Join us at the library for a day of talks, readings, and performances. We are bringing two concert grand pianos to the library for double the fun. See the detailed schedules below, including the featured performances in the afternoon.
Steinway Day: People and Pianos
Saturday, March 18, 2017
10:00 am
Corvallis Public Library
645 NW Monroe
Corvallis, OR 97330
Free admission. Co-sponsored by Friends of the Library
10:00 am
EVENTS IN THE LOBBY – PIANO SOLOS
12:00 pm
EVENTS IN THE LOBBY – PIANO PARTNERS
Lincoln and Mara McManus: Home on the Range, Traditional
Avery and Adrian Hsieh: Habanera for Two, Bizet/arr. Gryaznov
Alicia Cheng and Rachelle McCabe: Hungarian Dance in F minor, Brahms
Shirley Byrne and Bonnie Esbensen: Romance del Plata, Guastavino
Alicia and Lilian Cheng: The Kitty Waltz from Dolly Suite, Fauré
Sandra and Michael Coolen: Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty and Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas from The Mother Goose Suite, Ravel
Joe Lake and Bryson Skaar: Piano Jazz Duets
11:00 am
CHILDREN’S CONCERT – In the meeting room
Animal Improvisations
Amy Hansen Nelke and Bryson Skaar
Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saëns
OSU Collaborative Piano Students
1:00 pm
FEATURED PERFORMANCES – PEOPLE AND PIANOS
- A Musical Welcome
Performed by the COPI Board Piano Quartet
The Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg - The Philosopher and the Pianist
Collaborators Kathleen Dean Moore and Rachelle McCabe
Written and read by Kathleen Dean Moore
The Augmented Fourth
Performed by Rachelle McCabe
Intermezzo from Faschingswank aus Wien, Op. 26, Schumann. - The Mathematician and the Piano
Remarks by Michael Coolen
Performance by Ivy Ding
Concerto in D minor, I. Allegro, J. S. Bach, - Poem
Read by Michael Beachley
The Investment, Frost - Passion for Piano
Remarks and performance by Shirley Byrne
Prelude, Op. 32 no. 5, Rachmaninoff
Eighteenth Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninoff/arr. Eichhorn - Poem
Read by Michael Beachley
The Pupil, Justice - The Physics Major
Remarks and performance by Keenan Cabrera
The Winter Wind: Tackling a Chopin Etude - The Engineering Major
Remarks and performance by Aaron Cohen
Two American Preludes by Ginastera - Friendship and the Piano
Remarks and performances by Angela Carlson and Rebecca Jeffers
Four Hands, Forty Years
Hungarian Dances, nos. 11 and 18, vol. 1, Brahms
Rag for Two from Dance Compositions for Piano Duet, Hradecky - The Author and the Piano
Written and read by Marjorie Sandor
Piano for Four Hands - Forty Fingers
Performed by Janae Miller, Sarah Lalley,
Grace Lalley, and Christine Thom
Allegro Deciso from Water Music Suite, Handel - A Chimney Sweep’s Magic, An Awaited Prince…
Performed by Elizabeth and Amy Yin
Walt Disney Waltzes for Two Pianos, arr. by Anderson and Roe - I Love A Piano!
Performed by Amy Hansen Nelke and Bryson Skaar
A classic song by Irving Berlin - A Piano Cake and A Piano Man