Our May 7th, 2011 Durham NC Premiere can be seen below
and at our You Tube site: ChurchofBeethovenD
featuring cellist and professor, Jonathan Kramer,
pianists Jeremy Thompson and June Burbage
and vocalist Linda Coerr.
Program
Beethoven's 7 Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern, welche Libe fuhlen" from the Magic Flute WoO46,
Talk: Theme and Variations Form: A Beethovenian Obsession!
Paganini Variations on One String based on a Theme by Rossini
Two Minute Celebration of Silence
Song's "Come Ready and See Me" and "Waterbird" by Richard Hundley
Beethoven Sonata in A Major, No. 3, Op. 69
Allegro
Scherzo
Adagio cantabile - Allegro Vivace
Talk: Theme and Variations Form: A Beethovenian Obsession!
Paganini Variations on One String based on a Theme by Rossini
Two Minute Celebration of Silence
Song's "Come Ready and See Me" and "Waterbird" by Richard Hundley
Beethoven Sonata in A Major, No. 3, Op. 69
Allegro
Scherzo
Adagio cantabile - Allegro Vivace
Jonathan Kramer
Dr. Jonathan C. Kramer is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Music Department at North Carolina State University and Adjunct Professor of Ethnomusicology at Duke University. As a cellist, he has performed as principal of the Tuscon Symphony, as a member of the San Fransisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras and the North Carolina Symphony. Among his teachers are Aldo Parisot, Gordon Epperson, Raya Garbousova, David Wells, Madeline Foley and Maurice Gendron.
He has performed extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the US, as well as in Russia, India, Korea, Canada, Austria, Bulgaria, UK, Switzerland and Italy. He has performed with The Mostly Modern series of San Fransisco, Mallarme Chamber Players, Duke University Encounters Series, the Piccolo Spoletto Festival, Raleigh Chamber Guild; and presented solo concertos with a number of regional orchestras.
He has recorded for Albany Records and Soundings of the Planet Studios. He is on the teaching faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Institute and frequently accompanies Rumi translator Coleman Barks in poetry readings. He has served as moderator of the Pedagogy Panel at the American Cello Congress and his An Homage to Pau Casals for cellist and narrator has been presented at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, the 92nd Street Y in NYC and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
As an ethnomusicologist, Dr. Kramer has been awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowships at Banaras-Hindu University in India and at Chosun University in Kwangju, South Korea. He has lectured on global issues in music and aesthetics in the United States, the U.K., Korea, India, China, Japan, and for the Semester at Sea Program during their spring of '06 around the world voyage. Dr. Kramer holds advanced degrees from Duke and the graduate School of the Union Institute where he completed a PhD. in Ethnomusicology and Performance Studies in 1994 with a dissertation on traditional Korean music.
Jeremy Thompson
Jeremy Thompson was born in Dipper Harbour, a small fishing village in New Brunswick, Canada. From there, he has gone on to perform throughout America and Europe, thrilling audiences with his virtuosity and the emotional and intellectual depth of his playing.
In 2005, he earned a Doctorate of Music in piano performance at McGill University, where he held two of Canada's most prestigious doctoral fellowships. During his studies he performed with such orchestras as the Saint Petersburg State Academic Orchestra, the Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra, the Georgian National Orchestra and the McGill Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Thompson has been invited to perform and give master-classes at various colleges and universities throughout North America. He is comfortable in music from all eras, yet specializes in highly virtuosic repertoire. Although his repertoire is expansive, both as a solo performer and collaborative pianist, Mr. Thompson has a personal interest in championing the works of Canada's major composers. He recently released a recording of piano music from Quebec on McGill Records. He has a long and distinguished list of awards including being a finalist in the 2006 Pacific Piano Competition. Jeremy Thompson is represented by Standing Ovations Arts.com
June Burbage
Collaborative pianist June Burbage is engaged in extensive accompanying, vocal and instrumental coaching and the performance of chamber music. Recurring posts include work with the North Carolina Opera. She began her career as a member of the Meridith College Piano Faculty, subsequently teaching piano and theory at UNC Chapel Hill. Following were Music Director appointments with the UNC Drama Department and Playmakers Repertory Company. She has performed extensively in the Triangle area, including solo performances with the UNC Chapel Hill Faculty Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony, as well as RCMG concerts. She is co-editor of Performance Practice: A Bibliography, originally published by Columbia University Press. Ms. Burbage holds advanced degrees in performance and musicology from UNC CH and completed postgraduate studies as a performer at Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, where she studied with Guido Agosti, earning an Artist's Diploma and worked as a recitalist in western Europe. Ms. Burbage just returned from a two week flute and piano lecture in Seattle, Portland and Eugene, Oregon.
Linda Coerr
Linda Coerr studied voice at Tulane University and currently studies with Dr. William Adams in Durham, North Carolina. Waterbird was previously performed by Ms. Coerr at the 2010 National Association of Teachers of Singing in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Jonathan C. Kramer is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Music Department at North Carolina State University and Adjunct Professor of Ethnomusicology at Duke University. As a cellist, he has performed as principal of the Tuscon Symphony, as a member of the San Fransisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras and the North Carolina Symphony. Among his teachers are Aldo Parisot, Gordon Epperson, Raya Garbousova, David Wells, Madeline Foley and Maurice Gendron.
He has performed extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the US, as well as in Russia, India, Korea, Canada, Austria, Bulgaria, UK, Switzerland and Italy. He has performed with The Mostly Modern series of San Fransisco, Mallarme Chamber Players, Duke University Encounters Series, the Piccolo Spoletto Festival, Raleigh Chamber Guild; and presented solo concertos with a number of regional orchestras.
He has recorded for Albany Records and Soundings of the Planet Studios. He is on the teaching faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Institute and frequently accompanies Rumi translator Coleman Barks in poetry readings. He has served as moderator of the Pedagogy Panel at the American Cello Congress and his An Homage to Pau Casals for cellist and narrator has been presented at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, the 92nd Street Y in NYC and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
As an ethnomusicologist, Dr. Kramer has been awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowships at Banaras-Hindu University in India and at Chosun University in Kwangju, South Korea. He has lectured on global issues in music and aesthetics in the United States, the U.K., Korea, India, China, Japan, and for the Semester at Sea Program during their spring of '06 around the world voyage. Dr. Kramer holds advanced degrees from Duke and the graduate School of the Union Institute where he completed a PhD. in Ethnomusicology and Performance Studies in 1994 with a dissertation on traditional Korean music.
Jeremy Thompson
Jeremy Thompson was born in Dipper Harbour, a small fishing village in New Brunswick, Canada. From there, he has gone on to perform throughout America and Europe, thrilling audiences with his virtuosity and the emotional and intellectual depth of his playing.
In 2005, he earned a Doctorate of Music in piano performance at McGill University, where he held two of Canada's most prestigious doctoral fellowships. During his studies he performed with such orchestras as the Saint Petersburg State Academic Orchestra, the Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra, the Georgian National Orchestra and the McGill Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Thompson has been invited to perform and give master-classes at various colleges and universities throughout North America. He is comfortable in music from all eras, yet specializes in highly virtuosic repertoire. Although his repertoire is expansive, both as a solo performer and collaborative pianist, Mr. Thompson has a personal interest in championing the works of Canada's major composers. He recently released a recording of piano music from Quebec on McGill Records. He has a long and distinguished list of awards including being a finalist in the 2006 Pacific Piano Competition. Jeremy Thompson is represented by Standing Ovations Arts.com
June Burbage
Collaborative pianist June Burbage is engaged in extensive accompanying, vocal and instrumental coaching and the performance of chamber music. Recurring posts include work with the North Carolina Opera. She began her career as a member of the Meridith College Piano Faculty, subsequently teaching piano and theory at UNC Chapel Hill. Following were Music Director appointments with the UNC Drama Department and Playmakers Repertory Company. She has performed extensively in the Triangle area, including solo performances with the UNC Chapel Hill Faculty Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony, as well as RCMG concerts. She is co-editor of Performance Practice: A Bibliography, originally published by Columbia University Press. Ms. Burbage holds advanced degrees in performance and musicology from UNC CH and completed postgraduate studies as a performer at Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, where she studied with Guido Agosti, earning an Artist's Diploma and worked as a recitalist in western Europe. Ms. Burbage just returned from a two week flute and piano lecture in Seattle, Portland and Eugene, Oregon.
Linda Coerr
Linda Coerr studied voice at Tulane University and currently studies with Dr. William Adams in Durham, North Carolina. Waterbird was previously performed by Ms. Coerr at the 2010 National Association of Teachers of Singing in Greensboro, North Carolina.