Catch a Rising Star
Trinity Goff
PROGRAM
Bach Prelude and Fugue in F# minor from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book II.
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Bach Prelude and Fugue in F# minor from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book II.
Trinity Goff, 18 years old, began piano lessons at the age of three and at the age of four gave her first public performance. She has been a top prize winner in the National Steinway Competition, the Oregon Mozart Players Concerto Competition, the Wiscarson Young Musicians’ Concerto Competition, the Donna and David Eason State Scholarship Competition, and the Gibbens Family Scholarship Competition. In 2020, she won the Van Buren Concerto Competition and will perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with principal members of the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theater Orchestras in the spring of 2021. She has been a winner in numerous OMTA State Festivals, and in 2017 passed with distinction the highest level of OMTA Syllabus. In 2018 and 2019, she attended the John Perry Academy of Music Summer Festival. Trinity is currently studying with Jean-David Coen of Willamette University, and has also had masterclasses and lessons from renowned teachers John Perry, Janina Fialkowska, Yoshikazu Nagai, and Daniel Shapiro, among others. Besides her love for music, she enjoys writing, reading, and spending time with her family.
Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
Michael's first prize winning performance for the 2020 Eugene Symphony Young Artist Competition, Junior Division. Second piano orchestral reduction performed by Rachelle McCabe
Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major, Op. 10
J. S. Bach Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
I. Praeambulum
II. Allemande
Michael is 16 years old and is a junior at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis. He studies piano with Rachelle McCabe. In September 2020, Michael won first prize in the Eugene Symphony Young Artist Competition, Junior Division. In 2017, Michael won first place in the Music Teachers National Association Northwest Division Competition. In 2014, he performed Mendelssohn’s Concerto in G minor with the Oregon Mozart Players. This year, he has also performed solo pieces in Corvallis-OSU Piano International's "Piano in the Vineyard" Concert, appeared as a concerto soloist with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony, and performed in Chamber Music Amici's "Next Generation" concert. He has studied at prestigious summer programs including the Aspen Festival, Seattle Piano Institute, and John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival. In addition to his passion for music, Michael enjoys reading, mathematics, and tennis.
Tchaikovsky Dumka, Op 59
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