December 23: Student Christmas Concert
We will have our annual student Christmas concert in a salon concert hall in Ikeshita. Students will perform solo pieces and pieces for four hands. Students and their parents can sing Christmas songs with violin accompaniment.
♬ Students will recieve a Christmas present.
December 17: Lecture Concert
Voice: Ai Kato
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Kiyoshi Nobutoki: Tanzawa no
Ryutarou Hirota: Shikararete
Schubert: Die Forelle
Yoshinao Nakata: Good Night
Kouzaburou Hirai: Kujukurihama
English Carol: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Leontovych: Carol of the Bells (arr. George Winston)
Let's sing together:
Hays: Winter Constellation
Shigeru Watanabe: Bonfire
Gruber: Silent Night
Handel: Verdi prati, selve amene (from Alcina)
Touroku Takagi: Yumemitamonowa
Donizetti: Me voglio fà 'na casa
Adam: Cantique de Noël
Liszt: O lieb'
December 15: Christmas Piano and English Event
♪ We'll sing a Christmas song in English!
♪ We'll have a small Christmas piano concert! For the students performing in the main Christmas concert on December 23, this event can be their rehearsal.
November 28: Lecture Concert
Cello: Peter Szaniszlai
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Arutyunyan: Impromptu
Mendelssohn: Song without words, Op. 109
Let's sing together: 1. Maple; 2. Seven Children; 3. Rolling Acorns
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Bruch: Adagio on Celtic Themes
Franck: Sonata in A major: 4. Allegretto poco mosso
November 10: Halloween Event
♪ We'll have a fun, simple English conversation plus a mini piano concert!
♪ This time, we'll have some Halloween costumes and Halloween sweets from America!
October 27: Concert in Colorado
Fitzgibbons: Wedding Song
Tchaikovsky: Les Saisons, Op. 37a, no. 6: Barcarolle "Juin"
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Falla: El amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
A selection of Japanese songs Debussy: Clair de lune
Kodály: Dances of Marosszék
Yradier: La paloma
September 27: Lecture Concert
Viola: Kayoko Koresawa
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile
Tchaikovsky: Les Saisons, Op. 37a, no. 6: Barcarolle "Juin"
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra: 1. Prelude; 2. Carol; 3. Christmas Song
Falla: El amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
Let's sing together: 1. Hazy Moonlight; 2. Red Dragonfly; 3. Old Home
Brahms: Waltz Op. 39, no. 15
Chopin: Waltz Op. 34, no. 2
Debussy: Préludes, Book I, no 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin
September 14: Piano Trio Salon Concert
Violin: Hisashi Hayakawa
Cello: Peter Szaniszlai
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque no. 1 in G minor
Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Popper: Polonaise de Concert, Op. 14
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
Halvorsen: Passacaglia in G minor on a theme by Handel
Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 1 in C major, Op. 8
August 25: Summer Music and English Event
We'll do introductions in English and have a mini piano concert! Then we'll practice the Chicken Dance and have homemade cookies.