Orchestra concert
Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Valley Forge High School Auditorium located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights.
The orchestra, in its 47th
season consists of 75 members of all walks of life from all over the entire Greater Cleveland area. They meet weekly for rehearsals and present at least four concerts annually.
General admission
for each concert is $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Family passes of $20
are available for families of up to 2 adults and their children. All tickets are available at the door.
Hailed as a “sensitive and
sophisticated artist,” pianist Alexander Wasserman is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most engaging performers of his generation.
A recent prize winner of the Bauru/Atlanta piano competition, Dr. Wasserman maintains an active concert schedule, with recent recital performances in the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, La Jolla, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Barbara and Washington, D.C. His performances are frequently broadcast on television and classical radio stations throughout the country.
As a concerto soloist, Dr. Wasserman has appeared with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic (CA), the New Valley Symphony (CA), the Suburban Symphony (OH), The Santa Barbara Choral Society
and Orchestra (CA), and the Parma Symphony (OH) in concertos by Beethoven, Liszt, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky. This season includes performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (GA), and The Parma Symphony.
As an orchestra pianist, Dr. Wasserman appeared as a member of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop in the summer of 2014.
As a chamber musician, he frequently collaborates with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as guest pianist with the Atlanta Chamber Players. A recent performance
of Schubert’s “Trout” quintet with the Atlanta Chamber Players resulted in immediate re-engagement for the Brahms Piano Trio in C Major. As a guest artist for the Atlanta Symphony’s “pre-concert chamber series,” Dr. Wasserman was featured on stage at Atlanta
Symphony Hall in a performance of Loeffler’s “Two Rhapsodies” for Viola, Oboe, and Piano with Atlanta Symphony Principal Oboist, Elizabeth Koch-Tiscione and Violist, Jessica Oudin. He has since been invited back to perform on the 2014-15 Atlanta Symphony pre-concert
chamber music series.
Equally dedicated to the education of emerging talent, Dr. Wasserman is the recently appointed Artist-in-Residence at Reinhardt University (GA). He also served as Professor of Piano
at Youngstown State University (OH) shortly before his move to Atlanta. He has given masterclasses at University of St. Thomas (MN), Westmont College (CA), Cleveland Music School Settlement (OH), Youngstown State University (OH), Kennesaw State University
(GA), and Reinhardt University (GA).
Alexander Wasserman, a native of Los Angeles, began formal piano studies with Suzanne Julian. He went on to receive degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California’s
Thornton School of Music (BM), the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM), and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (GPD). Most recently, he completed the prestigious Doctor of Musical 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 has also been of primary influence.
Dr. Wasserman currently resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Jessica Oudin, a member of the Atlanta Symphony viola section.
The Parma Symphony Orchestra is a self-supporting community orchestra in cooperation with the Parma City Schools. For more information can be found on Facebook,
web-site
www.parmasymphony.org or calling Business Manager Joe Germana 440-882-2012.