Four double basses perform together on the stage of the Union,
2 Western Michigan University music students, Tom Knific and Nicholas Schwartz
"Stulberg and all that Jazz"
featured Nicholas Santangelo Schwartz
Stulberg 2009 Burdick-Thorne gold medalist and recipient of the Bach award
Sunday, January 17, 2010.
It was a great display of musical talent and camaraderie!
It's all happened at the Union Cabaret and Grill in Downtown Kalamazoo
Nicholas Santangelo Schwartz performed with
Tom Knific, Tad Weed and Tim Froncek
A BIG thank to:
Tom Knific, professional musician and consultant
Kenneth A. Fisher, M.D. underwriter
Millennium Restaurant Group, venue sponsor
Erin Vitkin, marketing for Millennium Restaurant Group
2010 Semifinalists
Bobby Chen is a 17 year old cellist from Newton. MA. Bobby studies with Emmanuel Feldman Leah Ferguson is a 16 year old violist from Wilmette, IL. Leah studies with Roland Vamos. Kevin Hu is a 16 year old violinist from Naperville, IL. Kevin studies with Cyrus Forough Danny Lai is a 19 year old violist from Evanston, IL. who is currently studying with Roland Vamos. Bénédicte Lauzière is a 19 year old violinist from St.-Antonie-sur-Richelieu, Quèbec, Canada. Bénédicte studies with Jonathan Crow. Jae Ook Lee is from Fort Lee, NJ. He is an 18 years old violinist who is studying with Kyung Wha Chung. Matthew Lipman,17, is from Evanston, IL. and studies the viola with Roland Vamos. Richard Narroway is an 18 year old cellist from St. Ives, Australia who is studying at Beinen School of Music, Northwestern University with Hans Jorgen Jensen Alan Okubo 19 is studying cello with Janos Starker at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Mindy Park is a 19 year old from Palatine, IL. who is studying cello at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angles with Ronald Leonard. Allan Steele is 16 from Chicago and is studying cello with Han Jorgen Jensen. Emma Steele is a 19 year old Chicago native and is studying violin at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. Her teacher is Cyrus Forough.
2010 Alternates
1st Alternate - Keir GoGwilt, violin
2nd Alternate - Sangbin Park, cello
3rd Alternate - Ryan Murphy, violin
4th Alternate - Meredith Riley, violin
2010 Competition
Judges and Clinicians
Members of the Juilliard String Quartet:
Nick Eanet, violin
Ronald Copes, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Joel Krosnick, cello
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Semifinals: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
1p.m. - 4 p.m.
1 hour break at 12 noon
Finals: 8:00 pm
Master Classes:
Sunday, February 28, 2010
12:30pm - 3:00 pm
All events are free, open to the public and take place at the Dorothy U. Dalton Center, Western Michigan University.
Parking is free and available in the parking structure. There is covered access to Dalton via the crossing tube into and through the Richmond Center for Visual Arts. Handicap accessible.
For your listening pleasure, The Juilliard String Quartet will perform for Fontana Chamber Arts Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:00 pm - Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University
