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<DIV>Dear neohiopal, </DIV>
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<DIV> 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. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, </DIV>
<DIV> Mark Greer </DIV></FONT></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM><FONT size=5>LAURA MELTON, pianist</FONT></EM></STRONG></FONT><BR><STRONG>Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255644489_0 class=yshortcuts>Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 3:00 p.m</SPAN>.</STRONG><BR> <BR></DIV>
<DIV>The Recital includes:<BR> <BR>Variations in F Minor <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255644489_1 class=yshortcuts>Haydn<BR>Variations on a Theme</SPAN> by Handel, Op.24 Brahms<BR><SPAN id=lw_1255644489_2 class=yshortcuts>Scarlatti</SPAN> Cadences & Brainstorm (1994-1996) <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand"
id=lw_1255644489_3 class=yshortcuts>Sebastian Currier</SPAN><BR>Sonata (1988) Sebastian Currier<BR></DIV>
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<P style="PADDING-TOP: 0pt" class=paragraph_style><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px" class=style_1>Laura Melton, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at </SPAN><A title=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/index.html href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/index.html">Bowling Green State University</A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px" class=style_1>, 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. <BR></SPAN></P>
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<P class=paragraph_style><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px" class=style_1>Melton is an avid chamber musician and performs across the United States as a member of the</SPAN><A title=Phoenix_Piano_Quartet.html href="http://mustec.bgsu.edu:16080/~lmelton/mustec.bgsu.edu/Phoenix_Piano_Quartet.html"> Phoenix Piano Quartet. </A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px" class=style_2>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<EM>, Of Musique, Poetrie, Art, and Love</EM>, has been released on Naxos as part of the American Masterworks Series. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px" class=style_2><STRONG> </STRONG><BR></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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