McDaniel College Chamber Music on the Hill Upcoming Concerts
McDaniel College Department of Music
2 College Hill
Westminster, MD 21157
Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Decker College Center, McDaniel College
GERDAN
The musicians of Gerdan share their Eastern European
multicultural music experience from generation to generation in their worldwide
performances, workshops and master classes. Dr Andrei Pidkivka, musician,
teacher, and maker of the flutes of his native Ukraine, has performed
worldwide, solo and in ballet, theatre, symphonies, and movie scores. Virtuoso
violinist Dr. Solomia Gorokhivska is a soloist and chamber musician who has
toured internationally. She is a musicologist, journalist, author, teacher and
performer of classical, folk, jazz and contemporary music. Born in Brazil, Dr.
Richard Miller now teaches at Columbia University in New York City. He performs
classical and Eastern-European chango (gypsy) guitar music internationally and
is a composer. Mr Branislav Brinarsky, bass, gajdice, vocals, has performed
throughout Europe, Asia, and his native Slovakia. He now performs in the East
Coast area, including New York City.
Their authentic folk music and original arrangements of
classical compositions feature a diversity of native instruments, ornaments,
styles and colors, blending melodic ideas and the subtle use of quarter-tones,
ranging from intimate meditations to energetic dances.
Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Decker College Center, McDaniel College
NANCY ROLDÁN and JOSÉ MIGUEL CUETO
Acclaimed pianist Dr. Nancy Roldán, performs throughout the
U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America, including her native Argentina. She
taught at The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, is President of
the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the American Liszt Society, and is
founder/director of the Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition, held at
Notre Dame of Maryland University. Violinist José Miguel Cueto has toured
worldwide as a chamber musician and soloist with orchestras, and 'a duo' with
Nancy Roldán. He is concertmaster of Concert Artists of Baltimore Orchestra and
is on faculty at The Peabody.
The music of this concert will include works by Beethoven,
Piazzolla, Poulanc, and Turina.
Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Decker College Center, McDaniel College
THE WESTMINSTER TRIO with Violist Renate Falkner
The Westminster Trio's dynamic performances have delighted
audiences throughout and beyond the Mid-Atlantic region. Violinist, Melissa
Zaraya, long-time member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has also performed
extensively in South America, Spain, and the Far East. Cellist Esther Mellon
joined the Buffalo Philharmonic before coming to the Baltimore Symphony. In
1982, she was awarded a grant from the Kennedy Center Committee for Cultural
Diversity in the Arts. Dr. David Kreider, McDaniel College Music Faculty
member, is the founder and Artistic Director of Chamber Music on the Hill. He
has performed solo and with duos and trios over the past twenty years. His
repertoire includes compositions from Mozart to 20th century jazz and much in
between. Violist Renate Falkner performs extensively as a chamber and
orchestral musician throughout the U.S. and Europe, and is on faculty of the
Connecticut School of Music.
Chamber music, McDaniel College, Westminster, Carroll
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