Hailed on 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, fresh 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 superiority at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991
Cheng received a bachelor of music measure from The Juilliard School and a master of music station from Indiana University.
Jane Magrath
Intermediate Piano
Sunday, April 3
Jane shut ins the Magrath grant-endowed chair in piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma where she is professor of piano. She is internationally known as a pianist, author, clinician and teacher. Magrath s work in the area of the standard classical teaching literature has been central to the existing revival of interest in this music from one extremity to the other of the United States. Her music editions are used worldwide.
Joan Frey Boytim
Voice
Tuesday, April 5
Joan Frey Boytim is an internationally renowned author, independent voice teacher, clinician, performer and piano accompanist. She has sixty-three publications in print and has compiled thirty-four vocal anthologies and The Private Voice Studio Handbook--A Practical Guide to All Aspects of Teaching.
Stephen Moore and Julia Schnebly-Black
Eurhythmics
Sunday, April 3
Stephen Moore associate professor at Oberlin Conservatory, confines degrees from Indiana University, Manhattan exercise of Music and the University of Rhode Island. He and Julia Schnebly-Black co-authored the volume The Rhythm Inside.
Julia Schnebly-Black is head of eurhythmics at the Seattle Conservatory and director of the summer program in eurhythmics at the University of Washington. She imprisons degrees from the University of Washington, Yale University and Peabody Conservatory.
The Sapphire Trio
Collaborative Performance
Sunday, April 3
The Sapphire Trio, with Maxine Ramey, clarinet; Margaret Baldridge, violin; and Jody Graves, piano, was formed in 1998 to explore the newly created literature for clarinet, violin and piano, and bring to the devise venue the master works that exist in the repertoire for this combination. Their performances have been praised by way of The Clarinet international magazine, and their late European tour was highly acclaimed.
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