem with
the St. Petersburg State
Orchestra and Moscow
Philharmonic, concerts
with the International
Chamber Orchestra of
Rome, and concerts and
recitals in the United
States, Africa, Canada,
Europe, and Japan.
Recordings include
The Songs of Richard
Faith, a
collaboration with the
composer for Leyerle
publications;
Canciones, a
collection of Spanish
songs performed with
guitarist Renato Butturi;
and contemporary
Christian recordings
with his wife, soprano
Suzanne Hopkins. He is
the proud father of two
precocious boys, Joseph
and Vance, who make
every day more
interesting and
enjoyable.
Monday, 11 October, 2010
Hymn Festival: Dr John
Behnke, Organist
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Dr.
John Behnke is
Professor of Music
at Concordia
University in
Mequon, Wisconsin
where he teaches
organ and directs
The Alleluia
Ringers, Concordia's
touring handbell
choir.
Dr.
Behnke is a frequent
organ recitalist,
handbell clinician,
and festival
director. He enjoys
composing and
arranging having
handbell, choral,
and organ
compositions in
print with eleven
different publishers
in the United
States, Germany, and
Taiwan.
He
was honored in
December of 1993
being named "MVP"
Most Valuable Player
in the Milwaukee
area by Milwaukee
Sentinel music
critic, Nancy Raabe.
He has also received
an ASCAP Composers
Award in 1998 and
1999.
A
1974 graduate of
Concordia-River
Forest, IL. he
received his M. Mus.
in Church Music and
Organ from
Northwestern
University,
Evanston, IL. in
1978. His D. Mus.
was awarded to him
in 1984 by
Northwestern
University where he
was elected into the
Alpha Chapter of Pi
Kappa Lambda, a
National Honorary
Music Society. From
August 1978 to July
1979 Dr. Behnke
studied at the
Westphalian Church
Music Institute in
Herford, W. Germany,
where he passed the
"A" Exam in Organ
with the grade of
"1-Excellent".
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Tuesday, 12 October, 2010
A Concert of the Music of
Martin Luther's World
The Dallas Renaissance
Consort plays Renaissance
music on reproductions of
authentic musical
instruments of the time. In
this concert, audience
members will hear and see
the sacred and secular music
of Martin Luther's time and
place, played on lutes,
viols, harp, and sackbuts.
The audience will also
participate in the concert
by singing verses of
chorales, interspersed with
vocal solo and instrumental
settings.
Soprano Audrey Brown will
join the consort for this
performance. Consort members
include lutenist Alan
Williams and viol players
Susan Scheib (leader), Allen
Garvin, Susan Poelchau, and
Hazel Mosely. Howard Scheib
leads its allied sackbut
ensemble. Consort
members--most of them with
20-30 years of experience
playing early music--are
local musicians active in
Dallas-area early and
community music groups.
Saturday, 13 November, 2010
The Meridian Chamber Players
The
Meridian Chamber Players are
committed to providing the
community with the highest
quality music and
repertoire. Comprised
of Krstan Blaylock and
Danielle Archer, flutes; Amy
Hammert and Ashley Howe,
oboes; Mibzar Vazquez and
David Kraft, clarinets;
Cheree Winston, saxophone;
Anna May Ghaly and Mathew
Swindle, bassoons; Blake
Yarbrough, Heather Anthony
and Michael Gale, horns;
Veronika Vassileva, violin;
Javier Betancourt and Brook
Neal, cellos; Carlos Gaviria,
string bass and Abdiel
Almodovar, conductor.
The ensemble will perform
Jean Francaix' "Sept Dances"
from the ballet Les
malheurs de Sophie for
10 wind instruments as well
as Heitor Villa-Lobos' Chôros
No. 7, and Antonin Dvorak's
Serenade No. 2 in d minor,
op. 44 for winds, horns and
low strings.
Sunday, 12 December, 2010
Festival of Lessons and
Carols
Lord of
Life's choir and musicians
are joined by professional
musicians from the community
as they lead in the beloved
music of Advent and
Christmas. This
service, with its origins at
Truro Cathedral in 1917,
intersperses scripture
readings with anthems,
solos, and carols
celebrating Christ's birth.
Saturday, 15 January, 2011
A Touch of Brass
The Touch of Brass is a
group of five brass
instruments, combining to
offer a wide range of
musical genres. This
concert features music
ranging from Bach to the
Beatles. The Touch of Brass
program is entertaining, (we
guarantee to make you
laugh), thought provoking –
you’ll wonder why Mozart
composed for the strings
rather that the tuba! And
educational – learn more
about brass instruments; how
they work, their history and
background. Jason Williams
and John Heinen play
trumpet, Amy Stokes performs
on the French Horn, Susan
Thompson plays the euphonium
and trombone, whilst Alex
Cauthen plays tuba.
Saturday, 26 February, 2011,
7pm ($10 admission)
Silent Movie: Jelani Eddington, Theatre Organist
During the years that Jelani
Eddington has given
concerts, he has easily
established himself as one
of the most prominent and
sought-after artists on the
concert circuit. Jelani has
performed in most of the
major concert venues
throughout the United
States, has toured
extensively abroad, and has
received numerous awards and
recognitions, including his
selection as the 2001
Theatre Organist Of The
Year.
Jelani Eddington was born in
Muncie, Indiana to Louise
Eddington and the late
Robert Eddington and grew up
in a very musical family.
Between the interests of his
mother, a professional music
teacher of many years, and
those of his grandmother,
Florence Arnold, a
well-respected piano
instructor, it was no
surprise when Jelani
demonstrated an inclination
toward music at a very early
age.
Shortly after beginning
piano instruction at the age
of four, Jelani began
studying classical piano
under the direction of his
grandmother. At the age of
eight, a trip to hear the
4-manual 42-rank Wurlitzer
theatre pipe organ installed
in the Indianapolis, Indiana
restaurant, the Paramount
Music Palace, introduced
Jelani to the sounds of the
theatre pipe organ. Soon
thereafter, he began to
pursue classical organ
lessons and ultimately began
studying theatre organ under
the direction of John
Ferguson, whose skills as a
theatre organ instructor
have been highly acclaimed
internationally.
At the age of 13, Jelani won
the American Theatre Organ
Society’s Young Theatre
Organist Competition,
prevailing over competitors
ages 13-21 from the United
States, England, Australia,
and New Zealand. Jelani
remains the youngest
competitor ever to win this
title. Jelani went on to
graduate Magna Cum Laude
from Indiana University in
1996, and later received a
Juris Doctor degree from the
Yale Law School in 1999,
after which time he was
admitted to practice law in
New York State.
During the course of his
concert career, Jelani has
been featured at numerous
national and regional
conventions of the American
Theatre Organ Society, and
has toured extensively
throughout the world,
including numerous concert
appearances in the United
States, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and Europe. He
has also accompanied
numerous silent films and
appears regularly at film
series. In 2007, Jelani
accompanied the classic
film, The Hunchback Of Notre
Dame, for an international
organ festival in Finland on
the country’s largest pipe
organ.
In addition to his work as
an organist, Jelani has also
distinguished himself as a
concert pianist, appearing
recently as a guest pianist
for performances of Edvard
Grieg’s Piano Concerto in
A-Minor, George Gershwin’s
Rhapsody In Blue, and Leroy
Anderson’s Piano Concerto in
C-Major. In February 2008,
Jelani was invited to
perform two special
performances of Anderson’s
concerto with the Tulsa
Signature Symphony as part
of a celebration of Leroy
Anderson’s centennial.
Jelani has also produced and
marketed over 30 theatre
organ albums on some of the
best-known and most dynamic
instruments in the country.
In August 2001, the American
Theatre Organ Society
honored Jelani’s extensive
career as a concert and
recording organist by naming
him the 2001 Theatre
Organist Of The Year.
Jelani retains the
distinction of being the
youngest-ever recipient of
this prestigious honor.
Saturday, 9 April, 2011
Brookhaven Choral Society
Melody Gamblin-Bullock,
music professor at
Brookhaven College,
directs the
48-member Choral
Society. The Choral
Society has
performed for more
than a dozen years
throughout the
community and in
collaboration with
other groups
including with the
Texas Chamber
Symphony, the
Richardson Symphony
Orchestra and the
Dallas Chamber
Orchestra.
Sunday, 1 May, 2011
Tesoro Trio
Jolyon Pegis, cellist, is a winner of the
Artists International Awards in New York City
and has appeared as soloist with the orchestras
of Kingsport, TN, Chautauqua, San Antonio, Maui,
Virginia, and Dallas. As a champion of new music
he has commissioned and premiered several works
and has worked with composers such as Gunther
Schuller, Lukas Foss, and Don Freund. Mr. Pegis
has served on the faculties of Southern
Methodist University, the Hartt School of Music,
and the D’Angelo School of Music at Mercyhurst
College. Currently, Jolyon is a member of the
Dallas Symphony and Assistant Principal Cello of
the Chautauqua Symphony. He is a member of the
Grammy nominated contemporary ensemble Voices of
Change and also plays as a substitute with the
Chicago Symphony.
Yurie Iwasaki has been acclaimed throughout the
United States as a chamber musician and
collaborative artist. She has performed with
well-known artists including Julius Baker, Carol
Wincenc, Yfrah Neaman and Emanuel Borok. Her
performance with Yfrah Neaman was claimed in the
Journal Star as “…accompanist, in fact, seems
the wrong word, for she was, indeed, a fellow
artist throughout, with a full ranging technique
and an expressive power to match his own…” She
has served as staff accompanist at many national
young artists competitions, masterclasses, and
summer music festivals. Ms. Iwasaki is most
often seen accompanying her husband, Ko Iwasaki
(cellist), and they have performed throughout
the United States, Japan, and Central America.
She has a Bachelors of Music Performance Degree
from the Musashino Conservatory of Music in
Tokyo.
Violinist Maria Schleuning joined the Dallas
Symphony in 1994 and has been a featured soloist
with the orchestra on numerous occasions. Other
solo appearances include performances with the
Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Long Bay
Symphony (SC), Columbia Symphony (OR), and as
alumni soloist for the 75th Anniversary of the
Portland Youth Philharmonic (OR). In 2004 she
performed the Barber Violin Concerto with the
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra on a tour of
Eastern Europe, which included concerts at the
Gewandhaus in Leipzig and the Rudolfinum in
Prague. As a chamber musician, Ms. Schleuning
has performed at Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully
Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Summergarden
series at the Museum of Modern Art (NY), Merkin
Hall, and concerts with Villa Musica in Germany.
In Dallas, she is a member of the
Grammy-nominated Voices of Change, and from
2000-2006 was violinist of the Walden Piano
Quartet. She has recorded with both ensembles.
Since 1993 she has been a faculty member and
performer at the Bowdoin International Music
Festival in Maine, and has performed at Music in
the Mountains (CO), Idyllwild Arts (CA), and the
Skaneateles Festival (NY). She studied
violin with Josef Gingold at Indiana University
where she was awarded the prestigious
Performer's Certificate; with Yfrah Neaman in
London as a recipient of the Dame Myra Hess
Foundation Trust; and with Joel Smirnoff at the
Juilliard School where she received her Master's
degree.
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