Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Sunday February 17, 2002 at 3:00 p.m.
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| Program | |
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| Schumann | Fantasy Pieces in A minor, Op. 88 |
| Kernis | The Four Seasons of Futuristic Cuisine |
| Beethoven | Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”) |
This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
The Peabody Trio serves as the resident faculty ensemble of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, a position it has held since 1989. The musicians spend their summers as ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Putney, Vermont.
Violinist Violaine Melançon is from Quebec, Canada, where she studied at the Conservatoire de Musique. She continued her studies with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Isadore Tinkleman at the San Franciso Conservatory. She is currently on the violin and chamber music faculty at Peabody.
Cellist Natasha Brofsky grew up in New York City, studying with Marion Feldman and later attending the Juilliard School. She received her Bachelor's degree from Eastman, where her teachers were Robert Sylvester and Paul Katz, and her Master's degree from Mannes as a student of Timothy Eddy. An active chamber musician, she is also a committed teacher, having served on the faculty at Barrat-Due's Music Institute in Oslo and as a guest faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Pianist Seth Knopp studied at the New England Conservatory and San Francisco Conservatory. His teachers have included Leonard Shure and Leon Fleisher. Mr. Knopp is Associate Artistic Director of the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Putney, Vermont, and is on the piano faculty of the Chamber Music Department at Peabody, where he currently serves as Chairman.
Walter van Dyk, narrator, studied with Ute Hagen in New York and at Trinity College of Music in London. He has performed at Wigmore Hall and has to his credit many theater, television, film and BBC Radio performances.
The audience is invited to join the artists at a reception following the performance.
The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne. It is open to the public; no special permit is required to enter the laboratory site.
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Admission to the concert is $20. Call (630) 252-3751 to order your tickets now, VISA and MasterCard accepted; or use the ticket request form to order your tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of February 11 between noon and 1:00 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 2:30 p.m.
A special dinner prepared by Chef Chris Kaminsky will be served in the Argonne Guest House. Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $23.45 per person. Reservations requested (630-739-6000).
