Alumni News and Events
Parker wins GRAMMY Award!
The Parker String Quartet, a winner of the 2005 CAG Competition and now on the roster at Opus 3 Artists, was recently honored with the 2011 GRAMMY Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for its Naxos recording Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2! The recording was facilitated by Concert Artists Guild during the Quartet’s tenure on our roster, and we couldn’t be more proud of this success! We were especially honored by the lovely words the Parkers had for CAG in accepting the Award.
Joseph Lin Joins Juilliard String Quartet
Joseph Lin will become the first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet in 2011, Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi announced on October 22. Lin, 32, replaces Nick Eanet, who was the storied quartet’s first violinist for just one year before resigning in June due to health reasons.
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Classical Singer
A Singer for All Seasons - Baritone Thomas Meglioranza
May 2010
by Linda Richter
When Thomas Meglioranza began thinking about a career in music he had no formal training. But with a passion for music and singing as a spark—and his choir director at Grinnell College, John Rommereim, fanning the flames—he began the years of hard work on his vocal art. Now an established and successful singer, Meglioranza shares how he has forged an eclectic career of recital, concert, and opera work in genres from Baroque to Contemporary.
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Enso's Ginastera Album Garners Grammy Nomination
Jennifer Koh in New York Times
The New York Times named Jennifer Koh's September performance in NY City one of 2009's most significant and promising concerts.
"Countless New York performers are good musical citizens who do valuable work without complaint. Let me salute one of them: the brilliant violinist Jennifer Koh, who in September played the first three (of what will be six) free lunchtime concerts at Columbia University’s Philosophy Hall, devoted to a survey of Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Grateful music lovers on lunch breaks packed the intimate room to hear this fine young musician speak about and perform Bach’s remarkable works, just one per program. The opening concert made me proud to be a New Yorker."
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Tanya Bannister: Critical Acclaim for Latest CD on Albany Records
'This is the Story She Began'
CD
David Del Tredici, Three Gymnopédies
Christopher Theofanidis, All dreams begin with the horizon
Suzanne Farrin, This is the story she began
Sheila Silver, Six préludes pour piano, d'après poèmes de Baudelaire
"Tanya Bannister, an exceptionally talented young pianist...is fortunate to have three attractive composition commissioned for her...and well recorded. ...Bannister plays all these with a scintillating tone and a subtle sense of chording and dynamics. A beautiful piano tone is a rare thing these days, and she has it."
-American Record Guide
"Tanya Bannister plays the piano with an energy and command of color that dares the listener not to be delighted."
-Fanfare
"Ear-Engaging New Piano Music, Beautifully Played...Ms. Bannister is a fine pianist who clearly has both musicianly instincts and a finely tuned technique. I quite enjoyed the CD and am sure I'll return to it again and again."
-Scott Morrison
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