Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet 10.22.18

PACIFIC ARTS WOODWIND QUINTET Monday I October 22, 2018 I 7:30 pm Conservatory Recital Hall

MATHEW KREJCI flute THOMAS NUGENT oboe PATRICIA SHANDS clarinet JENNIE BLOMSTER horn NICOLASA KUSTER bassoon DMITRI COGAN piano I guest artist

14th Performance I 2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I OCTOBER 22 I 7:30 PM Cinq Pieces Pour Le Hautbois II. Lettre d’amour Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1941-1942) Grazioso—Un poco piu mosso Andantino—Vivace e leggiero Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon Allegro Adagio Thema andante con Variazioni I-VII Quartet in C Major Allegro moderato Andante Allegro vivace e leggermente What’s Going On (2018) Background Radiance Inheritance Mystery Prelude, Variations and Finale on a Gregorian Chant Prelude - Allegro Variation I - Moderato Variation II - Allegro Variation III - Vivace Variation IV - Andante espressivo Finale - Allegretto

Antal Dorati (1906-1988) Leonard Bernstein (1981-1990)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Arthur Berger (1912-2003)

John Steinmetz (b. 1951)

Yvonne Desportes (1907-1993)

Moscow born pianist Dmitriy Cogan studied at the Central Music School in Moscow before immigrating to the United States when he was six-years-old. He studied both piano and conducting at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and received his Bachelor and Master degrees from the Juilliard School. In At the age of thirteen he won the Junior Bach Festival in Berkeley. He has performed extensively in California and the Northeast, as well as toured throughout Europe and Asia.

Cogan’s Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1988 was received with favorable reviews. He has participated in numerous competitions, winning awards in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, the American Music Scholarship Association International Piano Competition, the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition, and the Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition. Since 1985 he has performed with violinist Alexander Markov. Their first album was released on the Erato label. Cogan lives in the Bay Area where he recently performed at a concert commemorating the founding of the United Nations.

PROGRAM NOTES Mathew Kr ejci is Principal Flute of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. For thirty four years, Mr. Krejci has been Principal Flute of the Bear Valley Music Festival. He has appeared there as soloist on the Bach, Suite in B minor, and the Concerto for Flute and Harp by Mozart, the Ibert, Concerto for Flute, and the Honegger, Concerto da Camera. He was invited to join the Wild Basin Woodwind Quintet based in Austin, Texas in 2002. Mr. Krejci was an invited soloist with the National Orchestra of Ecuador at the Center of the World Flute Festival in June, 2012, playing the Mercadante, Concerto in E minor. His recent international performances have been in Paris, Madrid, Panama City, Panama, Venice and Siena, Italy.

In November 2014, Mr. Krejci performed the CPE Bach, Concerto in D minor for Flute with the Orqestra Tocando e Vida in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. In July, Mr. Krejci will perform at the Texas Bach Festival.

Tom Nugent earned a B.M. Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he was a student of renowned oboist Marc Lifschey.

Mr. Nugent is a founding member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and currently holds the Principal Oboe position in the Sacramento Philharmonic, Sacramento Opera, Sacramento Choral Society, Stockton Symphony, Mendocino Music Festival and the Bear Valley Music Festival. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Oakland Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, San Jose Symphony, Fremont Symphony, and the Marin Symphony. Mr. Nugent has performed as soloist with the Sacramento Philhar monic, Stockton Symphony,

Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra, Bear Valley Music Festival, Reno Baroque Ensemble, and the Diablo Ballet. He has attended Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto, and the National Repertory Orchestra summer programs. Mr. Nugent also plays electric bass in Blue Noiz, a blues/rock band in the bay area. A passionate home winemaker, Mr. Nugent has been making wine since 2002. He has also studied ethnology at Napa Valley College.

Clarinetist Patricia Shands has appeared to popular and critical acclaim throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. Her performances have been applauded by the critics of such publications as The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Il Giornale (Milan), Fanfare, and The American Record Guide.

She was a featured soloist for composer Luciano Berio’s presentation of the Norton Lectures at Harvard University. Her frequent appearances at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival have led to critically acclaimed recordings of works by Bartók, Dahl, and Guastavino. In addition, Ms. Shands has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and regional live broadcasts by WGBH (Boston), KXPR (Sacramento), and WVPR (Vermont Public Radio). Her recorded works are featured on the Centaur, Albany, Onossa, and Round Top labels. Dr. Shands joined the faculty of University of the Pacific in 1995 where she is currently Professor of Clarinet and Program Director of Chamber Music in the Conservatory of Music. In 2009, University of the Pacific awarded her the Eberhardt Teacher/Scholar award and in 2013, she was awarded the Hoefer Prize for Outstanding Faculty/Student Research. She currently is a member of the Trois Bois Wind Trio and the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet.

PROGRAM NOTES Nicolasa Kuster balances her full-time teaching position with a rich orchestral, chamber, and solo performing life. She is a member of the Stockton Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, and subs with San Diego and San Francisco Symphonies. Her previous positions include the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony, and the Wichita Symphony, where she began her academic career as faculty at Wichita State. Notable concerto experiences include Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Bassoon Concerto at the International Double Reed Society in 2013, Peter Schickele’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra with the Stockton Symphony in 2015, and multiple-city tours of Kazakhstan. She is a double degree graduate from Oberlin College and Conservatory with a B.M in Performance and a B.A. in Religion. Her solo lbum, Metamorphosis, can be found on line. She is a founder and Director of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Bassoon Symposium.

Jennie Blomster joined the faculty of the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in 2005 as Horn Lecturer. She received her B.M. from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver and a M.A. with an emphasis in historic horn performance from California State University, Fresno. Her teachers include Thomas Hiebert, David Krehbiel, David Kappy, John Keene, and David Kaslow. Currently, Ms. Blomster performs regularly with the Moment Musical Chamber Ensemble, Winds of the San Joaquin, Fresno Brass Quintet, Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, and Stockton Opera, among other Central California ensembles. She has also held teaching positions at Fresno Pacific University and California State University, Stanislaus.

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