The Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert Series
2007-2008 Season
Thursday, March 6, 12:05-1:00 PM
FREE Admission
Justin Henry Rubin, piano
Sonata-Impromptu (2007) -- Justin Henry Rubin (b. 1971)
III. Delicato con espressione
Sonatina in e minor Op. 89, No. 1 -- Max Reger (1873-1916)
I. Allegro Moderato e con espressione
Paduana Lachrimae -- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Linda Chatterton, flute
Jeffrey Van, guitar
Serenata al Alba del Dia ("Serenade to the Dawn") -- Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
The Turning of the Year -- Jeffrey Van (b. 1941)
Winter
Spring
Ballad, from "Three Movements" -- Alfred Biales (b. 1929)
Entr'acte -- Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
ARTIST BIOS:
Dr. Justin Rubin is Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Composition Program at the University of Minnesota Duluth. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College in New York, and the University of Arizona, Rubin is active as a performer on both organ and piano. His diverse concert repertoire (ranging from the early Baroque, to Schubert, to Xenakis) has informed a somewhat eclectic compositional style, and a renewed interest in traditional tonal structures through the prism of modern techniques has led to Rubin's mature approach to writing. His work has been recognized through performances with the Minnesota Orchestra as well as numerous chamber ensembles throughout the United States and Europe.
Flutist Linda Chatterton “ushers listeners into a dreamy world buoyed by smooth melody line and radiant timbre,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Ms. Chatterton is one of those rare musicians who melds technical prowess with a wondrous musical and communicative gift. A flutist with an equal flair for the dramatic, lyrical, powerful, or playful, her range of repertoire perfectly reflects the varied facets of her solo, chamber music, or concerto performances.
A Yamaha Performing Artist, Ms. Chatterton has toured throughout much of the country as well as in Germany and the United Kingdom. She has performed in New York at Carnegie and Alice Tully Hall, was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, and has been heard on Minnesota and National Public Radio. Ms. Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the Minnesota Orchestra and the Dale Warland Singers, and tours regularly as a duo performer with both harp and guitar. As a concerto soloist, a recent highlight has been a performance of the Lukas Foss Renaissance Concerto with the Evanston (IL) Symphony Orchestra.
Recent appearances include over two dozen concerts crisscrossing the country with Milwaukee Symphony harpist Ann Lobotzke; a showcase of flute works by Chinese and Chinese-American composers, featuring premieres of Jean Sze and Pei Lu; and concerts as a member of Trio Callisto (with harpist Min Kim and cellist Sally Gibson Dorer), selections of which have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.
The first flutist to win a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians, Ms. Chatterton also has garnered prizes and awards from the Jerome Foundation and the American Composers Forum. An $8,000 Artist Fellowship from the Minnesota State Arts Board gave rise to a solo flute commission by composer Edie Hill, and the development of a contemporary flute and piano recital program.
In addition to her concert schedule, Ms. Chatterton retains an active studio where she teaches a wide range of students including those who request professional coaching. She also is highly regarded for her insightful master classes at the college level, and she serves as a mentor to music students at the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts.
Ms. Chatterton received her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music as a scholarship student of Bonita Boyd. Ms. Chatterton has played a Yamaha 881H flute since 1986, which can be heard on the recording, The Romance of Flute and Harp, with Min Kim. Ms. Chatterton has commercially released four CD recordings; upcoming releases include a CD of contemporary American music for flute and piano.
Guitarist and composer Jeffrey Van has premiered over 50 works for guitar including Dominick Argento’s Letters from Composers, five concertos and a broad variety of chamber music. He has performed in Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and as part of Duologue, with flutist Susan Morris De Jong, has premiered and recorded commissioned works from more than a dozen composers, including Stephen Paulus, Roberto Sierra, Tania Leon, Michael Daugherty, Libby Larsen and William Bolcom.
He has been featured on many NPR broadcasts, made several solo and ensemble recordings and appeared on ten recordings with The Dale Warland Singers. Van has performed and taught master classes throughout the United States, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota School of Music, where he is a lecturer in classical guitar. Former students include Sharon Isbin, John Holmquist and members of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet.
Mr. Van’s compositions include works for guitar, guitar and violin, guitar and flute, chorus, chamber ensemble, vocal solo, organ and a concerto for two guitars and chamber orchestra. His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes, Walton, Colla Voce, Mark Foster, Earthsongs, MorningStar and Hal Leonard. |
