Friday, January 25, 2019
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THE THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC
411 East Clinton Ave, Tenafly NJ 07670
A Musical Celebration of Black History Month
Sat, Jan 26, 2019
7:00 PM
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The
Thurnauer Chamber Music Series featuring artistic director, violinist Sharon
Roffman opens its 26th season with a program "A Musical Celebration
of Black History Month".
The program
features music by Florence Price, Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de St. Georges,
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Harry
Burleigh, J. Rosamund Johnson, William Grant Still, George Walker, and
Margaret Bonds and lyrics by Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and James
Weldon Johnson.
The
performance features guest artists Jasmine Wilson, mezzo-soprano; Doori Na,
violin; Melissa Reardson, viola;Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Thomas Sauer,
piano.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Violinist Sharon Roffman, prizewinner in the 2003 Naumburg Foundation
International Competition, made her solo debut with the New Jersey Symphony
in 1996. Since then, Ms. Roffman has forged a unique career distinguished by
her versatility; she is equally sought after as a soloist, chamber musician,
orchestral leader and music educator. In February 2018, Ms. Roffman was
appointed concertmaster of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Ms. Roffman made her
Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins with
Itzhak Perlman playing and conducting in 2004; she has performed all over the
world as a guest concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, the BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio France, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre d’Auvergne, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, and Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, principal 2nd of Die Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Estonian Festival Orchestra, and as a
frequent guest member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Mahler Chamber
Orchestra. Ms. Roffman was “Violon Solo” of Orchestre National du Capitole de
Toulouse from 2016-17 and a member of Orchestre National de France from
2009-2011.
As a chamber musician,
Ms. Roffman has collaborated with members of the Guarneri quartet, Juilliard
Quartet, Brentano Quartet, Shanghai Quartet, Avalon Quartet, and Miami
Quartet among others, was a member of the critically acclaimed contemporary
music ensemble counter)induction, and spent several summers performing at the
Marlboro Music Festival.
Passionate about
combining performance and education, Ms. Roffman is the founder and artistic
director of ClassNotes, a chamber music ensemble and non-profit organization
dedicated to introducing public school students to classical music through
interdisciplinary school residencies and performances. In 2015, Ms. Roffman
premiered a new concerto by Bruce Adolphe (I Will Not Remain Silent) with the IRIS Orchestra and Michael Stern
conducting, and created The
Prinz Project – an online interdisciplinary curriculum and
outreach initiative to accompany the concerto. In 2018, Ms. Roffman performed
Bernstein’s Serenade with the Kansas City Symphony and created an accompanying website for
audiences to explore the work in more detail. Ms. Roffman also created
an online elementary school curriculum about
the relationship between music and art for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and
regularly teaches in elementary schools across Australia both live and via
video conferencing. Ms. Roffman is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the
Cleveland Institute of Music; her former teachers include Itzhak Perlman,
Donald Weilerstein, Peter Winograd, Robert Lipsett, Patinka Kopec and Nicole
DiCecco.
Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan is a member of the Horszowski
Trio with violinist Jesse Mills and pianist Rieko Aizawa. The trio has
performed across the United States, India, Japan, and in Hong Kong, and records
for Bridge Records. For eleven seasons, as a founding member of the
Daedalus Quartet, he performed around the world. Mr. Ramakrishnan is an
artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, and is on the faculty of
the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Grammy nominated violist Melissa Reardon is an internationally renowned performer whose solo and chamber playing spans all musical genres. As a member of the Ensō String Quartet since 2006, Melissa has toured both nationally and internationally. (This is the final season for the quartet, with its last performances scheduled for the summer of 2018.) Melissa is also a founding member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), and is a sought-after collaborative musician. .
Jasmine Wilson is an American vocalist, poet,
and educator based in New York. She trained in classical vocal
performance at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she also hosted
and produced several Canadian radio programs. She has also taught music and
English as a Second Language in France and Canada. Jasmine enjoys combining
her international experience in music and media production into thoughtful
educational exchanges in the arts. In New York, Jasmine regularly
performs classical works by underrepresented female composers and composers
of color as a vocalist with The Dream Unfinished (TDU), an activist
orchestra. Through TDU, she has collaborated with Lincoln Center, Carnegie
Hall, and the DiMenna Center. Internationally, Jasmine has appeared with
Canadian funk/R&B bands What It Is, the Morphtet, Freak Motif, and
Kalmunity. While in Montreal, Jasmine hosted SOUL PERSPECTIVES on CKUT
90.3 FM, as well as produced multiple radio programs for CJAD 800 Radio and
the Kelly Alexander Show. She currently is a Community Engagement Specialist
at New York's PBS Station, WNET.
A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, violinist Doori Na has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Riverside Symphony, New Music Project of Argento Chamber Ensemble, New Chamber Ballet, and Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach. Pianist Thomas Sauer is highly sought after as soloist and chamber musician in a wide range of repertoire. With his long-time duo partner Colin Carr, Mr. Sauer has appeared at the Wigmore Hall (London), the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bargemusic (New York City), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), and Princeton University, among many other venues. He has performed with members of the Juilliard String Quartet at the Library of Congress and given numerous concerts with the Brentano String Quartet. Mr. Sauer has performed at many of the leading festivals in the United States and abroad, including Marlboro, Caramoor, Music@Menlo, Chamber MusicNorthwest, and Taos, as well as Lake District Summer Music (England), Agassiz (Canada), Festival des Consonances (France), and Esbjerg Chamber Music Festival (Denmark). Mr. Sauer serves on the faculties of Mannes and Vassar Colleges, and was the founder and director of the Mannes Beethoven Institute, a highly regarded summer program that ran for fifteen seasons.
3 Questions with Sharon Roffman
What inspired you to create a concert featuring Afro-American and Afro-European composers? There are a lot of great composers out there who, historically, have not always gotten the recognition that they deserve. With this concert and our spring concert of all female composers, I wanted to shine a light and share some fantastic music written by people who reflect the diversity of the communities we live in.
How
did choose the repertoire for the program?
Like always, I listened and listened and listened to lots of music and picked the pieces that I loved the most and would personally want to listen to. I had to make some really tough choices because there is so much interesting music out there!
What can you tell us about the pieces or composers featured?
Our singer Jasmine Wilson is singing two songs by two different composers based on texts by Langston Hughes, so it’s always interesting to see what choices composers make with their music to bring out the meaning of the texts. One of the pieces that I absolutely HAD to program was the Lyric for Strings by George Walker, who died only a few months ago, and was the first African American to win a Pulitzer prize for music. It is one of the most beautiful pieces you will ever hear. There is a piece by Harry Burleigh who worked closely with the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak when he lived in New York, and inspired Dvorak to use more African-American themes in his music. The piece we are playing for string quartet is based on songs he heard being sung in the plantations, in the era of slavery. And finally we will end the concert with a classic arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing by William Grant Still. When I ordered the music, I called the phone number of the publishing company and was excited to realize that I was speaking with William Grant Still’s daughter! The Chamber Music Series is made possible by generous contributions from Eva Holzer and the Konikow Chamber Music Fund
For tickets or more information about the Thurnauer School of Music
please call 201-408-1465.
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Sat,
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Labels: Black History Month, music, Sharon Roffman, Thurnauer Chamber Music Series, Thurnauer Music School
Monday, February 07, 2011
AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL EVENT - WED FEB 9
Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
Photo Credit - Chris Lee
Each year, the THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades holds an event to benefit the scholarship fund, promote music and music education, and provide an exceptional educational and musical experience for its students and guests.
Called THE GIFT OF MUSIC, this event includes a concert by one (or more) of the world's most brilliant musicians, and a workshop in which the musicians interact directly with the student.
This year, on Wednesday, February 9, the GIFT OF MUSIC will feature Alan Gilbert, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, and ten musicians in the orchestra, including Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster, and Sheryl Staples, Principal Associate Concertmaster.
They will perform a selection of chamber music, and then Alan Gilbert will conduct the Thurnauer School Of Music student orchestra in a performance that includes the "Theme From Schindler's List," with Glenn Dicterow as soloist.
In addition to the concert, the Gift Of Music event always includes interaction directly with the students. In prior years, performers have played together with the students in the afternoon, answered questions, and hung out. Violinist Maxim Vengerov told the musical story of Ferdinand The Bull, with the students around him on the stage. Wynton Marsalis played basketball with the students in between the afternoon workshop and the evening concert.
It is extremely generous of Alan Gilbert and the musicians in the Philharmonic to take time out from what is an incredibly busy schedule to support music and music education with the students of the school.
Music and music education is extremely important. The support from such distinguished musicians and cultural icons is especially welcome when times are tough and resources are scarce.
It is critical that the community respond to this generous gift by Alan Gilbert, and the other incredible musicians by supporting music and musical education and becoming active participants in the musical community!
A Composer and Violinist
At the Thurnauer School of Music
Photo by Eric Roffman
Guided from the beginning by Founding Director Dorothy Roffman, The Thurnauer School of Music is celebrating its 27th season. It is a "community school" -- which means that everyone is welcome, anyone can attend. Located at the Kaplen JCC On the Palisades in Tenafly, NJ, membership at the JCC is not required to study at the school; there is no age requirement; no audition to pass. Each new student, whether a 3 year old starting violin, a ten year old learning the guitar, a twelve year old flutist with some prior training, or a retiree starting to practice piano again, gets an audition that places them with the right teacher, but no-one is turned away.
The school maintains the highest level of instruction. Teachers come with the best music training in the world; and they must be good teachers. The standard is that every student must have a good experience, as well as the best training. The Thurnauer School of Music is one of the best places in the world to start an instrument.
The school provides instruction in many instruments, plus choral, chamber music and orchestral experiences.
In addition to the annual Gift Of Music Concerts, there are several Master Classes given during each year. Auditions to participate in these events are open to students in all of New Jersey. Many great musicians, including Itzhak Perlman, and several members of the New York Philharmonic, including some playing in Wednesday's Gift Of Music Concert, have taught these Master Classes.
The school has several partnership programs with schools in New Jersey, including the Music Discovery Partnership in which students receive music education from the Thurnauer School, and the Chamber Music Express program in partnership with Class Notes, which brings music education to classrooms in New Jersey and around the region.
Students at the Thurnauer School have many performing opportunities at the school, and outside, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and other venues all over the region. One student played on the Sesame Street float at last year's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Former students now play all over the world in orchestras, chamber music groups, and solo concerts. Some teach music. Some have gone on to other careers with a legacy of knowing and loving music. Some have sent their own children to the school.
The Founding Director, Dorothy Roffman (who was joined by Susan Tall for one year) has led the school since its very beginning, brought in by Sandra O. Gold who nurtured the school at the JCC some twenty seven years ago. (Dorothy was teaching violin to Sandra's daughter Amelia at the Manhattan School of Music at the time. Later, Amelia was a teacher at the Thurnauer School. Currently, Dorothy is teaching Amelia's daughter.)
Shortly after the school was founded, Maria and Bill Thurnauer provided personal and financial support for the school, that gave it strength to grow. A few years later, Joan and Alan Handler initiated and began supporting the Master Class program and then the Gift Of Music Benefit Concert. The Richard H Holtzer Memorial Foundation helped establish chamber music concerts by the Thurnauer Chamber Music Society. Additional major contributions have supported the partnership programs, scholarships, and other activities.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS - GIFT OF MUSIC BENEFIT CONCERT, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
(Musicians and repertoire may be subject to change.)
MUSICIANS - NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster
Sheryl Staples, Principal Associate Concertmaster
Sharon Yamada, Violin
Yulia Ziskel, Violin
Alan Gilbert, Viola
Rebecca Young, Associate Principal Viola
Ru-Pei Yeh, Cello
Maria Kitsopoulos, Cello
Judith LeClair, Principal Bassoon
Nancy Allen, Principal Harp
Jonathan Feldman, Piano
Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
PROGRAM (Performances by Thurnauer School Of Music instrumental and choral groups, the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra, and Musicians in the New York Philharmonic)
Chamber Music including selections from
- Beethoven Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 11
- Andres "Chants d'arriere-saison for Bassoon and Harp"
- Mendelssohn Octet (Allegro moderato ma con fuoco)
Orchestral Music, conducted by Alan Gilbert, including selections from
- Mozart Divertimento, K. 137, in Bb
- Williams "Theme from Schindler's List"
Glenn Dicterow, Violin, with the orchestra
TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT
General admission tickets are available at the BergenPAC box office, 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood (Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.), online at www.bergenpac.org, or by telephone at 1-888-PACSHOW (1-888-722-7469).
VERY IMPORTANT: THIS IS A BENEFIT CONCERT!
This is a benefit concert. Event sponsorships are very important!
Sponsorships may include patron seating, a meet-the-artist reception and additional benefits. Sponsor inquiries should be made through the Thurnauer School, at 201-408-1462 or thurnauer@jccotp.org.
THE MUSIC DISCOVERY PROGRAM
The school reaches out into the community through public performances and its 12- year Music Discovery Partnership with the Englewood Public Schools, a program in jeopardy due to budget cuts.
Some more facts about the Thurnauer School of Music
The Thurnauer School of Music (www.jccotp.org/thurnauer), established in 1984, has been designated as a “Major Arts Institution” by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. It serves more than 700 students in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. It also serves as an area cultural resource by presenting more than 30 concerts annually, as well as master classes with world-renowned artists. The School is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and an integral part of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. JCC membership is not a requirement for enrollment or financial aid at the Thurnauer School. The School is supported, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State; the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; the Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation; the Community Chest serving Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs; the Sacramento Region Community Foundation; the Lillian Pitkin Schenck Fund; and numerous individual donors. For further information, contact the music school at thurnauer@jccotp.org or 201-408-1465.
Cellist and Co-Director of The Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
At the Thurnauer School of Music
Photo by Eric Roffman
PAST PERFORMERS AT THE GIFT OF MUSIC CONCERT
The Gift Of Music artists have included world famous violinists Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Gil Shaham, Ani & Ida Kavafian, and Maxim Vengerov; Cellist Steven Isserlis; The Juilliard, Emerson and Orion Quartets; flutist Paula Robison; Pianists Melvin Chen, Claude Frank, Andrew De Grado, Simon Mulligan, Marija Stroke, Lilya Zilberstein, Lillian Kallir, Jonathan Feldman, and Richard Goode; Jazz legends: Marian McPartland, piano, Rufus Reid, bass & Kimberly Thompson, drums; The Paquito D'Rivera Jazz Quintet, and The Wynton Marsalis Septet; clarinetist David Krakauer; composer and violinist Mark O'Connor; and the co-chairs of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano
1991 Pamela Frank, violin & Claude Frank, piano
1992 Joshua Bell, violin & Andrew De Grado, piano
1993 Richard Goode, piano
1994 Claude Frank & Lillian Kallir, piano duo
1995 The Wynton Marsalis Septet, jazz
1996 The Emerson String Quartet
1997 Erie Mills, soprano, Kurt Ollmann, baritone & Marija Stroke, piano
1998 Ani & Ida Kavafian, violin/viola duo & Jonathan Feldman, piano
1999 David Finckel, cello & Wu Han, piano
2000 The Juilliard String Quartet
2001 The Paquito D'Rivera Jazz Quintet
2002 Gil Shaham, violin & Jonathan Feldman, piano
2003 Marian McPartland, piano, Rufus Reid, bass & Kimberly Thompson, drums
2003 Joshua Bell, violin & Simon Mulligan, piano
2004 The Orion String Quartet
2005 Paula Robison, flute & Melvin Chen, piano
2006 Maxim Vengerov, violin & Lilya Zilberstein, piano
2007 Steven Isserlis, cello & Melvin Chen, piano
2008 David Krakauer, clarinet & Marija Stroke, piano
2009 Mark O'Connor, violin
2010 David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano
LINKS
THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT PAGE
THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACEBOOK PAGE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/JCC-Thurnauer-School-of-Music/132117614226#!/pages/JCC-Thurnauer-School-of-Music/132117614226?v=wall
THURNAUER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
http://www.jccotp.org/category.aspx?catid=305
AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE CONCERT
http://www.jstandard.com/index.php/content/item/16892
THE KAPLEN JCC ON THE PALISADES
http://www.jccotp.org/
TICKETS: THE BERGEN PAC
By telephone at 1-888-PACSHOW (1-888-722-7469)
or http://www.bergenpac.org/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/The-Gift-of-Music-Gala-Concert-tickets/artist/1526505
http://www.ticketmaster.com/BERGEN-PERFORMING-ARTS-CENTER-tickets-Englewood/venue/1200
Labels: Alan Gilbert, Dorothy Roffman, Glenn Dicterow, Sheryl Staples, THE GIFT OF MUSIC, Thurnauer Music School
