February 21st ZALON Program

Young-ah Tak

Praised for her “winning combination of passion, imagination, and integrity” (New York Concert Review), pianist YOUNG-AH TAK enjoys a remarkable career that has taken her throughout the United States, Canada, Austria, Germany, Italy, Korea and Japan.

Ms. Tak made her New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall with the Juilliard Orchestra.  Subsequently, she has since appeared with numerous orchestras including the Roanoke, Lansing, North Arkansas, Orchestra of Northern New York, Imperial, Venice, Filharmonia Pomorska (Poland), and with major orchestras in her native Korea including the Korean Symphony Orchestra.  Other notable performances have been presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Jordan Hall in Boston, Columbia University, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Ravinia Festival.

Ms. Tak has received her degrees from The Juilliard School (BM), the New England Conservatory (MM), and The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University (DMA).  She studied with Leon Fleisher, Russell Sherman, Wha Kyung Byun, Martin Canin, and Yong Hi Moon.   Ms. Tak currently serves as an Associate Professor of Piano and Head of the Piano Area at the Crane School of Music in SUNY Potsdam.  Her recordings are available from Albany Records, MSR Classics, and on Steinway’s Spirio.  Ms. Tak’s most recent All-Beethoven CD released on the Steinway & Sons Label has garnered some respectful reviews.  Ms. Tak is a Steinway Artist.  

Website: www.youngahtak.com

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ie2509/videos

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youngahtak

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngahtak.pianist

Steinway CD: https://www.steinway.com/music-and-artists/label/beethoven-piano-sonatas--young-ah-tak

Derek Brown

From his 30+ million views across social media to his appearance on international television and NPR’s Weekend Edition, Billboard-charting saxophonist/innovator Derek Brown and his one-of-a-kind solo “BEATBoX SAX” project has been exploding across the world music scene.

Crossing genres from jazz to classical to funk, without looping or electronic effects, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style must be seen to be believed!
As described by jazz journalist/historian Scott Yanow, Brown performs unaccompanied solos that occasionally make one recall Bobby McFerrin in his early prime and the great saxophonist Eddie Harris . . . utilizing slap-tonguing, circular breathing, a wide interest in musical styles and dazzling coordination to create rather unique music."

Derek has performed solo concerts in all 50 United States and over 25 countries around the world (almost 200 international shows). Known for his boundless energy on stage, creative audience interaction, and musical depth, Derek’s live shows always surprise and delight. His ongoing “BEATBoXSAX” music videos and tutorials on YouTube have been enormously popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike (over 150,000 YouTube subscriptions), leading to endorsements with Legere, JodyJazz, P. Mauriat, BG France, and AKG. 

Previously the director of jazz studies at Abilene Christian University for six years, Derek received his BM in Music Performance (Classical and Jazz) from Hope College in 2006 and hgis MM in Jazz Studies at the University of Cincinatti, College-Conservatory of Music in 2008.

www.derekbrownsax.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/beatboxsax

Blue Tango Project

Hailing from the colorful and gritty La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the María Volonté: Blue Tango Project is a ground-breaking exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace. It is a collaboration between Argentine Latin Grammy nominee María Volonté and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer.

“The best-kept secret of Argentinian tango!” – Songlines Magazine

“Maria Volonte is an Argentine singer whose refreshing interpretation of tango stole my heart… Her music is a potent brew. Consume responsibly.” – NPR National Public Radio

“An entrancing creative expression that is uniquely her own” – Los Angeles Times

LINKS:
follow us: @bluetangoproject
visit us: www.bluetangoproject.com
hear us: https://bluetangoproject.bandcamp.com/
patronize us: https://www.patreon.com/bluetangoproject

Lindsey Goodman

Flutist Lindsey Goodman is a soloist, recording artist, chamber collaborator, orchestral musician, educator, and clinician. Renowned for her “generous warmth of tone and a fluid virtuosity” (Charleston Gazette), Lindsey has performed solo and chamber concerts, taught masterclasses, and given presentations at countless series, festivals, and universities. Performances “played with conviction” (New York Times) have been heard across three continents, including at Carnegie Hall, Eastman School of Music, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Google headquarters, University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music, several National and Canadian Flute Association conventions, across China, and on the podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.

A committed advocate for living composers and electroacoustic music, Lindsey is an active commissioner of new works with 150 world premieres to her credit. For over 18 seasons, she performed as solo flutist of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. On her debut solo album, reach through the sky (New Dynamic Records), Lindsey “performs impeccably with superlative elegance and flair”, and her second solo release, returning to heights unseen (PARMA Recordings), is “an excellent album of compelling works expertly performed”. Both feature all commissioned pieces. Her third solo album, Etereo (PARMA Recordings), is "an enthralling album of new works for flute.” (The Flute View). 

Lindsey is principal flutist of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, adjunct lecturer of flute at Ashland University, Marietta College, and West Virginia State University, and solo flutist of the new music ensemble What Is Noise. Lindsey received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University, and Duquesne University. She resides in central Ohio with her husband, percussionist, composer, and educator Chris Carmean, and their dog Jack. 

Audience members can connect with me online at:

www.LindseyGoodman.com

www.facebook.com/LindseyGoodmanFlutist

https://twitter.com/LindseyJGoodman

www.instagram.com/LindseyJGoodman

www.youtube.com/LindseyGoodmanFans

www.linkedin.com/in/LindseyGoodman

Audience members can donate via:

PayPal to ljgflute@gmail.com

Venmo @LindseyJGoodman1

Audience members can purchase any of my albums at $15/1, $27.50/2, or $40/3 for signed copies via US Mail by emailing me at: Lindsey@LindseyGoodman.com

Elizabeth Baker

Violinist Elizabeth Baker enjoyed a 40 year career performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (30 years) and the San Francisco Symphony (10 years). Baker appeared as soloist three times during her tenure with the LAPhil, all premieres and all receiving critical acclaim. Baker appeared regularly with both the LAPhil’s and SFSO’s new music and chamber music group series, presenting West Coast and world premieres from composers as John Adams, Phillip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Stephen Stucky, and Ellen Taaffe Zwillich, to name a few. She can be heard on recordings from Hänssler Classics, Delos, New World, and Crystal labels.

Since moving to Taos, Baker performs with Santa Fe Pro Musica, Taos Chamber Music Group, Montage Music Society, and teaches violin at the New Mexico School for the Arts. In October 2018 she became the third Director of the Taos School of Music in its 57 year history and is an alumna from 1975 and 1976. Baker was on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts for 12 years and worked with Youth Orchestra LA at HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles) since its inception. She holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (’76) and Indiana University, Bloomington (’78, with Distinction). She plays on a Sanctus Seraphin Violin, 1733, previously owned by her late mother Virginia Voigtländer Baker.

MINAS: Orlando Haddad and Patricia King Haddad

Orlando Haddad and Patricia King formed Minas in 1978 at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Minas takes Brazilian and American roots to create a sound that is innovative, from ballads tinged with melancholic traits of Blues and Choro to upbeat Bossa Nova Sambas elaborated with instrumental jazz improvisation, scat singing and whimsical whistling. 

Orlando: In addition to songs recorded with Minas, Orlando has written 20th Century-style works: 2 song cycles, a chamber piece (Transparancies, performed by Rèlache),  and music for Live Connections presented by Minas and the baroque ensemble Melomanie. Currently Orlando is writing a featured piece for Orchestra 2001.

Patricia: Beyond writing, performing, recording with MINAS, Patricia has written a published book, La Giara (The Water Jug) and musical theatre work inspired by the story of her Sicilian family’s emigration to America.

Minas website: minasmusic.com

Nashírah

Nashírah (Hebrew for “we sing”) is an auditioned, community chorale. Singers come from all around the Greater Philadelphia Area — from all walks of life — united by a love of singing and a special desire to share the great beauty and diversity of Jewish musical tradition. Repertoire is selected from the broadest range of compositions by Jewish and non-Jewish composers, inspired by Biblical or contemporary texts and influenced by the melody of many cultures. Nashirah performances strive for the highest standards of musical artistry spanning boundaries of geography and time. For more information or to audition, please check our website: www.Nashirah.org

Artistic Director: Julia Zavadsky

Piano Accompanist and Video Producer: Soyeon Bin 

L’Maan Tziyon

Music by Drora Havkin, arr. Charles Davidson

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent;

and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,

Until her triumph goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a torch that burns.

And the nations shall see your triumph,

and all kings your glory.

Adijo Kerida

Arr. by Josh Jacobson

Tango Dancers: Meredith Klein and Andres Amarilla

Guitar: Patricio Acevedo

Goodbye, goodbye beloved,

I don't want this life

because you've turned it bitter.

When your mother gave birth to you

and took you from the world,

she didn't give you a heart

to love another.

Goodbye, goodbye beloved,

I don't want this life

because you've turned it bitter.

Go, look for another love

open other doors,1

wait for the love of another2

to me you're dead.

Jari Piper

Jari Piper is a Canadian/American Tbilisi based cellist from Alaska. Upon finishing music school at McGill University, he moved to Istanbul and became a street musician playing on the ferryboats transporting passengers across the bosphorus from Europe to Asia. He then took a job as Principal cello in the Georgian Sinfonietta, a baroque orchestra in Tbilisi Georgia, and now is a member of the Georgian Philharmonic orchestra. He tried to go back to music school this year but found himself feeling like he had to do something else, so now he's learning songs and singing on the cello and learning how to make furniture. 

Donations accepted at Paypal : jari.piper@gmail.com

Michael Lydon

Writer and musician MICHAEL LYDON, known to millions as “The Handsomest Man in the World, is a pioneering reporter of 60s rock ‘n’ roll and a founding editor of Rolling Stone. He profiled Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, and BB King for the New York Times. The Rolling Stones Discover America, now an Amazon e-book and audio book, is Michael's account of being embedded in the Stones’ long 1969 tour of America that led to Altamont.

Michael, a Yale graduate, lives in New York City, and has written many books, among them Rock Folk, Boogie Lightning, and Ray Charles: Man and Music. Michael often performs as a singer-songwriter with pianist-composer Ellen Mandel and a jazz combo.

Here is the link to my website: https://michaellydon.com/