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Tues., Jan. 26 8:00 pm

ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello INON BARNATAN, piano Program includes works by Beethoven, Britten,

Defalla and Chopin

Wed., March 24 8:00 pm

YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano

Fri., April 9 8:00 pm

“An Evening of Jazz” ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano

DAVID FINCK, bass

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Hall Mixon Masters Series

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 8:00 p.m.

Mixon Hall

FACULTY RECITAL

Franklin Cohen, clarinet

Stephen Rose, violin

Kirsten Docter, viola

Melissa Kraut, cello

Kathryn Brown, piano

JOAQUIN TURINA Circulo ..., Op.91

(1882 - 1949) Fantasia for Piano, Violin and Cello

I. Amanecer

II. Melodia

III. Crepusculo

Stephen Rose, violin Melissa Kraut, cello

Kathryn Brown, piano

W. A. MOZART Trio in E-flat Major, K.498, Kegelstatt

(1756 – 1791) For Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Andante

Menuetto

Rondeaux. Allegretto

Franklin Cohen, clarinet

Kirsten Docter, viola Kathryn Brown, piano

~ I n t e r m i s s i o n ~

JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op.60

(1833 - 1897) Allegro ma non troppo

Scherzo: Allegro

Andante

Finale: Allegro comodo

Stephen Rose, violin

Kirsten Docter, viola Melissa Kraut, cello

Kathryn Brown, piano

Program

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About the Performers

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Franklin Cohen is head of the clarinet department and the Frank K.

Griesinger Chair in Clarinet at CIM. He has been the principal clarinet of The

Cleveland Orchestra since 1976. First-prize winner in the International Music

Competition in Munich in 1968, Mr. Cohen received a bachelor's degree from

The Juilliard School of Music. He is a frequent soloist with The Cleveland

Orchestra, appearing twice yearly; he has performed solo in Cleveland, Carne-

gie Hall, throughout the U.S., Europe and the Far East with conductors Chris-

topher von Dohnányi, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Jahja Ling, Yoel

Levi, Leonard Slatkin, Christoph Eschenbach, Eduardo Mata and Jesús López-

Cobos. Mr. Cohen's recordings on the London/Decca label include the Brahms

Clarinet Trio, Op. 114, with pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and cellist Stephen

Geber, and the two Brahms sonatas, recorded with Mr. Ashkenazy. He also

recorded the Debussy Rhapsody on the DGG label with The Cleveland Orches-

tra, Pierre Boulez conducting; a recording that won two GRAMMY Awards.

Mr. Cohen has served on many international juries, including the 1998 Munich

Competition.

Stephen Rose is a member of the violin faculty at CIM. He was appointed to

the violin section of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1997, and is now principal

second violin of The Orchestra. Mr. Rose received a Bachelor of Music degree

from CIM and Master of Music degree from Eastman School of Music. Teach-

ers include William Preucil, David Cerone, David Updegraff and Sally

O’Reilly. He has appeared in recital and chamber music concerts throughout

North America and Europe. Mr. Rose was the former first violinist of the Ever-

est Quartet, the Resident String Quartet of the Midland-Odessa Symphony,

from 1992-1996. The Quartet was a top prize-winner at the 1995 Banff Inter-

national String Quartet Competition and presented concerts and master classes

throughout the U.S. Mr. Rose has presented master classes at the National

Orchestral Institute and the New World Symphony and has been a faculty

member at ENCORE School for Strings and Kent/Blossom. He has been a

participant at summer music festivals, including the Mainly Mozart Festival,

Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Orcas Island, Music at Gretna, Mimir Cham-

ber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival (Japan) and Festival der Zukunft

in Switzerland. He received an Alumni Achievement Award from CIM in

2005.

Kirsten Docter is a member of the viola and chamber music faculties at CIM.

She was the first prize winner of the 1991 Primrose International and the 1992

American String Teachers Association Viola Competitions. As a member of

the Naumburg Chamber Music Award winning Cavani Quartet, Ms. Docter

performs regularly on major series and festivals throughout North America and

Europe. Appearances include the Carnegie Hall Centennial Series in New

York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.,

the Ambassador Series in Los Angeles and Festival de L'Epau in France. The

quartet records for the Azica Records label. Ms. Docter has collaborated with

such musicians as Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Donald Weilerstein, Franklin

Cohen, Warren Jones and Stephanie Blythe. A dedicated teacher of both the

viola and chamber music, she has given master classes at many colleges, uni-

versities, festivals and schools throughout the country. She has performed and

taught at numerous summer festivals including Interlochen Arts Camp, Made-

line Island Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, Yale Summer School of Music and

Art at Norfolk, Yellowbarn, Mimir Festival, and the Perlman Music Program.

She serves on the board of the American Viola Society. Docter is a graduate of

the Oberlin College Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music. Major

teachers include Karen Tuttle, Jeffery Irvine and Lynne Ramsey. Ms. Docter

resides in Cleveland, OH with husband Paul Cox and their sons Sebastian and

Benjamin.

Dr. Melissa Kraut is a highly recognized and sought after pedagogue. In addi-

tion to being on the conservatory cello faculty, Dr. Kraut is also teacher and

coordinator of the cello Preparatory Division and Sato Center for Suzuki Stud-

ies. In the summers, Dr. Kraut is a faculty member at the acclaimed Meadow-

mount School of Music in upstate New York where she teaches cellists from

around the world. Prior to her appointment at CIM, Dr. Kraut served as associ-

ate professor of cello at the University of Central Florida (UCF). While in Or-

lando, Dr. Kraut was the educational/artistic director for A Gift for Music, a

string program that provides free instruments and instruction to 900 inner-city

children. Dr. Kraut was on the summer faculty at the Interlochen Center Arts

for nine summers and served as the area coordinator for strings for two years.

Dr. Kraut holds a Bachelor of Music degree from CIM, Master of Arts degree

from the University of Iowa and a Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern

University. Her principal instructors were Alan Harris and Hans Jorgen-Jensen.

Kathryn Brown is associate head of the CIM piano department and vocal

coach. She performs internationally as recitalist, chamber musician and con-

certo soloist. She has received numerous international prizes, including the

Louis Sudler Prize for the Arts and the Darius Milhaud Prize, and was first-

prize winner of the National Young Artists Competition, San Antonio Interna-

tional Keyboard Competition and Pro Piano Competition. Ms. Brown has ap-

peared in recital at the Library of Congress and Columbia Artists’ Community

Concerts Series. Her chamber music credits include performances at the Marl-

boro Music Festival in collaborations with members of the Guarneri String

Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio. As a member of the Verdehr Trio, she ap-

peared in recital at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and in London

and Prague. Ms. Brown studied piano with Deborah Moriarty, Ralph Votapek

and Yong Hi Moon at Michigan State University, Julian Martin at the Peabody

Conservatory and studied privately with Maria Curcio in London. She received

an Artist Diploma from CIM under the tutelage of Paul Schenly.