Dr. Sooah Park, Faculty Voice Recital – Braithwaite Recital Hall – 12:30 pm
Concert Schedule
November 12, 2018: Bloomington, Indiana
Jacobs School of Music
Faculty Recital
Faculty Recital
P.Q. Phan, composer
Repertoire and performers to be announced
About the Artist
P.Q. Phan is professor of music in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Phan was born in 1962 in Vietnam. He became interested in music while studying architecture in 1978. He taught himself to play the piano, compose, and orchestrate. In 1982, he immigrated to the United States and began his formal musical training. A 1998 Rome Prize winner, Phan has composed in a wide range of genres including symphonies, chamber music, song cycle, and opera. He is a recipient of ASCAP awards; grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ohio Arts Councils, Charles Ives Center for American Music, and fellowships from the Macdowell Colony. He has appeared as guest composer at the 1999 Asian New Music Festival in Tokyo (Japan), 1999 and 1997 New Music Festival at Hamilton College (New York), 1996 residency with the Kronos Quartet at University of Iowa, 1995 Asian Composers’ Forum in Sendai (Japan), 1994 New Music Festival at University of California at Santa Barbara, and 1992 Music Lives in Pittsburgh. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. His works have been performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, American Composers Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, and Cincinnati Orchestra, among others. He is a frequent guest composer and lecturer in Asia. His work has been recorded by the Kronos Quartet for Nonesuch. Before joining the Jacobs School, Phan was on the faculty of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Cleveland State University.
April 14, 2018: Providence, RI
Providence College
Chamber Recital
On April 14, Sang Woo Kang will perform a program of chamber music with the Rolston String Quartet. The concert will be held at 7 PM in the Smith Center for the Arts.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The Rolston String Quartet:
Luri Lee – Violin
Jeffrey Dyrda – Violin
Hezekiah Leung – Viola
Jonathan Lo – Cello
First Prize laureate of the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Rolston String Quartet was named among the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s 2016 “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.” Recently, Musical Toronto said, “they performed with a maturity and cohesion rivaling the best string quartets in the world.” A winner of Astral’s 2016 National Auditions, the quartet was also the Grand Prize winner of the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, as well as prizewinners at the inaugural M-Prize competition (2016) and the 2016 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.
On the heels of their Banff win, the Rolstons immediately embarked upon the Competition’s tour in the 2016-2017 season, taking them to Germany, Italy, Austria, Canada, and United States. In the 2017-2018 season, they will perform throughout Canada, United States, Europe, and Israel. Highlights include appearances in such venues as the Smithsonian, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Koerner Hall at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music, and the Esterhazy Palace.
In the fall of 2017, the Rolston String Quartet begins as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence. They have also served as the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and have participated in residencies and fellowships at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Centre, McGill International String Quartet Academy, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, and the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Festival.
Notable collaborations for the Rolston String Quartet include performances with renowned artists Andrés Díaz, Gilbert Kalish, Mark Morris, Donald Palma, Jon Kimura Parker, and Miguel da Silva. Additionally, they have worked with composers John Luther Adams and Brian Current. Primary mentors include the Brentano Quartet, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith, and the quartet has received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva, and Alastair Tait.
The Rolston String Quartet, Luri Lee (violin), Jeffrey Dyrda (violin), Hezekiah Leung (viola) and Jonathan Lo (cello), was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. They take their name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Luri Lee plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw. Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.