One
performance only on Saturday, March 9th
Staff
Report
On Saturday,
March 9th, the Northeastern Junior College Music Department welcomes
back to Sterling International Pianist Richard Steinbach who will be a featured
soloist with the Briar Cliff University Singers for a concert at 7:30 p.m. in
the Dorothy Corsberg Theater in ES French Hall on the campus. Tickets will be
$5.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Tickets are available at KC’s Music
and Electronics and at the Liberal Arts office on the main floor of ES French
Hall on the campus of Northeastern. Tickets will also be available at the
door. Steinbach was here in December and did a phenomenal holiday concert
before a packed house.
Bank of Colorado
will once again host a post-concert reception which will give concert attendees
the chance to meet Dr. Richard Steinbach along with Dr. Sean Burton and the
Briar Cliff University Singers.
Currently, Sterling native
Dr. Richard Steinbach, who is an alumni of Northeastern, teaches applied piano,
class piano, and courses in music theory, piano pedagogy, and American music as
Professor of Music at Briar Cliff University. He has performed extensively as
both soloist and collaborative artist in concerts throughout the U.S., Canada,
South America, France, Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Japan, and
China.
As the grand prizewinner in
the 1995 France Piano International Competition in Paris, Dr. Steinbach
performed his solo debut recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris in January of
1996. Dr. Steinbach has joined forces with pianist/composer Howard Helvey to
present Duo Piano concerts throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Steinbach has released
two solo recordings on the Towerhill label, a Piano Duo recording with Howard
Helvey and a CD of new American works for voice and piano with soprano Diana
Guhin Wooley. Dr. Steinbach is represented by Truckenbrod Concert Artists --
www.concertartists.com
With an
established choral tradition spanning eight decades, the Briar Cliff University
Singers have been lauded at performances in local, regional, national, and
international venues. Both the Cliff Singers and Chamber Choir perform a wide
variety of choral literature from the finest traditions of Western historical
music through ethnic and world music embracing all genres. In addition to a
regular concert series through Briar Cliff University’s Department of Music, the
Cliff Singers and Chamber Choir perform at university and civic events and
collaborate frequently with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. In May of 2012,
the Cliff Singers toured Italy, singing for Pentecost Sunday Mass at Saint
Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City and performing concerts throughout Rome,
Venice, and Assisi, including a prestigious solo concert at the Basilica of
Saint Francis. Briar Cliff University Choral Music is supported, in part, by a
grant from The Gilchrist Foundation.
Annually, this group makes more than thirty public
presentations and represents an accomplished artist faculty whose collective
teaching experience exceeds 100 years. Briar Cliff’s Music Department
exemplifies the unity of musicianship and educational practice needed for
success in the real world.
"This concert promises to be an exceptional night of
music,” assures Northeastern Professor of Music Celeste Delgado-Pelton, who runs
the music program at the college. “Outstanding choral music from the Briar Cliff
University Singers coupled with the phenomenal piano music of international
pianist and hometown hero, Dr. Richard Steinbach, can’t get any better!”
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