KENNETH TSE
SOPRANO AND ALTO
SAXOPHONES
MARIAN LEE
PIANO

GUEST ARTIST CONCERT SERIES
RECITAL HALL
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 • 7:30 PM

-.FferbergerCollege
of the Arts
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Pianist Marian Lee made her concert debut performing with the Ann Arbor and
Flint Symphony Orchestras in Michigan. She entered the Juilliard School as a
scholarship student receiving Bachelor and Master degrees in Piano Performance
under the guidance of Gyorgy Sandor and Seymour Lipkin. Subsequently, she was
awarded the coveted Fulbright Grant to the former Soviet Union for Professional
Studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Naum Shtarkman and most recently,
completed her doctoral degree at the Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins
University with Boris Slutsky.
Dr. Lee made her New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall as winner of the
Artists International Award. She has appeared internationally as soloist with the
orchestras of the Moscow Sinfonietta, Pacific Ocean Orchestra, Azerbaijan State
Philharmonic, Brjansk City Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica do
Espirito Santo, and is frequently invited to perform at international contemporary
music festivals. In liaison with the State Department, Dr. Lee has also served as
music ambassador for American contemporary music in Russia, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, and Poland. Additional concert highlights have taken place in
Austria, Brazil, Byelorussia, Estonia, Italy, France, Thailand, and Lincoln Center.
As a pedagogue, Dr. Lee held a piano minor teaching assistantship at the Juilliard
School and has taught piano literature and appreciation classes at the Johns
Hopkins University. She has taught piano to children at the Greenwich Academy
in Greenwich, CT, the Gilman School in Baltimore, MD, the Town School in New
York City, and during the summers taught at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in
Michigan.
This past summer, Marian moved to Iowa City with her husband and recently
gave birth to a baby boy. She is currently free-lancing as an accompanist and
starting up a piano studio in the area.
Recognized as one of the leading saxophonists in the world, Kenneth Tse, a
native of Hong Kong, was mainly self-taught as a youth until he met Eugene
Rousseau in 1989. Rousseau called him "a brilliant saxophonist...worthy of any
stage in the world."
As a student, Tse began his recording and concertizing career. As a winner of
the New York Artists International Competition, Tse gave his Carnegie Hall debut
in 1996 and was hailed "a young virtuoso" by the New York Times. American
Record Guide said Tse has a "supremely elegant tone and sheer virtuosity."
Fanfare Magazine wrote, "[Tse is] of the caliber of instrumentalists whose very
sound is captivating." The great Jean-Marie Londeix also wrote, "I appreciate
particularly the quality of [his] tone, the perfect tuning, and the musical
intelligence..."
A frequent guest soloist, adjudicator, and clinician in many parts of Asia,
Europe, Australia, and the United States, among the many featured performances
Tse has given include solo appearances with the Des Moines Symphony, the
United States Navy Band, Slovenia Army Band, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, etc., as
well as at venues such as World Saxophone Congress and NASA conferences. He
has also been invited to present clinics at major conferences hosted by the
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Program
Sonata
David DeBoor Canfield
For Soprano Saxophone and Piano (2006-7)*
(b. 1950)
Furioso con fuoco
Lento ma poco movente
Vivacissimo
Partita for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1964)
Prelude—Allemande
Cazone
Courante
Pavane
Gigue

Erwin Dressel
(1909-1972)

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**

Sonata No. 1
For Alto Saxophone and Piano (1960)
Allegro moderato
Vif et leger
Adage
Allegro vivo

Pierre-Philipe Bauzin
(1933-2005)

La Ronde des Lutins Op. 25

Antonio Bazzini
(1818-1897)

*Written for Tse

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Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please
turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.

California Band Directors' Association, Iowa Bandmaster's Association, the
Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinics as well as universities
worldwide.
Since publishing his first commercial recording at age 23, Tse has subsequently
released seven critically acclaimed solo CDs under Crystal Records, RIAX 14,
Records, Enharmonic Records and Arizona University Recordings.
Tse is an advocate for new music; notable composers such as David DeBoor
Canfield, John Cheetham, David Froom, Perry Goldstein, et. al. have dedicated
music to him and his saxophone arrangements are published through Reed Music
in Australia while his articles have been featured in the Saxophone Journal,
Saxophone Symposium, Iowa Bandmaster Association Journal and Yamaha
Education Series.
Tse is currently the Associate Professor of Saxophone at the University of Iowa
and also serves as the Membership Director for the North American Saxophone
Alliance. (www.kenneth-tse.com)

Performance Events Staff Supervisor
Paul W. Estes
Event Mangers:
Kyle Anderson, Iftekhar Anwar, Laura Boone, Edwin Brown
Brady Cullum, Mirel DeLaTorre, Anthony Garcia, Leeh Humphrey
Kevan Nymeyer, Megan Smith, Aaron VanderYachet

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