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"Classics for Kids" Howland Center Concert to Feature Alpin Hong, pianist
On Saturday, March 31, 2007, the Howland Cultural Center will present its third concert in the "Classics for Kids" 2006- 2007 series at 3pm. This concert will be one of two presented this spring featuring a Master Class following each concert performance.
Alpin Hong, pianist, was the first prize winner in the 2001 Concert Artists Guild Competition and received the McGraw-Hill Companies' 2005 Robert Sherman Award for Music Education. During a whirlwind 2004-05 season encompassing ninety-five concerts and seventy outreach events across the United States, pianist Alpin Hong has earned the reputation as a modern day pied piper for his ability to communicate his enthusiasm for music. Opening the ears, eyes and imaginations of over seventy thousand Americans, he introduced audiences young and old to the power of Stravinsky, the delicacy of Debussy, the clarity of Bach, and the exuberance of Gershwin.
Recent performance highlights include the 50th anniversary celebration of Merkin Concert Hall, recitals at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre and Royce Hall at UCLA, Purdue University Convocations in Lafayette, Indiana, the Frick Arts Centre in Pittsburh, the Kansas City Friends of Chamber Music, Market Square Concerts in Pennsylvania and concertos with Orchestra X in Houston, the Greeley Philharmonic and the Indian River Symphony. International engagements include recitals at the Hoam Arts Center in Seoul, Korea, Panama's Asociacion Nacional de Concietos and a Concerto engagement with the Korean Broadcast Symphony (KBS).
Alpin Hong is a native of Michigan. He completed his Master's degree as a student of Jerome Lowenthal at The Juilliard School. A resident of New York City, Jr. Hong further demonstrated his commitment to music education in the fall of 2005 as curator of "Kitchen Sink Music After School," an artist-in-theschools program in Harlem.
Following the concert, Mr. Hong will conduct a master class for young pianists in the Hudson Valley area critiquing and making suggestions for the young musicians The master class is a well-established technique in the world of classical music in which a prominent musician listens to a student play a piece that he has prepared. The musician then makes comments, both positive and negative, to the student about his performance and suggests ways in which he might improve. This whole process takes place publiclyy, with other students observing, and often with an additional audience who do not perform. The master class is not a substitute for lessons with a regular teacher, but can often provide the student with a valuable second viewpoint.
This season "Classics for Kids" is pleased to conduct master classes for piano students (March) and for cello students (April). The two master classes are supported by a grant from the Howland Chamber Music Circle. All children attend these concerts free, but they must be accompanied by an adult, who may bring as many children as they wish for one $10 adult ticket.
The concerts start promptly at 3pm. For further information and/or directions, please call the Howland Cultural Center at (845) 831-4988. The Center is located at the east end of Main Street (477) in Beacon.
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