Free Recital of new classical works for trumpet and piano

Friday, January 13, 2017 - 19:30
 

Friday, January 13, 7:30 pm

Jared Wallace is a graduate student at Western UniversityJared Wallace, trumpet

Yolanda Tapia, piano

Assumption Hall, Heritage Auditorium, 400 Huron Church Rd.

Enjoy a Free Recital of classical and contemporary music for trumpet and piano. This recital features a world premiere and three commissioned works.

 

Programme:

Concerto for Trumpet            Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758)
    I.  Allegro
 
Reconstruction +         Aris Carastathis (b. 1957)
 
Point Pelee ***             Howard Cable (1920-2016)
                     
-Intermission-
 
Na Horo Eile *     Darlene Chepil Reid
                                                                                
A Celtic Fair *      Sean Kim (b. 1978)
    I. Reel 
    II. Air
    III. Jig
                                       
                                                     
A Final Farewell *       Micah Pawluk  (b. 1993)
 
 

+ - Premiere

* - Commission

*** -Canadian composer

 

PERFORMER PROFILES

Jared Wallace, trumpet

Jared Wallace is a trumpet performer and teacher in the Southern Ontario Region. Born and raised in the small town of Bristol, New Brunswick, he eventually moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario, and began playing trumpet at the age of 12. He was a rising star in his home town, and eventually decided to pursue musical endeavors both in and outside of the city. He was accepted into the Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra from 2011 – 2013, winning the Denis Wick Most Outstanding Brass Musician Award in 2012. He has had many opportunities to perform with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, including performances of Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Stravinsky’s Firebird and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Jared was the first winner of the Thunder Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. This provided him with the opportunity to perform Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb with the Youth Orchestra and members of the TBSO. Jared is an active performer and teacher in the southern Ontario region, now based out of London, Ontario. Teaching both privately and through multiple music schools, he actively enjoys teaching in addition to performing. Jared holds an HBMus from Lakehead University and is in his final year of the MMus Program at Western University, focusing on Contemporary Trumpet Repertoire under the direction of Dr. Aaron Hodgson.
 

Yolanda Tapia is a doctoral student of piano at Western UniversityYolanda Tapia, piano

Yolanda Tapia is a Mexican pianist who has been honoured as a solo and collaborative pianist. She was a Fulbright scholar from 2012-2014 and won scholarship from the Veracruz State for academic excellence. She has won many competitions including second prize in the Chamber Music National Competition in Mexico City, first and second prizes in the CSU concerto competition, first place in the Concerto Competition with Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, and is a two-time finalist at the "Maria Clara Cullell" International piano competition in San Jose Costa Rica. She received the Manuel M. Ponce prize for best chamber music-group at the Chamber Music Festival in Aguas Calientes, Mexico in 2011.
Originally from Xalapa, Mexico, she earned her BM in piano performance from the University of Veracruz and MM in collaborative piano from Colorado State University. She studied for a year with Margaret McDonald, Alexandra Nguyen and Mitsumi Moteki at the University of Colorado in Boulder. During her studies at CU, she spent time researching on the music and lyrics by the indie-rock band Radiohead.
Yolanda has performed out at international chamber music festivals such as: the Académie Musicale de Morges in Switzerland, Orvieto Musica in Italy, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival and Aguas Calientes Chamber Music Festival in Mexico. Her love for chamber music has led her to study with the Borromeo String quartet, Amernet string quartet, Latin American string quartet, Penderecki string quartet, Heaven String quartet, Erwin Schiffer and the Takács quartet.
In the spring of 2015 Yolanda moved to London Ontario with duo partner violinist Francisco Barradas, where she is in the DMA program with Professor John Hess at the Western University.
 

 

Susan McKee
(519)253-3000
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