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UW Piano Institute

Craig Sheppard teams up with colleague Robin McCabe to teach at the University of Washington's Piano Institute from July 12-23, 2010. Designed for gifted young pianists, age 16 and up, and drawing students from all over the country and abroad, this exciting institute provides five private lessons, daily master classes, seminars and workshops, concert tickets and transporation to the Seattle Chamber Music Festival at Benaroya Hall, and a weekend excursion on the Puget Sound. Interested students should apply through the following website:

http://pce.uw.edu/course.aspx?id=3321

Faculty Recital with Joyce Geyer, soprano

Come and hear this extraordinary artist, who sang major roles Metropolitan Opera for 17 years, in a song recital of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Alan Smith, Gustave Ferrari, and Timothy Hoekman

TRIPLE PLAY!

An evening of fun music making with fellow artists Robin and Rachelle McCabe, featuring works for two pianos, and four and six hands.

Not to be missed!

A concert for the opening of the exhibition Schulzs Beethoven: Schroeders Muse. Mounted by the head of the Beethoven Center in San Jose, Professor Bill Meredith, and featuring movements from Craig Sheppards 9-CD boxed set, Beethoven: A Journey, this exhibition had enormous success when it opened in August, 2008, at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA

Master class, Mozart Salon
Ashiya, Hyogo, JAPAN

Solo recital, Mozart Salon
Beethoven: Three sonatas, Opus 31

(for information, contact Tazuka Ura sensei at 0797-32-4868, 090-9708-1706, or visit her website at http://www.mozart-115.com)

Master class, Mozart Salon
Ashiya, Hyogo, JAPAN

Solo recital, Hashimoto Community Center, Hashimoto, Wakayama, JAPAN

To include works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Chopin

Solo recital

J.S. Bach – Partita No.4 in D, BWV828

Haydn: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E flat Major, H. XV, No. 10 with Augustin Hadelich, violin, and Edward Aaron, cello

Paul Schoenfield: Café Music with Augustin Hadelich, violin, and Edward Aaron, cello

Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D Major, Opus 70 #1, “The Ghost” with Erin Keefe, violin and Robert DeMaine, cello

Solo recital

Bach: Partita #2 in c minor, BWV826

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Opus 4.

Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Opus 26, plus ‘My Favorite Sonata Movement’

MusicFest Vancouver

Solo recital of works by J.S. Bach

Two Preludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier
Partita #2 in c minor, BWV826
Partita #4 in D, BWV828

Master class

(time and venue to be announced)

Mozart: Piano Concerto #25 in C Major, K503 with the Northwest Sinfonietta conducted by Harvey Felder

Mozart: Piano Concerto #25 in C Major, K503 with the Northwest Sinfonietta conducted by Harvey Felder

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E flat, Opus 73, ‘Emperor’ with the Tacoma Symphony conducted by Christophe Chagnard

Mozart: Piano Concerto #24 in c minor, K491, with The University of Washington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Eros

Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas

  D958 in c minor
  D959 in A Major
  D960 in B flat

Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas

  D958 in c minor
  D959 in A Major
  D960 in B flat

Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas

  D958 in c minor
  D959 in A Major
  D960 in B flat

Solo recital

Craig Sheppard plays the last three Schubert sonatas, D958, D959 and D960, in c minor, A Major, and B flat.

A concert not to be missed.

The Minnesota Beethoven Festival
Winona, Minnesota
www.mnbeethovenfestival.org

Solo recital

Bach Partita #2 in c minor, BWV826
Beethoven Sonata, Opus 53, Waldstein
Beethoven Diabelli Variations, Opus 120

Read Terry Rindfleisch’s rave review of this concert:

http://lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/attractions
/article_2f9b5564-8cf4-11df-ae3a-001cc4c03286.html

The Seattle Chamber Music Society
www.seattlechambermusic.org

François Poulenc

Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon
(with oboist Ben Hausmann and bassoonist Paul Rafanelli)

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival
Twisp, WA
www.methowmusicfestival.org

Paul Schoenfield

Café Music
(with violinist Eugenia Choi and cellist Kevin Krentz)

Johannes Brahms

Piano Quartet in g minor, Opus 25
(with violinist Eugenia Choi, violist Mara Gearman, and cellist Kevin Krentz)

Mostly Brahms

A series of five recitals over two seasons, incorporating the complete solo piano works of Johannes Brahms, including a few works by his mentor and friend, Robert Schumann.

Program #1

Program #2

Program #3

Music of Remembrance
www.musicofremembrance.org

Mikhail Gnesin

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
(with violinist Mikhail Shmidt and cellist Mara Finkelstein)