I am honored to be this year’s Parsons & Poole Legacy Honoree, at the University of Western Ontario. I will give a master class and recital at UWO, performing works of Wolfgang Mozart (Fantasy KV 394, “Dürnitz” Sonata KV 284, Sonata in A minor KV 310), Dana Suesse (her Jazz Nocturne and “Cocktail Suite”) and George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue).

The first of two concerts devoted to the indelible New York music of George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) and Dana Suesse (1909 – 1987), with the skyline of Brooklyn Bridge and the East River as backdrop. On this program are several of Gershwin’s improvised Foxtrots and his Rhapsody in Blue; and Suesse’s Jazz Nocturne, “Blue Moonlight,” “Serenade to a Skyscraper,” and more.

The Winter Edition of the Newport Festival presents a chamber recital featuring myself with violinist Stephanie Chase. We will perform Sonatas of Wolfgang Mozart and Richard Strauss, works of Miklós Rózsa, and Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane.