Recording session of Aaron's "Arrival" CD. Big City RecordingPaul Tavenner, engineerAugust 2003Musicians:Aaron Meyer - piano, keyboards, drums, percussionJoshua Barroll - timpani, chimesFred Beerstein - oboe, english hornAvi Bialo - trumpetRuth Bruegger - violinErnie Chang - tenor saxophoneDoug Cotler - acoustic guitarJohn Fare - celloBuddy Goldfarb - alto saxophone, flute, clarinetDarryl Lieberstein - electric bassKen Meyer - drumsEliza Poehlman - vocalsPhyllis Rautenberg - french hornCHS Vivace Choir - vocalsAaron Meyer is an award-winning pianist, composer, and recording artist. His versatile style fuses jazz, latin, classical, and world influences into a sound that is both energetic and inspirational. Aaron's unique sound has been described as "fresh, emotion-driven music that exemplifies a class all its own."Aaron began composing at an early age, inspired by the KCET broadcast of Yanni Live at Acropolis. Just a few years later, it was Aaron's turn to be featured on PBS in a promotional spot entitled "Inspiration Is Priceless." The short segment featuring Aaron and his music was aired throughout 2002. Later that year, coming full circle, Aaron appeared on KCET with Yanni.With four albums and countless performances under his belt, Aaron has established himself as one of the most promising up and coming artists in the contemporary music scene. In 2005, Aaron and his band performed a benefit concert for Spotlight the Arts entitled "Meyer @ The Mayer." This concert was filmed for CTV, and the special aired on cable for several months.As a solo artist, Aaron has performed in numerous venues throughout California, including the Madrid Theatre, Louis B. Mayer Theater, and Stanford's Dinkelspiel Auditorium. He has also performed for such notable organizations as Barnes &Noble, The American Lung Association, Oneness and Spotlight the Arts. Over the years, Aaron has had the privilege of performing for a variety of distinguished personalities such as Wink Martindale, Wolfgang Puck, Tom Poston, Susan Sullivan, and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Aaron's newest CD, After Hours, was released in June 2008. A fun-filled album performed by a talented ensemble of 25 musicians, this new release promises to be Aaron's most successful venture to date. From the piano and cello duet "Contemplation," to the funk-influenced "Celebration," and the latin-flavored "Fiesta," Aaron's newest music has broad appeal to people of all ages and cultures.Aaron received his B.A. in Music Composition from Stanford University and resides in Los Angeles.For more information visit www.AaronMeyerMusic.com [ More Detail ]
Spring Concert 2008. your reviews, ratings, video responses, and comments are much appreciated.All credits go to: (In Order From Left to Right)Katie Supanich (Violin)Allison Pickard (Violin)Shivonne Marshall (Violin)Daniel Kelly (Cello)Ciaran McCourt (Cello)Special Thanks to Chan (center) from KoreaAnd Finally Thanks to our Director, Ms. Gale. [ More Detail ]
Regional Ensemble Contest 20071st violin: Caleb Tizon2nd violin: Sora Chang3rd violin: Lillian Cha WAS, but she didn't make it to the performance.Cello: Dabin Moon [ More Detail ]
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi, Concerto for 4 violins)U.C. Berkeley University Baroque EnsembleHarpsichord soloists:Stephen Gamboa, Tyrone Chan, Alex McLeod, Joyce YangSpring 2008 Concert, Hertz Hall [ More Detail ]
Midwest Young Artists chamber ensemble Trio Vita performs the fourth movement of the Café Music by Schoenfield Mvt. IIRyan Murphy, violin; Stanley Moore, cello, Brian Chang, pianohttp://www.mya.org [ More Detail ]
Geoff Nuttall, violinScott St. John , violinLesley Robertson, violaChristopher Costanza, celloHaving walked on stage together over 1800 times in the past eighteen years the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In 1992, they won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching them on a performing career that has brought them across North and South America, Europe and Asia.The long awaited initial recording of the St. Lawrence Quartet, Schumann's First and Third Quartets, was released in May 1999 to great critical acclaim. The CD received the coveted German critics award, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Canada's annual Juno Award. BBC Music Magazine gave the recording its "highest rating," calling it the benchmark recording of the works. In October of 2001, EMI released their recording of string quartets of Tchaikovsky. In 2002 their recording Yiddishbbuk featuring the chamber music of the celebrated Argentinean-American composer Osvaldo Golijov received two Grammy nominations. Their most recent recording of Shostakovich Quartets was released in July, 2006.The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide. Highlights of the 2007/08 season include their popular series Sunday's with the St. Lawrence for Stanford Lively Arts, concerts in New York (Lincoln Center), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Denver, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Albuquerque. They will also make two tours to Europe.Their summer calendar features their 13th year as Resident Quartet to the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, SC. Other recent summer festival appearances include Mostly Mozart in New York, Maverick Concerts, Bay Chamber Concerts (Maine), and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.The SLSQ has been involved in numerous inventive collaborations, including projects with the renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and the Emerson Quartet. In 2007 they joined with Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy and pianist Kevin Murphy to premiere Roberto Sierra's "Songs from the Diaspora" -- a commission through the Music Accord consortium. They have also performed R. Murray Shafer's concerto for quartet and orchestra "4-40" with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony, Emmanuel Villaume and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and Yuli Turovsky with I Musici de Montreal.The foursome regularly delivers traditional quartet repertoire, but is also fervently committed to performing and expanding the works of living composers. Among those with whom the St. Lawrence Quartet currently has active working relationships are R. Murray Schafer, Osvaldo Golijov, Christos Hatzis, Jonathan Berger, Ka Nin Chan, Roberto Sierra, and Mark Applebaum.Having been privileged to study with the Emerson, Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets the St. Lawrence, are themselves passionate educators. Since 1998 they have held the position of Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. This residency includes working with students of music as well as extensive collaborations with other faculty and departments using music to explore a myriad of topics. Recent collaborations have involved the School of Medicine, School of Education, and Jewish Studies. In addition to their appointment at Stanford, the SLSQ has served as visiting artists to the University of Toronto since 1995 and this season will inaugurate a new visiting chamber music residency at the Arizona State University. The foursome's passion for opening up musical arenas to players and listeners alike is evident in their annual summer chamber music seminar at Stanford and their many forays into the depths of musical meaning with preeminent music educator Robert Kapilow.The SLSQ is deeply committed to bringing music to less traditional venues outside the classroom or concert hall. Whether at Lincoln Center or an elementary school classroom, the St. Lawrence players maintain a strong desire to share the wonders of chamber music with their listeners, a characteristic of the foursome that has led them to a more informal performance style than one might expect from chamber musicians. Alex Ross of The New Yorker Magazine writes, "the St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."The St. Lawrence String Quartet records exclusively for EMI/ANGEL. [ More Detail ]
Dvorak's warm, lyrical Piano Quintet in A Major is a perennial audience favorite in the chamber music repertoire. This program's stellar ensemble includes virtuosos Lindsay Deutsch and Bei Zhu (violins), Paul Neubauer (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), and Weiyin Chen (piano). Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [1/2007] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 12086] [ More Detail ]
Regional Ensemble Contest 2008The AZN QuintetCaleb Tizon, violin 1Jack Lee, violin 2Sora Chang, violin 3Lillian Cha, violin 4Dabin Moon, cello****Ehh the camera had some weird error through the middle of the piece but it gets back on trackWe got 4 of 5 rating =] [ More Detail ]
Part-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efk3y5nzdT4Part-1: Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op.49 "I. Molto Allegro ed Agitato" - Mendelssohn. Performed by Mason Yu, violin; Wesley Yu, cello; Albert Chen, piano and coached by William Fitzpatrick.World Vision ConcertDecember 9, 2007Arcadia Presbyterian ChurchArcadia, California.*Violinist Mason Yu, cellist Wesley Yu, and pianist Albert Chen have been playing as a Piano Trio for two years. Through the coaching of renowned artists William Fitzpatrick, Alexander Zhiroff, and Susan Boettger, this trio received First Place this year in the 2007 MTAC VOCE State Senior Ensemble Competition and Third Place last year in the 2006 MTAC VOCE State Intermediate Ensemble Competition. In addition, they've earned 1st place in the 2007 John Child Walker Memorial Competition. Actively performing in showcase concerts and recitals, this trio has received master classes from prominent musicians such as Cornelia Heard. In light humor, these friendly musicians have nicknamed themselves the "Green" Trio, because on several occasions, they all coincidentally wore green on the same day! Spirited and full of character, this trio has spellbound the hearts of many. [ More Detail ]
St. Lawrence String Quartet in rehearsal at Jordan Hall, Boston November 18th, 2007. Playing a bit of Beethoven.The St. Lawrence String QuartetGeoff Nuttall, violinScott St. John , violinLesley Robertson, violaChristopher Costanza, celloHaving walked on stage together over 1800 times in the past eighteen years the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In 1992, they won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching them on a performing career that has brought them across North and South America, Europe and Asia.The long awaited initial recording of the St. Lawrence Quartet, Schumann's First and Third Quartets, was released in May 1999 to great critical acclaim. The CD received the coveted German critics award, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Canada's annual Juno Award. BBC Music Magazine gave the recording its "highest rating," calling it the benchmark recording of the works. In October of 2001, EMI released their recording of string quartets of Tchaikovsky. In 2002 their recording Yiddishbbuk featuring the chamber music of the celebrated Argentinean-American composer Osvaldo Golijov received two Grammy nominations. Their most recent recording of Shostakovich Quartets was released in July, 2006.The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide. Highlights of the 2007/08 season include their popular series Sunday's with the St. Lawrence for Stanford Lively Arts, concerts in New York (Lincoln Center), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Denver, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Albuquerque. They will also make two tours to Europe.Their summer calendar features their 13th year as Resident Quartet to the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, SC. Other recent summer festival appearances include Mostly Mozart in New York, Maverick Concerts, Bay Chamber Concerts (Maine), and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.The SLSQ has been involved in numerous inventive collaborations, including projects with the renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and the Emerson Quartet. In 2007 they joined with Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy and pianist Kevin Murphy to premiere Roberto Sierra's "Songs from the Diaspora" -- a commission through the Music Accord consortium. They have also performed R. Murray Shafer's concerto for quartet and orchestra "4-40" with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony, Emmanuel Villaume and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and Yuli Turovsky with I Musici de Montreal.The foursome regularly delivers traditional quartet repertoire, but is also fervently committed to performing and expanding the works of living composers. Among those with whom the St. Lawrence Quartet currently has active working relationships are R. Murray Schafer, Osvaldo Golijov, Christos Hatzis, Jonathan Berger, Ka Nin Chan, Roberto Sierra, and Mark Applebaum.Having been privileged to study with the Emerson, Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets the St. Lawrence, are themselves passionate educators. Since 1998 they have held the position of Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. This residency includes working with students of music as well as extensive collaborations with other faculty and departments using music to explore a myriad of topics. Recent collaborations have involved the School of Medicine, School of Education, and Jewish Studies. In addition to their appointment at Stanford, the SLSQ has served as visiting artists to the University of Toronto since 1995 and this season will inaugurate a new visiting chamber music residency at the Arizona State University. The foursome's passion for opening up musical arenas to players and listeners alike is evident in their annual summer chamber music seminar at Stanford and their many forays into the depths of musical meaning with preeminent music educator Robert Kapilow.The SLSQ is deeply committed to bringing music to less traditional venues outside the classroom or concert hall. Whether at Lincoln Center or an elementary school classroom, the St. Lawrence players maintain a strong desire to share the wonders of chamber music with their listeners, a characteristic of the foursome that has led them to a more informal performance style than one might expect from chamber musicians. Alex Ross of The New Yorker Magazine writes, "the St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."The St. Lawrence String Quartet records exclusively for EMI/ANGEL. [ More Detail ]
Prometheus Chamber Ensemble was founded in 2002 by three concert artists. Tao, violinist; Lukasz Szyrner, Cellist; and Kuei-I Wu, Pianist The Prometheus concerts feature the three artists as soloists, duos and a trio performing a wide range of repertoires.Please visit www.prometheusce.com for more info.This is a live recording from their 11/2/07 dress rehearsal [ More Detail ]
Prometheus Chamber Ensemble was founded in 2002 by three concert artists. Tao, violinist; Lukasz Szyrner, Cellist; and Kuei-I Wu, Pianist The Prometheus concerts feature the three artists as soloists, duos and a trio performing a wide range of repertoires.Please visit www.prometheusce.com for more info.This is a live recording from their 11/3/07 concert [ More Detail ]
Prometheus Chamber Ensemble was founded in 2002 by three concert artists. Tao, violinist; Lukasz Szyrner, Cellist; and Kuei-I Wu, Pianist The Prometheus concerts feature the three artists as soloists, duos and a trio performing a wide range of repertoires.Please visit www.prometheusce.com for more info.This is a live recording from their 11/3/07 concert [ More Detail ]
Hanzone Ensemble performs "Carnival of the Animals: The Swan" at DC Public Library, Georgetown Benefit Concert on 10/25/2007 in Washington D.C.Jennifer Lindsay, violinMeagen Frame, violaKatie Chambers, celloOscar Velasco, fluteRoberta Holtz, bassoonNancy Sulfridge, clarinetSevan Kromelian, pianoHon-Cheong Chan, piano [ More Detail ]
Geoff Nuttall, violinScott St. John , violinLesley Robertson, violaChristopher Costanza, celloHaving walked on stage together over 1800 times in the past eighteen years the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In 1992, they won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching them on a performing career that has brought them across North and South America, Europe and Asia.The long awaited initial recording of the St. Lawrence Quartet, Schumann's First and Third Quartets, was released in May 1999 to great critical acclaim. The CD received the coveted German critics award, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Canada's annual Juno Award. BBC Music Magazine gave the recording its "highest rating," calling it the benchmark recording of the works. In October of 2001, EMI released their recording of string quartets of Tchaikovsky. In 2002 their recording Yiddishbbuk featuring the chamber music of the celebrated Argentinean-American composer Osvaldo Golijov received two Grammy nominations. Their most recent recording of Shostakovich Quartets was released in July, 2006.The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide. Highlights of the 2007/08 season include their popular series Sunday's with the St. Lawrence for Stanford Lively Arts, concerts in New York (Lincoln Center), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Denver, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Albuquerque. They will also make two tours to Europe.Their summer calendar features their 13th year as Resident Quartet to the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, SC. Other recent summer festival appearances include Mostly Mozart in New York, Maverick Concerts, Bay Chamber Concerts (Maine), and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.The SLSQ has been involved in numerous inventive collaborations, including projects with the renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and the Emerson Quartet. In 2007 they joined with Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy and pianist Kevin Murphy to premiere Roberto Sierra's "Songs from the Diaspora" -- a commission through the Music Accord consortium. They have also performed R. Murray Shafer's concerto for quartet and orchestra "4-40" with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony, Emmanuel Villaume and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and Yuli Turovsky with I Musici de Montreal.The foursome regularly delivers traditional quartet repertoire, but is also fervently committed to performing and expanding the works of living composers. Among those with whom the St. Lawrence Quartet currently has active working relationships are R. Murray Schafer, Osvaldo Golijov, Christos Hatzis, Jonathan Berger, Ka Nin Chan, Roberto Sierra, and Mark Applebaum.Having been privileged to study with the Emerson, Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets the St. Lawrence, are themselves passionate educators. Since 1998 they have held the position of Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. This residency includes working with students of music as well as extensive collaborations with other faculty and departments using music to explore a myriad of topics. Recent collaborations have involved the School of Medicine, School of Education, and Jewish Studies. In addition to their appointment at Stanford, the SLSQ has served as visiting artists to the University of Toronto since 1995 and this season will inaugurate a new visiting chamber music residency at the Arizona State University. The foursome's passion for opening up musical arenas to players and listeners alike is evident in their annual summer chamber music seminar at Stanford and their many forays into the depths of musical meaning with preeminent music educator Robert Kapilow.The SLSQ is deeply committed to bringing music to less traditional venues outside the classroom or concert hall. Whether at Lincoln Center or an elementary school classroom, the St. Lawrence players maintain a strong desire to share the wonders of chamber music with their listeners, a characteristic of the foursome that has led them to a more informal performance style than one might expect from chamber musicians. Alex Ross of The New Yorker Magazine writes, "the St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."The St. Lawrence String Quartet records exclusively for EMI/ANGEL. [ More Detail ]
Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford Univiersity by the members of the St. Lawrence String QuartetGeoff Nuttall, violinScott St. John , violinLesley Robertson, violaChristopher Costanza, celloHaving walked on stage together over 1800 times in the past eighteen years the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In 1992, they won both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching them on a performing career that has brought them across North and South America, Europe and Asia.The long awaited initial recording of the St. Lawrence Quartet, Schumann's First and Third Quartets, was released in May 1999 to great critical acclaim. The CD received the coveted German critics award, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Canada's annual Juno Award. BBC Music Magazine gave the recording its "highest rating," calling it the benchmark recording of the works. In October of 2001, EMI released their recording of string quartets of Tchaikovsky. In 2002 their recording Yiddishbbuk featuring the chamber music of the celebrated Argentinean-American composer Osvaldo Golijov received two Grammy nominations. Their most recent recording of Shostakovich Quartets was released in July, 2006.The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide. Highlights of the 2007/08 season include their popular series Sunday's with the St. Lawrence for Stanford Lively Arts, concerts in New York (Lincoln Center), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Denver, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Albuquerque. They will also make two tours to Europe.Their summer calendar features their 13th year as Resident Quartet to the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, SC. Other recent summer festival appearances include Mostly Mozart in New York, Maverick Concerts, Bay Chamber Concerts (Maine), and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.The SLSQ has been involved in numerous inventive collaborations, including projects with the renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and the Emerson Quartet. In 2007 they joined with Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy and pianist Kevin Murphy to premiere Roberto Sierra's "Songs from the Diaspora" -- a commission through the Music Accord consortium. They have also performed R. Murray Shafer's concerto for quartet and orchestra "4-40" with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony, Emmanuel Villaume and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and Yuli Turovsky with I Musici de Montreal.The foursome regularly delivers traditional quartet repertoire, but is also fervently committed to performing and expanding the works of living composers. Among those with whom the St. Lawrence Quartet currently has active working relationships are R. Murray Schafer, Osvaldo Golijov, Christos Hatzis, Jonathan Berger, Ka Nin Chan, Roberto Sierra, and Mark Applebaum.Having been privileged to study with the Emerson, Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets the St. Lawrence, are themselves passionate educators. Since 1998 they have held the position of Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. This residency includes working with students of music as well as extensive collaborations with other faculty and departments using music to explore a myriad of topics. Recent collaborations have involved the School of Medicine, School of Education, and Jewish Studies. In addition to their appointment at Stanford, the SLSQ has served as visiting artists to the University of Toronto since 1995 and this season will inaugurate a new visiting chamber music residency at the Arizona State University. The foursome's passion for opening up musical arenas to players and listeners alike is evident in their annual summer chamber music seminar at Stanford and their many forays into the depths of musical meaning with preeminent music educator Robert Kapilow.The SLSQ is deeply committed to bringing music to less traditional venues outside the classroom or concert hall. Whether at Lincoln Center or an elementary school classroom, the St. Lawrence players maintain a strong desire to share the wonders of chamber music with their listeners, a characteristic of the foursome that has led them to a more informal performance style than one might expect from chamber musicians. Alex Ross of The New Yorker Magazine writes, "the St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."The St. Lawrence String Quartet records exclusively for EMI/ANGEL. [ More Detail ]
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061: 3. Fuga vivaceStephen Gamboa and Tyrone Chan, soloistsU.C. Berkeley University Baroque EnsembleSpring 2007 ConcertApril 24, 2007125 Morrison Hall [ More Detail ]
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061: 2. Adagio overro LargoStephen Gamboa and Tyrone Chan, soloistsU.C. Berkeley University Baroque EnsembleSpring 2007 ConcertApril 24, 2007125 Morrison Hall [ More Detail ]
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061:1. (Allegro maestoso)Stephen Gamboa and Tyrone Chan, soloistsU.C. Berkeley University Baroque EnsembleSpring 2007 ConcertApril 24, 2007125 Morrison Hall [ More Detail ]