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     William Anderson,  began performing chamber music at Tanglewood at age 19. He now performs in guitar festivals and new music festivals in Europe, the U.S., Latin America and in Japan. In New York Anderson performs regulalry with many ensembles including Sequitur, and the Cygnus Ensemble, which he founded in 1985. For ten years he was a member of the Theater Chamber Players in Washington D.C., under the direction of Leon Fleisher and Dina Koston. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Players, under James Levine, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae and the York Philharmonic.

     Anderson appears on many CD recordings, and he has made four CDs that feature him: The Guitar Music of Meyer Kupferman, on Soundspells; Diary of a Seducer, on CRi; and Hausmusik, on Furious Artisans; and Music of J.K. Mertz on Titanic Records.  He appears on numerous other CDs on various lables including Koch, Bridge Records, and Open Space.

     Anderson’s compositions have been heard on Danish National Radio, Polish National Radio, and at festivals including the Europe/Asia Festival in Kazan, the Weekend of Chamber Music in the Catskills, the Rotenburg Festival in Northern Germany, and various music festivals in Spain and Italy. He teaches guitar at Sarah Lawrence College, and at Queens College.
 
     Susannah Chapman.  is well-established as a chamber musician, soloist, contemporary music interpreter, and performer in leading chamber orchestras. The principal cellist of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, she is a former member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and currently performs regularly with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. In past seasons with Orpheus she has toured Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, Japan, appeared in Carnegie Hall, and performed on their European chamber music tour. Premiering new works by many of America's leading composers, Ms. Chapman performs with the Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars, the cello quartet "Cello", and is a member of Cygnus, a contemporary music sextet with its own series at Merkin Hall, and residencies at both Sarah Lawrence College and City University of New York. Ms. Chapman has appeared at Jacob's Pillow as a soloist with the Mark Morris Dance Company in works designed for and premiered by Yo-Yo Ma. She has traveled to Australia with Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars to perform contemporary concertos in the Sydney Opera House as part of the Olympic Arts Fest! ival. Ms. Chapman is a founding member of the string trio Trigon and spent several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, performing with such artists as Midori, Samuel Rhodes, and Isidore Cohen. With Musicians from Marlboro she has toured nationally. She regularly performs a gives masterclasses with The Walden Chamber Players, and her chamber music performances with other New York groups have been heard at the 92nd Street Y, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, the Metropolitan Museum, on NHK Television, and on WNYC. Ms. Chapman holds a Doctorate of Music from SUNY Stony Brook, and is the cello instructor at Sarah Lawrence College.

     Calvin Wiersma, violinist, has appeared throughout the world as a soloist and chamber musician. He is currently a violinist with the Manhattan String Quartet. He has performed numerous solo recitals, including appearances in Boston, New York, and Chicago, and has appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, The Concerto Company of Boston and the Lawrence Symphony, among others. He was a founding member of Meliora Quartet, winner of the Naumberg, Fischoff, Coleman and Cleveland Quartet competitions. The Meliora Quartet was the Quartet-in-Residence at the Spoleto Festivals of the U.S., Italy and Australia and recorded Mendelssohn’s Octet with the Cleveland Quartet on the Telarc label. Mr. Wiersma was also a founding member of the Figaro Trio. In addition to his extensive touring with the Quartet and Trio, Mr. Wiersma has been heard at the summer Chamber Music Festivals in Vancouver, Rockport, Portland, Crested Butte, An Appalachian Summer, and at Music Mountain, as well as the Aspen Music Festival. A regular performed on National Public Radio, his most recent project involved a series of broadcasts performing the complete Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas with the pianist Catherine Kautsky. In addition to his performing activities, Mr. Wiersma is classical co-ordinator for Culturefinder, the largest Internet address for the Performing Arts.
 

     Joan Forsyth is a regular guest pianist with the Cygnus Ensemble. Joan Forsyth is a multi-faceted musician who has received critical acclaim as a soloist and chamber music artist. She has been heard throughout Europe, Japan, South and North America in a wide range of repertoire, embracing the standard  piano iterature as well as the most recent works. Her prize-winning performances in the 1990 Concerts Atlantique and La Gesse competitions set in motion tours of France and Switzerland, and since that time she has maintained a lively concert schedule, She has collaborated with such ensembles as the Cassatt Quartet, the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center  and CYGNUS, and appeared as soloist with the New Westminster Symphony, the Westchester Philharmonic and the Westchester Chamber Orchestra. She toured the Netherlands and Scandinavia with CYGNUS and a program of new American music in 1997 and again to Russia  for the Europe-Asia Contemporary Music Festival in 1998. She will return to that festival this spring in a program of new piano solo works by Canadian composers. In 2004 she toured Japan with Trio Spark! and  a program of new Japanese  and American pieces. Her performances have been broadcast over WNYC, WFAS, Vermont and New York Public Radio, RAIItaly), Radio Denmark and Polish National Radio.

     Ms. Forsyth also makes recital appearances with duo-partner guitarist William Anderson. The two premiered and recorded Charles Wuorinen’s Sonata for Piano and Guitar. (CRi and Albany)

     peAnderson/Forsyth's recent Albany recording of the Wuorinen Sonata was reviewed in the May/June, 2009 issue of Fanfare---

"--virtuosos in their own right, and together produce chamber music proper...close observance of each other's actions...a very tight performance."

S     he appears on seven other CDs on Albany, CRi, Furious Artisans, and Soundspells.

 

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 Family Concert – for all ages

Sunday, January 31, 2010  2:00 P.M.

     Jason D. Ham, now in his seventh year with the West Point Band, has established himself as one of America’s most active euphonium soloists. Originally from Columbia, South Carolina, Jason began his studies of the euphonium in high school, garnering many local and state awards for his playing. Jason attended college at the University of Georgia where he studied under the late Dr. David Randolph and David Zerkel. While at the University of Georgia, Jason was the winner of the Atlanta Brass Society Collegiate Soloist Competition (1998), as well as a finalist in the Music Teacher’s National Association Competition (2000). In June of 2001, just before completing his studies at UGA, Jason won a position with the United States Military Academy Band, to be followed by his winning the Solo Euphonium Artist Competition at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference just two months later. (Lahti, Finland). Jason has twice been invited to judge this competition, both in 2004 (Budapest, Hungary), and 2006 (Denver, Colorado, USA).


     Today, Jason is being recognized as a pioneer of the euphonium, having already taken the instrument to many places that have never seen the instrument in a solo role. In October 2004, Jason participated in the first military to military musical interaction between the nations of the United States and China when he performed with the People’s Liberation Army Band in Beijing. It was the first time that a euphonium had ever been seen in a solo role in that city. In July of 2005,

Jason gave the first-ever solo recitals of the euphonium in the nations of Macedonia and Bulgaria. During his visit, his performances were heard on Bulgarian Public Radio and Macedonian Public Television. In September of 2007, he was the first-ever American euphonium soloist to appear in the nation of Argentina, performing at the Encuentro de Tubas y Eufonios, held in Buenos Aires.


     Recent accomplishments have included his appointment as visiting professor of euphonium at Montclair State University, as well as being named as the Valade Fellow in Euphonium at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in northern Michigan. Additionally, he is active in commissioning new works by leading wind band composers, including concertos by Joseph Turrin (2006) and David Gillingham (2008). Further commissions are in the works in collaboration with Johann de Meij, Peter Meechan, and Amanda Harburg.


     Jason made his solo debut in Carnegie Hall in April of 2009, playing the concerto “Cantiphonia” by Bert Appermont at the 7th Annual New York City Wind Band Festival.


     Jason Ham is a Yamaha Performing Artist, and performs exclusively on the YEP-842 Euphonium.

 

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Joyce Balint, violin
Susan Jolles, harp
Elizavita Kopelman, piano
 

 

 

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