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KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSICFaculty RecitalHelen Kim, violinJulie Coucheron, pianoMonday, March 20, 2017 at 8 pmDr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan HallNinety-seventh Concert of the 2016-17 Concert SeasonLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)Sonata opus 12, No. 1 in D MajorAllegro con brioTema con variazioni. Andante con motoRondo. AllegroALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)Suite in the Old StylePastorale BalletMinuetFuguePantomimeINTERMISSIONPABLO DE SARASATE (1844-1908)Romanza AndaluzaJULES MASSENET (1842-1912)MeditationASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)Le Grand Tangoprogramabout the artistsHELEN KIM, Professor of ViolinHelen Kim joined the music faculty in 2006 at Kennesaw State University with a stellar performance background. She made her orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic at the age of six, and has gone on to become a respected and sought-after artist. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops at Boston’s Symphony Hall, as well as with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras.Ms. Kim earned her Master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where her teachers included Cho-Liang Lin and Dorothy DeLay. She is the recipient of more than one hundred national and international awards. In 1992, she won the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York and as a result, gave debut recitals at Carnegie Weill Hall and the Aspen Summer Music Festival.A native of Canada, Ms. Kim has been engaged by many of Canada’s leading orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra, Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Windsor, Regina, Victoria and Prince George Symphonies. She has also appeared with the Cobb, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, DeKalb, New Orleans, Aspen and Banff Festival Orchestras, and with orchestras in the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.Ms. Kim has toured extensively throughout Canada and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall and the Sante Fe and La Jolla International Music Festivals where she performed with Cho-Liang Lin, Gary Hoffman, Andre Previn, and the Orion String Quartet. She performed Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with Hilary Hahn at the 2002 Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.Ms. Kim has been profiled on national and international television and has appeared on CBC, PBS and CBS networks. Her performances have been aired on NPR and CBC radio networks. Ms. Kim served as Assistant and Associate Concertmaster for the Atlanta Symphony for three seasons. She is currently the assistant concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra. Ms. Kim performs with local new music ensembles, Bent Frequency, Sonic Generator, Thamyris and recently joined the Atlanta Chamber Players.JULIE COUCHERON, Artist-in-Residence in PianoJulie Coucheron has established an international career, winning prizes in Italy, Germany, and in the United States. Ms. Coucheron has worked with musicians such as Lazar Berman, Claude Frank, Emanuel Ax, Vladimir Feltsman, John O' Connor and Chistopher O'Riley, and has toured Europe, America, South America and Asia, playing in great halls like Verizon Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Born in Oslo, Norway, Ms. Coucheron started playing the piano at the age of four. She earned her Bachelors and Master's Degree with honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London studying with Christopher Elton and Michael Dussek while also gaining her LRAM teaching diploma at the same institution.Ms. Coucheron has performed at festivals such as the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Bergen International Music Festival and at La Jolla Summer fest. She is artistic director for the Fjord Cadenza Festival in Norway and a founding member of the Kon Tiki Classical music Fest in Oslo, Norway.In September 2002 she released her first recording, 'Debut' on the Naxos label, together with her brother David containing lyrical and virtuoso music from the classical repertoire. The response was excellent and it sold more than 40,000 copies in Norway alone.Ms. Coucheron and her brother David released their second recording David and Julie on the Mudi/Naxos label in September 2008. This recording contains sonatas by Grieg and Brahms and received brilliant reviews worldwide. In 2009, she won first prize at the Pinerelo International Chamber Music Competition in Italy together with her brother.Ms. Coucheron enjoys a close collaboration with the Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, David Coucheron and the principal Cellist, Chris Rex. Together they have formed a trio that performs regularly in various concert halls around the world. Ms. Coucheron is also a member of the Georgian Chamber Players and recently performed the Brahms piano quartet with the ensemble in Spivey Hall in Atlanta.Ms. Coucheron enjoys a various and wide range of styles and repertoire emerging from her highly trained classical background to the more contemporary and popular music. Recent collaborations include performances with artists such as the Steve Miller Band and Elton John.SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY AND STAFF                 Stephen W. Plate, DirectorMusic EducationJudith BealeJanet BonerKathleen CreasyCharles JacksonAlison MannAngela McKeeRichard McKeeCory MealsHarry PriceTerri TalleyChris ThibdeauAmber Weldon-   StephensMusic History & AppreciationDrew DolanEdward EanesHeather HartKayleen JustusMusic Theory, Composition, TechnologyJudith ColeSteve DanczKelly FrancisJennifer Mitchell Laurence SherrBenjamin   WadsworthJeff YunekWoodwindsRobert Cronin, FluteTodd Skitch, Flute Christina Smith, Flute Cecilia Price, Flute, Chamber MusicShelly Myers, OboeElizabeth Koch Tiscione, Oboe John Warren, Clarinet, Chamber Music Andrew Brady, Bassoon Sam Skelton, SaxophoneLuke Weathington, SaxophoneBrass & Percussion Doug Lindsey, Trumpet, Chamber MusicMike Tiscione, TrumpetAnna Dodd, HornJason Eklund, HornTom Gibson, TromboneNathan Zgonc, TromboneBrian Hecht, Bass Trombone Martin Cochran, EuphoniumPaul Dickinson, Tuba / EuphoniumBernard Flythe, Tuba / EuphoniumJohn Lawless, PercussionStringsHelen Kim, Violin Kenn Wagner, Violin, Chamber MusicCatherine Lynn, Viola Paul Murphy, ViolaCharae Krueger, CelloJames Barket, Double BassJoseph McFadden, Double Bass Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Harp Mary Akerman, Classical GuitarVoiceStephanie AdrianJessica JonesEileen MoremenOral MosesLeah PartridgeValerie WaltersTodd WedgeJana YoungPianoJudith Cole, Collaborative Piano Julie CoucheronRobert HenryJohn Marsh, Class PianoSoohyun YunJazzJustin Chesarek, Jazz PercussionWes Funderburk, Jazz Trombone, Jazz   EnsemblesTyrone Jackson, Jazz PianoMarc Miller, Jazz BassSam Skelton, Jazz EnsemblesRob Opitz, Jazz TrumpetTrey Wright, Jazz Guitar, Jazz CombosEnsembles & ConductorsLeslie J. 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Faculty Recital: Helen Kim, violin with Julie Coucheron, piano

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Faculty Recital: Helen Kim, violin with Julie Coucheron, piano

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