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<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">Beck Center</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> Arts</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">nnounces</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=4>New Music Faculty Member</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=4>s</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">nd</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> presents a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=4>F</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=4>REE Music Faculty Recital</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000">October 11, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">Music-Armory Building</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT COLOR="#800000">Free and open to the</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT COLOR="#800000">public</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT COLOR="#800000">.</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I></I></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#800000">Lakewood, Ohio</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> – Beck Center for the Arts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">is pleased to welcome Cuban pianist, Javier Gonzalez, and jazz musician, Demetrius Steinmetz to its Music Department faculty. Both instructors have extensive performance backgrounds and will teach in the highly successful Beck Music Conservatory program as well as in the general studio program.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> Gonzalez and Steinmetz are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">currently</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">accepting new</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">music</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> students for private</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">instruction. To schedule private lessons, please contact the Beck Center Music Department at 216-521-2540 ext. 37. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">Gonzalez will perform with Beck faculty members – Peter Bush, Amy Hall, Tara Klein, and Ron Palka; and guest pianist, Nathan Carterette – at a Music Faculty Recital on Saturday, October 11 at 3:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music-Armory Building at the Beck Center. Composers represented on the program include Schumann, Granados, Lecuona, Moleiro, and Beck’s own composer in residence, Dr. Christopher Lee. Dr. Lee’s complete</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT COLOR="#800000">Sonata for Cello and Piano</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">(2008) will be premiered. This recital is free and open to the public. Beck Center for the Arts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT COLOR="#800000"></FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">is located just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free on-site parking is available.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">The Beck Center Music Department offers private lessons in voice, piano and all band and orchestral instruments. The Music Conservatory offers an opportunity for exceptional students to increase their level of education and prepare them for acceptance to the finest colleges and universities in the country. It is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000"> a unique and intensive course of study that offers college preparatory instruction, as well as performance opportunities. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#800000">In addition, the Music Department offers classes in voice, music theory, early childhood music, Suzuki violin, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. The Beck Center Youth Choirs program includes five separate choirs involving over 200 students from kindergarten through ninth grade. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">For more information about this recital or the Music program at the Beck Center, please call the Music Department at 216-521-2540, ext. 37 or ext. 38. A complete fall class catalog is available online at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.beckcenter.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#800000">www.beckcenter.org</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000">. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ABOUT THE FACULTY</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Peter Bush</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> baritone (voice) B.M. Ithaca College School of Music; M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music. Associate artist with Opera Cleveland on Tour. Member Cleveland Opera Chorus. Studied in Vienna, Austria. Member voice faculty Cuyahoga Community College, west campus. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Javier Gonzalez</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(piano) B.A. University of Arts in Havana, Cuba, pursued graduate studies at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Frequent local and international performer as a soloist and with various orchestras.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Amy Hall</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> soprano (voice) B.M. Voice and B.S. Music Education, Ball State University; M.M. University of Akron; P.S. Cleveland Institute of Music. Performs regularly in opera and with orchestra/instrumental groups. Associate artist with Cleveland Opera on Tour. Studied in Italy and Austria. Teaching experience with all ages. Studies with Mary Schiller.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tara Klein</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (cello) B.M. Cello Performance, University of Michigan, M.M. Cello Performance, University of Miami (Florida). Professional Studies Diploma, Cello Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music. Member of the Akron Symphony. Teachers include Richard Aaron, Ross Harbaugh, Anthony Elliott, Louis Potter, and Tanya Carey (Suzuki teacher training). Certified in the Suzuki cello method, also incorporates traditional pedagogy. Teaching experience includes all ages and levels.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ron Palka</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (piano) M.M. Performance, Manhattan School of Music; B.M., M.L.S. Kent State. Performance, Queens College, New York. Taught and performed locally, New York and Brazil. Solos with Parma Symphony, Suburban Symphony, Summer Symphony of Queens, Horizon Concerts, NYC and Access to the Arts, Cleveland. Students include prize winners in Canton Symphony and OMTA compositions. Music Director, Church of the Epiphany. Member of The Double Digit Piano Duo with pianist, Coren Estrin Mino. Member OMTA. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Demetrius Steinmetz</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(bass, electric bass, saxophone, jazz) M.M. Bowling Green State University. Faculty member of Cuyahoga Community College, freelance musician throughout Northeast Ohio with numerous jazz ensembles.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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