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LSU Viola Professor Matthew Daline presents an evening of 20th Century chamber music words: “I would like to invite you to a contemporary chamber music recital at the LSU School of Music recital hall on Saturday, March 20th at 8pm. We will present a wide variety of repertoire that spans the 20th century; Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”, the Quintet of Walter Piston for flute and string quartet, and the “Carolina Reveille”, a relatively new piece by Paul Schoenfeld. It is always a pleasure to offer these concerts at LSU and I hope that you will join us.”

Paris Paraschoudis, Greek violinist and DMA candicate in Violin Performance (LSU),  will give a Chamber Music Recital on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.

The recital will take place at the Recital Hall of the LSU School of Music. He will be assisted by Stefka Ilieva, violin; Prof. Espen Lilleslåtten, viola; Koko Dyulgerski, viola and Pedro Huff, cello.

PROGRAM:

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043

1. Vivace
2. Largo ma non tanto
3. Allegro

Stefka Ilieva, violin I
Paris Paraschoudis, violin II

String Orchestra:

Violins: Raul Gomez, Michael Brook, Paula Bujes, Milena Rusanova, Cheng-Yin Lin, Maria Arrua, Chung-Hui Hsu, Joel Martinez.

Violas: Koko Dyulgerski, Teodora Peeva, Simina Renea

Cellos: Marcelo Vieira, Susannah Montandon

Double Bass: John Madere

Harpsichord: Jose Mauricio Brandao

• Giacomo Puccini (1855-1924)

String Quartet “Crisantemi” (1890)

-  Andante mesto

Paris Paraschoudis, violin I
Stefka Ilieva, violin II
Koko Dyulgerski, viola
Pedro Huff, cello

INTERMISSION

• Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12 (1919-1920)

1. Allegramente – Sostenuto ma non troppo
2. Lento ma non troppo
3. Vivo

Paris Paraschoudis, violin I
Stefka Ilieva, violin II
Espen Lilleslåtten, viola

WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: LSU School of Music, Recital Hall

We would like to welcome Acadiana Symphony Orchestra to the growing community of LouisianaClassicalMusic.com! Lead from the podium by Maestro Mariusz Smolij, Acadiana Symphony is a great presence in the Louisiana music scene. Check out their website and go to their concerts!!

Here’s an excerpt from their website, written by Tish Johnson, President, ASO Board of Directors:

We are a vibrant and dynamic organization of which I’m proud to be a part. Please consider joining us to help promote the presentation of live music from Master Works to Pops, from small ensembles, to chamber groups, and from educational concerts to Opera! Come to the ASO to hear some of the most outstanding guest artists on the planet!

How do we do it? We are governed by a Board of Directors, ably assisted by the Acadiana Symphony Women’s League, administered by our Executive Director and staff, and supported by friends, patrons, and corporate sponsors. We operate with a small payroll and depend heavily on volunteers from all walks of life, interests, and backgrounds. The cost of supporting a professional symphony orchestra is surprising. It takes constant attention from asking our corporate partners for sponsorships for all our performances, writing and submitting grants, appealing to individuals for contributions, and constantly searching for ways to reduce cost. Our subscribers care deeply about the preservation of our symphony and know that the investment in season tickets and the investment in time attending our concerts is an investment in the quality of life in Acadiana.

And we also work diligently on fundraisers! Our fund raisers are truly FUN: Symphony Suppers, Decorators ShowHouse, the Artchestra Project (a painted violin event), MadHatter’s Luncheon, our Symphony Scramble golf tournment, and our never-ending search for creative ways to support our symphony have brought our volunteers together in a very successful year. Please join us! Help us make the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music thrive!

An All-Star lineup will join your Acadiana Symphony Orchestra a for a special concert to benefit the Conservatory of Music. Renowned Cajun artists Sonny Landreth, Zachary Richard and Roddie Romero will perform along with the Orchestra as they “let the good times roll” while benefiting a worthy cause.

Proceeds from the Acadiana All-Star Concert are to benefit the Conservatory of Music. The Conservatory was established to educate and form the musical minds of all ages. Since then, the Conservatory has grown to offer private music instruction in all instruments including voice, strings, Cajun fiddle & accordion, woodwinds, brass, percussion, guitar, piano and Suzuki Instruction in violin, viola, cello and piano. Also offered are many group instruction classes such as Musik Garten, Young Voices Class, Beginning Group Guitar, Intro to Piano and Music Theory. The Conservatory of Music is operated by the Director of Education and faculty is made up of ULL graduating students, musicians of the ASO, and local music teachers.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

7:30 PM

Heymann Performing Arts Center

Tickets: www.acadianasymphony.org

The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra with special guest artist, Adam Makowicz (jazz pianist) perform Chopiniana, Symphony No 42 “Jupiter” & Jazz impressions on Chopin.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

3:00 PM

UL Lafayette Angelle Hall

Tickets: (337) 232-4277, extension 1

Marcelo M Vieira, Brazilian cellist and singer based in Baton Rouge will give a Workshop on improvisation and creative playing for bowed strings at the Grace Notes Violin Studio. Marcelo is a graduate student at LSU, majoring in in Jazz Studies. Crossover artist (classical/popular) for more than 10 years, in this workshop he will be introducing the up-to-date topic of improvisation for bowed string players. He will talk (and play) about how to start improvising, ways of exploring your own creativity through your playing and techniques to write and/or play your own lines in songs and instrumental music . The games and methods he will work on can be useful for any musical style. Besides playing, Marcelo has been performing his original Cello&Voice works, singing and playing his own songs and arrangements.

How much: $10 (free if you`re a Grace Notes student)

When: Feb 22nd, 7:00pm

Where: Grace Notes Violin Studies - 2223 Quail Run Dr. Building A-2, right off of

Perkins Road.

Baton Rouge – LA

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Don’t miss this concert with faculty and student ensembles from the LSU Music Jazz Department.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 19; 8:00pm

WHERE: LSU School of Music, Recital Hall

8:00pm, LSU School of Music, Recital Hall. This one is a must!!!

Willis Delony has won national and international acclaim as a jazz and classical pianist, conductor, chamber player, commercial composer, and arranger. His concert explorations of the jazz and classical piano worlds are showcased in a recent recording of music by American composers entitled Double Dance – Classical and Jazz Connections II, which was released by Centaur Records in 2008.  A previous album, also on the Centaur label, is entitled A New World A’ Comin’ – Classical and Jazz Connections. Both are now in international distribution. In a Fanfare magazine review of A New World A’ Comin’, Peter Burwasser writes: “(Delony) plays with gusto and finesse, and with an especially nimble rhythmic sensibility, a proper combination of attributes for jazz, or any other kind of music-making, for that matter.” Previous album credits include a recording of sonatas by Samuel Barber and Sergei Prokofiev, also on the Centaur label, and a jazz album entitled Civilized Conversations, featuring Delony and bassist Bill Grimes. He is featured in a collaboration with bassoonist William Ludwig on the recent recording, Rhapsody in Bassoon, on the Mark Records label, which features the world premiere recording of André Previn’s Sonata for Bassoon and Piano.

During recent concert seasons, Delony has appeared as piano soloist or conductor with American orchestras in Wichita, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Toronto, Madison (Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra), Spartanburg (South Carolina), Rochester, Omaha, Nashville, Fort Worth, New Orleans (Louisiana Philharmonic), Shreveport, the Sun River Festival Orchestra in Bend, OR and the Florida Orchestra (Tampa). He has appeared recently as guest soloist with the Columbus (GA) Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Louisiana Sinfonietta and, in a 2002 Asian tour, the Shanghai Symphony. In July, 2006 he performed a solo recital in Offenburg, Germany as part of the Kreuzgangkonzerte series, performing a solo recital program entitledJazz Meets Mozart. In November, 2006 he traveled to Paris for an appearance as solo recitalist on the La Main d’Or concert series. An experienced jazz arranger, Delony’s scores have been performed by orchestras throughout the U.S. and Canada. His work as pianist, arranger and conductor is currently featured in Club Swingand Stay Tuned, the popular orchestral shows featuring the Minneapolis-based vocal group Five By Design. He is conductor/pianist on the CD recording of Club Swing, which was released in January 2002.

Delony is the Barineau Professor of Keyboard Studies and Professor of Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Prior to his LSU appointment in August of 2000, he taught for fourteen years on the music faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University where he received the university’s President’s Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity. He is also the recipient of an Artist Fellowship by the Louisiana Division of the Arts in recognition of his achievements in classical and jazz performance.

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