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Violin, Teri Lazar, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.  Ms. Lazar is Concertmaster of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra and she also performs with the Richmond Chamber Players and Currents. She teaches violin at American University where she is a Musician in Residence.  She received a Doctorate of Music degree from the Catholic University of America.   She has recorded chamber music for the Klavier, Albany, North/South Consonance and Centaur labels and has been heard on National Public Radio’s Performance Today program ... “an unusually warm tone and a splendid legato”-Washington Post

 

Viola, Osman Kivrak, was a winner of the National Scholarship Competition in Turkey and the Baltimore Chamber Music Awards.  He also performs with the Richmond Chamber Players and with Currents and teaches at American University where he is a Musician in Residence. He has recorded chamber music for the Klavier label. He received a Doctorate of Music degree from the Catholic University of America. He has performed at the Spoleto Festival in the USA and Italy and he has toured Europe a number of times as a chamber music player.  In addition to performing, Mr. Kivrak composes and was the recent recipient of awards by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Maryland National Parks and Planning Commission ... "Exuberant and lyrical ... the duo played it as if they owned it, which indeed they do, and did a good job of selling its virtues." Joan Reinthaler, Washington Post

Pianist, Li-Ly Chang, has received many awards, grants, and has given recitals, performed concertos in Asia, Europe and the U.S. She had studied with Sacha Gorodnitzki, Leon Fleisher, Sequeira Costa, and Fernando Laires.  Her performances include the Dame Myra Hess Series, Carnegie Recital Hall, Kennedy Center, Trinity Church Series, Shriver Hall and Strathmore Center. "The performance of her Capriccio was fun and infectious" Kennedy Center on line review ... "Ms. Chang performs sensitively with expert technique, emotional expressiveness and a firm sense of partnership"—The Washington Post. 

Program: 8 pieces  for violin , viola & piano, by Max Bruch, Piano Trios in E flat major, K. 498 by W.A. Mozart," Uzun Hava" for violin and viola (based on a style of Turkish folk song) by Osman Kivrak and Duo in G major for violin and viola Duo, K. 423 by W.A. Mozart



Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

Trio Delights(.pdf)

Atlantic Guitar Quartet is a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to promoting the music of living composers.  Through virtuosic performances, innovative programing and collaborations with other visual and performing artists, AGQ has broadened the repertoire for – and the definition of – the classical guitar quartet.

In this concert, they will also include some traditional Quartet music by Brouwer, Satie, Josquin Des Prez, Arvo Part and Holiday favorites.

Each of the four members, Mark Edwards, Kevin Shannon, Zoe Johnstone Stewart and Jonathan Zwi, have enjoyed extensive solo performing and teaching careers since receiving advanced degrees from the Peabody Conservatory.   As a group, AGQ has performed as part of the Evolution Contemporary Music series and the Spring Stage Performances series, and at Salisbury University, York College of Pennsylvania, Harford Community College and the Jordan Faye Contemporary Art Gallery.  They have been artists-in-residence at the Engineers Club of the Garret-Jacobs Mansion in Baltimore since 2010.   In addition to their performances, the quartet has also been invited to teach master classes and workshops at Salisbury University and the Mid Atlantic Guitar Ensemble Festival.

AGQ has been proactive in expanding the repertoire of the classical guitar quartet by commissioning new works.  With major institutional support by the Presser Foundation and the Peabody Conservatory, AGQ has premiered pieces by American composers David Smooke, Christopher Gainey and Ronald Pearl.   These works, along with music by composer Olivier Bensa and Arvo Pärt, are featured on the quartet’s debut CD. 

Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Avenue, Silver spring, MD 20910

Atlantic Guitar (.pdf)

KATHERINE MURDOCK, violist, is recognized as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. She has performed throughout the world with such groups as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Chamber Music Society, and the Mendelssohn String Quartet, of which she was a member for seven years. As a participant in the Marlboro Festival, she has toured with Music From Marlboro and performed on their fortieth anniversary concerts. S Ms. Murdock is now Associate Professor at the University of Maryland;  As a teacher she has given master classes throughout the US, Turkey, and Taiwan. She is currently a member of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and the Left Bank Concert Society of DC. When not teaching or performing, she enjoys spending time with her husband and thirteen year old daughter.

Mark Hill has earned a wide reputation as an oboe and English horn soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, recording artist and teacher.  In the symphonic world he has been invited to perform with the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, the Orchestra of the Academy of St.-Martins-in-the-Fields, Orpheus, the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. He was for many years a member of the New York Chamber Symphony and is currently principal oboe of the National Philharmonic, with whom he has recently featured as soloist on Mozart’s Oboe Concerto, Bach’s Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin, and Bach Brandenburg Concer He has recorded on at least nine major labels and was English horn soloist on the Grammy-nominated Angel recording of Copland's Quiet City and Music for the Theater with Gerard Schwarz and the New York Chamber Symphony.  

Mr. Hill is currently Professor of Oboe  at the University of Maryland School of Music; he has also taught at Ithaca College, the Mannes College of Music, Columbia University,  and the State University of New York at Purchase.

Pianist, Composer Li-Ly Chang - “She is an expert partner in the Poulenc Violin Sonata, the ensemble showed expert technique, emotional expressiveness and a firm sense of partnership” -Washington Post.She was a music  panelist with Maryland State Arts Council and director of International Young Artist Piano Competition. Compositions premiered at Kennedy Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Strathmore Mansion, Chamber Music Foundation and World Pedagogy Conference.

program: Bach g minor Trio Sonata (from BWV 528), Robert Kahn Serenade, op. 73  for oboe, viola and piano, Brahms E flat sonata for viola and piano, Hanson Pastorale for oboe and piano, etc.

Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

Trio Serenade flier (.pdf)

Atlantic Reed Consort strives to bring chamber music to a broad audience in an unexpected format. A quintet comprised of all reed instruments, the Atlantic Reed Consort's cutting edge sound and style embraces the experimental, as well as adding a new twist to the likes of Bach, Vivaldi and Debussy. The Atlantic Reed Consort's instrumentation of Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone and Bassoon lends a fresh new sound to the quintet medium. They promote chamber music through educational clinics and recitals for children, teens and collegiate level musicians, as well as public outreach concerts for audiences of all ages.

Emily Snyder, oboe

Brooke Emery, clarinet

Jeremy Koch, saxophone

John Romano, bass clarinet

Eddie Sanders, bassoon

Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Avenue, Silver spring, MD 20910

Atlantic Reed Consort (.pdf)