http://youtu.be/V3uDFtOe2mU
West Side Story, newspaper for West High School in Iowa City, has made a video of Music Playathon. Enjoy!
Monday, September 2, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Garbriela Nisly, flute
West High School, 11th grade
Nicole Peter, piano
Performing Fantaise by Gabriel Faure
She has performed wonderfully, and we hope to see her again next year!
Jenna Choi, flute
West High School, 11th grade
Performing Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano by Bohuslav Martinu
She has performed amazingly, and we hope to see her again next year!
Performing Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano by Bohuslav Martinu
She has performed amazingly, and we hope to see her again next year!
Issay Niki, piano
Horn Elementary School, 4th grade
Performing Etude Op. 25 No. 1 by Frederic Chopin
He has performed amazingly, and we hope to see him again next year!
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Mary Li, violin
Mary Li, violin
West High School, 10th grade
Performing Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Please come and see Mary play!
One Day Left!
It's AUGUST 24th, 2013!
One more day until the Music Playathon!
Please come with all of your family and friends!
Friday, August 23, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Music Playathon 2013!
Please join us for the Music Playathon!
August 25th, 2013 from 2:00-6:00pm
Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Carey Bostian, cello and Miera Kim, violin
Come and See Carey and Miera Play!
Carey Bostian
Carey has been conductor of the Iowa City Community String Orchestra
since 1998. Born and raised in Granville, Ohio, he came to study at the University of Iowa in 1993. He holds a
MFA in orchestral conducting as the last student of James Dixon, and a DMA in
cello as a student of Charles Wendt. Carey
is currently principal cellist of Orchestra
Iowa and cellist with its String Quartet. In addition, he performs
regularly with Red Cedar Chamber Music, and teaches cello at the Orchestra Iowa School and privately in
Iowa City. He is a member of the conducting faculty at the Preucil School of Music, and has
served as conductor at Coe College
and Lawrence University. Carey is an active clinician as both conductor and cellist
throughout the region and has recently been appointed Music Director of the
Ottumwa Symphony. Carey lives in Iowa City with his wife, Miera Kim,
a violinist, and their two sons, Oliver and Adrian.
Miera Kim
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Miera Kim is the concertmaster of the Iowa City Community String
Orchestra and Associate Principal Second Violin of Orchestra Iowa.
Miera teaches privately in Iowa City and is Instructor of Violin at
Cornell College. She is a regular clinician at Washington High School in Cedar
Rapids and a frequent performer with Red Cedar Chamber Music. Her past
teachers include Doris Preucil (Preucil School of Music), Jascha Brodsky
(Curtis Institute of Music), and Allen Ohmes (University of Iowa). Miera
lives in Iowa City with her husband, cellist Carey Bostian and their two sons,
Oliver and Adrian.Katherine Siochi, harp
Come and see Katherine Siochi play!
Katherine Siochi
Katherine Siochi is a junior harp major at The Juilliard School
studying with Nancy Allen. Ms. Siochi won first prize in
the junior division of the 2009 American String Teacher’s Association national
solo harp competition. She has appeared on NPR’s radio program “From The Top,”
both in 2009 and 2010. In 2012 Ms. Siochi was a recipient of the Anne Adams
Awards, and won the Aspen Music Festival harp competition. This summer she
received first prize in the Advanced Division of the American Harp Society
National Competition and an honorable mention at the Lyon & Healy Awards.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Benjamin Coelho, bassoon and Andrew Parker, oboe
Come and see Mr. Andrew Parker and Mr. Benjamin Coelho play!
Dr. Andrew Parker
Dr.
Andrew Parker has been recently appointed Assistant Professor of Oboe at the
University of Iowa. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree at the Eastman School
of Music and Master’s degree at Yale University, he finished doctoral studies
at the University of Michigan where he was the Graduate Student Instructor. In
his time at the University of Michigan, Andrew was a finalist in the concerto
competition and was asked to represent the university by performing at the
illustrious Conservatory Project, a recital series at the Kennedy Center. He also had the opportunity to collaborate
with many of the faculty including Nancy Ambrose King, Jeffrey Lyman, Donald
Sinta, and Amy Porter among others.
Andrew
has also taught and coached chamber music at various international music
festivals, including the FEMUSC festival in Brazil, the Hartwick Festival in
New York, and the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. In 2009 he was appointed
the English horn Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival where he performed on a
faculty chamber music recital with Elaine Douvas, Joaquin Valdepenas, Nancy
Goeres, and Nadine Asin. He has also attended other workshops and summer
programs such as the Sarasota Music Festival, the Carnegie Hall Orchestral
Workshop for Winds and Brass, and the Pine Mountain Music Festival.
In
addition to his experience as a teacher and chamber music coach, he has
performed with many orchestras in the US, including the Florida Orchestra, the
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Aspen Fesitval Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra,
the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Flint Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, the Santa
Fe Symphony, the Great Falls Symphony, and the Plymouth Symphony. Andrew
is currently the interim principal oboe of the Quad Cities Symphony.
Andrew's
primary teachers have been Jeannette Bittar, Richard Killmer, and Nancy Ambrose
King. He has also studied with Elaine Douvas and Robert Walters.
Benjamin Coelho
Benjamin Coelho, Professor of Bassoon, has been at The
University of Iowa since 1998. A native from Tatuí, Brazil, Ben started
the bassoon at the age of ten at the local Conservatory. In the
early 1980¹s he came to the U.S. to study at Purchase College Conservatory
of Music, where he received his BFA. He received his Master of
Music degree from Manhattan School of Music. His bassoon teachers included
Clóvis Franco, Donald MacCourt, Arthur Weisberg, and Kim Walker. He has
appeared as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and
clinician in many countries in four continents. As a recording
artist, Ben has released six critically acclaimed CD recordings. Ben
has played as principal bassoon with several orchestras in Brazil and the
USA. Currently, he is the principal bassoon with the Quad City Symphony
Orchestra. Ben lives in Iowa City, Iowa with his wife Karen and their
wonderful daughters Liliana and Julia.
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