Current Projects & News
* A new CD is out on Centaur label!"Spiky Epiphanies" - Chamber Music of Marc Satterwhite. Ben Sung and I recorded the Sonata for Violin ad Piano and the Arsenal Trio recorded "Spiky Epiphanies." We recorded them at the TNT studio in Louisville, KY, in 2008. I am very happy with how the CD turned out. You can purchase it at Centaurrecords' website. (CRC 3021)
centaurrecords.com
Projects 2010-2011
1. Chamber Music ff - Fergus Falls, MN
Director of "A Center for the Arts" in Fergus Falls gave me a wonderful opportunity to run a newly created chamber music series, entitled "Chamber Music ff" in 2009. The first season was a series of fun and intimate chamber performances featuring intimate venues around Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Guest musicians for the first season included Corky Siegel Chamber Blues, the 8th Steet Quartet from the FM Symphony Orchestra, Concordia Woodwind Quintet and the Arsenal Trio. Chamber Music ff's first season was made possible by a “Challenge America: Reaching Everywhere” grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, helping us to bring musicians from around the region and beyond to Fergus Falls.
And the second season is even better! There will be six concerts with exciting programs and amazing musicians.
October 2, 2pm and October 3, 2pm
8th Street Quartet presenting "Stories" - a literary themed family concert and an afternoon concert
Simon Row Jazz Trio joined by Tom Strait - presenting "An Autumn Afternoon"
December 12, time TBD
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - Special FREE event!
Program TBA
February 11, 7:30pm
James Sewell Ballet in collaboration with pianist Jihye Chang and violinist Benjamin Sung
Cellist and the program TBA
March 20, 2pm
Flutist Deb Harris, Pianist Jay Hershberger, and Saxophonist Russ Peterson - presenting "An American Afternoon" with music by John Harbison, Paul Schoenfield and Russ Peterson
May 21 2pm, May 21 7pm, and May 22 2pm
Violinist Curt Thomson joined by the Arsenal Trio - presenting "Chamber Music fff! - Grand Season Finale!" This finale will present three concerts - Family Concert featuring a few talented young students from the area (Madeline Capistran, Violin; Emma Hughey, Viola; and Emma Childs, Cello) for a program themed "Souvenirs." House Concert featuring Schubert's Music; and Big Finale with a program of Bela Bartok, Marc O'Connor, and Schumann.
Please check back later for more details.
2. Studio 2021 - Performer's Studio in December 2009 and June 2010
Studio 2021 is Seoul National University's New Music Series, and I have been very lucky to be invited several times as a guest performer/ lecturer of the series along with Ben. We conducted a series of lecture, workshop, and concert and premiered six works by student composers in December 2009. The topics for December lecture/ workshop included notation, extended violin techniques, extended piano techniques, idiomatic piano writing, and rehearsal techniques for young composers. In June 2010, Ben and I will perform a concert with violinist Yeon-Su Kim during the Studio 2021 Summer Academy. We will also conduct a lecture/ workshop on small ensemble writing involving strings and piano.
3. Recording Project - using the Aaron Copland Fund's Recording Grant
Ben and I received a recording grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation in 2009. We will record four pieces by young American composers in the summer of 2010. Here are the list of pieces:
* Christian Gentry, Flux-Flummoxed (with the Barlow Endowment Commissioning
Grant/ written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
christiangentry.com
* Curtis Hughes, Insult to Injury
curtiskhughes.com/bio.html
* Derek Johnson, Fragments (written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
myspace.com/derekjohnsoncomposer
* Sean Shepherd, Sonata (written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
seanshepherd.com/
4. Liszt-Paganini Project with Violinist Benjamin Sung
2011 is the Liszt Bi-Centennial Year, and Ben and I are invited to present a recital of Liszt Paganini etudes and Paganini caprices that inspired Liszt at Concordia College Liszt Festival. This will be an amazingly fun challange for both of us, and we will bring this program to other venues including St. Olaf College (MN), Stockbridge (MA), and Jamestown College (ND).
5. New American Music Concert Series
Ben and I launched a concert series titled "New American Music" in 2008. We performed music by David Dzubay, Steve Rouse, Derek Johnson, and Justin Merrit for the concert #1. In April 2010 we performed a recital with music by Christian Gentry, Leonard Bernstein, and William Kroll. For the 2010-2011 season, we are planning to have a CD release recital with music by Christian Gentry, Curtis Hughs, Derek Johnson, and Sean Shepherd in several different venues. Please check back later.
6. Recital tour with soprano Virginia Sublett
Virginia Sublett is a wonderful soprano who teaches at North Dakota State University. We will bring a program entitled "Private Lives of Great Composers," with music by Messiaen, Berio, Ginastera and Beethoven, to venues around Minnesota and North Dakota in the fall of 2010, including Bismarck State University and Jamestown College. We are also invited to present Messiaen's "Chants de terre et de ciel" at the CMS convention in Minneapolis in September 2010.
7. Managing the Roberts Street Chapel - 333 Roberts Street, Fargo, ND
My piano studio is located behind a beautiful art-chapel, "Roberts Street Chapel" in Fargo. I am in charge of revitalizing and managing this place, and I have been trying to make this place more visible to the community. Anybody who wants to use the chapel space may contact me. You can read more about the chapel marjorieschlossman.com as well as on the "wisdom" section of this website.