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Musical Arts International 20th Anniversary Celebration 2014-2015 Season
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Trio Delights
Saturday, Oct. 11th 2014 at 8PM
As soloist, violinist Kevin Jang has made concerto appearances at the Aspen Music Festival and the Cascade Festival of Music in Bend, Oregon,
with the Catholic University Symphony and the Peabody Conductor’s Orchestra. Kevin has collaborated as soloist with such conductors as Murry
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Sidlin, Elizabeth Schultze and Metropolitan Opera assistant conductor Kazem Abdullah. Also has worked closely with members of the Cleveland,
Curtis, Brentano, Muir, Miro and Mendelssohn Quartets, in the Aspen Music Festival, Kent/Blossom Music, where he was awarded the prestigious
25th, 2010 at 8pm
degree from Peabody Conservatory under TimJoseph Gingold Award for outstanding performance of chamber music, the Emerging Quartet Program with the Muir Quartet and the ENCORE
of Music in England with the famous flute School for Strings. Violist Kate Zahradnik has recently performed with the Harrisburg, Delaware, Amarillo, and Chesapeake Orchestras and
the Amadeus Concerts as well as the Maryland Lyric Opera. Past studies include Bachelor of Music and Graduate Performance degrees from the
of the Frederick Community College and Mount
Amy Beach, Cecil Chaminade and “Castle inPeabody
the Conservatory with Stephen Wyrczynski. Pianist Li-Ly Chang has performed in Asia, Europe and US as a soloist & chamber musician.
e, the alto flute and the piccolo. Her flute is aHer compositions have recently been premiered at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage & US State Department. Program includes 8 Pieces by
t Li-Ly Chang is Director of the InternationalM. Bruch, Piano Trio in Eb, k.498 by W.A. Mozart, Sonata for violin in C Major by C. Frank, 3 Mardrigals for violin & viola by B. Martinu
oned composer in 2011 of the Maryland StateLatvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
was hailed by the New York Times as
l skill and interpretive insight.” She was silver
Sunday, Dec. 7th 2014 at 3PM
on in 1976 and taught at the University of
panole” by Manuel de Falla, then Martinu’s Atlantic Guitar Quartet, founded in 2010, is a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to promoting the music of living composers. In
this concert, they will also include some traditional Quartet music by Brouwer, Satie, Josquin Des Prez, Arvo Part, Fred Frith, and holiday
flute, cello and piano.
favorites. AGQ has been proactive in expanding the repertoire of the classical guitar quartet by commissioning new works with major
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institutional support by the Presser Foundation and the Peabody Conservatory. Through virtuosic performances, innovative programing
unday December 5, 2010 at 3pm
and collaborations with other visual and performing artists, AGQ , Mark Edwards, Kevin Shannon, Zoe Johnstone Stewart, Jonathan Zwi,
Music Pilgrim:
has broadened the repertoire for – and the definition of – the classical guitar quartet. Their debut album which includes music by
D.Smooke, C. Gainey , O. Bensa and R. Pearl, was released in November, 2013 on iTunes, CD Baby and Spotify . “Mesmeric chamber music
el, Polish clarinetist, flutist and saxophonist, is
that … radiates an intensity that has nothing to do with volume or the layering of instruments. Instead they draw upon an internal
ind specialists and winner of 17 “Wammies” combustion that smolders without igniting. It’s a perfect match for music that wafts and curls and, ultimately, lingers so hauntingly.”
bbott, German/Scottish bassist, has been an - John Lewis, Baltimore Magazine
nominated jazz group. They have earned Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
ncluding classical, Latin American (music by
), Klezmer music (Bulgars, Freilakhs, Yiddish
Saturday, March 14th 2015 at 8PM
al compositions.
A rare opportunity to hear two highly regarded musicians-violist, Kathryn Murdock, oboist, Mark Hill perform together with pianist, Li-Ly Chang
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in masterworks of the Trio/Duo repertoire for viola, oboe & piano. Violist Kathryn Murdock is recognized as a soloist, chamber musician
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and teacher. She has performed throughout the world with such groups as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic,
the Boston Chamber Music Society, and the Mendelssohn String Quartet, of which she was a member for seven years. As a participant in
the Marlboro Festival, she has toured with “Music From Marlboro” and performed on their fortieth anniversary concert. Mark Hill has
earned a wide reputation as an oboe and English horn soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, recording artist and teacher. In the
symphonic world he has been invited to perform with the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber
. Violinist Brenda Anna
Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, the Orchestra of the Academy of St.-Martins-in-the-Fields, Orpheus, the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, and the
Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He was for many years a member of the New York Chamber Symphony and is currently principal oboe of the National
mistress of the Columbia Symphony, a member of
Philharmonic. This husband and wife team are both professors at the University of Maryland. Pianist Li-Ly Chang has cultivated a versatile
rmed as soloist with Annapolis and Mid-Atlantic
career as soloist, chamber musician & composer. She is the Director of International Young Artist Piano Competition. “She is an expert partner
forms sensitively with expert technique, emotional
in the Poulenc Violin Sonata, the ensemble showed expert technique, emotional expressiveness and a firm sense of partnership” -- Washington Post
rship.” Washington Post. The program includes
Program: Bach g minor trio sonata (from BWV 528) R. Kahn Serenade, op. 73 for oboe, viola and piano, Hanson Pastorale (Oboe/pno)
r violin and cello.
& Brahms Eb sonata (viol/pno)
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010-2011 Season
Atlantic Guitar Quartet
Trio Serenade
Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
at 3pm
Atlantic Reed Consort
Sunday, May 17th 2015 at 3PM
Atlantic Reed Consort strives to bring chamber music to a broad audience in an unexpected format. A quintet comprised of all reed
instruments, the Atlantic Reed Consort’s cutting edge sound and style embraces the experimental, as well as adding a new twist to the
likes of Bach, Vivaldi and Debussy. The Atlantic Reed Consort - Kevin Darrow, Oboe, Brooke Emery, Clarinet, John Romano, Bass
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Clarinet, Jeremy Koch, Saxophone and Eddie Sanders , Bassoon, lend a fresh new sound to the quintet medium. They promote
works of different styles, from classical to 20thchamber music through educational clinics and recitals for children, teens and collegiate level musicians, as well as public outreach concerts
g works for piano four hands by Schumann and
for audiences of all ages. Program: Early 20th century works, including Le Tombeau de Couperin by M. Ravel, Three Preludes for Piano by
ction will include solo music by Chopin, Liszt and
G.Gershwin, as well as a new arrangement of the civil war song “Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel” arranged by R. Thurston, and
r and Rosenblatt.
a world premiere by local composer Steve Gorbos.
Dr. Fitenko
Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910
gomery County Government, the Arts and Humanities
The Musical Arts International, Inc is funded by an operation grant from the Maryland State Arts Council,
an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the
Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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