New Longhorn cellists Seulki Lee (DMA ’19) and Eunhye Lim (AD ’18) have won the Principal and Associate Principal cello positions with the Round Rock Symphony Orchestra (RRSO). The RRSO is the premier orchestra and the largest arts organization in Williamson County, TX. Now in its 9th season, the RRSO is led by Music Director and conductor Stefan Sanders, who is also Associate Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Lauren Peacock (MM ’16) has won a position in The Orchestra Now (TÕN). TŌN, a unique training orchestra and fellowship program founded by Bard in 2015, is preparing a new generation of musicians to break down barriers between modern audiences and great orchestral music of the past and present. At a TŌN concert, musicians and audience inspire one another, each following their curiosity with a shared sense of adventure. The musicians of TŌN hail from across the U.S. and eleven other countries: Australia, Canada, China, France, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, Taiwan, and Venezuela. In addition to a concert series at their home base—the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College—they perform multiple concerts each season at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and offer complimentary concerts at venues across the boroughs of New York City in the Around Town series. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art they join Leon Botstein in the series Sight & Sound as he explores the places where musical and visual expression meet, pairing orchestral works with masterpieces from the museum’s collection.
Frank Jenkins (DMA ’13) has been appointed as Adjunct Instructor at Concordia University beginning September 2016. Before coming to Austin to pursue his DMA at the UT Butler School of Music, Frank received his MM from Northwestern University and his BM from Peabody Conservatory of Music. Frank also serves as string orchestra director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and as a tenured member of the Austin Symphony Orchestra.
For more information, visit www.concordia.edu.
Doug Machiz (MM ’11), with his San Francisco-based Friction Quartet, wins second prize in the Chamber Division of the 2016 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China. For more information and complete competition results, visit
schoenfeldcompetition.com.
New on YouTube! David Campbell (DMA ’15) performs the “Allemande” from the J.S. Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G major for Solo Cello…
Next week, James Burch (DMA ’16) appears as a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival. Running July 11-31, the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA (the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) is a musical utopia for innovative musicians in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. The festival is dedicated entirely to adventurous contemporary music. James will work with John Luther Adams as well as Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon. For ticket, venue and more information, visit bangonacan.org.
Next week, James Burch (DMA ’16) appears as guest artist at the third annual Omaha Under the Radar festival. Running July 6-9, Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest presented by Analog Arts celebrating cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. James will perform works for cello and electronics including Prés by Kaija Saariaho and Dissociation Sequences by Jon Fielder. For ticket, venue and more information, visit www.undertheradaromaha.com.
For the second year in a row, a Longhorn Cellist has been named winner of the New York International Artists Competition. Ying Zhang (DMA ’16) took First Prize in the top category of the 2016 Cello Competition earlier this month, joining Yi Xin (DMA ’14), who won a year ago in the 2015 Cello Competition. NYIAC will present Ying, as well as winners from other instruments, in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in October 2016.
Yi Xin (DMA ’14) at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, July 2015
Francesco Mastromatteo (DMA ’12) returns to Central Texas on Wednesday, April 30, 2016, to perform with conductor Robert Radmer and the Central Texas Medical Orchestra in a benefit concert for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is the largest grassroots organization dedicated to building
better lives for millions of Americans affected by mental illness. For venue, ticket and more information, visit ctmorchestra.org.
Doug Machiz (MM ’11), with his San Francisco-based Friction Quartet, makes his Carnegie Hall Debut on Friday, April 15, 2016, at 9 PM. The Friction Quartet will participate in Carnegie Hall’s Kronos Quartet Workshop which culminates in a performance in Zankel Hall. To ticket, venue and more information, visit www.carnegiehall.org.
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