{"id":3093,"date":"2012-09-19T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www4.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2012-09-19T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:27:11","slug":"carter-chamber-music-series-to-present-a-tribute-to-bill-kuyper-featuring-musicians-of-the-new-york-philharmonic-september-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/carter-chamber-music-series-to-present-a-tribute-to-bill-kuyper-featuring-musicians-of-the-new-york-philharmonic-september-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter Chamber Music Series To Present A Tribute To Bill Kuyper Featuring Musicians of The New York Philharmonic, September 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.\u2014For the second concert of its twentieth anniversary season, East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Carter Chamber Music Series will present A Tribute to Bill Kuyper<\/em> featuring Musicians of the New York Philharmonic <\/em>Sunday, September 23.<\/p>\n

Kuyper, the former Assistant Principal French hornist of the New York Philharmonic and a longtime Pocono resident, has appeared in 19 of the 20 seasons of the series and has been instrumental in arranging at least one performance per season of Musicians of the New York Philharmonic<\/em> for the series<\/p>\n

Kuyper will be joined by four colleagues from the Philharmonic, including the legendary former Principal clarinetist Stanley Drucker; Fiona Simon, violin; Peter Kenote, viola; and Qiang Tu, cello.\u00a0 The concert also will feature Robert Miller, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at ESU and artistic director of the series, on piano.<\/p>\n

Curtain time for the concert is 2 p.m. September 23 at the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.\u00a0 There will be a small reception for the performers after the concert.<\/p>\n

General admission to the concert is $25, $10 for students 18 and under, and $8 for ESU students with current ID.\u00a0 Reservations, which are held until five minutes before the concert, are available by calling 570-422-3483, x. 2.\u00a0 Some tickets also will be available at the door.<\/p>\n

L. William Kuyper, who served as Assistant Principal French horn with the New York Philharmonic, joined the orchestra in 1969 after memberships in both the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and the United States Marine Band.\u00a0 While in the Marine Band, he had the distinction of participating in the state funeral service of President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n

Kuyper\u2019s other activities have involved the writing and production of an educational video, Steps to Excellence<\/em>, for Yamaha Corporation of America.\u00a0 He has also arranged and edited various horn scores for Kendor Music, Inc. and the International Music Company.<\/p>\n

Kuyper\u2019s recording projects have included the Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings<\/em> on the Vox label; on Elysium Recordings, Inc., in collaboration with other distinguished principals of the Philharmonic, he has recorded Schumann: The Complete Works for Winds and Piano <\/em>(GRK 709), and Mozart: Elysium String Quartet and Friends <\/em>(GRK 716), in which he performs the Horn Quintet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Stanley Drucker joined the New York Philharmonic at age 19 in 1948, was named Principal Clarinet in the 1960\u201361 season by Leonard Bernstein, and made his solo debut with the Orchestra in 1961 in Debussy\u2019s Clarinet Rhapsody<\/em> conducted by Bernstein.<\/p>\n

At the time of his retirement in June, 2009, Drucker performed as soloist with the Orchestra some 200 times (both at home and abroad), and played in more than 10,200 concerts with the New York Philharmonic, including on major historic international tours, from the Orchestra\u2019s first visit to the U.S.S.R. in 1959 with Leonard Bernstein to the recent visit to Pyongyang, Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has served under nine New York Philharmonic conductors, from Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein to\u00a0 Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, and, most recently, Lorin Maazel, and has performed under nearly 400 conductors in total.<\/p>\n

In 1998, on his 50th anniversary with the Orchestra, he was named Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America.<\/em>\u00a0 Drucker has premiered two concertos \u2014 by John Corigliano and William Bolcom \u2014 that were commissioned for him by the Philharmonic.\u00a0 He earned two Grammy nominations in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist\/Classical with Orchestra: in 1992 for his recording of Copland\u2019s Clarinet Concerto<\/em> with the Philharmonic and Bernstein, and in 1982 for Corigliano\u2019s Clarinet Concerto <\/em>with the Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.<\/p>\n

He is featured on a number of other Philharmonic recordings: Debussy\u2019s Premiere Rapsodie<\/em> with Bernstein; Nielsen\u2019s Clarinet Concerto<\/em>; and in the world-premiere live performance (1977) of the Corigliano Clarinet Concerto<\/em>, which is a part of the Orchestra\u2019s CD box set, The Historic Broadcasts: 1923-1987.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drucker\u2019s other recordings include New York Legends: Recitals with Principals from the New York \u00a0Philharmonic<\/em>; Schumann\u2019s Complete Works for Winds and Piano<\/em>; the Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A\u00a0 Major, K.581<\/em>; and a two-CD set of Brahms\u2019s two clarinet sonatas, Trio in A minor<\/em>, and Quintet in B minor <\/em>entitled Drucker Plays Brahms<\/em>.\u00a0 He is also heard on the world-premiere broadcast of William Bolcom\u2019s Clarinet Concerto<\/em>, part of the New York Philharmonic Special Editions boxed set, An American Celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n

Drucker began clarinet studies at the age of 10 with Leon Russianoff, his principal teacher, and later attended the High School of Music and Art and The Curtis Institute of Music.\u00a0 He was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 16, of the Adolf Busch Chamber Players at 17, and of the Buffalo Philharmonic at 18, prior to joining the New York Philharmonic.<\/p>\n

Fiona Simon, a member of the Philharmonic since 1985, made her Philharmonic solo debut in November 1989 performing Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto for Three Violins<\/em>.\u00a0 She began her career in her native England where she studied with Szymon Goldberg and won major prizes in the Carl Flesch and Jacques Thibaud competitions.\u00a0 For three consecutive years, she was London\u2019s Young Artist of the Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Simon has performed with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, and the English Chamber Orchestra among others.\u00a0 She has also been featured in many recitals and concerts broadcast over the BBC, and has made numerous appearances throughout Europe.\u00a0 She is a member of the Arioso Trio, the Vanderspar String Trio, and the Simon String Quartet.<\/p>\n

Peter Kenote was born in Seattle, Washington. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington, and his master\u2019s and doctorate degrees in music performance from The Juilliard School. \u00a0Since 1983 he has been a member of the New York Philharmonic viola section.<\/p>\n

In February, 2008 he performed Berio\u2019s Sequenza<\/em> VI for solo viola at Jazz at Lincoln Center\u2019s Rose Theater as part of the New York Philharmonic\u2019s Day of Berio.\u00a0 In the 2009\u201310 season he played the premieres of a new viola concerto with the South Dakota Symphony written for him by composer Neal Harnly, and Moto Perpetuo,<\/em> a new work for viola and percussion ensemble by Braxton Blake.<\/p>\n

Since arriving in the United States in 1987, Chinese-born cellist Qiang Tu has established himself as a multifaceted artist much in demand. He won the San Angelo, Texas, Symphony Young Artist Competition in 1987, and the Grand Prize in the Downey Symphony Young Artist Competition of Los Angeles the following year. \u00a0In 1994, he served as Principal Cellist of the Princeton Chamber Symphony. Tu joined the New York Philharmonic in November 1995.<\/p>\n

After making his solo debut at age 13 in Beijing, \u00a0Tu began a two-year engagement as soloist with one of China\u2019s major symphony orchestras. \u00a0At age 17, he was awarded England\u2019s Menuhin Prize as a member of the China Youth String Quartet, and was later selected by the Chinese government to study in the Sydney Conservatory. The culmination of his Australian tenure came when he won Sydney\u2019s Parlings Award for Music.<\/p>\n

Returning to Beijing, he was appointed, at age 20, Associate Professor of Cello at the Central Conservatory. Concurrently, he became Principal Cellist of the China Youth Symphony and concertized with the orchestra in Switzerland, West Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and Great Britain. \u00a0His solo album, Meditation<\/em>, was distributed by the China Record Company.<\/p>\n

In the United States, Tu has appeared in Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and other major cities. Early on, he gave a solo recital to benefit the Princeton Chamber Symphony and also performed the Dvo\u0159\u00e1k Cello Concerto with the Greater Princeton Symphony. Additional performances included the Elgar and Walton cello concertos with the Princeton Chamber Symphony. He also performed in recital with pianist Helen Huang to benefit the New Jersey Chinese community.<\/p>\n

Tu has performed at chamber music festivals in Maine, played cello works and chamber music in Korea, and has appeared with Lukas Foss in chamber works at Weill Recital Hall and at the Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts in Wisconsin.\u00a0 Tu has performed on a live broadcast on WNYC, and appears frequently with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles chamber music series at Merkin Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

Tu earned his Bachelor of Arts from China\u2019s Central Conservatory. \u00a0In 1990, he received his master\u2019s degree from Rutgers University, where he studied with Bernard Greenhouse. \u00a0Other past teachers include Zara Nelsova, Geoffrey Rutkowski, Lois Simpson, Paul Tortelier, and Zeguang Tu.<\/p>\n

Robert Miller earned a bachelor of music degree from the University of Michigan and master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.\u00a0 A former faculty member of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where he was Van Cliburn\u2019s rehearsal pianist, Miller has made numerous solo, chamber, and\u00a0 concerto appearances throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.<\/p>\n

Miller has appeared numerous times as Guest Artist with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles in their subscription series at Merkin Hall.\u00a0 As winner of the F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship, he performed a solo recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and at the Salle Cortot in Paris.\u00a0 He recently appeared in a solo recital at the Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n

Miller has also collaborated in chamber music performances with musicians from numerous orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.\u00a0 He has recorded for National Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Educo Records and Media Rite Productions. \u201cI came to the U.S. in 2003 when I was 23. Being accepted into the Philharmonic was a life-changing moment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Carter Chamber Series was established to bring professional chamber music to East Stroudsburg University and to the surrounding communities.\u00a0 The series is named, in part, for Elliott Carter, a twentieth-century composer.\u00a0 The series has been established through the generous support of individual donors and a small grant from the East Stroudsburg University Foundation.<\/p>\n

For ticket reservations or more information, please call the Fine and Performing Arts\u00a0Events Line at 570-422-3483, x. 2.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.\u2014For the second concert of its twentieth anniversary season, East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Carter Chamber Music Series will present A Tribute to Bill Kuyper featuring Musicians of the New York Philharmonic Sunday, September 23. Kuyper, the former Assistant Principal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}