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 Featured Composer/Performer: Ken Ueno |
The 2006-2007 Rome Prize recipient, Ken Ueno, is a composer who actively involves himself in a wide range of activities in order to evangelize for modern music. Informed by his experience as an electric guitarist and overtone singer, his music fuses the culture of Japanese underground electronic music with an awareness of European modernism. In an effort to feature inherent qualities of sound such as beatings, overtones, and artifacts of production noise, Ken's music is often amplified and uses electronics. The dramatic discourse of his music is based on the juxtaposition of extremes: visceral energy versus contemplative repose, hyperactivity versus stillness. As DJ Moderne, he hosts and produces a weekly live half-hour public access television show devoted to introducing new music and new music composers and performers to the public at large. As a vocalist, he sings sub-tones, multiphonics and overtones. |
 After receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, violinist Alejandro Drago
has performed as recitalist and soloist with numerous
orchestrasAlejandro Drago in his native Argentina. Drago has also
performed in Russia, the United States, France, Yugoslavia, Portugal,
Panama and Paraguay, appearing in such venues as the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the Teatro
Colon de Buenos Aires and the Kolarac Zal of Belgrade. He has
been awarded several prizes, including the “Concorso Rodolfo
Lipizer” by the O. G. International Trading Links in Gorizia,
Italy; the “Competition for Young Musicians ‘Petar Konjović’” in
Belgrade, Yugoslavia; and Nuevos Talentos en Música Clásica” sponsored
by "Canal à" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He can be heard as
soloist on several recordings, available on the Testigo, QIP,
Archive, Cosentino IRCO, EMI Classics, and Tradition labels. |
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 Clarinetist Gregory Oakes
is a versatile musician who finds himself at home performing classical,
contemporary, and jazz music. He is a founding member of the new
music ensemble Non Sequitur, hailed by New Music Connoisseur as
"utterlyGreg Oaks sensational." With Non Sequitur, he has
performed dozens of world premieres and has worked with composers such
as Thomas Adès, Pierre Boulez, John Harbison, Steven Macky, Larry
Polansky, Bernard Rands, Michael Torke, Dan Trueman, and George
Tsontakis. He has also performed in such venues as the Telluride
Jazz Festival with Terrence Blanchard, Amsterdam's new music center De
IJsbreker, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall with members of
Ensemble Intercontemporain under the baton of Pierre Boulez. He
has been featured as a soloist at the Crested Butte Chamber Music
Festival, Boulder's Modern Music Festival (M2F), Colorado Music
Festival’s Young Artists Series, and the Pendulum New Music Series in
Boulder, Colo. Dr. Oakes's recordings include works for Bridge,
CRI, Gothic, Karnatic Lab Records, and Naxos and performances on
National Public Radio. | |
 Cellist Rebekah Stark Johnson
earned her degree in music performance at Indiana University and
studied with world-renowned cellist, Janos Starker. She began her
Masters degree at Rice University and completed this degree at Michigan
State University. As a substitute cellist with the Detroit
Symphony from 1985-1991, Rebekah performed in their European Tour
as well as a Carnegie Hall performance. Her love of chamber
music gave her opportunities to perform at Banff Institute of Music,
Interlochen Music Camp, Bowdoin Music Festival, and Victoria Bach
Festival. She performed regularly with the Cassini Ensemble in
Ann Arbor, Michigan and ensembles Promenade and Trio Bolero in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Rebekah recently premiered Hearing
Bells, a piece composed for George Crumb's 75th birthday by his son
David Crumb at University of Oregon. Rebekah was an assistant
professor of cello at University of Southern Mississippi and continues
to perform regularly in various baroque, classical, jazz and
contemporary ensembles. She experiments with composition for the
electric cello accompanying her own voice, and has an ongoing art
exhibit, “On Stage - Behind the Curtain” where she creates
collages of paper, acrylics, and found objects based on a musical theme. | |
 Amber Shay Nicholson holds a doctorate in piano performance
from Eastman School of Music and has been an assistant professor of
piano at The University of Southern Mississippi since 2004. In
addition to her teaching responsibilities, she performs Amber Shay
Nicholsonregularly as both a solo pianist and a collaborative artist.
In 2002, Dr. Nicholson was invited to be assistant accompanist at the
International Workshops in Stavanger, Norway, where she also performed
as soloist. She gave several solo performances at the 2002
International Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany. She was the
only United States citizen to be accepted into the 2001 TCU/Van Cliburn
International Piano Institute in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2001, she won
the Rachmaninoff #3 piano concerto competition at Eastman and later
performed it with orchestra. In 1998, Dr. Nicholson earned the
prestigious ESM Performer's Certificate in piano. In 1997, she
received a special award at the International Vladimir Horowitz
Competition in Kiev, Ukraine. From 1996-2004, she was named a
Liberace Scholar and received scholarship support from the Liberace
Foundation. | |
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| Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:30 PM, Marsh Auditorium USM Campus |
Composition Contest
Winner
Gregory
Oakes, clarinet; Alejandro Drago, violin; Guest
Composer Danilo Mezzadri, flute; Gregory Oakes, clarinet;Alejandro Drago, violin; Rebekah Stark Johnson, cello; Amanda Virelles, piano; John Wooten, percussion became the resonant noise of the sea (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Ueno Gregory Oakes, clarinet Kage-Uta (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Ueno Ken Ueno, voice |
| Friday, March 30, 2007 2:00 PM, FAB 214 USM Campus |
Lecture by Ken Ueno |
| Friday, March 30, 2007 7:30 PM, Marsh Auditorium USM campus |
Masterclass with Ken Ueno |
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