MEETING TIMES
9:30-10:30-Refreshments and business; 10:30-Noon Special Program.
All Speakers, dates, and locations are subject to change.
Call Lora Scott at 649-2320 or email to verify.
Friday, September 23, 2011 : Nathan Shirley, Lecture/Demonstration
Shedding Light on the Mysteries of Music Composition
Location: First Baptist Church Crocker Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Nathan Shirley has received one national and five international awards for his compositions beginning at age 21, and he has performed his music in Europe and the US.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 : Dr. Teresa Sumpter
Dr. Teresa Sumpter will conduct a Student Master Class
Location: Mars Hill College Broyhill Chapel
Dr. Teresa Sumpter is currently an Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Mars Hill College where she teaches applied piano, group piano, and music theory.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 (Snow date, January 27): Dr. Daniel Weiser
Dr. Daniel Weiser presents The Visual Stimulus: Composers and Painters in Paris from 1870-1930.
Location: First Baptist Church Crocker Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Daniel Weiser, piano, has a Doctorate in Piano/Chamber Music from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Samuel Sanders and Robert MacDonald and won the Richard Franko Goldman prize for outstanding contribution to musical and education life.
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Friday, March 9 (Snow date, March 16): Dr. Ruskin Cooper
Don't Worry, Make Music: Practical Solutions for Effective Stress-free Performance Preparation
A lecture and mini-recital including works by NC composers.
Location:First Baptist Church Crocker Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Ruskin Cooper is active as a recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, clinician, and adjudicator. He has given solo recitals throughout the Southeast, as well as in Germany, Italy, Poland, and Mexico.
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Saturday, May 5: Kimberly Cann
Piano Music of the African Diaspora
Location: New Hope Presbyterian Church
Kimberly Cann is a concert pianist, teacher, and social advocate, leading efforts to start music education programs for children in need. In 2006, following graduate work at the Eastman School of Music, she accepted the positions of visiting Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica).
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