Sixth Annual New Music Festival   Thomas McKinley, Composer-in-Residence Lisa Leonard, Director 
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm   Spotlight: Young Composers 
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm   Contemporary Forum 
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm   Spotlight 2: Thomas McKinley 
Commissioned Work
Double Visions for Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano by Thomas Lawrence McKinley.  The full score is displayed in the Creative Works collection.https://spiral.lynn.edu/conservatory_newmusicfest/1005/thumbnail.jp

Leonard, Lisa

McKinley, Thomas

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    STUDENT RECITALS Tuesday, Nov. 8  3:30 p.m. Yiqian Song performs her Professional Performance Certificate collaborative piano recital; 5:30 p.m. Chien-I Yang performs her Professional Performance Certificate piano recital; 7:30 p.m. Sara Lynch performs her Master’s degree Oboe recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  STUDENT RECITALS Tuesday, Nov. 15 3:30 p.m. Zhou Jiang  performs her Professional Performance Certificate collaborative piano recital; 5:30 p.m. Katie Algarra performs her senior double bass recital; 7:30 p.m. Klesey Lin performs her senior violin recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  NO STRINGS ATTACHED Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Conservatory wind, brass and percussion departments join together to present a thrilling concert of music written by composers ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky.  These pieces transport the musicians from the back of the orchestra to center stage to form a connection with the audience through these unique and special works. Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Box: $25 | Orchestra: $15 | Mezzanine: $10  STUDENT RECITAL Tuesday, Nov. 29  7:30 p.m. Teng Kuan Wang performs his Master’s Collaborative piano recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  DEAN’S SHOWCASE NO. 2: SPOTLIGHT ON CHAMBER MUSIC Sponsored by Margaret Westervelt Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Simply the best. This delightful program will feature student chamber ensembles that have distinguished themselves throughout this term. Groups are chosen by faculty recommendation and are guaranteed to impress and inspire. Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall |$10  LYNN PHILHARMONIA No. 3 Bruce Polay, guest conductor Saturday, Dec. 3 – 7:30 p.m. Wagner: Rienzi Overture; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1: Heqing Huang, piano; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1: Doniyor Zuparov, cello Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Box: $50 | Orchestra: $40 | Mezzanine: $35    David Balko, piano technician  3601 N. Military Trail│ Boca Raton, FL 33431│ Box Office: 561-237-9000 or go to www.Lynn.edu/tickets  UPCOMING EVENTS      Thomas L. McKinley, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Lynn University, serves as Curriculum Coordinator and Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Conservatory of Music.  Dr. McKinley’s teaching experience spans over two decades and includes positions previously held at Tulane University, the College of the Holy Cross,    Tufts   University,   and    the   New  England Conservatory’s Extension Division. He received Ph.D. (1987) and A.M. (1984) degrees in composition from Harvard University and M.M. (1980) and B.M. (1978) degrees, also in composition, from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.  His teachers have included Lukas Foss, Norman Dinerstein, Charles Jones, Ivan Tcherepnin, Peter Lieberson, Earl Kim, Leon Kirchner and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Dr. McKinley has had compositions performed throughout the United States, as well as internationally in Madrid, Spain and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  He has received grants, awards, and commissions from the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Fund, Inc.; the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (Extension Works); Harvard University; ASCAP/Aspen Music School; the Georgia Woodwind Quintet (in residence at the University of Georgia); Marc Reese (trumpet, Empire Brass); the Wesley Weyman Fund (Boston, MA); and the University of Cincinnati.  Dr. McKinley's Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet have been recorded on CD by the Georgia Woodwind Quintet.  He was one of the founding members of the Boston-Based performing group Extension Works and served as its secretary/treasurer for five years.  In October of 1986, he was invited to have works played and be a guest performer (piano) at the 62nd State Convention of the Kentucky Federation of Music Clubs. In addition to his work as a composer and teacher, Dr. McKinley has pursued research in music theory and analysis.  He has completed a study titled Dominant-Related Chromatic Third Progressions: a Reappraisal of Third Relationship in the Common-Practice Period, including a system of Classification.  Over the past decade, he has broadened his research interests to include the interdisciplinary study of the visual arts and music. Together with art historian Olivia Shelley, Dr. McKinley has given a series of lectures and seminars throughout South Florida on a variety of topics.          Nocturne for Flute and Piano (1988) Fabian Alvarez, flute Agnieszka Sornek, piano  Fantasy for Woodwind Quintet (1981, revised 1985) Fabian Alvarez, flute; Greg Stead, oboe; Fabiola Porras, clarinet Raul Rodriguez, horn; Noemi Rivera, bassoon  Trialogue for Solo Flute (1979) Jo Brand, flute  Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1978) I. Molto Allegro  II. Lento   III. Molto Allegro Ann Fontanella, violin; Jared Cooper, cello                                        Aneliya Novikova, piano  INTERMISSION  Fantasy  Pieces  for Solo Piano (2004-2006) I. “Invocation”  II. “The Tyger-Thy Fearful Symmetry” III. “See the Furies Arise” Anastasiya Timofeeva, piano  Elegy to the Spanish Republic for Solo Viola (1996) Jesse Yukimura, viola  Double Visions for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano            World Premiere I. “Vision I” (2011) II. “Vision II” (1989) Delcho Tenev, violin; Michael Kaiser, clarinet;                                         Elis Ramos, cello; Dan Yi, piano     SPOTLIGHT 2: THOMAS MCKINLEY (b. 1956) Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.  NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE       Hailed as a pianist who “communicates deep artistic understanding through a powerful and virtuosic technique”, Lisa Leonard enjoys a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, and educator. In 1990 at the age of 17, Ms. Leonard made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in six concerts at the Kennedy Center.  She has appeared throughout Europe, Japan, Russia, and North  America   with   many   orchestras   including recent performances with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. An active chamber musician, she has performed with members of the Berlin, Vienna, New York, Cleveland and Cincinnati Symphonies in addition to members of the American and Mendelssohn String Quartets, and the Empire Brass Quintet in performances featured on National Public Radios’ “Performance Today” and “Command Performance” programs.  Her love of new music has resulted in several premieres of both solo and chamber music including James Stephenson’s Concerto for Trumpet and Piano which was written for her and her husband, Marc Reese, which they premiered with the Lynn University Philharmonia. The performance was noted as one of South Florida’s Top 10 performances of 2007 which also included her performance of the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet at the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Leonard has served on the faculties of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Meadowmount School of Music, and the Las Vegas Music Festival. She has performed at the Pacific Music Festival, Gilmore International, Caramoor, the East/West International Festival and is currently the head of the Graduate Instrumental Collaborative Piano Program at Lynn University. She can be heard on the Klavier, Centaur, and Summit labels and has been featured on Japan’s NHK television network. A native of Washington D.C., Ms. Leonard received her M.M. and B.M. from the Manhattan School of Music where she was the premiere recipient of both the Rubinstein and Balsam awards, two of the highest awards given.   Her former teachers include Marc Silverman, Suzanne W. Guy, Eric Larsen, Isidore Cohen, Thomas Schumacher, Cynthia Phelps, David Geber and the Meadowmount Trio.          Panel: Dr. Thomas McKinley, 2011-2012 Composer-in-residence                               Lisa Leonard, Director of the New Music Festival                               Marc Reese, Empire Brass Quintet     Dave Hollinden (b. 1958)              Platinum (2001-03)        Scott Crawford, percussion                                                               Teng-Kuan Wang, piano   John Cage (1912-1992)                     ASLSP (1985)  Agnieszka Sornek, piano   Stanley Friedman (b. 1951)                         Solus (1975)   Brian Garcia, trumpet    CONTEMPORARY FORUM Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.  NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL DIRECTOR                      Stephen Seto (b. 1987)           Wisdom (2011) World Premiere  Stephen Seto, piano     Jonathan Lord (b. 1986)         Sonata for Cello and Piano (2011)/Selections         World Premiere I. Moderately fast                II. Marked and lively            III. Slow     Teng-Kuan Wang, Piano                      Jonathan Lord, Cello     Nelson Navarrete (b. 1979)    Misguided Phase for String Quartet (2005) Olesya Rusina and Aziza Musaeva, violins                                           Jenny Lin, viola Doniyor Zuparov, cello               Matthew Reichenberger (b. 1998)     Toccata; Homage to Prokofiev (2011) World Premiere  Matthew Reichenberger, piano FSMTA Composition Competition competitor     Michael Freel (b. 1993)             Duet for cello and piano (2011)   World Premiere Doniyor Zuparov, cello Agnieszka Sornek, piano     Nelson Navarette (b. 1979)                  That Broken Picture (2011) World Premiere Agnieszka Sornek, piano     Joshua Luty (b. 1992)                    Elegy for Youth Cut Short (2011) World Premiere  Noemi Rivera, Kaitlyn Paradise, Joshua Luty and Ruth Santos, bassoons         SPOTLIGHT: YOUNG COMPOSERS Monday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m.                       Stephen Seto (b. 1987)           Wisdom (2011) World Premiere  Stephen Seto, piano     Jonathan Lord (b. 1986)         Sonata for Cello and Piano (2011)/Selections         World Premiere I. Moderately fast                II. Marked and lively            III. Slow     Teng-Kuan Wang, Piano                      Jonathan Lord, Cello     Nelson Navarrete (b. 1979)    Misguided Phase for String Quartet (2005) Olesya Rusina and Aziza Musaeva, violins                                           Jenny Lin, viola Doniyor Zuparov, cello               Matthew Reichenberger (b. 1998)     Toccata; Homage to Prokofiev (2011) World Premiere  Matthew Reichenberger, piano FSMTA Composition Competition competitor     Michael Freel (b. 1993)             Duet for cello and piano (2011)   World Premiere Doniyor Zuparov, cello Agnieszka Sornek, piano     Nelson Navarette (b. 1979)                  That Broken Picture (2011) World Premiere Agnieszka Sornek, piano     Joshua Luty (b. 1992)                    Elegy for Youth Cut Short (2011) World Premiere  Noemi Rivera, Kaitlyn Paradise, Joshua Luty and Ruth Santos, bassoons         SPOTLIGHT: YOUNG COMPOSERS Monday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m.        Hailed as a pianist who “communicates deep artistic understanding through a powerful and virtuosic technique”, Lisa Leonard enjoys a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, and educator. In 1990 at the age of 17, Ms. Leonard made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in six concerts at the Kennedy Center.  She has appeared throughout Europe, Japan, Russia, and North  America   with   many   orchestras   including recent performances with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. An active chamber musician, she has performed with members of the Berlin, Vienna, New York, Cleveland and Cincinnati Symphonies in addition to members of the American and Mendelssohn String Quartets, and the Empire Brass Quintet in performances featured on National Public Radios’ “Performance Today” and “Command Performance” programs.  Her love of new music has resulted in several premieres of both solo and chamber music including James Stephenson’s Concerto for Trumpet and Piano which was written for her and her husband, Marc Reese, which they premiered with the Lynn University Philharmonia. The performance was noted as one of South Florida’s Top 10 performances of 2007 which also included her performance of the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet at the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Leonard has served on the faculties of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Meadowmount School of Music, and the Las Vegas Music Festival. She has performed at the Pacific Music Festival, Gilmore International, Caramoor, the East/West International Festival and is currently the head of the Graduate Instrumental Collaborative Piano Program at Lynn University. She can be heard on the Klavier, Centaur, and Summit labels and has been featured on Japan’s NHK television network. A native of Washington D.C., Ms. Leonard received her M.M. and B.M. from the Manhattan School of Music where she was the premiere recipient of both the Rubinstein and Balsam awards, two of the highest awards given.   Her former teachers include Marc Silverman, Suzanne W. Guy, Eric Larsen, Isidore Cohen, Thomas Schumacher, Cynthia Phelps, David Geber and the Meadowmount Trio.          Panel: Dr. Thomas McKinley, 2011-2012 Composer-in-residence                               Lisa Leonard, Director of the New Music Festival                               Marc Reese, Empire Brass Quintet     Dave Hollinden (b. 1958)              Platinum (2001-03)        Scott Crawford, percussion                                                               Teng-Kuan Wang, piano   John Cage (1912-1992)                     ASLSP (1985)  Agnieszka Sornek, piano   Stanley Friedman (b. 1951)                         Solus (1975)   Brian Garcia, trumpet    CONTEMPORARY FORUM Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.  NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL DIRECTOR    Thomas L. McKinley, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Lynn University, serves as Curriculum Coordinator and Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Conservatory of Music.  Dr. McKinley’s teaching experience spans over two decades and includes positions previously held at Tulane University, the College of the Holy Cross,    Tufts   University,   and    the   New  England Conservatory’s Extension Division. He received Ph.D. (1987) and A.M. (1984) degrees in composition from Harvard University and M.M. (1980) and B.M. (1978) degrees, also in composition, from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.  His teachers have included Lukas Foss, Norman Dinerstein, Charles Jones, Ivan Tcherepnin, Peter Lieberson, Earl Kim, Leon Kirchner and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Dr. McKinley has had compositions performed throughout the United States, as well as internationally in Madrid, Spain and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  He has received grants, awards, and commissions from the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Fund, Inc.; the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (Extension Works); Harvard University; ASCAP/Aspen Music School; the Georgia Woodwind Quintet (in residence at the University of Georgia); Marc Reese (trumpet, Empire Brass); the Wesley Weyman Fund (Boston, MA); and the University of Cincinnati.  Dr. McKinley's Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet have been recorded on CD by the Georgia Woodwind Quintet.  He was one of the founding members of the Boston-Based performing group Extension Works and served as its secretary/treasurer for five years.  In October of 1986, he was invited to have works played and be a guest performer (piano) at the 62nd State Convention of the Kentucky Federation of Music Clubs. In addition to his work as a composer and teacher, Dr. McKinley has pursued research in music theory and analysis.  He has completed a study titled Dominant-Related Chromatic Third Progressions: a Reappraisal of Third Relationship in the Common-Practice Period, including a system of Classification.  Over the past decade, he has broadened his research interests to include the interdisciplinary study of the visual arts and music. Together with art historian Olivia Shelley, Dr. McKinley has given a series of lectures and seminars throughout South Florida on a variety of topics.          Nocturne for Flute and Piano (1988) Fabian Alvarez, flute Agnieszka Sornek, piano  Fantasy for Woodwind Quintet (1981, revised 1985) Fabian Alvarez, flute; Greg Stead, oboe; Fabiola Porras, clarinet Raul Rodriguez, horn; Noemi Rivera, bassoon  Trialogue for Solo Flute (1979) Jo Brand, flute  Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1978) I. Molto Allegro  II. Lento   III. Molto Allegro Ann Fontanella, violin; Jared Cooper, cello                                        Aneliya Novikova, piano  INTERMISSION  Fantasy  Pieces  for Solo Piano (2004-2006) I. “Invocation”  II. “The Tyger-Thy Fearful Symmetry” III. “See the Furies Arise” Anastasiya Timofeeva, piano  Elegy to the Spanish Republic for Solo Viola (1996) Jesse Yukimura, viola  Double Visions for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano            World Premiere I. “Vision I” (2011) II. “Vision II” (1989) Delcho Tenev, violin; Michael Kaiser, clarinet;                                         Elis Ramos, cello; Dan Yi, piano     SPOTLIGHT 2: THOMAS MCKINLEY (b. 1956) Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.  NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE     STUDENT RECITALS Tuesday, Nov. 8  3:30 p.m. Yiqian Song performs her Professional Performance Certificate collaborative piano recital; 5:30 p.m. Chien-I Yang performs her Professional Performance Certificate piano recital; 7:30 p.m. Sara Lynch performs her Master’s degree Oboe recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  STUDENT RECITALS Tuesday, Nov. 15 3:30 p.m. Zhou Jiang  performs her Professional Performance Certificate collaborative piano recital; 5:30 p.m. Katie Algarra performs her senior double bass recital; 7:30 p.m. Klesey Lin performs her senior violin recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  NO STRINGS ATTACHED Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Conservatory wind, brass and percussion departments join together to present a thrilling concert of music written by composers ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky.  These pieces transport the musicians from the back of the orchestra to center stage to form a connection with the audience through these unique and special works. Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Box: $25 | Orchestra: $15 | Mezzanine: $10  STUDENT RECITAL Tuesday, Nov. 29  7:30 p.m. Teng Kuan Wang performs his Master’s Collaborative piano recital.  Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall|Free  DEAN’S SHOWCASE NO. 2: SPOTLIGHT ON CHAMBER MUSIC Sponsored by Margaret Westervelt Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Simply the best. This delightful program will feature student chamber ensembles that have distinguished themselves throughout this term. Groups are chosen by faculty recommendation and are guaranteed to impress and inspire. Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall |$10  LYNN PHILHARMONIA No. 3 Bruce Polay, guest conductor Saturday, Dec. 3 – 7:30 p.m. Wagner: Rienzi Overture; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1: Heqing Huang, piano; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1: Doniyor Zuparov, cello Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Box: $50 | Orchestra: $40 | Mezzanine: $35    David Balko, piano technician  3601 N. Military Trail│ Boca Raton, FL 33431│ Box Office: 561-237-9000 or go to www.Lynn.edu/tickets  UPCOMING EVENTS   

2011-2012 New Music Festival

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