The JSO will be featured on WKAR’s Community Concerts during the month of June. 90.5 Classical’s Community Concerts are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., hosted by Dan Bayer.
June 1
Weber: Overture to “Oberon”; MSU Sym Orch/Gregorian
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; MSU Sym Orch/Gregorian
Dvorak: Finale from Serenade for Strings; Jackson Sym Orch/Min
June 22
Grieg: Excerpts from the "Holberg" Suite; Jackson Sym Orch/Osmond
Brahms: Concerto in a minor for Violin, Cello & Orchestra; Ilya Kaler, violin; Amit Peled, cello; Lansing Sym Orch/Muffitt
Berlioz: “Roman Carnival” Overture; MSU Sym Orch/Jimenez
June 29
Moncayo: "Huapango"; Jackson Sym Orch/Osmond
Holst: Suite, "The Planets"; Lansing Sym Orch/Muffitt
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Summer Community Music School
SUMMER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INFORMATION is now online at http://www.jacksonsymphony.org/summer2010.html . Check out Summer Piano Camp (themed "Movies & Music Madness"), Summer Strings, Summer String Team and Summer Early Childhood Classes.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Youth Symphony Concert
The Jackson Youth Symphony Orchestra will be presenting a concert this Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m. at Spring Arbor University's White Auditorium. Included on the program will be winners of the concerto contest. Admission is free - donations gratefully accepted. Come hear and encourage these amazing young musicians!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Piano Masterclass May 22
David Abbott and Lia Jensen Abbott will be conducting a piano masterclass on Saturday, May 22 at 9 a.m. at the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Peter A. Weatherwax Rehearsal Hall, 215 W. Michigan Ave., downtown Jackson. They will be working with several intermediate and advanced piano students of JSOCMS instructor Carol Ivkovich.
Masterclasses are an opportunity for all teachers and piano students to “sit in” on a private coaching session and learn new teaching and playing skills. Music being performed will include Beethoven Sonatas, Bartok’s Romanian Dances, Brahms’ Intermezzi, and current contemporary piano literature. The public is invited to observe. There is no charge for this class.
Dr. David Abbott joined Albion College as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall of 2005. He earned his Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees from Eastman School of Music and Master of Music from Juilliard. He was previously on the faculty of the Zurich Conservatory of Music, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. David has also taught courses for over 15 years for the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. Lia Jensen Abbott earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a Master of Music and Master of Art in Piano and Music Theory from Pennsylvania State University, and a Performance Diploma from Indiana University. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lia has taught at the Con Brio Music Festival in Blonay, Switzerland, and in 2009 reached the second round of the International Mendelssohn Piano Competition in Taurisano, Italy. Lia is currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Music Theory at Albion College.
Masterclasses are an opportunity for all teachers and piano students to “sit in” on a private coaching session and learn new teaching and playing skills. Music being performed will include Beethoven Sonatas, Bartok’s Romanian Dances, Brahms’ Intermezzi, and current contemporary piano literature. The public is invited to observe. There is no charge for this class.
Dr. David Abbott joined Albion College as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall of 2005. He earned his Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees from Eastman School of Music and Master of Music from Juilliard. He was previously on the faculty of the Zurich Conservatory of Music, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. David has also taught courses for over 15 years for the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado.
Dr. Lia Jensen Abbott earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a Master of Music and Master of Art in Piano and Music Theory from Pennsylvania State University, and a Performance Diploma from Indiana University. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lia has taught at the Con Brio Music Festival in Blonay, Switzerland, and in 2009 reached the second round of the International Mendelssohn Piano Competition in Taurisano, Italy. Lia is currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Music Theory at Albion College.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Train Wreck
At the conclusion of each season here at the JSO, I try to put together a CD highlighting portions of the best performances of the orchestra during the past season. It is an engaging project, but some seasons a touch frustrating. Reviewing the live performances I'll find very exciting, well executed works on various programs but here and there there will be some faulty intonation, too much liberty with tempi, weak entrances, a disappointing solo which went much better in rehearsal. Train wrecks? Not really, but moments in music making you would just as well forget. To put 70 minutes of quite respectable performances can be close to a challenge.
Not this year. Going through the same process I am considering a double CD package. Performances of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, Ralph Votapek joining us for Gershwin's Concerto in F and a cast of thousands bringing the roof down with Verdi's Requiem: the players of the JSO played their hearts out with remarkable accuracy, it was truly a great year!
Stephen Osmond
Not this year. Going through the same process I am considering a double CD package. Performances of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, Ralph Votapek joining us for Gershwin's Concerto in F and a cast of thousands bringing the roof down with Verdi's Requiem: the players of the JSO played their hearts out with remarkable accuracy, it was truly a great year!
Stephen Osmond
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