Center for the Performing Arts Thursday Evening February 15, 2007 8:00p.m

Block, Mike, Cello/Composer

Lewis, Katherine, Viola

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Center for the Performing ArtsThursday EveningFebruary 15, 20078:00 p.m

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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 2-15-2007 Guest Artist:Mike Block, Cello & Composer & Faculty Artist:Katherine Lewis, Viola Mike Block Cello/Composer Illinois State University Katherine Lewis Viola Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp  Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Block, Mike Cello/Composer and Lewis, Katherine Viola, "Guest Artist:Mike Block, Cello & Composer & Faculty Artist:Katherine Lewis, Viola" (2007). School of Music Programs. 3089. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/3089 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. l lllinois State (jniversit_y 'College off ine Arts School of Music I I I I I I I I I I I Guest Artist Mike !)lock, Cello tf,, Composer _ & f acult~ Artist Katherine Lewis, \l,'ola Centerforthe FerformingArts ' F ebrua~ I 5, 2007 I This is the eight_y-eighth program of the 2006-2007 season. Thursda_y E.vening 8:00p.m. Frogram flease t um o tt cell phones a nd pagers Fo r the dura tion o f the concert. Tha nk You. Duo in E-flat Major, WoO 32 ("Duett mit zwei obligaten Augenglassern") (with Two Eyeglasses obbligato) Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro (1770-1827) Blue Danube in Budapest (arranged for Viola and Cello) Katherine L e wis, viola Katherine Lewis , vio la Mike Block (born 1982) I I I . I I I I I I I Duet for Viola and Cello Katherine Lewis, viola Paul Hindemith 1 I (1895-1963) "Fighting the Waves" for Cello and Recording Mike Block I I ~Intermission~ I I Selection of songs TBA I. I I I I I I I 1· I I I About the Artists .... Mike Block is currently performing his own music for cello and voice at clubs around NYC, with frequent guests that are slowly coalescing into a sweet band! Mike is also a regular performer with Yo-Yo Ma as second cellist in his Silk Road Ensemble, with which he has perfonned in Carnegie Hall, Japan, Tanglewood, San Diego, Chicago, and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Mike also performs regularly with Grammy Award-winning fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor as the cellist in his Appalachia Waltz Trio. Mike is also a founding member ofNewspeak, a politically-oriented electro-acoustic contemporary music ensemble, and he performs regularly with the Knights Chamber Ensemble and the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York. In December of 2005, Mike released his debut album of all original material, The Agony of Modern Music. He has also recorded on albums for Lenny Kravitz, Joe Zawinul \and the Absolute Ensemble, the Working Title, Jaymay, and has performed on CBS and VHl with Teddy Geiger, as well as NPR's St. Paul Sunday Morning with the Appalachia Waltz Trio. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the .Cleveland Institute of Music, Mike's former cello teachers include Richard Aaron, Joel Krosnick, and Darrett Adkins. Mike also trained with Pamela Devenport to become a Suzuki teacher. In the summers, Mike regularly teaches and performs at Mark O'Connor's String Conference' in San Diego and the Kansas City Cello Clinic. R.ecordings of Mike !)lock will be available for purchase in the Lobb_y after tonight's concert. Katherine Lewis is Instructor of Viola at lllinois State University as well as a faculty advisor with the ISU String Project. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, and Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is in the final stages of completion of her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music where she was a Brown Foundation Scholar. Ms. Lewis has taught viola and chamber music in the preparatory departments of the Shepherd School of Music, The Cleveland Institute of Music, and Fairmount Fine Arts Center in Cleveland, OH. In addition she has served as principal violist of the Prairie Ensemble, Kankakee Symphony, Symphony of Southeast Texas and Orchestra X, played frequently with the Houston and New World Symphonies; and is currently a member of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston, TX. She has participated in many festivals including the Aspen and Sarasota Music Festivals, the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, the Baroque Institute at Longy, France, and the International Holland Music Sessions. Her teachers include Karen Rftscher, · Jeffrey Irvine, James Dunham, Matthew Michelic, and Heidi Castleman. Recently, Ms. Lewis was appointed Principal Violist with the Peoria Symphony. Upcoming E_vents Fcbrua':! 16 7:00 p.m. CPA Twin Cities Band Festival 18 3:00 p.m. CPA Gold Series: Wind Symphony 18 7:00 p.m. KRH Chamber Winds I 19 7:30 p.m. KRH Guest Artist, Nathan Wysock, guitar 20 11 :00 a.m. KRH Convocation Recital I 20 8:00 p.m. CPA Charles W . Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Faculty Showcase 22 7:30 p.m. KRH Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series: I Adriana Ransom, cello & Maria Stablein, piano 24 2:30 p.m. CPA Jazz Ensembles I & II 24 4;00 P.M. KRH Graduate Recital, Marisa DeSilva, mezzo soprano I 24 6:30 p.m. KRH Junior Recital, Robert Sicklesteel, guitar 2S TBA KRH Viola Day I 25 3:00 p.m. CPA Symphonic Winds 25 4:00 p.m. KRH Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series:· I Katherine Lewis, viola & Guest Karen Ritscher, viola 26 8:00 p.m. CPA Guest Artist, Greg Kunde, tenor 27 11:00a.m. KRH Convocation Recital: Amy Gilreath, trumpet & Paul Borg, piano I 27 8:00 p.m. KRH Charles W . Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Michael Dicker, bassoon & Judith Dicker, oboe I 28 8:00 p.m. CPA Chamber Orchestra & Concert Choir March I 02 7:30 p.m. KRH Guest Artist, Jason Ham, euphonium 03 5:00 p.m. KRH Senior Recital, Jamie Szynal, soprano I 04 3:00 p.m. CPA Symphonic Band 04 7:00 p.m. CPA Trombone Choir & Tuba Ensemble I • indicates free admission KRH - Kemp Recital Hall I CPA - Center-for the Performing Arts 

Guest Artist: Mike Block, Cello/Composer; Katherine Lewis, Viola; February 15, 2007

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