[NEohioPAL] Pianist Laura Melton performs in Akron this Sunday

[Mark Greer]

Dear neohiopal, 

    I wanted to let everyone know that a wonderful pianist, Laura Melton, will be in performance this Sunday at the University of Akron School of Music.  I've included a copy of her bio. below, and I hope all who are available will attend. 

Thanks, 
   Mark Greer  
 
LAURA MELTON, pianist
Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
 

The Recital includes:
 
Variations in F Minor                                                  Haydn
Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op.24                    Brahms
Scarlatti Cadences & Brainstorm (1994-1996)            Sebastian Currier
Sonata (1988)                                                            Sebastian Currier


Laura Melton, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Bowling Green State University, has been a prize winner in several major international competitions including the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin, the New York Recital Division of the Joanna Hodges Competition and the National Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Competition. Melton also reached the semi-finals of the Orleans International Competition in France, the Concurso International de Ejecucion Musical in Chile and the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland. Her orchestral appearances include the Freiburg Musikhochschulorchester in Germany, the San Francisco Chamber Players, the International Chamber Orchestra in California, and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Her numerous appearances on radio and television include recordings for Südwestfunk Radio in Germany and appearances on National Public Radio's Performance Today  in
 celebration of the birthday of composers, John Corigliano and Samuel Adler.  


Melton is an avid chamber musician and performs across the United States as a member of thePhoenix Piano Quartet.  She has appeared in several United States summer festivals including Ravinia, Aspen, and Sarasota, as well as European festivals in Holland, Switzerland, and Germany. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, where she was a student of Nelita True; a master's degree from the University of Southern California, under John Perry; and a doctorate from Rice University, where she was a graduate fellow and teaching assistant to John Perry. As a student of Robert Levin, she spent three years in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, earning the Solistendiplom while studying at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. Her students have won numerous competitions and awards, and have been accepted into such prestigious programs as the Curtis Institute, Juilliard, Eastman, Oberlin, Peabody and the New England Conservatory. A
 graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Melton is currently a summer faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Prior to her BGSU appointment in 1999, Melton was on the faculty of the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California.  Her first CD recording of solo piano and chamber works of Samuel Adler, Of Musique, Poetrie, Art, and Love, has been released on Naxos as part of the American Masterworks Series.    



      
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