Mary Budd Horozaniecki, violin
Sally Gibson Dorer, cello
Nicola Melville, piano
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for piano , violin and violoncello, D. 898
Allegro moderato
Andante un poco mosso
Janet Greene, clarinet
Nickolai Kolarov, cello
Stella Branzburg Sick, piano
Marko Tajčević (1900-1984)
Seven Balkan Dances for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Con moto
Rustico
Vivo
Sostenuto e cantabile
Allegro ritmico
Allegretto
Allegro quasi pesante
About the Artists:
Throughout her lifetime career, Mary Budd Horozaniecki has been in equal demand as an outstanding violinist, distinguished scholar, classical performing artist and honored pedagogue. She has appeared nationally as a soloist and in collaboration with chamber ensembles and orchestras. A frequent master class presenter and guest artist at colleges and universities, Mary currently holds the title Senior Lecturer in Music at Carleton College and teaches at Augsburg and Macalester Colleges in Minnesota. Ms Horozaniecki is a two-time fellowship winner at the Blossom Festival School, and has studied at the Meadowmount School of Music. She is an Honors graduate in the school of music at Indiana University where she was privileged to be mentored by the late Josef Gingold. Mary also studied with Margaret Pardee of the Juilliard School, Emily Austin and Menahem Pressler.
Cellist Sally Gibson Dorer performs frequently with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, and appears throughout the Twin Cities with many freelance and chamber ensembles. She has been a member of the New Mexico Symphony, Florida West Coast Symphony, and Savannah Symphony. An avid chamber musician, she was a member of the New Artists String Quartet for five years, where she performed chamber music throughout Florida and collaborated with many artists at the Sarasota Music Festival. She is currently a member of Trio Callisto, a flute, cello, harp trio, which performs throughout Minnesota and on National Public Radio. She has also been a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and has performed on "Prairie Home Companion". She has participated in many summer festivals including Tanglewood, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, the Banff Centre, and the Festival at Sandpoint. Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Ms. Dorer studied at both the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Nicola Melville, a native of New Zealand, has lived in the United States since 1990. Her live performances and recordings have been broadcast on Canadian, U.S. New Zealand, South African and Chinese radio. She has appeared in concert in North and South America, Europe and the South Pacific, and has toured New Zealand regularly. Nicola won both the National Concerto Competition and the Auckland Star Concerto Competition while in New Zealand, and has been a prizewinner in several competitions in the U.S. Past collaborations have included performances with members of the Kronos Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, and the Detroit and Minnesota symphony orchestras. She attended Victoria University School of Music, Wellington, and then earned Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Eastman School of Music where she awarded the prize for Outstanding Graduate Pianist, and the Performer’s Certificate. She has won grants from such organizations as Meet the Composer, Creative New Zealand, the Argosy Fund for Contemporary Music, and the Jerome Composers Commissioning Program for the commissioning, performing and recording of new music. Nicola has recorded for the Innova and Equilibrium labels, most recently releasing a CD of thirteen new solo works commissioned by and dedicated to her, including works by Pulitzer- and Grammy-nominated artists. Nicola is Assistant Professor at Carleton College, Minnesota.
Janet Greene is an Assistant Professor of Music at Hamline University, where she teaches clarinet and music theory and conducts the Hamline Winds. As a professional clarinetist Janet has played with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Winnepeg Symphony, the Hill House Chamber Players and has performed as a recitalist in the Schubert Club Landmark Center series and in Sundin Music Hall. Dr. Greene received her B.A. from Smith College, the Masters of Music in Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and her Doctorate from Rutgers University. She came to Hamline from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, where she directed the Wind Ensemble, the chamber music program, and taught music theory. Prior to this she worked for fifteen years as a freelance musician in New York City, performing with a great variety of ensembles, including the New York City Opera National Company, Westchester Symphony, Hoboken Chamber Orchestra, and the American Philharmonic Orchestra.
By the time Nickolai Kolarov graduated from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music, Sofia, he had started his performing career and was a frequent performer at the Bulgarian National Palace of Culture, the biggest concert hall in Bulgaria. Since his arrival in the United States he performs with most distinguished musicians both classical and contemporary repertoire in different places throughout the country. Nickolai Kolarov earned his MM from the University of Missouri, Kansas City and his Doctoral degree in cello performance from the University of Minnesota. He has also studied with Igor Gavrish from the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Kolarov organizes and performs since 2003 an annual recital of Balkan contemporary chamber music Balkanicus at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas where he used to teach Cello. Balkanicus featured music written especially for him by renowned Albanian composer Aleksander Peci and Bulgarian Bojidar Gatev.
The Bulgarian National Radio, the Bulgarian National TV, 90.1 Kansas City Radio Station, KCTV Channel 9, TPT Channel 17, 99.5 MPR featured some of his performances. Kolarov delivers lectures on Balkan Folk Music in colleges and schools throughout Minnesota and the United States. In February 2008 he was an invited lecturer and performer on the conference of the National Asociation of Composers (NACUSA) in Texas State University – San Markos He has appeared as a conductor and soloist with the Northern State University Symphony- Abardeen, SD, Century College Chamber Orchestra, the 3M Club Symphony Orchestra and Wildwood Symphony Orchestra of which he was the director. Nickolai Kolarov’s research and article: “The Music for Solo Cello of Simeon Pironkov in the Reflection of His Stylistic Features” was published in 2009. (In: Palieva, Anda, ed. Simeon Pironkov - Tvorcheski Prostranstva (Creative Spaces) Sofia: Mars, 2009)
Stella Branzburg Sick received her early music education in Novosibirsk, Russia, at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory Preparatory School. Upon coming to the United States, she went on to earn her Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She continued her studies at the University of Minnesota, completing her DMA in 2003. A pioneer in the field of long distance piano performance and instruction, Stella has taught students in various parts of the United States from her private and collegiate studios in Minnesota, connecting her piano to the student’s piano over the Internet. Using long distance MIDI connectivity technology in conjunction with video conferencing, she has performed long distance as well. Stella has been a Managing Director of the Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition since June 2004. The e-Competition has become a highly respected event worldwide and exploits modern technologies in novel ways, by bringing performers from around the world to the competition via “virtual auditions” as well as sharing the competition performances with worldwide audiences. Stella has become a frequent presenter at major conferences, including the College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. In 2009, she was also a contributor to Clavier Companion. An active solo and chamber performer, Stella is an adjunct assistant professor at Hamline University where she teaching music history and piano. She maintains a small private studio in Maple Grove, MN, where she lives with her husband, Brian, and children, Alexander and Jordan.
