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Kent State’s Piano Institute Presents Its Ninth Annual Gala Concert and Series of Performances

Pictured are participants in the 2013 Piano Institute at Kent
State University with co-directors Donna Lee (far right)
and Jerry Wong (far left), both associate professors in
Kent State's School of Music.

The 2014 Piano Institute, in association with the piano division of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University, will present a series of master classes and recitals from July 13-19 on the Kent Campus and culminate with the July 22 gala concert at Severance Hall’s Reinberger Chamber Hall in Cleveland. The nine-year-old program is a highly intensive festival for talented piano students in grades 7-12. The July 22 gala concert will feature 14 highly gifted, pre-collegiate pianists from the United States, China, Russia and Mongolia. The master classes, recitals and gala concert are free and open to the public.

Instructors of the Piano Institute include Donna Lee, D.M.A., associate professor and coordinator of the piano division at Kent State, and Jerry Wong, D.M.A., associate professor of piano at Kent State. Guest artists for this year’s Piano Institute are Pierre van der Westhuizen, director of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, and Joela Jones, principal keyboardist with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Piano Institute participants receive four hours of one-on-one lessons daily; attend master classes; and study sight-reading, technique, practicing and audition/competition preparation. They also will have the unique opportunity to share in the Kent/Blossom Music program, a premiere summer institution for summer collegiate level study of solo, chamber and orchestral literature.

For more information, call 330-672-1061 or visit www.kent.edu/pianoinstitute.

Piano Institute Activities

Sunday, July 13, 4 p.m.
Piano Institute Faculty Recital featuring Donna Lee, Kent State associate professor and coordinator of the piano division in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, and Jerry Wong, Kent State associate professor and co-director of the Piano Institute
Ludwig Recital Hall in the Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Music and Speech Building), Kent Campus

Tuesday, July 15, 3:45 p.m.
Master class with Donna Lee, Kent State associate professor and coordinator of the Piano Division in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, and co-director of the Piano Institute
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, Kent Campus

Wednesday, July 16, 3:45 p.m.
Master class with Jerry Wong, Kent State associate professor and co-director of the Piano Institute
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, Kent Campus

Thursday, July 17, 3:45 p.m.
Master class with Pierre van der Westhuizen, director of the Cleveland International Piano Competition
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, Kent Campus

Saturday, July 19, 10 a.m.
Master class with Joela Jones, principal keyboardist with the Cleveland Orchestra
Ludwig Recital Hall in the Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Music and Speech Building), Kent Campus

Tuesday, July 22, 7 p.m.
Gala concert featuring all Piano Institute participants
Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall, Cleveland

Ludwig Recital Hall is located in the Center for the Performing Arts at 1325 Theatre Drive in Kent. University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall is located on Terrace Drive, off Main Street in Kent. Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall is located at 11001 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland.

Kent State Day at Cedar Point on Aug. 9

Kent State Day at Cedar Point comes up Aug. 9, and is
open to all Kent State students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Gather with your fellow Golden Flashes for a day of fun, entertainment and family time at Cedar Point.

The $50 registration includes park admission and an-all-you-can-eat lunch buffet from 1:30-3 p.m. Want to make the visit even sweeter? Purchase the optional unlimited drink wristband for $8. Wear the wristband, get unlimited drinks for the day!

The event is open to all Kent State University students, faculty, staff and alumni. Represent Kent State by wearing blue and gold around the park for a chance to win fun prizes.

Visit the Alumni Association website for more information and to register. Deadline to register is July 28.

Documents Without Borders is Document Academy 2014 Theme

Barbara Bickart from the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will
keynote the 11th annual conference
of the Document Academy taking place
at Kent State University from Aug. 7-9.

Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science will host the 11th annual conference of the Document Academy (DOCAM’14) on Aug. 7-9. The Document Academy is an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields who are interested exploring the concept of the document as a resource for scholarly, artistic and professional work. The theme of DOCAM’14 is "Documents Without Borders."

Keynote speaker for this year's conference is Barbara Bickart from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, an interdisciplinary video artist whose work is project-based. Her projects are informed by the disciplines of media studies, performance and documentary practice and take the form of video installation, video performance and experimental documentary. Her address for DOCAM’14, titled “Monuments, Memory, and the Art of Found Choreography,” presents WHEN, an ongoing series of large-scale video installations that explores the histories of institutionalized violence that persist in the national landscape in the form of landmarks and monuments. It documents the pilgrimage of visitors to these sites, illuminating the resonance of the past through the found choreography of visitors in the present. The keynote presentation will include screenings of WHEN: Memphis, WHEN: Philadelphia and WHEN: Kent State.

For complete details about the conference and a link to registration, visit http://www2.kent.edu/docam14/index.cfm.

Visit Kent State With Your Canine

Plan to attend the Dog Days of Summer

A Kent State University graduate poses with her furry
friend and a Flash cutout during last year’s Dog Days of
Summer.

Join the Kent State University Alumni Association on Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon for the Dog Days of Summer – a dog walk on the Kent Campus.

Starting at the Student Green, attendees will enjoy a guided walk on campus with their furry friends. Dogs in attendance will receive treats, water and a special gift. All participants must complete a waiver to attend the event. Download the waiver, find additional information and register at www.ksualumni.org. Registration deadline is July 25.

Kent/Blossom Music Festival Continues 47th Season

Kent/Blossom Music Festival continues to present the finest chamber music in Northeast Ohio

Pictured is the Miami String Quartet, one of several musical
groups at the Kent/Blossom Music Festival's
Faculty Concert Series.

Continuing the tradition of presenting world-class chamber music in Northeast Ohio, the Kent/Blossom Music Festival will again feature its highly anticipated Faculty Concert Series through July 23, which features performances by some of the region’s most-coveted musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as a variety of world-class soloists.

Highlights of the upcoming season include: the return of Steinway Artist Spencer Myer, an all-Brahms program performed by cellist Mark Kosower, and an evening of delightful pieces for solo violin with Jung-Min Amy Lee. Additional highlights include guest performances by members of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Miami String Quartet and more.

The public also is invited to enjoy the talents of some of the world's finest young musicians performing in Kent/Blossom Music Festival's Chamber Players concerts, which are free and open to all. This year, Kent/Blossom Music Festival will be joined by 46 students from all over the world whose visit will culminate in a side-by-side performance with the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.

In collaboration with the Kulas Foundation, Kent/Blossom Music Festival is excited to announce a special performance by violinist Ida Kavafian as the Kulas Visiting Guest Artist. This program that began in 2013 was established to bring an artist of stature to spend one week of the five-week festival to work intensively with talented students.

A six-concert subscription, which provides subscribers with an $18 savings, is $72 for adults and $60 for seniors. To purchase a subscription, call the Performing Arts Box Office at 330-672-ARTS (2787). Subscriptions may be purchased with check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover.

All faculty concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall, Center for the Performing Arts at 1325 Theatre Drive in Kent.

Single tickets also are available at $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and $5 for college students. For more information, call 330-672-ARTS (2787) or visit www.kent.edu/blossom.

Tickets are available weekdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Performing Arts Box Office, located in the lobby of the Roe Green Center in the Center for the Performing Arts at 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus. The Performing Arts Box Office accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover, in addition to cash and checks.

The Ludwig Recital Hall box office will open one hour prior to the performance for walk-up sales, and will accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Tickets and more information are available by calling 330-672-ARTS (2787) or by visiting www.kent.edu/blossom.

Faculty Concert Performances:

Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m.
Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin, and Joanna Patterson Zakany, viola
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Essa-Pekka Salonen - 'Lachen Verlernt' for Solo Violin
Eugene Ysaÿe - Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 in E minor
Astor Piazzolla - Selections from Tango Etudes for Solo Violin
Johan Halvorsen - 'Sarabande con variazioni' in G minor (on a theme of Handel)


Wednesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Mark Kosower, cello
An all-Brahms program
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99


Wednesday, July 23, at 7:30 p.m.
Katherine Bormann, violin; Jeffrey Zehngut, violin; Stanley Konopka, viola;
Richard Weiss, cello; Joela Jones, piano; Barrick Stees, bassoon; and, Danna Sundet, oboe
Gary Schocker - Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1992)
Manuel de Falla - Canciones Populares Españolas for Cello and Piano
Theodore Lalliet - Terzetto for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, Op. 22
Béla Kovács - Hommage à Manuel de Falla for Clarinet and Piano
Edward Elgar - Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84