Conference artists.PIANO CONCERT Tuesday, April 5 * 8:00 P.M. Angela Cheng Hailed by critics for her remarkable technique, tonal beauty and musicianship, Angela Cheng has appeared as soloist with nearly every orchestra in Canada, as well as the Israel Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic and the symphonies of Colorado, Syracuse, St. Louis, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Houston and Utah. Cheng has won numerous prizes including the 1986 Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition and the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition (1988). For her outstanding interpretations of Mozart, she received the Medal of Excellence at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991. Cheng received a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School and a master of music degree from Indiana University. VOICE CONCERT Saturday, April 2 * 8:00 P.M. Adriana Zabala Adriana Zabala's career spans a wide range of musical interests including song repertoire, new works, concert and oratorio oratorio (ôrətôr`ēō), musical composition employing chorus, orchestra, and soloists and usually, but not necessarily, a setting of a sacred libretto without stage action or scenery. , cabaret and Latin jazz. She also is serving as program manager and co-artistic director of the Southeastern Festival of Song. Zabala received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. in 1994 and spent the following school year as a Fulbright Scholar, in Salzburg, Austria. Upon returning to the United States, she pursued a master's degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Its origins come from two sources: the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, formed in 1867 as part of a girls' finishing school, and the College of Music of Cincinnati, which opened in 1878. . During the last few seasons, Zabala has played such roles as Kate Pinkerton with the Seattle Opera, Meg in Little Women with the Minnesota Opera; and Hermia, Cherubino, Amastre and Emma Jones with the Wolf Trap Opera. AMERICAN PIANISTS ASSOCIATION FELLOWS CONCERT Sunday, April 3 * 8:00 P.M. Thomas Rosenkranz Thomas Rosenkranz is a pianist possessing extreme versatility ranging from classical music to experimental improvisation. Rosenkranz began his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni can be found in and went on to earn a master of music degree and performer's certificate from the Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music: see Rochester, Univ. of. in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or . He is doctoral candidate at Eastman, continuing his studies with Nelita True, and is artist affiliate at Syracuse University, where he teaches piano. Rosenkranz was winner of the 1999 MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) Collegiate Artist Piano Competition. Michael Sheppard Michael Sheppard holds a master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . He studies with Leon Fleisher. Sheppard has performed in master classes for such renowned artists and pedagogues as Eugene Istomin, Seymour Bernstein, Victor Rosenbaum, Garrick Ohlsson, Murray Perahia, Stephen Hough, Ann Schein, Kemal Gekic and Daniel Barenboi Sheppard has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music performances throughout the United States, as well as in France and Italy. Adam Birnbaum Adam Birnbaum is an honors graduate of Boston College, and in 2003 received an artist's diploma as a member of the inaugural class at the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies. He has studied classical piano with John Adams and Patricia Zander and jazz with several teachers, including Danilo Perez, Charlie Banacos and Fred Hersch. Birnbaum was invited to participate in the 2001 JazzAspen Snowmass JAS JAS James JAS Journal of Animal Science JAS Jamaica AIDS Support JAS Journal Abbreviation Sources JAS Japan Air System JAS Just A Second JAS Japanese Agricultural Standard JAS Jordanian Astronomical Society (Amman, Jordan) Academy for Emerging Artists, and has been a guest artist with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. OPENING SESSION Saturday, April 2 * 7:00 P.M. Barry Bittman, keynote speaker Barry Bittman, M.D., neurologist, author and international speaker, will deliver the keynote address, focusing on Recreational Music Making, during the conference opening session. Based on his conviction that Recreational Music Making is an effective therapeutic strategy in conventional medical care, Bittman led a team of researchers who investigated the biological effects of the HealthRHYTHMS group drumming protocol he co-developed. This foundational study correlates group drumming with increased activity of natural killer cells--specialized white blood cells White blood cells A group of several cell types that occur in the bloodstream and are essential for a properly functioning immune system. Mentioned in: Abscess Incision & Drainage, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Complement Deficiencies that seek out and destroy cancer cells and virally infected cells. His subsequent research demonstrated substantial reductions in burnout Burnout Depletion of a tax shelter's benefits. In the context of mortgage backed securities it refers to the percentage of the pool that has prepaid their mortgage. and mood disturbances in long-term care workers, as well as significant cost savings using a Recreational Music Making protocol. Bittman's appearance is sponsored by The American Music Conference and NAMM NAMM International Music Products Association NAMM National Association of Music Merchants NAMM National Association of Music Manufacturers NAMM National Association of Mirror Manufacturers , the International Music Products Association. |
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