Monday, June 2, 2014
Singers and instrumentalists will
perform their favorite music in addition to previewing the upcoming
UFOMT season which includes Les Miserables, Vanessa, Oklahoma, The Student Prince, and other performances. For more information, go to www.utahfestival.org/ or www.logantabernacle.blogspot.com
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Mountain Crest High School Young Artists
The
Mountain Crest High School students compete each Spring in the “Young
Artist Cup”, a competition intended to encourage excellence in music,
and is sponsored by the Young Artists Cup Committee with the support of
Mountain Crest High School and is privately funded from tax deductible
contributions. Donations to this event may be given to the Cache
Education Foundation for the Young Artist Cup.
The
following winners of this year’s “Young Artist Cup” will present a
musical program of the six categories of the competition: Piano, Female
Vocal, Male Vocal, String, and Brass/Wind/Percussion:
Maggie Marchant , 2nd
place winner in brass/wind/percussion category, will play “Legende et
Danse Slaves” by Guiraud. She will attend BYU and will major in
chemistry and minor in history, and hopes to play in one of the bands.
Katelyn Ellis , 2nd
place winner in the piano category, will play “Sonatine” by Ravell
Katelyn has been teaching piano for three years, and currently and will
be attending USU this Fall, and will major in Biological Engineering.
Jonah Fronk, 3rd
place winner in the male vocal category will sing “Willow Weep for Me”
by Ronell. Jonah has a profound interest in biology, the arts, reading,
and playing his saxophone. He recently received a mission call to the
Hungary, Budapest mission.
Erin Searle, 3rd
place winner of the female vocal category, will sing “The Lass with the
Delicate Air” by Arne. Erin also plays the piano and started singing
before she could talk!
Charlotte Petersen,
2nd place winner in the string category, will play “Gavotte” by Popper.
Charlotte runs track and cross country and loves to hike in the
mountains. She currently studies cello with Dr. James McWhorter and
plans to attend BYU-Idaho and study music education.
Rachel Peck, 1st
place winner in the brass/wind/percussion category, will play “Solo de
Concours” by Messager. Rachel enjoys reading, playing the clarinet, and
doing yoga.
Scott Ellis Johnson
won the Audience Choice Award at the Young Artist Cup, and will play
“Hedwig’s Theme”, arranged by Radnich. He is a piano student of Liz
Sampson, and plays on the tennis team.
Sadie Leonhardt, 1st
place winner in the female vocal category, will sing “Wishing You Were
Somehow Here” by Webber. She also plays piano, violin, and flute. She
served as the Vice President of the drama department at Mountain Crest,
and next year will be the President.
Donni Evans, 1st
place winner in the string category, will play “Violin Concerto #3 in E
Minor” by Mendelssohn. She has been involved in many symphonies,
quartets, and duos. She was in the All State Orchestra this past year,
and is in the Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra in Salt Lake City. She is
currently studying with Monte Belknap at BYU. Donni was also the
Audience Choice winner at the Young Artist Cup.
Savanna Summers, 1st
place winner in the piano category, will play “Preludium” by McDowell.
She has done very well in competitions in Utah and Idaho, including
Region and State Solo and Ensemble, USU Piano Festival, Young Artist Cup
and The Dahle Piano Competition. She is on the Mountain Crest tennis
and debate teams.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Miho Everitt & Friends
This
talented group of youth and adult musicians will be performing a
variety of music from classical to the composition by Jon Schmidt:
Austin Duersch will be a junior at Logan High in the Fall. He has been playing the piano since he was in the 2nd grade and loves to learn challenging pieces. He also keeps busy with basketball and student government.
Nathan Merrill will
be a junior at Sky View High School. In addition to playing the piano,
his hobbies include reading, biking, Ping-Pong, playing soccer,
spending time with family. He also is involved in his independent
robotics team.
Anson Everitt
is a contractor, piano technician, and handyman. He plays the piano,
viola, accordion , guitar, banjo, and shakuhachi (Japanese flute). He
and his boys love to play Taiko (Japanese drum) together .
Karson Checketts
will be in 9th grade at North Cache where he will be serving on the
Exec. Council. Karson plays the piano and also enjoys playing
basketball and volleyball.
Hannah Anderson
will be a Junior at Sky View High School. When she's not practicing her
piano, she loves to swim on the Sky View Swim Team and act in the Sky
View Drama club.
Miho Everitt
has performed extensively as a soloist and with other performers. She
enjoys teaching, performing piano, and being busy with her five
children. She has studied piano with Jorg Demus and Susan Duehlmeire.
Jo Hays began
playing the flute in 1978. She studied flute with Leslie Timmons and
Nancy Toone. She has Bachelor's degrees in music (flute) performance
from USU and in mechanical engineering from Univ. of Memphis. She is
now a patent agent. maywoodip.com
Thursday, June 5, 2014
The RED Trio --
Logan High School's incredible freshman string trio!
The RED Trio is made up of violist Raymond Li, cellist Emma Cardon, and violinist David
Kim, all of whom will be sophomores at Logan High School in autumn
2014. They have been performing together as a group since 6th
grade. For this program they will perform music by Bach, Haydn, Elgar,
Faure, Ravel, and Granados … and perhaps a few surprises as well.
Informative commentary will accompany their selections.
Past
performances include: Utah State University “Grand Gala” in 2013;
Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series; Utah Festival Opera &
Musical Theatre Green Show; "Logan's Rising Stars" Concert; Utah ASTA
conference in Park City; Cache Valley American String Teacher
Association (ASTA) Solo/Ensemble Festivals and Honors Recitals, and
performed at several other venues. They played on master classes coached
by the Fry Street Quartet and the Carducci Quartet (U.K). They are
coached by Claire Cardon. They will be performing at the Logan
Summerfest 2014.
Raymond Li,
competed in the Cache Valley ASTA Festival in 2012 and 2013, and was
selected to play viola solos at the Honors Recitals both years and
played in the Bridgerland Honors Orchestra in 2013 and the Utah
All-State Orchestra in 2014, and participated in 2014 Solo and Ensemble
Festival, ultimately receiving a “1” at state competition. He studies
viola under Brett McAllister and Bradley Ottesen. After this concert,
Raymond will be going to Washington, D.C. again to help represent Utah
in the 2014 National History Day competition with his historical paper.
Emma Cardon,
is a very versatile musician, performing and competing well on the
piano and cello, as well as composing compositions, acting and singing
in local venues. She studies cello with Anne Francis Bayless. Emma has
received Superior ratings on cello solos at the Cache Valley ASTA
Festival, and has been chosen to perform on Honors Recitals each year.
She also played with the Bridgerland Honors Orchestra in 2012 and 2013
and the Utah All-State Orchestra in 2014. In addition to winning awards
over the years at the USU Piano Festival, she placed at the 2014 Utah
Music Teachers Association (UMTA) Piano Concerto Competition. Emma won
the USU Youth Conservatory Young Composers Award in 2012, 2013, and
2014, as well as many other awards for her composition skills. She
conducted the American Festival Orchestra in the World Premiere of her
composition “Faust’s Rag” in October 2013.
David Kim,
has participated in the Cache Valley ASTA Competition every year since
2005, and has been selected to perform at the Honors Recitals each
year. In 2014, he was selected as a violin soloist to perform with the
Cache Valley Symphony Orchestra. David was a finalist in the Junior
Division of the 2013 ASTA Utah Solo competition. In spring 2013, he was
selected as Concertmaster of the Bridgerland Honors Orchestra. He
currently studies under Janice McAllister and Rebecca McFaul, violinist
of the Fry Street Quartet.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Trenton H. Chang
Young Piano Virtuoso
Trenton H. Chang, a 16
year-old pianist, will play a program mostly of Chopin’s compositions,
including a ballade, nocturnes, and etudes. He was born in Minneapolis;
his parents are originally from Taiwan. Beginning at the age of eight,
Trenton has won several awards and performed in a variety of venues.
More recently in 2012, he appeared on NPR’s “From the Top”, and
in 2013 and 2014 he was winner of the Utah Symphony Youth Guild
auditions. This year, he also won the UMTA State Concerto Competition in
the high school division. Trenton will be a junior at Logan High School
next Fall. He currently studies piano with Gary Amano.
THE CONCERT AND LECTURE SERIES IS SPONSORED BY CACHE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AN
INTERFAITH AND CIVIC ORGANIZATION, AND IS ALSO SPONSORED IN PART BY THE
RAPZ TAX. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS ALLOWS FREE
USE OF THE HISTORIC LOGAN TABERNACLE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.
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