2023 New Orleans Keyboard Festival & Piano Institute Program

2023 NEW ORLEANS KEYBOARD FESTIVAL AND PIANO INSTITUTE

JULY 15-22, 2023

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS

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Ahead in the 2023-24 Season

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 6:00 PM

4th Annual Bachtoberfest featuring the Electric Yat Quartet, pianist André Bohren, and trumpeter Vance Woolf Margaret Place, New Orleans

Sunday, November 5, 2023, 5:00 PM

Annual Gala NOCTURNE XX featuring pianist Jonathan Biss Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans

Saturday, December 2, 6:00 PM

Le Petit Salon featuring tenor Antonio Domino

Thursday, January 11, 2024, 7:30 PM

Elia Cecino, Gold Medalist of the 2022 New Orleans Int’l Piano Competition with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Orpheum Theater, New Orleans

Tuesday, January 16, 12:00 PM

Elia Cecino in Solo Concert, Merkin Hall | Kaufman Center, New York

July 13-20, 2024

29th New Orleans International Piano Competition, Piano Institute & Keyboard Festival Loyola University, New Orleans

For more information visit www.masno.org

SATURDAY, JULY 15

Guest Artist Recital Tatiana Dorokhova 7:00 PM

SUNDAY, JULY 16

Master Class I Igor Resnianski 10:30 AM

Master Class II Hristo Birbochukov

MONDAY, JULY 17

PM

PM NOPI Solo Competition Semifnal Round - Division I

Master Class III Alan Chow

PM NOPI Solo Competition Semifnal Round - Division II

TUESDAY, JULY 18

Master Class IV Tatiana Dorokhova

PM NOPI Solo Competition Final Round - Division I 7:00 PM

NOPI Solo Competition Final Round - Division II 8:45 PM Announcement of the 2023 NOPI Solo Competition Winners

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

Master Class V Dustin Gledhill 10:30 AM

Master Class VI Kevin Chance

THURSDAY, JULY 20

PM

AM Meet the Faculty Q&A Session with NOPI Faculty

Master Class VII Shearon Horton

PM NOPI Concerto Competition

Sponsored by Hall Piano Company and the Steinway Society of New Orleans with support from Igor Resnianski Announcement of the 2023 NOPI Concerto Competition Winners

FRIDAY, JULY 21

NOMTA Pedagogical Hour “The Art of Musical Phrasing” – Shearon Horton 10:30 AM

Sponsored by the New Orleans Teachers Association

Master Class VIII Brian Hsu 3:45 PM

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Showcase Recital I 10:30 AM

Showcase Recital II 1:30 PM

ATURDAY, JULY 27

NOPI Student Showcase Recital

All NOPI Events are held in the Loyola Music and Communications building. Orientation, and Master Classes will take place in Room 240.

The NOPI Solo and Concerto Competitions and Showcase Recital will be held in Roussel Hall. The NOPI Competition Rounds, Showcase Recital and Master Classes are FREE of charge and open to the public. The New Orleans Keyboard Festival Guest Artist Recitals are ticketed events.

PHOTO: Benjamin Ealovega

TaTiaNa DOrOkhOva

Tatiana Dorokhova was born in 1991 in Volgograd in a family of musicians. She started playing the piano at the age of six and went on to graduate from the Children’s Music School No. 14 in Volgograd (class of Mrs. Anna Cherfas), the Central Music School at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of Prof. Alexander Mndoyants) in 2009, and the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of Prof. Alexander Mndoyants) in 2016. She has also participated in master classes of outstanding musicians, including Dmitry Bashkirov, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dina Yoffe, Leon Fleischer and others.

Tatiana’s performances always present an extraordinary involvement in musical material, depth, and thoughtfulness, and each one reveals new facets of the music. Tatiana performs with virtuosity, a sensitive touch, a sense of style and form, and a clear understanding of the cultural context. She deftly performs music from encompassing all eras - from the Baroque to the present. Even during her formative years, despite her young age, her performances were repeatedly noted by distinguished musicians to be full of maturity and invariably left a deep mark in the hearts of listeners.

Tatiana is a laureate of many International music competitions, including: the International Competition of Young Pianists named after P.A.Serebryakov (Volgograd, Russia, 2004, 1st prize); the International Competition of Young Pianists named after V.V.Krainev (Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2008, 1st Prize and special Prize for the best performance of works by German composers); the International Piano Competition of the City of Jaen (Spain, 2011, 2nd Prize and prize for the best performance of a compulsory work); the Silvio Bengalli International Piano Competition (Val Tidone, Italy, 2014, 2nd prize); the Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition (Bratislava, Slovakia, 2017, 3rd Prize); the Berlin International Music Competition (2018, Grand Prix); The 28th New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA, 2022, 2nd Prize)

Tatiana took part in the recording of the Anthology of Russian and Soviet Piano Music CD series released by the “Melodiya” record company. In addition to her solo activity, she is greatly interested in chamber music. She has collaborated with violinists, performed works for two pianos and a trio, presented all frequently played works for cello and piano, and played piano quintets. She has performed in the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the St. Petersburg, Moscow and Berlin Philharmonic, and the Cortot Hall in Paris.

Tatiana Dorokhova successfully combines performing and teaching activities. In 2017-2022 she was an Assistant Professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, working with Professor Alexander Mndoyants.

Currently Tatiana is a student of Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch at Park University in Parkville, Missouri.

Saturday, July 15, 2023

7:00 PM

Roussel Hall • Loyola University New Orleans

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111

1. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato

2. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Franz Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161 No. 7

INTERMISSION

Claude Debussy Images, Book I, L. 110

1.  “Reflets dans l’eau”

2.  “Hommage à Rameau”

3.  “Mouvement”

Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Promenade

Gnome

Promenade

The Old Castle

Promenade

Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel after Games)

Bydlo

Promenade

Ballet of Unhatched Chicks

“Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”

Promenade

Limoges. The Market (The Great News)

Catacombs (Roman Tomb)

With the Dead in a Dead Language

The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga)

The Great Gate of Kiev

This concert is made possible by a generous gift from Robin and Bruce Crutcher.

Cara McCool Woolf

Executive & Artisitic Director

Alan Chow

Chairman of the Jury of the New Orleans International Piano Compeition

Daniel Weilbaecher

Director Emeritus

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

William Marshall

President

Mary Albert

Immediate Past-President

Jason Burge

President-Elect

Bruce Crutcher

Treasurer

Lindsay Wells

Recording Secretary

Allan Ledbetter

Corresponnding Secretary

MEMBERS

Hristo Birbochukov

Michael Boucree

Peter Collins

Julie Doan

Robert Edgecombe

David Greenhouse

Brian Hsu

Joan Jensen

Steven Kinchen

Leo Landry

Hans Mulder

Igor Resnianski

Pamela Ricciardi

Megan Shannon

Anne Sumich

Charles Taylor

Theresa Voorhies

Casey Dietz Zainey

Victoria Zangara

Emeritus Board Members

Mary Sue Chambers (1928-2021)

Julianne Nice

Bruce Trible (1927-2022)

Madelyn Trible (1930-2023)

Vision Statement

MASNO’s vision is to be a primary force in establishing New Orleans as a vital and vibrant center of the musical arts, recognized regionally, nationally and internationally.

Mission Statement

MASNO’s mission is:

(1) to create opportunities to hear, participate in, and appreciate performances of the musical arts by established and emerging artists;

(2) to encourage the development of supportive, knowledgeable and enthusiastic audiences for concerts presented by the Musical Arts Society and other musical organizations;

(3) to nurture the development of talent;

(4) to champion music education.

Originally founded in 1980 as the New Orleans Institute for the Performing Arts (NOIPA) by Melvin Alford and Julianne Nice, the organization aimed to provide students and teachers in the performing arts with masterclasses and workshops, as well as expose them to performances by artists in the mainstream of professional activity.

Since its beginning, MASNO has provided both artists and students an opportunity to perform for appreciative audiences and has assisted students in developing skills necessary to build artistic discipline within a comfortable and supportive environment. MASNO has continued to present performances by emerging as well as established artists and to encourage the community to embrace the arts, particularly classical music. In addition to individual events during the year, a weeklong festival featuring master classes, lectures, and performances has been presented annually since 1981, until its one-year postponement in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 1989, Madelyn Trible and Raymond Gitz founded the New Orleans International Piano Competition (NOIPC) as an augmentation to the summer keyboard festival. Without delay, the competition began expanding in scope, attracting competitors and audiences from around the globe, and quickly becoming regarded as one of the finest showcases of pianistic talent.

In the fall of 1994, Melvin Alford stepped down as NOIPA’s first Executive/Artistic Director, and Daniel Weilbaecher was asked to take this position. At that time, NOIPA was renamed the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.

In 1999, the New Orleans Piano Institute (NOPI) was begun as the educational component of MASNO’s summer event. NOPI is an award-winning, intensive solo performance program for talented college, high school, and junior high pianists that includes private lessons, masterclasses, special presentations, performance, and competition opportunities. All of this is within the inspirational context of the biennial NOIPC and the annual Keyboard Festival. Shearon Horton and Raymond Gitz were the first directors of NOPI, and in 2010, Joni Jensen replaced Raymond as NOPI Local Director. Upon Shearon’s retirement in 2013, Alan Chow and Igor Resnianski accepted the Co-Director positions. In 2017, Joni Jensen joined Igor as NOPI Co-Director. Since 2020, Hristo Birbochukov has served with Igor as Co-Director. The institute format continues to expand and now includes a solo competition on alternate years of the NOIPC as well as virtual components. In addition, the Steinway Society of New Orleans presents the NOPI Concerto Competition of which the winner receives a cash prize as well as the opportunity to perform with the New Orleans Civic Symphony.

In the spring of 2004, MASNO presented its first Concerto Showcase featuring the three medalists of the preceding NOIPC to each perform concerti with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Since only solo repertoire is heard during the competition, Concerto Showcase was envisioned as an extension of the NOIPC allowing our top three prizewinners to be heard in concert with the LPO.

From the strategic viewpoint, a new path was established for the evolution of MASNO’s premiere offering in 2009. The NOIPC, which had always been open to pianists without age restriction, began a biennial alternation with the New Orleans international Piano Competition for Young Artists, open to pianists between 14 and 18 years of age. In 2012, the MASNO Board of Directors decided to end the international competition for young artists and to present NOIPC every other year. Despite its postponement in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic causing a 4-year pause, the NOIPC continues as a biennial event.

In 2013, after 20 years as both Executive and Artistic Director of MASNO, Daniel Weilbaecher resigned his position as Executive Director while continuing to serve as Artistic Director. In the fall of 2014, Cara McCool was named MASNO’s Executive Director, and in 2018, she also took the position of Artistic Director upon Daniel’s retirement. At this time, Alan Chow was named Chairman of the Jury of the New Orleans International Piano Competition, as it had formerly been one of Daniel’s roles.

One of Cara’s goals was to broaden MASNO’s presence in the New Orleans musical community extending beyond the summer-centered events. During her tenure, she has led the organization to expand their presence locally, nationally and internationally by extending their calendar to a full annual season featuring an increasingly diverse roster of talent presented in collaboration with a growing number of partners. Under her leadership and with the support of the Board of Directors, MASNO continues increasing the number of educational and community outreach opportunities they provide throughout the area, and has most recently added their virtual mini-concert series MASNOtes, Le Petit Salon series and other online offerings in an effort to stay connected to the community while continuing to support artists through and beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Celebrating its 43rd anniversary in 2023, MASNO proudly holds true to its vision and mission continuing its efforts to make New Orleans a vital and vibrant center for the musical arts by supporting artists, encouraging supportive audiences, nurturing the development of talent, and championing music education.

Semifinal Round: Monday, July 22 final Round: Tuesday, July 23

Participation in this event is limited to students of the New Orleans Piano Institute. There are two Divisions based on the age of the contestant. Each pianist will be heard twice. Winners are announced following the conclusion of the Final Round.

diviSion i: 17 years of age and younger

First Prize $500

Awarded by Pamela Ricciardi in memory of Dr. James Ricciardi

Second Prize $200

Awarded by Lindsay and John Wells

Third Prize $100

Awarded by Joni Jensen and Bruce Regeczi

diviSion ii: 18 years of age and older

First Prize $700

Awarded by an anonymous donor

Second Prize $300

Awarded by Dr. Michael Boucree

Third Prize $150

Awarded by Anne and Darren Sumich

Solo Competition JuRoRS

Peter Collins

Tatiana Dorokhova

Brian Hsu

ConCeRto Competition JuRoRS

Peter Collins

Tatiana Dorokhova

Brian Hsu

iNsTiTuTe CO-DireCTOrs

Hristo Birbochukov

Igor Resnianski

faCulTy/CliNiCiaNs

Kevin Chance

Alan Chow

Tatiana Dorokhova

Dustin Gledhill

Shearon Horton

New Orleans Piano Institute Directors Igor Resnianski and Hristo Birbochukov have selected twenty-seven pianists to participate in the 2023 New Orleans Piano Institute –a piano academy taking place concurrently with the New Orleans Keyboard Festival. Being in its 23rd year, NOPI invites talented college, high school and junior high pianists from across the United States and around the world to participate in an intensive solo performance program, including private lessons with distinguished faculty, masterclasses, special presentations in piano literature and performance practice, and an opportunity to perform in the Showcase Recital.

This summer, students are invited to compete for cash awards in the NOPI Solo Competition held for ages 17 and younger (Division I) and ages 18 and older (Division II). Students also have the opportunity to compete in the NOPI Concerto Competition sponsored by Hall Piano Company and The Steinway Society of New Orleans with support from Igor Resnianski. The winner of the Concerto Competition will receive a $500 cash prize and an invitation to perform with the New Orleans Civic Symphony in the fall.

The public is invited to attend all events of the Piano Institute and Keyboard Festival. Throughout this exciting event, there will be opportunities to hear masterclasses and special presentations, the NOPI Solo Competition Rounds, the Concerto Competition, the NOPI Student Showcase Recital, and the New Orleans Keyboard Festival guest artist recital of Tatiana Dorokhova. All masterclasses, NOPI student performances and all Competition Rounds are free of charge to attend.

diviSion i CompetitoRS

Alyssa Gabrilovich

Katie Wang

Alice Wu

Josephine Chow

Timothy Guan

Ryan Zhang

diviSion ii CompetitoRS

John Morris

Jordan Lynch

Megan DiCamillo

Danielle Whitman

Lewis Arscott

ConCeRto CompetitoRS

Darrina Johnson

Kate Moore

John Morris

Katie Wang

Timothy Yang

Timothy Berry

Andrew Petrescu

Ian Shen

Josephine Chow

Ashley Kim

Benjamin Pessognelli

The NOPI teaching faculty this year includes Hristo Birbochukov (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts), Kevin Chance (University of Alabama), Alan Chow (The Eastman School of Music), Dustin Gledhill (New York), Shearon Horton (Austin), and Igor Resnianski (West Chester University of Pennsylvania). Masterclasses will be given by all NOPI faculty as well as guest artist Tatiana Dorokhova.

hrisTO BirBOChukOv

The Bulgarianborn pianist Hristo Birbochukov has performed extensively as a solo and collaborative pianist across Eastern Europe and the United States, including a New York debut solo recital in 2012. Known for his “superb artistry” and “sensitivity” (Edward Lein, Intermezzo Concert Series), Birbochukov is a prize-winner of national and international competitions and has participated in international music festivals, including the International Festival for Contemporary Piano Music ppIANISSIMO (Sofia, Bulgaria), and the Festival of New Music (Florida, USA). Birbochukov’s awards include Phi Kappa Phi Artist of the Year (Florida, 2007), and Tallahassee Music Guild (2005 and 2007). His television and radio appearances have included broadcasts in both Bulgaria and in the United States and he has been featured in national and international press, including the official website of BBC Music Magazine.

Hristo Birbochukov holds a Doctor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Florida State University, a Master of Music degree from Southeastern Louisiana University, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria, under Prof. Dimo Dimov.

A sought-after educator, Dr. Hristo Birbochukov was named Steinway & Sons Top Teacher for 2017 and 2018. Students of Dr. Birbochukov are frequent winners of state, regional, and national piano competitions, and were selected as finalists for NPR’s program “From the Top.” Presently, Dr. Birbochukov is the Chair of the Classical Instrumental Department of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and an Artist Teacher in Applied Piano. In addition, he is on the Music Faculty of NOBTS, where he teaches Applied Piano to DMA piano students, he is a Co-Director of the annual New Orleans Piano Institute (NOPI), and on the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans (MASNO). More info: www.birbochukov.com

igOr resNiaNski

A Steinway artist, Dr. Resnianski is a prize winner of many international piano competitions including the First Prize of the New Orleans International Piano Competition; the Bronze Medal of the International World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Bronze Medal of the Nena Wideman International Piano Competition, Shreveport, Louisiana, the Fifth Prize in the first Beijing International Piano Competition, and the Second Prize of the All Russian Piano Competition Sodrujestvo. In Russia, he appeared in the famous halls of Moscow and St. Petersburg including the historic Glinka Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg and appeared with many orchestras in the Siberian region.

In June 1996, Mr. Resnianski made his concerto debut in America performing with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under conductor KeriLynn Wilson and in South America performing a solo recital at the Medellin International Festival, Colombia. Since then he performed with Kennett Symphony, PA, New Orleans and Acadiana Symphony Orchestras, LA, etc. Gave solo recitals in Guiyang, China; Fort Worth and Arlington, TX; New Orleans and Lafayette, LA; Cincinnati, OH and Palm Beach, FL; Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ; Santa Clara, CA and Houston, TX; etc.

His performances were televised and broadcasted in Novosibirsk, Russia; Palm Beach, FL; Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Resnianski’s performances were featured on the PBS/WHYY Y-Arts television channel. His chamber recordings were released under St. Petersburg Recording Company and Sony Entertainment.

2012 Teacher of the Year for the state of Pennsylvania, Dr. Resnianski teaches master-classes and judges local, state, national, and international competitions in the US and abroad. He is a regular faculty of such festivals as PianoTexas International Academy and Festival, Fort Worth TX; Piano Institute at Texas Music Festival, Houston TX; New Orleans Piano Institute, LA, California Concerto Weekend, CA, etc. Since September 2013, Dr. Resnianski accepted responsibilities of a co-director of the New Orleans Piano Institute.

His students are winners of many local,

state, national, and international piano competitions. Among them are the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Concerto Competition; William Kapell Young Artist International Piano Competition; Liszt International Competition in Los Angeles; Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford Connecticut; World Piano Competition in Cincinnati; MTNA/PMTA state piano competition; New Orleans Piano Institute Competition solo and concerto; TCU-Cliburn Piano Institute Concerto Competition; etc.

His students performed in many countries including USA, Russia, France, Germany, China. They appeared on such venues as Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; Tchaikovsky and Roerich museums in Moscow; Wail Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall at Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center in New York; Ed Landreth Hall in Fort Worth, TX; Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall in Philips Memorial Building at West Chester, PA, etc. They appeared with such orchestras as Philadelphia Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Kennett Symphony, Lansdowne Symphony, Ambler and York orchestras, New Orleans Civic Orchestra, etc.

Dr. Resnianski is an Assistant Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, PA. He also teaches privately and at the Nelly Berman School of Music in Haverford, PA.

In 2023, Dr. Resniasnki was inducted to the Steinway Teachers Hall of Fame.

alaN ChOw

Acclaimed for his “elegant poetry and virtuosic fire,” Alan Chow has won First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the UCLA International Piano Competition, and the Palm Beach Invitational International Piano

Competition. Winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, he was also a prizewinner in the William Kapell International Piano Competition.

A Steinway artist, Mr. Chow has performed in recital and in concert with orchestras from coast to coast in 47 states. His recitals have brought him to the major music centers including New York

(Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall), Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago (Symphony Center and Ravinia), Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Seattle, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami. Concerto performances include appearances with the National Symphony, Utah Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, and Omaha Symphony. Mr. Chow regularly tours Asia with performances in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, including performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic and the Pan-Asia Symphony. An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with the American, Pacifica, Miami and Escher String Quartets and has been guest artist at the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, San Juan Islands Chamber Music Festival, Kent Blossom Music Festival, Texas Music Festival, Music Festival of Arkansas and Music Mountain. In addition, he appears in joint recital engagements in the Cheng-Chow Trio with pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow.

Also in demand for his teaching, Mr. Chow has given master classes throughout North America and Asia at conservatories, universities and summer festivals including the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Bowdoin Music Festival, New Orleans International Piano Festival, Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, Las Vegas Piano Festival, Tunghai International Piano Festival (Taiwan), Classical Music Festival (Austria) and in Singapore. Appointed guest professor at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and honored visiting professor at the Shenyang Conservatory, he has also presented recitals, master classes, and lectures in China at the conservatories in Shanghai, Chengdu, Xian and Wuhan.

Mr. Chow studied with Nelita True at the University of Maryland where he graduated Co-Valedictorian with his twin brother Alvin, and received the Charles Manning Prize in the Creative and Performing Arts given to the outstanding graduate; with Sascha Gorodnitzki at The Juilliard School where he was awarded the Victor Herbert Prize in Piano; and with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University where he was the recipient of the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship. He also studied at the Mozarteum Sommerakademie with Carlo Zecchi. Previously having served on the faculty of the University of Arkansas and Northwestern University, Mr Chow is currently Professor of Piano and Chair of the Piano Department at the Eastman School of Music.

keviN ChaNCe

Kevin Chance serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Alabama where he coordinates the Gloria Narramore Moody Piano Area. As soloist and collaborator, Kevin has performed throughout the United States and abroad, and recent orchestral appearances have included Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and Saint-Saëns’s Le Carnaval des animaux. Performing regularly as a chamber musician, Kevin has been a member of the Semplice Duo with flutist Cristina Ballatori for the past 20 years, and their performances have included world premiers at the National Flute Association Conference as well as recitals in Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Alabama, New York, and Europe.

Kevin has recently received a number of accolades for his teaching. Most recently, he was named a 2020-2022 Leadership Board Faculty Fellow for the University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, which recognizing excellence in teaching and research. In 2019, he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Steinway and Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame in New York City and was named 2019 Music Educator of the Year by the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. Additionally, he was named the 2015-2017 Teacher of the Year by the Alabama Music Teachers Association. Kevin maintains an award-winning studio of college and precollege students, and his students have garnered awards at the state, regional, and national levels. In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, he frequently presents at the MTNA National Conference as well as state and local music teacher organizations throughout the country. In January 2021, Kevin served as the headliner clinician for the University of Georgia Piano Symposium, and each summer, he serves on the faculty of the New Orleans Piano Institute each summer.

Kevin holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Louisiana State University, and BirminghamSouthern College, and his former teachers include Barry Snyder, Constance Knox Carroll, Anne Koscielny, Ann Schein, William DeVan, and Betty Sue Shepherd. Kevin currently serves as President of the American Matthay Association for Piano and recently finished his term as Vice President of MTNA.

DusTiN gleDhill

Dustin is an International prizewinning pianist, composer, songwriter, producer, teacher, director, writer and actor. As a child prodigy and young adult pianist, he garnered over twenty first-prize awards in international completion.

As composer and performer, he has collaborated with modern dance companies and choreographers such as Pina Bausch, Russell Maliphant, Parisa Khobdeh, Maya Taylor and Brad Landers.

In 2022, Dustin became president of The Bohemians: New York Musicians’ Club - a 116 year-old non-profit, supporting young musicians through an annual concert series. Dustin fully produced their virtual concert series in 2021 for their 115th season, and created the first Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition in 2022. www.BohemiansNYC. org

Dustin is the director of Gledhill Arts Collective - a group of private teaching studios In NYC, complemented by collaborative professional events and workshops. Students of GAC have won top prizes in international young artists competitions and consistently win national and state medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Certificate Program. www.GledhillArtsCollective.com

Dustin collaborated with writer and director Nathan Wright, composing electronicClassical inspired music for a collage-theater piece, “Manifesto,” featuring the life of Serge Diaghilev. www.inabsentiatheater.com

Dustin has been commissioned to compose for podcasts such as Autism Speaks and other commercial work. In 2016, Dustin, along with singer-songwriter and sister-in-law Mindy Gledhill, formed synth-pop duo, Hive Riot, releasing an award-winning album, music videos and additional singles. www.youtube. com/@HiveRiot

Current and future projects include: recording and performing the piano music of Gabriel Fauré, commemorating one hundred years

since his death in 2024; releasing a series of original solo piano tracks titled “Mottscapes,” inspired by views of the Harlem River and various bridges from his home in Mott Haven, Bronx; releasing a trio of original piano compositions titled “Her Elegy,” originally commissioned by choreographer Maya Taylor in New Orleans and inspired by the highly influential relationship Dustin had with his grandmother, Ida. Dustin is also in the development stages of producing an arts education video series, in part inspired by the television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” www.DustinGledhill.com

A once upon a time native of Provo, UT., Dustin is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Royal Academy of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and received his DMA from Stony Brook University in New York. Dustin currently lives in Mott Haven, Bronx.

shearON hOrTON

Shearon Horton was a co-founder of the New Orleans Piano Institute in 1998 and for fourteen years was a director of the New Orleans Piano Institute. At the June, 2019 state convention of Texas Music Teachers Association, Shearon was named the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award for Texas Music Teachers Association. She received the Outstanding Teacher Award for Louisiana Music Teachers Association in 2004. She was the recipient of the Austin Music Teachers Association Award for Outstanding Pre-Collegiate Teaching Achievement in 1988, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019. She was awarded the Steinway Top Teacher Award in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.

Shearon Horton holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Peabody College and Masters of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin with further doctoral study at Louisiana State University. Her teachers have included William Race, Jack Guerry, Lucien Stark, Gregory Allen, and Amanda Vick Lethco. She has performed extensively as soloist and collaborative pianist and has presented lectures and master classes in Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Washington, Alabama and throughout Louisiana. In 2010 she presented master classes in China at Sichuan Conservatory, Nanjing Normal

University, and Fudan University. She has been a featured presenter for state conventions of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association, Alabama Music Teachers Association, and the Louisiana Music Teachers Association. Her articles related to piano pedagogy have been published in Keynotes magazine and in Keyboard Companion.

Ms. Horton taught at Tulane University in the Newcomb Department of Music in New Orleans from 1989 to 2006 and was an independent teacher in the New Orleans area before moving to Austin, Texas in 2007. She has taught at The University of New Orleans and filled a one-year appointment as Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy and Class Piano at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 20012002. She has maintained a prize-winning teaching studio for many years with students who have distinguished themselves in many local, regional and national competitions including fourteen students who have been state winners in the MTNA Performance Competitions and have progressed to the regional MTNA competitions with three students advancing to the national MTNA finals. In 2013 she was the teacher of the second prize winner and Chopin Prize winner at the MTNA National Junior Performance Competition. Four of her students have been featured on the national radio program “From the Top.” Her students have been first prize winners in the TMTA State Performance Contest, the Steinway Competition held at Steinway Gallery of Austin, the Pearl Amster Youth Concerto Competition, the Marjorie Sticklin Emerging Artist Concerto Competition, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition, the Wilcox and Maurer competitions sponsored by the Wednesday Morning Music Club of Austin, and the national Stillman-Kelly Competition sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs. Her students have been top prize winners at the Baylor/Waco Piano Competition, the Texas State University Young Artist Piano Competition, the McClennan Community College Piano Competition, the DeBose National Piano Competition, and the Louisiana Music Teachers Association Piano Rally. Her students have been accepted in undergraduate and graduate programs at Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, Rice University, San Francisco Conservatory, New York University, Southern Methodist University, The University of Texas at Austin, Loyola University, and many of her students now work in the music teaching profession.

PeTer COlliNs

New Orleansbased pianist Peter Collins holds the title of Professor Emeritus from Missouri State University where he taught and served as coordinator of the keyboard area for twenty-five years. An award winner in several national and international piano competition, he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and his doctorate from the University of Michigan.

Peter Collins has performed a wide variety of repertoire ranging from the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven and Mozart to recently composed works. At Missouri State University, he originated the Missouri Chamber Players and toured Scandinavia three times with members of the ensemble in concerts of music by American composers. Important European appearances also include the Chopin Academy of Music (Warsaw) and the Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest).

Peter Collins has completed over a dozen compact-disc recording projects (for the Albany, MSR, Centaur and Affetto labels) featuring works of living American composers, music by women composers, original arrangements and transcriptions and piano music of nineteenth-century New Orleans.

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Brian Hsu has gone on to establish himself as a pianist of great energy since his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 16. An experienced performer, Mr. Hsu has performed throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He has appeared with such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Taiwan National Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, Haddonfield Symphony, Sendai Philharmonic, and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. He has been a guest on WQXR radio station in New York and performed in music festivals including Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Gijon International Piano Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Banff Festival, and PianoFest. His US debut solo recording, Night at the opera: Part I, which consist of opera transcriptions for solo piano, was released in the fall of 2018. An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Mr. Hsu frequently perform with colleagues throughout the music world.

In 2011, Mr. Hsu participated in the world premiere of Paul Schoenfeld’s Piano quintet with members of the Pro Arte quartet and recorded for Albany Records, released in 2014. In 2016, He premiered Logan Skelton’s Letters to Santa with voice alumni of Loyola University New Orleans. His piano trio, Ensemble Peri, completed its inaugural tour in Korea during the summer of 2019. Mr. Hsu received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, Artist Diploma from Yale University, Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He has been Associate Professor of Piano and Keyboard Coordinator at Loyola University New Orleans since 2013, and will begin his position as Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Oregon this fall. Mr. Hsu’s debut CD, as well as future engagements can be found at www.Brian-Hsu.com.

We at MASNO are privileged to be able to present these kinds of musical opportunities in New Orleans as well as play significant roles in the development of young talent and future musical careers through our programming. However, we could not do so without the generous support of our Friends, Donors, Partners and Sponsors.

Membership

Our annual membership level starts with a taxdeductible donation of $35 per year. This annual membership includes a subscription to MASNO’s E-Newsletter, Advance Notice and Pre-sale Privileges for exclusive MASNO events, and Recognition in the program book of the New Orleans International Piano Competition and New Orleans Keyboard Festival.

Monetary donations can be made by mail, by phone 504.899.4826, or securely online at masno.org.

Corporate and Individual Event Sponsorship Opportunities

MASNO offers multiple levels of Corporate and Individual Event Sponsorship Opportunities. These levels of donation are accompanied by benefits to the sponsor. Examples of Individual Event Sponsorships include the sponsorship of Artist Fees, Salon Concert Events, Nocturne, Prizes for the New Orleans International Piano Competition and more. More information is available for download on our website.

Please note the IRS requires that the Fair Market Value of certain benefits be subtracted from the amount of your gift on your tax return. You may waive any benefits by notifying our office.

Volunteering and Hosting

MASNO very gratefully acknowledges and relies on the support of our volunteers and hosts to ensure the success of our events. Examples of some of these volunteering and hosting opportunities are:

• Volunteering at events including the New Orleans International Piano Competition

• Hosting a contestant for the New Orleans International Piano Competition

• Hosting a Juror and Faculty Dinner for the New Orleans International Piano Competition

• Hosting a Salon Concert*

• Other volunteer opportunities

*Salon Concerts feature artists in intimate concert settings often accompanied by delectable food and drink. From private homes to art galleries, these performances outside of the traditional concert hall have become

some of MASNO’s most popular offerings. Company Matching

Many companies have programs in place to match or even double the donations of their employees or their employees’ spouses. You can acquire a Matching Gift Form from your company’s Human Resources Office.

Charitable Remainder or Charitable Lead Trusts Gifts that generate income are excellent vehicles for your retirement plan. By placing assets in a Charitable Remainder Trust for the benefit of the Musical Arts Society, one or another beneficiary may:

• Receive fixed or variable income payments for life

• Enjoy a current income tax deduction

• Eliminate capital-gains tax when using appreciated assets

• Convert low-income property or securities into a higher income stream

• Reduce estate taxes

With a Charitable Lead Trust, you may provide income to the Musical Arts Society for a period of time, passing on the assets to your heirs in the future. Lead Trusts can also help save estate or gift taxes while at the same time providing a major contribution.

Bequests, Retirement Planning, Life Insurance, and Securities Gifts

If you already have an established will, or will soon be having one prepared, consider leaving a bequest to the Musical Arts Society. If you already have a will, naming MASNO can be done very simply by an amendment (codicil) so that your entire will does not need to be redrafted. To leave a bequest to the MASNO Endowment Fund, please name the beneficiary as the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.

Qualified retirement plan benefits are excellent choices for funding a testamentary charitable gift. Because such benefits are subject to estate taxes and income tax liability to the ultimate recipient, directing those assets to the Musical Arts Society could be eligible to bypass double taxation.

Naming MASNO as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy will allow an estate tax deduction for your estate.

Contributions of stocks or bonds can be designated for the MASNO endowment Fund, directed to benefit a specific aspect of programming or directed to the support of MASNO’s general operating expenses.

For more information, visit masno.org, call 504.899.4826, or email director@masno.org

The following are gratefully acknowledged for their gifts to MASNO between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Prestissimo - $5,000+

Robin and Bruce Crutcher

Gauthier Family Foundation

William Marshall and Tessa Izdepski

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Rosenthal

Hall Piano Company

Presto - $2,500+

Mary and Doug Albert

Jonathan McCall

Emel and Ranney Mize

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation

Vivace - $1,000+

Michael Boucree

Drs. Andrea and Archie Brown

Jason Burge

Alan Chow

Robert Edgecombe

Allegro - $500+

Olga Batuman

Anne Bradburn

Nancy Cater

Julie Doan and Armin Straub

David Greenhouse

Joan Jensen and Bruce Regeczi

Ralph Donald Kern

Christopher Krueger

Edwin Lupberger

Dr. Rob and Mrs. Joanne Marier

Steinway & Sons

Loyola University College of Music and Media

WWNO 89.9 FM

WWNO Classical 104.9 FM

Allegretto - $250+

Roselyn B. Boneno, PhD

Jennifer Braunlich

Vincent Carey

Joan Mendola Coulter

Jane Cross

Micah Fancher and Emily Villar

James Farrow

Kathy Hebert

Moderato - $100+

Michael Brown

Sarah Izdepski and Tyler Helm

Diane LaPlace

Edward Levy

Marc and Judith Loudon

Bruce Miller

Emilie Rhys

Marley Sweeney

Julianne Nice and Herbert V. Larson

Terry and Rand Voorhies

Lindsay Wells

Margaret Woodward

Mary Ann Bulla

Louise and Henry Bush

Constance Carroll

Kathy Christian

Racquel Cortina

William Cullison

Celia Deininger

Alexander Kelso

Cary and Henry King

Charlie Krueger

Judith and Paul Lapeyre

Faina Lushtak

John McCulla

Nell Nolan

Joe Praner

Fishman Haygood L.L.P.

Leo and Beth Landry

Allan and Toni Ledbetter

Anne and Darren Sumich

Robert and Georgie Weilbaecher

Peggy Fransen

Melissa and Bruce Gordon

Shearon and Paul Horton

Brian Hsu

Benjamin Karp

Andante - $35+

Ava Rosenberg

Donna Vitter

Daniel Weilbaecher

Casey and Chris Zainey

Igor Resnianski

Pamela Ricciardi

Drs. Jamie Manders and James

Riopelle

Barbara and Thomas Sands

Laura Shields

Betty and Greg Speyrer

Claire and Harry Stahel

Cara and Vance Woolf

Emily Clark and Ron Biava

Kenneth Ehrlich

Julian Mutter

Priscilla Reiss

Margaret Shields

Alexandra Shikhris

Ronald Thompson

Karen Villavaso

Margot Wilkinson

An endowment fund has been established to honor the memory of friends and loved ones or to celebrate their lives or special occasions. Interest realized from this untouched principal investment will help fund various projects of the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans. Gifts have been made in memory and in honor of:

Melvin Alford

Ruby Rome Barrios

Penny Becker

Norton L. Berman

Binet/Creppel Family

Elissa Bluth

Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D.

Mary Sue Chambers

Edgar ‘Dooky’ Chase Jr.

Robin and Bruce Crutcher

Fritz Dahlberg

Midge Dean

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Dickerson

Anne B. Gauthier

Dustin Gledhill

Frank Gonzalez

Richard Goula

Lois Chalona Hawkins

Bernard Hirsch Herman

Viktor Khalimsky

Dr. Alphonse D. Landry

Dr. Keith Lescale

Mary Lou MacDowell

Mrs. Hazel Melancon

Betty and Dick Mize

Deborah Jo Nice

Dr. James Ricciardi

Fay and Joe Rosenberg

Contributions to the Endowment Fund have been made by:

June Aiken

Melvin G. Alford

Ann Babington

Bellsouth

Norton Berman

Emily Clark and Ron Biava

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Bluth

Charles Bohn

Roselyn Boneno

James Boyd

Mrs. Donald Muir Bradburn

Drs. Andrea and Archie Brown

E. John Bullard

Brad Buras

Charlotte Buras

Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Burke

Hope Cantrelle

Linton Carney

Constance Knox Carroll

Mary Lee and Hampton Carver

Mary Sue Chambers

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Chase III

Alan Chow

Mr. and Mrs. William Coe

Mary Wilkins Costa

Joan Coulter

Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Creppel

Robin and Bruce Crutcher

Janet Daly

Virginia Darmstadter

Wilfred Delphin

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Dickerson

Anita and William Drezdzon

Patrick Dunne

Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Dupin

Dana Eness

Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Farber

Rahmiye and Celalettin Songu

Dianne Tell

Bruce Trible

Madelyn Trible

Daniel Weilbaecher

Daniel Weilbaecher, Sr.

Merlyn Weilbaecher

Sharon Weilbaecher

George W. Wilkins and Marilyn Wilkins

George W. Wilkins

Clarence Pete Wolbrette

John M. Yarborough, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Walter Harris Jr.

Dr. James Farrow

Mr. and Mrs. Darwin C. Fenner

Richard Ford

Anne B. Gauthier

Wendell and Anne Gauthier

Family Foundation

Dr. Raymond Gitz

Melissa and Bruce Gordon

Richard Goula

James O. Gundlach

Liz Hampton

Henrietta Augustus Harris

George Van Hoose

Jhane Barnes Menswear, Inc.

Lynn Johnston

Cosette Kaufmann

Nina Kelly

Tamara Kreinin

Brenda and Lance Lafargue

Dr. and Mrs. Alphonse Landry

Elizabeth and Leo Landry

Julianne Nice and Herb Larson

Noonie and Clay LeJeune

Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Leoni

Dr. Edward D. Levy, Jr.

Rachelen Lien

Jacquelyn Lothschuetz

Theresa Lutostanski

Robert J. MacDowell

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McCool

Sandie and Jim McNamara

Dr. Thomas Melancon

Drs. Emel and Ranney Mize

Phillip and Babs Mollere

Dennis and Nodie Murphy

Ava Rosenberg Nowalsky

J. Robert Pope

Joni Jensen and Bruce Regeczi

George-Ann Reynolds

Dr. and Mrs. James Ricciardi

Pamela Ricciardi

Van Dalton Jenkins and Barbara Robinson

Cynthia A. Samuel

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scheinuk

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Scurlock

Karen and Leopold Sher

Dr. Eduard Danilyants and Mrs. Alexandra Shikhris

Rachel Bluth and Derek Smith

Michelle and Oren Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stern

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Stewart

Rachel and Ron Tell

Philip Fuselier and Anthony Terranova

The Lupin Foundation

Martha Treen

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Trible

Beth Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Vile

Eileen Wallen

Dr. Daniel Weilbaecher

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Weilbaecher

Jay Welch

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.A. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Williams

Sam Wong

Dr. David G. Wood

Cara McCool Woolf and Vance Woolf

Dr. Roger Wortham

Dr. and Mrs. John Yarborough

Hristo Birbochukov, Igor Resnianski, Cara McCool Woolf

Louise Bush, Patrick Dunne, Julianne Nice and Herbert Larson, Lori Mince, Barbara and Thomas Sands, Terry and Rand Voorhies, Nora Wetzel

Priscilla Dardar, Kern Maass, Brianna McMorris, Brian Hsu Robin and Bruce Crutcher

Michael Boucree, Joni Jensen and Bruce Regeczi, Pamela Ricciardi, Anne and Darren Sumich, Lindsay and John Wells

Hall Piano Company, New Orleans Civic Symphony, Igor Resnianski, Steinway Society of New Orleans

William Marshall, Noya Design, Cara McCool Woolf

MPress, Noya Design, Cara McCool Woolf Hall Piano Company, Steinway & Sons

International Piano Competition.

Mary Albert, Ron Biava, Hristo Birbochukov, Michael Boucree, Jason Burge, Louise Bush, Kevin Chance, Vivian Chiu, Alan Chow, Peter Collins, Robin and Bruce Crutcher, Priscilla Dardar, Julie Doan, Tatiana Dorokhova, Robert Edgecombe, Kelly Gaubert, Dustin Gledhill, David Greenhouse, Hall Piano Company, Shearon Horton, Brian Hsu, Steve Kinchen, Leo Landry, Allan Ledbetter, Loyola University, Kern Maass, William Marshall, Beth McCool, Brianna McMorris, Lori Mince, Hans Mulder, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Julianne Nice, Nell Nolan, Igor Resnianski, Pamela Ricciardi, Megan Shannon, Dean Shapiro, Annette Sisco, Steinway & Sons, Anne Sumich, University of New Orleans, Terry Voorhies, Daniel Weilbaecher, Lindsay Wells, Vance Woolf, Cara McCool Woolf, John Wright, WWNO 89.9 and Classical 104.9 FM, Casey Dietz Zainey, Victoria Zangara

A special thanks to MASNO sponsors and partners!

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