Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Sunday, April 11, 1999 at 3:00 p.m.
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| into a truly for Soprano and Cello | William Jason Raynovich |
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| Poème, Op. 25 | Ernest Chausson |
| Tautologies for Solo Violin | William Jason Raynovich |
| Fantaisie brillante on Themes from Gounod's Faust | Henri Wieniawski |
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| Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Three Intermezzi, Op. 119 | Joh. Brahms |
| Three Scenes from Petrouchka | Igor Stravinsky |
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More on the artists, the location, the post-concert social, ordering tickets, and “The Next Generation” below.
Cory Smythe began playing tunes on the family upright piano at the age of two. His repertoire reflected the music he was exposed to -- a handful of nursery rhymes and the pop songs played and sung to him by his father.
Cory soon started formal lessons with Buffalo Grove resident Mary Ann Alexander, with whom he studied until college. Under Alexander's direction, he was given the latitude to explore his interests in jazz and popular music, while at the same time receiving instruction in the classical concert tradition. He participated in jazz festivals and classical music competitions, receiving awards in both.
Currently, Cory is a senior at Indiana University, where he is training to become a concert pianist under the direction of Luba Edlina-Dubinsky. While expanding his repertoire of classics, he still finds occasion to play other kinds of music. He is a regular at Bear's Place, an off-campus club that features jazz music on Thursday nights, and a member of the jazz/world music ensemble Organic Theory, a group that recently performed and recorded with Blue Note recording artists Greg Osby.
Last year, Cory was awarded the Performer's Certificate for his Junior Recital, an honor bestowed upon only a handful of students each year. He also received First Prize in the I.U. Piano Concerto competition, performing Gershwin's Concerto in F with the University Orchestra under the direction of Imre Pallo.
Lelia Iancovici was born on November 23, 1976 in Bucharest, Romania, and began playing the violin at the age of seven. She attended the Musical High School in Bucharest for violin performance between 1983 and 1995, studying with D. Ionescu and M. Tomescu. During her studies at the High School, she received many awards, including first prizes at the “Concorso Internazionale di Musica 'Isola di Capri'” (Italy, 1988), the “'W. A. Mozart' Interpretation Festival” (Romania, 1992), and the “Contest for 'W.A.Mozart Violin and Piano Sonata Interpretation'” (Romania, 1993). She participated in masterclasses in Arosa (Switzerland, 1993) and Gubbio (Italy, 1994) under the guidance of Ana Chumanchenco, Sherban Lupu, Emilian Piedicuta, Adelina Oprean, Chaba Erdely, and Claude Hobson, and performed at the Festival International de Musique Universitaire in Belfort (France) in 1995.
After graduating from high school, Lelia continued her studies in Bucharest, Romania, at the Academy of Music for one year, where she met Professor Sherban Lupu in a masterclass in 1996. She then decided to continue her violin studies with Prof. Lupu at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At the UIUC, she recently was awarded the “Paul Rolland Memorial String Competition” prize. As the winner of the “Concerto Competition” prize, she also performed with the University of Illinois Orchestra. Lelia has continued to participate in masterclasses in the summer, such as in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany with Sherban Lupu, Robert Szreder, Petru Munteanu, and Jerold Rubinstein.
Lelia plans to graduate from the University of Illinois in the Spring of 2000 and continue studying the violin. She hopes to have a professional career, performing the violin on an international level.
William Jason Raynovich completed a bachelor's degree in cello performance with music composition honors and a master's degree in music composition with cello performance honors at Syracuse University in 1993 and 1996, respectively. His compositions have been performed by the Society for New Music of Central New York, the Oberlin New Music Ensemble, the University of Illinois Orchestra, and the Syracuse University Orchestra.
Raynovich is continuing his composition studies at the University of Illinois as a DMA student. He has worked with P. Q. Phan, Daniel S. Godfrey, William Brooks, and Zack Browning on composition, and cello with Suren Bagratuni and Greg Wood. As a performer, Raynovich is the cellist for the Cetacea Ensemble and a member of the Danville Symphony Orchestra. His music will be featured in an upcoming tour of the Cetacea Ensemble planned for the summer of 1999.
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Single admissions to the concert are $10 (adult), $5 (student). A special family ticket ($25) will admit two adults and two students; each additional family member $5. Order your tickets by phone (630-252-3751) 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 April 5 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.
The audience is invited to join the artist at an ice cream social following the performance.
With its program “The Next Generation” - Young Performers in Recital, Arts at Argonne recognizes its obligation to the younger generation. The program offers young musicians an opportunity to perform in public under the auspices of a recognized arts presenting organization. Performers are selected on the basis of their artistic qualifications by the committee for Arts at Argonne. The age limit is currently set at 22 years.
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