FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUSCALOOSA – The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents the Huxford Symphony Orchestra in concert for the Concerto & Aria Concert on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.
The Concerto & Aria Concert will feature two winners from the Concerto & Aria Competition held in Fall 2009. The two winners are Clayton Maddox, tuba, who will perform a solo on Concerto for Tuba and Strings by Arild Plau; and In-Sook Park, who will perform a solo on Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major by Franz Liszt. The program will also include “Enigma” Variations for Orchestra, Op. 26 by Edward Elgar. Carlton McCreery, UA Professor of Orchestra Studies is the director of the orchestra.
Biographies
Carlton McCreery maintains an active career as both cellist and conductor. In addition to performing with the internationally acclaimed Cadek Trio, McCreery serves as Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Alabama. McCreery has studied with such noted cellists as Gregor Piatigorsky, Antonio Janigro and Lynn Harrell. McCreery’s conducting teachers include Elizabeth A. H. Green and Karl Melles at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has served as a member of the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Center. He has collaborated with such noted artists as Aaron Copland, Pierre Boulez, Robert Shaw, David Schiffrin, and William Preucil.
Born in South Bay, Florida, Clayton Maddox’s, high school career began at Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, Florida. He has performed with several honor bands throughout high school and college, such as the FBA Palm Beach County District Honor Band, FMEA Florida Intercollegiate Band, the CBDNA Small College Honor Band, and The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He has been guest soloist at several conferences and with numerous ensembles around the Eastern United States. He was a semi-finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Tuba Solo competition in 2005, as well as a semi-finalist in the International Tuba and Euphonium Association Tuba Solo Artist competition in 2008. Maddox’s teachers have included Paul Ebbers, James Jenkins, Paul Weikle, and Demondrae Thurman.
Since her debut with the Seoul National Symphony at the age of 13, In-Sook Park has concertized around the world and has been praised by critics as a “remarkable pianist with brilliant technique and great sensitivity who creates excitement with her audience.” Her concert appearances have taken her to such venues as the Salle Cortot and the Ecole Normale of Music in Paris, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Hoam Art Hall in Seoul, as well as appearances at the Royal College of Music in London. A prize winner of numerous competitions, Park attended Ecole Normale of Music in Paris, France where she received a Diploma of Execution and a Concert Artist Diploma. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Piano from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Park’s principal teachers include John Perry (USA), Germaine Mounier (France), Jacques Rouvier (France), John Barstow (United Kingdom). Currently, she is completing graduate studies under the direction of Dr. Noel Engebretson at the University of Alabama, where she also serves as teaching assistant.
The concert is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit: www.music.ua.edu/calendar or call 205-348-7111.