Dewberry Artist Series: Wonderful Woodwinds!

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY REVA AND SID DEWBERRY FAMILY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

DEWBERRY ARTIST SERIES Wonderful Woodwinds!

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:00 pm Virtual Event

PROGRAM Welcome

Dr. Linda Apple Monson Director, School of Music

Three Romances, Op. 22 I. Andante molto II. Allegretto III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Clara Schumann

Emily Foster, oboe Eunae Ko Han, piano Everything is Still…

Andy Scott Edward Fraedrich, saxophone Eunae Ko Han, piano

Canzone for Flute and Piano

Samuel Barber

Vocalise for Flute and Piano, Op. 34, No. 14*

Sergei Rachmaninoff trans. Robert Stallman

Julianna Nickel, flute Eunae Ko Han, piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 75 II. Adagio

Carl Maria von Weber

Christopher Jewell, bassoon Eunae Ko Han, piano Sonatine for Bb Clarinet and Piano

Valerie Coleman

Kathleen Mulcahy, clarinet Sophia Kim Cook, piano *Rachmaninoff: VOCALISE, Opus 34, No. 14” for Flute and Piano; Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff; IMC Edition 3321; Used with permission from International Music Co. www.internationalmusicco.com

MEET THE FACULTY ARTISTS Kathleen Mulcahy was appointed as Director of Woodwinds and Assistant Professor of Clarinet at George Mason University in August 2018, after serving as Adjunct Professor of Clarinet since in 2012. She performs frequently with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony. Dr. Mulcahy has held tenured positions with the Annapolis Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Grant Park Orchestra, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. She is currently principal clarinetist with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber musician and recitalist, Dr. Mulcahy performs regularly on the Faculty Artist Series at George Mason University and has been a featured soloist with the Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. She has performed on chamber series in venues such as the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, the German Embassy, and the National Cathedral. In July 2017, she performed the world premiere of Howard Buss’ Divertissements for Clarinet and Percussion at the International Clarinet Association’s Clarinetfest in Orlando, FL, and presented a recital at the 2019 ICA Clarinetfest in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Mulcahy is also an RYT 200 certified yoga instructor, and has created several workshops focused on yoga for the performing artist. She has presented recitals and masterclasses at colleges all over the country, including Lamar University, High Point University, Penn State, and the Eastman School of Music. In the summer, Dr. Mulcahy serves as Coordinator of Summer Music Intensives for the Mason Community Arts Academy, and is also the co-director of the Mason Summer Clarinet Academy. She can also be seen with the Wolf Trap Orchestra in the pit for Wolf Trap Opera productions, or on stage at the Filene Center accompanying a wide variety of acts. Previously, Dr. Mulcahy served as a clarinet instructor at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She holds the DMA and BM degrees from The Ohio State University and the MM degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers have included James Pyne, Peter Hadcock, and Kenneth Grant. Kathleen Mulcahy is a Buffet Group USA performing artist and a member of the Health and Wellness Committee for the International Clarinet Association.

Originally from Newark, Delaware, Emily Foster joined The United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC in 2013 and was appointed as Adjunct Oboe Faculty at George Mason University in 2019. In 2007, Emily joined the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and studied at the prestigious Settlement Music School. She performed as principal oboist with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and during their tour of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007.

In 2008, she was the winner of two concerto competitions and was featured as a soloist performing Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in C Minor with the Kennett Symphony and Newark Symphony Orchestra. In addition to solo performances, Emily has participated in the Banff Music Festival, Texas Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the National Repertory Orchestra. In 2013, Emily received her Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance from Rice University studying under Houston Symphony principal oboist, Robert Atherholt. Prior to college, she studied with Jonathan Blumenfeld and Lloyd Shorter. An active freelancer, Emily has frequently performed as a guest artist with the Washington Concert Opera, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Tyson’s McLean Orchestra, and Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Also an avid chamber musician, Emily is the oboist in a reed quintet, the Atlantic Reed Consort, and made her Carnegie Hall debut with them in January 2017.

Ed Fraedrich, saxophone, joined the faculty of GMU in the fall of 2011 after having established a successful private studio in the area. He has performed solos with many ensembles, including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Fairfax Wind Symphony. As a teacher, he has placed more students into All-District and All-State bands than any saxophone teacher in Virginia. Ed is a GMU alumnus and lives in Burke with his wife, Eileen, an FCPS band teacher. His primary saxophone teachers include George Etheridge, Donald Sinta and Rick Parrell.

Julianna Nickel is a very active recitalist, teacher, and freelancer in the Washington, DC and Virginia areas. She is Adjunct Professor of Flute at George Mason University and a two-time recipient of Mason’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year (2019, 2017). During the pandemic, Ms. Nickel and her family turned their driveway and neighborhood street into a concert venue that resulted in seven porch concerts. Colleagues and young musicians, including the Mason flute studio, performed on seven different concerts from May through September. The Nickel family also performed for the National Symphony Orchestra Musician’s live online NSO at Home Concert series in May. Ms. Nickel has played chamber recitals in venues across the region including The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, The National Institute of Health, the Alden Theater, historic Mount Vernon, Salisbury College, and George Mason University.

Recently, Julianna has enjoyed working with the Boulanger Initiative in chamber recitals. Since moving to the DC area, Julianna has also performed as a soloist with the American Festival Pops Orchestra, the George Mason University Symphony Orchestra, the George Mason University Wind Ensemble, and the Landon Symphonette. She is principal flute with the American Festival Pops Orchestra, a substitute with the Washington National Opera and the Manassas Ballet Orchestra, and a regular performer on the “In Your Neighborhood Series” presented by the National Symphony Orchestra each January. Additionally, Julianna is the Director of the Mason Community Arts Flute Camp that takes place each summer. Julianna Nickel has performed as a substitute player with the Washington Ballet Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra. Formerly, Ms. Nickel was the Principal Flutist with the Evansville Philharmonic and Piccoloist with the Durango Music Festival.

In Texas, She was also Principal Flutist of the Plano and Irving Symphony Orchestras. Julianna has adjudicated many competitions along the East coast, and has presented master classes at National Flute Association, the Mid- Atlantic Flute Convention, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Flute Day, the West Virginia Flute Symposium, and the Richmond Flute Fest. Additionally, Julianna has performed and presented at multiple National Flute Association Conventions. Professor Nickel maintains a large flute studio at Mason producing successful performers, teachers, art administrators, and technology specialists that are employed across the world. In addition to teaching at Mason, she maintains a dynamic studio of adult flutists. Ms. Nickel’s first teaching position was Flute Professor at the University of Evansville, Indiana. She also taught for the summer programs at the Kinhaven Music Schools in Weston, Vermont, and the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in South Africa. Ms. Nickel’s

GMU and adult students are highly successful in local and national competitions. Mason students have won masterclass spots at National Flute Association Conventions. Members of her studio have been selected as winners in the Collegiate Competition, the Masterclass Performers Competition, and the Adult Amateur Competition at Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair. For all but one of Ms. Nickel’s ten years at GMU, her students have won spots in the University’s Concerto Competitions for the orchestra and wind ensemble. Two students from the Nickel studio were selected as International Scholars in 2017 to travel to Costa Rica as part of Mason collaboration with Mason’s Potomac Arts Academy and Costa Rica’s music system, SINEM. They participated in an arts-based outreach program for Costa Rica’s challenged areas. Studio members are among Mason’s most valued students earring scholarships from the school and other organizations, positions as Mason Ambassadors, and many awards from the School of Music at their graduation. Julianna attended the New England Conservatory Music where she received both her Bachelors and Masters of Music.

Her teachers were Paula Robison, Fenwick Smith, and Leone Buyse. While at NEC, she was Principal Flute and Personnel Manager of the Gardner Museum Orchestra, a frequent Principal Flutist with the Vermont Symphony, and second flutist with the Boston Philharmonic. Ms. Nickel was a Tanglewood Fellow. She won spots in the prestigious National Repertory Orchestra and the National Orchestra Institute. She spent two summers at the Aspen Music Festival where she soloed with their Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Nickel grew up in Austin, TX. As a high-schooler, she soloed with the San Antonio Symphony and the Central Texas Orchestra. Julianna is married to James Nickel, a French Horn player with the National Symphony Orchestra, and is the proud mom of Kathryn and Jonathan. Kathryn is a teenager pursuing all things related to her musical theater dreams. Jonathan loves the piano, competitive swimming, and all things computer-related.

Christopher Jewell is the Assistant Principal Bassoonist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. An active performer in the Washington, DC area, Mr. Jewell also regularly performs with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Post Classical Ensemble, and the Annapolis Symphony. He has previously served as Principal Bassoonist of the Missouri Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, New World Symphony, and Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras. Mr. Jewell has appeared as a soloist with the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra and at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and at the Missouri Music Educators Association Convention. As a

clinician and adjudicator, he has served as a judge for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Woodwinds Competition and has presented masterclasses for the DC Youth Orchestra and at schools throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He has additionally taught masterclasses at James Madison University and the University of Missouri, and was honored to coach students at the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony in Caracas, Venezuela, under Gustavo Dudamel. Mr. Jewell coaches woodwinds for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and also maintains a vibrant private studio in Northern Virginia. An avid chamber musician, he has performed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series, and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and has been featured on WETA’s Front Row Washington. He has also performed with bassoon ensembles at the International Double Reed Society and Texas Music Educators Association Conventions. Mr. Jewell earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he studied with Barbara Wood. He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Patricia Rogers, Principal Bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Dr. Eunae Ko Han, Term Assistant Professor in Collaborative Piano at Mason, has previously served as an adjunct opera coach and collaborative pianist in vocal studies at George Mason University since 2014. As a new full-time artist faculty member in Collaborative Piano at Mason, Dr. Han focuses on performing and coaching for the vocal and instrumental areas. In addition, she organizes and coaches collaborative piano assignments within the Dewberry School of Music. Dr. Han received her D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano at the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP), studying under Rita Sloan, who founded and directs the collaborative piano program at the Aspen Music Festival. Her doctoral dissertation was on innovations in French chamber music and melodie – through a collaborative pianist’s perspective – exploring the role of piano in accompaniment. Dr. Han also earned her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from UMCP and her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from George Mason University. While studying at UMCP, she held positions as the pianist for the University Symphony Orchestra, the accompanist for the Chamber Singers and the Maryland choir, and the pianist coach for the UM Opera Studio. Additionally, Dr. Han received the McCoy Award for Collaborative Pianist and First Place in the Ulrich Competition at UMCP. She also received a rave review from the Washington Post for her performance of Mozart’s opera, The Impresario, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. As part of the “Songfest” in Malibu, California, under the tutelage of Martin Katz, she premiered

pieces by distinguished composers including Jake Haggie and John Harbison. Dr. Han has extensive experience as an accompanist and a chamber musician, performing in numerous concerts and recitals throughout the United States, Korea, China, and Japan. She frequently plays in the U.S. Air Force Chamber Music Series recitals and has traveled abroad to perform with choral, vocal and instrumental chamber groups in Mexico, Thailand, Cuba, Costa Rica, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. She actively performs as a collaborative pianist for both vocal and instrumental recitals throughout the Greater Washington Metropolitan area, as well as in New York. In 2017, she founded the Kalos Trio (along with violinist Yoojin Baik and cellist Hyunji Choi) and organized the Benefits Concert for the Homeless at the historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, performed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as part of the Angel’s Concert Series at the Church of Holy City in Washington, DC, and performed Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

MEET THE GUEST ARTISTS Born in Montréal, Canada Sophia Kim Cook pursued piano studies first at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, and finishing at McGill University, Schulich School of Music, receiving both her Bachelors with Honours and Masters of Music there. Described as a ‘a steadying presence at the piano’ (Washington Post) and a ‘virtuostic piano backbone’ (DC Arts Beats), Ms. Kim Cook is a sought out collaborative pianist and orchestral pianist, having played for a myriad of soloists and ensembles, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Maryland Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. She was brought in to play for the George Mason University in fall 2013, and has enjoyed playing for students ever since. She is also collaborative pianist for many conferences and workshops including the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the American Trombone Workshop, the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute, and the Fredericksburg Brass Institute. Sophia was invited to record a CD with the principal trombonist of the San Francisco Symphony, Timothy Higgins which was released in the spring 2013. “To talk about the trombone or the pianist individually doesn't do this recording justice. Their collaboration transcends to another level of beauty and artistry. Absolutely Breathtaking.”

DEWBERRY ARTIST SERIES SPRING 2021 Wonderful Woodwinds!

Tuesday, March 2nd, 7:00pm, Virtual

Featuring Mason faculty members Kathleen Mulcahy (clarinet), Emily Foster (oboe), Edward Fraedrich (saxophone), Julianna Nickel (flute), Christopher Jewell (bassoon), Eunae Ko Han (collaborative piano), and guest Sophia Kim Cook (collaborative piano)

Percussion, Saxophone, and Steel Pan! Tuesday, March 16th, 7:00 pm, Virtual Featuring Mason faculty members John Kilkenny (percussion), Jonathan Bisesi (percussion), John Kocur (jazz saxophone), Victor Provost (steel pan), and guest collaborators Alex Brown (piano) and Cristian Perez (guitar)

Brilliant Brass!

Tuesday, March 30th, 7:00pm, Virtual

Featuring Mason faculty members Alan Carr (trombone), David Porter (tuba), Dennis Edelbrock (trumpet), Mark Jenkins (euphonium), and Ina Mirtcheva Blevins (collaborative piano)

Musical Theater Voice & Duo-Piano!

Tuesday, April 13th, 7:00pm, Virtual

Featuring Mason faculty members James Van Slyke (voice), Anna Balakerskaia (piano), and Linda Apple Monson (piano)

All events in the Dewberry School of Music as part of Mason Arts at Home are free These events will be available to watch beginning at their listed dates and times at cfa.gmu.edu

George Mason University School of Music

For more information and a complete listing of concerts and recitals, visit the web site at music.gmu.edu George Mason University is a registered All-Steinway School