CSU-Pueblo to host “Monster” piano concert on Nov. 7
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Press Release
PUEBLO – Six grand pianos and more than 70 musicians will be featured as part of the “Monster” piano concert scheduled at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Hoag Recital Hall at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The concert is free of charge.
The concert is but one part of the Sixth annual Pueblo Keyboard Arts Festival. The event will feature current CSU-Pueblo music students and faculty, CSU-Pueblo music alumni, as well as local piano teachers and their students. The program will include Bach Concerto for Four Keyboards and String Orchestra in A minor, Stars and Stripes Forever, and original works by composer and music department chair Dr. David Volk and Dr. David Cutler, University of South Carolina.
A reception (free to music alumni) will precede the concert at 6 p.m., but reservations are required by Nov. 1 through zahari.metchkov@csupueblo.edu
Alumni performers will range from those who graduated just last year to some who graduated 30 years ago.
Associate Professor Zahari Metchkov said he will draw upon his relationships through the local music association to invite those teachers and their students to join in a variety of multiple piano and performer pieces.
“I have not delved into such a MONSTROUS project before, but the message is that music and piano is for people of all ages who can work and play together,” he said.
Metchkov hopes to continue the tradition by inviting a different set of alumni to play each year.
Find the complete program below:
Concerto for Four Keyboards in a minor J. S. Bach (1675-1750)
(4 pianos and charmer orchestra)
Dr. Zahari Metchkov, Dr. Stephanie Chen, Dr. Michael Schneider, Sara McDaniel
Chamber orchestra: Timothy Shu conductor, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass
Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) arr.Wilberg
Dr. Zahari Metchkov, Drew Bartels, Josh Floyd, Sara Hassan, Dr. Michael Schneider, Dr. Stephanie Cheng
Scherzo6 Dr. David Volk
Linda Densmore, Josh Floyd, Dr. Zahari Metchkov, Dr. David Volk, Drew Bartels, Damion Kudel
1812 Variations Dr. David Cutler
(2 pianos, harpsichord, upright, prepared piano)
Dr. Michael Schneider, Sara McDaniel, Dr. Zahari Metchkov, Dr. Stephanie Cheng, Dr. David Cutler
Mission Impasta, Agent Santiago, Sugar Plum Feary Composed and arranged by Aaron Garner
(6 pianos, 12 pianists) Aaron Garner and Students
Siciliane J. S. Bach (1675-1850)
(3 pianos, 6 pianists) Elizabeth Zawadoswki, Dr. Michael Beck, Dr. Zahari Metchkov and friends
Military March Franz Schubert, arr.Pauer (1797-1828)
(6 pianos, 12 pianists)
Dr. Zahari Metchkov, Jeanette Cortez, Desiree Floyd, Josh Floyd, Saskia Hassan, Celeste Johnson, Kirsten Kleven, Eugene Everett, Sara McDaniel, Linda Densmore, Dr. Michael Beck, Aaron Garner
Rhumba Robert Pace (1924-2010)
(4 pianos, 8 pianists)
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