Hayden Auditorium Thomas Metcalf School Sunday Afternoon April 20, 1997 3:00 p.m

Buccheri, Elizabeth, Piano

Williams, Gail, Horn

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Hayden Auditorium Thomas Metcalf SchoolSunday AfternoonApril 20, 19973:00 p.m

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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 4-20-1997 Fine Arts Festival Concert:Gail Williams, Horn Elizabeth Buccheri, Piano Gail Williams Horn Illinois State University Elizabeth Buccheri Piano Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp  Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Williams, Gail Horn and Buccheri, Elizabeth Piano, "Fine Arts Festival Concert:Gail Williams, Horn Elizabeth Buccheri, Piano" (1997). School of Music Programs. 1538. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/1538 This Concert Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact ISUReD@ilstu.edu. I Music Department I Illinois State University I I I I FINE ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERT featuring I Gail Williams, Horn I Elizabeth Buccheri, Piano , I I I I, I I Hayden Auditorium Thomas Metcalf School Sunday Afternoon April 20, 1997 3:00 p.m. Program Zwei Solfeggien K. V. 393 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Michael Holtzel Sonate Massig bewegt Ruhig bewegt Lebhaft Berceuse, Op. 19 Sonata for Hom and Piano (1992) Paul Hindemith J. M. Damase Eric Ewazen A Reception and Masterclass will follow the recital. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ms. Williams' appearance is made possible by generous support from the following organizations: Yamaha Corporation of America Illinois State University College of Fine Arts - Alvin Goldfarb, Dean ISU Office of Women's Studies ISU Music Department Horine's Pianos Plus Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Delta Omicron I I I I I I I I I I I ABOUT THE ARTISTS I GAIL WILLIAMS joined the Chicago Symphony horn section in 1979 and was appointed associate principal horn in 1984. She studied with John Covert at Ithaca College and received a master's degree from Northwestern University. From 197 5 through 1978 she was a memberof the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra. I Ms. Williams performs regularly with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, ' of which she is a founding member. In addition to performing in the Chicago area, the ensemble has performed in Salzburg, Austria; Eugene, Oregon; and at the Ober-I lin Conservatory in Ohio, where they conducted master classes as well. She is also a founding member of the Summit Brass, a brass ensemble composed of musi-cians from the New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and St. Louis Symphonies and chamber soloists from throughout the country. She tours frequently with the I Summit Brass and has made seven recordings with this ensemble. Most recently she has completed a recording of contemporary solo music for Summit Records. As well as the Summit Brass, she performs at the Bay Chamber Concert series in I I Rockport, Maine, and at the Skaneateles Chamber Festival, New York. Ms. Williams is on the faculty of Northwestern University. Her awards include Ithaca College's Young Distinguished Alumni Award and, most recently, an honorary doctorate of music, also from Ithaca College. As a featured horn soloist, Ms. Williams has appeared with the San Anto-nio Symphony, David Mairs, conducting, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Sir Georg Solti. In both appearances she performed the Richard Strauss Hom Concerto #2. She performs regularly as solo horn with the Teton Music Festival, and during the festival's 1995 season she premiered a chamber work for horn and I percussion. In April of 1997, Ms. Williams will perform with the Chamber Music Society of LincohJ Center in New York City . I ELIZABETH BUCCHERI, pianist, is one of Chicago's most sought after musicians. Known for her musical versatility and sensitive pianism, she is in demand as chamber musician, vocal coach, and educator. A native South Carolin-I ian, she received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree and the Performer's Certificate in Piano from the Eastman School of Music. While in Rochester, she was pianist for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and also toured and performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. An assistant conductor at the Lyric Opera of I Chicago since 1987, she is also principal accompanist for the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and in addition is accompanist/coach for vocal and instrumental soloists for Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances. A member of the Department of Music at North Park College, she is music director of the Concert series, Chamber I I Music at North Park, now in its sixteenth season of concerts on Chicago's north-west side. Buccheri appears regularly as pianist in the Midwest's prestigious con-cert halls, and from 1988 to 1991, performed as collaborative pianist in the Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute for Young Artists. She has been heard in concert with the violinists, Midori, Gil Shaham, and Anne Akiko Meyers, and with the Vermeer and Shanghai String Quartets. Elizabeth Buccheri has recorded chamber music on the CRI, Sony, and Cedille labels, and was responsible for Schoenberg's Moses und Aron and of Verdi's Otello and Wagner's Die Meistersinger, Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists. I I 

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