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Previous Seasons
2010-2011 Season
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Buddy
Jewell | |
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | | After being crowned the winner of the televised music competition Nashville
Star in 2003, Arkansas native Buddy Jewell took the world of country music
by storm with his tender, heartfelt voice that gained him millions of fans
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Eric Himy | |
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Sunday, October 3, 2010 | |
Praised for his formidable technique and wonderful wit, pianist Eric
Himy has been compared by the 2007 Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande
to that of the legendary pianist, Vladimir Horowitz. In concert, Mr.
Himy has garnered critical acclaim for his interpretations of French,
Spanish, Romantic and Gershwin compositions. | | | |
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Greg
Giannascoli | |
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Monday, November 15, 2010 | |
Performing celebrated works by Gershwin, Paganini, Liszt and his
riotous rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee, marimbist and
percussionist, Greg Giannascolli is nothing less than astonishing.
His virtuosity combines with his showmanship to create a great
artistry. | | | |
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Afiara
String Quartet | |
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 | |
The Afiara String Quartet takes its name from the Spanish word fiar,
meaning "to trust." This amazing viola, cello & two violin quartet
gives every piece they play a unique blend of energy, style and
pizzazz. | | | |
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Jim
Witter-The Piano Men | |
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 | |
The Piano Men is a parallel musical journey of the songs, piano
stylings and voices of two of pop music’s most popular artists of
the 1970’s and 80’s, Billy Joel and Elton John. | | |
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2009-2010 Season
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| Rudolf Budginas | |  | | Thursday, October 15, 2009 | | Lithuanian National Symphony at age nine, trained at Moscow Conservatory, and promptly rose to international fame performing solo concerts. After moving to the U.S. in 1994, he discovered his true passion: giving classical music a broader audience appeal. In his ingenious show “You, Me & the Piano,” Budginas illustrates how classical music has influenced contemporary artists by actually breaking down how Billy Joel might have drawn on Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” to get “Piano Man.” | | | |
| Quattrocelli | |  | | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | | Audiences love the unorthodox style and panache of quattrocelli. This ensemble of four impeccable cellists continues to blaze its own virtuoso path away from the musical mainstream. Trained in Germany under Hans-Christian Schwieker, these crowd-pleasing consummate musicians astonish listeners by using their cellos as drums, guitars, and much more. | | | |
| Amstel Quartet | |  | | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | | From the mystery of Bach’s Second Cello Suite in D to Michael Nyman’s music for the film The Piano, the saxophone group known as Amstel Quartet unleashes unstoppable energy with ingenious original arrangements. Composers such as György Ligeti and Philip Glass have praised their adaptations, but it’s the group’s technical prowess that allows such arrangements of every genre from chamber, theatre, dance, mime and cinema to simply shimmer in the ear. | | | |
| Daniel Rodriguez | |  | | Monday, May 17, 2010 | | Former New York City police officer, Daniel Rodriguez has experienced a meteoric rise to fame. He was one of his department’s designated anthem singers on September 11, 2001, when fate intervened -- he rendered acapella performances of “God Bless America” and the National Anthem that proved far greater than a patriotic gesture. Ringing, heartfelt and beautiful, his performance stirred the hearts of the entire nation. Since then, he has performed at venues ranging from 2002 Winter Olympics, to Disneyland, to The White House. | |
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2008-2009 Season
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| Nathaniel Dett Chorale | |  | | Monday, October 6, 2008 | | Founder, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor named the Chorale after renowned African-Canadian composer, R. Nathaniel Dett. Sharing Dett's vision to build bridges of understanding between communities of people through music, The Nathaniel Dett Chorale honors their namesake in supremely jubilant fashion. | | | |
| Jade Simmons | |  | | Saturday, November 8, 2008 | | Electrifying pianist, Jade Simmons is committed to broadening the boundaries of Classical music. Conservatory-trained at Rice University and at the Foundation Bell’ Arte in Brussels, she has performed extensively across Europe and the U.S., with many performances broadcast on PBS and NPR affiliates. | | | |
| Wholly Brass | |  | | Saturday, February 14, 2009 | | The Wholly Brass has been dazzling audiences since 1996. With performances at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and many more prestigious venues, Wholly Brass brings music in an educational and entertaining fashion everywhere they go. | | | |
| The Claremont Trio | |  | | Saturday, April 25, 2009 | | Committed to expanding piano trio repertoire, they present classical favorites alongside new, exciting compositions created by both established and up-and-coming composers. “Deft, exhilarating, and imaginative,” (Strings Magazine) Claremont Trio is zest for the senses. | | | |
