Space, Angela

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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs10-5-2016Guest Artist Recital: Angela Space, alto saxophoneAngela SpaceFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationSpace, Angela, "Guest Artist Recital: Angela Space, alto saxophone" (2016). All Concert & Recital Programs. 1974.http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/1974Guest Artist RecitalAngela Space, alto saxophoneNadine Shank, pianoHockett Family Recital HallWednesday, October 5th, 20164:00 pmProgramA l’Espagnole (1962)            Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995)San Antonio (1997) John Harbison (b. 1938)1. The Summons2. Line Dance3. Couples’ Dance Flamenco (2013) Christian Lauba (b. 1952)Evil Things (2016) Angela Space (b. 1976)Brillance (1974) Ida Gotkovsky(b. 1933)I. DéclaméII. DesinvolteIII. DolcissimoIV. FinalThe PerformersAngela Space (www.angelaspace.com) is a saxophonist andcomposer. She currently teaches at the University of Southampton(UK). She has had a wide variety of performance experience includingperformances with the New World Symphony, Florida Philharmonic,the South Bend Symphony, The Temptations, Ensemble X, theDisneyland All American College Band, and her own three-piece punkband, Rainbow Reservoir. Her music has been played on BBC Radio 3and 6 and she’s performed at Wilderness Festival and the TruckFestival. Dr. Space graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherstwith a dual degree in music education and saxophone performancestudying with saxophonist Lynn Klock and composer Sal Macchia. Sheearned a Master of Music from Ithaca College where she was teachingassistant to Steven Mauk, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from theUniversity of Miami studying with Gary Keller and serving as anadjunct saxophone faculty.  She has performed on multiplesaxophone congresses and conferences as both a soloist and memberof the Pioneer Saxophone Quartet and was a finalist at the NorthAmerican Saxophone Alliance Classical Competition.She has served on the faculties of Florida International University,Indiana University South Bend, and the State University of New Yorkat Oswego where she directed the concert band. In 2009 she movedfrom Oswego to the UK where she still lives. Currently she is writingsongs, composing music for electric guitar and saxophone, andfinishing up the first in a series of saxophone method book series.Pianist Nadine Shank made her concert debut at age 15, performingthe Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 with the World Youth Orchestra ofInterlochen, as winner of their prestigious concerto competition. Shewas an award winner in the MTNA, Mason and Hamlin, and NationalFederation of Music Clubs competitions. Ms. Shank earned degrees atthe Oberlin Conservatory, receiving the Rudolph Serkin Piano Awardand the Pi Kappa Lambda Piano Prize, and at Indiana University(Bloomington) where she performed with the University Philharmonicas winner of their Concerto Competition. Her teachers have includedMenahem Pressler, Karen Shaw, Sanford Margolis and John Wustman.Nadine Shank has performed at such prestigious venues as thePhillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Jordan Hall and the TsangPerformance Center, Boston, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and the92nd Street Y, New York City; the Cleveland Orchestra's BlossomChamber Festival; and the Monadnock Festival, New Hampshire. Shehas appeared in Festivals in Germany, England, Holland and theVirgin Islands. In a duo with violinist Charles Treger for over 10 years,she has performed extensively, and has toured in the United Statesand Poland playing the cycle of Sonatas for Violin and Piano byBeethoven. She has performed in concert with the Lark String Quartetand soloed in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the West PointAcademy Military Band on their Summer Music Series. Ms. Shank'sperformances have been recorded on the CRI, Gaspari, MRS, NewWorld, Spectrum, and YAL (“Nadine Shank Performs Sonata No. 2 byYusef Lateef) labels. For Centaur, she recorded "American-Jewish ArtSongs" and “I Have Taken an Oath To Remember: Art Songs of theHolocaust” with soprano Paulina Stark and on the Open Loop label,Shank and saxophonist Lynn Klock recorded three CDs. She hasrecorded numerous "Play-Along" CDs of saxophone and clarinetliterature for Open Loop. Ms. Shank is the Principal Orchestral Pianist with the SpringfieldSymphony Orchestra (Massachusetts), and is Professor of Music inPiano and Director of the Piano and Collaborative Piano Programs atthe University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 

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