The Ph.D./D.M.A. Programs in Music December 11, 2007, 7:30 p.m. Bais l ey Powel l Elebash Rec i tal Hal l

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the D.M.A. degree

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The CUNY Graduate Center Composers’ Alliance Forethoughts

John Wykoff, piano John Wykoff

Hoppe hoppe reiter All fall down

Karen Siegel, soprano Sheryl Lee, piano

Karen Siegel

Fantasia-Estudio Ilya Kazantsev, piano

Amparo Fabra

Let Rocks Their Silence Break Brian Lindgren, viola Allison Lander, piano Shannon Zakarison, percussion Peter Wise, percussion

Casey Hale

Turn Me Loose I. The Old Trail II. The Creek III. The Dream

Yuri Vodovoz, violin Diliana Momtchilova, cello Norman Carey, piano

Andy Teirstein

Texts and Translations Hoppe, hoppe ReiterHoppe, hoppe Reiter wenn er fällt, dann schreit er hoppe, hoppe Reiter wenn er fällt, dann schreit er fällt er in den Sumpf macht der Reiter plumps Hoppe, hoppe Reiter wenn er fällt, dann schreit er fällt er auf die Steine tun ihm weh die Beine fällt er in den Sumpf macht der Reiter plumps Hoppe, hoppe Reiter wenn er fällt, dann schreit er fällt er in den Graben fressen ihn die Raben fällt er in den Sumpf macht der Reiter plumps All fall down! Ring around the rosie, Pockets full of posies. Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe, Catch a tiger by the toe, If he hollers let him go. Ashes, ashes, All fall down!

Up and down, rider if he falls, then he cries out up and down, rider if he falls, then he cries out if he falls into the marsh then the rider makes a plop Up and down, rider if he falls, then he cries out if he falls onto the rocks then his legs cause him pain if he falls in the marsh then the rider makes a plop Up and down, rider if he falls, then he cries out if he falls into the ditch then the ravens devour him if he falls in the marsh then the rider makes a plop

Program Notes Forethoughts is a series of short studies in post-tonal voice leading. It reflects both my interest in George Perle's "Twelve-Tone Tonality," and in using Klumpenhouwer networks to create audible voice leading. John Wykoff Hoppe hoppe reiter and All fall down These songs are part of a work-in-progress, a collection of short songs. These two incorporate children's nursery rhymes. The first, Hoppe hoppe reiter, is a traditional German rhyme about a horse rider, and is usually sung to a child while bouncing him or her on your lap. Like the better-known Grimm's fairy tales, the intended audience of children does not necessitate a happy story; the rider falls, breaks his leg, and is eaten by ravens. The second song includes nursery rhymes popular in America, Ring around the rosie and Eeny meeney miney moe. Although the association of Ring around the rosie with the black death is considered by most contemporary scholars to lack historic basis, that popular idea still taints my hearing of the traditional song and this re-composition of it. Karen Siegel Fantasia-Estudio is a study of symmetrical chords and harmonies that build tension. It is a "Fantasia" for the piano in which the performer faces the challenges of different layers of counterpoint mixed with irregular pulses of rhythm. Amparo Fabra I wrote Let Rocks Their Silence Break in 2006. The piece arose from my frustration with the political climate of the preceding years, and the dissociative routine of daily life in a time of violence and crisis. The title is taken from the third verse of the hymn My Country, ‘Tis of Thee, originally the tune of God Save the Queen. This tune formed a frame of reference for the piece, evoking as it does two generations, so to speak, of Anglo-American imperialism. Casey Hale Turn Me Loose We begin in the lazy idiom of an old forgotten ragtime blues. The piano retains a little of that feel in Movement II, but the almost bluesy quality is metrically infused with impulsive asymmetry. The third movement is based on a tune I composed a while back for the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. It represents a "magical" rabbi, the Baal Shem Tov, dancing. The movement titles evoke a walk in the woods, leading to an ecstatic moment. This piece was premiered by the Alaria Trio at Weill Hall in February, 2007. Andy Teirstein

Composer Bios John Wykoff is a Chancellor's Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center. His teachers include David Del Tredici, Jeffrey Nichols and Bruce Saylor. Amparo Fabra, born in Valencia Spain, holds degrees in Piano, Musicology and Composition from the “Joaquin Rodrigo” Conservatory of Valencia. Last year she completed a M.M. in Composition at Brooklyn College-CUNY, New York, under the supervision of Prof. Tania Leon and is currently working on her PhD at the Graduate Center. She is a Professor in Music and Performing Arts and part of the Spanish Board of Education, specializing in Music History. Karen Siegel holds a MA in music composition from NYU's Steinhardt School, where she studied with Marc Antonio Consoli, and a BA in Psychology from Yale University. Currently, she studies with Tania León at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her works have been performed by Trio Eos and the choral collective C4 and commissioned by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble. As a soprano, Karen specializes in new music and frequently performs her own works. Upcoming performances include a new work for horn and SATB choir to be premiered by C4 on Feb. 23rd, 2008, and an instrumental work commissioned by the Matrix Music Collaborators and created in collaboration with the poet Erica Wright, to be premiered on March 6th, 2008. Casey Hale is a composer and guitarist. He received his MM from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Margaret Brouwer and Zhou Long, and his BA from Bard College, where he studied with Joan Tower. He has been commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Igni Vox Productions, and the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and has had additional premieres by the American Symphony Orchestra and the Da Capo Chamber Players. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Jerome Composers Commissioning Program from the American Composers Forum, and has been a resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts with Lee Hyla, and at the Brevard Music Center with John Beall. As an instrumentalist, he has performed repertoire from the 15th century to the present, playing guitar and lute as a soloist and with ensembles both small and large, including an appearance with the American Symphony Orchestra. He is currently living in New York, where he studies with Tania León while pursuing his doctoral candidacy at the CUNY Graduate Center. Composer Andy Teirstein’s work is inspired by the rich and diverse folk roots of modern culture. His music has been described by The New York Times and The Village Voice as “magical,” “ingenious,” “superbly crafted.” His original musical theater works (book, lyrics and music) have won him a Richard Rodgers Award and three NEA fellowships. He has written film scores for several PBS and BBC films, and has composed for numerous choreographers including Donald Byrd, Liz Lerman, and Stephen Petronio. An original cast member of the Broadway musical hit, "Barnum,” Andy has also appeared on "Search for Tomorrow" and in the film "Sophie's Choice”. Other awards include Meet the Composer, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the American Composers Forum, and ASCAP. He is currently Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His inspiring mentors here at the Graduate Center have been Tania Leon, Bruce Saylor, and David Del Tredici.

Performer Bios Pianist Sheryl Lee has appeared in solo recitals in New York, London, Connecticut, Boston, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, where she can be heard on RTHK Radio 4 and KUSC in Los Angeles. Her orchestral engagements have taken her across Asia, Europe and the United States. Ms. Lee received her education at New York University, University of Southern California and Yale University where she was awarded the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund for her studies at Yale. Formerly the marketing manager at Carl Fischer Music Publishing, Ms. Lee has also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Piano at New York University's Department of Performing Arts and Professions at Steinhardt School of Education. Concert engagements this season will include Los Angeles City College; Averett University in Virginia; Steinway Hall; Tenri Cultural Institute and Carnegie Hall in New York; The Banff Centre in Canada; University of Maryland and southern Italy. An avid chamber musician and a champion of exploring new music, Ms. Lee is currently the founder and artistic director of Matrix Music Collaborators, a New York-based mixed ensemble dedicated to the exploration of interdisciplinary collaborations and preserving the tradition of live performances. A native of Plattsburgh, NY, Brian Lindgren began to play the viola at age 8. He earned a BA in performance from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with John Graham. At Eastman, Brian developed an interest in writing electronic music and viola improvisation. Today, in addition to performing on the viola, Brian also enjoys writing music for viola and electronics. For more information please visit www.myspace.com/brianlindgren. Shannon Zakarison is a percussion performance major at William Paterson University. In her native state of Washington, Shannon performed with the Bellevue Philharmonic, the Evergreen City Ballet, and with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra as principal percussionist. In New Jersey, Shannon performs regularly with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and William Paterson New Music Ensemble. She has also performed with the High Mountain Symphony, with Newband in its (very) recent performance of Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury," and as part of the East Coast's largest Samuel Beckett festival in Redbank, NJ. Shannon recently participated in an education outreach tour involving twenty-two solo and ensemble performances for the "New Performing Arts" program in Kentucky. Peter Wise grew up playing music in Stockbridge, MA, completed his undergraduate degree in Rochester, NY at the Eastman School of Music, and is currently finishing his Master’s degree at SUNY Stony Brook. Splitting his time between Brooklyn and the Berkshires, Peter pursues an array of careers, hobbies and obsessions. He has recently been seen performing with Alarm Will Sound, Anechoic Chamber Ensemble, Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Anti-Social Music, William Brittell’s Mohair Timewarp, TACTUS, Berkshire Concert Choir, Doggo & Sons and more. He also does freelance web and graphic design, and is a founding co-artistic director of Bazaar Productions and The Berkshire Fringe. Violinist, Yuri Vodovoz, native of Odessa has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Israel and South America. His debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington and at the Merkin Hall in New York were met with critical acclaim. His playing has been described as "breathtaking" (the Washington Post), "finespun lyricism" and "high-powered technique" (The New York Times). Mr. Vodovoz appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra, the St. Cecilia Orchestra, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the American

Chamber Symphony, the Bogota Symphony Orchestra, the Odessa Philharmonic, and the Illinois Symphony, as well as in chamber music concerts and festivals such as Waterloo, Bargemusic, Manchester Festival (USA), Ljubljana Music Festival (Slovenia), Emilia Romagna, (Italy), Ameropa Festival (Czech Republic). Mr. Vodovoz's radio performances include "The Listening Room with Robert Sherman" (WQXR) and WFMT (Chicago). He has recorded for Musicmasters. Mr. Vodovoz is on the faculty of Mannes College of Music and Ameropa Summer Festival in Prague. He has performed with Alaria since 1993 Diliana Momtchilova, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria to a family of musicians, made her debut at the age of nine as soloist with the Sofia Chamber Orchestra, and has won numerous prizes and awards. She has performed concerti with many distinguished ensembles in her native country, and, as winner of the 1998 Concerto Competition at the Juilliard School, most recently with the Juilliard Orchestra. Ms. Momtchilova has to her credit many chamber music appearances both in Europe and the United States, and can be heard on recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and Television, the Balkanton Recording Company, and Deutsche Welle. She has performed with Alaria since 1998. Norman Carey, pianist, is the director of the CUNY DMA program in music performance. In addition to being a member of the music theory faculty at the Graduate Center, this semester he is visiting professor in music theory at Yale University. He was a winner of the 1991 Artists International Distinguished Artists' Award, a recipient of the prestigious Borden Award from the Manhattan School of Music, and a prize winner in the International Bach Competition in Washington D. C. He has appeared regularly at the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival, and served as artistic director of the Music-on-the-Lake Festival in Canada. He has performed in solo recitals in New York at Merkin Hall and Carnegie Recital Hall. His debut was hailed by John Rockwell of The New York Times as "really delightful and very satisfying." He has toured nationally under the auspices of Community Concerts, and has participated in numerous festivals including the Adamant Festival in Vermont, the Beethoven Festival in Planting Fields, Long Island, and the Music Mountain series in Connecticut. An active chamber musician, Mr. Carey performed with the renowned violist Emanuel Vardi at Alice Tully Hall, and recorded the Brahms viola sonatas with Mr. Vardi for Finnadar Records. He has also performed with clarinetist Charles Neidich, tenor Robert White, soprano Erie Mills, violinist Rachmael Weinstock, violist Rosemary Glyde, and the Manhattan String Quartet. He has recently become the pianist of the Prometheus Piano Quartet. He appears on CD recordings of works by composer Fred Tompkins, together in performance with drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Dave Williams. Carey's film credits include Woody Allen's Radio Days and Alan J. Pakula's See You in the Morning. As a conductor, Carey directed the first American revival of Aaron Copland's The Tender Land for the Encompass Theater in New York. He has also conducted for Golden Fleece Opera, and for performances at the Gateways Festival in Rochester. Also in Rochester, Mr. Carey conducted the operatic musical Dreamgirls at the Auditorium Center.

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