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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

School of Music
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

THE BLAKEMORE TRIO.
CAROLYN HUEBL, VIOLIN
FELIX WANG, CELLO
AMY DORFMAN, PIANO

KATZIN CONCERT HALL
Tuesday, January 17, 2005 • 7:30 p.m.

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School of Music ... Vanderbilt University. In 2002, she formed the Blakemore Trio
with pianist Amy Dorfman and cellist Felix Wang. Before coming to Nashville,
Ms. Huebl lived in Pittsburgh where she was Assistant Professor of Violin at
Carnegie Mellon University and Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra. During her tenure with the PSO, she toured Japan and
Europe. She is currently Co-concertmaster of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra under
the direction of Michael Stern.
While still in high school, Ms. Huebl was featured as soloist with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has appeared as soloist with numerous
orchestras and in recital throughout the United States as well as in Argentina and
Canada. Last season she was featured as soloist with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra
and the Dearborn Symphony. Highlights of this season include performances with
the Blakemore Trio at Arizona State University and on the Boise Chamber Music
Series. Ms. Huebl has performed at many festivals and chamber music series in
North America including the "Strings in the Mountains" Festival in Steamboat
Springs, Colorado, the Bach Aria Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the
Sarasota Music Festival. Her performance of the Brahms Sonata in G Major at
Tanglewood was chosen for broadcast on the BBC in Europe. Her interest in
contemporary music has led to the commission of several new works. This season
alone includes performances of chamber music by Bolcom, Kurek, Osterfield, and
Schnittke. Her performances have been featured on NPR and she has recorded for
Naxos records.
During the summer Ms. Huebl is on the faculty of the Rocky Mountain
Summer Conservatory in Colorado. She has also taught at the National Music
Camp at Interlochen, and the Killington Music Festival in Vermont. She has
presented master classes at Arizona State University, the Hartt School of Music,
Michigan State University, Southwest Missouri State University, and the
University of South Florida. She was a featured clinician at the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association's 2000 Conference. In the summer of 1999, Ms. Huebl
presented a two-week seminar for violin students in Cordoba, Argentina, where she
also performed a recital and as soloist with orchestra. Ms. Huebl earned her
Bachelor and Master of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and her
Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan. Her teachers have
included Andres Cardenes, Paul Kantor, and Donald Weilerstein.
In addition to being a founding member of the Blakemore Trio, Felix
Wang is the cellist of the Blair String Quartet and Assistant Professor of Cello at
Vanderbilt University. Mr. Wang is also the co-principal cellist of the Iris
Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern. He has performed
throughout the United States and Canada as a chamber musician, soloist, and in
recital. Engagements this season include performances in Iowa City, Memphis,
Nashville, Omaha, Orlando, Tampa, and Music Mountain in Connecticut.
Frequently invited to perform at chamber music festivals, he has appeared at the
Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains Festival, the
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PROGRAM

Piano Trio, Opus 70,
No. 1 in D major, "Ghost"

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 - 1827)

Allegro vivace e con brio
Largo assai ed espressivo
Presto

Sound and Fury (in three movements)

Paul D. Osterfield
b. 1973

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

Piano Quartet, Opus 25 in g minor

Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)

Allegro
Intermezzo
Andante con moto
Rondo alla zingarese
Nancy Buck, viola

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He has been the winner of several competitions, including the National Society of
Arts and Letters Cello Competition, where he appeared with the Phoenix
Symphony. Judges included Mstislav Rostropovich, Raya Garbousova and Laszlo
Varga. He has been heard on NPR stations across the country and has recorded for
the Naxos label. Also in demand as a teacher, he has been on faculty at several
festivals, including the Banff Centre Youth Arts Festival, the Interlochen Center for
the Arts, the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory in Colorado and the
Killington Music Festival in Vermont. Since arriving at Vanderbilt University in
1999, his students have gone on to undergraduate and graduate programs at such
institutions as The Cleveland Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, The New
England Conservatory of Music, The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University,
and the University of Michigan. Mr. Wang was also a recipient of the prestigious
Frank Huntington Beebe Grant for study abroad, using it to study in London with
William Pleeth. Felix Wang received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the
University of Michigan, a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory,
and a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory. His teachers have
included Erling Blondal Bengtsson, Laurence Lesser, Stephen Kates, Jeffrey Solow
and Louis Potter, Jr.
Pianist Amy Dorfman has performed as a soloist and chamber musician
throughout the United States and in Europe. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Ms.
Dorfman attended Indiana University's School of Music, where she studied with
Alfonso Montecino and James Tocco. Other teachers and coaches have included
Rosalyn Tureck, Menachem Pressler, Josef Gingold, Janos Starker, and Pierre
Fournier.
As a guest artist, she has performed at the Sedona Music Festival and in
chamber recitals at Carnegie Recital HalI,CAMI Hall, and the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts. Ms.Dorfman has joined the Blair String Quartet in
programs at the Music Mountain Chamber Series in Connecticut.
For over twenty years, Dorfman has collaborated with the great American
bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer performing in such series as the Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center in Alice Tully Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, as well as
on NPR's St. Paul Sunday Morning and The Lonesome Pine Special.
In 2002, Dorfman joined colleagues Carolyn Huebl and Felix Wang to
establish the Blakemore Trio. In addition to their concerts at home in Nashville, the
trio has appeared in chamber music series around the country. Since 1990, Amy has
been a member of the Dorfman/Katahn Piano Duo with Enid Katahn. The Duo has
appeared with the Nashville Symphony and has presented recital programs
nationally.
She has received several awards for her playing, including the Individual
Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission and first prize in the
Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She is currently Associate Professor of
Piano at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.