BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//Virginia Tech//VT Calendar//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20241122T223000Z
UID:1730993739426@events.msu.edu
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Theatre,  ...)
DTSTART:20241122T223000Z
DTEND:20241122T233000Z
SUMMARY:An Evening of MSU Chamber Music
DESCRIPTION:
 Program\n
 \n
 Oboe Quintet, GP 258 (1922)\n
 Arnold 
 Bax (1883 - 1953)\n
 Movement One: Tempo molto 
 moderato-Allegro moderato \n
 Movement Two: Lento 
 espressivo \n
 Movement Three: Allegro giocoso\n
 \n
 John 
 DeBiase, oboe; \n
 Yulin Zhou and Chonghua 
 Zuo, violin; \n
 Mengyuan Song, viola; 
 \n
 Weigen Jiang, cello\n
 \n
 String Quintet No. 1 
 in A minor, Op. 1 (B. 7)\n
 Antonín Leopold Dvořák 
 (1841 - 1904)\n
 I. Adagio - Allegro 
 ma non troppo \n
 II. Lento\n
 \n
 Lyudmila Gofurova 
 and You-Jung Hsu, violin; \n
 Madison Hilborn, 
 viola; \n
 Weian Gu, cello; \n
 Shaun Rogers, 
 double bass\n
 \n
 \n
 Performer Bios\n
 \n
 Lyudmila 
 Gofurova is a violinist from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 
 She started learning violin at the age 
 of seven. She began her musical journey at 
 the V.A. Uspenskiy School and later earned her 
 bachelor's degree from the Government Conservatory 
 of Uzbekistan. Currently, she is pursuing 
 a master's degree in violin performance 
 at MSU College of Music, studying under Professor 
 Yvonne Lam. Lyudmila is guided by the belief 
 that "every new day is an opportunity 
 to be a better, kinder, and more helpful person."\n
 \n
 You-Jung 
 Hsu began learning the 
 violin at the age of four. He finished his 
 bachelor's degree at\n
 National Sun Yat-sen University 
 in Taiwan and is now studying for a 
 masters of music degree at Michigan State University. 
 His mentors include Chiung-Hua Wen 
 and Shih-Hsun Pan. At National Sun Yat-sen University, 
 he studied under Tzu-Ping Lin and attended 
 masterclasses with Benny Kim and Tzu-Ti 
 Chang. Currently, he is learning with I Fu 
 Wang.\n
 \n
 Madison Schaefer began studying music 
 at the age of four on the violin. She later 
 switched to viola and decided to devote her 
 life to making and sharing music. She has received 
 a bachelor\n
 of music degree from Wayne 
 State University, a master of music degree from 
 Michigan State\n
 University, and is currently 
 pursuing a doctorate of music at MSU. She 
 lives in Swartz Creek with her husband and enjoys 
 baking and walking her dog in her spare 
 time.\n
 \n
 Weian Gu was born in Shanghai, China. 
 She started learning cello with Professor 
 Miejuan Liu at the age of three and started learning 
 piano at the age of four. She enrolled 
 at Music Middle School Applitated of Shanghai 
 Conservatory of Music, studied with Professor 
 Weiping Chen and Professor Weixi Luo. She 
 has received both her bachelor's degree and 
 master's degree from San Francisco Conservatory 
 of Music under Professor Jean-Michel Fonteneau 
 and Professor Jennifer Culp's studio. She 
 now pursuing her doctor of musical arts degree 
 at Michigan State University under the guidance 
 of Professor Suren Bagratuni.\n
 \n
 Shaun 
 Rogers, originally from Toronto, Canada, is 
 a double bass player currently studying music 
 performance at Michigan State University. He 
 completed his bachelor's degree at the University 
 of Toronto while performing alongside several 
 competitive orchestras like: Toronto Symphony 
 Youth Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra 
 (side by side performance), National Youth 
 Orchestra of Canada, and the National Academy 
 Orchestra. Shaun has also shown a huge 
 interest in music writing. He received private 
 lessons from Juno Awards-nominated Canadian 
 composer Larysa Kuzmenko and primarily enjoys 
 writing in a more traditional style for orchestra 
 and chamber music but has also shown immense 
 creativity in electronic music. In the 
 past, he has completed 10 duets for two basses, 
 one of them premiered for the Toronto Star 
 Newspaper. Another was performed at the Toronto 
 Zoo by two bass players from the Toronto 
 Symphony (Paul Rogers and Timothy Dawson) for 
 a special program called "Zoophony," 
 where specific works are performed to represent 
 the different animals. To this day, Shaun 
 continues to expand his compositions in the 
 hopes of one day having a major work performed.\n
 \n
 John 
 DeBiase is an oboist and educator 
 originally from North East, Maryland. He now 
 resides in the Lansing area pursuing his master's 
 degree at Michigan State University, 
 where he is studying with Dr. Nermis Mieses. 
 John currently serves as the teaching assistant 
 to the oboe studio at MSU and teaches at the 
 MSU Community Music School. Prior to Michigan 
 State, John received his bachelor's degree 
 from West Chester University of Pennsylvania 
 in 2022, where he studied with Dr. Henry Grabb. 
 While residing in the greater Philadelphia 
 area, John was invited to perform with the 
 Kennett Symphony Orchestra and the Pennsylvania 
 Philharmonic.\n
 \n
 Chonghua Zuo received a 
 bachelor's degree from the Xinghai Conservatory 
 of Music and a master of music degree from 
 the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of 
 Music. Chonghua is currently studying for a 
 doctor of musical arts degree in violin at the 
 Michigan State University School of Music. 
 Chonghua served as the concertmaster for the 
 University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music 
 Orchestra and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music 
 Symphony Orchestra. Chonghua was also selected 
 to participate in the Conservatory of 
 Music top innovative talent training plan and 
 the Conservatory of Music excellent talent training 
 plan.\n
 \n
 Yulin Zhou graduated from the 
 Xinghai Conservatory of Music in 2018, serving 
 as the associate concertmaster of the orchestra 
 and receiving an annual scholarship for 
 outstanding performance. In 2022, Yulin completed 
 a master's degree at the Manhattan School 
 of Music under violin professor Curtis Macomber 
 and was awarded the Presidential Scholarship. 
 In 2024, Yulin successfully completed 
 a Professional Diploma at the Manhattan School 
 of Music. Yulin is currently pursuing a doctor 
 of musical arts degree at Michigan State 
 University under violin professor Dmitri Berlinsky.\n
 \n
 Mengyuan 
 Song is a violist from China. 
 She is currently a first-year doctor of 
 musical arts student at Michigan State University, 
 studying violia performance with Professor 
 Mike Chen. She previously completed her master's 
 degree from The University of Northern 
 Colorado and received her graduate professional 
 diploma from The Hartt School.\n
 \n
 Weigen 
 Jiang was born in Qingdao, China. He began his 
 musical studies at the age of six and studied 
 the cello at the age of 12. Weigen leads 
 a rich musical life as soloist, chamber musician, 
 orchestra player and contemporary musician. 
 He was the principal cello in China Youth 
 Philharmonic Orchestra from 2019 to 2021. In 
 2019, he performed Beethoven Triple Concerto 
 with the Chinese Music Symphony Orchestra as 
 a soloist at the China Conservatory of Music 
 National Hall. As a chamber musician, he appeared 
 with the Kunlun String Quartet, Spirit 
 Piano Trio and China Conservatory Piano Quintet 
 in Beijing, Qingdao, Shanghai, and Germany. 
 His chamber groups, such as the Kunlun String 
 Quartet, have earned prestigious awards in 
 national and international competitions. He 
 received his bachelor's and master's degrees 
 from the China Conservatory of Music and the 
 Manhattan School of Music under Jianan Zhao and 
 David Geber. Currently, Weigen is pursuing 
 his doctor of musical arts degree at Michigan 
 State University under Professor Suren Bagratuni.\n
 \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Bob Patterer\n
 Contact email: events@frib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://frib.msu.edu/gateway/events/concert-22nov2024\n
LOCATION:Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR