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The Music Room Video Showcase

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1. MICHAEL PONTI, Pianist (1978)

Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K. 332
Wagner/Liszt: Festspeil and Wedding March
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF.
Director: Marvin Harrison

2. MARILYN DUBOW, violinist and ROBERT JORGENSEN, Pianist (1980)

Ms. Dubow teaches various aspects of music and demonstrates on the violin.
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF
Director: Marvin Harrison

3. MARILYN DUBOW, violinist and ROBERT JORGENSEN, pianist (1980)

Ms. Dubow performs with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and was in Fresno in a special program under the auspices of the Fresno Philharmonic.
Sati: Things Seen from Right to Left (without glasses) hypocritical choral - group fugue - muscular fantasy
Bloch: Three Pictures of Chassidic Life contrition - improvisation - rejoicing
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF
Director: Marvin Harrison

4. FRED DEMPSTER, cello, DAVID MARGETTS, violin, ALBERT GILLIS, viola, and JAMES STARK, violin. (1982)

The performers are members of the music faculty at CSUF.
Haydn: Op. 17, NO.3 (1st movement)
Schubert: "Rosamunde" Quartet (2nd movement)
Beethoven: Op. 18, No.2 (4th movement)
Produced at Pappas Television, Fresno, CA.
Director: Rob Taylor

5. ALBERT GILLIS, viola, NANCY COUSINS, cello, and JAMES STARK, violin (1983).

Mr. Gillis is Professor of Music at CSUF; Ms. Cousins is a member of the Fresno Philharmonic and has taught at CSUF; and Mr. Stark is now Concert Master of the Fresno Philharmonic and teaches at CSUF.
Mozart: Divertimento in E flat Major for String Trio
First, fourth and sixth movements.
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF.
Director: Marvin Harrison

6. SALLY CHRISTIAN, Pianist (1978)

Ms. Christian was a local artist who performs with Orpheus and teaches piano. She is a graduate of CSUF and studied piano with Philip Lorenz. She now lives in Marin County.
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations in F Major
Scriabin: Two Dances (1914) Faure: Nocturne No. 12 in E minor
Debussy: Etude for the Five Fingers
Albeniz: Cordoba
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF
Director: Marvin Harrison

7. ORPHEUS, a chamber ensemble in Fresno founded by Dr. Jack Fortner, Professor of Music, CSUF. Shelley Hanson, clarinet, John Heard, bassoon, Richard Clendenin, trumpet, James Stark, violin, Nancy Cousins, cello, and Jack Fortner, Conductor. (1984)

Casella: Serenata (1927)
Five Movements
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF.
Director: Marvin Harrison

8. ENA BRONSTEIN, Pianist (1984)

Formerly of Fresno, Miss Bronstein now lives in New Jersey and instructs piano at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton. She was a member of the music faculty at CSUF.
Bach: Prelude in D minor
Debussy: Pourle Piano
Busoni: Turandot's Boudoir
Chopin: Etude in C sharp minor Op. 10, No. 4
Allende: Tonada
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF.
Director: Marvin Harrison

9. MARCY ROSEN, Cellist and ENA BRONSTEIN, Pianist (1984)

Ms. Rosen is a Californian and was winner of the competition sponsored by the Fresno Rotary Club. She performed with the Fresno Philharmonic.
Schubert: Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione) for Cello and
Piano. (First Movement)
Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major (Allemande)
Faure: Sicilienne, Op. 18
Davidoff: At the Fountain in D Major Op. 20, No.2
Produced at Instructional Television, CSUF.
Director: Marvin Harrison

10. THE SAN JOAQUIN TRIO (1985)

CSUF David Margetts (violin), Nancy Cousins (cello) and Mary Mark Zeyen (Professor of Piano at California State University, Fullerton).
Brahms: Trio, Op. 8 (First Movement)
Beethoven: Trio No. 1, Op. 1
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

11. Cellists MICHAEL FLAKSMAN and ELIZABETH MORROW (1985)

Mr. Flaksman is Professor of Music at CSUF and Ms. Morrow is one of his students.
In the first half, Flaksman instructs Morrow on Bach's Third Suite for Solo Cello.
In the second half, Flaksman performs Bach's Third Suite for Solo Cello.
Produced at KMTV, Fresno,
Director: Oscar Speace

12. ANDREAS WERZ, Pianist (1986)

Mr. Werz came from Germany to study piano with Philip Lorenz. He won the Rotary Club Competition and performed with the Fresno Philharmonic. He is a member of the music faculty at CSUF.
Haydn: Variations in F minor
Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Chopin: Revolutionary Etude
Paginini/lLiszt: Transcendental Etude in A minor
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

13. STEVEN SCHICK, Percussionist (1986)

Mr. Schick is Professor of Music at CSUF and has concertized in the U.S. and Europe.
Demonstrates some of the instruments.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

14. ENA BRONSTEIN, Pianist (1987)

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

15. JUAN SERRANO, Guitarist (1987)

Mr. Serrano is a member of the music faculty at CSUF.
Granainas: Lagrimas De Granada
Manual de Falla: Danza del Molinero (From the Three Cornered Hat)
Zambra (Spanish music with Moorish influence)
Saeta (Holy Week processions in Sevilla and other regions of Spain)
Augustin Barrios: Una Limosna por el Arnor de Dios (An alm for the Love of God)
Gran Tremolo written in May 1944 in San Salvador.
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

16. BABETTE HIERHOLZER, Pianist (1987)

Ms Hierholzer is a pianist from Berlin and performed in Fresno under the auspices of Keyboard Concerts on January 30, 1987.
Mozart: Sonata in C Major, K. 330
allegro - andante - allegretto
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

17. STEVEN SCHICK, Percussionist; JUAN SERRANO, Guitarist; JOSE ELGORRIAGA, Reader (1987)

Music Ensemble
Leneida Crawford, Soprano
Tim Giannapoulos, Base
Teresa Beaman, Flute
This program was based on the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca and music by composer George Crumb.
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

18. SIERRA STRING QUARTET (1987)

Douglas Beilman, violin, Lisa Weiss, violin, Phyllis Kamrin, viola and Sara Freiberg, cello
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (1st movement )
Bartok: Quartet No. 5 (1st and 3rd movements)
Boccherini: Quartet in G minor Op. 33, No. 5 (1st movement)
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

19. MILES ISHIGAKI, Clarinet (1988)

Mr. Ishigaki is Professor of Music at CSUF.
Donald Martino: A Set for Clarinet (1954)
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1918)
Leslie Bassett: Soliloquies (1978)
Ronald L. Caravan: Excursions (1974)
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

20. TERESA BEAMAN, Flutist; ANDREAS WERZ, Piano (1989)

Ms. Beaman and Andreas Werz are members of the music faculty at CSUF.
Debussy: Syrinx
Edgard Varese: Density 12.5
Charles Widor: Suite Op. 4 for Flute and Piano
Produced at KMTF, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

21. HORN TRIO (1989)

Tom Hiebert, horn; David Margetts, violin and Andreas Werz, piano.
Brahms: Trio, Op. 40 in E flat
Produced at KVPT, Fresno.
Director: Oscar Speace

22. HELENE JOSEPH-WEIL, Mezzo-Soprano, Prof. of Music, CSUF. ALAN REA, Accompanist, Piano Teacher. (1989)

Beethoven: L'amante impaziente (The Impatient Lover)
Schubert: Abendstern (Evening Star)
Grieg: Ich Liebe Dich (I Love You)
Wolf: Das verlassene Maegdelein (The Forsaken Maiden)
Brahms: Meine Leibe ist gruen (My love is green like the Lilac Bush)
Ernest Chauson: Les Papillons (The Butterflies) and Les Colibri (The Hummingbird)
Henri Duparc: Chanson Triste (A sad Song)
La Manoir de Rosamonde (The Manor House of Rosamonde)
Ned Rorem: Early in the morning
George Gershwin: Embraceable You
Produced at KVPT, Fresno
Director: Oscar Speace

23. MICHAEL BORISKIN, Piano (1989)

Mr. Boriskin was guest artist for Keyboard Concerts on October 1, 1989)
Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Menuet, Toccata
Produced at KVPT, Fresno
Director: Oscar Speace