INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONCERT & LIVE WEBCAST

DISTANCE LEARNING AND RECORDING ARTS 12 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONCERT & LIVE WEBCAST dl.msmnyc.edu/live TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017 7:30 PM THE WILLIAM R. AND IRENE D. MILLER RECITAL HALL

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017 7:30 PM THE WILLIAM R. AND IRENE D. MILLER RECITAL HALL 12 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CONCERT & LIVE WEBCAST PROGRAM PAUL HINDEMITH Viola Sonata, Op. 11, no. 4 (1895 1963) Fantasie Thema mit Variationen Anna-Lea Rebholz, viola (Germany) Yadi Liang, piano (China) One of the leading German composers of the 20th century, Paul Hindemith wrote pieces for almost every instrument. What is remarkable is that he was also able to play nearly all of them. His music reflected the realities of the challenging years after the First World War. In 1919 Paul Hindemith composed the first sonata for viola and piano, which is in a romantic style. As a professional viola player himself, he endeavored to demonstrate the graceful and expressive sound of the viola. TURKAR GASIMZADE (b. 1988) Shur makam Humay Gasimzade, piano (Azerbaijan) In Shur makam, the music techniques of makam the traditional classical music of Azerbaijan are explored through traditional prelude and fugue form. Turkar Gasimzade s music makes extensive use of makam modes and its features. XINJIANG FOLK SONG ARR. DONGYONG JI 一杯美酒 A Cup of Good Wine Xiaoyue Liu, soprano (China) Lingyao Mu, piano (China) This traditional folk song expresses a young woman s love. She regards her adoration of her lover as a cup of good wine. If the man she loves drinks the wine, he will be completely immersed in the sweetness of love. This song s melody and rhythm display typical Chinese features and always make people want to dance.

SU JIN KANG Meteorite (2017) (b. 1994) Su Jin Kang, composer (South Korea) Martha Cargo, alto flute, C flute, and piccolo (United States) I was inspired to write Meteorite after visiting my old friend, Hayley Smith, in the summer of 2016 after she had surgery to remove a brain tumor. After her surgery, she found out the tumor had been cancerous. Thankfully the surgery went well and my friends and I were able to spend time with Hayley to celebrate her health and support her in her life-altering experience. It was amazing to see Hayley stay positive in the face of uncertainty and pain. Meteorite was specifically inspired by my experience star-gazing with Hayley and some friends at a cabin in Maine. Lying down on a deck on a pitch-black night gazing at the sky, we saw shooting stars and were amazed by the beauty before our eyes. What joy it is to experience beauty with friends who love and care for each other: This piece commemorates the beauty that was displayed in the starry sky and the joy and love I experienced with Hayley and friends. ISAAC ALBÉNIZ Sevilla (Sevillana) from Suite Española, Op. 47 (1860 1909) Fabio Álvarez, piano (Spain) In the works constituting the Suite Española, the first title, Sevilla, refers to the region that the piece represents and the subtitle, Sevillanas, indicates the musical form of the dance of the region. In describing his Suite Española, Albéniz wrote This music is a bit infantile, plain, spirited; but in the end, the people, our Spanish people, are something of all that there is less musical science, less of the grand idea, but more color, sunlight, flavor of olives It appears to me like the carvings in the Alhambra, those peculiar arabesques that say nothing with their turns and shapes, but which are like the air, like the sun, like the blackbirds or like the nightingales of its garden.

GERARDO GUEVARA (b. 1930) El Espantapájaros Despedida David Vázquez Jaramillo, guitar (Ecuador) Martín Granda Vintimilla, guitar (Ecuador) Xiaoyue Liu, soprano (China) Gerardo Guevara was born in 1930 in Quito, Ecuador. In 1959 he traveled to Paris, where he studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at the École Normale de Musique on a scholarship from UNESCO. He also studied musicology at the Sorbonne. After twelve years in Paris, Guevara decided to go back to Ecuador. Back in his home country he served as conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and director of the National Conservatory of Music, where he taught. Considered the link between generations of nationalist musicians and contemporary musical proponents, Guevara is one of the most relevant and important composers in Ecuador. Both of these pieces were composed by Guevara with a pasillo rhythm, one of the most popular in Ecuadorian folk music. Pasillo in Spanish literally means little step. At first this rhythm was conceived as a fast instrumental dance written in a ¾ measure. Over time it acquired a slower tempo and poetic lyrics, giving it a melancholic and nostalgic feeling instead of a festive dance spirit. El Espantapájaros was originally written for solo piano, while Despedida was written for piano and soprano. The arrangements for solo guitar and guitar soprano duo at this performance were made by David Vázquez. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Despedida Adiós amor, Adiós querida, Te dejo esta canción de amor y en ella mi vida, Mis ojos llorarán por tus negros ojos, Mis labios sufrirán la ausencia de tus besos. Y seguiré viviendo, y viviré soñando, Farewell Adieu my love, Adieu my dear, I leave you this love song and with it my life. My eyes will cry for your black eyes, My lips will suffer the absence of your kisses. And I will keep on living, and I will live dreaming, 4

Y soñaré en el beso que vuelva a encontrarnos. Adiós amor, te llevaré en mi alma prendida, Te dejo esta canción de amor y en ella mi vida. And I will dream on the kiss that meets us again Adieu my love, I will take you in my enlightened soul, I leave you this love song and with it my life. FRANCISCO SANTIAGO (1889 1947) Madaling Araw ERNANI CUENCO Nahan (1936 1988) (Text by Levi Celerio) Ramon Gabriel S. Tenefrancia, tenor (Philippines) Yibai Shao, piano (China) Madaling Araw is among the immortal kundiman (songs expressing intense love) in the Philippine repertoire, composed by Philippine National Artist for Music Francisco Santiago. Although the topic of the kundiman is often unrequited love, Santiago s kundiman tend to convey a more hopeful message. Madaling Araw is a desperate call to a lover to return and once again be the light of the poet s life. Nahan is one of the popular compositions of Philippine National Artist for Music Ernani Cuenco, with a text by another Philippine artist, Levi Celerio. The song is about two lovers, one who refuses to express love openly and the other who tries sweetly to draw it out. The song is representative of Philippine lambing (tenderness). TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Madaling Araw Irog kong dinggin ang tibok ng puso Sana y damdamin hirap nang sumuyo Manong itunghay ang matang mapungay na siyang tanging ilaw ng buhay kong papanaw. Sa gitna ng kadimlan, magmadaling araw ka At ako ay lawitan ng habag at Dawn My dear, listen to the beat of my heart Feel the suffering of one who woos Look at the tender eyes That are the only light in my fading life In the midst of darkness, let your dawn come And I am suspended in mercy and passion 5

pagsinta. Kung ako y mamatay sa lungkot, niaring buhay Lumapit ka lang at mabubuhay At kung magkagayon mutya, mapalad ang buhay ko Magdaranas ng t wa ng dahil sa iyo Madaling araw ka sinta liwanag ko t tanglaw Halina irog ko at mahalin mo ako Manungaw ka liyag Ilaw ko t pangarap at madaling araw na. Nahan Diba sabi mo y kay ganda ng lahat Kulay rosas pa ang mga bulaklak Tila sa akin ay ayaw kang magtapat Yan ba ang sabi mong pag-ibig ay wagas Ang iyong ngiti dati ay kay tamis Pag ikaw at ako ay nagkakalapit Nahan ang yakap mong dati ay mahigpit At ang ligaya kong, matamis mong halik. And I will die of the sadness of life Come closer and I live And if that happens my love, my life will be blessed I will experience happiness because of you You are the dawn my love, my bright star Come my love, and love me Look my love, My light and aspirations And here is the dawn Where Didn t you say everything was beautiful? Weren t the flowers even rosy pink? You seem unwilling to open up to me. Is this what you called eternal love? Your smiles used to be so sweet When you and I came close to each other Where are your embraces that used to be so tight? And my joy, your sweet kisses. NICANOR ABELARDO Mutya ng Pasig (1926) (1893 1934) (Text by Deogracias del Rosario) Jamie Charisse Sampana, soprano (Philippines) Yibai Shao, piano (China) Mutya ng Pasig is another kundiman love song from the Philippines, this one based on a folktale. It is about the tragic fate of a beautiful maiden. 6

TEXT AND TRANSLATION Mutya ng Pasig Kung gabing ang buwan sa langit ay nakadungaw; Tila ginigising ng habagat sa kanyang pagtulog sa tubig; Ang isang larawang puti at busilak Na lugay ang buhok na animo y agos; Ito ang Mutya ng Pasig! Ito ang Mutya ng Pasig. Sa kanyang pagsiklot sa maputing bula Kasabay ang awit kasabay ang tula; Dati akong Paraluman Sa Kaharian ng pagibig. Ang pag-ibig ng mamatay, Naglaho rin ang kaharian Ang lakas ko ay nalipat Sa puso t dibdib ng lahat; Kung nais ninyong ako y mabuhay Pag-ibig ko y inyong ibigay The Muse of Pasig At night when the moon gazes down from the heavens; As if roused by the warm monsoon winds from her sleep in the deep. A picture of paleness and passion, with her hair flowing down like waves; this is the Lady of Pasig, this is the Lady of Pasig. She moves, tossed up and down, upon the white watery foam, to the beat of the song, to the rhythm of the poem. I used to be a goddess, in the kingdom of love. But the love of mortals, its reign has long gone. My power has passed on, in the heart of hearts of all; If you want me to live, then give my love to everyone. ANANDA SUKARLAN (b. 1968) Annanolli s Sky (U.S. Premiere) Janice Wijaya, piano (Indonesia) Christopher Tun Andersen, violin (Norway) Toby Winarto, viola (United States) Zagisha Kamil, violin (Kazakhstan) Tzu-Wei Huang, cello (Taiwan) Indonesian pianist-composer Ananda Sukarlan received the Nadia Boulanger Prize at the International Piano Competition of Orleans, France. His celebrated works include more than 150 songs for voice and piano; five operas; two cantatas; theater, chamber and choral works; and many works for piano solo (a series of rhapsodies based on Indonesian folk melodies, a series of virtuosic etudes, and hundreds of easy piano pieces compiled as Alicia s Piano Book). 7

Mr. Sukarlan s compositions are a synergy of Western and Eastern traditions, implementing Western forms and techniques while imitating sounds of Indonesian traditional instruments such as the gamelan, and incorporating elements of Indonesian traditional folk tunes, dance rhythms, and the Indonesian language. He has also composed a series of musical works written for disabled musicians, commissioned by Fundacion Musica Abierta of Spain. Annanolli s Sky, a piano quintet commissioned by the International Chamber Music Competition of Arnuero, was inspired by the paintings of Tero Annanolli, a Finnish artist. The sky had always had romantic implications for Mr. Sukarlan and he was struck by how unromantic Annanolli s sky was. To him, silence in a composition parallels space in a painter s canvas. Fascinated by the space, he has written a work that is unlike his earlier music. It has no significant melody in order to bring forward that space, that sky which distinguishes Annanolli s paintings from others. 8 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anna-Lea Rebholz Anna-Lea Rebholz is pursuing her Bachelor s degree at the State University of Music and the Performing Arts in Stuttgart. She is currently an exchange student at Manhattan School of Music, studying viola with Daniel Avshalomov. Born in Salzburg in 1996, she began playing the violin at the age of six. In 2010 she enrolled at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where she studied with Brigitte Schmid. She was awarded a scholarship from the Erasmus Program to study with Matthew Jones at the Guildhall School of Music in London in 2016. She has toured in Germany, Austria, Italy, Romania, China, India, and Mexico, in both chamber music ensembles and orchestras. She has participated in master classes with Thomas Riebl and Roger Benedict. Since 2011, she has played a viola made by the distinguished violinmaker Georg Gerl of Bavaria. Su Jin Kang Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1994, Su Jin Kang spent her formative years in Auckland, New Zealand and in Chicago. She graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2012 as a piano major and is currently

pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in classical composition under J. Mark Stambaugh at MSM. In 2012 Kang was selected by the CAA music department to perform as a pianist in the Academy s 30th anniversary gala concert in Chicago. Her first musical composition was created after the 2011 Japanese tsunami. She collaborated with the Asian American Arts Society to create a music video in memory of those who suffered in the catastrophe. Kang also collaborated on a piece with Indian musician and photographer Atsen Murry to raise awareness of the atrocious reality of human trafficking. Premieres of her compositions in the U.S. and abroad include her opera Trouble in Wigwam at CAA, an experimental solo violin piece at the Musical Offering in Chicago, and choral and piano works for the Moody Bible Institute s international chorale tour. Martha Cargo Hailed by the New York Times as excellent, and praised for her milky tone by I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, flutist Martha Cargo tackles collaborations ranging from site-specific dance to semi-structured improvisations inspired by giant metal sculptures. Martha trained at Oberlin, SUNY Purchase, and Manhattan School of Music and works actively with Glass Farm Ensemble, Ghost Ensemble, and numerous other projects throughout New York City. She will release her debut solo album Love stories (Infrequent Seams) in May 2018. She currently works as Assistant to the Music Director at the Americas Society and regularly performs as a professional choral singer at St. Mary the Virgin. Xiaoyue Liu Soprano Xiaoyue Liu is a first-year Master s degree student studying with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. She received her Bachelor s degree from Xinghai Musical Conservatory. Xiaoyue Liu s previous performing credits include Carmen (Frasquita), Die Zarberflöte (Second Lady) at Xinghai Music Hall, and The Sound of Music at Guangzhou Opera House. Ms. Liu won 1st prize in the Professional Group of Chinese Youth Art Festival and in the Chinese Division at the Asia International Art Exchange Competition. She has also participated in a number of recitals and chamber music groups at Manhattan School of Music. 9

10 Lingyao Mu Lingyao Mu studied at the China Conservatory of Music, earning a Bachelor s degree in music education. In 2013, Lingyao won the Professional Group Silver Award at the Beijing Piano Festival. In August of 2016, she won 3rd prize in the Rising Star group at the Second International Youth Pianist Competition and performed The Rhythm: Chinese Piano Works Concert in Tsinghua Meng Minwei Concert Hall. Lingyao attended the 2014 International Chinese Arts Festival in Singapore and won the gold medal. She sang for one year with the Youth Chorus of the National Theater. David Vázquez Jaramillo David Vázquez Jaramillo is a classical guitarist from Cuenca, Ecuador. He began his studies with Carlo M. García in Ecuador and is now studying with Mark Delpriora at Manhattan School of Music, where he is finishing his sophomore year. David has performed in festivals in Ecuador and in master classes in Ecuador, Perú, and the United States with guitarists such as Pepe Romero, Oscar Ghiglia, Ana Vidovic, and Marcin Dylla. His repertoire and musical interests include different genres and composers, from Western classical music to South American classical and folk music. Martín Granda Vintimilla Martín Granda Vintimilla started his classical guitar training at the age of 12 under the tutelage of Carlo Magno García in Ecuador, with whom he acquired the basic foundations of his technique. He has participated in master classes with some of the most important guitarists in the world, including Angel Romero, Pepe Romero, Ben Verdery, José Gregorio Guanchez, and Eduardo Garrido. He is currently a junior at Mannes College of Music studying with Frederick Hand. Humay Gasimzade Majoring in piano performance, Humay Gasimzade earned her Bachelor s degree at Azerbaijan s Baku Music Academy (2008 12) in the studio of Adila Vekilova; her Master s degree in piano performance in the studio of professor Einar Rottingen at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, Norway (2012 14); and her Postgraduate Diploma in the studio of Professor Daniel Rohm at the Institute for Music and Dance of the University

of Stavanger, Norway. She is currently pursuing a Master s degree in contemporary performance at Manhattan School of Music, studying with Anthony de Mare, Peggy Kampmeier, and Chris Oldfather. Along with her studies she is teaching piano with the Distance Learning Program and accompanying the Contemporary Opera Ensemble at MSM. Janice Wijaya A native of Jakarta, Indonesia, pianist Janice Wijaya won the gold medal at the Asia International Piano Academy and Festival Piano Competition, where she received accolades for her performance of Chopin s Nocturne, Op. 48, no. 1. She won the bronze medal in the Ananda Sukarlan Award International Piano Competition and an Outstanding Performance award from NYU s Summer Intensive. Ms. Wijaya appeared with the Jakarta Concert Orchestra performing Chopin s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21. Her repertoire also includes concerti of Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. Her primary studies at Manhattan School of Music are with André-Michel Schub. Ms. Wijaya s piano quintet, coached by Daniel Avshalomov and Julia Lichten, has performed a range of repertoire, including quintets by Fauré, Brahms, Schubert, and Shostakovich. Her quintet played Shostakovich s Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 in Anton Nel s master class. Christopher Tun Andersen Norwegian violinist Christopher Tun Andersen is currently studying with Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec in the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at Manhattan School of Music. He has been laureate and participant in several international violin competitions, including the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2015). He won 2nd prize in the International Violin Competition in Wörthersee, Austria (2007); 1st prize at the Jugend Musiziert competition in Germany, along with the Europe Prize from the German Music Foundation (2007); and the Heifetz Prize in the International Jascha Heifetz Violin Competition IV (2013). Christopher made his debut with the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra when he was 15, under the direction of Alexander Kantorov. He has performed as a soloist with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Minsk State Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Symphonic Orchestra, and Norwegian Radio Orchestra. In 2015, he was invited to play at the Oslo Chamber 11

Music Festival with Arve Tellefsen in Oscarshall. He performed the Brahms Quintet with Pinchas Zukerman at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival 2016. Christopher plays a violin built by G. B. Guadagnini (Milan 1753) kindly on loan by the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation. 12 Toby Winarto Toby Winarto was born in Los Angeles, California, where he started playing the violin at the age of four. In 2013, he began playing the viola full time with Eric Nowlin as his teacher. Following his entrance into the world of the viola, he was accepted by the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy for Young Artists at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and joined the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. Toby has performed in master classes for Teng Li, Ettore Causa, Sharon Wei, and Peter Ounjian and worked with members of the Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Linden String Quartet, Tokai String Quartet, Afiara Quartet, and Formosa Quartet. He is a student at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Samuel Rhodes. Toby has made many appearances as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player on the many stages at MSM as well as on stages around the city, such as the Stern Auditorium s Perlman Stage at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center. Zagisha Kamil Born in 1996 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, violinist Zagisha Kamil studied at the Republican Music School for gifted children in the studio of Nina Patrusheva. Zagisha has performed with the Republican Orchestra of the Republic of Kazakhstan several times. She has participated in numerous voluntary and cultural events and is a winner of many competitions, including the Astana Merei International Violin Competition; San Bartolomeo 2011; and the Republican Competition, named after Wieniawski, in Almaty. In 2014 she performed in Carnegie Hall as part of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra project. In 2016 Zagisha gave a solo recital in New York as part of the Shandelee Music Festival and had an opportunity to perform at the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait for Mrs. Ban-Soon-taek, the First Lady of the United Nations. Zagisha Kamil is the distinguished recipient of the 2016 17 Helen Airoff Dowling Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music, where she is pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance in the studio of Lucie Robert.

Tzu-Wei Huang Taiwanese cellist Tzu-Wei Jack Huang is a graduate of the music program of Kaohsiung Senior High School. He is currently studying with Philippe Muller, pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music with a President s Award. His previous teachers were Stephen Geber, Moky Gibson-Lane, and Leewen Dai. In the past few years, Tzu- Wei has participated in several music festivals, including the Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary, Hidden Valley Music Seminar in Carmel Valley, California, and the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Serving as principal cellist of the Asian Youth Orchestra in 2015, Tzu-Wei toured eight major cities in Northeast Asia, including Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei. He also participated in the documentary film In Search of Perfect Consonance, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang. The film highlighted the 25th anniversary of the Asian Youth Orchestra and the inspiring spirit of young classical musicians. He was recently awarded 2nd prize in the East Coast International Competition in New York. Ramon Gabriel Tenefrancia Tenor Ramon Gabriel Tenefrancia is a third-year undergraduate vocal performance major, pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree under the tutelage of Neil Rosenshein. Previous credits include Donizetti s Roberto Devereux (Lord Cecil) with the West Side Opera Society, Johann Strauss s Die Fledermaus (Alfred), and Claudio Monteverdi s L incoronazione di Poppea (Primo Soldato and Valetto). Ramon is a native of the Philippines, where he appeared in Ned Rorem s Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (Samuel), Donizetti s L elisir d amore (Belcore), Otto Nicolai s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Mr. Ford), and Mozart s Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos). Yibai Shao Yibai Shao started piano lessons at the age of four with Lisan Wang. Admitted to the Chinese Opera Art College and the middle school affiliated with the China Conservatory of Music, she maintained high rankings all through school and won 1st prize in a piano competition in 2008. The following year she participated in a master class at the University Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria and performed at the opening of the Fourth Beijing International Piano Festival. She continued her studies at the China Conservatory in the studio of American-Chinese 13

pianist Pei Sun and at the Summit Music Festival in Purchase, New York, performing solo and chamber music, in the summers of 2011 and 2013. Ms. Shao served as rehearsal accompanist for The Knot, produced by China s National Opera Theater in 2012, and won prizes at the Hong Kong Chinese Piano Open Competition and in the Beijing division of the National Cadenza Piano Competition. She earned her Master of Music degree in piano, studying with Marc Silverman, and is now pursuing a second degree at MSM, this time in accompanying with John Forconi. Jamie Sampana Jamie Sampana is a second-year Master s degree candidate under the tutelage of Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. At Manhattan School of Music she has appeared as Cendrillon in Cendrillon (Amato Opera-in-Brief ). Previous credits include Carmen (Frasquita) with Lyric Opera of the Philippines, Carmen (Micaela) with The Eat, Sing and Travel People, and Once on This Island (Erzulie) with Trumpets Playshop. In the Philippines she won 1st prize in the First Jovita Fuentes Voice Competition, the Opera Prize in the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA), and 2nd prize in the Mga Awiting Pilipino (Folk Music) National Competition for Young Artists. Fabio Álvarez Spanish pianist Fabio Álvarez has specialized in contemporary piano, vocal accompaniment, and chamber music since studying with the French pianist Emmanuel Ferrer-Laloë in Musikene (Basque country, Spain) as an undergraduate. He is currently a Master s degree candidate under the tutelage of Phillip Kawin at Manhattan School of Music. Recent solo engagements have taken him to France, Portugal, Spain, and the United States, performing at various venues as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra. At the core of his interests is the promotion of Spanish composers worldwide: he has already premiered several Spanish pieces for solo and chamber piano. Yadi Liang Yadi Liang was born in China and began playing the piano at age six. She studied at the China Conservatory of Music and performed at the Beijing International Piano Festival. Yadi attended the Summit Music Festival in New York in 2011 and 2013, and in her junior year at the China Conservatory, received 1st prize in the Yamaha Music Scholarship Awards. Yadi Liang

earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music in 2014 and began her Master s degree studying with Dr. Arkady Aronov. She is now pursuing a Master s degree in accompanying at Manhattan School of Music, studying with Dr. Heasook Rhee. ABOUT THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM In 1996, under the pioneering influence of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman and President Marta Istomin, Manhattan School of Music instituted a groundbreaking distance learning program the first of its kind at a major conservatory devoted to exploring the use of state-of-the-art videoconference technology for music education and performance. MSM has since become a proud leader in the field, recognizing the vast potential for the creative use of broadband videoconferencing and its related instructional technologies in the arts as a whole. Led by Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts, the program provides access to artistic and academic resources that enhance students education in musical performance while heightening the global community s awareness of and participation in the musical arts. The program has become a leading provider of distance learning content for higher education, K 12 schools, and community organizations, including master classes and coachings, clinics, lessons, audition preparation, professional development, and academic seminars. Teaching and learning partnerships have been established with students, educators, and distinguished artists in 46 states and 32 countries, including Australia, China, and Europe, reaching an average of 7,500 students each year. MSM presented its first webcast in 2003, featuring Pinchas Zukerman conducting a student chamber orchestra in Elgar s String Serenade. In 2004, the School inaugurated live webstreaming of student concerts from the William R. and Irene D. Miller Recital Hall. In 2007, MSM hosted Manhattan Connects: An Internet2 Conference for New York s Cultural Institutions in collaboration with Internet2, Columbia University, and Nysernet, which celebrated the potential of advanced broadband networking for the arts. In the first live videostream of a classical music event to an iphone/ipod touch application, the Distance Learning Program partnered with InstantEncore in 2010 to present a master class with renowned baritone Thomas Hampson. In 2011, MSM created an 15

online digital library to give viewers access to the Program s extensive video archive of past classes and events. In 2012, the Virtual Music Studio pilot program was launched to reach home-based learners via desktop videoconferencing for music. And in 2013, the Program created a special distance learning collaboration with schools throughout Nebraska, in which students received credit for weekly applied music instruction from Manhattan School of Music. In 2013 14, over 800 music lessons to Nebraska were delivered. Most recently, MSM Distance Learning is pleased to announce the creation of an endowed fund, the Melos Fund for Distance Learning Innovation at Manhattan School of Music, established to support, cultivate, and expand leading-edge music distance learning initiatives and programs at the School. For further information, please visit dl.msmnyc.edu or follow us on Facebook (@msmdistancelearning) and Twitter (@msm_dl). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS With special thanks to the International Students Concert Webcast Team: Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts Mike Dee, Distance Learning Administrative Associate Bert Hill, Distance Learning Program Coordinator Francesca Axam-Hocker, Manager of Front of House Operations Bruce Bertrand, Distance Learning Systems Engineer Mary Kathryn Blazek, Director of Production Kevin Boutote, Chief Recording Engineer Neal Shaw, Recording Engineer Keri Bush, Production Coordinator Topher McLean, Stage Hand Xiao Jiang, House Manager Clayton Matthews, Usher Yao Lu, Audio Engineer Christina Teichroew, Production Manager Student Team Members: Morgan Davidson, Videographer Chuqi Zhen, Videographer Roan Ma, Webstream Monitor Stephen Rudman, Webstream Monitor