Faculty and Guest Artist Recital

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1 Faculty and Guest Artist Recital Eunsuk Jung, piano Ilia Steinschneider, violin Eunsoon Corliss, viola Stacy Miller, cello Dan Thompson, double bass Victor Chavez, clarinet Aaron Apaza, bassoon Monday, August 29, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

2 Trio Pathétique in D minor Allegro Moderato Scherzo Largo Allegro con Spirito Mikhail Glinka ( ) Victor Chavez, clarinet Aaron Apaza, bassoon Eunsuk Jung, piano Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 Trout Allegro vivace Andante Scherzo:Presto Andnatino Allegretto Allegro giusto Franz Schubert ( ) Ilia Steinschneider, violin Eunsoon Corliss, viola Stacy Miller, cello Daniel Thompson, double bass Eunsuk Jung, piano

3 Biographies A native of South Dakota, Aaron Apaza has held the positions of Lecturer of Bassoon at the University of Tennessee since 2016 and Principal Bassoon with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra since Previously, he served as Acting Assistant Principal Bassoon with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Acting Assistant Principal Bassoon with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Aaron spent two years at the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied with the Cleveland Orchestra s Assistant Principal Bassoon, Barrick Stees. He received his Bachelor s Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and his Master s Degree from Yale University. His teachers include the Philadelphia Orchestra s retired Principal Bassoon, Bernard Garfield, and Frank Morelli, bassoon soloist, chamber musician, and educator. As a 2001 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Aaron performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. After completing his studies at Yale, Aaron was invited to join Miami s New World Symphony, where he performed under the direction of artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas. He has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Baltimore Symphony, among others. Dr. Victor Chávez, Jr. is a Mexican-American, fifth-generation musician from El Paso, Texas. He is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and holds tenured positions with the TriCities Opera and the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra. He has been a guest clinician for Clarinets4Conservation and various universities throughout the United States. He has performed/presented at the ICA 2013 and 2014 festivals; and the College Music Society Conference. His solo performances can be heard on WUOT 91.5 FM, Knoxville, most recently performing Weber s Concerto No. 2 in Eb with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series. Victor has earned degrees from Baylor-BME, DePaul -MM, and Eastman- DMA, as well earning a Fulbright Fellowship to Paris. He has studied with Larry Combs, Guy Deplus, Jon Manasse, Julie Deroche, Kenneth Grant, Dr. Richard Shanley, Alan Olson, and Vin Richards. Victor is a Buffet Crampon Artist and exclusively plays on Buffet Crampon clarinets.

4 Ilia Steinschneider was born in Moscow, Russia. He received his music education at The Moscow State Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory and Boston University. Ilia joined the violin section of The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in 1998 and has been a member up till now. He has also been teaching violin actively at The Music Arts School in Oak Ridge and on his own. Ilia is also a member of both Oak Ridge Symphony and The Symphony of the Mountains. Eunsoon Lee-Corliss, a native of Seoul Korea, decided to learn viola at the age of 17 after attending her high school string orchestra concert. She soon entered the music school of Yon Sei University in Seoul, and was playing with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra before she graduated. With the Seoul Philharmonic she toured Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, San Francisco, Hawaii, and Los-Angeles, later joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). After a year with SSO, she came to the U.S. to continue her study at Ohio University as a graduate assistant, where she was principal violist with the University s Symphony Orchestra. She attended the Bayview Music Festival in Michigan on a full scholarship and later also participated in the Spoleto Festival in Italy. After earning her Master s Degree at Ohio, she played with the Omaha Symphony, Lincoln Symphony, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, and finally joined the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in 1985, where she has held the position of assistant principal violist since As of August 2015, she graduated from Music for Healing and Transition Program (MHTP). She is passionate about serving as a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) and sharing the benefits of therapeutic music with newborn infants as well as patients in hospitals, and nursing homes. Eunsoon enjoys growing exotic veggies with her mother, exploring art galleries and going on random excursions with her husband Scott. She also loves to brush up on Spanish and her latest discovery, swing dancing! Daniel Thompson- B.M. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, M.M. Juilliard School in Double Bass performance. Primary teachers were Eugene Levinson, Al Laszlo, and Barry Green. Daniel joined the core string section of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in Additionally, Daniel has performed with the West Virginia Symphony as Assistant Principal and Acting Principal, Columbus (Ohio) Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and Lexington Philharmonic. Regionally, Daniel performs with the Oak Ridge Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, the Chattanooga Symphony, as well as freelancing in Nashville and around Knoxville. In addition to maintaining a full private teaching schedule, Daniel has also been an Adjunct Faculty member at Tennessee Tech University and Maryville College. Daniel was also a fellowship recipient to the Aspen Music

5 Festival where he performed in the Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Aspen Chamber Orchestra. In addition to his primary teachers, Daniel has worked with: Paul Ellison, Hal Robinson, Francois Rabbath, Bruce Bransby, Homer Mensch, and Donald Palma. Since 2006, Daniel has been Director of Orchestras at West Valley Middle School in Knox County, TN. As Director of Orchestras, the program has doubled and thrives as one of the area s strongest orchestra programs. He has received recognition as an outstanding teacher by the Governors School for the Arts, recognized as a Highly Effective Teacher by Knox Co., and has presented at the Tennessee Music Educators Association State Conference in Nashville. Daniel and his musician wife, Erin Bray, have three children. Stacy Nickell is a cellist and full-time member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. She has been a member since 1998 and full-time core member since Her extensive duties with the Knoxville Symphony include the Symphonic Masterworks Series, Chamber Orchestra, Pops, Opera, and Ballet. She is also a member of the KSO Wellness Quartet and is currently completing her training as a Certified Music Practitioner through the Music for Healing and Transition Program, a national certification program providing therapeutic music for the sick and terminally ill. While performing with the KSO Library Storytime Quartet, she wrote the children s book, Better than Cookies, As Good As Cake. This book is intended to teach children about the string quartet and the joy of playing music and can be read while being accompanied by live music. (Available on Amazon). Stacy has performed with the Oak Ridge and Cookeville Symphonies, and she is a member of Knoxville Early Music Project and Farr Horizons. She occasionally performs with Native American flutist Randy McGuiness. The CD Smoky Mountain Dreams was produced out of their improvised collaborations. Stacy performed with Kevin Class in two recent concerts in the Brahms Chamber Series at UT. Prior to moving to Tennessee in 1998, Stacy was the assistant principal cellist of the West Virginia Symphony, where she was a member for twelve years. She also has extensive experience as orchestra director in the public schools in both West Virginia and Tennessee. She was the orchestra director for Cedar Bluff Middle school from Stacy holds a Bachelor of Music for Performance from Trinity University in San Antonio and a Masters of Music in performance from Ohio University. She earned her K-12 instrumental music teaching certification from the University of Tennessee. In addition to her extensive experience in the public schools, Stacy has a private teaching studio in her home and has enjoyed teaching cello to children and adults for over 25 years. Stacy was born and raised in Kansas, has two adult children (one whom is a graduate of UT) and enjoys tennis, hiking, friends, and family. She particularly enjoys the opportunity to play beautiful chamber music with her amazing colleagues.

6 Dr. Eunsuk Jung, a native of South Korea, holds an undergraduate degree from Korea and the Master of Music and Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees in piano performance from West Virginia University, where she also studied organ and harpsichord. Her doctoral research project was studying university level of class piano curricula in the United State and Korea. The dissertation title was Promoting Comprehensive Musicianship in Keyboard Harmony classes. Since 2015, she has held the position of Lecturer of Piano/ coordinator of Class Piano at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Eunsuk has performed solo piano recitals in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and concerto concerts in Seoul, Daejeon, Pyuntack in Korea. In addition to her solo work, she is a collaborative artist, works with professional musicians with various types of formation on recitals. Recently, she had recitals with world-renowned tuba and euphonium players at the ITEC (International Tuba/Euphonium Conference) in Knoxville, She serves as a Vice President of KMTA (Knoxville Music Teachers Association), advisor of MTNA Student Chapter at the University of Tennessee and organist/pianist at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church in Knoxville.

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8 We hope you enjoyed this evening s performance. Private support from music enthusiasts who attend over 200 free UT concerts every year enables us to improve educational opportunities and develop our student artists skills to their full potential. If you would like to join the many others who help the UT School of Music, you may make a gift to the School of Music Student Scholarship Fund by sending a check payable to the UT Foundation with School of Music Student Scholarship Fund in the memo line. Please send checks to: School of Music 117 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN To learn more about how you can support the School of Music, contact Chris Cox, Director of Development, or ccox@utfi.org. School of Music 117 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center 1741 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN music.utk.edu music@utk.edu UTKSOM