MILTON MASCIADRI double bass
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 at 7:30 p.m.
RAMSEY CONCERT HALL
UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
230 RIVER RD, ATHENS, GA
MILTON MASCIADRI, double bass
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
with Alan Woo, piano
Maggie Snyder, viola
Elizabeth Johnson Knight, voice
James Kim, violoncello
PROGRAM
Sonata for Violin & Piano
I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Adagio
IV. Allegro
Vocalise
Trio sonata for two Violins
Violoncello & Double Bass
I. Adante
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Une Bouche Aime for Voice, bass and piano
Passione Amorosa
Viola & Double Bass
I. Adante II. Allegro III. Adante
IV. Allegretto
Henry Eccles
G. F Handel
Sergei Rachmaninoff
G. Bottesini
G. Bottesini
Milton Masciadri, Doctor in Musical Arts, is a Distinguished University Professor of Double Bass at the University of Georgia in Athens, where he has been a member of the faculty at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music since 1984. In addition, he has served as the principal bassist for the Augusta Symphony since 1985.
Dr. Masciadri is coordinator of the Hugh Hodgson School’s International and Study Abroad Program. Each year, he also directs the UGA International Double Bass Symposium. In addition, he served for 25 years as a United Nations ambassador as UNESCO Artist for Peace.
Masciadri is a frequent recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras in Europe, Asia, North America, Central America and South America. He has presented master classes at such musical institutions as The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Paris Conservatoire, Guildhall School of Music in London, Moscow Conservatory, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires National Conservatory, and Milan Conservatorio among others.
In 2009, Dr. Masciadri received the title of University Professor at UGA. He also holds the title of “Accademico” of the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, Italy – Europe’s oldest musical education institution. In 2011, he received the Knighthood honor of the designation of Cavaglieri di San Marco in Venice, Italy. He was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci World Award for the Arts by the World Cultural Council, the first musician to receive the award since its inception and in 2016, the University of Georgia awarded him the SEC Academic Achievement Award.
Masciadri performs on a 320-year-old Testore double bass, and has solo recordings on DMR, ACA, Fondazione and Sinfonica labels.
He is married to Dr. Rosanna Masciadri, a dentist in Athens, and have two sons Daniel and Nicholas.
Praised by the New York Times as a pianist with “assurance and vitality,” Alan Woo made his Lincoln Center debut at Alice Tully Hall performing with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has since collaborated with conductors Daniel Hege, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Tito Muñoz in solo appearances with the Houston Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra.
Woo’s recent engagements include solo recitals throughout the US, Brazil, Europe, and Asia. He has been featured on The McGraw Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase broadcasted on WQXR in New York and has performed in venues such as Carnegie’s Weill and Zankel Recital Halls. As chamber musician, he has made appearances at the New
York Philharmonic Ensembles, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Lake George Music Festival, Chamber Music Athens, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest series, among others. Born in Arlington, Virginia, Woo is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Peabody Conservatory where he completed degrees in piano performance under Robert McDonald and Yong Hi Moon. He currently teaches at the University of Georgia as an assistant professor of piano, having previously held positions at Elizabeth City State University and Peabody Institute.
Violist Maggie Snyder is Professor of Viola at the University of Georgia, Principal Violist of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, with whom she records for Naxos, and is on the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Festival. She has performed solo recitals, chamber music, concertos and as an orchestral musician throughout the United States and abroad in such halls as the Kennedy and Kauffman Centers, all three Carnegie Halls, Merkin Hall, Spivey Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, and in the UK, Greece, Korea, and Russia. She was a semi-finalist of the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, made her recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with her sister duo, Allemagnetti in 2009, and has released 4 solo recordings since 2012 on the Arabesque Label and one collaborative album on Parma. These recordings feature world premiere works commissioned from Thomas Pasatieri, Garrett Byrnes, Kamran Ince, Libby Larsen, Gabriela Lena Frank, Gity Razaz, and her next recording (2024) features commissioned works by Mary Kouyoumdjian and Tessa Lark. She has given masterclasses, clinics, and performances at universities and music schools throughout the country and abroad and has served on the faculties of West Virginia University, Ohio University, and the University of Alabama. She was the recipient of the 2018 University of Georgia’s Creative Research Medal in the Humanities and Arts, and was the 2023 Sandy Beaver Teaching award winner at UGA.
Elizabeth Johnson Knight, American mezzo soprano, is in demand as both a choral and solo artist. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 as alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Andrew Megill and the Masterwork Chorus. Recent appearances include the role of Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites with Louisiana Opera and guest solo appearances with the Duke Vespers Ensemble and the University of Illinois Chamber Singers/Sinfonia da Camera. Elizabeth has also sung in professional choral ensembles across the United States, including Orpheus Chamber Singers, Tennessee Chamber Chorus, Vox Humana, Kinnara Ensemble, and the South Dakota Chorale. She is a long-time member of the Chorale of the Carmel Bach Festival. She has recorded with many of these ensembles, including the GRAMMY-nominated Tyberg: Masses album with South Dakota Chorale.
Knight joined the faculty of the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music in 2016 after holding teaching positions at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the University of Louisiana, Monroe, Murray State University, the University of North Texas, and Richland College. She is a 2022 recipient of UGA’s Sandy Beaver Excellence
in Teaching Award. In addition to private voice, she has taught English, Italian, French, and German Diction, Vocal Pedagogy, and Opera Workshop. Her research interests include assessment techniques for the applied studio and the effects of posture on the acoustics of the singing voice. She has published research in Journal of Voice and has presented papers at the New Voice Educators’ Symposium, the Texoma NATS Artist Series, and the Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposium. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of North Texas (DMA), Indiana University (MM), and the University of Mississippi (BM).
James Kim has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as Boston Symphony and Royal Philharmonic, working with conductors David Zinman, Michael Sanderling, Alexander Shelley, Keith Lockhart, onstage at Carnegie Stern Auditorium, Zankel Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has given solo recitals at Carnegie Weill Hall, Greene Space, Seoul Arts Center IBK Hall, and Kumho Art Hall. His performances have been broadcasted on radio stations NPR and WQXR.
He has also collaborated with numerous orchestras in his native Korea, concertizing at Lotte Concert Hall—where he is the first soloist in its history—Tongyeong Concert Hall, Daegu Concert House, Seoul Arts Center, and DITTO Festival. In 2021, Sony Classical released his album Death and Offering presenting works dedicated to him by Korean composer Shinuh Lee.
He is a recipient of Salon de Virtuosi’s Sony Career Grant and a top prizewinner of Isang Yun and David Popper International Cello Competitions. From 2016 to 2021, he performed on a Matteo Goffriller cello from Venice ca. 1715, generously loaned by Samsung Cultural Foundation and Stradivari Society® of Chicago, Illinois.
OPEN HOUSE HUGH HODGSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Friday, March 28 Noon - 7 p.m.
If you are (or have) pre-college students, are a regular audience member or donor, or have interest in private music lessons at any age, this is a fantastic and free event for you!
Faculty and students are already preparing special performances and presentations during this afternoon. Rehearsals and classes will be open for you to step inside and experience our work.
PLUS:
Lamar Dodd Student Market
Guest Artist: João Pedro Oliveira composer lecture at 6 p.m.in the Dancz Center for New Music
Learn about the Community Music School and Summer Camps
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THURS 3/13
5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall FREE CONCERT
THE SOUTHERN WIND QUINTET
The Southern Wind Quintet is a graduate chamber music ensemble established in 1999 at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The Quintet represents some of the finest instrumental musicianship on campus, and frequently appears in UGA recitals and televised campus events. They have also been invited to perform in concert series throughout the southeast and can be heard on local radio broadcasts and promotional CDs.
THURS 3/13
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
$15 - Adult
$3 - Child/Student
HODGSON SINGERS: LUX AETERNA
The Hodgson Singers spring concert will feature Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” a multi-movement choral/ orchestral work of great reassurance and lyricism that is set to Latin texts from the Requiem Mass, Te Deum, O Nata Lux, and Veni, Sancte Spiritus, all of which ruminate on themes of light, a universal symbol of illumination at all levels –spiritual, artistic, and intellectual.
Thursday Scholarship Performance.
FRI 3/14
5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall FREE CONCERT
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL: JENNIFER HAYGHE,
piano
Jennifer Hayghe has performed in solo recitals and made orchestral appearances throughout the world, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Hayghe received her bachelors, masters degrees and doctorate degree in piano performance from The Juilliard School, where she was the last student of the legendary artist-teacher Adele Marcus.
WED 3/19
7:30 p.m.
Dancz Center for New Music FREE CONCERT
WED 3/19
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall FREE CONCERT
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COMPOSITION: STUDIOS IN RESIDENCE MARATHON RECITAL
This event is in collaboration with the UGA Bassoon and Saxophone studios. Danz Center for New Music is in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, room 246.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CONCERT BAND & UNIVERSITY BAND
The Concert Band is a Spring Semester ensemble made up of UGA’s most talented non-music majors. An enjoyable musical outlet for students from throughout campus, the University Band provides fellowship and creative self-expression via large concert band performance. This is where you will find many of our Redcoat Marching Band performers off-season.