Matthay Festival 2008

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

June 11-14, 2008





  WED THUR FRI SAT
9:00   Donald Hageman:

"The Three 'Rs': Relaxation, Rotation, and Release"
Donald Hageman:

"What Chopin Must Have Known"
Marie Hasse:

From Fists to Fingers–The Second Part
10:30   Signe Sebo Zale:

"Rhythm in the Copland Piano Variations"
Carl Angelo:

Lecture/Recital: "Productive Practice: Matthay and the Op. 10 Chopin Etudes"
Terry McRoberts:

"Timeless Matthay Technical Principles for Today"
1:30   John O'Brien:

“Gwendolyn Koldofsky : Pioneer in the Pedagogy of Collaborative Piano"
Jim Fogle:

"What lies beneath? Exploring the world below the C (Middle C that is)"
Elizabeth Vandevander:

“What if Amy Fay had studied with Tobias Matthay?”
3:00 Officers and Directors Meeting of the AMAP Richard Becker:

Lecture/Recital: "Spontaneity and Inevitability in the first movement of Beethoven's 'Tempest' Sonata"
Robin Harrison and
Rachel Anderson


Lecture/Recital: Music for Four Hands on one and two pianos with introductions. Program to include:
Bach: Double Concerto no.2 in C
Schubert: Fantasy in f minor, D. 940
Stephen Siek:

Lecture/Recital: “Matthay’s Harmonic Evolution as Seen through his Piano Miniatures"
4:30   AMAP Annual Meeting   (5:00 PM) Banquet at the Rock Springs Equestrian Center
8:00 Teodora Adzharova

Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K. 234
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K. 123
Scarlatti: Sonata in D, K. 119
Schubert: Sonata in a, D. 784
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Shostakovich: Sonata No. 1, Op. 12

Nancy Elton

Beethoven: Sonata in Eb Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
Chopin: Ballade in f
Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Liszt: Sonetto 123 Petrarca
Liszt: Concert Etude in Db (Un Sospiro)
Debussy: Images, Bk. I
Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse
Richard Becker

Beethoven: Sonata in d, Op. 31, no. 2
Beethoven: Sonata in C, Op. 2, no. 3
Chaitkin: Impromptu and Three Dances
Chopin: Nocturne in b-flat minor, Op. 9, no. 1
Chopin: Two Etudes from Op. 10
Chopin: Ballade in g, Op. 23
Anne Koscielny

Beethoven: Sonata in f, Op. 2, no. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 27, no. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in c-sharp, Op. 27, no. 2
Beethoven: Sonata in F-sharp, Op. 78
Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op. 101

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Last Updated on 3/30/2008
By Stephen Siek