Congratulations to the 2012 Chamber Music Competition Winners
Professor Rosenkranz in residence at University of Maryland at Baltimore County
Assistant Professor of Piano, Thomas Rosenkranz was recently in residence with Musicians from SoundScape at UMBC from April 8th-12. The residency included masterclasses, a composer reading and a performance including contemporary works by Albinger, Aperghis, Berio, Scelsi, Foss, as well as a premiere by the New York based composer, Richard Carrick.
The ensemble consists of Thomas Rosenkranz piano, Aiyun Huang, percussion, Lisa Cella, flute and Tony Arnold, voice. This ensemble was formed in 2010 in order to highlight aspects of the SoundScape Festival in Italy which celebrates contemporary music through collaborations between composers and performers.
For more information about the SoundSCAPE Festival please visit: http://soundscapefestival.org/
BGSU doctoral candidates conduct in New York City
Katherine Kilburn and Octoavio Mas-Aroas both conducted recently on Interlochen Arts Academy 50th Anniversary Tour which included a stop in Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The New York performance included Interlochen Alumni guest artists David Shifrin, clarinet and Ida Kavafian,violin in a concert celebrating 50 years of excellence in arts education. Katherine was appointed conductor of the Interlochen Arts Academy Band in 2011 and Octavio was appointed conductor of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra in 2008. Both Kilburn and Mas-Aroas are part of the doctoral studies program in conducting with BGSU’s Emily Freeman Brown.
BGSU alum Scott Price honored by SEC
Scott Price, who holds a B.M. in piano performance from BGSU, as well as an M.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a D.M.A. from the University of Oklahoma, currently serves as Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, Head of the Piano Area, and Coordinator of Group Piano in the University of South Carolina School of Music. Dr. Price has just been chosen as one of just 12 professors from the universities of the Southeast Conference to receive an SEC achievement award. http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/233718/2012-sec-faculty-achievement-award-recipients.aspx
Dr. Solungga Liu records a piano concerto with the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble
Dr. Liu just completed an intensive three-day recording session of Gregory Mertl’s Piano Concerto with the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble, conducted by Craig Kirchhoff. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment and expressly written for her, the concerto is a 40-minute tour de force for soloist and ensemble. The concerto will be the main work in a CD of Mertl’s music recorded by the University of Minnesota. It will be released by Innova Records in 2013.