Lumina No. 198 Julie-Anne Derome, violin
Event Date:
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 12:00am EST
Event Location:
Jean McNulty Recital Hall
Event Fee:
$5 and $10
Event Contact Name:
Jennifer Howie
Event Contact Phone:
343-8787
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LUMINA Concert No. 198
Julie-Anne Derome, violin
Born in Montreal, Julie-Anne Derome studied with Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music, UK
(1991-1995), and with Mitchell Stern and members of the Emerson String Quartet in the USA (1995-1996). Winner of the Mendelssohn
Trust Award in England in 1994 and of the Emerson String Quartet Competition in 1995, Julie-Anne Derome also received a special prize
from the jury at the 1992 Yehudi Menuhin Competition in Paris for her interpretation of Anthèmes by Pierre Boulez. Julie-Anne has performed
as soloist with the Manchester Sinfonia at the Aix-en-Provence International Music Festival in France, and gave the world première of the revised version of the Berg Violin Concerto with the symphony orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music (UK). In 1993 she took part in a concert of chamber music for Queen Elizabeth II in Cyprus during a meeting of the Heads of the Commonwealth. In 1995 she featured as the soloist in a performance of Corale by Luciano Berio with the SMCQ (Montreal). In 1996 she played with the Emerson String Quartet in Connecticut. In 1996 Julie-Anne released a CD of twentieth century solo violin works entitled Solo (on the ATMA label). In reference to this recording the BBC Music Magazine hailed Julie-Anne Derome as "a star in the making." She may also be heard on the Analekta and SNE labels. Winner of the prestigious 2003 Virginia Parker Prize of the Canada Council for the Arts, an award given to underline her innovative work as a performer. Julie-Anne regularly premières concertos by Canadian composers. In 2000 the Canada Council for the Arts awarded Julie-Anne Derome the loan of a 1902 Enrico Rocca violin and in 2003 an 1820 Johannes Franciscus Pressenda violin. Program
Canadian Music for Solo Violin
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Four Dances for violin (1998)
Preludio a rovescio (2005) Bailo for violin (2008) La fenêtra for violin and tape (2004) |
Ana Sokolovic
Chris Paul Harman
Dorothy Chan Margareta Jeric Yannick Plamondon |
Joy Fahrenbruck is originally from Ohio where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowling Green University. In Thunder Bay she taught piano both privately and as a contract lecturer with the Lakehead University Department of Music where she now serves as accompanist for the Opera Studio and the Lakehead University Vocal Ensemble. Joy has appeared in many recitals and chamber concerts, including the Cornwall/LUMINA concert series, the New Music North festivals and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Chamber music series. She has frequently performed with the TBSO as both percussionist and keyboard player.
Dr. Deanna Oye is Associate Professor of Music at the University
of Lethbridge where she teaches Studio Piano, Collaborative
Piano/Guitar and Music History. She is also currently President of
the Canadian University Music Society, the primary Canadian
scholarly association devoted to post-secondary music. She holds a
doctorate in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the
renowned Eastman School of Music, a Master of Music in Piano
Performance and Literature from Brandon University (Manitoba),
and is a graduate of the Bachelor of Music programme at Lakehead
University.
