Some Highlights of 2024:
Clint Cancio appointed to Pre-College faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Hilda Huang appointed to the faculty of the Sweelinck Academy at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Allegra Chapman, Winner of 2024 Federation of Art Song Fellowship
Jeanette Tietze, solo recital, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
Hilda Huang, New York Premiere, John Harbison’s Missa Brevis, The Juilliard School, New York City
Hilda Huang, World Premiere, John Harbison’s Missa Brevis, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oliver Moore, Tchaikovsky Concerto, North State Symphony, Redding, CA.
Hilda Huang, All-Bach Recital, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Florida
Rieko Tsuchida, The Di Menna Center for Classical Music, New York City
Rieko Tsuchida, “The Listening Room” on KQXR with Anthony McGill at Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, New York City
Rieko Tsuchida, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago
Fantee Jones, Music At Noon at Westminster Church, Sacramento
Jeannette Tietze, Piedmont Gardens, Oakland
Rieko Tsuchida, Loire Valley, France
Rieko Tsuchida, Petit Palais, musee des Beaux-arts de la ville de Paris
Rieko Tsuchida, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Alumni have performed at the Gewandhaus in Germany, Verbier Festival in Switzerland, in Merkin, Stern, and Weill Halls at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, and on the nationally televised show “From the Top at Carnegie Hall.”.
Some Highlights of 2023
Christopher Brody, Tenured Professor of Music Theory at the University of Louisville
Hilda Huang awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for study in Amsterdam for 2023-2024
Jake Holzman, DMA, University of Texas, Austin
Tanya Gabrielian appointed as Head of Keyboard at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Fantee Jones appointed as Music Associate at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Oliver Moore, Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Currently enrolled in the Master of Music Degree at SFCM
Zach Weiner, first prize in the Concours International des Grand Amateurs de Piano, Paris, France.
Kiko Torres-Velasco, Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance from the University of Southern California; first prize in the 2023 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. Currently enrolled in the Master of Music Degree at USC.
Fantee Jones, DMA Eastman School of Music. Currently Music Associate at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Henry Smolen, Master of Music Degree, The Juilliard School.
Performances in 2023:
December 10, Seiha Park
Senior Recital, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston
November 19, Adrian Zaragoza
Philip Glass Etudes, Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
November 4, Jeanette Tietze
Recital, Kodaly Foundation, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont CA
October 28, Adrian Zaragoza
“Overlooking” for percussion and piano by Liam Cummings, The Di Menna Center, New York City
October 21-25, Phoebe Wu
Contemporary Music Solo Recital Tour, Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, Alaska
October 16, Adrian Zaragoza
First performance of music by Richard Cionco, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
October 8, Adrian Zaragoza
Concerto Soloist, Solano Symphony, Vacaville Performing Arts Center, Vacaville, CA
September 24, Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, Theatre de Passy, Paris, France
September 24, Tanya Gabrielian
Grace Church Concert Series, The Plains, Virginia
September 7, Rieko Tsuchida
Festival Napa Valley, Musicians of the MET Orchestra, Peak NYC at The Edge, New York City
August 31, Tanya Gabrielian
Celebrity Guest Recital, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
August 18, Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital, SF International Piano Festival, Old First Concerts, San Francisco
August 4, Rieko Tsuchida
Olympic Music Festival, Port Townsend, Washington
July 28, Oliver Moore
Solo Recital, “Bach Beyond Baroque”, Bowes Center, SFCM,San Francisco
June 25, Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Old First Concerts, San Francisco
June 23, Hilda Huang
Joint Violin and Piano Recital, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
June 9, Allegra Chapman
Joint Cello and Piano Recital, Old First Concerts, San Francisco
May 16, Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, KAWAI France, Paris, France
May 28, Amy Bao
Undergraduate Junior Recital, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
May 23, Hilda Huang
Spring Gala, Cipriani Ballroom, New York City
May 22, Rieko Tsuchida
KAWAI France concert at Kura Master Japanese Sake Competition 2023, Paris, France
May 6, 7 Hilda Huang
Ensemble Monterey, Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Monterey, Santa Cruz
May 6, Oliver Moore
Undergraduate Senior Recital, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
April 7, Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, Chicago Club, Chicago
April 1, 8 Jeannette Tietze
Cello and Piano recital, First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo 4/1, St. Mary’s Cathedral 4/8, San Francisco
February 28, Kiko Torres-Velasco
Undergraduate Senior Recital, University of Southern California
Performances in 2022:
December 5: Rieko Tsuchida
Flute and Piano recital: La Salle Cortot, Paris, France
November 20: Oliver Moore
Solo recital, Barbro Osher Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
November 18: Rieko Tsuchida
Gokan (Five senses) Concert, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
November 10: Rieko Tsuchida
Solo recital, French Embassy in Washington DC
November 3: Rieko Tsuchida
Cello and piano recital, The Chicago Club, Chicago, Ill.
October 31: Jake Holtzman
DMA Recital, UT Austin, Austin, Texas
September 25: Jeanette Tietze
Chamber Music Recital, Presbyterian Church of Mendocino, Mendocino, CA
September 18: Jeanette Tietze
Solo Recital, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
September 8: Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, “The Harmony of Light and Dark”, Salle Cortot, Paris, France
August 14: Rieko Tsuchida
Flute and piano recital, Les Harmonies du Perche Festival, Perche, France
August 7: Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, Old Saint Ursala Church, Warmenhuizen, Holland
July 29: Rieko Tsuchida
Recital, Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Huntington NY
July 22: Hilda Huang
All Bach solo recital, Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Kingston, Rhode Island
June 24-25-26: Hilda Huang
Beethoven Fourth Concerto, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
June 24: Fantee Jones
Solo Recital, Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah
June 16-22: Tanya Gabrielian
Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Methow Valley, Washington.
June 16-17: Hilda Huang
Concerto performance with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 7:00pm
May 15-22: Hilda Huang
JS Bach Cantatas, Emanuel Church, Boston, MA
May 6, 7: Hilda Huang
Festival Fellow, Gilmore International Piano Festival, Kalamazoo, Mich.
May 6: Rieko Tsuchida
Recital: Harvard Club of New York, NYC
February 28: Fantee Jones
Third Prize, Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition
February 27: Jeanette Tietze
Solo Recital, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
February 19: Hilda Huang
Pianist with Juilliard Orchestra, Firebird Suite, Alice Tully Hall, New York City
February 3: Rieko Tsuchida
Joint Recital with violinist Mikhail Pochekin, Piano Salon Christopheri, Berlin, Germany
January 2: Hilda Huang
New Year’s Celebration, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Herbst Theatre-cancelled
December 31: Hilda Huang
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley-postponed
December 24: Hilda Huang
New York String Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City-cancelled
December 14: Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, KAWAI France, 11 Pl. de la Bataille Stalingrad, 75010 Paris, France
December 12: Allegra Chapman
Delphi Trio, Crowden Music Center, Berkeley, CA
December 10: Hilda Huang
Harpsichord Recital, Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York City
December 4: Hilda Huang
Harpsichord Recital, First Church, Cambridge, Mass
December 3: Tanya Gabrielian
Concerto Soloist: Cal Poly Symphony Orchestra, San Luis Obisbo, CA
December 2: Allegra Chapman
Online solo recital, Ross McKee Foundation Piano Break
November 22: Hilda Huang
Juilliard Orchestra, John Adams conductor, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
November 12, 13, 14: Ergene Kim
Princeton Piano Ensemble, Princeton University
October 22: Hilda Huang
PIanoScopeIBeethoven Piano Concertos, The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York City
October 20: Hilda Huang
National Auditions Winners Concert hosted by Astral Artists, Stotesbury Mansion, Merion Station, Philadelphia
September 25: Jeanette Tietze
Quantum Quintet plays Dvorak, Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco
September 21: Hilda Huang
“Piano Evenings with David Dubal”, Grace and Saint Paul’s Church, New York City
September 2: Zach Weiner
Prokofiev Concerto #1, Estate Sforzesca, Milano, Italy
August 22: Jeanette Tietze
Joint Recital with violinist Joseph Gold at Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
July 16: Hilda Huang
Ross McKee Foundation, Piano Break Concert Series
June 24: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Piano on Park Concerts, New York City
June 13: Zach Weiner
Concerto performance with the Fort Worth Symphony, Forth Worth, Texas
May 13: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, High Line Nine Gallery, New York City
May 9: Jeanette Tietze
Quantum Quintet, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
May 6: Tanya Gabrielian
Concerto Soloist, Boston Pops, Symphony Hall, Boston
May 2: Fantee Jones
Final DMA Recital: Eastman School of Music, Kibourn Hall, Rochester
April 30: Hilda Huang
Solo Harpsichord Recital, The Juilliard School, Morse Hall,
April 28: Hilda Huang
Juilliard Restart Stages, Alice Tully Hall lobby 3:00 (est)
April 3: Rieko Tsuchida
Solo Recital, High Line Nine Gallery, New York City
December 17: Philip Jung
Solo Recital, All-Beethoven, broadcast on Intermezzi
December 10: Hilda Huang
Salon di Virtuosi, All-Beethoven Celebration, broadcast on The Violin Channel
December 3, 10, 17: Hilda Huang
“In Our Silences”, Song Cycle by Frances Pollock, First Performance, Chautaugua Institute
November 22: Zach Weiner
First Prize, Piano Bridges International Competition for Amateur Pianists
November 17: Hilda Huang
Virtual Lecture-Recital, Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany
November 15: Jeanette Tietze
Chamber Music Recital: Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
November 10: Fantee Jones
DMA Chamber Music Recital: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
July 15: Tanya Gabrielian
” Around the Piano” Virtual Broadcast, Gallery Inn, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 28: Rieko Tsuchida
Concert with violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft and soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall (Zankel), New York, NY
March 27: Audrey Cheng
Solo Graduation Recital, “Transcendence”, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass
March 10: Zach Weiner
Solo Graduation Recital, Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco
March 2: Rieko Tsuchida
With Virgil Boutellis and Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic, Salle Gaveau, Paris, France
February 14: Hilda Huang
Tri I Noon Solo Recital, Rockefeller University, New York City
February 11: Allegra Chapman
Piano Trio Recital, Noontime Concerts, San Francisco
February 9: Oliver Moore
Concerto Performance, North State Symphony, Laxson Auditorium, Chico
November 16: Hilda Huang
Holland Music Sessions, New Masters on Tour, Hoornder kerk Den Hoorn (Texel)
November 15: Hilda Huang
Holland Music Sessions, New Masters on Tour, TAQA Theatre De Vest, Alkmaar, Holland
June 11: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Piano Salon Christophori, Berlin, Germany
February 7: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Piano on Park, New York City
January 23: Tanya Gabrielian
Piano Faculty Recital, Tsai Performance Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass
January 22: Rieko Tsuchida
Violin and Piano with Virgil Boutellis-Taft, Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France
January 19: Zach Weiner
California Concerto Festival, West Valley College Theater, Saratoga
January 5: Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital, Alpine Artisan’s Performing Arts Series, Seeley Lake, Montana
Recitals in 2019:
November 27: Allegra Chapman
Voice and Piano with Sara Le Mesh, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley
November 19: Hilda Huang
Solo Graduate Recital, Yale University, Morse Hall, New Haven
November 9: Allegra Chapman
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Center for New Music, San Francisco
November 7: Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital, David A. Abell Piano Masters Series, UCLA, Los Angeles
November 6: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chigago
November 2: Audrey Cheng
Tchaikovsky Concerto #1 with the Amherst Symphony Orchestra, Amherst, Mass
October 30: Hilda Huang
Clarinet and Piano with Sam Boutris, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago
October 24: Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital: Elmira College, Elmira, New York
October 18-19: Allegra Chapman
Bard Festival West: The World of Grazyna Bacewicz, San Francisco
September 21: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital: Thuermer Konzerte, Bochum, Germany
August 14: Hilda Huang
The International Holland Music Sessions, Bergen, Netherlands
July 30: Allegra Chapman
Solo Recital: Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
July 27: Jeanette Tietze
Solo Recital: The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco
July 2-August 11: Hilda Huang
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, Ct.
June 23-July 2: Rieko Tsuchida
Artist in residence, Oyster Bay Music Festival, Oyster Bay, New York
June 22-July 1: Hilda Huang
Chamber Music Northwest, Portland, Oregon
May 23-25: Hilda Huang
Cantata Profana, “Lucretia”, HERE Arts Center, New York City
May 19: Jake Holtzman
“Bach to the Future” Concert Series, Saint John’s in the Village, New York City
May 9: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Chancellor’s Series, University of California, San Francisco
May 7: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
April 16: Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital, Goethe Institute, Paris, France
April 13: Tanya Gabrielian
Solo Recital, Mediancampus Villa Ida, Leipzig, Germany
April 13: Allegra Chapman
Ensemble Illume, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco
April 12: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Yale School of Music, New Haven, Ct
April 11,13: Agata Sorotokin
Senior Thesis, “If Its Whisper Carries” song cycle, Yale College, New Haven, Ct
April 9, April 27: Tanya Gabrielian
Khachaturian Piano Concerto: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo, NY
February 19: Jake Holtzman
Solo Recital, Music at Saint Paul’s, Columbia University, New York City
February 6: Fantee Jones
Prokofiev 3rd Concerto, Eastman School of Music Orchestra, Rochester, NY
January 30: Hilda Huang
Yale University Faculty Artists Series, with Frank Morelli, Bassoon, Morse Hall
January 19: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT
January 13: Leyla Kabuli
Second Prize, Fremont Symphony Young Artist Competition
Recitals in 2018:
December 7: Rieko Tsuchida
Recital, German Consulate General, New York City
October 22: Tanya Gabrielian
Masterclass and Solo Recital, University of Nebraska
August 28: Jake Holtzman
Solo Recital, Noontime Concerts, San Francisco
August 21: Mayumi Tsuchida
EarthFest at American Museum of Natural History, NYC
August 19: Philip Jung
Mind and Music Society, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
August 15: Agata Sorotokin
Solo Recital at the Ruinekerk, Bergen, Netherlands
August 7: Allegra Chapman
Solo Recital, Noontime Concerts, San Francisco
July 19: Hilda Huang
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfork, Ct
July 8: Rieko Tsuchida
New Juilliard Ensemble, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City
July 3: Fantee Jones
Solo Recital, Noontime Concerts, San Francisco
June 29-August 2: Hilda Huang
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfork, Conneciticut
June 4: Sashi Ayyangar
Solo Recital, Milton Court Concert Hall at the Barbican, London, England
May 30: Hilda Huang, Pianofest Meissen, Germany
Solo Recital, Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra, Meissen, Germany
May 4: Tanya Gabrielian
Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Paganini, South Bend Symphony, South Bend, Indiana.
April 28: Jake Holtzman, Graduate Senior Recital
New York University, New York City
April 22: Tanya Gabrielian,”The Beauty Within”
Cabrillo College, Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo. CA
April 14: Fantee Jones, Graduate Senior Recital
Yale University, New Haven, Conn
April 13-14: Tanya Gabrielian, SunRiver Music Festival
Tower Theatre, Bend, Oregon
April 6-7: Allegra Chapman
Bard Music West, The World of Henry Cowell, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
March 30: Carlos Avila
Kennedy Center, The Conservatory Project: Yale and Juilliard School of Music- Millennium Stage, Washington DC
March 30: Hilda Huang
Kennedy Center, The Conservatory Project: Yale and Juilliard School of Music- Millennium Stage, Washington DC
March 30: Rieko Tsuchida, Graduate Senior Recital
The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, Paul Hall, New York City
February 28: Jeanette Tietze
Quantum Quintet, 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley
February 26: Katelyn Tam
Appointed faculty at Community Music Center of San Francisco, and staff accompanist at San Francisco Ballet School
February 11: Tanya Gabrielian, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninof Variations on a Theme of Paganini “…Bold and assertive without being ostentatious or heavy, yet with a strategic mastery of the contrast between intriguing little subtleties and serious pronouncements” …from ArtsKnoxville.
February 8: Fantee Jones
Winner’s Concert, Los Angeles International Piano Competition, Zipper Concert Hall, Colburn School, Los Angeles
February 6: Hilda Huang, German Romantics
Music for Clarinet and Piano, Yale University
Recitals in 2017:
December 22: Holiday Alumni Recital
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco
November 12: Katelyn Tan, Senior Recital
University of Pacific, Stockton
November 7: Rieko Tsuchida, New Juilliard Ensemble
The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York City
October 29: Hilda Huang, Yale in New York.
Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
October 24: Rieko Tsuchida, An Evening of Chamber Music
Saint Paul Chapel, Columbia University
August 18: Allegra Chapman plays Ades, Ligeti and Zubel
Bard Music Festival, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
August 8: Hilda Huang plays Beethoven and Mozart
Solo Recital: Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
August 1: Mayumi Tsuchida plays Bach, Beethoven and Bolcom
Solo Recital, Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
July 8: Hilda Huang plays Beethoven
Ravinia Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Class of 2017 Graduates:
Hilda Huang, B.S. (magna cum laude), Yale University, in chemistry
Mayumi Tsuchida, M.M. Mannes School of Music, in piano performance
Victoria Lin, B.A. Harvard University, in molecular and cellular biology, and statistics
Phoebe Wu, B.M. University of Michigan, in piano performance
Spring Events:
May 3: Mayumi Tsuchida
Solo Recital, American Yacht Club Music Series, Rye, New York
May 5: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital, Thurmer Saal, Bochum, Germany
May 28: Alice Zhu
Sophomore Recital, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
April 1: Phoebe Wu
Undergraduate Senior Recital, University of Michigan
April 4: Reiko Tsuchida
New Juilliard Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
April 14: Hilda Huang
Undergraduate Senior Recital, Yale University
April 14: Tanya Gabrielian
Evermay Concert Series, Ryuji Ueno Foundation, Washington DC
April 19: Mayumi Tsuchida
American Yacht Club Music Series, Rye, NY,
April 19: Rieko Tsuchida
Illuminating Music: Piano Works Inspired by Visual Art, Morgan Library, New York, NY
April 27: Jake Holtzman
NYU Walter Reinhord Scholar Recital, New York University
April 29: Mayumi Tsuchida
Masters Graduation Recital, Mannes School of Music
CONGRATULATIONS:
Sean Alexander Bart received the 2016 National Youth Arts Award for Outstanding Musical Direction.
Allegra Chapman is both Artistic Director and Executive Director of the Bard Music West Festival.
Tanya Gabrielian’s new CD of Bach transcriptions, “Remix”, was named CD of the week by both KDFC and KUSC. Tanya was named 2017 Artist-In-Residence for the Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY
Fantee Jones completed her Master’s degree from The Juilliard School this past spring, and is currently a student at the Yale School of Music, majoring in Piano Performance. This past summer, she presented a sold out solo recital at the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan
Rieko Tsuchida was named a 2016 Grant Winner by the Charlotte White Salon de Virtuosi in New York City. She received a B.M degree from the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University and is attending graduate school at The Juilliard School.
Alumni Events 2016
January 17: Tanya Gabrielian
Alpine Artisans, Seeley Lake, Montana
January 21: Hilda Huang
Yale University, Whitney Humanities Center, New Haven, Conn
January 31: Hilda Huang
BASF-Konzerte, Gesellschaftshaus, Ludwigshafen, Germany
February 21: Philip Jung
Solo Recital: Bellevue Club, Oakland, CA
February 28: Allegra Chapman
Solo Recital: Manteca Kindred Arts Series, Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church, Manteca, CA
February 29: Mayumi Tsuchida
“The Ear” Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York City
March 4: Rieko Tsuchida
Senior Recital, Peabody Institute of Music, Griswold Hall, Baltimore, Maryland
March 10: Rieko Tsuchida
Recital, Salon de Virtuosi, residence of the Consul General of Japan, New York City
March 18: Hilda Huang
From the Top All Stars Concert, former winners of the Mondavi Young Artists Competition, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
April 18: Jake Holtzman
Senior Recital: Oberlin Conservatory, Warner Hall, Oberlin, Ohio
April 26: Allegra Chapman
Solo Recital: Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
May 2: Hilda Huang
From the Top All Stars Concert, NPR national radio broadcast on KDFC
May 10: Allegra Chapman
Chamber Music Recital: Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California Street, San Francisco
May 30: Katelyn Tan
Winners Concert, American Protege Piano Competition, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC
July 3: Fantee Jones
Solo recital: National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan (sold out)
July 10-24: Hilda Huang
Chamber Music Northwest, Portland, Oregon
August 9: Hilda Huang
Solo Recital: Noontime Concerts, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California Street, San Francisco, 12:30
August 12-14: Allegra Chapman
Bard Music Festival, The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
August 13-21: Rieko Tsuchida
Olympic Music Festival, Port Townsend, Washington
November 18: Mayumi Tsuchida
Concerto Soloist, Mannes School of Music, New York City
Events 2015
January 3: Alumni Reunion Recital
Allegra Chapman, Jake Holtzman, Christine Kim, Mayumi Tsuchida, Rieko Tsuchida, Phoebe Wu, Shengyuan Zhou, Steinway Piano Gallery, San Francisco
December 6: Phoebe Wu
Junior Recital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 15: Rieko Tsuchida
Olympic Music Festival, Quiline, Washington
August 14,15: Allegra Chapman
Bard Music Festival: Chavez and his World, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, New York
July 29: Tanya Gabrielian
Lakes Area Music Festival, Brainerd, Minnesota
June 21: Hilda Huang
BachFest Leipzig, Ausgezeichnet V/Alte Handelbores, Leipzig, Germany
June 16: Rieko Tsuchida
Southeastern Piano Festival Featured Alumni Concert, Kroger Center for the Arts, Columbia, South Carolina
June 11, June 14: Hilda Huang
Thuermer Konzerte Saison, Thuermer-Saal, Theaterzentrum der Folkwang-Universitat der Kunste, Bochum Stat, Germany
May 24: Regina Ngo
Senior Recital, University of Southern California, Steinway Piano Gallery, Pasadena
May 13: Jeannete Tietze
Solo Recital. Noon Concerts, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley
May 6: Margaret Fondbertasse
The Lowell Trio, Noon Concerts, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley
April 19: Mayumi Tsuchida
Solo Recital, Kleinert/ James Center for Arts, Woodstock, New York
April 18: Jake Holtzman
Junior Recital, Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory
April 11: Phoebe Wu
Skelton Studio Sophomore Recital, Sterns Building, Univ. of Michigan
February 15-16: Tanya Gabrielian
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Concerto #1, Jefferson Center, Roanoke, Virginia
February 11: Fantee Jones
Solo Recital, Downtown at Grace Concert Series, White Plains, New York
Notable Alumni:
Amanda Brody Bryan Ph.D, MA, University of Arizona; BA Mills College
Amanda was a post-doctoral research scholar at the University of Washington after completing her Ph.D in clinical psychology.
Christopher Brody Ph.D Yale University; DMA, MA University of Minnesota; BA Northwestern University
Christopher was Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. Chris came to Eastman from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he was a post-doctoral resident scholar and visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory. He received his Ph.D from Yale University in Music Theory and a DMA degree in Piano Performance from University of Minnesota.
Clint Cancio BM Notre Dame de Namur University
Clint was a vocal coach at Notre Dame de Namur University. He recently wrote a book for young children that engages their love of music, and is writing a novel on the life of Lili Boulanger.
Allegra Chapman MM The Juilliard School; BM, BA Bard College Conservatory; Professional Studies Diploma, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Allegra is Artistic Director/ Executive Director of Bard Music West. She has performed in Alice Tully Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Franz Liszt Memorial Museum in Budapest.
Louis Durra, Berklee College of Music
Jazz pianist and band leader, Louis resides in Berlin, Germany and has performed in Germany, Scotland and Poland “Vivid, generous playing”, Fest Magazine. “Spinning Jazz gold out of the unlikeliest material…into masterpieces of beguiling understatement”, The Herald Scotsman.
Margaret Fondbertasse (Margaret Wong) BA UC Berkeley
Margaret is a former member of the Lowell Trio, and vocal coach and accompanist at Skyline College.
Tanya Gabrielian MM, BM Royal Academy of Music; Artist Diploma, The Juilliard School
Lauded by the Washington Post for her “strikingly poised nobility”, Tanya has performed at the International Beethoven Project in Chicago and at the Washington International Piano Festival. She is a member of the Piano Faculty at Boston University.
Alex Gelber Ph.D, BA Harvard University
Student from 1994-98. Alex is Assistant Professor at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He taught at both Harvard and the Wharton School of Business.
Jake Holtzman BS Oberlin College Conservatory
From San Rafael, Jake has performed throughout the United States, with recent engagements at the Steinway Piano Gallery in San Francisco, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Kalamazoo Epic Center, and Avram Teater (SouthHampton). He graduated from Oberlin College/Conservatory with a major in piano and environmental science and currently attends New York University as a graduate student in piano performance.
Hilda Huang BS Yale University
At age 18, Hilda was the youngest competitor, the first American, and first person of Chinese Ancestry to receive the top award in the 2014 International Bach Competition Leipzig. She is the only pianist to have won the Leipzig, Wurzburg International Bach Competition and Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competitions. Hilda graduated from Yale College with a major in Chemistry and is now a graduate student at the Yale School of Music.
Jacques Hymans Ph.D, MA, BA Harvard University
Jacques is Associate Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on international security affairs and national identity.
Christopher Limnios, Ph.D University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher is Assistant Professor of Economics at Provincetown College in Rhode Island
Fantee Jones MM, The Juilliard School, BM, Manhattan School of Music
Fantee was the gold medalist at the 2011 Seattle International Piano Competition and a prize winner at the 2012 Gina Bacchauer International Young Artist Competition. She recently completed her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School and is a now a student in the Graduate Program at Yale University School of Music.
Philip Jung MM, Tel Aviv University, BM The Juilliard School
Philip received his Master’s Degree from the Buchman-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and is pursuing a second Master’s Degree in Chamber Music at the Hochshule fur Musik und Theatre Munchen, Germany.
Sean MacLean MA Yale University, BA Amherst College
Sean is announcer for Classical KING-FM in Seattle 98.1 and host of NW Focus LIVE. His international award winning works have been performed by choirs and orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic, including London’s BBC Symphony.
Jeremie Michael MM, BM Eastern Kentucky University; The Juilliard School
Jeremie made his recital debut at the Concertgebeow in Amsterdam at age 14 and his concerto debut with the San Francisco Symphony at age 16. Jeremie joined the original production of “The Fantasticks” at age 17, the youngest musical director On or Off Broadway at the time. He is received a second Master’s Degree in Music Theory from Florida State University.
Howard Na DMA Eastman School of Music; MM, BM University of North Texas
Howard is Associate Professor of Piano at Shaanxi Normal University in China.
Nathan Noh BS UC Berkeley
Nathan is currently enrolled at New York University School of Law after completing his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at UC Berkeley. He has interned in the California Supreme Court.
Angela Park BM New York University
Angela is administrative director for Schmidt Artists International, the classical music management company. She is currently living in New York City.
Dr. Xiaomang Sickles MD University of Rochester
Xiaomang, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, currently practices medicine in Philadelphia with a specialization in gynecologic oncology.
Nancy Xie BS Harvard University
Nancy is currently living in China and has written several articles for Harvard International Review.
Kenric Tam MM New England Conservatory of Music; BA Harvard University
Kenric made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Hall in 2006. He is currently enrolled at Stanford School of Medicine after having completed the duel degree program at Harvard University and New England Conservatory of Music.
Mayumi Tsuchida, BM, BS Bard College-Conservatory
Mayumi was named winner of the 2016 Mannes School of Music Concerto Competition, and attends the Mannes School of Music as a graduate student in piano performance. Mayumi participated in both the EuroArts Festival and the Holland Sessions, and was named outstanding pianist at the Spainexcellence Festival in Avila, Spain. She graduated from Bard College Conservatory in piano and Chinese.
Rieko Tsuchida BM Peabody Institute of Music
Rieko has performed at the Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival in Oxford, England, at the Musicfest Perugia in Perugia, Italy, and has presented recitals at the Philips Gallery in Washington DC, at the International Piano Festival “Rising Stars Series” at Texas State University and locally on the Noontime Concert series at Old Saint Mary’s Church in San Francisco. She graduated as a piano major from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and is a student at The Juilliard School
Dr. Shaun J.Young MD University of Southern California
Shaun practices internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.