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| Gypsy Rhythms Sunday, April 11 at 3:00 PM |
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| THE PROGRAM
Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1, . . . . . . .Enesco Ragtime. . . . . . .Stravinsky Hary Janos Suite (Cimbalom). . . . . . .Kodaly Concerto for Orchestra. . . . . . .Bartok Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, d minor. . . . . . .Liszt |
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| Music is an integral part of every culture in the world. Especially exciting are gypsy rhythms and melodies of Hungary and Eastern Europe. Bartok, Enesco, Kodaly, Stravinsky, and Liszt, all used folk music as the focal point for the pieces featured in this concert. Melodies are woven into the fabric of the music and create the toe-tapping excitement of a folk performance. Joining us for the concert will be Laurence Kaptain on an unusual Hungarian folk instrument similar to the dulcimer, called a “cimbalom.” This is a concert you won’t want to miss!
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| Student and teacher tickets on sale through Janice Derstien
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$11.00
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| Diane Wittry is currently the Music Director and Conductor for both the Norwalk Symphony, CT and the Allentown Symphony, PA. She is in demand as a guest conductor nationally and internationally, and has conducted orchestras in Italy, Japan, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. American orchestras she has worked with include: The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The San Diego Symphony, The Buffalo Philharmonic, The New Jersey Symphony, The Houston Symphony, The Florida Philharmonic, and The Ojai Festivals Chamber Orchestra, among others.
Over the years, Diane Wittry has received many honors and awards including feature articles in Newsweek magazine (Sept. 1994) and the New York Times (2001); an “Arts Ovation Award” from the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania; the “Women of Excellence” Award in Beaumont, Texas; the national “Helen M. Thompson” Award from the American Symphony Orchestra League for outstanding artistic leadership; and the prestigious Fiorino Doro Award from the city of Vinci, Italy. Her new book, “Beyond the Baton” was released by Oxford University Press in December 2006. |
Diane Wittry, Conductor |
| Laurence Kaptain is widely heard as a percussionist, marimba, and cimbalom (the Hungarian dulcimer) artist. Most recently he has been featured with the Chicago Symphony in 4 live concerts and a CD recording for DGG under Pierre Boulez with violinist Gil Shaham. He has also been heard recently at the Canada's DuMaurier Contemporary Music Festival and national broadcast on the CBC, Tanglewood Music Center Contemporary Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, Milwaukee Symphony, as well as with the Montreal Symphony in a special video recording for Japan's NHK Television Network. Dr. Kaptain is author of "The Wood That Sings:" The Marimba in Chiapas, Mexico, which has been published in Mexico in Spanish translation by the state government of Chiapas, and in English by HoneyRock. As a solo marimba artist, Kaptain has received critical acclaim for his seven concert tours of Latin America. He has served as a judge for four of the Annual State Marimba Competitions in the State of Chiapas, and has also lectured at various conferences throughout Mexico. He leads the Mexican ethnic ensemble, Marimba Yajalón, a group that has received acclaim or their 4 CD recordings as well as tours throughout the Americas and Europe. Dr. Kaptain is presently Professor of Percussion at the Conservatory of Music of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a National Performing Artist for YAMAHA Corporation of America, as well as a clinician for the Avedis Zildjian Co. He was awarded the UMKC Conservatory of Music Muriel Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award, named Outstanding Alumnus of the Ball State University School of Music, and the University of Kansas City Trustees named him a Faculty Fellow. |
Laurence Kaptain, Cimbalom |