1997 American Matthay Association Piano Festival     

School of Music
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park  

Schedule of Events  

Location: Registration and day events will take place in the Music Building II, Room 122. Evening recitals will take place where indicated in the following schedule.

Tuesday, June 17

8:00 p.m.  Recital:

Marjorie Lee Schumann, Debussy, Bach-Busoni Lecture Room 122, Music Building II

Wednesday, June 18

8:15 a.m.

9:00 a.m.  Greetings:

David Watkins, President

9:15 a.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Donald Hageman What Does the Music Want?
                Schubert's Four Impromptus Op. 90 D. 899

10:30 a.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Raymond Songayllo Examples of the Expansion
                of the Classical Keyboard Sonata 1775-1822:
                C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Clementi, and Beethoven

Lunch

1:30 p.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Ann Sears J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations:
                The Pinnacle of Baroque Keyboard Virtuosity

3:15 p.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Marylene Dosse The Notion of Motion in French Music

8:00 p.m. Recital: Christopher Harding (former Clara Wells Scholarship Winner)
                Mozart, Prokofiev, Debussy, Chopin Lecture Room 122, Music Building II

THURSDAY, JUNE 20

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Elizabeth Vandevander Mama, Dada, and Erik Satie

10:30 a.m. Lecture demonstration: Chandler Gregg Matthay Principles of Technique
                and Interpretation in Schumann's Papillions Op. 2 and Schubert Waltzes Op. 77

Lunch

1:30 p.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Stephen Siek On Coloring and Inflection in Rachmaninoff:
                Creating Orchestral Textures in the Second Sonata

3:00 p.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Jessica Osborne (Clara Wells Scholarship Winner, 1995
                and 1996) Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt

5:00 p.m. American Matthay Association Board Meeting

8:00 p.m. Recital: Kenneth Huber Ravel, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach-Buosni, and Brahms

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Lecture-Demonstration: Donald Hageman What Does the Music Want?
                Schubert's Impromptus Op. 90 D. 899

10:30 a.m. Lecture-Recital: Elizabeth Lauer and Margaret Mills Poulenc, Debussy,
                Ravel, Schubert, and Brahms

Lunch

1:00-5:00 p.m. 25th Annual Clara Wells Scholarship Auditions Recital Hall, Music Building I

6:00 p.m. Social Hour and Dinner at The Gardens Restaurant  

8:00 p.m. Recital Joseph Holt Mozart, Poulenc, and Schubert Recital Hall, Music Building I

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Workshop: Marie Hasse and Carl Angelo Preview of Revised "From Fists to
                Fingers", A Method Based on Matthay Principles of Piano Playing

10:30 a.m. Lecture-Demonstration: George Loring Teaching Style, Interpretation, and
                Technique in Schubert's Moments Musicaux

Lunch

1:30-3:30 p.m. Lecture-Recital: Steven Smith The Bagatelles of Beethoven

4:00 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting of the American Matthay Association

8:00 p.m. Recital: Rita Fandrich Beethoven, Liszt, and Ravel

  FESTIVAL STAFF  

	Program Arrangements and Registration: David Watkins and Carl Blake
	Clara Wells Scholarship Auditions Chair: Carl Blake

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