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The Friends of Music enters its 27th year with its 2011-12 Concert Series which will feature a wonderful variety of internationally known and regionally acclaimed artists. All concerts (unless otherwise noted) are held at: |
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Adult season tickets are available for $70. Students under 18 are admitted free. Single performance tickets are $15 for adults and are available at the door for each concert. Tickets are available at Wright's Custom Framing. To order season tickets, mail a check or money order to: |
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FRIENDS OF MUSIC For more information, call 541-469-7625 or 541-469-3473. |
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2011-12 CONCERT SERIES9/25 - Cleveland Duo w/James Umble
- 10/23 - Frank Weins - 11/13 - An
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The Cleveland Duo with James Umble, Saxophone Sunday, September 25, 2011, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Established as a dynamic concertizing ensemble since 1980, The Cleveland Duo combines with nationally-known saxophonist, James Umble, to form an exciting threesome who are virtual pioneers in the world of chamber music. Their unusual combination of violin(s), piano, and saxophone affords them a unique programming style, which features repertoire ranging from the traditional and familiar classical to folk, ethnic, avant-garde and even jazz for any of their six possible combinations. This built-in versatility renders this ensemble attractive to many types of venues and audiences, from the formal chamber music concert stage to schools, temples, churches, festivals featuring traditional and ethnic music and series devoted to new music. In addition, The Cleveland Duo is available for recitals, as well as concerto appearances with orchestra, chamber orchestra and wind ensemble. |
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Frank Weins, piano Sunday, October 23, 2010, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Frank Wiens has concertized extensively throughout the United States and abroad, including highly praised recitals in New York and London. He has twice toured South Korea, and gave his recital debut on the European continent in Vienna in 1987. He was invited to tour the Soviet Union in 1991 as a featured soloist in concerts celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Serge Prokofiev. With an extensive concerto repertoire of thirty-five works, he has been a soloist with such orchestras as the Atlanta, Denver and Detroit Symphonies. A winner of major awards in prestigious competitions - North American Young Artists Competition, Southwest Pianists Foundation Competition, Three Rivers Piano Competition - he has given annual concert tours across the U.S. since 1974. His performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Public Television, and he has been a touring artist with the Iowa Arts Council and the California Arts Council. His compact disc recording "Rachmaninov," which includes that composer's Third Piano Concerto with the Slovakia National Orchestra, has been described by one reviewer as "dazzling, yet rich in solid detail...brilliant clarity and absolute conviction...truly suave and elegant playing." A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Frank Wiens studied at the University of Michigan School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Stanley Medal, that school's highest honor for musical excellence. He has been a student of Benning Dexter, Gyorgy Sandor, Harald Logan, and John Perry and a participant in master classes with Lili Kraus and Leon Fleisher. He served on the piano faculty at Drake University and, since 1976, has held the position of Professor of Piano at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. In 1997 he was honored with that university's Distinguished Faculty Award, and in 2000 with its Faculty Research-Lecturer Award. In addition to his active concert schedule, Frank Wiens has gained renown for his master classes and lectures. He has adjudicated numerous piano competitions, and has served as a member of the international jury of the prestigious Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. |
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An Afternoon of Opera and Musical Theater Sunday, November 13, 2011, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Featuring the talents of baritone Eugene Brancoveanu, tenor Thomas Glenn, soprano Ronit Widmann-Levy, and pianist Peter Gruenberg, a wonderful array of music from both the opera house and the Broadway stage will delight the audience. Something for everyone! |
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Eugene Brancoveanu's virile voice and superior stagecraft have earned him critical acclaim in both North America and Europe. Following recent performances of San Francisco Opera's The Little Prince, the San Francisco Chronicle lauds the superb cast as being "led by extravagantly gifted baritone Eugene Brancoveanu as the Pilot. With his unforced charisma, vocal clarity, and total heft, Brancoveanu managed the tricky feat of doing most of the show's heavy lifting ..." In the 2010-11 season Eugene Brancoveanu appears with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, in Michael-Tilson Thomas' The Thomashevskys conducted by the composer. He also returns to the Santa Cruz County Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and sings as soloist in Carmina Burana with Spokane Symphony Orchestra. He continues his extensive recital career in 2011-12, performing with Brookings-Harbor Friends of Music. Mr. Brancoveanu does not have a website, but has a page on his agency's site. |
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Thomas Glenn (tenor) began his solo career singing the Evangelist roles in the St. Matthew and St. John Passions of J.S. Bach and continues to sing concert engagements with institutions like The Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, Colorado Symphony, Berkeley Symphony and Marin Symphony. He is a graduate of the Adler Fellowship program at the San Francisco Opera. He created the role of the Physicist, Robert Wilson, in the World Premiere of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic at the San Francisco Opera. Since then, he reprised this role at the Netherlands Opera in 2007, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2007-2008, at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 2008 and the English National Opera in 2009. |
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Ronit Widmann-Levy has received accolades for her operatic and concert performances throughout the world. A versatile artist equally at home on both concert and opera stages. Ronit has sung in opera houses and festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Tanglewood, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Berlin, Munich, London, Bangkok and Jerusalem. She sang at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Bath and Dartington Festivals in England, the Jüdische Kulturtage in Berlin, and the America Haus Concert Series in Munich. Ms. Widmann-Levy made her début with the San Francisco Symphony in February 2005 in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. Since her debut Ronit has regularly performed with Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFS in Carnegie Hall, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony Orchestra as well as with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Widmann-Levy’s interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire has won praise and she has been invited to perform the piece in Europe and the U.S.A. Ronit is renowned for her interpretation of Ladino romance. In Spring of 2010 she embarked on a world concert tour with Ladino Soul. Ronit Widmann-Levy's repertory includes the roles of Violetta, Constanza, Madama Butterfly, Micaela, Mimi, Liù, Gilda and Freia. Symphonic works include among others: Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mahler's 2nd and 4th Symphonies. |
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Peter Grunberg served as Head of Music Staff at San Francisco Opera from 1992 to 1999 and is currently Musical Assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas. He has appeared as piano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, has performed at the Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg festivals, and has collaborated in recital with such artists as Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, and Joshua Bell. He has also conducted at the Moscow Conservatory, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Pacific Music Festival. In 2003 he played and spoke at the “Visual Sounds” symposium at SF MOMA, part of the SFS’s festival on Wagner, Weill, and the Weimar Republic. Peter Grunberg does not have a website. |
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Trio 180 Trio 180, in residence at the Conservatory of Music, is quickly gaining recognition throughout the United States. This talented ensemble is made up of celebrated concert violinist Ann Miller, Grammy-nominated cellist Nina Flyer, and award-winning pianist Sonia Leong. Trio 180, has given concerts and master classes throughout the West Coast, with a featured appearance in Guadalajara, Mexico in March 2009. An active advocate of new music, the trio was awarded a Barlow Grant in 2006 to commission eminent composer Chen Yi’s first piano trio, Tibetan Tunes, published by Theodore Presser. In addition, the trio has premiered works by Allan Crossman (Icarus), Jorge Liderman (Suite del Sur; Sidewalk recorded on Albany Records), Derek Jacoby (Trio No. 2), and Francois Rose (Gently, Wild Rose Petals), Cindy Cox, UC Berkeley (Wave, recorded in summer, 2010) and has performed frequently on the Composers, Inc. series in San Francisco. |
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The Mandelring Quartet The Mandelring Quartet has emerged in recent years as one of the leading string quartets of the younger generation and has performed at some of the world's most prestigious concert halls. In addition to regular concert engagements throughout Germany, The Mandelring Quartet tours many of the major European concert centers. For marimba soloist and chamber musician Katarzyna Mycka, the marimba is the ideal medium for making musical statements. In recent years, she has expended a great deal of time and enthusiasm in re-establishing the marimba's popularity as a solo instrument. One major contribution to this was the foundation of the "International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Academy (IKMMA)" in 2003. |
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Alexander Tutunov, Pianist Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Alexander Tutunov is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding virtuosos of the former Soviet Union. First Prize winner of the Belarusian National Piano Competition and winner of the Russian National Piano Competition, Tutunov's playing was described by Soviet Culture, Moscow, as "exhilarating and inspired, and which demonstrated a unique talent". Tutunov graduated magna cum laude from the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory (studies with Anna Artobolevskaya and Lev Naumov) and University of North Texas (piano studies with Joseph Banowetz). Awarded his doctoral diploma with honors in concert performance from the Belarusian State Conservatory, Dr. Tutunov has taught at the Minsk College of Music, the University of North Texas, and Illinois Wesleyan University. Alexander Tutunov now lives in Ashland, where he is Professor of Piano and Artist in Residence at Southern Oregon University. A successful piano pedagogue, he continues to prepare award-winning students. Dr. Tutunov is Artist in Residence at the University of Alaska Southeast, Artistic director of the SOU International Piano Institute, and was recently named the Director of the Chinese-American International Piano Institute in Chengdu, China. |
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Ashu, Classical Saxophone, with Kuang-Had Huang, Piano Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Ashu has established an extraordinary ability to communicate with audiences through his charismatic and moving performance style. While his virtuosity continues to thrill listeners, his artistry reaches far beyond this demonstrating a unique personality and musical voice. He has repeatedly defied conventions by winning major competitions traditionally won by pianists and violinists. Ashu was born and raised in California and began playing the saxophone at age 10. He soon began entering competitions and found himself receiving a wide range of opportunities, including his recital debut, which took place at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, and his concerto debut, which took place at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Since then, solo performances have taken him throughout Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Portugal, West Indies, and the USA; with upcoming concerts in Russia, South Africa, Montreal, London, New Zealand, Poland, Finland, and more. Regularly touring as soloist with renowned orchestras throughout the USA and Europe, recent invitations include the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon, with such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Konzerthaus. Earning a reputation for his engaging stage presence, critics have raved that he's "just as much fun to watch as he is to listen to" (Dallas Morning News) and "Riveting, Brilliant, Pizzazz to Burn!" (NPR). |
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