Brian Lewis, violin

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Brian Lewis violin

morse recital hall October 11, 2011 • Tuesday at 8 pm Music by Avalon, Bennett, Copland, Milhaud, and Schumann.

Laura Kennedy, piano

Robert Blocker, Dean

bria n l ew is October 11, 2011 • Sprague Memorial Hall • Faculty Artist Series

Darius Milhaud 1892–1974

Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 40 Pastoral Vif Lent Trés vif

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck Allegretto Lebhaft intermission

Robert Avalon 1955–2004

Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 6

(Connecticut premiere) Andante maestoso – Allegro Adagio Presto

Robert Bennett 1894–1981

Hexapoda – Five Studies in Jitteroptera 1. Gut Bucket Gus 2. Jane Shakes Her Hair 3. Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes 4. Jim Jives 5. Till Dawn Sunday

Aaron Copland 1900–1990

Hoe-Down from Rodeo

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

About the Artist

One of the most versatile violinists on the current scene, Brian Lewis is an exceptionally gifted and charismatic artist.

“There are a lot of fine violinists on the concert stage today, but few can match Lewis for an honest virtuosity that supremely serves the music,” reports the Topeka Capital-Journal. Sought after as a performer and teacher, Mr. Lewis concertizes and teaches around the globe.

He has released six CDs, most recently for Delos as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra of music by Leonard Bernstein and Hollywood composer Michael McLean.

Mr. Lewis began his violin studies at the age of four, participating in the Ottawa Suzuki Strings program, and traveling to Japan twice to study with Dr. Suzuki. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, studying with renowned pedagogue Dorothy DeLay. Mr. Lewis holds the David and Mary Winton Green Chair in String Performance and Pedagogy at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the artistic director of the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at the Juilliard School, concertmaster of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston, founding member of the Texas Piano Quartet, and artistic director of the Starling Distinguished Violinist Series at UT. » www.brianlewisviolin.com

Pianist Laura Kennedy has distinguished herself as a solo performer, accompanist, and chamber musician.

On npr’s Performance Today, she has been featured in all three capacities. Chamber music collaborations include performances with the Florida Symphony Chamber Players, Fairmount String Quartet, Composers in Red Sneakers, and Ibis Chamber Ensemble.

Ms. Kennedy has performed in recital with such performers as David Kim, Donald McInnes, David Perry, Joseph Robinson, Steven Elisha, and Lazlo Varga. She has collaborated with violinist Brian Lewis for more than twenty-five years. Ms. Kennedy has performed in Avery Fisher Hall at the

Mostly Mozart Festival, the MusiConnections series and “What Makes it Great?” series in Kansas City for Kansas City Friends of Chamber Music, the Monadnock Music Festival, and Chamber Music at The Barn.

As a faculty member at the Killington Music Festival and the Ottawa, Seattle, Ogontz, and Hartford Suzuki Institutes, she has accompanied in master classes for such teachers as Dorothy DeLay, Margaret Pardee, William Preucil, Stephen Clapp, Catherine Cho, Brian Lewis, and David Cerone. Ms. Kennedy’s most recent recording activities include two CDs, New World and Pieces. Ms. Kennedy is the founder and artistic director of a concert series in Milford, New Hampshire.

Upcoming Events

Lucas Wong, piano

Mikhail Rudy, piano

october 13

october 19

Morse Recital Hall | Thursday | 8 pm Doctor of Musical Arts Recital Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; George Crumb: Makrokosmos, Volume II: Twelve fantasy pieces after the Zodiac.

Free Admission

Morse Recital Hall | Wednesday | 8 pm Horowitz Piano Series Music of Scriabin and Stravinsky, and a multimedia performance of Mussorgky’s Pictures at an Exhibition featuring projected animations of Kandinsky’s sketches and watercolors from his 1928 original staging.

Tickets $12–$22, Students $6

Brentano String Quartet Wing-Chong Kam

october 18 Morse Recital Hall| Tuesday | 8 pm Oneppo Chamber Music Series Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 103; Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 135; Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, Op. Post., D. 703; Ginastera: Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 29, with guest pianist Ignat Sozhenitsyn.

Tickets $20–$30, Students $10

october 20 Morse Recital Hall | Thursday | 8 pm Doctor of Musical Arts Recital Mozart: Fantasie in D minor, K. 397 and Sonata in D major, K. 576; Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 118; Debussy: Two Arabesques, La plus que lente, and L’isle joyeuse; Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49.

Free Admission

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Robert Blocker, Dean

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