-{-erberger College
of Fine Arts

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

BETTY MALLARD
AND
DAVID RENNER
PIANO, FOUR-HAND RECITAL

GUEST ARTIST RECITAL SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2006 • 7:30 P.M.

Betty Mallard and David Renner, both associate professors of piano at
The University of Texas at Austin, have been widely praised for their
frequent four-hand recitals since they began playing together in 1984.
Their repertoire spans the entire history of four-hand music, from J.C.
Bach, Mozart and Schubert to present-day composers. Performing
throughout the United States, they have presented a lecture-recital on fourhand playing at the Murray Dranoff International Two-Piano Symposium,
have participated in American Matthay Festivals and have also recorded
recitals for educational television (PBS). In 2002, they played and gave
master classes in Hong Kong and in 2003, they performed and taught in
Cyprus.
Betty Mallard holds both Bachelor of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts
degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Master of
Music degree from the University of Southern California. Her teachers
include Dalies Frantz, Lillian Steuber, Gwendolyn Koldofsky, William
Doppmann and David Renner. She is the recipient of both a University of
Texas College of Fine Arts Teaching Award and the Texas Music
Teachers Association Collegiate Teaching Award. In addition to her
performances of four-hand repertoire, she has given solo and collaborative
recitals throughout the United States and on two European tours with the
Austin Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Mallard served as Division Head of
Keyboard at the University of Texas for seven years.
David Renner has taught at Michigan State University and, since 1974,
has taught at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Bachelor of
Music and Master of Music degrees, as well as the Performer's Certificate
and Artist Diploma in piano performance, from the Eastman School of
Music where he studied with Cecile Genhart. A Fulbright scholar, he
studied two years at the Hochscule fur Musik in Munich, Germany with
Friedrich Wiihrer and one summer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Kurt
Neurntiller. Thereafter, he studied extensively with Frank Mannheimer.
Mr. Renner is She recipient, of the' Texas Music 'Teachers Association
Collegiate Teaching Award. He was also honored by the establishment of
a Presidential Endowed Scholarship in Piano in his name by former
University of Texas president, Lorene L. Rogers. In addition to his fourhand performances, he has also given solo and collaborative recitals
throughout the United States as well as in Europe.

PROGRAM
Sonata in C Major, K521 (1787)
Allegro
Andante
Allegro

W.A. Mozart
(1756-1791)

Fantasy in F Minor, D940 (1828)

F. Schubert
(1797-1828)

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

Hungarian Dances, Books 3 and 4 (1880)
Poco andante
Presto
Andantino grazioso
Un poco andante
Allegretto grazioso
Con moto
Andantino
Molto vv ace
Allegretto
Poco allegretto
Vivace

J. Brahms
(1833-1897)

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