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Fred Fox School of Music

Director’s Message

Thank you for joining us for the Trester Festival for Latin American music at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music! We look forward to exploring this music together and we hope to promote further dialogue, study, and performance of this rich and varied repertoire. The first annual Trester Festival for Latin American Music includes a variety of events centered around Latin American piano music by guest artists, outstanding University of Arizona alumni, and internationally renowned concert pianists. All events are online, free admission, and open to the public to share.

An integral part of the festival is the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition, and the final round of the competition takes place at 7:30pm on Friday, April 16th. Be sure to tune in live to hear the competition and cast your vote for the audience prize! For this year’s Trester Festival for Latin American Music, we are honored to have lecturers and pianists Dr. Glenda Courtois García, Professor Daniela Salinas, and Dr. Oscar Machioni take part in our festival. From Mexico to Argentina to Brazil, these wonderful lecturers and performers will guide us on a tour of piano music from the rich heritages of these cultures.

We are excited to bring these events to you virtually this year, and we are glad that you are here to participate and enjoy this music!

Dr. Daniel Linder, Dr. Fanya Lin, & Dr. Meily Mendez, festival co-directors

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Fred Fox School of MusicTucson, Arizona

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2021 Festival Co-Sponsors

Thank you for making this possible!

University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies

University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Bank One Visiting Artist Professorship Awards

Fred Fox School of Music Endowed Chair for Music Studies

American Culture and Ideas Initiative

Tucson Music Teachers Association

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Lois Trester (1924-2007)

Lois Trester received her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and she was honored to deliver many years of piano music and piano instruction to Tucson. William Wolfe funded this scholarship

in her name as a way of remembering her immense contribution to TMTA (Tucson Music Teachers Association) and our local piano community.

Winifred Knight (1893-1973)

Winifred Knight was a positive and powerful member of the Southern Chapter of Arizona State Music Teacher’s Association (the chapter that would become the Tucson Music Teacher’s Association). Mrs. Knight was

very well thought of in the community, and driven to provide performance opportunities for her students. This scholarship is provided by TMTA in conjunction with the

Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.

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Trester Festival for Latin American Music

University of Arizona Fred Fox School of MusicApril 16-18, 2021

Friday, April 16

Lecture Recital and Q & A:Friday, April 16, 5:00-7:00 p.m. (MST / PDT)

20th-Century Mexican Piano MusicGlenda Courtois, pianist and lecturer

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Competition:Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)

Final Round and Winners Recital of the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competitionmusic.arizona.edu/live

Saturday, April 17

Lecture:Saturday, April 17, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (MST / PDT)

More than folk music: Approaches to the study of Latin American academic music for pianoDaniela Salinas, lecturer

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Concert I:Saturday, April 17, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)

Sounds of South AmericaDaniela Salinas, pianomusic.arizona.edu/live

Sunday, April 18

Master Class:Sunday, April 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)

Oscar Macchioni, pianoZoom - sign-up for link here: https://forms.gle/BzVopVAgUeQ5KFj28

Concert II:Sunday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)

Recital: Works by Juan José Castro, Alberto Ginastera, Carlos Guastavino, Manuel Ponce, Heitor Villa-LobosOscar Macchioni, pianomusic.arizona.edu/live

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Lecture Recital

20th-Century Mexican Piano MusicGlenda Courtois García, piano

Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.music.arizona.edu/live

Rapsodia Cubana No. 1 ........................................................................................................ Manuel M. Ponce Cuéllar (1882-1948)

Muros Verdes ......................................................................................................................José Pablo Moncayo García (1912-1958)

Toccata ...................................................................................................................................Leonardo Velázquez Valle (1935-2004)

Sonata II .......................................................................................................................................Federico Ibarra Groth (b. 1946)

Las Pulgas de mi Perro .............................................................................................................Glenda Courtois GarcíaPreludio en Terceras (b. 1979)

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AbstractIt is not unknown that the last century witnessed a vast array of musical trends, and Mexican music was no exception.

This lecture recital features a presentation of the diversity of Mexican piano music during the twentieth century. As it happens throughout the course of human history, music is a reflection, a manifestation of the ideas and developments within a culture. For twentieth-century Mexican music, this meant a journey that went from questioning the European hegemony that prevailed

in the sociocultural elites at the turn of the century, to the employment of nationalist resources followed by their posterior rejection (often dressed in avant-garde musical language), to finally a greater variety of individualized exploration.

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Artist biography

A native of Chiapas Mexico, Glenda Courtois began piano studies at age nine, and made her debut with the UNAM Youth

Symphony Orchestra at age fifteen in Mexico City. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music from University of Chiapas

(UNICACH), a Master of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Musical

Arts degree from the University of Arizona. Dr. Courtois has been recipient of academic awards and scholarships, such as the

Chiapas Medal from University of Chiapas, The Best Mexican Student Medal by “El Diario de México” newspaper, and the

Outstanding Woman Award and Graduate Fellowship Award by Northern Illinois University. Dr. Courtois received her doctorate

from the University of Arizona in 2017, where she studied piano under the tutelage of Dr. John Milbauer and Dr. Rex Woods,

as well as conducting with Dr. Thomas Cockrell. As a composer, her works have been performed in Mexico, Guatemala,

the United States, France and Germany. Her teaching experience includes working as piano instructor in UNICACH, NIU

Community School of the Arts and as teaching assistant in class piano at UA. Dr. Courtois served as music director at Dios

con Nosotros Presbyterian Church in Chiapas for almost twelve years, and as accompanist of the Choraliers at

Northminster Presbyterian Church from August 2015 to May 2017. Currently, Dr. Courtois is full-time faculty

and coordinator of the graduate music program at UNICACH.

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Contestant No. 1:Siyuan Zhang

Etude in G# Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 ........................................................................................................................................ Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Danza de los Ñañigos ........................................................................................................................................................... Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963)

La Vega .......................................................................................................................................................................................Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

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Contestant No. 2:Ivan Yang

Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 ...................................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera I. Danza del viejo boyero (1916-1983)

Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI/20 ..............................................................................................................................................Joseph Haydn II. Andante con moto (1732-1809) III. Finale. Allegro

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S.244/12 ........................................................................................................................................ Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Contestant No. 3:Yaowen Mei

Les Tendres Plaintes ................................................................................................................................................... Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 4 ............................................................................................................................................ Heitor Villa-Lobos I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959)

Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 ................................................................................................................................................... Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

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Contestant No. 4:Soo Yoen Kim

Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 ................................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera I. Allegro marcato (1916-1983) II. Presto misterioso

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 ......................................................................................................................................... Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

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Final Round and Winners Recital of the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition

Friday, April 16, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.music.arizona.edu/live

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Soo Yoen Kim enjoys a diverse career as a soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, orchestral player, and music educator. She has performed recitals at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall in New York and Centennial Hall in Tucson. She was one of the soloists of the Chopin 200th Anniversary Gala Concert at the World Financial Center, New York, and the opening concert at the Italy Music Festival in Lucca, Italy. She has won numerous competitions including the Duquesne’s Concerto Competition 2011 in Pittsburg, the First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano Competition 2014 at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Second Prize Winner of the Lois Trester Competition 2014, Arizona, and she is this year’s winner of the Fred Fox School of Music President’s Concerto Competition.

Soo Yoen received a bachelor’s degree in music from Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea, a master’s degree in music from the Mannes School of Music, in New York, and an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh. She has worked as a teaching assistant at Duquesne University and the University of Arizona, and as an accompanist for the UA’s Fred Fox School of Music Opera Production and Arizona Choir. Soo Yoen is currently studying with Dr. John Milbauer and finishing a doctoral program at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music.

Yaowen Mei is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music, where he has studied with Dr. Daniel Linder and Dr. John Milbauer. He is a recipient of the Lotte C. Reyersbach Scholarship. Before studying at the University of Arizona, he earned a Professional Studies Diploma Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Yoshikazu Nagai.

Yaowen grew up in Huaihua, Hunan Province, China. He began piano studies at the age of eight and only two years later won first prize in the Golden Melody Piano competition in Huaihua City. Shortly thereafter, he entered the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Fang Kuang and Hong Xu. Among his numerous accolades are prizes in the Fulixi Piano Competition (2011), the Yamaha Music Scholarship Piano Competition at the Wuhan Conservatory (2013 & 2014), the Eastman Young Artists Piano Competition (2016), and most recently, the University of Arizona FFSoM President’s Concerto Competition (2019), the fourth annual Michael Moore Memorial Piano Competition (2020).

Ivan Yang is in his third year of the Bachelor of Music degree program under Dr. John Milbauer at the Fred Fox School of Music. In the past two years, Ivan’s previous two piano professors Dr. Rex Woods and Dr. Nino Bakradze helped him win second place in the Michael Moore Undergraduate Piano Competition. Ivan enjoys sharing his piano talent with other musicians, frequently providing accompaniment for his school choirs, church choir, and classmates. No matter what lies ahead, Ivan is determined to continue serving the community through music.

Siyuan Zhang is a first year Master of Music in piano performance student studying with Steinway Artist, Dr. John Milbauer. He began his studies in piano performance at the age of five. After graduating from UCSB with degrees in physics and music, where he studied with Professor Paul Berkowitz in piano performance, he chose to pursue a career as a pianist, recognizing the vast possibilities of subjectivity and expression embedded in the field of music. Once finished with his masters degree, he is planning to pursue a D.M.A degree in piano performance. During his undergraduate career, he performed two solo recitals featuring works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Mendelssohn. Recently he also played La Vega by Isaac Albéniz in the master class with prestigious pianist Lydia Artymiw.

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Judges:Dr. Glenda Courtois

Dr. Oscar Macchioni

Professor Daniela Salinas

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Lecture

More than folk music: Approaches to the study of piano music by Latin American composersDaniela Salinas

Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.Zoom - sign-up for link here:

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Abstract

This lecture proposes a reflection on the meaning of Latin American Music for academic pianists. Music and composers from this continent remain relatively unknown and purposely ignored for a number of reasons. Music scores are extremely difficult to find, and actually, a good portion of this music remains unpublished even to this date. In addition, some erroneous ideas have created barriers to the performance. There is a tendency to associate the Nationalism Movement happening in Latin America with the dominant European Nationalism in mind, and because of this historiographic neglect, several misunderstandings regarding the selection and use of folk material have caused pianists to miss the aesthetic value of a large Latin American repertoire.

Therefore, the purposes of this lecture are: To provide reasons why studying Latin American music is worthy and rewarding To orient the audience with materials to facilitate access to this music To propose a new approach to the research, interpretation and evaluation of pianistic literature created by Latin American composers

Artist biography

Argentinian pianist Daniela Salinas is distinguished by her musical personality. As a soloist and chamber musician, she regularly performs in main stages from Argentina and in halls from countries in America and Europe. She has performed the first Deutsche Grammophon’s Yellow Lounge in Latin America. With a vast repertoire, Ms. Salinas has sustained a keen interest in Latin American music. Ms. Salinas is a guest artist for master classes and concerts in several universities and schools of music in America. She currently holds the position of professor of piano at the National Superior Conservatory of Buenos Aires. Ms. Salinas recently published her new solo album, featuring Villa-Lobos’ piano pieces.

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RecitalSounds of South America - Daniela Salinas, piano

Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.music.arizona.edu/live

First Part: Brazil

Primera Suite Brasileira (First Brazilian Suite) .................................................................. Oscar Lorenzo Fernández I. Velha Modinha (1897-1948) II. Suave acalanto III. Saudosa Seresta

Ponteio N° 49 (Prelude N° 49) ........................................................................................................Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993)

“Odeón” ...............................................................................................................................................Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934)

“Idilio na rêde”(Idyll in the hammock”) ........................................................................................ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

“As trasquinices do mascarado mignon” (The Tricks of the Little Masker) ................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

“A gaita de um precoce fantasiado” (The harmonica of a daydreamer kid) ................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

“Dansa do Indio Branco” (Dance of the White Indian) ................................................................ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Paulistana N°1 ..................................................................................................................................... Claudio Santoro (1919-1989)

Second Part: Argentina

Preludio (canción) (Prelude – song) ................................................................................................Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)

Suite de danzas criollas (Creole dances suite) ..................................................................................Alberto Ginastera I. Adagietto pianissimo (1916-1983) II. Allegro rustico III. Allegretto cantábile IV. Calmo e poético V. Scherzando – Coda: Presto ed energico

“Cantando bajito” (candombe) (“Singing softly”) ..................................................................................... Lilián Saba (b. 1961)

“Cabaret” (From Tango Ballet) ............................................................................................................Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

“Oblivion” ..............................................................................................................................................Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

“Lo que vendrá” (tango) ........................................................................................................................Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

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Master Class:

Oscar Macchioni, piano

Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.Zoom - sign-up for link here:

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Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 ....................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera I. Allegro marcato (1916-1983) II. Presto misterioso

Soo Yoen Kim, piano

Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54 ....................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Yukyung Hwang, piano

Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 4 ................................................................................................................................Heitor Villa-Lobos I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959)

Yaowen Mei, piano

Recital

Oscar Macchioni, piano

Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.music.arizona.edu/live

Adios Nonino, arr. Laercio de Freitas ...................................................................................................Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Preludio Mexicano: “Cuiden su Vida” ........................................................................................Manuel María Ponce Intermezzo (1882-1946)

Tangos ...................................................................................................................................................Juan José Castro Evocación (1895-1968) I. Llorón IV. Nostálgico

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 .............................................................................................................Heitor Villa Lobos I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959) III. Aria (Canto do Sertão)

Sonata in C-sharp minor ..................................................................................................................Carlos Guastavino I. Allegretto íntimo (1912-2000) II. Scherzo-Molto vivace

Malambo, first edition ........................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

La Muerte del Angel ...............................................................................................................................Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) arr. Oscar Macchioni

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Artist biography

Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is an accomplished solo and collaborative pianist, professor, lecturer, author, and adjudicator. The critics have praised him for his clarity of lines, tone quality, expressive phrasing, and the amiable way in which he presents his programs. Oscar has performed extensively in his native Argentina, Italy, England, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, China, and the USA, at notable locations such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Teacher’s College at Columbia University, Steinway Hall, St Martin in the Fields and James’s Piccadilly in London, the Querceto International Piano Festival in Italy, and the National Conservatory in Bueno Aires in Argentina. His live performance in the Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center has been broadcast on radio and television. His programs include an eclectic repertoire from Bach and Brahms to Piazzolla and Bolcom. He is an assiduous performer of the classical Latin American repertoire.

A dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr. Macchioni is much in demand as an adjudicator at various state, national and international piano competitions and festivals, including the Bangkok International Chopin Competition, the European Piano Teachers Association, Piano Examinations Committee of Taiwan, MTNA, and the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival among others. His lecture-recitals and presentations at international conferences have received numerous accolades, including the Second International Vernacular Conference in Puebla, Mexico (Outstanding Musical Presentation), and The European Piano Teachers Association (Diploma of Excellence). His book, The Tango in American Piano Music, was published in 2010 by the College Music Society series, Cultural Expressions in Music. His solo debut CD Mostly Tangos: Piano Music from the Americas, has been released with favorable reviews. Centaur Records released his newest CDs, Piazzolla da Camera, and Latin American Duos. He has published articles on a variety of piano literature and piano pedagogy topics in the American Teacher Magazine and Piano Pedagogy Forum. He has been featured in Piano: La Lettre du Musicien (France), Piano Education Page (USA), and at various music magazines, radio and TV programs.

In 2015, Oscar received the prestigious University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, and in 2019 he was inducted into the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He received grants and scholarships from the Latino Center at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC (graduate researcher), the Polish Government, the Organization of American States, and was sponsored by the Leschetizky Association of New York. He received the Music Teachers National Association StAr Award and was named “Distinguished Graduate Student” by the University of Arizona. He is a recipient of several grants, most recently the Texas Commission on the Arts through the El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, to perform concerts in underserved communities. He studied piano at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), the Krakow Academy of Music (Poland), Louisiana State University, and the University of Arizona (USA). He is a Professor of Piano, Assistant Chair and Keyboard Area Coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso. Oscar Macchioni is a Steinway Artist. www.oscarmacchioni.net

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The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of MusicA premier university experience in an environment of musical excellence!

The University of Arizona offers a unique experience as one of the nation’s top 20 public research institutions. The Fred Fox School of Music’s nationally and internationally recognized 60-member faculty is dedicated to the development of the talents of its students. The faculty are equally at home in the classroom, studio,

or on the performance stage. Along with one-on-one teaching and mentoring, our faculty members regularly perform in solo recitals or as guest artists with major opera companies, symphony orchestras,

ensembles, and chamber groups. Undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in a wide variety of degree programs, and each year they perform in hundreds of solo recitals, large ensemble concerts, opera productions, jazz and band concerts, and marching band shows.

Our students have opportunities to travel and perform as ambassadors of the University of Arizona at prestigious conferences and venues within the United States and abroad. In 2014 our top choirs

performed in Vienna’s legendary Musikverein and at Dvořák Hall in Prague, and our jazz ensemble and student wind quintet enjoyed successful tours in China.

From bachelor to doctoral degrees, the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music is a passport to a

rewarding life in music.

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Undergraduate Degrees

B.M. Composition, Jazz Studies, Performance, Music Education

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M.M. Composition, Conducting, Musicology,Music Education, Music Theory, Performance

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