Local Students to Present Free Recital July 18
For Immediate Release July 4, 2008
Contact:
Tim Dougherty
805.695.7908
Santa Barbara, CA – The public is invited to attend a free chamber music recital featuring accomplished local students at the Music Academy of the West on Friday, July 18. The recital will take place at 2 pm in Hahn Hall. Free parking is available on the Music Academy campus, located at 1070 Fairway Road in Santa Barbara. A reception on the patio leading to Hahn Hall's front entrance will follow the performance.
Recital highlights will include Bach's 4th Brandenburg Concerto featuring flutists Trevor Dolin and Jessica Kozachuk and violinist Leland Hsu. The program also will include works by Beethoven, Bruch, Martinu, Poulenc, Bartok, and Leclair.
The recital will culminate the students' participation in the Music Academy's MERIT Program. Inaugurated in 1998, MERIT (Music Education Reinforces Intellect and Talent) provides musicians ages 12 to 18 with an intensive two-week immersion in the Academy's Summer School and Festival and mentoring from Academy young artists. The admission process is competitive and applicants are required to audition. Directed by Linda Holland and supported by the Clarence E. Heller Foundation, the Henry E. and Lola Monroe Foundation, and United Way of Santa Barbara County, the program also operates from September through May as MERIT Extended.
This year's MERIT students are: Aaron Capelli, clarinet (Santa Barbara); Ray Cothern, violin (Goleta); Trevor Dolin, flute (Santa Barbara); Michael "Tyler" Dolin, trombone (Santa Barbara); Sarah Gnass, percussion (Wimberley, Texas); Daniel Cicourel Hanley, oboe (Santa Barbara); Leland Hsu, violin (Santa Barbara); Oige Keane, violin (Los Olivos); Jessica Kozachuk, flute (Santa Barbara); Audrey Lee, cello (Ventura); Andrew Lehmer, trumpet (San Luis Obispo); Aiyana Liu, piano (Santa Maria); Andrew Marlin, bassoon (Westlake Village); Kevin McAtee, flute (Ventura); Zachary McGee, cello (Santa Barbara); Seth Noorzad, viola (Goleta); Kassra Rafiee, bassoon (Ventura); Carson Rick, violin (Solvang); Grace Sedgwick, clarinet (Santa Barbara); David Sedgwick, piano (Santa Barbara); Joseph Sriprajittichai, violin (Santa Barbara); Santino Tafarella, bass (Goleta); Sio Tepper, piano (Santa Barbara); and Cameron Wray, horn (Ventura).
The Music Academy will present the West Coast premiere of William Bolcom's opera A Wedding, as well as performances by conductor Peter Oundjian and the Takács Quartet as part of the Academy's 61st Summer Festival. The Academy is presenting 188 events over the course of its 2008 Summer School and Festival, which began June 23 and will conclude on August 16. Additional highlights will include a performance by the Canadian Brass, and conducting turns by George Manahan, Anne Manson, and Daniel Hege. Featuring the Academy's exceptionally talented Fellows, together with illustrious guest performers and faculty, the events are presented at the Academy's scenic Miraflores campus and in venues throughout Santa Barbara.
For information, call 969-8787. Information is also available online at www.musicacademy.org.
Founded in 1947, the Music Academy of the West is among the nation's preeminent summer schools and festivals for gifted young classical musicians. The Academy provides these promising musicians with the opportunity for advanced study and frequent performance under the guidance of internationally renowned faculty artists, as well as guest conductors and soloists. Admission to the Academy is strictly merit based, and Fellows receive full scholarships (tuition, room, and board). Academy alumni are members of major symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, ensembles, opera companies, and university and conservatory faculties throughout the world. Many enjoy careers as prominent solo artists. Based in Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West presents more than 200 public events annually, including performances by faculty, visiting artists, and Fellows; masterclasses; orchestra and chamber music concerts; and fully staged opera. The Music Academy will broadcast live performances by the world-renowned Metropolitan Opera at Hahn Hall beginning in October. For more information, visit www.musicacademy.org.
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