Event Title:

Organization:

  Concert

  Oakland

Start Date:

  6/2/2013

End Date:

  6/2/2013

Start Time:

  2:00 PM

End Time:

  5:00 PM

Event Info: 

  The Firehouse Arts Center will present in concert the winners of the prestigious Northern California Harp Competition, now known as the Yvonne La Mothe Schwager Competition. Performing will be the best harpists from Northern California and Nevada between the ages of 8 and 23. Also on the program is special guest artist Seika Dong, winner of numerous national and international harp competitions.

Concert selections to be performed will run the gamut from Baroque to contemporary, simple to complex, including pieces by French, German, Russian, and American composers.

For the youngest harpists, the concert pieces consist mainly of works written by well-known harp pedagogues (master teachers), including Linda Wood Rollo and Nancy Gustavson from our own Bay Area, and French harp composer Bernard Andres. Additional selections include Salzedo's arrangement of Haydn Theme and Variations, and Quest by composer and flutist Gary Schocker, both of which are required works for the national competition.
In the intermediate and advanced performance categories the repertoire chosen includes: Eolian Harp by Godefroid, Impromptu by Gliere, The Colorado Trail by Grandjany, Russian Toccata by Slonimsky, and the Faure Impromptu.

Special guest artist Seika Dong is at age 19 a seasoned performer, having not only been invited to perform for the World Harp Congress at age 17, but also as a soloist at the San Francisco Opera House at age 12 and in New York at age 13. Ms. Dong has won First Prizes at the following prestigious competitions: American Harp Society National Competition, Japan International Harp Competition, and the BACAHS annual competition two years in a row, to name just a few.

Competition and concert organizer Dominique Piana sums up: "Our goal is to give as many as possible a boost in the development of their talent and to spread the love of the harp. Ultimately the art of music is equally about listening and being heard."

http://www.firehousearts.org

Location:

  Firehouse Arts Center

Room:

Address:

  4444 Railroad Avenue

Phone:

  925-931-4848

City:

  Pleasanton

State/Province:

  CA