Professor Robin McCabe brings pianistic virtuosity to the Meany mainstage, performing solo works of Ravel and Fauré in the first half of her program. In the second half, she is joined by groups of her students in rousing transcriptions for two pianos, eight hands, including arrangements of Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy,” the overture from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," and a barn-burning version of John Philip Sousa's “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Students performing with Professor McCabe: Honoka Cater, Karen Haining, Rachel Huang, Sandy Huang, Dejia Kong, Cicy Li, Yuchen Qi, Nicole Kuo Stankovic, Alexandra Tsirkel, Chelsea Zhang, and Hanyan Zheng.
Program
Sonatine - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Modere
Menuet
Anime
Improvisation (From Opus 84) - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Theme and Variations, Opus 73
Impromptu No.3 in A flat Major
Interval
Music for Two Pianos, Eight Hands
Overture from “The Marriage of Figaro” - W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Robin McCabe
Honoka Cater
Sandy Huang
Rachel Huang
Rondo in C - Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Karen Haining
Dejia Kong
Chelsea Zhang
Robin McCabe
Fantasy on Themes from “Carmen” - Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
(Transcribed by Mack Wilberg)
Cicy Li
Yuchen Qi
Robin McCabe
Nicole Stankovic
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” - John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
(Transcribed by Mack Wilberg)
Alexandra Tsirkel
Robin McCabe
Cicy Li
Hanyan Zheng