Wind Ensemble features two guest artists March 8

Christine Davis Mantai

The SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Paula Holcomb, will present its first concert of the spring semester on Saturday, March 8, at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus.  Featured soloists on the program are Fredonia violin professor, Janet Sung, and Fredonia percussion music major, Doug Feig.  The event is free and open to the public.

Praised by Maestro Leonard Slatkin in The Pittsburgh Press, as a "major musical personality" for her "blending of bravura technique with a logical sense of musical style," violinist Janet Sung joins the Wind Ensemble for a performance of Kurt Weill’s Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12, composed in 1924. 

A senior at SUNY Fredonia where he is completing a double major in Music Education and Percussion Performance, Mr. Feig is a native of West Nyack, N.Y.  He is the featured soloist for Paul Creston’s Concertino for Marimba and Band, Op. 21b, written in 1940.

The concert also includes Nigel Clarke’s “Samurai,” J.S. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 65,” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.”

Ms. Sung has given recitals throughout the U.S. as well as internationally, including performances in Lausanne, Switzerland (recorded by Radio Suisse Romande), Queenstown, New Zealand (broadcast on Radio New Zealand), and Odense, Denmark. She has been on faculty at The Juilliard School as the Starling/Delay Institute Fellow and has given master classes across the United States, including the Hartt Conservatory and Harvard University. She is also an artist/faculty member of the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and the Hot Springs Music Festival.

Born in New York City, Ms. Sung began violin studies at the age of seven, made her public debut the following year, and orchestral debut at age nine, performing the Mozart Concerto No. 2 with the Pittsburgh Symphony and her own cadenzas. At age ten, she began private studies with renowned violin pedagogue Josef Gingold, continuing for the next ten years, even while attending Harvard University, graduating with honors with a double degree in anthropology and music. She was later invited to study with esteemed teacher, Dorothy DeLay, at The Juilliard School on a full scholarship. Ms. Sung also studied extensively with Masao Kawasaki, David Cerone, and Eugene Phillips. She plays on a c.1600 Maggini violin.

 
Mr. Feig is a senior at SUNY Fredonia where he is completing a double major in Music Education and Percussion Performance.  In his hometown of West Nyack, N.Y., Doug has been an active member in the performing arts, including timpanist for the Bergen Youth Symphony Orchestra, timpanist for "Opera in a Nutshell" performance of Tosca, vibraphone with the Rockland County All-Star Jazz Band and actor/singer/dancer with the Clarkstown Summer Theatre Festival.  While attending SUNY Fredonia, Mr. Feig has performed with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra, and the Western New York Percussion All-Stars.  Doug is a proud recipient of the Ted Frazer Percussion Scholarship. He has performed and studied with world renowned musicians including Karolyn Stonefelt, Bernard Woma, John Bacon, Tiffany Nicely, David Kayne, Ian Finkel, Arthur Lipner, and Howard Van Hyning.  Upon graduating from SUNY Fredonia, Doug wishes to continue on to graduate school, pursuing his interests in chamber and ensemble literature. The soloist is a student of Dr. Karolyn Stonefelt.
 

 

 

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