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This Saturday December 4 (8 PM)
Michael Adcock, Piano
A Keyboard Potpourri:
Short & Excerpted Piano Masterworks
Washington Conservatory of Music One Westmoreland Circle Bethesda, MD 20816
Hailed for his prodigious technique, and praised by the Washington Post for an "unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano," pianist Michael Adcock is the recipient of the 1998 Lili Boulanger Memorial Award, a prizewinner in the 1996 Washington International Competition, and a prizewinner in the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Competitions in Chicago and New York. He made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut in December of 1998. In addition to performances throughout the United States, Mr. Adcock has concertized in France, Italy, and Australia, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Adcock earned his Master's degree, Artist Diploma, and Doctorate from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where he studied with Leon Fleisher and Ellen Mack. A former Artist-in-Residence at the Aspen Institute's Wye River, Maryland location, Michael Adcock now makes his home in Washington, DC, where he is a faculty member of the Washington Conservatory of Music.
The exceptionally diverse program will include movements or individual selections from a single work or suite. Composers featured include Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Ravel, Clementi, Debussy, and Granados. Highlights include:
"The Alcotts," from the Concord Sonata - Charles Ives
Danzas Argentinas - Alberto Ginastera
Etudes in c# minor & d# minor - Alexander Scriabin
Intermezzo in A Major - Johannes Brahms |
2010-11 Washington Conservatory Concerts & Master Classes
at Westmoreland Circle
and Glen Echo Park
Sunday, October 24, 20103:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleJos� Ramos-Santana, piano
Music of Alb�niz & Chopin
Tuesday, November 9, 20107:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleEmanuel Ax, piano
Master Class * co-sponsored by WPAS Saturday, November 20, 20107:30 PM at Westmoreland CircleWashington Conservatory FacultyA Celebration of Music
This Saturday, December 4, 20108:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleMichael Adcock, piano A Keyboard Potpourri - Short & Excerpted Piano Masterworks
Saturday, January 8, 20118:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleAlexander Paley, piano An Evening of Franz Liszt Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:30 PM at Westmoreland Circle James Stern, violin The Complete Solo Sonatas & Partitas of JS Bach Sunday, March 27, 2011 3:00 PM at Westmoreland Circle Christopher Sala, cornet & Jeffery Watson, piano The Golden Age of Cornet Friday, April 8, 2011 6:00 PM at Westmoreland Circle Simone Dinnerstein, piano Master Class
* co-sponsored by WPAS
Sunday, April 10, 20113:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleAlexej Gorlatch, pianoLeeds Competition prize winner * co-sponsored by the Washington Group Cultural Fund
Sunday, May 1, 20113:00 PM at Glen Echo ParkDrew Owen, cello
Jeffery Watson, piano Cello Strings 'Round the May Pole
Saturday, May 7, 20118:00 PMHaskell Small, pianoMe & Them - Small, Bach, Hovhaness, & Ives
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Register Now for Winter Sessions of
Early Childhood Music Classes at
Glen Echo Park
Beginning the week of November 29: Classes are available for children ages 5, 4, 3, and 2. To register: Conservatory web site. |
The Washington Conservatory of Music is a nationally accredited community music school that serves the greater metropolitan DC and Bethesda, MD area from two locations: Westmoreland Circle (at the border of the District and Maryland) and at Glen Echo Park.
At WCM, students of all ages and ability levels study without audition under the guidance of the Conservatory's exceptional international artist faculty. The teaching and rehearsal spaces at the Conservatory include 7 virtual acoustic sound isolation recording rooms.For more information, please call us at (301) 320-2770 or visit the Conservatory web site.
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