Conference: Kansas City, Missouri March 27-31, 2004.TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Piano Concert Jon Kimura Parker Jon Kimura Parker (born 25 December 1959) is a Canadian pianist. He was born in Vancouver, Canada. He appeared with the Vancouver Youth Orchestra when he was five. He later studied at The Juilliard School of music under Adele Marcus. Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker was born, raised and educated in Vancouver. A true Canadian ambassador of music, Parker has given two command performances for Queen Elizabeth II and has performed for the prime ministers of Japan This is a historical list of individuals who have served as Prime Minister of Japan. Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (administration number) and the second column counts individuals. , and for the United States Supreme Court United States Supreme Court: see Supreme Court, United States. . Parker has, in recent seasons, performed in Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre The Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Chinese: 香港文化中心) is a multipurpose performance facility in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong. , London's Queen Elizabeth Hall The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England which hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances. and the Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House Performing-arts centre on the harbour in Sydney, Australia. Its dynamic, imaginative design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon (b. 1918) won a competition in 1957 and brought Utzon international fame. . In addition to performing, he has recorded several albums, both solo and ensemble, under the Telarc label. A passionate music educator, Parker hosts the classical music television series "Whole Notes" on Bravo Canada and teaches a limited number of exceptional students at Rice University in Houston. SUNDAY, MARCH 28 Chamber Trio Concert Zephyr The members of Zephyr use their varied chamber music and solo backgrounds to create interesting duo/trio programs. Flutist Jeanne Galway has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) was founded in 1914. It performed the world's first radio broadcast of a symphonic concert on February 10, 1922 with pianist Artur Schnabel, and became the first nationally broadcast radio orchestra on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, later Ford , the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic. Pianist Jonathan Feldman serves as chair of the accompanying department at The Juilliard School. He appears in concert regularly with members of the New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony orchestras. Cellist Darrett Adkins is an assistant faculty member at The Juilliard School, whose recent appearances include standard concertos with the Tokyo Philharmonic, Tochio Soloisten, North Carolina and New Hampshire Symphonies. SATURDAY, MARCH 27 Rising Stars Concert Robert Henry Robert Henry is an internationally distinguished pianist and a 2003 American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship Awards finalist. Winner of numerous competition prizes, Henry placed first in several competitions, including the 2002 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, the 2002 Washington International Piano Competition, the 2001 New Orleans International Competition and the 1997 National Clara Wells Piano Competition. Henry, a native of Marietta, Georgia, made his orchestral debut with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra at 17. He is pursuing a doctorate degree in piano performance at the University of Maryland. |
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