All lecture/recitals will be held from 10:30-12:00 on alternate Tuesdays at Emerson Unitarian Church, 1900 Bering Dr. in Houston, unless otherwise stated in the schedule. Recitals by performing club members and guest artists follow the speaker.
Oct. 13, 2009
President's Coffee
10:30-12:30
The Junior League of Houston
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Oct. 25, 2009
Sunday Musicale
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet
5:00 p.m.
Pianist Jade Simmons will present an exciting program of Russian music followed by a recounting of her experience as the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition’s first-ever webcast host. Q&A session included.
Russian Ruminations
A collection of Russian music for piano by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Scriabin
Program
Prelude and Fugue #2 in A minor……………..................................................................................................…Dmitri Shostakovich
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42……...............................................................................................Sergei Rachmaninoff
Selections from Scriabin’s ‘Preludes,’ Op.11..............................................................................................…Alexander Scriabin
Toccata, Op.11……………………………….................................................................................................................……….Sergei Prokofiev
Pause
Recollection on the Cliburn
(This is a free recital and open to the public.)
Oct. 27, 2009
"Vibrato, Vowels, and Divas—
The Confessions of a Professional Choral Conductor"
Speaker
Robert Simpson, Houston Chamber Choir
Program
Capriccio in g minor, Op.116…….........................................................................Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Laura McDonald, piano
Selected songs…….………………......................................................................………………….…..Roger Keele
Frances Fenton, soprano
Dr. Roger Keele, piano (guest artist)
Sonata, Op.31, No.2, d minor ‘Tempest’.................................................….. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
third movement, Allegretto
Madge Hunt, piano
Selections from ‘The New Moon’......................................................................…Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
One Kiss lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
Lover Come Back to Me
Barbara Johnson, soprano
Pour le piano………………….....................................................................….…….Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prelude
Sarabande
Sharon Ley Lietzow, piano
Meditation from ‘Thaïs’……….....................................................................………...Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Sonata in d minor (last movement)…………...........................................……….. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Steve McMillan, violin
Meryl Ettelson, piano
Nov. 10, 2009
Fin-de-siècle France: Debussy & Ravel
Speaker
Richard Dowling, Pianist
Program
Clair de lune…………………….......................................................................….....Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Reflets dans l’eau
Une barque sur l’océan……….....................................................................……...….Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Jeux d’eau
Richard Dowling, piano
Three Songs……………….....................................................................……………...Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Nell
Les roses d’Ispahan
Notre amour
Carla Hammock, soprano
Janice Van Derbur, piano
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano......................................................................….Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Allegretto, Allegro animato, Lento, Molto allegro
Nancy Angerstein, clarinet
Charlie Tauber, piano
November 17, 2009
Auditions for Performing Membership
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
5300 Main St.
10:00-12:00
(See Auditions page)
Dec. 8, 2009
Christmas Coffee
10:30-12:30
The Junior League of Houston
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
The Tuesday Musical Club Chorus will perform holiday music.
Carolyn Thompson, director
Janice Van Derbur, piano
Jan. 5, 2010
The Three Minute Day:
Musical Practice and Its Implications
Speaker
Steven McMillan
White Oak Trio
Program
Abegg Variations…………….....................................................................…...….Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Clive Swansbourne, piano
Spanish Dance…........................................................................…...Fabian Rehfeld (German, early XX century)
A collection of short pieces...............................................................…...Luis Gianneo (Argentinian, 1897-1968)
I. Vidala II. Cancion Incaica III. Chacarera IV. Cancion de cuna V. Zapateado
Pablo Donatti, violin
Ruben Torres, piano (guest artist)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in f minor, Op.120, No.1 ….............................….Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Richard Nunemaker, clarinet
Ann Chadwick, piano
Jan. 12, 2010
Meeting Away
11:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.
Congregation Emanu El
1500 Sunset Blvd.
Vadim Tunitsky
Cantor and Violinist
Jan. 19, 2010
Drama……...Yes!
Speaker
Robert Brewer
Organist/Choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
Program
Military March in G major……….....................................................................……...Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Overture to ‘Candide’………....................................................................……....Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Get up and Go………….....................................................................…………………………..…...Robert Vandall
Betty Ruth Tomfohrde and Christopher Childers (guest artist)
piano, four hands
Two operatic duets………………......................................................................………...W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Sul aria from ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
A guarda sorella from ‘Cosi fan tutte’
Carla Hammock, soprano
Kirsten Koerner, soprano
Suzanne Marion, piano
Sonata……......................................................................………………………….Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Pablo Donatti, violin
Galina Lay, piano
Were You There?.............................................................................................Spiritual, arr. Del Marie Gilbreath
Suzanne Pearson, contralto
Del Marie Gilbreath, piano
Prelude and Fugue No.1, C major……...…........................................................…………..J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Jane Ditto, piano
Oboe Sonata……………….....................................................................…………....Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Alecia Lawyer, oboe
Sharon Ley Lietzow, piano
Feb. 7, 2010
Artist Concert
Emerson Unitarian Church
1900 Bering Drive
4:00 p.m.
Reception in Westwood Hall
Roger Wright, piano
(See Concert page)
Feb. 9, 2010
The Case for Creative Learning
Speaker
Meltonia Thomas
Program
Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein…......................................................................Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Abendlied
Anita Bonanno, soprano
Suzanne Marion, mezzo-soprano
Jane Perkyns, piano
Etude, Op.25, No.7, c# minor…....................................................................……...Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Madge Hunt, piano
Cangio d’aspetto………...............................................………George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)from ‘Admeto’
Verdi Prati
Marion Norris, mezzo-soprano
Suzanne Marion, piano
‘Andante’ Variations in f minor, Hoboken XVII:6................................................Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Andante
Laurie Lindemulder, piano
Themes from ‘Schindler’s List’………………......................................................................………....John Williams
Main Theme
Krakow Ghetto, Winter ‘41
Remembrances
Alan Johnson, violin
Paula Stephenson, piano
February 23, 2009
Commissioning New Music—
The Joys, the Trials, and the Tribulations
Speakers
Richard Nunemaker and June Garrison
Program
From Here Springs Light and Life (2009)…….....................................................................………...Eric McIntyre
June Garrison, clarinet
Shannon Hesse, piano (guest artist)
Anthony Kitai, cello (guest artist)
Rondo Brilliant D.823, No.3…….....................................................................……...Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
one piano, four hands
Lita Consolacion, piano
Surprise Guest Artist
Concerto No.2, c minor, Moderato……..…..............................Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)first movement
Susan Dahlberg, piano
Annette Chan, accompanist (guest artist)
Just a Line from Chameleon (2001)……….......................................................................………....William Karlins
June Garrison, clarinet
Richard Nunemaker, clarinet
Trio in g minor, Op.8, first movement...................................…….........................Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Jane Perkyns, piano
Olive Chen, cello
TBA, violin
March 9, 2010
Opera is for Everyone
Speaker
Kade Smith
Houston Grand Opera Education Coordinator
Program
Etude for Flute and Piano, Op.4…………......................................................................………..Herman Naeseth
Pam Vincent, flute
Herman Naeseth, piano
Song to the Moon from ‘Rusalka’….....................................................................…..Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Bachianas Brasileiras, No.5…......................................................................……..Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Franca Ma, soprano
Trio Formosan:
Johnny Chang, violin, Olive Chen, cello
Chia-Wen Wang Bonbright, piano
Sonata No.6, first movement…….....................................................................…...Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Galina Lay, piano
Selections from opera
Festive Trio:
Beverly Allison, flute
Steven McMillan, violin
Anna Nayanova, cello
Tombeau dans un Parc………….......................................................................……Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
The Daisies
Sure On this Shining Night
Nancy Bratic, soprano
Ann Chadwick, piano
Trio No.1 in d minor, first movement…….……............................................……Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Trio Formosan:
Johnny Chang, violin, Olive Chen, cello
Chia-Wen Wang Bonbright, piano
March 14, 2010
A Sunday Musicale
The Recital Room At Dowling Music
2615 Southwest Freeway
3:00 p.m.
Frances Fenton, soprano
March 23, 2010
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish!
Speaker
Rob Landes
Program
Songs of Sleep (3 settings of Wordsworth's poems)……………..............……..……..….John Sharpley (1955- )
(Composed in 1994; revised in 2007)
Come, Gentle Sleep
To Sleep
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
Lois Howell, mezzo-soprano (guest artist)
Geraldine Sharpley, piano
Etude, Op.10, No.6, e flat minor….....................................................................…..Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude, Op.25, No.12, c minor
Lila-Gene George, piano
The Man I Love……………….......................................................................……..George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Suzanne Pearson, contralto
Sonata for piano four hands, K.497, in F major……..................................................... W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro (Rondo)- last movement
Joe Stephens and Thomas Wells
piano, four hands
Concerto in C major………….....................................................................……….....Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Carolyn Krysl Hutchinson, piccolo
Suzanne Marion, piano
April 6, 2010
Panel of Music Teachers
Andrea Jaber, Betty Ruth Tomfohrde, & John Yarrington
Program
Quintet K.V. No.452 for Oboe Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, & Piano..…………………….....W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Mary Peterson, piano
Betty Thompson, bassoon
Mary Rosborough, clarinet
Bruce Leon, oboe (guest artist)
Carol Wright, French horn (guest artist)
Letter scene from ‘Werther’….…….....................................................................…..Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Connais-tu le pays from ‘Mignon’.........................................................................Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Marion Norris, mezzo-soprano
Janice Van Derbur, piano
Symphonic Etude No.11, g# minor, Op.12………...............................................Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Intermezzo in Eb, ‘Faschingsschwank Aus Wien,’ Op.26
Joe Stephens, piano
Ave Maria……………………….....................................................................……...Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Luclair Kilgore, soprano
Flower duet from 'Madama Butterfly'…………….......................................………...Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Luclair Kilgore, soprano
Franca Ma, soprano
Roy Wylie, piano (guest artist)
Four for Four………....................................................................…………Jorge Montilla (Venezuelan, 1970- )
Nancy Angerstein, Eb clarinet
June Garrison and Mike Perricone, Bb clarinets
Richard Nunemaker, bass clarinet
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Rochelle Liebling Kahan Memorial Scholarship for Child Piano Prodigies
(ages 6-9)
Brown Auditorium—The Museum of Fine Arts
1001 Bissonnet
9:00 a.m.— 3:00 p.m.
(See Competitions page)
April 13, 2010
Auditions for Performing Membership
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
5300 Main St.
10:00-12:00
(See Auditions page)
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Ruth Burr Piano Competition
Brown Auditorium—The Museum of Fine Arts
1001 Bissonnet
9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
(See Competitions page)
April 20, 2010
Houston Tuesday Musical Club Chorus Spring Concert
Director, Carolyn Thompson
Accompanist, Janice Van Derbur
April 27, 2010
Annual Spring Luncheon
The Junior League of Houston
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
10:30-1:00
Musical Program
Rochelle Liebling Kahan
Child Piano Prodigy Competition Winners
Ruth Burr Piano Competition Winners
Luncheon
and Installation of Officers
following the Musical Program
