Warsaw and Paris - March 10, 2010
Celebrating Chopin's 200th birthday in Warsaw and Paris with students from Jacksonville University. We leave Friday, March 12.
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CELEBRATING CHOPIN'S 200TH BIRTHDAY WITH HIS FOURTEEN WALTZES played in the order Dinu Lipatti played in 1950 at his final recital.
March 25, Jacksonville, Florida (Jacksonville University)
April 2, Jacksonville, Florida (The Friday Musicale)
April 10, New York, New York (Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall)
DATE CHANGE! - February 25, 2010
Recital at Jacksonville University to debut the new concert piano which was originally scheduled for March 26 (Friday evening at 7:30)has been moved ahead one day to Thursday evening, March 25, at 7:30.
Program:
BEETHOVEN Sonata in A major, Op. 101
HE JIAN-JUN Piano Sonata No. 1 (2009)
CHOPIN 14 Waltzes
The Chopin Waltzes are performed in observance of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.
A reception will follow.
Program:
BEETHOVEN Sonata in A major, Op. 101
HE JIAN-JUN Piano Sonata No. 1 (2009)
CHOPIN 14 Waltzes
The Chopin Waltzes are performed in observance of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.
A reception will follow.
LOTS GOING ON! - February 3, 2010
The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Mechetti presents Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte." I've been enjoying the staging rehearsals as pianist, and I'm looking forward to the continuo work at the performance, February 13.
February 7, Jacksonville University, 3pm, annual ComposerFest Concert (music by Harrison, Schirmer, Steve, and the Florida premiere of Jian-jun He's Piano Sonata).
March 2, Jacksonville University Orchestra, music by Watkins (Two Poems by Walt Whitman for baritone and orchestra with Robert Tudor, bariton soloist), Steve (Piano Concerto, Scott Watkins, piano soloist).
March 12-21, France and Poland to celebrate Chopin's 200th anniversary.
DATE CHANGE!
March 25, Jacksonville University... Watkins' solo recital (preview of his Carnegie Hall recital April 10), includes Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101, He Piano Sonata (2009), Chopin Fourteen Waltzes, and features JU's new concert grand piano, Shigeru-Kawai.
April 10, solo recital, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, 5:30pm. Tickets available starting February 15, $25.00 each.
April 12, Studio Class Recital, Jacksonville University. Featuring Alfred Meneses, Katherine Adams, John Shannon, Mallory Bray, Grace Han, Elizabeth Janiak, Tyler Bechtle, Ben Clark, Victor Huls, Austin Clark, Kate Sobelman.
February 7, Jacksonville University, 3pm, annual ComposerFest Concert (music by Harrison, Schirmer, Steve, and the Florida premiere of Jian-jun He's Piano Sonata).
March 2, Jacksonville University Orchestra, music by Watkins (Two Poems by Walt Whitman for baritone and orchestra with Robert Tudor, bariton soloist), Steve (Piano Concerto, Scott Watkins, piano soloist).
March 12-21, France and Poland to celebrate Chopin's 200th anniversary.
DATE CHANGE!
March 25, Jacksonville University... Watkins' solo recital (preview of his Carnegie Hall recital April 10), includes Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101, He Piano Sonata (2009), Chopin Fourteen Waltzes, and features JU's new concert grand piano, Shigeru-Kawai.
April 10, solo recital, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, 5:30pm. Tickets available starting February 15, $25.00 each.
April 12, Studio Class Recital, Jacksonville University. Featuring Alfred Meneses, Katherine Adams, John Shannon, Mallory Bray, Grace Han, Elizabeth Janiak, Tyler Bechtle, Ben Clark, Victor Huls, Austin Clark, Kate Sobelman.