[NEohioPAL] Parma Symphony Orchestra Concert this Sunday, December 7th

Lin Flor via NEohioPAL neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
Fri Dec 5 21:49:56 PST 2014


The Parma SymphonyOrchestra will present a Holidayconcert on Sunday, December 7, 2014at 3:00 PM at Valley Forge High School Auditoriumlocated at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights. 

Music Director Dr. Randolph P. Laycock will present: Alexander Wasserman performing, FranzLiszt Piano Concerto #2 in A Major and A Collection of Traditional HolidayMusic  The orchestra, inits 46th season consists of 75 members of all walks of life from allover the entire Greater Cleveland area.  They meet weekly for rehearsalsand present at least four concerts annually.

General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniorcitizens.  Family passes of $20 are available for families of up to 2adults and their children.  All tickets are available at the doorbeginning at 2:30 PM. 

The Parma Symphony Orchestra is a self-supporting community orchestra incooperation with the Parma City Schools.  For more information can befound on Facebook or their web-site www.parmasymphony.org.  Hailed as a “sensitive and sophisticated artist,” pianist Alexander Wasserman is rapidlyestablishing himself as one of the most engaging performers of hisgeneration.  A recent prize winner of the Bauru/Atlanta piano competition,Dr. Wasserman maintains an active concert schedule, with recent recitalperformances in the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland,La Jolla, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Barbara andWashington, D.C. His performances are frequently broadcast on television andclassical radio stations throughout the country.As a concertosoloist, Dr. Wasserman has appeared with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic (CA),the New Valley Symphony (CA), the Suburban Symphony (OH), The Santa BarbaraChoral Society and Orchestra (CA), and the Parma Symphony (OH) in concertos byBeethoven, Liszt, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky. This season includesperformances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major with the DeKalb SymphonyOrchestra (GA), and The Parma Symphony. As an orchestra pianist, Dr. Wassermanappeared as a member of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestraunder the direction of Marin Alsop in the summer of 2014.  As a chambermusician, he frequently collaborates with members of the Atlanta SymphonyOrchestra, and has appeared as guest pianist with the Atlanta Chamber Players.A recent performance of Schubert’s “Trout” quintet with the Atlanta ChamberPlayers resulted in immediate re-engagement for the Brahms Piano Trio in CMajor. As a guest artist for the Atlanta Symphony’s “pre-concert chamberseries,” Dr. Wasserman was featured on stage at Atlanta Symphony Hall in aperformance of Loeffler’s “Two Rhapsodies” for Viola, Oboe, and Piano withAtlanta Symphony Principal Oboist, Elizabeth Koch-Tiscione and Violist, JessicaOudin. He has since been invited back to perform on the 2014-15 AtlantaSymphony pre-concert chamber music series.  Equallydedicated to the education of emerging talent, Dr. Wasserman is the recentlyappointed Artist-in-Residence at Reinhardt University (GA). He also served asProfessor of Piano at Youngstown State University (OH) shortly before his moveto Atlanta. He has given masterclasses at University of St. Thomas (MN), WestmontCollege (CA), Cleveland Music School Settlement (OH), Youngstown StateUniversity (OH), Kennesaw State University (GA), and Reinhardt University(GA).  Alexander Wasserman, a native of Los Angeles, began formal pianostudies with Suzanne Julian. He went on to receive degrees in Piano Performancefrom the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music (BM), theCleveland Institute of Music (MM), and the Peabody Institute of the JohnsHopkins University (GPD). Most recently, he completed the prestigious Doctor ofMusical Arts program in Piano Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music.His primary teachers include Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Yong-Hi Moon, Daniel Shapiro,and Antoinette Perry. Additional study with Paul Schenly and Sergei Babayan hasalso been of primary influence.  Dr. Wasserman currently resides inAtlanta, GA with his wife, Jessica Oudin, a member of the Atlanta Symphonyviola section. 
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