21. Amateur Pianists Announced john owings Concert pianist Professor of Piano, Texas Christian University. BARRETTWISSMAN Chairman, IMG Artists. PRESS JURY SEMIFINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS. http://www.cliburn.org/page/343/1

Amateur pianists announced SEVENTY-FOUR CONTESTANTS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION’S FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING AMATEURS™ IN FORT WORTH TEXAS MAY 31–JUNE 5, 2004 Apr 1, 2004 SEVENTY-FOUR CONTESTANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION’S FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING AMATEURS™ IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MAY 31–JUNE 5, 2004 Seventy-four competitors from Vermont to Venezuela, South Carolina to South Africa, include a senator’s wife, a doula, a plasma physicist, and several homemakers April 1, 2004, Fort Worth, TEXAS—The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the seventy-four selected participants for the FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING AMATEURS™, to be held at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 31 through June 5, 2004. Designed to encourage and recognize the importance of music-making both off and on stage, this event features pianists above the age of thirty-five whose principal source of income is not derived from piano performance or teaching piano. Out of 110 applicants, seventy-four were selected to participate in the Fourth Amateur Competition. They hail from twenty-six states, as well as from Canada, France, Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Venezuela. (Seventy-five participants were originally selected, but there was a dropout.)

22. MidAmerica Productions - What's New Gearhart Duo, comprised of Fritz Gearhart, violin, and john owings, piano, celebrates ImmediateRelease September 3, 2003 World Renowned pianist Orrett Rhoden http://www.midamerica-music.com/whatsnew_oct2003.htm

September October November December ... Back to What's New Table of Contents October 2003 MidAmerica Productions Presents a Trio of Chamber Concerts, Weill Recital Hall, October 7-26 World Renowned Pianist Orrett Rhoden Makes Weill Recital Hall Debut, October 1, 2003 For Immediate Release September 15, 2003 MidAmerica Productions Presents a Trio of Chamber Concerts, Weill Recital Hall, October 7-26 Highlights include the Weill Recital Hall debut of violinist Philippe Quint and the world premieres of Lera Auerbach's Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano ("September 11); and Robert Kyr's Variations in the Name of Peace New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions will present three concerts in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall from October 7 - 26, 2003. Violinist Philippe Quint makes his Weill Recital Hall debut on Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 8:00 p.m. He will be joined by guest artists Adam Neiman, piano, and Andrei Tchekmazov, cello. The trio will interpret Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano; Shostakovich's Trio No. 2 in E minor for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 67; the world premiere of Lera Auerbach's Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano ("September 11"); and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2 in D major for violin and piano, Op. 94b. Armstrong Chamber Concerts

23. MidAmerica Productions - Weill Recital Hall Chamber Music Series piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin; john owings, piano; British violin; Rafael Figueroa,cello; john Novacek, piano; New York Philharmonic with pianist Robert Miller http://www.midamerica-music.com/weill_artists.htm

Artists Who Have Appeared on Midamerica's Weill Recital Hall Series 1989-2001 Jean Jordan , soprano; Desmond Kincaid , piano Manhattan Philharmonic Chamber Players Peabody Camerata with Gene Young, conductor; Elaine Bonazzi, speaker Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor University of Georgia Contemporary Chamber Ensemble with Lewis Nielson, conductor Stanley Irwin , baritone; Claude Cymerman , piano Elysium String Quartet : Leonid Levin, violin; Jennifer Tiboris, violin; Lisa Heffter, viola; Lutz Rath, cello Stanley Drucker , clarinet; L. William Kuyper , French horn; Joseph Robinson , oboe; with David Carroll, bassoon; Gerald Robbins, piano Ravina String Quartet : Oscar Ravina, violin; Allan Schiller, violin; Peter Kenote, viola; Qiang Tu, cello; with Harold Seletsky, clarinet Brass Mosaic : David Workman, director/trumpet; Brendan Kierman, trumpet; Ken Soper, French horn; Nathaniel Dickey, trombone; Paul Erion, tuba Elysium String Quartet : Robert Chausow, violin; Jennifer Tiboris, violin; Lisa Ralia Heffter, viola; Lutz Rath, cello; with Eleonor Bindman, piano Albemarle Ensemble : Margaret Newcomb, flute; Kristen Hadden, oboe; Matthew Morris, bassoon; Dwight Purvis, horn; Content Sablinsky, piano

24. Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Pianists - Fractured Atlas Links Directory repertoire and reviews. owings, john pianist and teacher; includes biography,discography, articles and photos. Paderewski, Ignaz Jan http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/links/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Pianis

Arts Directory Home Site Owners - Report Bad/Changed Link Member Services Fractured Atlas is a non-profit arts service organization. Benefits of membership include: Health Insurance Artist health insurance Health insurance - NY Health insurance - CA Fiscal Sponsorship Non-profit umbrella services Grants Multiple arts grant programs Consulting Arts management consulting Legal Services Subsidized legal services ADVERTISEMENT: Home Music Instruments Keyboard ... Pianists : Page 6 CATEGORIES: Agents and Managers Biret, Idil Brendel, Alfred Directories ... Sgouros, Dimitris LINKS: Pages: Okashiro, Chitose Japanese pianist. Includes biography, discography, concert tours, and news. In English and Japanese. Ousset, C©cile French pianist page with biography, discography, repertoire and reviews. Owings, John Pianist and teacher; includes biography, discography, articles and photos. Paderewski, Ignaz Jan (1860-1941) Biographical essay and list of works by Wanda Wilk from the Polish Music Reference Center. Panizza, Alexander Official Site of Argentinean-Canadian Concert Pianist. Features upcoming engagements, reviews, repertoire and demo recordings. Pap, Milica (b. 1973)

25. Jonathan Tsay - Biography as a chamber musician; he was the first pianist to participate Private Lessons –Alessio Bax, Jose Feghali, john owings, Boris Petrushansky, Andre Laplante. http://people.smu.edu/jtsay/tsaybio.htm

Jonathan Tsay - pianist Born and raised in Arlington, Texas, Jonathan started his piano studies with Carolyn Savko at the age of five. His only other piano teacher is Carol Leone, with whom he now studies with at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU). His other musical background includes violin studies with Irene Lau and percussion studies with Joey Carter. Jonathan served as pianist, violinist, violist, and percussionist for the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, where he also won the Young Artists’ Award. Jonathan has participated in the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute in Fort Worth, Le Centre d’arts Orford in Quebec, and the Las Vegas Music Festival. He has remained active as a chamber musician; he was the first pianist to participate in The Institute for Strings, a chamber music intensive program founded by Dallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Jan Sloman. Jonathan has been a featured soloist with orchestras including the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra and the Meadows Symphony Orchestra at SMU.

26. Justin Kolb: Classical Concert Pianist Thank you for an encouraging, stimulating and upbeat presentationit was a realboost for us. john owings, Department of Music Texas Christian University http://www.justinkolb.com/index.php?sitedomo_id=4

27. TCU School Of Music percussion Jobin s How Insensitive; Gary Whitman, clarinet, Dr. Misha Galaganov,viola, and john owings, piano - Gonzalez s Uruguayan pianist, Polly Ferman. http://www.music.tcu.edu/recitals_spring_2004.asp

Most recitals and concerts are open to the public at no charge. Additional student recitals, held almost daily, are also free and open to the public. Call 817.257.7602 for information or confirmation, or click on the performer name for program information. Faculty Recitals are broacast Monday morning at 10:00 the week following the recital on KTCU, 88.7 FM. Ed Landreth Auditorium and PepsiCo Recital Hall (located in the Walsh Center for the Performing Arts) are located at the corner of South University Drive and West Cantey Street. Free parking is available in lots north of each facility. Add me to the Events Email List Spring 2004 Tuesday, January 13 7:30 PM PepsiCo Recital Hall Interarts and Technology Lecture/Demonstration with Dennis Miller. Tuesday, January 27

28. INKPOT#89 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: PORTER The Unpublished Manuscripts For Violin carefully crafted piano accompaniment. And in such dedicated and sincereplaying from violinst Fritz Gearhart and pianist john owings. http://inkpot.com/classical/portervn.html

Quincy PORTER The Unpublished Manuscripts for Violin and Piano Sonata in D minor: Allegro moderato (1919) Molto moderato (1919) Allegro appassionato (1919) Sonata in E minor (1926) Berceuse (To Little Helen, 1929) Piece for Violin (To Louis, 1941) Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (1947) Improvisation for Violin and Piano (To Louis Porter, 1948) Variations for Violin and Piano (To Oscar Shumsky, 1963) Fritz Gearhart violin John Owings piano KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 3-7439-2 H1 [67:54] full-price by Chia Han-Leon In this day and age, an unattentive listener might brush this music off as just more late Romantic/Post-Romantic work in the singing violin over rippling piano variety. But listen carefully, and you will see the very careful and firm craftmanship of the composer; how the violin lines turn and sway dreamily, intensely over its carefully crafted piano accompaniment. And in such dedicated and sincere playing from violinst Fritz Gearhart and pianist John Owings. It would seem that this is a distinguishing point about Porter's music here. It at first sounds just like some late Romantic work, but often veers away into harmonies and gestures which belie something more modern. The performances here have this way of being at times restlessly Romantic and emotional, yet with turns of something more deliberate and structured, which I find suits this music very appropriately. The disc begins with three earlier one-movement works from 1919. First is the 61/2-minute Sonata in D minor - Romantic in tone, no doubt, yearning, sweet and a very pleasant introduction to Porter's world. Gearhart plays with graceful sincerity and noble passion, in music which is regal yet carefree. There is perhaps some Brahms, something Beethoven, something Schubert.

29. John Howard Griffin Papers the December 1975 piece includes a photograph of Gaby Casadesus and winner john owingsnp, 19721980 4 items Note Jean Casadesus was pianist-in-residence at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/rare/guides/Griffin/main.html

John Howard Griffin Papers Published in Electronic Form February 2003 Date Range Size of Collection : 15.5 linear ft. (ca. 7,500 items in 37 boxes) Date of Acquisition : Purchase 1995 Material on Microfilm : No material on microfilm Terms of Access : Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly publication projects Restrictions on Use or Access Location in Stacks : In sequence Processing Information : Processed by the Robert Bonazzi and Patrick Lawlor The extensive and informative notes are by Robert Bonazzi. Associated Material : There is a Griffin collection at the Harry Ransom Research Center. University of Texas at Austin RLIN ID : NYCR BIOGRAPHY John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) was born in Mansfield, Texas. His early training was as a musicologist in Tours, France specializing in Gregorian Chant. He studied psychology, specializing in the effects of music on the mentally disturbed. He also studied photography and became an expert portrait photography. During WWII he help Jews in France escape the Nazis. After the fall of France, he joined the U. S. Army Air Corps and was sent to the South Pacific to work with the native islanders. Injured by a bomb blast he gradually lost his sight, becoming totally blind by 1947. During his blindness he wrote his two major novels The Devil Rides Outside and Nuni as well as numerous short stories. In 1951 he became a Roman Catholic. After recovering his sight in 1957, he wrote for

30. Classical Net Review - Casadesus - Works For Violin Fritz Gearhart, violin john owings, piano * Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin Koch InternationalClassics 3 18991972), as most know, was a virtuoso pianist of the http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/k/kch37528a.html

Robert Casadesus Complete Works for Violin Sonata for Violin and Piano #1, Op. 9 Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 Op. 34 Suite for Two Violins "In Memory of Gabriel Faure", Op. 39 * Fritz Gearhart, violin John Owings, piano * Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin Koch International Classics 3-7528-2 First of all, this is a very beautifully recorded disc, Gearhart, with his creamy-sounding violin tone, seeming right in your listening room. Most reviewers will turn first to the unusual repertory presented here, but I couldn't help but comment on the full, rich sonics right off, sonics that, if you like up-close miking, you'll find of demonstration-caliber. The Suite for Two Violins, as pointed out in Gearhart's incisive and informative notes, is modeled on Baroque forms. Casadesus gives us a sort of neo-Classicism that sounds nothing like Stravinsky's from that time. Here the five movements that comprise the work effervesce with color and wit, and fully draw you into their modern Baroque world. What one notices about this work in particular is that it contains not one extra note, not one moment's dawdling. It's pure, masterfully-conceived music that suffers the ironic fate of existing only in the composer's manuscript. Surely some publisher will come forth now and publish this most attractive composition. The Chausson Hommage is another fine work, sweetly melancholy in the opening and playful and witty in the central and closing sections. Robert Cummings Search Reviews Back to the Review Index Classical Net , is strictly prohibited.

31. Diabelli Variations -- 34 Pianists piano teachers were Solomon Mikowsky, Robert Armstrong, Wilber A. Price, john owings,and Sonia and in a variety of settings as a choral pianist, with the http://www.northportarts.org/diabelli-bios.html

The 34 Pianists Here are brief biographies of the 34 pianists who are collaborating in the group performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations Theme: Joe Patrych Mr. Patrych was educated at the Aaron Copland School of Music where he studied music theory, history, analysis and performance. He has performed as a pianist, conductor and choral singer, and has adjudicated several music competitions, most recently the Degrado Memorial Competition for the past 3 years. From 1980 to 1993 he was Classical Music Director at WFUV-FM, and also the co-producer and co-host of Concert Grande, a radio program devoted to the piano that aired for 17 years. Mr. Patrych has designed and built studios for Harvard University, The University of Missouri at Kansas City, The Edison National Historical Site, and The International Piano Archives at Maryland, as well as many private studios. He is a member of The Association of Recorded Sound Collections, where he is on the Technical Committee. BTW, Mr. Patrych has made CD's with 8 other pianists that are playing this evening. Jane Leslie Jane Leslie is a pianist, composer, and teacher. Her compositions have been honored with six ASCAP Awards and Meet the Composer grants. Her unique piano recitals include her own piano music, as well as classical piano solos. She has recorded two albums of her original piano solos. Her first album, "Dreamsongs" has been featured in radio broadcasts in the U.S. and abroad, and on the Internet. Her upcoming album, "The Gentle Piano," is planned for release in the near future. Her compositions include many piano solos and duets, as well as music for strings, woodwinds, and voice. Jane Leslie is currently a member of the music faculty at Nassau Community College. She holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano from the Juilliard School, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

32. Welcome To Mountain View College : DCCCD She studied with international concert pianist Lili Kraus for fourteen years Diplomain 1999 from Texas Christian University where she studied with john owings. http://www.mvc.dcccd.edu/1pianojudges.htm

Home Competition Guidelines Repertoire List Schedule ... Pictures 2002 JUDGES Candace Bawcombe – Candace Bawcombe is a frequent performer in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. She has servd as a faculty member for both Dallas County and Tarrant County Community Colleges. She performs regularly with the Ft. Worth symphony, the Dallas Opera Orchestra, and the Texas Chamber Orchestra, and collaborates in recital with Dallas Symphony musicians. She is Executive Director of the Texas Chamber Orchestra. She studied with international concert pianist Lili Kraus for fourteen years. She holds three degrees in Piano Performance from Texas Christian University and the Juilliard School. Dr. Oscar Dressler – Dr. Dressler attended the National Conservatory of Music in Paraguay and the National Conservatory of Music "Carlos Lopez Bouchardo" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In attition to his conservatory degrees, Dr. Dressler holds both Bachelor of Music and Piano Performance and a Master of Music in Music Education from the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Buenos Aires. In the USA, Dr. Dressler obtained both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Upon willing a scholarship competition in 1992 sponsored by the University of Music "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, Austria, he was awarded a scholarship to study the complete works by Mozart for the piano. At the "Mozateum" he studied under Dr. Reiner Bulland and Mr. Hanz Leygraff. He has performed, lectured and taught master classes in Europe, Latin America, and South America.

33. Chicago Scene Wednesdays, 7 PM, Jerry owings. Fri 9/27, 5 PM, pianist Ben Rudolph; 9 PM,john Moulder Quartet; 130 AM, Green Mill Quartet (no cover). http://www.jazzsingers.com/ChicagoScene/

Chicago Scene "My kind of town Chicago is, my kind of razz-ma-tazz, and it has all that jazz..." Singers Calendar Singers may post your gigs. Events for Friday, Sept. 20 thru Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002 Listings provided by Marie Alexandre. Please email any information to Marie Alexandre at drakmari@ameritech.net JAZZ CONCERTS CAB CALLOWAY ORCHESTRA under the direction of Calloway Brooks. Sat 9/21, 8 PM, Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Ct., Schaumburg. 847-895-3600. CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE performs Duke Ellington's Jump for Joy under the direction of William Russo. Sat 9/21, 8 PM, Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois, Lake Forest. Wed 9/25, 7 PM, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights. Sat 9/28, 7 PM, Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th. 312-344-6245. ELAINE DAME DUO performs "What's In a Dame?"; free concert. Fri 9/20, 4:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center Gallery, 72 E. Randolph. 877-244-2246. AL JARREAU, JOYCE COOLING Fri 9/20, 8 PM, Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State. 312-443-1130 or 312-559-1212. JUBA COLLECTIVE Tue 9/24, 5 PM (free open rehearsal), Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. 312-294-3000. Sat 9/28, 10 PM (with Nona Hendryx and guest DJs and musicians as part of the World Music Festival), Park West, 322 W. Armitage. 773-929-5959.

34. Germini(francesco) In February and March 2000, he conducted the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worthin several, one of these with the famous pianist john owings, professor of http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/strings/violins/germini(francesco).html

Violinist, Conductor and Composer Francesco Germini CONTACT: Via A. Grandi, 5/40 42020 Albinea (RE) Italy Tel: +39 (0)522 599628 Mob: +39 347-2386606 EMAIL EDUCATION AVELLINO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC "DOMENICO CIMAROSA", ITALY (1991) DIPLOMA OF VIOLIN TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS, USA ( SUMMER 1998) CONDUCTING CLASS AND VIOLIN TEACHERS: JORMA PANULA - SEIJI OZAWA - ROBERT SPANO - ANDRE' PREVIN - JOHN WILLIAMS DUBLIN MASTER CLASSES, INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING COURSE, IRELAND, (1999) PRINCIPAL TEACHER - GERHARD MARKSON IV INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING SEMINAR, VERONA, ITALY (1998) PRINCIPAL TEACHER - JORMA PANULA ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING SEMINAR, "I POMERIGGI MUSICALI", MILAN, ITALY (1995) PRINCIPAL TEACHER - GUSTAV KUHN ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING COURSE, MILAN, ITALY (1992-93) PRINCIPAL TEACHER - JULIUS KALMAR, WIENERMEISTERKURSEE TEACHER STRING QUARTET AND ORCHESTRA MASTER CLASSES, FIVIZZANO (MS), ITALY (1986-1987-1991) TEACHERS: GIOVANE QUARTETTO ITALIANO - L. PARIGI - G. TAVERNA - E. PORTA

35. South Lead Stories Gordon Center for the Performing Arts in owings Mills. conductor Edward Polochick,soprano Ah Hong, baritone john ShirleyQuirk and pianist Leon Fleisher http://www.ebguide.com/solead2.html

Lead Stories Ready, willing and able to inspire others CP not a stumbling block for Southern High grad The Class of 2004: Each spring, The Baltimore Guide profiles graduating seniors from high schools in the area. Students were selected by their respective institutions. By Mary Helen Sprecher Newsroom@baltimoreguide.com Classes are just letting out for the day at Southern High School. On this sunny spring afternoon, the happy chaos of students streaming through the halls and heading for the exits is in full bloom. Over and above the noise, a smooth, sonorous voice comes over the public address system. Students are being reminded of school rules, and of deadlines for testing and college applications. Teachers are admonished to turn in attendance figures. The voice, disembodied and authoritative, floats through the halls, cutting through the babble, stopping discussion in its tracks, making students cock their heads and listen. In the administrative office, in a corner near the door is an electric wheelchair. In the wheelchair sits a student, slight of build, his body twisted in a painful manner so that he can hold the phone up to his ear. And it is he who is issuing the directives with absolute assurance and bone-deep, unshakeable confidence. "I really do get inspired by Eric," sighs Shirley Cathorne, Southern’s principal, as she watches him go about making the announcements. "He inspires not just adults but his peers. We all think we’ve faced pain, we all think we’ve faced stress. Then you see Eric going up the hallway..." her voice trails off, and she thinks for a moment, then adds, "and you realize you haven’t faced anything at all by comparison."

36. Sounds & Stories: People owings That was the performance, the actual broadcast. Larkins , who became a worldrenowned,jazz pianist. Church, when the late Reverend john Colbert was http://glass.peabody.jhu.edu/sas/people/owings/owings-oralhistory.html

Excerpt 1: "...if you were lucky enough to sing for the actual broadcast, you received payment in the grand total of two dollars." Oral History: Transcript Interview No. SAS4.11.02 Mrs. Jacqueline Owings Interviewer: Marsha Peart Location: Baltimore, Maryland Date: April 11, 2002 Edited by: Mrs. Owings and E. Schaaf Q: Please state your name. Owings: My name is Jacqueline Owings. I live in Baltimore, Maryland. Q: Owings: I was raised here. Q: Raised in Baltimore. You came here at the age of one or so. Owings: Less. Q: You had all your educational experience here in Baltimore. You stated also in the pre-interview that music has always been a part of your life. Could discuss what music was like for you at home while you were growing up? Owings: I guess it probably had more to do with going to church than anything else. My grandmother sang in her church choir, and so I would hear her choir, I would hear music at church. And then in the early days, without television and some of the other kinds of entertainment, a lot of churches gave concerts. Also at my church, a Methodist Church, we had what was called the Epworth League, which was an organization for young people. On Sunday afternoons there would be programs with discussions, poetry and music. Very often you might have singers from from Morgan State College Q: Owings: My grandmother raised me.

37. ArkivMusic Casadesus - Complete Works For Violin / Gearhart, Et Robert Casadesus primarily made his mark as a pianist, his compositional and unquestionablesympathy for these scores is seconded by john owings supple and http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=9892

38. Biographies As a successful young concert pianist and composer living in Architect for the Chicagooffice of Skidmore owings Merrill john PERRY CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. http://www.wetdesign.com/client/bellagio/biographies/body.html

MARK FULLER CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Commissioned by Steve Wynn to create the Fountains of Bellagio, Mark Fuller is the motivating force of WET Design, the Company that has created a new reference for the modern water fountain by changing the nature of water as a vital component in the urban landscape. Mark, with a Master's Degree from Stanford and a background in design, physics and engineering, co-founded WET Design in 1983. He has led the company from its initial complement of seven people to a firm of over one hundred, including designers from many disciplines, architects, engineers, scientists, special effects experts, physicists and technicians. His creative vision is responsible for a new form of performance art, of which the Fountains of Bellagio is the pinnacle of the company's achievement. CLAIRE TUTTLE DIRECTOR OF DESIGN A pivotal member of WET Design since 1985, Claire Tuttle led the transformation of WET from its emphasis on technology to its focus on design as the prime driving force of the company. Having directed the design of over fifty water features in eighteen countries and spanning thirteen years, Claire is the Designer for the Fountains of Bellagio. KENNY ORTEGA PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER

39. Bulletin, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Reviews Of Recorded Materials pianist Monica Gaylord is capable in all this music, evincing fine technique anda sure sense of the varied idioms involved in this diverse john owings, Piano. http://www.american-music.org/publications/bullarchive/records271.html

Society for American Music Bulletin, Volume XXVII, no. 1 (Spring 2001) Reviews of Recorded Materials Edited by Orly Leah Krasner, City College, CUNY PIANO WORKS OF CHARLES T. GRIFFES Ivo Kaltchev, piano. Gega New CD 123, 1998. One compact disc. Of all the might-have-beens in American music, few are more poignant than the case of Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920), who died after a short and undeservedly obscure career in music. Although trained in Germany, Griffes turned increasingly to French models for inspiration during his brief maturity, producing some fine works with a certain originality. Originality, however, is not the first impression left by Ivo Kaltchev's Griffes disc. The first two of the four Roman Sketches, Op. 7 , "The White Peacock" and "Nightfall" are overly indebted to Debussy. "The Fountain of Acqua Paola" opens with a fine American-sounding melody, but then descends into standard late-Romantic note-spinning. Things pick up considerably with the last piece in this set; "Clouds" is music of genuine beauty, of wispy and a bit lightweight. "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan," in its orchestral setting, was among the few works of Griffes to achieve some attention in his lifetime. In the original piano version, its dark opening brings Mussorgsky to mind, and Griffes works this idiom effectively with some ominous left-hand passages. Bulgarian pianist Kaltchev digs deep into the Slavic darkness of these measures, and to great effect. So, too, in the brooding "A Winter Landscape," heard here in its world premiere recording. "Legend" has a strong individual stamp; "De Profundis" is a less compelling, if still craftsmanly, essay in the Romantic style. The most ambitious work on the disc, the

40. Intercom - Ithaca College's Faculty And Staff Information Center The Ithaca College School of Music will welcome guest violinist Fritz Gearhartand pianist john owings for a free recital on Tuesday, October 28. http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/index.php?topic=arts_etc&page=6

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