YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE Live-Stream Program
Amelia Piscitelli, violin with Cindy Trowbridge, piano
Andrew Wilder, guitar
Hyejin Cho, piano
Streamed Live from the Armerding Concert Hall Saturday, October 24, 2020
• 6:30pm - Pre-concert Grace Notes• 7:30pm - Concert Event
2020-2021 SEASON
Young Artists Showcase Livestream Program
PROGRAM
Welcome – Michael Wilder, Dean
INTRODUCING VIOLINIST AMELIA PISCITELLI
Romance Johann Svendsen
(1840 – 1911)
Sinfonie Espagnole Édouard Lalo
Allegro non troppo (1823 – 1892)
INTRODUCING GUITARIST ANDREW WILDER
Three Short Pieces Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
transcr. Andrew Wilder Adagio in C major K. 356 Andante in G major K.15q
Allegro in C Major K. 33b
Piano Sonata No. 9 Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
transcr. Andrew Wilder
I. Allegro
II. Minuet & Trio
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Amelia Piscitelli, violin
with Cindy Trowbridge, piano
Andrew Wilder, guitar
Hyejin Cho, piano
Brief break with Wheaton College Artist Series Update Dr. Tony Payne, General Manager
INTRODUCING PIANIST HYEJIN CHO
Humoreske, Op. 20 Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Einfach (Simple) Sehr rasch und leicht (Fast and light) Hastig (Hastily) Einfach und zart (Simple and delicate) Intermezzo Innig (Intimate) Sehr lebhaft (Very lively) Finale
Post-concert talk-back with the artists
Program is subject to change
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Amelia Piscitelli, violin
Amelia Piscitelli graduated as
Salutatorian from Hammond
Baptist High School (Schererville,
IN) in May 2019. She is currently
enrolled as a Music Performance
major at Hyles-Anderson College,
a Bible college in Crown Point,
IN. Amelia has played violin
since 2005 and began to seriously
study violin with Stephanie Allen
in 2008. From 2009-2014 her
violin studies continued with
Debbie Edwards (Downers Grove
Suzuki Strings) followed by
Drostan Hall (Hall School of Music, Fall 2014 to present). She joined Camerata
Chicago Academy in 2015 and has been Concertmaster since 2017. In December of
2016 she performed live on WFMT’s Introductions (Chicago, IL). Since then her
professional experience with Camerata Chicago has also included these solo
opportunities: 2016, professional solo debut, Svendsen Romance; 2017, Bach Double
with Mathias Tacke; 2017 & 2018, soloist for Vivaldi's Four Seasons; 2019, soloist as
part of Wheaton College Artist Series. DMD Records just released her first solo
recording in July 2019: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. She is often requested to participate
in vocal groups at FBC Hammond as a violinist and vocalist.
Cindy Trowbridge, piano
Cindy Trowbridge is a member of the piano faculty at
College of DuPage, where she teaches private and
class piano and serves as staff accompanist. She does
extensive work as an accompanist for vocal and
instrumental recitals at Wheaton College, and
performs as a collaborative pianist throughout the
Chicagoland area. Cindy is the principal pianist for
Credo Flute, and has served as music director for
Wheaton College’s Opera Music Theater program
and as pianist for DuPage Opera Theater. She has
released recordings with the Carey Consort and has
been featured in several WFMT live broadcasts.
Cindy holds a Master of Music from Indiana
University, where she studied with Menahem
Pressler, and a Bachelor of Music from DePauw
University.
Andrew Wilder, guitar
American classical guitarist Andrew Wilder began his musical education at an early
age under the instruction of his parents, both of whom are professional classical
musicians. Upon completing high school, he traveled to Europe to study in the
Istituto Musicale Pareggiato Della Valle D’Aosta in Aosta, Italy, and in the
following year, the Conservatorio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland, where
he completed two Artist Diplomas in Guitar Performance under the instruction of
Lorenzo Micheli. Wilder then completed a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance
with Dr. Andrew Zohn at Columbus State University and a master’s degree in Music
Performance with Dr. Dieter Hennings at the University of Kentucky. He has also
studied interpretation and transcription extensively in private lessons and classes
with Paul Galbraith at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland.
As a soloist, Wilder has performed recitals throughout the United States and Mexico,
Europe, and South America. He has also been the recipient of several awards,
including the First Prize in the Guitar Competition of Society of American
Musicians, First Prize in the International Tennessee Guitar Competition, and First
Prize in the University of Louisville International Guitar Competition.
Wilder has a particular passion for Baroque and Classical music and has been active
in researching and transcribing pieces for solo guitar and chamber ensembles,
especially works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Haydn. This artistic focus generated
an ongoing project to perform the complete lute works of J.S. Bach on the guitar
from memory. Wilder has presented the program in recitals in the United States and
Mexico, performing the complete cycle of all thirty movements in each recital.
Hyejin Cho, piano
Pianist Hyejin Cho has been
praised for her great sensitivity and
a profound ability to reach any
audience with an enriching
message. She is an active performer
with recent recitals across the
U.S.A., Germany, Italy, Austria,
England, Japan and Korea.
Frequently invited as a guest artist,
Cho has recently given solo recitals
at institutions such as Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, Northern
Illinois University, Wheaton
College, and Truman State
University as a part of the concert
series of piano works by Robert
Schumann, a project that she has
established in six different states. In
2021, Cho will bring the series to
the Dame Myra Hess Concert
Series (Chicago, IL), in which she
will be featured twice. The first
album of the Schumann project will be released through the Orpheus Classical in
May 2021. Additionally, Cho is developing a project on female composers, currently
researching unknown works by Cécile Chaminade and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.
As a passionate chamber musician, Cho is a founding member of the American Prize
winner Koinonia Piano Trio (https://koinoniatrio.com/), a performing and teaching
ensemble. Vibrant and service-minded, the trio has established several performance
residencies and given outreach concerts and workshops.
In addition to performing, Cho is an enthusiastic teacher, having served as an
Instructor of Piano at the University of Michigan and also on the piano faculty of the
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Center Stage Strings, Anchorage Chamber Music
Festivals, Innsbrook Institute, and String Preparatory Academy at the University of
Michigan. Currently, she works at Truman State University, where she works with
student instrumentalists and vocalists.
Originally from Seoul, Korea, Cho graduated from Ewha Women's University as a
Valedictorian. After graduation, she came to the United States, studying with
Menahem Pressler at Indiana University and earning a Master of Music and an
Artist Diploma in Piano. In 2018, she completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
Piano Performance at the University of Michigan under Christopher Harding with a
concurrent Master’s degree in Chamber Music. She also studied privately with
Wonmi Kim in Italy.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER 6—Chicago’s own inimitable Fifth House Ensemble performs works by John Luther Adams, Mason Bates and Wheaton College’s own Shawn Okpebholo.
Watch for updates about our spring events! Email us at [email protected] for information.
A huge thank you to our Partners in the Arts for making these concerts possible!
First Trust Portfolios Tyndale House Publishers
Fellowes Brands Savegnago Family Partnership
Domanada Foundation Robert & Jan Bastian
Covenant Living at Windsor ParkAnonymous Partner
Artist Series Guild Members
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