Janet Sung returns to perform Bach works with Fr. Sean Duggan

Janet Sung

Former SUNY Fredonia violinist Janet Sung will return to campus to present two concerts, featuring the complete works of J.S. Bach for violin and keyboards, with School of Music faculty member Father Sean Duggan, piano. The performances at Rosch Recital Hall will be given Wednesday and Thursday, March 7 and 8, at 8 p.m.

Featured works of the first concert include: Sonata No. 1 in B minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BVW, 1014; Sonata for E. minor for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023; Sonata No. 2 in A major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015; Suite in A major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1025; and Sonata No. 3 in E major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016.

The repertoire of the second concert consists of: Sonata No. 4 in C minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017; Sonata in G major for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021; Sonata No. 5 in F minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018; Sonata in F major for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1022; Fugue in G minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1026; and Sonata No. 6 in G major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019.

An internationally acclaimed virtuoso soloist, Sung is currently chair of strings and associate professor of violin at the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago and also a member of the faculty of The Juilliard School. She has performed with leading orchestras and given recitals around the world. Her solo performances have been regularly aired on radio and television, both in the United States and abroad.

After graduating with honors with degrees in Music and Anthropology from Harvard University, Sung received a full scholarship to study at The Juilliard School. She plays on a 16th century Maggini violin crafted in Italy and is a highly sought after artist-teacher and regularly conducts master classes at major conservatories throughout the country
Duggan, OSB, associate professor of Piano at SUNY Fredonia, is a monk of St. Joseph Abbey in Louisiana. Before joining the Benedictine order, he was a pianist and assistant chorus master with the Pittsburgh Opera Company and taught piano at the University of Michigan. He also currently serves on the faculty of the Golandsky Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. Duggan is a two-time winner of the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition for Pianists and, in 2000, performed the complete cycle of Bach’s keyboard works eight times in American and European cities.

Duggan obtained music degrees from Loyola University and Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s in Theology from Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans. From 1988 to 2001 he taught music, Latin and religion at St. Joseph Seminary College in Louisiana and was director of music and organist at St. Joseph Abbey.