School of Music students from three divisions—piano, strings, and orchestral instruments— perform for outside judges in the 22nd annual Concerto Competition. Finalists are Zoe Funai, flute, Natalie Ham, flute; Katherine Isbill, flute; Masa Ohtake, trombone; David Colmenares, viola; Allion Salvador, violin; Charles Welty, bass; Nicholas Tagab, piano; Brent Nitta, piano; Ching-Yueh "Andrew" Chen, piano; Thomas Lee, piano; and Li-Cheng Hung, piano.

 

 

PROGRAM DETAIL

Der Schwanendreher                                 DAVID COLMENARES

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)              Joseph Dougherty, accompanist

       I.   Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal (Between mountain and deep valley)

David Colmenares is a senior in Bioengineering and Computer Engineering.  He began studying violin when he was five years old and has studied with Sharon Miller, Kent Coleman, and Simon James.  He currently studies viola with Melia Watras. David was also a member of the Quantum String Quartet, which won the UW Chamber Music Competition in 2010.

 

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra                               ZOE FUNAI

Carl August Nielsen (1865–1931)          Megan McElroy, accompanist

       I.   Allegro Moderato

Zoe Funai is currently a junior at the University of Washington on track to receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Flute Performance and Communications, as well as a Foster Business School Sales Certificate.  In 2010, she was recognized as one of fourteen Miyazawa Emerging Artists.  Zoe is a student of Donna Shin.

 

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D Major, Op. 283                                          KATHERINE ISBILL

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)                Kristine Anderson, accompanist

       I.   Allegro Moderato

     II.   Lento e mesto

Doctoral candidate Katherine Isbill is a third year doctoral student at the University of Washington majoring in flute performance studying with Donna Shin.  She plans to graduate in June 2013.

 

Violin Concerto, Op. 14                                  Allion Salvador

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)                Joseph Dougherty, accompanist

Adagio

Presto in Moto Perpetuo

Allion Salvador, a student of Ron Patterson, is in his third year at the University of Washington.  He is currently pursuing double degrees in violin performance and neurobiology.

 

Concerto for Double Bass in f# minor, Op. 3     CHARLES WELTY

Sergei Koussevitzky (1874-1951             Monica Yoon, accompanist

First movement

Charles Welty is a first-year Masters of Music student studying double bass performance with Barry Lieberman.

 

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra                         NATALIE HAM

Lowell Lieberman (b. 1961)             Angela Draghicescu, accompanist

Natalie Ham has received her Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from the Eastman School of Music and is now continuing her studies by pursuing the Master of Music degree here at the University of Washington.  She is currently studying with Donna Shin and is planning to graduate in 2014.

 

Piano Concerto No. 2, F Major Op. 102            Nicholas Tagab

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Ting Yao Huang, accompanist

     II.   Andante

    III.   Allegro

Nicholas Tagab is currently a sophmore in the B.Mus. piano performance program studying with Dr. Robin McCabe.

 

Concerto in F                                                           BRENT NITTA

George Gershwin (1898-1937)                 Tomoko Maki, accompanist

Allegro

Brent Nitta earned his B.M. degree from the University of Hawaii and his M.M. degree from Indiana University.  He is currently pursuing a D.M.A. degree at the University of Washington where he is also serving as a Teaching Assistant for the Secondary Piano program in the School of Music.  He has appeared as guest soloist with the Honolulu Symphony and the University of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.  His distinguished teachers include Edward Shipwright, Thomas Yee, Luba Edlina-Dubinsky, and Robin McCabe.

 

Concerto for the left hand alone (1930)           CHING-YUEH "ANDREW" CHEN

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                        Brooks Tran, accompanist

A native of Taiwan, Ching-Yueh "Andrew" Chen performed at age 17 in The Metropolitan Hall in Taipei as winner of the city’s high schools concerto competition. In 2009, he won first prize in the chamber competition of Duxbury Music Festival in Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, and his Master of Music degree from Moores School of Music at University of Houston. He is a Doctor of Musical Arts student in piano performance, studying with Professor Craig Sheppard.
 

Piano Concerto #1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1858)                  THOMAS LEE

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)                 Monica Yoon, accompanist

       I.   Maestoso

Thomas Lee is a Doctor of Musical Arts student in piano performance, studying with Professor Craig Sheppard

 

Concertino in E^b Major, Op. 4                    MASAMITSU OHTAKE

Ferdinand David (1810-1873)          Angela Draghicescu, accompanist

Third Movement

Masamitsu Ohtake is a fifth-year undergraduate pursuing degrees in trombone performance and music education.  He studies with Ko-ichiro Yamamoto.

 

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26           Li-Cheng Hung

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)                 Monica Yoon, accompanist

     II.   Tema con variazioni

    III.   Allegro, ma non troppo

Li-Cheng (Anna) Hung, originally from Taiwan, is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano performance under the instruction of Robin McCabe. She plans to graduate in 2015.

 

Judge Bios

Violinist Walter Schwede began studying when he was eight years old and was selected concertmaster of the School Orchestra of America in 1965.  After undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, four years with the U.S. Air Force ensemble Strolling Strings and completing his Masters at Catholic University of America, he began his Ph.D. at New York University where he also taught violin.  He joined Western University's music faculty in 1997.  At Western he teaches violin and coordinates the string and chamber music programs.

 

Pianist Sasha Starcevich enjoys a rewarding career as an international performer and teacher.  His students have been prize winners of local, national and international awards, and have gone on to study music at prestigious schools such as the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School in New York, Yale University and the Peabody Conservatory.  Dr. Starcevich is in frequent demand as a performer, adjudicator and presenter of master classes both locally and internationally.

 

Longtime Cornish faculty member and founding member of the Seattle Chamber Players, flutist Paul Taub plays an active role in the Seattle contemporary music scene, has performed and recorded American and world premieres by internationally known composers, and has worked extensively to promote Soviet/Russian composers in America and American composers in the former Soviet Union.  A featured performer at National Flute Association conventions in Los Angeles (1992), Atlanta (1999), Las Vegas (2003) and New York (2009), Taub is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Chamber Music Amer­ica and has just completed a distinguished term on the board of the National Flute Association.

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