Moores School of Music presents: Moores Music Downtown II

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC THE MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC and the THE MOORES CHAMBER MUSIC DOWNTOWN present

ICONIC ROMANTIC SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Featuring

Mann-Wen Lo, violin Timothy Hester, piano SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Sanders Hall at Christ Church Cathedral

Iconic Romantic Violin Sonatas

PROGRAM Sonata in G Major, Opus 78

Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)

Vivace ma non troppo Adagio – piú andante – Adagio Allegro molto moderato

Sonata in Eb Major, Opus 18

Richard Strauss

(1864-1949)

Allegro, ma non troppo Improvisation: Andante cantabile Finale: Andante - Allegro

Iconic Romantic Violin Sonatas

Biographies Mann-Wen Lo Violinist Mann-Wen Lo performs extensively throughout the world in some of the most prestigious venues as a soloist and chamber musician.

Lo has been a recurring artist in performances at Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Walt Disney Hall, among others. Featured on radio and TV broadcasts in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and France, Lo has gained recognition at numerous competitions and awards. Most recently, her recording with the Mana Music Quartet featuring music of Queen Liliʻuokalani was awarded Instrumental Album of the Year at the 2021 Na Hoku Hanohano Award.

Chamber music is at the core of Lo’s musical passion. She has collaborated in concerts with members of world renowned string quartets such as the Juilliard String Quartet, the Cleveland Quartet, Quatuor Ysaÿe, and the Takacs Quartet, among others. In addition, she has performed with artists such as Glenn Dicterow, Peter Frankl, Roger Tapping, David Shifrin, Margaret Betjer, and Andrew Shulman. Lo has been invited as a guest artist to concert series such as Camera Lucida in San Diego, Sunset MusicFest, Le Salon de Musiques, the Castleton Chamber Players and the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles. Her festival appearances include Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Saito Kinen Festival (now Seiji Ozawa Festival), ANA Music Week, Hawaii International Music Festival, Hawaii Chamber Music Festival and Rencontres Franco Américaines de Musique de Chambre.

Lo enjoys exploring many genres of music including Jazz, bluegrass, and more. She has performed with Grammy Award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck, ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro and bandoneon virtuoso/composer JP Jofre. She is a recording artist with the Vitamin String Quartet, known for its popular renditions of rock and pop music. Lo is a core member in Delirium Musicum (a boundarypushing chamber ensemble that tackles music from Bach and Locatelli to Xenakis and Phillip Glass), which will be releasing a debut recording on the Warner Classics label in 2022-2023.

To inspire and encourage everyone to lead a creative life through performances and teaching is Lo’s personal mission. In addition to maintaining her private studio online and in-person, she is a recurring faculty at the Deutsch-Polnische Festival für junge Musiker in Bremen. In collaboration with the Liliʻuokalani Trust and Mana Music Hawaii, Lo is a teaching artist mentoring young Hawaiian children and youths in various projects and summer programs. She has served as a jury member for the International Music Competition Opus 2022.

A graduate of the University of Southern California (DMA) with an Outstanding Achievement Award, Lo also holds degrees from Yale School of Music (MM) the New England Conservatory (BM). She has worked closely with Ralph Kirshbaum, Roger Tapping, Daniel Phillips, Donald Weilerstein, and members of the Tokyo String Quartet, in addition to her primary mentors: Glenn Dicterow, Syoko Aki, and Masuko Ushioda.

Lo is a violin faculty at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music.

Iconic Romantic Violin Sonatas

Timothy Hester Native Houstonian Timothy Hester is Professor of Piano at the Moores School of Music where he also enjoys instructing students in the skills of sight reading, collaborative techniques and also serves as Chair of the Keyboard Studies Division and Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts. Named Outstanding Collegiate Teacher of the Year (2014) by the Texas Music Teacher’s Association, Mr. Hester has worked with internationally known vocalists and instrumentalists. He has performed with leading violinists such as Fredell Lack, Jean Ter-Mergerian, Elmar Oliveira, Mitchell Stern, Leon Spierer, Nai-Yuan Hu, Christiaan Bor, William Preucil, Colin Jacobsen, Nina Beilina, Curtis Macomber, Sidney Harth, Reiko Watanabe, Chin Kim, Frank Huang, Zina Schiff, Andrezej Grabiec, Emanuel Borok, Almita Vamos as well as his esteemed colleague on the UH faculty, Kirsten Yon. He has accompanied masterclasses for Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Ruggiero Ricci, Joseph Fuchs, Szymon Goldberg, Sergiu Luca, and many others.

He has also taught Opera Studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and served on the faculty of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. Mr. Hester has appeared worldwide and has performed on major as well as performing with Da Camera, Musiqa and the KUHF chamber players. Mr. Hester graduated from The Juilliard School as a student of the renowned pedagogue Adele Marcus. He was previously a pupil of the late Professor Emeritus of the University of Houston, Albert Hirsh.

2022-2023 MOORES SOCIETY As of 28/9/2022

The Moores Society is the philanthropic volunteer organization for the Moores School of Music. Moores Society members and donors promote community awareness and provide funding for scholarships and special projects. Moores Society members receive invitations to concerts and special events held throughout the year.

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Miller Connie Lewis Kenneth Proctor Michael Taksa

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