[NEohioPAL]Free Music Faculty Recital at the Beck Center on November 12

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

November 1, 2006

For more information:

Judi Votypka (216) 228-2800

Yvette Hanzel (216) 521-2540, ext. 225

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The Beck Center for the Arts

Proudly Presents

Music Faculty Recital -  Solos

November 12, 2006

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Lakewood, Ohio -The Beck Center for the Arts is proud to present a free
music faculty recital on Sunday, November 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the
Music-Armory Recital Hall. =20

The recital will feature solos by the following members of the Beck
Center Music Department faculty - Patricia Knox (violin & viola), B.
Neil Davis (bass-baritone), Berdie d'Aliberti (piano), Bruce Erwin
(violin), Ronald Palka (piano), and Coren Mino (piano).  These talented
musicians will perform compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Faure, Vaughn
Williams, and other classical composers.

These instructors are part of the excellent Beck Center Music Department
faculty.  In addition to Music education, the Beck Center's Arts
Education Program also offers instruction in creative arts therapies,
dance, theater, and visual arts that allows students of all ages to
build a solid foundation in developing their artistic and creative
skills, as well as cultivating some basic life skills.  The Beck Center
Conservatory Programs, in Music and Theater, are unique and intensive
courses of study that offer college preparatory instruction, as well as
performance opportunities designed for serious students and those who
are planning to attend college as Music, Theater or Music Theater
majors.

"Each Beck Center faculty recital provides an opportunity for the
community to hear a variety of pieces from a diverse repertoire," says
Ed Gallagher, Beck's Director of Education and Creative Arts Therapies.
"Our faculty members, with their distinctive styles and varied
backgrounds, provide the audience with a recital experience sure to
capture the ear of many."

Programming at the Beck Center is made possible through the generous
support of The Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, The
John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, and Cox Communications.

This faculty recital is free and open to the public.  It will take place
at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 12 in the Music-Armory Building at the
rear of the Beck Center campus.  The Beck Center is located just 10
minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
Convenient on-site parking is available.=20

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ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:

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PATRICIA KNOX, violin & viola, has degrees from the Peabody
Conservatory, John Hopkins University and the University of Akron.  She
has taught music in the Cleveland Municipal Schools, and was a strings
artist in residence at Cleveland School of the Arts.  She has served as
principal violist of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.  She currently
teaches as a string specialist at Lakewood High School and is a member
of the Ashland Symphony.

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B. NEIL DAVIS, bass-baritone, holds degrees from Kent State University.
He has taught voice at Cleveland State University and is a member of
MTNA, OMEA, CDA, and NATS.  He is the former Director of Choral Music
Activities at Lakewood  High School.

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BERDIE d'ALIBERTI, piano, holds degrees in music from Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory and the University of North Carolina.  She maintains
continued study with the renowned accompanist and coach, John Wustman.
She has held positions as Coordinator of Collaborative Piano Studies at
B-W Conservatory, and as special lecturer in accompanying at the
University of Akron.  She is presently a staff accompanist at the Beck
Center and organist at First Church of Christ Scientist in Rocky River.

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BRUCE ERWIN, violin, holds degrees from the University of Iowa and
Baylor University. He has performed with Ia Or Questa Sinfonica de
Xalapa, Mexico and the Canton Symphony. He has taught at the Capital
Suzuki Institute, TCU Suzuki Institute, Texas and elXII Campamento
Musical Juvenil, Panama.  He was the winner of the 1997 and 1998 Ohio
Scottish Fiddling Championships.

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RONALD PALKA, piano, is a member of the piano and conservatory faculties
at the Beck Center. An active and versatile musician, he has performed
with Horizon Concerts in New York City and with Access to the Arts in
Cleveland. He has appeared as orchestral soloist with the Summer
Symphony Orchestra of Queens and with the Suburban Symphony Orchestra of
Beachwood. Upon completing his Master's Degree in Piano Performance from
the Manhattan School of Music, Palka spent a year in Brazil where he
served as instructor and pianist with the Music Foundation of Capao da
Canoa in Rio Grande do Sul. His students have been awarded competition
prizes with the Canton Symphony Orchestra and in OMTA's Composition
Competition. They have also given premiere performances (broadcast on
Cleveland's WCLV) of works written for them by members of the Cleveland
Composer's Guild. In addition to music, Palka holds a Master's Degree in
Library Science from Kent State University.=20

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COREN MINO, piano, studied with her father, Morton Estrin, and later
with Eunice Podis at the Cleveland Institute of Music. After graduating
from CIM, she made her home in the Cleveland area where she lives and
teaches today. Coren has performed in collaboration with her father in
recitals in Cleveland and New York. She is a frequent performer of music
written by contemporary Cleveland and Akron composers in concerts at the
Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Music School Settlement,
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Cuyahoga Community College, and Lorain
Community College where she has also taught. Coren's music may be heard
on two compact discs:  Frederick Koch Contrasts (Dimension Records) and
Riverside Academy of Music Presents Frederick Koch for Truemedia
Records, Ltd. Of her performance, the  Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote, "A
bit of spikiness can be found in Five Piano Preludes, which Coren Estrin
gives a vibrant workout."

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225<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Presents<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Music Faculty
Recital –  Solos<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>November 12, =
2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

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<st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State>
–The <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the Arts is proud to =
present
a free music faculty recital on Sunday, November 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the
Music-Armory Recital Hall.  <o:p></o:p>

The
recital will feature solos by the following members of the Beck Center =
Music
Department faculty – Patricia Knox (violin & viola), B. Neil =
Davis
(bass-baritone), Berdie d’Aliberti (piano), Bruce Erwin (violin), =
Ronald
Palka (piano), and Coren Mino (piano).  These talented musicians =
will perform
compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Faure, Vaughn Williams, and other =
classical
composers.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>These instructors
are part of the excellent Beck Center Music Department faculty.  In =
addition to
Music education, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s =
Arts
Education Program also offers instruction in creative arts therapies, =
dance,
theater, and visual arts that allows students of all ages to build a =
solid
foundation in developing their artistic and creative skills, as well as
cultivating some basic life skills.  The Beck Center Conservatory =
Programs, in Music
and Theater, are unique and intensive courses of study that offer =
college
preparatory instruction, as well as performance opportunities designed =
for
serious students and those who are planning to attend college as Music, =
Theater
or Music Theater majors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>"Each
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> faculty recital provides =
an
opportunity for the community to hear a variety of pieces from a diverse
repertoire,” says Ed Gallagher, Beck’s Director of Education =
and
Creative Arts Therapies.  “Our faculty members, with their =
distinctive
styles and varied backgrounds, provide the audience with a recital =
experience
sure to capture the ear of many.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Programming
at the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is made possible through =
the
generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund =
Foundation, The
John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, and Cox =
Communications.<o:p></o:p>

This
faculty recital is free and open to the public.  It will take place =
at 3:30
p.m. on Sunday, November 12 in the <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Music-Armory</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Building</st1:PlaceType> at the rear of the =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
campus.  The <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType> is located just 10 minutes west of =
downtown <st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City> at <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on">17801
 Detroit Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:City></st1:place>.  Convenient on-site =
parking is available. =
<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ABOUT THE =
MUSICIANS:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>PATRICIA =
KNOX,</span></font></b><i><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black;font-style:italic'> violin =
& viola,</span></font></i><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> has degrees from the Peabody
Conservatory, <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">John</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Hopkins</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>
and the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>
 of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Akron</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.  =
She has
taught music in the Cleveland Municipal Schools, and was a strings =
artist in
residence at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of the =
Arts. 
She has served as principal violist of the Cleveland Chamber =
Symphony. 
She currently teaches as a string specialist at <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">High =
School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and is a member of the Ashland Symphony.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

B. NEIL =
DAVIS, =
bass-baritone, holds degrees from <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.  He has taught =
voice at
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and is a member of MTNA, OMEA, CDA, and NATS.  He is the former =
Director
of Choral Music Activities at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:PlaceName> 
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">High =
School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>BERDIE =
d’ALIBERTI</span></font></b><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>, <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>piano</span></i>,
holds degrees in music from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and the =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of =
<st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">North Carolina</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.  She =
maintains
continued study with the renowned accompanist and coach, John =
Wustman. 
She has held positions as Coordinator of Collaborative Piano Studies at =
B-W
Conservatory, and as special lecturer in accompanying at the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Akron</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. 
She is presently a staff accompanist at the <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType> and organist at First =
Church of
Christ Scientist in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Rocky =
River</st1:City></st1:place>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

BRUCE =
ERWIN, violin,
holds degrees from the <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Iowa</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Baylor</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
He has performed with Ia Or Questa =
Sinfonica
de Xalapa, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and the Canton Symphony. He has taught at the Capital Suzuki Institute, =
TCU
Suzuki Institute, Texas and elXII =
Campamento
Musical Juvenil, Panama.  He was the winner of the 1997 =
and
1998 Ohio Scottish Fiddling Championships.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

RONALD =
PALKA,
piano, is a member of the piano and conservatory faculties at =
the <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
An active and versatile musician, he has performed with Horizon Concerts in <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">New
 York City</st1:City> and with Access to the Arts in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>. He has appeared as =
orchestral
soloist with the Summer Symphony Orchestra of Queens and with the =
Suburban
Symphony Orchestra of Beachwood. Upon completing his Master's Degree in =
Piano
Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, Palka spent a year in =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Brazil</st1:country-region> where he served as instructor =
and pianist
with the Music Foundation of Capao da Canoa in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Rio Grande</st1:City></st1:place> do Sul. His students have =
been
awarded competition prizes with the Canton Symphony Orchestra and in =
OMTA's
Composition Competition. They have also given premiere performances =
(broadcast
on <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>'s
WCLV) of works written for them by members of the Cleveland Composer's =
Guild.
In addition to music, Palka holds a Master's Degree in Library Science =
from <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. =
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COREN
MINO, piano,
studied with her father, Morton Estrin, and later with Eunice Podis at =
the
Cleveland Institute of Music. After graduating from CIM, she made her =
home in
the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
area where she lives and teaches today. Coren has performed in =
collaboration
with her father in recitals in <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City> and <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>. She =
is a
frequent performer of music written by contemporary Cleveland and =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Akron</st1:City> composers in concerts at the Cleveland =
Institute of
Music, the Cleveland Music School Settlement, Baldwin-Wallace =
Conservatory, <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType>,
and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Lorain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> where she has =
also
taught. Coren’s music may be heard on two compact discs:  =
Frederick Koch Contrasts =
(Dimension
Records) and Riverside Academy of =
Music
Presents Frederick Koch for Truemedia Records, Ltd. Of her
performance, the  Cleveland =
Plain
Dealer wrote, "A bit of spikiness can be found in =
Five Piano Preludes, which Coren =
Estrin
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