THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Sunday, February 19, 2023
7:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall
“F-A-E” Sonata, WoO2 (1853)
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms
III. Sonatensatz, Scherzo in C Minor (1833–1897)
Three Pieces from Schindler’s List for Violin and Piano
John Williams
Theme from “Schindler’s List” (b. 1932)
Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto - Winter ’41)
Remembrances
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (1886)
— Pause —
César Franck
I. Allegretto ben moderato (1822–1890)
II. Allegro
III. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Violinist Sandy Yamamoto has dazzled audiences in concert performances around the globe for the past three decades as a soloist and as a member of the Miró Quartet. The New York Times describes her performance as playing with “explosive vigor and technical finesse.”
Ms. Yamamoto began her violin studies at the age of 4. At 11, she made her solo debut with the North Carolina Symphony and has since appeared with orchestras throughout the US and Europe to critical acclaim.
With the Miró Quartet, she performed on the major concert stages of the world, regularly concertizing in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. As a member of the Quartet, she was a recipient of the Naumburg Chamber Music and Cleveland Quartet Awards, won First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and was one of the first chamber musicians to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She has shared the stage with many prominent musicians including Leif Ove Andsnes, Joshua Bell, Eliot Fisk, Lynn Harrell, Midori, Jon Kimura Parker and Pinchas Zukerman.
Since leaving the Quartet, she has been appointed Associate Professor of Practice in Violin Performance at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2016, she was the recipient of the coveted Butler School of Music Teaching Excellence Award. She also founded the Butler Trio with Miró Quartet cellist, Joshua Gindele and pianist, Colette Valentine. Ms. Yamamoto has since been enjoying a versatile performing career, playing concertos and recitals as well as leading noted chamber orchestras throughout the United States. Her discography ranges from the complete Opus 18 Quartets of Beethoven to George Crumbs’ Black Angels and many pieces in between, and her recordings have won the prestigious Diapason d’Or Award and the CRF Award. As part of the Miró Quartet, she was also featured in Isaac Stern’s final documentary, Life’s Virtuoso
Ms. Yamamoto was invited as a guest speaker and role model for the winners of the 2003 Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women Award in New York City. In the past few years, she has given a lecture titled the “Juror’s Ear” for the Menuhin International Violin Competition as well as adjudicated for the Coleman International Chamber Music Competition and the Coltman Chamber Music Competition.
Rick Rowley leads a diverse musical life. He gives concerts with many of the world’s finest instrumentalists and singers and his solo, concerto and collaborative performances have taken him throughout the United States, to Europe and Latin America.
Mr. Rowley has made several recordings of solo piano repertoire, chamber music and art songs. His second CD with flutist Marianne Gedigian was one of the first recordings issued on the UT Longhorn label. He has recorded piano music of Chopin, Liszt, Granados, Mompou and American composers David Guion, Richard Cumming, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. His recordings with sopranos Cheryl Parrish and Mela Dailey also feature music of American composers. He has begun making video performances as part of a series of concerts in partnership with Prof. Darlene Wiley of the BSOM voice faculty.
Mr. Rowley coaches singers and works with collaborative pianists, has taught classes in German, French and American art song, singing and acting for musical theater and a history of musical theater on Broadway. He has appeared three times as soloist with the UTSO and is heard frequently on broadcasts of live performances from the BSOM.
Mr. Rowley has worked extensively in theater in over 50 productions as actor, director and musical director. As well as concerto soloist, he has appeared with the Austin Symphony as actor in two “Beyond the Score” presentations and a concert of music of Silvestre Revueltas. He played the role of Frosch in a production of Die Fledermaus at the Butler Opera Center and also wrote incidental music to a children’s theater production of The Firebird.