Ames Town and Gown Concert Season 2000-2001

THE GUARNERI STRING QUARTET

Saturday evening, October 7, 2000, at 7:30 p.m.
Ames City Auditorium
Virtually a household word, the Guarneri String Quartet needs little introduction to music lovers. The ensemble has circled the globe countless times, playing in the world's most prestigious halls on five continents; their discography is immense and their recordings are the standards to which one often compares other performances. Founded in 1964, the Quartet has just made its first personnel change, as cellist David Soyer steps down and is replaced by his former student, Peter Wiley. Mr. Wiley recently performed at a Town and Gown concert as a member of Opus One.

THE AMES PIANO QUARTET with guest violinist John Gilbert

Saturday evening, November 4, 2000, at 7:30 p.m.
WORLD PREMIERE OF DARK ROSALEEN, Rhapsody on a Melody by James Joyce, FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLA, AND CELLO, BY LEE HOIBY.
Celebrate Ames Town & Gown's 50th anniversary, as well as the new millennium, at the premiere of an important new chamber work, commissioned by Town and Gown for our community's own Ames Piano Quartet. For this important project, we are honored to collaborate with Lee Hoiby, who is both internationally celebrated and familiar to central Iowa audiences. Mr. Hoiby's new work, Dark Rosaleen, is based on a melody by the great Irish author James Joyce. The commission was made possible with generous support from the Iowa Arts Council, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Iowa State University, and the Alvin Edgar Fund for the Performing Arts, a part of the Iowa State University Foundation.
The program will also include the Piano Quintet in F minor by Johannes Brahms, with guest violinist John Gilbert.

THE AULOS ENSEMBLE

Saturday evening, January 27, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, ISU Music Hall
The New York Times says that the Aulos Ensemble presents "authentic Baroque performance at its best." Formed in 1973 by five Juilliard graduates, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of a movement that was to capture the imagination of the American listening public. With the release of their first recording in 1978, Aulos' reputation for exhilarating performances informed with scholarly insight was firmly established. Since the 1980s, Aulos has brought the joy of its music making to an ever-larger public through its apperances on America's major chamber music series and its expanding discography.

12TH ANNUAL WINTER MUSICALE

Saturday, February 10, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.
Parish Hall, St. John's By the Campus Episcopal Church, 2338 Lincoln Way, Ames

DAE-SAN NO, baritone

Accompanied by pianist Laura Ward
Friday evening, March 2, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, ISU Music Hall
Sponsored by the Marilyn Horne Foundation
Korean singer Dae-San No was the 1999 winner of the coveted Lieder Prize at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. He has also won first prizes in the Licia Albanese- Puccini Foundation International Voice Competition, the Mario Lanza Competition, the Korea Music Association competition, and many others. His degrees are from Han-Yang University in Seoul, and the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. In addition to numerous operatic roles, Mr. No has appeared in oratorio and symphony appearances in Honolulu, New York, London, Seoul, and other locations. He is currently an artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

ALEXANDRA MASCOLO-DAVID, piano

Sunday evening, April 29, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, ISU Music Hall
Portuguese pianist Alexandra Mascolo-David, whose upcoming concert schedule includes performances in Europe, Brazil, Peru, and the U.S., performs a fascinating mixture of the traditional repertoire with the evocative piano music of Portuguese composers and that of the Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone. The Washington Post writes, "a splendid pianist--refined, searching and expressive, and her playing is loaded with insight and interpretative detail." Her recording of the complete set of Mignone's 24 Valsas Brasileiras will be released on compact disc this year. A former member fo the ISU Music Department faculty, Ms. Mascolo-David is a favorite with Ames audiences.