Drum Roll Please....

PAI is proud to announce that Gene Koshinski (Percussion Faculty)

has been named this year's winner of ASCAP's Nissim Prize for his composition Concerto for Marimba and Choir. The contest was in search of the "best new score for large ensemble (conducted)." Below is the official announcement:

http://www.ascap.com/Press/2012/0112-NissimPrize.aspx

Congratulations Gene!

Gene Koshinski 's new CD now available

Gene Koshinski is proud to announce his new CD, Layers, now available on the Equilibrium site and officially released at PASIC. Layers is a collection of original works for percussion, featuring Gene's brand new Concerto for Marimba and Choir and his large percussion duo And So the Wind Blew...

For more info, you can visit:http://www.equilibri.com/recordings/rec108.php

Bravo Elise Henkleman

In late October, PAI’s very own Elise Henklemen will appear as a guest soloist with the Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Philharmonic under the baton of Lawrence Loh, one of PAI’s esteemed conductors. Elise will be playing the beautiful cello solos in John Williams’ Memoirs of a Geisha. Other works on the NEPA Philharmonic’s John Williams Tribute Concert features the music from the popular Harry Potter and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Mark it in your calendar to hear Elise perform:
Friday, October 21 at the Scranton Cultural Center @ 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 22 at the F. M. Kirby Center @ 8:00 PM

Best wishes Elise—you make all of us at PAI very proud!

Rich Thompson, PAI 2012 jazz band conductor for week 6, will be performing for a week at a famous jazz room called Marian's in Bern, Switzerland w/the Byron Stripling Quartet. Check out Marian's link at http://www.mariansjazzroom.ch/html/home_e.htm and Byron's link @ http://byronstripling.com/

Taisiya Pushkar Performs Milonga del Angel -- Astor Piazzolla

PAI Alum Taisiya Pushkar, who has a great career in New York, recently recorded Milonga del Angel by Piazzolla and uploaded it onto YouTube. Check out the brilliant recording.

Rachel Ackerman Solos at President's Concert

Rachel Ackerman had the exciting opportunity to perform and solo at The Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Md with the Penn State Concert Choir. Each year, the president of Penn State University, Dr. Spanier, and the Alumni Association sponsors a performance for the School of Music at a major performing arts hall on the east coast. On February 25, 2011, the Concert Choir, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and Centre Dimensions jazz ensemble performed at the Strathmore, and one of the pieces the Concert Choir sang was a piece that Rachel had a solo in! Rachel said, "It was incredibly exciting to sing in this great venue, and it was a fantastic experience." Congratulations Rachel!

PAI's own Sophie Till to Present in Philadelphia

Online poster, schedule and registration available at
http://www.golandskyinstitute.org/events/workshop

And The 2011 PAI Production is....

Enrique is L.A. Bound

Enrique just got "The Call" from LA...he made the 2011 Grammy Jazz Ensemble...sharing Lead!!!!!!!!

The Sanchez Family and your PAI family are proud of you Enrique!!

The GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles program identifies and selects top high school instrumentalists and singers. Students from across the country have the opportunity to audition for the choir, band and combo and receive a free trip to the host city of the GRAMMYs. Selectees are also eligible for more than $2 million in scholarships from College Partners, perform in GRAMMY® Week events, record a CD and attend the GRAMMYs.

Vote Christina Roytz into the YouTube Symphony!

Vote Christina Roytz into the YouTube Symphony! This is the final round...JUDGED BY YOU!!! The most popular videos get into the Symphony. SHE PLAYS CELLO ON A CAMEL!

Go to: http://www.facebook.com/l/a53a07yn1T3pnSDKtalTaTcbgbA;www.youtube.com/symphony
Click "Vote now!"

Click the "Orchestral Auditions"

Find cello (to the right of the conductor)

Find Christina Roytz's video!! (it's easy to find - look for a girl cellist on a camel!)

Jessie Hooker (PAI alumni, 2003) was fantastic in her recent appearance in Scranton with the national tour of Legally Blonde. Following the performance, many PAI alumni had the chance to visit with her backstage. She sends her love to everyone and encourages current PAI students to chase their dreams---they really can come true!

Congratulations Yoo-Jin!

Our favorite horn counselor, Yoo-Jin Choe has just received word that she has officially been accepted into the DMA program at Stony Brook University! She will begin her studies in January and promises to let us know when she will be performing her first recital as a doctoral student.

Jesse Hooker to Perform

Jessie Hooker, former PAI Alum and Wyoming Seminary graduate is making her National Tour debut with Legally Blonde The Musical! The Tour will be performing at the Scranton Cultural Center from November 19-21. Jessie is a 2010 graduate of the Shenandoah Conservatory. It is wonderful to see Jessie working at what she loves right out of college! To learn more about Jessie's National Debut, visit her blog at htt//www.jessiehooker.blogspot.com/ or for a complete listing of cities on the tour visit Jessie's web site at http://www.jessiehooker.com/

A New Addition to the PAI family

Maureen Hurd Hause announced the arrival of her new little girl, Nora Lucile Hause, born July 6, weighing 9 lbs. and 22 inches long. Maureen reports that Nora is a sweet beauty and Nora and Elena are sweet together. "Nora is always happy and smiling at Elena, and Elena is a sensitive and helpful big sister." Congratulations go out to Maureen and her beautiful family!

Gene Koshinski Presents...

Gene Koshinski will be presenting a duo program with special guest Ben Toth at 3 locations next week. Please join them for a dynamic program that blends world music traditions.

Performances:
University of Minnesota Duluth: Nov 16, 7:30pm: Weber Hall
University of Minnesota Twin Cities: Nov 19, 7:30pm: Ultan Hall
Concordia College: Nov 21, 7:30pm: Christiansen Hall

Program:
Oriental Tale (2009) Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic (b. 1962)

Daku Daku Deh: The Spider (2006) Ned Smith (b. 1984)

Marimba Spiritual 2 (1984) Minoru Miki (b. 1930)
arr. Safri Duo

Variations (After Viñao) (2007) Gene Koshinski (b. 1980)

And So the Wind Blew… (2009) Gene Koshinski

PAI Student, Miles Fagley-Orfanella, a senior band member at Wyoming Valley West High School, earned the 2010 Ralph Hughes Memorial Jazz Scholarship. This $1,000 dollar award recognizes the most academically proficient jazz student participating in the 2010 Celebration of the Arts Honors Jazz Band. The COTA Cats are a big band jazz ensemble that highlights the top high school jazz students in the Pocono area and performs every year at the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) jazz festival. The Ralph Hughes Scholarship honors the memory of jazz trumpet player Ralph Hughes who was an integral personality in the Pocono Mountains jazz scene. The scholarship is sponsored by Michael and Elvi De Lotto of Antelao Restaurant, Delaware Water Gap, and recognizes the most academically proficient senior COTA Cat based on their grade point average and class rank. Fagley-Orfanella is the first Wyoming Valley West band member to be awarded this prestigious honor.

PAI Alumni Living the Dream!

Jessie Hooker, former PAI Alum and Wyoming Seminary graduate is making her National Tour debut with Legally Blonde The Musical! The Tour will be performing at the Scranton Cultural Center from November 19-21. Jessie graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory in 2010. It is wonderful to see Jessie working at what she loves right out of college! To learn more about Jessie's National Debut, visit her blog at htt//www.jessiehooker.blogspot.com/ or for a complete listing of cities on the tour visit Jessie's web site at http://www.jessiehooker.com/

The United States Army Field Band Young Artist Competition

Winner to appear as soloist with The U.S. Army Field Band

Tape submission deadline:January 14, 2011
Finals audition date:February 27, 2011
Fort Meade, MD
Dress rehearsal date:April 1, 2011
Performance date:April 2, 2011
Performance at MENC Eastern Division Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
(ALL travel paid by The U.S. Army Field Band)

Rules, application, and required repertoire list: (Application)

Bravo Adrian!

Adrian Holton, 2010 PAI Counselor will be playing principal of the Philharmonic Orchestra at Indiana University. A second year Master's student, Adrian reports that he is "super excited". Leonard Slatkin will be conducting the first concert (Symphony Fantastique) with future concerts, Bruckner 4, Mahler 4, and Prokofiev 5, being performed throughout the semester. Congratulations Adrian!

PAI Alum Junping (Jeffrey) Qian at Curtis Institute

We recently heard from Junping (Jeffrey)Qian, who some of you may remember attended PAI in 2007. Junping is now at Curtis Institute of Music, where he is the associate principle violist of the Curtis Orchestra. Also at Curtis is PAI alumni Lifan Zhu. Junping reports that they both have many fond memories of PAI. In his own words, “One of my best memories of PAI is the first conducting class that I ever took. I still feel that I learned so much from that class----the teacher was awesome! We conducted a mixed ensemble of PAI musicians and practiced conducting a legato pattern in the pool. Such great memories for me!”

The MDA Telethon 2010 has just been completed, and the Jerry Lewis telethon 2010 raised a stunning $58.9 million dollars. That’s an amazing accomplishment in a year where we’re still feeling the effects of the recession, and it gives you some hope for our country: Joining Jerry Lewis on national television was PAI’s very own STEVE FIDYK, who was the drummer for celebrity singer, Maureen McGovern. Steve, we’re all proud of your efforts on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

PAI Guest Artist Heading to Broadway in the Cast of 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Barrymore Award winner Forrest McClendon, a frequent guest artist at PAI, will make his Broadway debut as "Mr. Tambo" in the Kander-Ebb musical "The Scottsboro Boys" at the Lyceum Theatre in October. McClendon originated the role and moved in and out of other characters in the production's three-month run at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City. McClendon is one of 10 actors performing in the show's summer run through September 25 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis who will recreate their performances on Broadway. "The Scottsboro Boys," based on the notorious "Scottsboro" case from the 1930s in which nine African-American men were unjustly accused of a terrible crime, opens October 31 with preview performances beginning October 7.

PAI Welcomes Little Zoey Koshinski

PAI would like to welcome the newest edition to the Koshinski Family. Zoey Marion Koshinski arrived on 9-9-10 at 2:53pm, weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz and was 20" long. Both baby and mom are doing very well! Congratulations Gene and Ann.

Gong Xi Schyler Fung!

>We are proud to announce that Schyler Fung, PAI’s clarinet teacher extraordinaire, auditioned successfully for the principal clarinet position of the Macao Symphony! Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province to the north and facing the South China Sea in the east and south. Just a ferry ride from Hong Kong, Macao will be home to Schyler by the end of October. Congratulations Schyler! We wish you our very best!

Grammy Award-winning percussionist Steve Fidyk will christen the 750-seat River Common amphitheater - Wilkes-Barre's newest entertainment venue - with a free concert at 7 p.m. tonight.
Fidyk will play with Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute's Faculty Jazz Ensemble.
Fidyk, who has made more than 30 recordings, is a drummer with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble of Washington, D.C., and has toured and recorded with Maureen McGovern. Joining Fidyk will be veteran musicians Alex Noppe, Pete Johnson, Kyle Vock and friends.
Noppe is an associate instructor in jazz at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Jazz Ensemble IV. He plays with the Columbus-Indiana Philharmonic, the Terre Haute Symphony, and the David Baker Jazz Ensemble and has performed with the Lansing Symphony, the Jackson Symphony, and the Green Bay Symphony.
The concert will include low brass chamber music ensembles led by Michael Parker.
Parker has been the tuba player with the Monumental Brass Quintet in Washington, D.C., since 2002. As a member of the MBQ, Parker is currently on the artist rosters for Summit Records, Washington Performing Arts Society, Class Acts Arts, Living Arts Pennsylvania, and formerly with Young Audiences of D.C. and Virginia.
The accomplished musicians will perform at the River Common as part of the PAI's International Summer Program, which educates high school students in music, theater, and dance. Taught by prestigious international faculty and conductors, this intensive program prepares students for conservatory auditions by providing academic training and high-level performance experiences.
Joining the faculty performers will be PAI students Josh Fleming, Matt Johnson, and Gregory Townsend will support the concert experience.
Fleming (baritone horn) is currently going into his sophomore year at Sherwood High School in Olney, Md. and has been selected as a member of the Maryland All-State Band.
Johnson (tuba) is a 2010 graduate of St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. He won the Disney World Solo Contest.
Gregory Townsend (tuba) is a 2010 graduate of Marriotts Ridge High School in Maryland and was awarded First Chair Tuba in the Maryland All State Bands 2006-2008, and 2010.
For information about this and future programs, visit www.rivercommon.org or call 823-2101, ext. 128. Find out what it takes to survive in the wilderness with no supplies or equipment at a free program at 7 p.m. tonight at the Nesbitt Park boat launch parking lot, presented by the River Common.

Corinna Sowers-Adler,
Cabaret Singer
In Appearance at the 2010 PAI Gala Scholarship Competition
Friday, June 4th 7:00 PM
Buckingham Performing Arts Center
Sprague Ave.
Kingston, PA
Students and Seniors: $10
Adults: $20
Appearing with Corinna will be:
Jason and Ellen Sherry, Kyle Segarra, Devon McFadden,
Angela Sperazza & Anthony Adeo
All proceeds will go to the musical theater scholarship fund!
Questions? Call 570-270-2186

PAI Alum - Kyle Segarra

Kyle Segarra recently performed in the role of Roger in Temple University's production of Rent. Kyle is completing his Freshman year at Temple University. Congratulations Kyle - You were outstanding!

Musical Theater Scholarship Competition Benefit Gala

MUSICAL THEATER SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION GALA EVENT

Five talented students will compete for scholarships to PAI in front of a Live Audience. In addition, PAI alumni and faculty will perform with our featured guest artist Corinna Sowers Adler.

These Five Finalists Are:

Mary Siobhan Brier
Shannon Harbison
Juan Puppo
Rebecca Roeber
David Vest!

Join us for this gala event!

Date: June 4
Place: Buckingham Performing Arts Center
Time:7pm
Ticket price $10 for students, $20 for adults

All proceeds will go towards PAI's Musical Theater Program. Please support this worthy cause.

Congratulations to these five incredibly talented students!
More information to follow:

Wyoming Seminary Presents "The Sound of the Stradivarius"

The Wyoming Seminary Music Department is proud to present an extraordinary musical event featuring John Michael Vaida (pictured) and Colin Maki performing on two exquisite 18th-century violins by Antonio Stradivari on Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. in the Great Hall.

The music performed will include The Double Concerto (J.S. Bach), Sonata for Two Violins (Prokofiev), Concert Etudes (Wieniawski), and Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Faure). The Madrigal Singers and select members of the string ensemble will also perform.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students - all proceeds will benefit the Wyoming Seminary Music Department. Call 570-270-2110 for tickets; remaining tickets will be available at the door. Click here for directions to Wyoming Seminary.

Catch up with PAI Alum Brian Krinsky -

Brian is currently a sophomore at Wagner College in the Theater Program. This past summer Brian worked in a regional production of Fame the Musical at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City. In the fall Brian worked in the experimental show "I'm God and You're Not" which ran from September to December making his off-Broadway debut. In addition, Brian has been in numerous productions at Wagner. Brian is now working on two independent films in New York. Brian said' "PAI started this all for me and working with Bill helped fuel my love for theater." Continued success goes out to Brian!

Zane Forshee - Ambassador Extraordinaire

Recently, The United States Embassy made a video of an outreach concert Zane Forshee gave for students in Madrid,Spain. PAI is mentioned in the video! Click on the link below or the ► to watch the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_8i12n7qks

PAI's Own Tim Early - Guest Artist with Ballet NE

Tim Early, Head of PAI’s Dance Program will be a guest artist with Ballet Northeast this coming weekend.


Beethoven's Seventh and Other Works
March 13-14, 2010
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, March 13th
Evening Performance: 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, March 14th
Matinee: 2:00 P.M.

For more information about Ballet Northeast's 2009-10 season, or to order tickets, please call (570) 287-5802

Music Theatre Scholarship Audition Call

Musical Theater Scholarship Competition - Round One

The Performing Arts Institute
Musical Theater Scholarship Competition

First Round: Sunday, April 11, 2010

Buckingham Performing Arts Center
201 North Sprague Avenue
Kingston, Pennsylvania

Five finalists will advance to the final competition at our Gala Benefit on June 4Th, where three winners will be selected.
Click here to view last year's first place winner, Evan Frace.

First Place:
A full scholarship to attend PAI’s 2010 Musical Theater Program

Second Place:
A $1000 scholarship to attend PAI’s 2010 Musical Theater Program

Third Place:
A $500 scholarship to attend PAI’s 2010 Musical Theater Program

Program dates: June 27 - August 7, 2010

Competition Registration
All competitors must register before 4:00 p.m., April 7, 2010
Online Registration Form

Audition Requirements
An audition is required for scholarship consideration. Finalists must attend and perform at the Gala Benefit (date to be announced).
Auditions will consist of:

1) a two- to three-minute excerpt from a song of the Broadway musical genre, with accompaniment. (Accompanists will be available or you may provide your own.)

2) a one-minute monologue from an American copyrighted play or music theater piece.

Scholarship Details
This scholarship competition is open to new and returning students. Full PAI scholarship includes tuition, room and board. The family is responsible for transportation to and from the Wyoming Seminary campus, medical insurance, private lesson fees and personal spending money.

PAI Application Process
Although not required for participation in the scholarship competition, we encourage all competitors to complete the PAI application process. All application forms are available online.

For More Information visit The Performing Arts Institute at: http://www.wyomingseminary.org/page.cfm?p=282

PAI Violin Teachers are Nationally Recognized

PAI is proud to announce that the Marywood University String Project, under the direction of Sophie Till, has been awarded the American String Teachers Association's String Project of The Year Award. Sophie traveled to California to receive the award at the String Project Consortium’s National Convention. While there, she saw Dr. Lisa Burrell, who presented two clinics at the conference. Congratulations are in order to PAI’s violin teachers, Sophie and Lisa, for being nationally recognized as master teachers!

On Friday March 12th at 7:30 PM, violinist John Michael Vaida and pianist Timothy Burns team up for a recital at St. Stephen's Episcopal Chruch in Wilkes-Barre, PA. On the program will be sonatas by Aaron Copland, Alfred Schnittke, and Edvard Grieg. The concert will also feature the world premier of "Three Little Lights" by Rochester composer Baljinder Sekhon. The performance will be recorded and broadcast on WVIA FM as part of their series "Music from St. Stephen's."

Perception

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.


4 minutes later:

the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.


6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.


10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.


45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.


1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.... How many other things are we missing?

Announcing The Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary 2010 Asia Scholarship Competition

The Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary
2010 Asia Scholarship Competition

Winners will receive full or partial scholarships to attend PAI!
Open to student musicians 14 to 18 years of age.

PAI is an International Summer Program for Serious Music Students Who Seek High Quality Performance Opportunities in Solo, Orchestral and Chamber Music

Program Dates: Three and six-week sessions available:
June 27 - August 7, 2010 (Full six-week program)
June 27 - July 17, 2010 (Session I - three weeks)
July 18 - August 7, 2010 (Session II - three weeks)

Registration:
All students must register online at
http://www.wyomingseminary.org/page.cfm?p=560

Audition Requirements:
A live, CD, DVD or YouTube audition is required for scholarship consideration.
The audition should consist of:
•5 - 10 minutes of musical excerpts that demonstrate both technical and expressive abilities
•A brief live or Skype interview spoken in English
Students will be notified by e-mail of their audition and interview times

Live Video-taped Audition and Interview Dates: Live auditions will be conducted by Mr. David Damico, Director of Admission

Tuesday, March 10 Taipei, Taiwan
Friday, March 12 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Monday, March 15 Hong Kong
Thursday, March 18 Shanghai, China
Saturday, March 20 Beijing, China
Wednesday, March 24 Seoul, South Korea

DVD and CD Auditions:
Recorded auditions can be delivered in your city. Please email us at onstage@wyomingseminary.org to arrange a time and location to drop off audition materials.

DVD and CD Auditions Can Also Be Mailed To:
Nancy Sanderson, Director
The Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary
201 North Sprague Ave.
Kingston, PA 18704
USA

All DVDs and CDs should be labeled with the date, your name, address, telephone number and email address and include the registration form located at http://www.wyomingseminary.org/page.cfm?p=560.

YouTube Auditions:
Send the URL to onstage@wyomingseminary.org. Please include the date, your name, address, telephone number and email address. Please be sure to fill out an on-line registration form.

*Deadline for the PAI Asia Scholarship Audition is April 1st, 2010*

Scholarship Details
Full PAI scholarship includes tuition, room and board for one three-week session. Scholarship recipients may choose to attend PAI for an additional three-week session for an additional fee. The family is responsible for transportation to and from the Wyoming Seminary campus, medical insurance, private lesson fees and personal spending money.

Questions? Contact us with your questions at onstage@wyomingseminary.org.

The PAI Faculty Present "A Shoenberg Festival"

Wyoming Seminary Department of Music and
The Scranton Area Foundation present…

A Schoenberg Festival
Celebrating the music of Arnold Schoenberg

Saturday, February 20th 8:00 PM, Great Hall

Featuring Lawrence Loh, Maureen Hurd, Christiane Vaida, Wen-ChiLiu, Sophie Till, Elizabeth Duhr, J. M. Vaida, Chris Vaneman

Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for piano, violin and cello
Also programmed: short violin and cello works by Schoenberg’s student, Anton Webern

Art work demonstrating the parallel abstract movement in
early 20th Century visual arts will be projected during the performance.

Tuesday, February 23rd 8:00 PM, Great Hall

Pierrot Lunaire for small chamber orchestra and mezzo soprano
Prior to the performance, David McGrew will give a short lecture about the music.

Directed by Lawrence Loh, the musicians will perform Pierrot Lunaire
("Moonstruck Pierrot"), a melodrama set to 21 selected poems from
Otto Hartleben's German translation of Albert Giraud's cycle of poems. The narrator delivers the poems in the Sprechstimme style, which complements the mood of the poems aurally.

Both Performances are
Free and Open to the Public
Great Hall at Wyoming Seminary
(Wyoming Ave., just north of Kingston Corners)

PAI Alum - Keri Height is WVIA Artist of the Week

¡Hola! from Zane Forshee

Zane reported that things in Spain are great.

Zane’s doctoral research is focused on the music of Vicente Asencio. He will start writing his final DMA document this next month. Zane is currently working with guitarist, Ignacio Rodes. Rodes knew Asencio and gave Zane information on the scores/manuscripts of these works. Good Luck with the writing Zane!

Zane’s Upcoming Concerts:

Feb. 24th, Conciertos en Palacios: 20:00h, Madrid (this concert is through the U.S. Embassy, the city of Los Angeles, and part of the ARCO Festival

Mar. 17, Alicante, Spain, 20:00h (I don't have the address yet).

Mar. 18, Fulbright Mid-Year Meeting, Santander, Spain (this is not 100% confirmed as of yet)

Mar. 23, Fulbright Summit, Music Gala, Belin, Germany, 20:00

“And the 2010 PAI Musical Theater Production is………”

The Performing Arts Institute is proud to announce that the 2010 musical theater production will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I.

Starring in the role of the King of Siam will be distinguished guest artist, Forrest McClendon.

Forrest McClendon’s musical credits include the pre-Broadway workshop of Disney’s AIDA, DREAMGIRLS, BIG RIVER, FINIAN’S RAINBOW,THE FANTASTICKS, THE THREEPENNY OPERA and SHOW BOAT. Most recently, he received the 2009 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for AVENUE X at the 11th Hour Theatre Company. This spring McClendon will appear Off-Broadway in the world premiere of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS,a new musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb directed by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. McClendon is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the Ira Brind School of Theater at the University of the Arts and an artist-in-residence in the Boyer College of Music at Temple University. He has taught at Roger Williams University, DeSales University, Community College of Philadelphia, Choate Rosemary Hall, as well as the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival. His students attend major training programs including the British American Dramatic Academy, New York University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Boston University and Syracuse University, and many are working professionals on Broadway, TV and film, and/or as recording artists. McClendon has conducted master classes at thePerforming Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary for the past three summers.

PAI Alum - Micha Jackson "Down Under"

This year I made the big move to live in Australia full time! I am currently living in Darwin, Northern Territory, working for an Indigenous organization called the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA). NAILSMA is an organization that supports Aboriginal land and sea management across north Australia, and I work particularly with coastal groups doing marine management. Darwin is a very interesting and exciting place to live, with lots of beautiful and remote places to explore in the vicinity. I spend lots of time 'out bush' chasing and photographing as many of Australia's unique birds and animals as I can. I am also performing with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra in the viola section, drawing as always on my many wonderful years of experience at Summer at Sem's PAI!

Congratulations Nate!

Our good friend, Nate Taylor,was a recipient of the Potter's Violins Instrument Award, a program that grants promising young stringed instrument players, with instruments. The announcement was made by the American String Teachers Association. Nate won a Heinrich Lutiger cello and was one of three musicians nationwide to receive the award. Nate has participated in PAI for the past three summers. Currently a senior in Waldorf, Md., he received his cello just in time for college auditions. Good Luck Nate!

Someone We Know

Limonade Tous les Jours



TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 1, 2010!


Written by Charles Mee

Featuring Austin Pendleton and Eleanor Handley

Directed by Diana Basmajian


Produced by

Joie de Théâtrale with The New Voice Project


April 3rd through April 17th

the cell theatre

Love in The Viola Section

Congratulations to Holly Rose Jones and Stephen Schmidt on their recent nuptials. Holly Rose and Stephen are just one of many couples whose relationships began at PAI. Who is next?

Gene Koshinski, Solo Percussion

Internationally acclaimed percussionist and composer, Gene Koshinski, will present an evening of music for solo percussion. Known for his versatility and virtuosity, Koshinski will present a wide variety of music including two brand new original percussion duos: And So the Wind Blew..., with percussionist Benjamin Toth, and Song and Dance, with percussionist Tim Broscious. The concert will include a third guest percussionist, Michael Dobson, for a performance of Koshinski's Echo Song for multiple percussion solo and assistant percussionist. Additional selections will include music for solo marimba, vibraphone, multiple percussion, hand drums, and theatrical percussion. For more information visit: www.genekoshinski.com

Gene Koshinski has received international acclaim as a percussionist and composer (ASCAP) and is currently director of percussion at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is in constant demand as a performer and most recently completed tours in Germany, Austria, Jordan, Slovenia, Canada, and throughout the US. In 2002, Mr. Koshinski won the National MTNA Collegiate Artist Percussion Competition in Cincinnati, OH and in August 2004 finished 3rd in the prestigious Universal Marimba Duo Competition in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He is active as a performer and freelance percussionist having worked with numerous performing organizations and artists including NFL Films, Late Show with David Letterman, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), David Samuels, Wycliffe Gordon, Philadelphia Boys Choir, The Lettermen, Lehigh Valley Choral Arts, Minnesota Ballet, and is currently section percussionist for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and a member a Nebojsa Zivkovic's Jovan Perkussion Projekt. For his work with NFL Films, he can be heard on the Emmy award winning soundtrack A Century of NFL. Performances have also been heard on the CBS, PBS, EPSN television networks as well as NPR (National Public Radio). In addition, his debut CD entitled Klung is carried by the Equilibrium record label. Gene is also a member of the Quey Percussion Duo, a touring group established to generate new works for percussion while also bringing standard repertoire to a broad audience. Mr. Koshinski is director of percussion at the annual 6-week international Performing Arts Institute summer music festival. Recently, he published a new method book entitled The Additive Method of Two-Mallet Study which focuses on keyboard percussion technique and performance. He has also commissioned and premiered works by renowned composers including Stuart Saunders Smith, David Macbride, Dave Hollinden, and Alejandro Viñao. Koshinski is endorsed by Korogi, Sabian Cymbals, Remo, Innovative Percussion, and HoneyRock Publications and his method book and compositions are distributed internationally by The Percussion Source.

Program

Fluctus.......................................................Nebojsa Zivkovic
I'm Your Pal.........................Swallow/arr. Burton/trans. Rackipov
Echo Song......................................................Gene Koshinski
And So the Wind Blew...................................................Gene Koshinski

~intermission~

Songs I-IX.............................................Stuart Saunders Smith
Capriccio for Viola Solo..............Henri Vieuxtemps/trans. Koshinski
Piru Bole.........................................................John Bergamo
Kaskada......................................................Eckhard Kopetzki
Song and Dance..............................................Gene Koshinski
I. Song of the Metals
II. Dance of the Drums

Zane Forshee - Fulbright Scholar

Guitarist Zane Forshee, a doctoral candidate at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory and Preparatory, as well as the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and The Performing Arts Institute, has been recently named as a Fulbright Scholar to Spain.

Zane, who has established a growing performance career with concerts taking him across the United States to Asia, will be using the grant to study, perform, and record works written for the guitar by some of the most influential Spanish composers of the 20th century including: Joaquín Turina, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Vicente Ascencio. He will be working closely with Ignacio Rodes, Professor of guitar at the Oscar Esplá Conservatorio in Alicante, Spain. Mr. Forshee chose to work with Professor Rodes due to his artistic relationship with renowned composer, Vicente Ascencio, as well as guitarist José Tomás, long considered to be one of the most influential Spanish guitar pedagogues of the 20th century. Tomás studied under Regino Sainz de la Maza, Alirio Diaz, and Andrés Segovia, the guitarists who commissioned, edited and premiered these works.