JASCHA HEIFETZ SYMPOSIUMof Individual Style

Celebrates 21 years!!

Sherry Kloss, Founder & Director

Final Participants Concert - 1Monday, June 30, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

Evans Hall, Connecticut College

OPEN TO PUBLIC

Legacy ofIndividual Style

P R O G R A M

Sonata in E Minor (Allegro) Mozart Rondino Beethoven/Heifetz Amelia Darwazeh, John Guarino, Piano

Sonata No. 3 in D Major (Allegro molto) Beethoven Estrellita Ponce/Heifetz Nicole Shue, Liz Seidel, Piano, Li-Pi Hsieh, Piano

Sonata No. 4 in A Minor (Andante scherzoso, piu Allegretto) Beethoven Daisies Rachmaninoff/Heifetz Navroz Karkaria, Liz Seidel, Piano

Sonata Op. 13 “Pathetique” (Adagio cantabile) Beethoven General Lavine – Excentric (Preludes, Book II) Debussy Noah Shafner

Sonata in A Major (Allegretto poco mosso) Franck Malaguena Op. 21 Sarasate/Heifetz Ian Kaminski, Liz Seidel, Piano

Sonata No. 5 in F Major (Allegro) Beethoven Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair Foster/Heifetz Paulo Cury, Liz Seidel, Piano, Sherry Kloss, Piano

Concerto Op. 61 (Allegro ma non troppo) Beethoven March Op. 33 (from Love of Three Oranges) Prokofieff/Heifetz Nate Robinson, Li-Pi Hsieh, Piano

Final Participants Concert - 1Monday, June 30, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

B I O G R A P H I E S

HENRY AYANNA Somerville, MA began playing the violin at age 5 as a Suzuki student of Sally Martin. Currently he is a pupil of Emil Altschuler (pupil of Erick Friedman), a member of the JH legacy family. He enjoys chamber music and string orchestra at New England Conservatory Prep Division, Boston, MA.

NOAH SHAFNER New London, CT, has been studying the piano for seven years, harpsichord for one year with John Metz and composition with Art Krieger. He enjoys all areas of classical music and has participated in the Heifetz Symposium for four years. He would like to thank Ms. Kloss for assisting him and making him useful as a collaborative pianist.

JESSE SILVA COSTA Brasilia, Brazil has been playing the violin for three and a half years at the University of Brasilia with Nadia Nedialkova. He would like to thank the Symposium for this opportunity.

DEVON FOX Cherry Valley, CA 17 years old, studies with Bonnie Bell and Jeanne Skrocki. He is a freshman at the University of Redlands and loves the infinite possibilities that four strings can bring.

NAVROZ J. KARKARIA Pittsburgh, PA came to USA from India in 1960, exactly a week before his 25th birthday. He got his MS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Mellon University). He is grateful to Ms. Kloss for allowing him to come as close to Mr. Heifetz as is now possible, by participating in the Jascha Heifetz Symposium and meeting several people associated with Mr. Heifetz.

PAULO CURY Brasilia, Brazil began his studies on the violin at the age of 14. He is in the College in Brasilia, where he lives and studies violin with Patricia Mello.

LAURA EVANS Redlands, CA began playing the violin at the age 2. She is a junior at the University of Redlands studying with Jeanne Skrocki.

ANDRES KEYMOLENT Fontana, CA has been playing violin for 17 years. His former instructor was Bonnie Bell, and is currently studying with Jeanne Skrocki. He holds a Bachelors of Music in Education.

EMILY UEMATSU Tenafly, NJ started the violin at the age of 4 and is now 21 years old. She is a recent graduate of Chapman University studying with William Fitzpatrick, and continues further study with Paul Kantor at Rice University in the fall. Emily has been coming to the institute since she was 10.

KIMBERLEE DRAY Bentonville, AR happily holds her own as the “whatever” of vio-lin playing, studying with any and all of the patient few who don’t kick her out after the first five minutes. The exhaustive search for such persons has resulted in a lifelong relationship with the violin and grateful association with the sainted faculty of JHS.

KYLE J. DENISON Victorville, CA has been playing the violin for 13 years and is currently studying with Jeanne Skrocki. He will be attending the University of Redlands this fall as a freshman.

IAN KAMINISK Henderson, NV has been studying the violin for 8 years. His most and recent teachers are Jerry Pence and Jeanne Skrocki. Ian is a sophomore at the University of Redlands.

ALICIA WILLIAMS Big Bear, CA has been playing the violin for 7 years under Bonnie Bell and Alex Russell and will be attending Azusa Pacific University this fall as a freshman in violin performance.

ERIC JOHNSON Goiania, Brazil and has been playing the violin for 9 years.

TAWNY WILLIAMS Big Bear, CA is currently studying the violin under Bonnie Bell and Alex Russell. She has been playing for 8 years and will be attending Azusa Pacific University.

NICOLE SHUE El Centro, CA has been playing the violin for 4 years. She is concertmaster of her orchestra and performs in the Imperial Valley Symphony. She enjoys participating in various recitals and competitions and has been attending the Symposium for 3 years.

JOHN GUARINO Tappan, NY His major teachers have been Joey Corpus, David Nadien, and Malcolm Lowe. Recent performance highlights include concerts with the Portland Symphony, the Albany Symphony, and the Cape Cod Symphony, and concert appearances with the New Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brookline Symphony.

AMELIA DARWAZEH Devore, CA has been studying the violin for 7 years with Barbara Sternfield and Bonnie Bell. She participates in the University of Redlands Youth Orchestra and Claremont Orchestra.

NATE ROBINSON Northampton, MA studied at Manhattan School of Music and Yale University with Erick Friedman and has been studying the violin for 24 years.

DENIS DE MATTOS Brasilia, Brazil has been playing the violin for 19 years. His teachers are Egon Francisco de Mattos and Wolfram Konig.

B I O G R A P H I E S

“Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle

that makes music fascinating to me.” — Jascha Heifetz

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS 2014Guarnerius $2500+

Alexander Fondak, MD, Kokomo, IN

Tononi $1000+Lucina Ball Moxley, Indianapolis, INWilliam Blair Foundation and Gorman Cook, Chicago, ILProfessor Luiz (Hartt School of Music) & Bridget de Moura

Castro, CT & Ipanema, Rio de JaneiroDavid & Lyndi Sayler, Medford, ORHerbert Kloss, MD, Mercer Island, WABrasilia, Brazil JHS Scholarship for Brazilian young artist participant

EMB – Escola de Música de Brasília; OSTNCS – Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro; UnB – Universidade de Brasília; Daniel Marques dos Santos, EMB; Cristiane Szinwelski, student; Egon Francisco de Mattos, EMB and OSTNCS; Gidesmi Alves, OSTNCS; Norma Parrot, OSTNCS; Augusto Guerra Vicente, OSTNCS; Antoine Espagno, OSTNCS; Norma Lilian Marques, OSTNCS; Edson Araújo, OSTNCS; Simone Mesquita Obando, EMB and OSTNCS; Rodolfo Borges, EMB and OSTNCS; Mario Romanini, OSTNCS; Adauto da Silva Moreira, OSTNCS; Daniel Cunha Rego, OSTNCS; Denise Gomes, EMB and OSTNCS; Manoel Carvalho, EMB and OSTNCS; Joaldo Barreto, OSTNCS; Jadiel Lima, EMB and OSTNCS; Luciana Morato, EMB and OSTNCS; Luciano Piva, OSTNCS; Romana de Castro, student; Roberta Lima, student; Lusia de Fátima Bontempo; Domingos Sálvo Lima; Jean Carlo Castanho, student; Juarez Oliveira, OSTNCS; Hari Sweitzer, UnB and OSTNCS; Ester Chung, OSTNCS.

Myrna Kloss Backal Memorial ScholarshipCharles Brown DDS, Poulsbo, WAMuriel Mikelsons, Indianpolis, INEugene & Martina Moebius, Indianapolis, INSetsuko Nagata, New York, NYNancy Rubenstein Messham, Pittsburgh, PAJanae Polish, Venice, CAJanine Dillon, Pittsburgh, PA

Violin-Piano-Chamber-Music Friend $500Fragasso Financial Advisors, Pittsburgh, PADavid & Caila Hricisak, Pittsburgh, PA

Friends Ruttan McCammon Agency: All State, Muncie, IN; Fairfax Abraham Violins, Springdale, ARK; Johnson String Instrument: Newton Upper Falls, MA; First Merchants Bank: Jesse Burnette, Manager, Muncie, IN; Derek Wilson,First Merchants Investment Center, Muncie, IN; Ellis Hirshman, Heritage Insur-ance, Feasterville, PA; NY Violin Consulting, David Bonsey, New York, NY; Merrill Lynch, Ian Rogers, Portland, OR; Michael Ricci, Kokomo, IN; Navroz Karkaria, Pittsburgh, PA; Anonymous.

In Kind DonationsConnecticut College, Mark McCormick, Greer Music Library, Marilyn Burnett; Carl Fischer Inc, New York, NY; Jascha Heifetz Society; Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa; Sarjit Rattan, CT; Debra Uematsu, NJ; University of Redlands School of Music, Dr. Andrew Glendening, Dean; Southwest Strings.

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