CONCERT & LUNCHEON PHOTOS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018
11:00 a.m.
FEATURING THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST
NANCY F. WALKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
GREENACRES ARTS CENTER
8255 Spooky Hollow
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Organ Selections by Donald Hurd
Judy Martin, Matinée Musicale Administrative Director welcomed everyone to this bonus concert at Greenacres Arts Center. Carter Randolph, Greenacres Foundation President, and Jackie Quay, Greenacres Arts Education Director, also spoke.
Nancy Bailey, Matinée Musicale Scholarship Chair, thanked the members of the committee who helped to make the scholarship competition such a success. Many of the Scholarship winners were in attendance and four of the First Place winners performed, although two who were out of town had their video performances projected on a screen over the stage. The other winners received their awards and each spoke about their background and hopes for the future.
Mary Pennycuff, Matinée Musicale Membership Chair, talked about the benefits of joining the Club, and Donald Hurd, Matinée Musicale Program Chair, introduced the final performers, Matinée Musicale Club members Janelle Gelfand, piano, and Larrie Howard, violin, with guest cellist Karen Kruse. Karen Kruse also played a movement of a Shostakovich Cello Sonata with Janelle Gelfand. Finally, Judy Martin talked about the exciting new season with five outstanding soloists, then invited everyone to a delicious luncheon downstairs.
PROGRAM
False Phillis.…………………arr. Wilson
Du bist wie eine Blume.…Franz Liszt
Reed Gnepper, baritone Susan Herman, piano
La Dance de Syphes……Felix Godefroid
Janna Young, harp
Lágrimas mias…………….Pedro Miguel Marqués
Ah, love, but a day! ……….Amy Beach
Sarah DeMoor, soprano (video on YouTube)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso….Camille Saint-Saëns
Christina Nam, violin (video on YouTube)
Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 49………..Felix Mendelssohn
First Movement: Molto allegro ed agitato
Janelle Gelfand, piano Larrie Howard, violin Karen Kruse, cello
Sonata for Cello and Piano in d minor, Op. 40 ...Dmitri Shostakovich
Second Movement: Allegro
Karen Kruse, cello Janelle Gelfand, piano
WINNERS OF THE NANCY F. WALKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
High School Instrumental
1st Place Christina Nam (Violin)*
2nd Place Meagan Hipsky (Cello)
3rd Place Zachary Wuorinen (Double Bass)
High School Vocal
1st Place Reed Gnepper (Baritone)
2nd Place Lauren Maynus (Soprano)*
3rd Place Ishana Galgali (Mezzo)
College Instrumental
1st Place Janna Young (Harp)
2nd Place Phillip Palmore (French Horn)
3rd Place Natalie Orth (Violin)
College Vocal
1st Place Sarah DeMoor (Soprano)*
2nd Place Grant Jackson (Baritone)
3rd Place Claudia Neff (Soprano)
* Not able to attend event.
Photography by Gayna Bassin.
