Great Spaces presents Italian Baroque: l'Arte du Suonare

701 Southwest 8th Avenue,Topeka KS 66603

19 November, 2022

Description

Italy is often credited with being the birthplace of the Baroque period, with all its extravagance and virtuosity. In this program entitled l’Arte di Suonare, Brazilian recorderist Clea Galhano is joined by bassoonist Joseph Jones and Cathedral organist Donald Livingston on harpsichord in a program of music from 17th century Italy. Composers represented include Fontana, Legrenzi, Mancini, and Vivaldi. Tickets $25/$10 students/under 12 free. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna, Lanzelotte/Galhano Duo and Kingsbery Ensemble. As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra. She gave her Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in May 2010 and her second Weil Hall recital on December 2013 with the international Cuban guitarist Rene Izquierdo. Galhano studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, earning a LASPAU, Fulbright Scholarship and support from the Dutch government. As an advocate of recorder music and educational initiatives, she served for six years on the national board of the American Recorder Society, and is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious 2013 McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative. Joseph Jones began studying the bassoon at age 12 when his piano teacher suggested: "Joey, you might be good at the bassoon." Several years and many concerts later Joe is a professional bassoonist now based in Manhattan. Joe has a passion for early music and in 2013 he was awarded a McKnight Foundation “Next Step” grant to help purchase a baroque bassoon and explore his love of baroque music. Currently pursuing a graduate diploma in historical performance at the Juilliard school, Joe is kept busy playing with the J415 ensemble. Other groups he has performed with on baroque bassoon include: American Bach Soloists, Lyra Baroque Orchestra, and Oratory Sacred Bach. For 5 years Joe served as the principal bassoonist with the Minnesota Sinfonia. While living in Minneapolis he was also the artistic director for the St. Paul Postal Band and music faculty at Normandale Community College. Joseph graduated summa cum laude from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Music. He obtained his Master of Music degree in bassoon performance from the University of Minnesota. Among other academic honors Joe was a Berneking Fellow and was selected to perform as a concerto soloist three times. His primary bassoon teachers include John W. Miller, Norbert Neilubowski, and Dennis Hirst. Also passionate about new music, Joe has performed/recorded with Rock, Folk, and Jazz, as well as Art-Music groups. His own compositions span a range of genres including collaborations with singers, songwriters, film makers, and choreographers. Keyboardist Donald Livingston collaborates with musicians from across the musical spectrum. Founding director of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival and director of Ensemble Sprezzatura, he has performed with such ensembles as Bach Sinfonia (Washington DC), Musica Antigua (Panama City), La Donna Musicale (Boston), Lyra Baroque (St. Paul), Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony, as well as with soloists and collaborators Cléa Galhano, Anton Nel, Jacques Ogg, Elisabeth Wright, Joel Frederiksen, Ryland Angel, Jed Wentz, Barthold Kuijken, and Dame Emma Kirkby. He has sung as a member of the Rose Ensemble, as well as with the Pro Arte Singers under the direction of Thomas Binkley and Paul Hillier at the Historical Performance Institute of the renowned Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he received the Doctor of Music in historical keyboard performance. In 2019 he left positions as Lecturer of Organ and Harpsichord at the University of Texas Butler School of Music and organist at St. Martin's Lutheran Church to become organist at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. Most recently he has accepted positions as harpsichordist for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and organist at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Kansas. In addition to musical endeavors, Livingston holds the Juris Doctor degree from the Mitchell-Hamline College of Law, where his studies focused on copyright, entertainment and art law, and where he was a recipient of the CALI Award for Entertainment Law.