OQ FLORIDA GULE Coast SCHOOL OF MUSIC Presents 2008 cS President’s < Concert In honor of the inauguration of President Wilson G. Bradshaw Friday, March 14, 2008 7:30 p.m. Student Union BallroomVariations Serieuses, Op. 54.0... 0... eee Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) “Lascia ch'io Pianga” rear ee : . . . « . George Frideric Handel from Rinaldo (1685-1759) Pitiless Armida! With fiendish force, you have abducted me from the blessed heaven--from my happiness. And here, in eternal pain, you hold me alive, tormented in hell. Oh Lord, have pity and let me weep. Let me weep my cruel fate, and let me breathe freedom! Let sorrow break these chains of my sufferings, for pity’s sake. ‘Anna Marie Culp, soprano Satoko Hayami, piano Bouree L&I 2.2.2.0... 00000. Johann Sebastian Bach from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (1685-1750) Samuel Chadwick, double bass L Allegro non Troppo... 2... 022 Bega so ts Edouard Lalo from Symphonie Espagnole (1823-1892) Roland Felix Forti, violin Faith Lanctot Sam, piano 1. So rasch wie moglich. Soe Ree eee a Robert Schumann from Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (1810-1856) Danza Brasilera. 2. COL AE UE : Jorge Morel (b. 1931) Edward Rizo, guitarAlborada del Gracioso - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Faith Lanctot Sam, piano “Dove sono i bei moment” . a eee ere eee Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Le Nozze Di Figaro (1756-1791) (Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte) Gountess Almaviva’s aria from Act IL And Susanna doesn't arrive! 1 am anxious to know how the Count reacted to the proposal The plan seems to me rather bold, especially with a husband so high-strung and jealous! But what harm is there in changing my clothes with those of Susanna, and hers with mine, under the cover of night? Oh heaven! To what an unfortunate state of humility I have been reduced by a cruel husband who—with an incredible mixture of infidelity, jealousy, and disdain— after having first loved me, having then offended me, and having finally betrayed me, causes me now to seek help from one of my servants! Where are the beautiful moments of sweetness and of pleasure? Where did the promises of those lying lips go? Why ever, if in tears and in suffering everything has changed for me, has the memory of that dear one not left my breast? ‘Ah, if only my constancy while languishing, always loving, may bring hope of changing his ungrateful heart. The Monk and His Gat. 2.254. 2. H-.tsb ib Hecratciri Hist acietct ieee ct Samuel Barber from Hermit Songs (1910-1981) Jeanie Darnell, soprano Michael Baron, piano Malaguenaritri re erties er eee ee Hea eh Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) Michael Baron, pianoBIOGRAPHIES ‘Samuel Chadwick, freshman, graduated from Lely High School in Naples and as been playing the double bas for seven years. Samuel has been selected twice tobe a member ofthe Florida All State Orchestra and studies with Matthew Medlock, ‘Anna Culp, graduated from Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs where she was part of the women's honor choeus, a member in the schoo’ production of Chicago,” and received a rating of superioc at the FLVA Sola Competition fo four consecutive yeas. A freshman, Anna studies with Dr. Jeani Darnell, Roland Felix Fort, a freshman pursuing the performancelteaching concentration at FGCU, isa student of Patrick Neal. Roland has served as Concestnas: ter forthe Manatee High School Sinfonia and Sinfonietta, Conceetmastr of All County Honors and High School Orchestas, and Prinpal Second Violin for the Florida West Coast Youth Philharmonic. ‘Satoko Hayami was born in Walayama Prefecture, Japan. A sophomare, she currently studies piano pesformance with Dr. Michael Baron. She has been @ Prize winner at Wakayama Music Competition of Japan and the Belot College Orchestra Competition. Hyae-jin Hwang, a native of South Korea, is 2 junior piano performance major atthe Bower School of Music where she studies with Dr. Michael Baron. She has been successful in many competitions including National Winner inthe American Association of Christin Schools Competition. Additional prizes include the Grand Junction (CO) Symphony Competition and the Four Corners Competition. Edward Rizo graduated from Miami Killian Senior High in 2006 and is beginning his fourth semester of guitar study at FGCU under the instruction of Rac Padkon, In addition to his performances at FGCU, he also performed atthe Miami lnterational Guitar Festival in the summer of 2007. Ed frequently plays his own compositions in addition to works from the classical repertoire Faith Lanctot Sam is currently a junior pursuing her music depree with a piano perfarmance concentration, and isthe Steinway Plano Society scholar in the Bower School of Music, where she studies with Dr. Michael Baron. She isthe winner of many competitions ineluding Piano Division of the 2007 Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Young Arist Competition Michael Baron, an award-winning concert pianist, performs more than forty concerts each yea, including annual tours of Europe and engagements in Asia and throughout the United Staes. Equally at home as a recitals, a soloist with orchestra, and a chamber musician, Baron commands a diverse repertoire ‘anging from Baroque compositions to world premiers of contemporary pieces. His vituosty and musicianship regularly garner the highest eiticl acclaim. I Tempo (Rome) praised his “spellbinding recital. Baron kept the audience enthralled with a combination of touching paetty and superhuman viwosity” Baron received his doctorate in Piano Performance from The Ohio State University where he studied withthe legendary American pianist Earl Wind. He also worked extensively in Italy with the renowned pianist Oraio Frugon Jeanie Darnell, has been hailed by critics throughout the United States and in Europe for her “wonderfully bel ike tones" (Wertheimer Zeitung). regional Finalist inthe Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1998, she recently performed a soloist in the Mozart Raguicwe with the Arkansas Syrmphons Orchestra and presented songs by featured composers Richard Hunley and Lot Laitman atthe “Songs Across the Americas Festival" in 2006. She sang the title role in Suar Angelica with the Operafestial di Roma in Italy and is in demand as soprano soloist of major concert and oratorio repertoire. She as ap peared as soprano soloist in Brahms’ Fin Dewasches Requiem with the Omaha Symphony, Bach’ B Minor Mas at the Denver Bach Festival, Maarts Domi ‘eam Vespers with the Arkansas Chamber Orchestra, and Bach’ St. Matthew Pasion at the Lindsborg Messiah Festival in Kansas BSM Frienps oF Music Mr. and Mrs. Greg Billings Dr. and Mrs. Roy McTarnaghan Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carpenter Ms. Ann Richards & Mr. Burton Meisner Mr. and Mrs. David S. Goodman Mr. and Mrs. David Michie Mrs. Philomena Johanssen Ms. Sonja Rosier Mr. and Mrs. Glen R. Johnson Mrs. Joanne A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alan Korest Mrs. Joanne K. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. R. Marc Laviolette In memory of Catherine Barclift Dr. Nancy Cobb-Lippens and Cadence Music, Inc. Mr. Stephen Lippens Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Maclea, Jr. Piano Distributors Ms. Susan A. Mainwaring Steinway Society Mrs. Theresa McAdams