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| FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF KATHY STEWART PRESENT: A BENEFIT CONCERT JUNE 7, 2008 6pm SAINT COLUMBA’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH website: www.saintcolumba.net 939 James Burgess Road Suwanee, Georgia 30024 This concert includes various chamber music works for flute, strings and organ, with the sincere hope that the music will bring healing and generosity to assist Kathy during her fight with cancer and help her to find some relief from current fiscal burdens. THE CONCERT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A SPECIAL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN TO ASSIST KATHY |
| OLGA MC NEILL – FLUTE Olga V. McNeill graduated from Ippolitov-Ivanov College of Music in Moscow, Russia with the Honors Diploma (Bachelor of Arts in Music). Studied with Leonid Mironovich, now a professor at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts .She got Masters Degree from Ippolitov-Ivanov University of Music in Moscow, Russia. She also had Master's class in Flute at Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, Italy and at the University of Music in San Marino. Olga McNeill has had Master's classes in Flute with Jean Larson (student of Jean-Pierre Rampal), who is the first Flutist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Olga has also played as a soloist with the Martin String Quartet, the Corelli Strings Ensemble and performed with the Plano Symphony Orchestra. BENITO THOMPSON - VIOLIN Benito Thompson was recognized as the first recipient of the Deserving Young Artist award at age 13, He is now 15 and has achieved the status of concertmaster of the Emory University Youth Symphony. We are proud of his dedication, accomplishment and his motivation to share his love for music and joy with his community. This performance will serves as his official debut performing with professional musicians. Benito is truly a wonderful talent and a student of Adam Crane. ADAM CRANE – VIOLA Adam Crane is the artistic director of Crane ClassicalMusic Society and has enjoyed a successful, extensive and varied career in practically every aspect of the classical music profession. For more detailed biographical information please visit his web page. DANIEL HAHN - ORGAN Daniel Hahn serves as Organist and Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, in Suwanee, GA, a new parish of the Diocese of Atlanta. A native of Dearing, GA, he received degrees in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music and from Yale University. His organ teachers included Catherine Good, Keith Shafer, Michael Farris, Katherine Pardee, Hans Davidsson, Martin Jean, and William Porter (improvisation). In 2001, Daniel was the winner of the American Guild of Organists Atlanta Chapter Competition, and later that year, placed second in the AGO Region IV Competition. He has served churches of several denominations in Georgia, New York, and Connecticut. MARTHA BISHOP - CELLO As an experienced performer, Martha has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, K.E.M.P. (Knoxville Early Music Project), Harmonie Universelle, and the Atlanta Bach Choir. She has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Symphony in Bach's St. John Passion and Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Martha is past president of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and currently serves as the Musical Director of its annual Conclave. For more detailed biographical information please visit her web page. |
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| PROGRAM Includes: Mozart - Quartet in D Major for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello Carl Maria von Weber - Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Solo Viola and Organ Handel/Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin and Viola Fritz Kreisler - Recitative and Scherzo for Solo Violin Mozart Concerto for Flute with Organ Accompaniment |
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