Concerts @ First Presents
Trumpet and Organ Spectacular
Trumpet and Organ Spectacular May 10, 2020 3:00 P.M. Stuart Stephenson & Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndรถrfer, Organ Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, RV 537 I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
II. Largo
III. Allegro Stuart Stephenson, Trumpet Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
Sonate Nr. 8 in e-moll, Op. 132 Introduction und Passacaglia Jens Korndorfer, Organ
The Fairest of Roses
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Frederik Magle (*1977) Stuart Stephenson, Trumpet Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
Nimrod (from the Enigma Variations, Op. 36)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
Salut d'Amour, Op.12
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
My Spirit Be Joyful, BWV 146
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (Arr. by E. Power Biggs) Stuart Stephenson, Trumpet Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
Appels (from Recits He roïques)
Jean-Baptiste Robin (*1976) Stuart Stephenson, Trumpet Jens Korndorfer, Organ
Variations sur un Noel, op. 20
Marcel Dupre (1886-1971) Jens Korndorfer, Organ
About the Artists Stuart Stephenson joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trumpet at the beginning of the 2013-14 season. He has also been a guest musician with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony. Stuart is on faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and has performed at the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival and Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego. He is also on faculty at Emory University and Georgia State University in addition to maintaining a private teaching studio. Stuart holds a bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School and a master’s degree from Northwestern University. Stephenson’s notable teachers include Barbara Butler, Charlie Geyer, Chris Martin, Tom Rolfs, Tom Cupples, Adel Sanchez, Raymond Mase and Mark Gould. Michael Tiscione, originally of Monroe, NY, joined the trumpet section of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra during the 2002-2003 season. He left the ASO to join the San Francisco Symphony as second trumpet for the 2010-2011 season and has since returned to the Orchestra, where he is currently Acting Associate Principal Trumpet and Second Trumpet.
About the Artists Tiscione has traveled across the US to perform with many notable ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Utah Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and IRIS Chamber Orchestra. During the summer months he serves as second trumpet with both the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and the Bellingham Music Festival Orchestra. In 2015, he began performing as principal trumpet with Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, CA, and in the section at the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, CO. Recent solo engagements have included appearances with the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Georgia Philharmonic, and with the Georgia Brass Band at the 2012 International Trumpet Guild Conference. An avid chamber musician, Tiscione has been a member of the Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet since 2005. He performs and records with the Burning River Brass, has recently toured China with the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet, and performs regularly with the Atlanta Chamber Players as well as at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Kennesaw State University following temporary appointments at the University of Georgia and Georgia State University. Tiscione is married to the Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Koch Tiscione. Tiscione holds degrees from Indiana University (BM) and Northwestern University (MM). His teachers have included John Rommel, Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, and John Charles Thomas. In the last two decades, German organist Dr. Jens Korndorfer has established himself internationally as performer, educator and church musician. Praised for "thrilling the audience" (Mixtures), Jens is regularly invited at the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world. Highlights include solo concerts at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Merrill Auditorium in Portland (ME), Duke University Chapel, the Cathedral-Basilica in St. Louis, the Montreal Bach Festival, the Cathedrals in Washington, Berlin, Paris, Salzburg, Oslo, and Moscow, Westminster Abbey in London, the Royal Chapel in Versailles, the Minster in Ulm, Suntory Hall and Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo, Kyoto Concert Hall, and the Cultural Centre in Hong Kong. Jens’ repertoire reaches from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including transcriptions, commissions and world premieres for organ solo, and organ with other instruments or choir. Widely recognized as a "prodigious technician" (La Presse, Montreal), his "effortless, poetic," "colorful and exciting playing" (Susan Landale and ORGAN Canada) and “well-planned, dramatic programming” (Nordbayerischer Kurier) delight both organ aficionados and first-time visitors alike. In addition to frequently collaborating with other musicians, he has also performed with ensembles such as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, and the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini.
Passionate about forming the next generation of organists, Jens taught first at Agnes Scott College (2014-19) and, since 2017, has been directing the successful rebuild of the organ program at Georgia State University. Frequently invited as guest speaker and clinician, Jens has given master classes and presentations for chapters of the American Guild of Organists, at conventions, universities, and concert halls around the world. As Director of Worship and the Arts, and Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, GA, Jens oversees a thriving music and arts ministry. Under his leadership, the sanctuary organ was not only renovated, but enlarged to 112 ranks in 10 divisions, equipped with a state-of-the art control system by Syndyne and completely re-voiced by organ builders Klais (Bonn, Germany) and Schlueter (Lithonia, GA). The church also just added a new Steinway Concert Grand to its collection of instruments, and the concert series has expanded significantly in scope and attendance thanks to collaborations with major local cultural players (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, HIGH Museum of Art, Atlanta Opera, Alliance Theatre). Acutely aware of the arts’ responsibility towards our society, Jens began a highly successful partnership with Challenge the Stats, an organization that raises awareness for minorities in the classical arts scene, and helped create scholarship opportunities for children from minorities in the church’s School of Fine Arts. A top-honor graduate from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Musikhochschule in Bayreuth and McGill University in Montreal, Jens’ teachers include Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, James David Christie, and Ludger Lohmann. Among Jens’ many formative experiences, his tenure as organist in residence at the Concert Hall Kitara in Sapporo, Japan, in the 2005/06 season is of particular importance: In addition to a packed schedule with performances, recordings and teaching all over Japan, he was particularly inspired by the imaginative marketing and highly creative outreach efforts of the hall’s administration, which resulted in frequently sold-out organ concerts and a very diverse audience that included all age groups. Ever since, Jens’ goal has been to create similar opportunities to make the arts and especially the organ as successful as they are in Sapporo. www.jenskorndoerfer.com
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Concerts @ First 2019/20 Season Sunday, September 29th, 2019, 3:00 P.M. Faculty Concert — Friday, November 15th, 2019, 8:00 P.M. Silent Movie Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” -Sunday, December 15th, 2019, 10:00 A.M. Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio FPC Choir and Orchestra -Saturday, January 25th, 2020, 11:00 A.M. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Atlanta Opera Studio Tour -Thursday, February 20th, 2020, 8:00 P.M. Masterworks Concert Georgia State University Orchestra -Sunday, March 8th, 2020, 5:00 P.M. Sunday Afternoons @ FPC Talent Development Program -Sunday, May 10th, 2020, 3:00 P.M. Sunday Afternoons @ FPC Stuart Stephenson & Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jens Korndörfer, Organ -Saturday, June 27th, 2020, 8:00 P.M. Live Broadcast Challenge the Stats Music for the Crisis
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