2020–2021
MUSIC AT EMORY
This virtual recital is presented by the Department of Music at Emory University. music.emory.edu
Photographs and Recordings Digital capture or recording of this concert is not permitted. Cover Photo By Mark Teague
2020–2021
MUSIC AT EMORY
Nathan Trinkl, piano Junior Recital
Jennifer Zheng, piano Junior Recital
Saturday, April 3, 2021, 3:30 p.m. Performing Arts Studio Virtual Stage
Program Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872 (1685–1750)
Intermezzi, op. 117 I. Andante moderato II. Andante non troppe e con molto espressione
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 I. Předtucha (Foreboding)—Con moto II. Smrt (Death)—Adagio
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
Nathan Trinkl, piano
Sonata in E Major, K. 380 Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Fantasia for Piano in G Minor, op. 77 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43, Var. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) transcr. Michael R. Loveridge
Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 III. Allegro vivace
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
with Patricia Dinkins-Matthews, piano Jennifer Zheng, piano 4
Performer Biographies Nathan Trinkl is a junior at Emory aspiring to earn a BS in neuroscience and behavioral biology and a BA in music performance. At Emory, Trinkl studies piano with Patricia Dinkins-Matthews. He has enjoyed classical music since a very young age, and began to play the violin at age four. At around age eight, he decided to dedicate a majority of his time to playing piano music— particularly the piano music of the early 20th century. Trinkl has received highest honors and won numerous local and state-wide competitions in his home state of Wisconsin, including multiple honors at both the Madison Area Piano Teachers Association Competition and the Rhapsody Arts Sonatina Festival. He also advanced to the state level of the Wisconsin State Solo and Ensemble Festival numerous times and was recognized as an “exemplary soloist” during the 2015 festival. Trinkl was also selected to perform at the Emory Beethoven SonataThon in 2020. An avid concert goer, Trinkl has traveled to many summer music festivals—such as the Verbier Festival in Switzerland and the Salzburg Festival in Austria—to hear and meet his favorite artists. Among these are the pianists Evgeny Kissin, Grigory Sokolov, Daniil Trifonov, and Arcadi Volodos. In addition to his studies in music, Trinkl is involved in brain research. Currently, he works in the Dilks Lab, which conducts experiments using both behavioral and imaging techniques in an effort to better understand the cognitive process that underpins our visual perception of the world. From this work, he has been inspired to pursue a career in cognitive neuroscience. Trinkl will be attending Emory University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program this coming summer in which he will help design and implement an experiment related to visual cognition in the Dilks Lab. Trinkl is truly thankful to have the opportunity to share his deep love of music with an appreciative audience.
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Jennifer Zheng is a junior at Emory University studying applied mathematics and statistics and double majoring in music with a piano performance track. She has been playing the piano for 15 years and is currently studying under Patricia Dinkins-Matthews. Zheng moved from Shanghai, China, to Houston, Texas, in eighth grade and started studying with Yanzi Lin in ninth grade. In high school, she was also the alto section leader of the varsity choir. Zheng received honors from the Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Piano Competition, the Texas University Interscholastic League Solo and Ensemble piano solo, the International Piano and String Competition, and the AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival. She has performed at the winners’ recital at Carnegie Hall in May 2017, the Beethoven Piano SonataThon in February 2020, and various other recitals. Aside from piano performance, Zheng is actively engaged in computational mathematics research. Zheng serves as an EPASS tutor for mathematics, an academic fellow, and is conducting research under the Department of Mathematics. She has worked with the Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods, the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, and the Duke Data and Visualization Services in the past. At Emory, Zheng started studying piano with Patricia Dinkins-Matthews in her first semester and is excited to also be learning two-piano repertoire. Throughout the years of learning, music has become an inseparable part of her life. She is thankful for her teachers, friends, and family along the way.
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Patricia Dinkins-Matthews joined Emory in 1998, where she is a lecturer in piano, vocal coaching, piano skills, and collaborative piano. She has been a member of the piano faculties at the University of Florida, Baylor University, the American Institute of Music Studies (Graz, Austria), and McLennan College. DinkinsMatthews has an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and both a master of music degree in piano performance and a doctor of musical arts degree in piano pedagogy and performance from the University of Colorado. Dinkins-Matthews is an active solo and chamber music recitalist and has performed both in the United States and in Europe, including recitals in England, France, Austria, Belgium, and Germany. Among others, Dinkins-Matthews has been the pianist for the Florida Arts Trio and the American Chamber Winds, and she has appeared as soloist with the Colorado Symphony, the University of Tennessee Orchestra, and the Florida Symphony Orchestra. DinkinsMatthews is the pianist for the Aevia Trio and is the associate pianist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. She is an approved adjudicator for the National Federation of Music Clubs and the Music Teachers National Association.
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