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Ivona Kaminska Performs Bach Busoni & Chopin

The Unique artistry of Ivona Kaminska results from a rare blend of passion and intellect, scholarly research and sublime inspiration. With an inexorable thirst for knowledge, she studied internationally, coming into a wide array of influences representing the various world-wide schools of pianism and musicology. A native of Warsaw, Poland, Ivona Kaminska holds such prestigious degrees in piano performance as a Master of Arts degree and Postgraduate Artists' diploma from the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, a Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as a Doctorate degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She has also participated in international festivals including the Mozarteum Sommerakademie in Austria, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany, as well as the international music festival in Duszniki-Zdroj, Poland. Winner of several solo concerto competitions, she has appeared as a soloist in Poland, Canada, and the United States, gaining acclaim for her tempestuous performances. Dr. Kaminska was also bestowed several distinguished awards and artists' grants, including the Stefan Batory Foundation Award in 1993, the Mozarteum Akademie Scholarship in 1995, the Beryl Barnes Music Award in 1999, the PhD Recruitment Scholarship from the University of Alberta in 1998 and 1999, and the Astral Career Development Grant in 2003, among many others. She is an active performer, presenting dozens of recitals yearly, including programs of not only traditional solo piano repertoire, but also premiering several new works by living composers of Poland, Canada, and the United States. During her international studies, she worked with such artist-teachers as Andrzej Stefanski, Tatiana Shebanova, Boris Bloch, Ruth Laredo, James Cook, Stephane Lamelin, Mark Clinton, Henri-Paul Sicsic, and Marek Jablonski. Dr. Kaminska's repertoire encompasses a wide spectrum of styles, ranging from early Baroque music performed on historic instruments, to the tempestuous avant-garde works of Frederic Rzewski and others. Having come into contact with such eminent experts in 18th-century music as Igor Kipnis, Gregory Butler, and George Ritchie, she has immersed herself in stylistic performance practice and pedagogical research. Having enriched her expertise by intense studies of the music of J. S. Bach on both organ and harpsichord, in 2003 Ms. Kaminska presented her doctoral dissertation, which discusses the genesis and analysis of the composer's often unappreciated and frequently misinterpreted French Overture, BWV 831. Equally passionate as a pedagogue, Dr. Kaminska is the founder and artistic director of the Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah, Washington, faculty member of the Shoreline Community College in Shoreline, Washington, and chamber music coach for the Puget Sound Summer Chamber Music Workshop. She is frequently featured as a guest lecturer, master class clinician and an adjudicator throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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Pebbles in the Pond

BIO Pat Waltman Feuchtenberger holds a Bachelor of Music from the St. Louis Institute of Music, a Master of Arts, from Radford University, and has pursued post graduate studies in various universities. Her teachers include Lois Baptiste Harsh, Evelyn Mitchell, Leo Sirota, Miklos Ivanich, and Lloyd Zurbrigg. She has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in the Midwest and Southeast. She established Feuchtenberger Artists' Management Company in 1983. This company has become well-known internationally, representing pianists, Enrique Graf, Beatrice Long, and the Long Duo, with sisters, Beatrice and Christina Long. She has held faculty positions at Concord College at Athens, WV. and Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia, where she founded the Bluefield College Preparatory Department. She continues to teach privately. Besides serving as the Director of Feuchtenberger Management, she is an adjudicator for various festivals and competitions, and is a member of the International Society of Performing Arts, American Symphony Orchestra League, National Association of Performing Arts Managers and Presenters, National College of Musicians, Virginia Music Teachers Association, Virginia Federation of Music Clubs, and Phi Kappa Phi. In 2005 Pat formed the Black and White Classics Recording Company to provide an artist-friendly recording experience emphasizing integrity in music, artists, and engineering. She made the first compact disk, "Pebbles in the Pond," which includes music of Bach, Scarlatti, Debussy, Chopin, and Gershwin. She is a consultant for performing arts and arts management, and a speaker in colleges for career days, representing the performing arts. She is listed in Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Entertainment, has been the subject of several interviews as WGMS in D. C. and articles in magazines such as Radford Magazine, A Music Partnership, and newspapers. She was nominated in 2000 for The Governor's Award for the Arts in Virginia. She was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, and has three sons, and four granddaughters. She enjoys family, music, travel, gardening, reading, cooking, walking, especially in the mountains, people. NOTES Pebbles in the Pond Music can be but a small speck in the scheme of things, but still make a profound influence heard 'round the world. The exceptional characteristic about classical music is there is no right or wrong way to listen to it, and no one dictates what you should hear. It depends on what is in your life to relate to it. That is the correct interpretation for you. As Charlie Parker said: "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Of course, it is a little like eating peanuts, the more you try it, the more you enjoy it. Reflections on the Water has been one of my favorite pieces to play for many years, and audiences have always loved it. It invites us to imagine all kinds of water-fountains, pools, great oceans, sprays with the sun glistening, and a trip back to childhood, throwing pebbles in the pond to watch the ripples grow in outward, in ever enlarging circles. Debussy's impressionistic sounds conjure images similar to the paintings of Renoir, Manet, and Monet. He was influenced by American jazz, and his music had a profound influence on all composers after him. The music of Scarlatti was such fun to work on after doing Chopin and Gerswhin, just like a refreshing dip in a pool, after the steamy summer day. Scarlatti's sound reflects the cool blue of the Mediterranean, and simple joys of life. Unique usage of dissonance, and remarkably original sonorities, deep expressive range, from humor and wit to passions and despair. The Sonata in F Minor represents one of Scarlatti's more thoughtful, quiet pieces which constantly seems to reach upward, striving for an unknown sublime entity only the listener can understand for himself. Chopin wrote music that changed the way the world wrote music, heard music, and performed music. Considering he found the piano complete for the expression of his creative spirit, pianists revel in his music, and audiences have responded to that love. It was not always so. His editors told him, his music was "too difficult," and people couldn't read it. Indeed, if one approaches Chopin's music with a mind set on a classical style, it is pretty dreadful! And so, we change gears, and enter into the Romantic mode, where we have lyrical phrases, influenced by Chopin's admiration of Bach's music, love of the opera, flowing accompaniments, full use of the piano including pedaling which becomes an art in itself, and importantly, we must enter into the heart and mind of the composer to communicate his feelings to the listeners. Many find Chopin at his best in his small pieces, and so I have chosen an unusual Nocturne-one which has a surprise ending, a Mazurka not too often heard, and the lovely Etude in E Major, which is said to be a melody Chopin claimed to be his best, along with the Waltz in G Flat. The Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue by Bach is a piece sometimes avoided by performers and teachers, because it takes a good deal of research to come up with what the performer believes is a credible version. I used three editions, listened to several recordings, and referred to some notes from Evelyn Mitchell, a fine teacher who had been a child prodigy and studied with Maurice Rosenthal. The Fantasy progresses through chromatic chords and cadenza-like runs which are a real trip! Going back to the Urtext edition, it is easier to understand the structure which Bach uses to create his improvisations. The Fugue begins with a soft, noble subject in the right hand and progresses relentlessly to a majestic finale with octaves using the whole keyboard. . George Gershwin, one of America's greatest composers, died at the age of 39. He was a talented pianist, who made his way on Tin Pan Alley at the age of 15. He could sight read anything put in front of him, and transpose it, and then improvise on it. He had large hands and much of his music contains intervals of 10ths and 12ths. These three Preludes were written to bring the syncopation and craggy rhythms and lyrical blues of jazz to the concert stage and reach "serious" audiences. "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." (Red Auerbach (1812 - 1882) and quoted again by Pat Conroy -and now, by me. It is my deepest wish that those who hear this music experience some of what I felt in making this CD -no worries, no fears-I was invincible. I felt connected -to the past and the present. Happy Listening! Pat.

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Voice & Spirit

The Towne Singers capture the spirit of music in all it varieties on this CD, from the plaintive, yet clear sounds of 'Bright Morning Star' to the interweaving sounds of jazz in 'I'm Beginning To See The Light.' The Towne Singers touch and interpret the choral polyphony of 'The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee,' the bold sounds of the spiritual 'Jesus is All the World To Me' and the haunting loss that is in 'Highland Mary.' 'The Argument' let's the Towne Singers express a frustration of that intimate institution, marriage, with humor, allowing us to the see the serious with eyes opened by hyperbolae. They also take us through tender and moving emotions through their interpretations of 'And So It Goes', and 'My Heart Will Go On' as well as others. 'Voice and Spirit' shows the diversity and range of the Towne Singers and the power of music to touch our lives in every way. The 100+ member Towne Singers was founded by Phyllis Winnaman in 1987 in La Canada, California. This non-auditioned community chorus has grown to become a well loved member of the surrounding communities of the Southern California Area. It's ever-growing popularity draws members from as far away as Lancaster, Valencia, Long Beach, Lake Forrest, and Anaheim. The Towne Singers has a wide variety of repertoire that includes great Classical Literature as well as Patriotic, Spirituals, Gospel, Folk, Broadway and even Popular music from today's spectrum. While preparing two main concerts each year, Towne Singers also maintains a busy appearance schedule in the La Canada-Pasadena area. Notable examples are the Coronation of the Rose Queen for the Tournament of Roses Association, and an appearance with The Pasadena Symphony. Town Singers has also been honored with citations of artistic excellence by the City of La Canada-Flintridge and the State of California. Extending beyond their home territory, Towne Singers traveled to New York City in 2004 to perform John Rutter's 'Requiem' conducted by the composer at Carnegie Hall. They have been invited to many select invitational festivals and will be touring Great Britain in 2005! The Towne Singers is a non-profit community chorus that is open to people of all ages and backgrounds. They provide a place for people to sing and grow artistically as well as providing excellent choral entertainment for surrounding communities. Recent additions to the Towne Singers include an educational outreach chamber choir and a children's chorus featured in many of the Towne Singers concert events. Sean Boulware is a sought after conductor, adjudicator and clinician all over the United States. He has conducted several State and Nation wide honor choirs such as The Cal-West Association Honor Choir and the Honor Choir for the National Convention for the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. Sean has lead several clinics about the history of church music and the evolution of choirs in the 21st Century in the area of Church Music. Sean has studied at Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, The University of Southern California and Westminster Choir College. In 1995, while studying at Westminster Choir College, Sean appeared as a vocal soloist with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. As a performer, Sean has been featured as a soloist with premier orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Los Angeles Renaissance Consort. He has toured nationally with productions of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' and 'Les Miserables.' Currently, Sean conducts the La Canada Towne Singers, and is Director of Music at Fullerton First United Methodist Church. He has prepared choirs for John Alexander, Keith Lockhart and recently prepared 2 choruses for a performance of the Rutter Requiem conducted by John Rutter at Carnegie Hall in January 2004. Sean has studied with such notable conductors as Dr. Lynn Bielefelt, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, James Levine, Dr. James Jordan, Rodney Eichenberger, John Alexander, Paul Mayo and Shirley Nute.

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Remembrance

SHORT BIOS 1- Nancy Roldán 2- José Cueto 3- Duo Cueto/Roldán Nancy Roldán, Pianist Acclaimed an "excellent pianist," Argentine born Nancy Roldán has concertized in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestras. Special performances include "Homage to Casals" in Puerto Rico, "The golden Age of Tango" at the Library of Congress, the "First Argentine Piano Marathon" in NY, and Peabody's "The mind of Music" among other. Honors include Distinguished Alumnae Award [UNC-Argentina], two Johns Hopkins/Peabody faculty-development grants [2002-2006], and top distinctions at competitions. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Liszt Society, President/Co-Founder: Baltimore-Washington Chapter, founder/director: Liszt-Garrison Festival and International Piano Competition. Faculty member at Peabody Conservatory of JHU [R], she maintains a consultant practice and private studio in Maryland. Adjudicator in International Competitions, she presents Master Classes and workshops on several performance related topics. Her CDs include Music of the Americas, A 30th anniversary celebration, and "Purrfectly classical" with pianist Noel Lester, Celebrations and Music of the New World with Trio Americas, On Wings of Angels and Remembrance with violinist José Cueto, and Horizons: Piano Music of Latin America. José Cueto, Violinist José Cueto was born in Puerto Rico. After early studies at the PR conservatory he was awarded scholarships to study with Berl Senofsky at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University where he received MM degree in violin performance. Strad magazine recognized Cueto's debut performance at Weill-Carnegie Hall as grounded, confident, and superb. He has toured extensively in Argentina, the Eastern United States, Hungary, China, Brazil, the Czeck Republic, Italy -where he has toured the last five summers, and most recently in Russia, where he recorded two concertos by Italian composers with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with conductor Vladimir Lande. Recordings include Music of Portuguese Composers, Music of the Americas with Trio Americas, Celebrations, Music by Thomas Benjamin, and Gladness of Heart with maestro Polochick and Concert Artists of Baltimore's orchestra, of which he is the concertmaster. Mr Cueto serves as concertmaster of the Chesapeake Symphony Orchestra, and has been guest concertmaster with the Lincoln, Nebraska Symphony Orchestra. He is Artist in Residence and Chair of Strings at St. Mary's College of Maryland. ABOUT THE DUO The duo Cueto-Roldan has toured in the USA, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Argentina. The duo has promoted the performance of chamber and duo music by composers of South, Central, and North America. In addition, the duo's repertory includes traditional classical as well as Latin American and Spanish music. A favorite recording of the duo is On Wings of Angels, featuring solo and violin-piano selections "for the heart." Their collaboration may also be heard in the Trio Americas Recording Celebrations. Their performances have been acclaimed as " ... full blooded, ... superb, ... and ... exciting" by international critics. Recent performances include Great Romantics Festival in Canada, master classes and recitals in Denver and Boulder, CO, and the 2008 May festival in Washington, DC. Upcoming engagements 2009 include an All Brahms Summer Program at Hood College and "duo tone paintings" at several venues, including the Buckingham's Choice concert series. CRITICS' CORNER ABOUT THE DUO "... a noble interpretation, each one with mastery, and both in perfect communication to shape each musical idea. [Their] wonderful innate musicality creates an expressive, stirring performance." Carlos Guastavino, Argentine Composer (Personal letter) "The Cueto-Roldan duo makes an impression foremost with it's large and luxurious tone ... The evening was an impressive display of full blooded music making." Alex Ross, NEW YORK TIMES "Cueto and Roldán are a powerful and well balanced combination ... easy rhythmic energy and fine ensemble playing ... superb in all particulars." Marcia young, STRAD MAGAZINE. "Cueto and Roldán made a vivid impression ... left a profound effect." THE WASHINGTON POST "One of the finest chamber music concerts of the season ... Cueto and Roldán gave an exciting performance." THE GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania.

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Brahms: Sonatas for Piano & Viola Schumann: March

Yariv Aloni, Viola & Jamie Syer, Piano Yariv Aloni is acclaimed by critics for his "impeccable technical accomplishments, exquisite phrasing and superb viola playing", and as "the ideal soloist, with a huge, singing tone and a rare depth and nobility of feeling". Born on a kibbutz in Israel, he began studying the violin at the age of eight and turned to the viola when he was sixteen. He studied viola with David Chen at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, Daniel Benyamini, principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Tree, violist of the Guarneri String Quartet. With an emphasis on chamber music he also studied at the Jerusalem Music Centre with distinguished visiting faculty from around the world including Isaac Stern, Ilona Feher, and the Amadeus and Guarneri String Quartets. A finalist of the François Shapira competition in Tel-Aviv, his awards include the Israel Broadcasting Authority award for chamber music performance and numerous scholarships from the American-Israel Cultural foundation. In 1985 he was invited to join Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zuckerman in a gala concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. As a founding member of the Aviv Quartet and subsequently a member of the Penderecki String Quartet he has performed in major concert halls throughout Europe and North America. With a special affinity to inspire young people Yariv was the artistic director of the Courtenay Youth Music Centre for ten years and is the associate music director for the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra. He taught viola and Chamber music at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and is currently teaching chamber music at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Mr. Aloni has recorded for the United, Marquise, Tritonus, and CBC labels as well as independent CD labels. He appears regularly with the Vetta Ensemble in Vancouver and performs in numerous chamber music festivals and recitals series. Also a conductor, he is the founder and music director of the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria and the Victoria Chamber Orchestra. He is playing on a viola made by Joseph Curtin in 2001. Jamie Syer "a superb concert that made a big impression", Edinburgh Academy, "infectious enthusiasm", Peeblesshire News, Scotland "the programme brought much pleasure, especially the Canadian works", IUFM, Dijon, France "Syer's sense of spirit and style soars", Calgary Herald Jamie Syer is a Canadian piano soloist, chamber music performer, conductor, clinician and teacher. He is the recipient of an Alberta Government Achievement Award, and winner of the national CBC Talent Competition. He studied at the Yale University School of Music, where he completed his Doctoral degree in 1987. Jamie Syer is Head of the Keyboard Department at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and a faculty member in the School of Music, University of Victoria. Previously, he has taught at the University of Calgary, the University of Regina, Mt Allison University, and at the Mount Royal College Conservatory. For ten seasons he was Artistic Director of New Works Calgary, a group dedicated to performing new and recent music by contemporary composers. At the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Jamie Syer is Artistic Director of the Collegium Program for Young Musicians-a project that offers an enriched curriculum for talented young pianists and instrumentalists. With his wife, violinist Laurie Syer, he directs Strings & Keys: a summer program for young pianists and string players which attracts students annually from across Canada. Together, Jamie and Laurie have completed several concert tours in Europe, performing in Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, France, and England. Closer to home, Jamie has performed in Calgary, Regina, Edmonton, and Victoria, and other Canadian centres. He was soloist in two concertos with the Sidney Classical Orchestra, and presented a concert of music based on Canadian stories and legends for New Works Calgary. His most recent solo concert Second Thoughts featured works of Bach, Ravel, and Liszt. His CD recording piano among friends includes repertoire of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, as well as twentieth-century repertoire by William Bolcom and Quenten Doolittle. Dr. Syer is an active adjudicator and clinician throughout Canada, having adjudicated for the Canadian Music Competitions, and many local and provincial festivals.

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James L. Hosay: Of Dreams & Courage

James L. Hosay James L. Hosay was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended public school and began playing trumpet in the 6th grade. While playing in every ensemble he could, James was greatly influenced by Symphonic Band composers who's work he performed - Frank Erickson, Claude T. Smith, W. Francis McBeth, James Clifton Williams, Alfred Reed, Joseph W. Jenkins, and others, as well as all the great classical masters. It was during Jr. High School that James began writing arrangements for his school band and became interested in composition. After graduating from High School, he decided to join the Army as a Trumpet player and began what would become a 20 year military band career which culminated with obtaining the position of Staff Arranger/Composer for The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) in Washington, DC. During his tenure with the U.S. Army Band, James Hosay wrote arrangements for numerous celebrity recording artists, including Patti LaBell, Amy Grant, Reba McEntire, and Lee Greenwood. Quite often, his original music was performed for U.S. and foreign dignitaries, foreign heads of State, and the President of the United States. His tour of duty spanned the administrations of Presidents Carter through Clinton. Upon retiring from the Army in 1999, Master Sergeant Hosay received his second Meritorious Service Medal. For the past 10 years, James L. Hosay has been an exclusive Composer, Arranger, and Play-Along CD Producer for CURNOW MUSIC PRESS and DE HASKE PUBLICATIONS, publishing over 75 original works and arrangements, and producing dozens of Play-Along CDs. He has produced several Symphonic Band recordings, including two CDs for the prestigious United States Continental Army Band at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He has written commissioned works for numerous organizations, including the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Band, the U.S. Naval Academy Band, the U.S. Continental Army Band, the Virginia Music Educators Association, and most recently, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. For the past five years, Mr. Hosay has served as an adjudicator for Spectrum Festivals, judging performances of bands and orchestras from all over the country. James L. Hosay resides once more in the greater Hampton Roads area, in the beautiful and peaceful city of Chesapeake, Virginia, where he finds much inspiration for life and music.

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Songs of Poldowski

Soprano Susan Young is a faculty member of the University of Victoria School of Music. In addition to her teaching, she maintains a demanding performance schedule. She has performed in Canada, the United States, Spain, France and Austria. Educated as both pianist (B Mus Brigham Young University) and singer (M Mus University of Calgary), she is known for the diversity of her skills, and though her first and enduring love is the art song, she is equally at home singing Bach cantatas, Verdi's Requiem, Schœnberg's Pierrot Lunaire, or more recent chamber works by Canadian composers such as Christopher Butterfield and Douglas Schmidt. She is also sought after as a choral conductor, clinician and adjudicator and loves nothing more than to be involved in the performance of good music. Pianist Bruce Vogt, ARCT (Toronto), B Mus (Western Ontario), M Mus (Toronto), has been teaching at the University of Victoria since 1980. He appears regularly in concert and on the CBC within Canada, but he has also inspired audiences in England, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Japan and China. Born in southern Ontario, Bruce Vogt completed his initial studies with his mentor Damjana Bratuz at the University of Western Ontario. Later, he studied in the United States, England, Switzerland and Italy as well as in Canada. His repertoire encompasses music from the sixteenth century to the present. As well as his active solo career, he has enjoyed chamber music and partnerships with singers throughout his professional life. Susan and Bruce have enjoyed a fruitful musical collaboration for over 20 years. Together they have presented numerous "specialty" concerts of works by Schubert, Liszt, Debussy, Poldowski, Hindemith and Schoœnberg, and have amassed a huge repertoire from the works of other composers: Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Alfred Fisher, Harry Somers, John Weinzweig, Benjamin Britten, Lili Boulanger, Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms, to name but a few.

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Belle Vie

Bell' Alma Duo Artists Michele Antonello Frisch is principal flute of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra. She has played with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and has been a featured soloist with the Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra, Rocky Mountain Conservatory, Wintergreen Festival, and the National Flute Association. She has toured throughout Europe with the Kairos Trio, giving concerts and master classes. She is in demand as a recitalist, clinician, and adjudicator and serves on the faculty of Northwestern College in St. Paul. Kathy Kienzle, principal harpist of the Minnesota Orchestra, has also performed as harpist and soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Kienzle has premiered concertos by Liebermann and Rautavaara with the Minnesota Orchestra and has been a featured performer at the World Harp congresses in Paris, Tacoma and Prague. She has been a prize winner in both the American Harp Society and the International Harp Competition in Israel. Kienzle is a member of the faculties of the University of Minnesota and MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Bell' Alma Duo "La Belle Vie" French Opera Fantasie Following the stunning success of their first CD "O Bell'Alma" Music from the Opera, this premier flute and harp duo have now released their second recording! "La Belle Vie" includes opera arias and fantasies from the French Romantic period, all newly arranged for the Duo. This is flute and harp duo music of great passion and lyricism, with two original works by the composers Laurent Petitgirard and Daniel Sturm. Also programmed on this enchanting CD are rarely heard arias of Debussy and Duparc, as well as two fiery fantaisies by Taffanel and Demmerseman. Flutist and harpist play as one "beautiful soul" -- Minnesota Public Radio interview February 2, 2008 "...richly imaginative... beautiful and mellifluous. Frisch's tone is invariably full-bodied" -- Pan Flute magazine, UK "The performances are first rate and have the singing quality we have come to expect from this exceptional duo." - The Flute Network Also available: "O Bell' Alma" Music from the Opera One of the "Best New Recordings from North America" - Gramophone Magazine (UK) "This fine recording...is just dazzling in it's clarity, emotional intensity, and singing performances. Frisch's flute tone emulates the expressive nuances of the human voice with subtle shading, a variety of colors, and soaring vocal lines...she transcends the instrument and communicates the intentions of the composer and the emotion of the song." - The Flute Network.

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Das Marienleben

Soprano Susan Young is a faculty member of the University of Victoria School of Music. In addition to her teaching, she maintains a demanding performance schedule. She has performed in Canada, the United States, Spain, France and Austria. Educated as both pianist (B Mus Brigham Young University) and singer (M Mus University of Calgary), she is known for the diversity of her skills, and though her first and enduring love is the art song, she is equally at home singing Bach cantatas, Verdi's Requiem, Schœnberg's Pierrot Lunaire, or more recent chamber works by Canadian composers such as Christopher Butterfield and Douglas Schmidt. She is also sought after as a choral conductor, clinician and adjudicator and loves nothing more than to be involved in the performance of good music. Pianist Bruce Vogt, ARCT (Toronto), B Mus (Western Ontario), M Mus (Toronto), has been teaching at the University of Victoria since 1980. He appears regularly in concert and on the CBC within Canada, but he has also inspired audiences in England, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Japan and China. Born in southern Ontario, Bruce Vogt completed his initial studies with his mentor Damjana Bratuz at the University of Western Ontario. Later, he studied in the United States, England, Switzerland and Italy as well as in Canada. His repertoire encompasses music from the sixteenth century to the present. As well as his active solo career, he has enjoyed chamber music and partnerships with singers throughout his professional life. Susan and Bruce have enjoyed a fruitful musical collaboration for over 20 years. Together they have presented numerous "specialty" concerts of works by Schubert, Liszt, Debussy, Poldowski, Hindemith and Schoœnberg, and have amassed a huge repertoire from the works of other composers: Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Alfred Fisher, Harry Somers, John Weinzweig, Benjamin Britten, Lili Boulanger, Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms, to name but a few.

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