Hailed according to critics for her remarkable technique, tonal beauty and musicianship, Angela Cheng has appeared as soloist with nearly each orchestra in Canada, as well as the Israel Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic and the symphonies of Colorado, Syracuse, St Louis, Indianapolis, recent Orleans, Houston and Utah.
Cheng has won numerous prizes including the 1986 Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition and the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition (1988) For her outstanding interpretations of Mozart, she received the Medal of superior quality at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991
Cheng received a bachelor of music rank from The Juilliard School and a master of music quality from Indiana University.
VOICE CONCERT
Saturday, April 2 * 8:00 PM Adriana Zabala
Adriana Zabala's career spans a wide range of musical interests including ballad repertoire, new works, concert and oratorio, cabaret and Latin jazz. She also is serving as program manager and co-artistic director of the Southeastern Festival of Song
Zabala received her undergraduate standing from Louisiana State University in 1994 and worn out the following school year as a Fulbright Scholar, in Salzburg, Austria. on the subject of returning to the United States, she pursu a master's class at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
During the last not many seasons, Zabala has played as it is roles as Kate Pinkerton with the Seattle Opera, Meg in Little Women with the Minnesota Opera; and Hermia, Cherubino, Amastre and Emma Jone with the Wolf Trap Opera.
AMERICAN PIANISTS ASSOCIATION equals CONCERT
Sunday, April 3 * 8:00 PM Thomas Rosenkranz
Thomas Rosenkranz is a pianist possessing farthest versatility ranging from classical music to experimental improvisation. Rosenkranz began his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and went forward to earn a master of music measure and performer's certificate from the Eastman teach of Music in Rochester, modern York. He is doctoral candidate at Eastman, continuing his studies with Nelita truthful and is artist affiliate at Syracuse University, where he teaches piano. Rosenkranz was winner of the 1999 MTNA Collegiate Artist Piano Competition.
Michael Sheppard
Michael Sheppard retains a master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins University. He studies with Leon Fleisher. Sheppard has performed in master classes for so renowned artists and pedagogues as Eugene Istomin, Seymour Bernstein, Victor Rosenbaum, Garrick Ohlsson Murray Perahia, Stephen hamstring Ann Schein, Kemal Gekic and Daniel Barenboi Sheppard has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music performances over the United States, as well as in France and Italy.
Adam Birnbaum
Adam Birnbaum is an honors graduate of Boston association and in 2003 received an artist's diploma as a member of the inaugural class at the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies. He has studied classical piano with John Adams and Patricia Zander and jazz with several teachers, including Danilo Perez Charlie Banacos and Fr Hersch. Birnbaum was invited to participate in the 2001 JazzAspen Snowmass JAS Academy for Emerging Artists, and has been a visitant artist with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
OPENING SESSION
Saturday, April 2 * 7:00 PM Barry Bittman, keynote speaker
Barry Bittman, MD neurologist, author and international speaker, will deliver the keynote address, focusing forward Recreational Music Making, during the meeting for consultation opening session.
Based onward his conviction that Recreational Music Making is an effective therapeutic strategy in conventional medical care, Bittman l a team of researchers who investigated the biological drifts of the HealthRHYTHMS group drumming protocol he co-develop This foundational reflection correlates group drumming with increased activity of natural killer cells--specialized white descendants cells that seek out and take away cancer cells and virally infected cells
His following research demonstrated substantial reductions in burnout and temper disturbances in long-term care workers, as well as significant sumptuousness savings using a Recreational Music Making protocol.
Bittman's appearance is sponsored at The American Music Conference and NAMM, the International Music issues Association.
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