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URL:https://michellespiano.com/events/sounds-schumann/
SUMMARY:Sounds of Schumann
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets Here\nThe beautiful performance space (and beautifu
 l pianos!) at Michelle’s Piano Company will come alive with the many dif
 ferent sounds of Schumann. The eclectic program will include 4-hand piano 
 music with Michael Liu and Kate Hobbie\, solo piano works by Julia Hwakyu 
 Lee\, French horn and piano duos by Michael Liu and Allan Stromquist\, and
  songs by baritone Kevin Walsh and pianist John Strege. Mingle with the ar
 tists after the performance while you enjoy wine and tasty nibbles.\nMore 
 about Michelle’s Pianos\nMichelle’s Pianos is family-owned piano compa
 ny located in Southeast Portland. It is the official piano dealership of S
 teinway\, Boston\, and Essex Pianos in Portland and also offers high quali
 ty pre-owned pianos such as Schimmel\, Bosendorefer\, Yamaha\, Baldwin and
  much more! They are involved in all aspects of the piano business\, with 
 a staff that includes piano technicians\, refinishers\, movers\, musicians
 \, and sales consultants\nMore about the artists\nKathryn Hobbie\, pianist
 \, has performed with a variety of groups in the Vancouver area including 
 the Vancouver Children’s Opera\, Opera Quest\, and the Vancouver Symphon
 y Orchestra. She has performed regularly for the Vancouver Symphony Chambe
 r Music Series and for other events\, and is a former board member of seve
 ral years for the VSO.  She is currently the board chair and pianist for 
 Opera Quest Northwest\, a local nonprofit organization that introduces you
 ng audiences to opera through a lively\, interactive program brought into 
 their schools. In the past she has accompanied choral groups at Boston’s
  Symphony Hall and at music festivals in Europe.  Professionally\, she wo
 rks as a self-employed writer.\n\nJulia Hwakyu Lee\, pianist\, has perform
 ed solo and chamber music in New York\, San Francisco\, Las Vegas\, Portla
 nd\, Toronto and cities in Korea including Seoul. Julia is on the facultie
 s of the University of Portland and Portland State University. Previously\
 , she served on faculty at Southern Utah University and at the University 
 of Wisconsin-Madison. Her many prizes and awards include the Chamber winne
 r in Niagara International Music Competition in Canada\, Gold Medal in Han
 kuk Ilbo Competition in Korea\, Beethoven competition in Wisconsin- Madiso
 n\, and fellowship recipient in Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Michigan. She
  has been a soloist with University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra\, Kore
 an Chamber Orchestra\, Portland’s Columbia Symphony\, and recently with 
 UP Community Orchestra. She has presented lecture recitals at the College 
 Music Society national conference and regional conference\, and has partic
 ipated in master classes with Leon Fleisher\, Richard Goode\, Claude Frank
 \, Paul Badura-Skoda\, Gary Graffman\, Rusell Sherman and John O’Conor. 
 Julia received her Doctor in Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Un
 iversity of Wisconsin\, Master in Music from Korean National University of
  Arts\, and Bachelor in Music from Yonsei University\, Seoul.\n\nDr. Micha
 el Liu has been playing the piano since age four. In his youth he won nume
 rous awards and honors\, including first prize in the Chicago Symphony You
 th Auditions. He has performed as piano soloist with orchestras including 
 the Chicago Symphony\, the Taipai Symphony\, the Rochester Symphony\, and 
 the Guam Symphony. Liu’s passion for chamber music started very young\, 
 when he played chamber music with his sister and his brother. He later stu
 died with renowned English pianist Ian Hobson at the University of Illinoi
 s\, and has been part of several piano trios and chamber ensembles. Curren
 tly\, he performs with the Lohr Trio and the Simian Trio with cellist Bets
 y Goy as well as 4‐hand piano with Kate Hobbie. Liu received bachelor de
 grees in both music and chemistry\, graduating with honors from the Univer
 sity of Illinois. He is a board member and pianist for the Vancouver Symph
 ony.\n\nJohn Strege was Director of Music at Trinity Cathedral for 36 year
 s\, retiring in May 2010. John guided the development of the Trinity music
  program into one of Portland’s greatest sources of civic pride and esta
 blished himself as a pillar of the Portland musical community. A number of
  his performances as an organist\, choral conductor and accompanist have b
 een aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting\, National Public Radio\, and he h
 as recorded for Delos International and PGM Recordings.\n\nAmerican barito
 ne Kevin Walsh is a multi-talented musician and performer\, equally at hom
 e in the concert hall and the stage\, and acclaimed for performances that 
 are both intelligent and technically impeccable. He has appeared as solois
 t with PBO\, PYP\, Portland Symphonic Choir\, ORS\, Third Angle\, Willamet
 te University New Music Series\, U of P\, Symphonia Concertante\, Abbey Ba
 ch Festival\, the Music on the Mount Series\, and in the Trinity Episcopal
  Cathedral Music Series. His credits also include the West Coast premier o
 f Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles (duo piano version)\, the West Coast
  premier of Imant Raminish’s The Nightingale with the Portland Symphonic
  Girlchoir\, several roles with Opera Theater Oregon\, and Badkhen\, the t
 own clown in David Schiff’s Gimple the Fool\, which Opera News reviewed 
 as “perfectly realized by Kevin Walsh.”  Mr. Walsh received his Maste
 r of Music from the University of Portland in 1985. He has recorded for De
 los\, Arkay\, Naxos\, PGM Recordings\, OCP and GIA Publications and is Exe
 cutive Producer of Recordings for Oregon Catholic Press.
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