She is a grand-prix winner of the Russian National Orchestra Competition in 2021. Details. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), The next performance in The Monday Afternoon Chamber Series at the Monroe Township Library is scheduled for April 6, 2020. My grandfather of sorts took me on a little sailing trip where we would stop in marinas along the way, sailing up from Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay, he recalls. Essentially a makeshift concert stage built into a moving truck, the mobile stage will provide unusual and unique classical piano music experiences over the course of the festival and provide an obvious avenue for more casual or curious listeners to drop in and experience the music. Get the latest updates right in your inbox. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com), Audience members applaud a Chamber Concert of Traditional Chinese Music at the Monroe Township Public Library. Peabody Institute sound and video recordings, PIRG-13-01. 4545 North Charles Street Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Dustin has made several successful appearances at national and international competitions. He is also a co-founder of OurConcerts.live that produced and streamed more than 300 concerts during the pandemic and continues to provide access to live music to audiences around the world. Two years ago, the couple converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and a piano. Since then, The Concert Truck has toured across the country, presenting concerts in city streets, music and arts festivals, schools, neighborhoods, parks anywhere you can think to park a truck. Read moreTo-Do List (Feb. 22-28): Patrick Davis comes to town, SC State Museum celebrates hip-hop. 1. The Concert Truck launched in April 2016, giving eight performances in five days throughout the city of Columbia, SC. The idea was born out of the two musicians experience in the Spark Collective,a collaborative, multi-genre graduate student ensemble at the University of South Carolina, and the SAVVY music entrepreneurship experience at the school. Dustin Zhao began taking piano lessons with Professor Olga Bornovalova at the age of 5. She says the group also has a Chinese name, which translated means "long wind" and with good reason. Vivian Yee, of Richboro, Pa is at right. Montero is also an award-winning and bestselling recording artist. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com), Herbert Kuehne, of Monroe Township, talks with musician Wang Junling, right. The best result we found for your search is Susan Elaine Zhang age 50s in Carlisle, MA. In this week's to-do list, the SC State Museum hosts First Sunday at the Museum and Jesus Christ Superstar hits the Koger Center. 3400 North Charles Street The Sheridan Libraries Susan Zhang, Piano, 2018 April 22. "We do a lot of accessible music that's not too long," Zhang says. Rice Music lent them a piano for a while before they were able to purchase one, and they leaned on a variety of collaborators, including School of Music alum Alex Davis and John Hunsinger, stage manager for the South Carolina Philharmonic, for technical assistance and know-how. Winner of the 4th International Beethoven Award, Montero is a committed advocate for human rights, whose voice regularly reaches beyond the concert hall. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Part of our responsibility is to help people feel open to it.. This summer, the group outfitted and repainted a newly acquired vehicle that is being broken in on a trip that included stops at music camps in the Washington area Monday and Tuesday, and continues Wednesday with performances for the Children's Home in Catonsville and Baltimore Outreach Services. It has received awards, fellowships, and grants for social innovation and creativity in music. Kuehne added, "I was very impressed with the music, which I didn't know if I was going to like it or not because it's so different. By the end of the 30-minute performance, the crowd was screaming like Drake was on stage. It has received awards, fellowships, and grants for social innovation and creativity in music. She also holds scholarships from YerazArt Foundation, Foundation Artis Futura, and from the Armenian Assembly. Some of his successes include being the grand prize winner for intermediate level at 2019 Carmel Klavier international piano competition, the 1st place winner for Steinway Chicago junior piano competition division II . This led to a scholarship from the government to study privately in the USA and then at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Hamish Milne. Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 USA, Carnival of the Animals (Free to enjoy anytime! Dazzling was found on April 2018 by Susan Zhang. "What we're doing is being guests in other people's space. Susan has 5 jobs listed on their profile. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musician Wang Junling, right, shows her instrument, zheng, to concert-goers after the performance. Find NJ.com on Facebook. . Cleveland Newsletter. Alumni; Awardees. Both Susan and Nick are prize-winning performers and passionate music educators. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Susan Chang founded Music from China in 1984.. All rights reserved (About Us). In the 2020-2021 season, The Concert Truck partnered with the Kennedy Centers Washington National Opera, Virginia Arts Festival, University of South Carolina, Southeastern Piano Festival, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra to deliver music to their local communities. "People who don't know classical music can hear something fun.". Arthur Friedheim Library But traditional concert halls can sometimes feel exclusive, she says, owing to pricey tickets and complicated rules of etiquette, such as how to dress or when to clap. 1, the Latin Concerto, was first performed at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with the MDR Sinfonieorchester and Kristjan Jrvi, and subsequently recorded and filmed with the Orchestra of the Americas for the ARTE Konzert channel. Nick, Susan, and the Truck have been featured by Voice of America VOA, Minnesota Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, WYPR Maryland, and many local TV news stations and online publications and syndicates. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. During intermission, Susan Lewis speaks with Haochen Zhang and Yannick, and Debra Lew Harder meets backstage with a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra's horn section, Shelley Showers, who plays both the horn and the Wagner Tuba in An Alpine Symphony. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musicians (from left) Wang Guowei on erhu; Sun Li on pipa and Wang Junling, on zheng. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musician Sun Li , right, speaks with concert-goers after the performance. 7 in A Major, Op. 1st David KotlerPiano (US) Teacher: Pavel Nersessian . Peabody Archives. Wang Junling, right, inherits the Henan style of zheng music from her family. Eva was also an ICMA Discovery Award winner at the 2019 International Classical Music Awards. As in her own work, she encourages her students to explore their own backgrounds and fosters empowerment through deep authenticity. The Concert Truck, founded in 2016 by concert pianists Susan Zhang and Nick Luby, is a mobile concert stage that brings classical chamber music directly to communities. Join Facebook to connect with Susan Zhang and others you may know. Sun Li graduated from the Shenyang Music Conservatory where she studied pipa and was a member of the Central Song and Dance Ensemble in Beijing. And at the end of the concert, the kids were swarming us and asking for autographs, which is kind of wild. Peabody Institute Pit stop purchases: Dark chocolate and sour cream and onion Pringles. The Sheridan Libraries Alumni. ", On the Road Again Track the Concert Truck's whereabouts, Performance blooper reel: "We had many public failuresfrom stumbling through words, to banging my head on the cab door, to equipment malfunctionsbefore we figured out how to do things reliably and consistently.". Pianist Susan Zhang, Peab '18 (GPD), describes music as a gathering place. Susan Zhang, Piano, 2017 October 2. Susan Chang founded Music from China in 1984. The road trip moves on next to the Midwest. Campus & Housing; Compeer Program; About the Innovation Institute. When teaching the piano, she believes that training a student's sight singing and dictation plays a key role in enhancing a student's music comprehensive ability. Barcarolle - Faur . Peabody Institute sound and video recordings, PIRG-13-01. "It sort of took off from there.". I thought how great it would be to have a piano around. Banner & website photos by Sean Scheidt 2018-2020. Since then, The Concert Truck has toured across the country, presenting concerts in city streets, music and . "People were connecting to music through head phones," Luby says, "not live music. The mobility opens up a lot of doors and a lot of opportunities for new projects, programming things in spaces that we typically wouldnt have access to, Luby points out. Not just polite clapping and Bravos, but really cheering for more. She has already performed at major concert venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Hamburgs Laeiszhalle, the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory Great Hall, and KKL Lucerne. 2 and her first orchestral composition, Ex Patria, winning Montero her first Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album (Mejor lbum de Msica Clsica). Facebook gives people the power to. Thursday night's performance will be outside the dining spot R. House in Remington "It's one of my favorite places to eat," says Zhang, who is doing graduate studies at Peabody with the excellent pianist and teacher Boris Slutsky. Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Road trip soundtrack: "Depends on the mood. Shaker Heights, Additional highlights include a planned European tour with the City of Birmingham Symphony and Mirga Grainyt-Tyla; a second tour with the cutting edge Scottish Ensemble, this time with Monteros latest composition Babel as the centrepiece of the programme; her long-awaited return to Warsaw for the Chopin in Europe Festival, marking 23 years since her prize win at the International Chopin Piano Competition; and return invitations to work with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony, Jaime Martin and the Orquestra de Cadaqus for concerts in Madrid and Barcelona, and Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. We are committed to correcting and contextualizing these records as we identify them, and we invite you to contact us at specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu if you encounter harmful language in our finding aids or collections. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Sun Li on pipa (sometimes called the Chinese lute). The Concert Truck is a mobile music venue that strengthens communities by redefining the concert experience and making live music accessible to all. Michael Mancuso may be reached at mmancuso@njadvancemedia.com. Experience live music on the front steps of the BMA with Baltimore's own nationally recognized, award-winning mobile concert hall, The Concert Truck, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. "It feels like classical music is a bit of a niche," says prize-winning. Peabody Institute sound and video recordings, PIRG-13-01. At one recent performance, the pair rolled up to an elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, accompanied by the North Carolina Symphony. The Concert Truck visits a summer music camp. 92 . Eva also won First Prizes at the Chopin International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Szafarnia, Poland, and Portugals St. Cecilia International Piano Competition, and won the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition of Giuliano Pecar in Gorizia, Italy. (Sean Scheidt . Reference this page: https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184032, For guidance about how to search our finding aids: No fancy curtain to draw; just open up the truck's side and start playing. She and Nick always go in with the same program and spiel no matter where they are performing. "Sometimes, people don't feel comfortable," she says. The first song was titled "Melody of the Purple Bamboo. Weve had a lot of help along the way.. The school performances are particularly rewarding because the kids are really free. Anthony Tommasini remarked in The New York Times that Monteros playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely powersoulful lyricismunsentimental expressivity.. In 2018, after receiving an invitation from Sergei Babayan, Frydman began his studies with Antonio Pompa-Baldi at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her band, The Beatnik Playboys, have been playing and creating music together for over 15 years. Low near 65F. Since then, Zhang and Luby have temporarily said goodbye to their home base of Baltimore City to live on the road, making hundreds of stops along the way in Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, and beyond. 3400 North Charles Street Evgeny Kissin chose Eva Gevorgyan as a scholar of the 2020 Klavierfestival Ruhr. Her previous recording on Orchid Classics features Rachmaninovs Piano Concerto No. In addition to sharing original programming with local communities, The Concert Truck strengthens relationships between arts organizations and the communities they serve. Susan Zhang, Piano, 2017 October 2. She has performed with Music From China since 2002. She has extensive music education experience. Mailing Address: PO Box 774627 Reference this page: https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184354, For guidance about how to search our finding aids: But we are never really able to do that, says Zhang, an alumnus of the festival. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com), One of the featured musicians was Wang Guowei on erhu. Last November, they participated in the Party at the Polls on Election Day, performing for voters at Impact Hub on North Avenue. A master teacher whose students have won international competitions, Dr. Susan Chan serves as Professor of Piano and Piano Area Coordinator at Portland State University, and offers masterclasses worldwide. He won ten international prizes and serves regularly on juries of international competitions worldwide. Audiences can expect a colorful variety of virtuosic piano pieces by Chopin, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and contemporary Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin, known for his vivid jazz-influenced style. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The Sheridan Libraries It is an opportunity for the community of, The Baltimore Squeegee Boys- The new approach, Freddie Gray, Kurt Schmoke and Martin OMalley, Baltimores history of Corruption and Low Self Esteem Part 2 Owing politicians in the first half of the 20th Century, Baltimores history of Corruption and Low Self Esteem Part 1 The myth of Americas first railroad, The B&O. The Concert Truck is a mobile music venue that strengthens communities by redefining the concert experience and making live music accessible to everyone.. Impassioned by their love for music, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. Reference this page: https://archivesspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184354, For guidance about how to search our finding aids: Since its construction, The Concert Truck has been used in a variety of ways, including a multistate tour that pushed the limits of its mobility. Born in Venezuela, Montero started her piano studies at age four with Lyl Tiempo, making her concerto debut at age eight in her hometown of Caracas. 2 in C minor ? ", Musicians (from left) Wang Guowei on erhu; Sun Li on pipa and Wang Junling, on zheng. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu From the Series: . 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