Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez, violin
Karen Jeng Lin, piano
Premiering on Sunday, February 14th at 3 p.m.
Immediately followed by a live stream conversation with the artists!
Works by Pauline Viardot García, Clara Schumann, Gina Enriquez, and Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
During a season that has seemed full of doom and gloom thanks to the Coronavirus, love continues to prevail across time and distance. As we celebrate love during this Valentine season, we bring to you the uniquely feminine take on the topic through music. These composers cover four different countries and together span two centuries. Amy Beach lived during the last pandemic, the Spanish flu, which killed over 500 million people worldwide and Gina Enriquez is living our current reality in her native country of Mexico.
Join us to experience some true musical gems and listen to what these women had to say about love.
Your $9 ticket and any additional donations directly support the work of the performing artists on this series, and gives you unlimited access to the performance through the end of the season!
PROGRAM:
Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944) - Romance, Op 23
Gina Enriquez (1954-) - Romanza en sol menor *World Premiere*
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) - Romance Op 22., no 2
Pauline Viardot-García (1821-1910) - Six Morceaux for Violin and Piano:
1. Romance
2. Bohemienne
3. Berceuse
4. Mazourke
5. Vielle Chanson
6. Tarantelle
About the Artists:
Maureen Conlon Gutierrez, violin
A native of Mexico, Miss Conlon has performed to much acclaim across the globe as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. She has participated on half a dozen recordings as a classical artist, cross genre violinist, light rock improv and tango violinist. Miss Conlon has appeared on television and radio in several countries and is prize winner of many national and international competitions in both the United States and in Mexico.
She began her studies at an early age in her home town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico. Miss Conlon subsequently pursued further studies at Rice University, Penn State University and Carnegie Mellon University studying with Kenneth Goldsmith, James Lyon, and Andres Cardenes respectively.
Maureen is concertmaster of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, acting concertmaster for the Erie Philharmonic and member of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, Pittsburgh Ballet Orchestra, and the Wheeling Symphony. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and daughter. When not playing the violin enjoys eating good food, watching movies, and traveling.
Karen Jeng Lin, piano
Pianist Karen Jeng Lin leads a career of collaboration by working with a variety of singers, instrumentalists, choruses, opera companies, actors, and dancers. She has performed with Pittsburgh Opera, Attack Theatre, Wheeling Symphony, Maryland Opera Studio, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Amiche Artists, Resonance Works, among others. Karen is a teaching artist at the education department at Pittsburgh Opera alongside being a performer and coach. Karen has been named a Distinguished Scholar of the Arts by the State of Maryland, her home state. She is a graduate of Rice University, University of Maryland, and Mannes College of Music. After six years as a staff pianist at Duquesne University, Karen pursued an Advanced Musical Studies degree in vocal collaborative piano in 2019 at Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Dr. Jocelyn Dueck.
Highlights of the 2019-2020 season include a recital with soprano Kristina Bachrach for the Artist Presentation Society in St. Louis, Missouri, rehearsal pianist for the U.S. premiere of The Mother of Fishes by Roger Dannenberg and Jorje Sastre, and holding an interim position as vocal coach and accompanist at Carnegie Mellon University during the Spring 2020 semester. During the pandemic, most recent engagements include recording a three-part series with sopranos and cello for Resonance Works, titled March of the Women.
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