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An artful portrait by Joel Washington

Bloomington, Indiana artist Joel Washington
Bloomington-based artist Joel Washington has crafted a stunning portrait of bassoonist Kathleen McLean. “I stumbled upon his vibrant pop art at Laughing Planet one day, featuring Frank Zappa, and was blown away. After checking the signature, I discovered Joel lived in Bloomington and reached out to him about creating cover art for my recording. After some conversations he agreed to turn a photo into an artful portrait. It took over a year to complete, but the final piece is pure magic. I’m thrilled to share it! Joel is a phenomenal artist, and you can explore his extensive portfolio and diverse styles on his website, plus, check out his major works at Indiana University’s Memorial Building.”

Visit Joel’s website at JoelWashingtonArt.com

Émile Naoumoff , Trois élégies1988

Emile wrote this hauntingly beautiful & expressive piece. It’s full of gorgeous soaring melodies for the bassoon.

About Émile Naoumoff

Émile Naoumoff (Bulgarian: Емил Наумов; born 20 February 1962 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian pianist and composer. He revealed himself a musical prodigy at age five, taking up the study of piano and adding composition to his studies a year later. At the age of eight, after a fateful meeting in Paris, he became the last disciple of Nadia Boulanger,[1] who referred to him as “the gift of my old age”. He studied with her until her death in late 1979. Boulanger gave him the opportunity to work with Clifford Curzon, Igor Markevitch, Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Nikita Magaloff, Jean Françaix, Leonard Bernstein, Soulima Stravinsky, Aram Khachaturian and Yehudi Menuhin.[1][2] Lord Menuhin conducted the premiere of Naoumoff’s first Piano Concerto, with the composer as a soloist when he was ten years old. He pursued studies at the Paris Conservatory with Lélia Gousseau,[3] Pierre Sancan,[4] Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux, as well as at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Pierre Dervaux (conducting). Wikipedia

Random Acts of Kindness

Don Freund created a version of this piece for bassoon & piano. This was originally written for Eugene Rousseau as a retirement gift. It’s a lovely piece and he thought it would sound great with bassoon and piano.

Angela Park Piano and Kathleen McLean Bassoon
Auerhall 2016/10/08

Don Freund is an American composer, pianist, and Professor of Composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. His over 100 performed works, include solo, chamber, and orchestral music, live performance with electronic instruments, large theatre works.

Past Performance with Kathleen McLean, bassoon; Charlie Bo Meijering, piano Faculty/Guest Recital at Indiana University – October 8th, 2018

Repertoire
Brahms: Rhapsody in G Minor for piano solo, Op. 79 No. 2 (1879)
Chiel Meijering: Follow the whisper, Part 4. twists and turns 
       for bassoon and piano (2018, premiere)
Chiel Meijering: Humble Mumble (2012/18)*
Chiel Meijering: Winds of Change (1987/18)*
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor for piano solo, Op. 28 (1907/17)
Chiel Meijering: Fading Memories (2015/18)*
Chiel Meijering: When the Soul Dies (2015/18)*
Gershwin: Three Preludes for piano solo (1926)*

*Premiere of revised version for bassoon and piano

Listen to recordings from this performance:

Chiel Meijering: Follow the whisper, Part 4. twists and turns 
       for bassoon and piano (2018, premiere)

Chiel Meijering: Humble Mumble (2012/18)*

Chiel Meijering: Winds of Change (1987/18)*

Music of Chiel Meijering

Friday, March 10, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Auer Hall

Faculty Recital

Kathleen McLean, bassoon
with Faculty/Student String Orchestra

Repertoire
Music of Chiel Meijering
Perpetuate Transmigration (2016)*
Red Priest: Reversed Mastery (2016)*
Starpulse (2016)*
Ostinato, Part 1 (2013; version for bassoon, 2016)*
Now! Part 2: Red Summer Sunset (2012/16)

*Premiere

Additional repertoire and performers to be announced

http://music.indiana.edu/events/?e=85889