Thursday, October 27, 2011

Cast of The Sound of Music Announced

Dear All,

Congratulations to you for successfully auditioning for the Sound of Music at La Sierra University.  Thank you for your patience in waiting for the cast announcement.  Lots of people have auditioned, and of course, we have limited places for casting, and we are looking for particular characters and in particular combinations. Please do not conclude that your part is bigger or smaller than the other. All of you are equally important parts of the show.

I would like to hold a cast meeting on Friday, November 4th at 2 pm. This meeting will be held in the Hole Memorial Auditorium at La Sierra University, and if you are under the age of 18, we ask that a parent or guardian accompany you. We will be doing some preliminary paperwork, and go over schedules and get some measurements.  

There will be an initial meeting for LSU students only on Friday, October 28th at 12:30 pm in the auditorium.


If you have any questions or concerns about our meetings, please let me know ASAP.

Sincerely,

Raejin Lee

THE CAST:

The Cast List

	1	2
Maria	Paulette Jumalon	Cecia Garcia
Captain Georg von Trapp	Joshua Rivera
Mother Abbess	Loyda Leon	Natalie Hohensee
Sister Berthe	Irene Choi	Irene Choi
Sister Margaretta	Jeong Soo Park	Jeong Soo Park
Sister Sophia	Stephanie Jones	Stephanie Jones
Liesel von Trapp	Katie Esquibel	Elizabeth Chan
Friedrich von Trapp	Gerald Cheng
Louisa von Trapp	CK Fransicso	Rachel Rojas
Kurt von Trapp		Micah Leonor
Brigitta von Trapp	Cheryl Wang	Claire Balli
Marta von Trapp	Michelle Hwang	Ali Leonor
Gretel von Trapp	Grace Williams	Victoria Cairus
Rolf Gruber	Marc Roldes
Max Detweiler	Louis Leon	Shane Woods
Elsa Schraeder	Kendall Trood	Understudy: Susy Leiva
Frau Schmidt	Anne Supit	Anne Supit
Ursula	Susanna Spence	Susanna Spence
Nuns	Sara Pinto da Silva Anne-Leah Guia Susy Leiva	Sara Pinto da Silva Anne-Leah Guia Susy Leiva

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Art Exhibit and Piano Recital - Oct. 24 7:30p

La Sierra University Department of Music is fortunate to have two very talented people grace Hole Memorial Auditorium. On Monday evening, Oct. 24, 2011, Ms. Tanya Gabrielian, pianist, will perform in Hole Memorial Auditorium. Proceeding the recital, Mr. Justin Tecson, painter, will have six pieces on display in the lobby of Hole Memorial Auditorium.

Tanya Gabrielian
Hailed by the London Times as “a pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle,” Tanya Gabrielian combines emotional vulnerability with thoughtful artistry, captivating audiences worldwide with her gripping, commanding performances.

Tanya Gabrielian has performed across North America, Europe, and Asia, in venues including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Cortot in Paris, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Bonn Beethovenhaus, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. She has performed concerti with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New London Sinfonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Radio broadcasts include NPR, WGBH (Boston), WFMT (Chicago), KCSN (Los Angeles), WQXR (New York), and VPR (Vermont). Her debut CD, Kaleidoscope, was released in November 2010.

As founder of the “Art for Activism” initiative, Tanya Gabrielian is dedicated to promoting the artist as an activist through art. Projects have included an installation with the artist Fran Bull for the exhibit In Flanders Field: A Meditation on War, and an ongoing recital series featuring composers with mental illnesses, to highlight the stigma around mental health issues. Ms. Gabrielian was awarded the 2011 McGraw-Hill Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach for her work.

Tanya Gabrielian rose to international acclaim with first prizes in the Scottish International Piano Competition, Aram Khachaturyan International Piano Competition, and the Pro Musicis International Award. Her Wigmore Hall debut, as winner of the coveted Wigmore Prize awarded by the Royal Academy of Music, was reviewed as “revelatory, a feast of romantic pianism which held us enthralled” and “an astounding achievement by any standards, and one I cannot imagine being bettered… Remember the name—Tanya Gabrielian—you will be hearing a lot more from her I feel sure.” Ms. Gabrielian’s Southbank debut recital in the Purcell Room in London, presented by the Philharmonia Orchestra, was chosen as “Performance of the Year 2006” by Seen and Heard International. She has also been featured on the cover of the magazine Clavier.

Born in the United States in 1983, Ms. Gabrielian began studying piano at the age of three. In 2000, she moved to London, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Hamish Milne and Alexander Satz. Upon graduation, she was awarded with a DipRAM, the highest performing award of the Royal Academy of Music, and she received the prize for the best final recital for six consecutive years. In 2009, Gabrielian moved to New York as the only candidate accepted for The Juilliard School’s prestigious Artist Diploma program, an extraordinarily selective post-graduate residency program, where she completed her studies with Robert McDonald and Matti Raekallio.

For more information, please visit www.tanyagabrielian.com.

Justin Tecson

Born in Southern California in 1994, Justin Tecson began painting at the age of 8. Drawing inspiration from the Baroque, Neoclassical and Romantic ages, Tecson aspires to pay hommage to the old masters and counts Anthony van Dyck, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugene Delacroix as his main inspirations. Tecson's favorite medium is oil, and he creates his own oil paints using different types of minerals. Tecson was born deaf and is a self-taught artist, and it is his mission to teach others through his own experiences and art.

Justin is currently a junior in high school and homeschooled. He has an incredible work ethic, balancing schoolwork and painting. As Justin continues to develop and refine his craft, and his love for art and painting evolves and matures, he will continue to bridge his silent world to our hearing one.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Band Festival 2011

2011 La Sierra University Invitational Band Festival

The Department of Music is pleased to announce that Dr. Kenneth Narducci will be the clinician for the 2011 LSU Invitational Band Festival that is to be held on October 19-22. About 90 students have been carefully selected to participate in this event from Glendale Adventist Academy, La Sierra Academy, Loma Linda Academy, Newbury Park Academy, and San Diego Adventist Academy.

Please join us in celebration at the following performances:

Festival Vespers Concerts - Friday, October 21 at 7p in HMA. Selections provided by our university students and faculty.

9:30a & Church@Noon Service - Sabbath, Oct. 22 at LSUC. The Festival Band will be participating in the worship service.

Festival Concert - Sabbath, Oct. 22 at 4p at LSUC.

You can follow the Festival Band and their progress on Twitter @LaSierraMusic starting Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Benefit Concert for Vocal Studies Program at La Sierra University

Benefit Concert for La Sierra University Vocal Studies: A Musical Voyage

October 23, 2011 - 4:00 PM
Sturges Center for the Arts | 780 N. 'E' Street | San Bernardino, CA 92410
The Bolivar Family Musical Theater presents "A Musical Voyage. All proceed benefit the La Sierra University Vocal Studies Program.
Special Guests are the following:
Dr. Raejin Lee, Director of Vocal Studies
Dr. Elvin Rodriguez, Department of Music Chair
Sergio Leiva, pianist
Students from La Sierra University

General Admission Tickets are $10
Preferred Seating Tickets are $20
Please contact the Dept. of Music at 951-785-2036 for tickets

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

La Sierra University | Young piano whiz to jazz it up at Pierce Street concert [Aug 15]

Monday, August 22, 2011

Saxophone for Sale

Anyone looking for an awesome saxophone? Check this listing out:

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

OPEN AUDITIONS - Sound of Music Spring 2012

La Sierra University Vocal Program: Sound of Music for Opera Scenes

Open Auditions for the Sound of Music. More information to come!! Opera Scenes will be February 25 & 26 2012.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Dept. of Music Video Promo

Want to take a glimpse of what our music department is about?

Monday, August 1, 2011

Band Festival 2011

2011 La Sierra University Invitational Band Festival

The Department of Music is pleased to announce that Dr. Kenneth Narducci will be the clinician for the 2011 LSU Invitational Band Festival that is to be held on October 19-22. We hope that this year's event will truly be a highlight for all the students and directors, and a great way to kick-off the academic year.

Audition guidelines are available on the Music Department website. Please contact Dr. Narducci if there are any technical problems downloading material.

All auditions are to be completed by Friday, September 19 to ensure program music is received promptly. Dr. Narducci is planning to visit with as many academies to hold on-site auditions if schedules allow it. If an on-site schedule is unavailable, recordings will be accepted and should be received by Friday, September 19.

La Sierra University’s Wind Ensemble has supplemented the festival band where needed, and will do so again this year where possible. Directors are cordially invited and encouraged to sit in for rehearsal and the concert.

A nominal fee of $50 will cover the cost of music, meals, housing, and activities for this year’s festival. If there are any issues regarding finances, please contact Dr. Narducci directly at knarducc@lasierra.edu. We want as many students to participate in this experience as possible.

Here is a brief overview of planned activities at this year’s festival addition to rehearsals:

sectionals and individual instrumental clinics with LSU adjunct faculty
worships with LSU staff and student leaders
social activities with participating academies
vespers program featuring LSU performing faculty and students
9:30a church service
Sabbath afternoon concert

The entire faculty and staff of the Department of Music, and other collaborating entities of La Sierra University are working together to help make this a unique and unforgettable experience for your students. Mrs. Lovelyn Razzouk will be assisting all aspects of the festival. She will be helping to make sure our musical and extra-musical needs are attended to, as well as trouble shoot when issues arise during the festival. Please feel free to contact her as well if you have questions regarding this event atlrazzouk@lasierra.edu.

If you have suggestions, comments, or need clarification about any aspect of the 2011 Band Festival, please contact Dr. Narducci as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

LSU Music Major, Xander Knecht, Participates at the Montecito Music Festival

The Montecito Summer Music Festival is for highly gifted string, piano, and clarinet students ages 13 and up interested in spending an invigorating three weeks studying to improve technical abilities and honing their craft and musicianship skills. Each student will receive two private lessons and two chamber music coachings per week. Selected students will also play in master classes and in chamber ensembles with our esteemed faculty.

http://www.montecitomusicfestival.com/index1.html

One of our music majors, Xander Knecht, is participating in this year's festival. He is a snippet of what he is experiencing so far:

Wednesday, July 20

I thought I'd give a little update today, the third day. The festival is going strong already; I've been keeping busy. I had a lesson, audition for masterclasses, first quartet rehearsal and stretching and breathing class yesterday. Most of the kids are actually from high school, but there are a few college students and at least one from Julliard. University of Michigan and Rice are also represented. There are bunch of kids from the Interlochen high school program who all came together. There are a few people who've been to Aspen around the same time as me, three years ago. I haven't heard everyone yet, but I think there are a lot of really serious players here. There are some very high-profile faculty and guests here, including Cho-Liang Lin, who will give a masterclass and play in a recital, and Tim Pitts, bass teacher from Rice, not to mention our own cello teacher Pin-Fei Tang and her husband and LA Phil member Suli Xue on violin!

Yuan Yuan is also here, playing in the Brahms B-flat maj. string sextet. We're both studying with Linda Wang, a former classmate of our teacher Jason Uyeyama. My first lesson with her was quite intense but instructive, and I'm trying to get ready for the next one on Friday. The last day is August 5. Hopefully I'll be in better shape for the fall, especially with chamber music. I'm in a quartet playing Beethoven op. 95. Our first coaching is tomorrow.

I've been practicing a fair amount, spread throughout the day. I've played some ping pong in the lobby, and I played soccer last night with a bunch of students. The food is actually pretty good. Montecito is a very pretty town; I ran downtown today to pick up some supplies.

- Xander

Monday, July 11, 2011

Road Work on LSU Campus

La Sierra Community,

Beginning this Wednesday July 13 at 6am until Friday July 15 at 6am, we will be performing roadwork on:

1) The road leading from the Library to the bottom of the hill and behind La Sierra Hall. The Library parking lot will not be affected. The lot behind La Sierra Hall will need to be empty. The lots behind South Hall and Calkins will not be worked on, but all vehicles will be "trapped" if not removed.

2) The road on Upper Campus Drive Stop sign (nearest Physical Plant) to Raley. Middle Campus Drive will remain open.

Please pay attention to road personnel, traffic barriers, and heavy duty equipment which will be in the area.

This is the first of a few road work projects on campus and we will do our best to minimize the inconveniences each time. Although there is no perfect time for road work, we do feel that the summer months are the most appropriate. But, let me apologize in advance for your troubles and I can assure everyone it will not resemble the 405 Carmageddon of this weekend.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The 4-1-1

Want to receive more information about upcoming performances or how you can be a part of the Department of Music of La Sierra University:

https://docs.google.com/a/lasierra.edu/present/view?id=dfzg397v_0hb4trfd6