The Summer Camp
of
MPM

presents

Faculty Artists

8:00 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2001
Picton Town Hall

Haydn "Sunrise", op. 76 no. 4

  • Allegro con spirito
  • Adagio
  • Menuetto, Allegro
  • Finale - Allegro, ma non troppo

Mendelssohn, op. 12

  • Adagio non troppo, Allegro non tardante
  • Canzonetta
  • Andante espressivo
  • molto allegro e vivace

* * * * * Intermission * * * * *

Puccini Elegy (crisantemi)

  • Andante mesto

Shostakovich, Quartet #8

  • Largo
  • Allegro molto
  • Allegretto
  • Largo
  • Largo

Faculty

Marie Berard (violin), Concert Master Canadian Opera Company Orch., sought after chamber musician, soloist, recording artist and teacher. Former member Toronto Symph. Orch. Highly regarded as interpreter of new music. Solo recordings include solo sonatas of Bright Cheng, Anthony Davis, Alfred Schnittke Concerto Grosso #1 and "Meditation" from Thais. Regular performer at numerous chamber music festivals.

Corey Gemmell (violin), B. Mus. Performance, M. Mus. Performance, member of toneART ensemble, Elgin String Trio, Concertmaster Symphony Hamilton Orch. and member of Esprit Orchestra. Highlights from 2000/2001 season include solos in Munich, Germany and performances of Mozetich's Violin Concerto, Brahms' Concerto for Violin and Cello, and Saint-Saens Havanaise. A frequent adjudicator at music festivals, Mr. Gemmell is on the faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Susan Gagnon (cello), Principal contributor to new RCM cello syllabus. RCM examiner. Adjudicator and workshop teacher in Montreal and Ontario area. RCM faculty since 1984. Member Hamilton Philharmonic and String Quartet Panache. Mus. B., U. of Western Ontario. Master Classes with Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.

Meg Hill (director, violin), Freelance violinist; mother of three; private teaching studio, former faculty at Westchester Conservatory of Music, Bedford Central School District, Pleasantville School District. Co-founder and Director of Music at Port Milford. B. Mus. Oberlin Conservatory, Honors String Quartet West. Michigan U.

Angela Rudden (viola), Principal violist National Ballet, member Canadian Opera Co. Performances as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and Japan. Private teaching studio, Toronto. Mus.B. Queens U., M.M. Musik Hochschule Munich.

Sung-Rai Sohn (violin, conductor), Founder and first violinist Laurentian String Quartet, former Conductor and Director of chamber music at Sarah Lawrence College. As a member of Laurentian String Quartet performed with Eugenia Zuckerman, Tokyo String Quartet, Borodin String Quartet and Fine Arts Quartet. B.M. Peabody, M.F.A. Sarah Lawrence, studied with Dorothy Delay.