{"id":1854,"date":"2018-10-06T02:57:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T02:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=1854"},"modified":"2018-10-06T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T02:59:14","slug":"salon-2018-09-09-michelle-huang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/?page_id=1854","title":{"rendered":"Salon 2018-09-09 — Michelle Huang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday September 9, 2018 in Mclean<\/h2>\n

Michelle Huang, pianist
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Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
\nwith
\nTen Paintings by VCU Artists<\/b><\/p>\n

PROGRAM<\/b><\/h1>\n

Visions Fugitives<\/strong>, Op. 22, selected movements\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 \u2013 1953)<\/p>\n

Pictures at an Exhibition<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 \u2013 1881)<\/p>\n

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  1. Promenade<\/li>\n
  2. Gnomus<\/li>\n
  3. Promenade<\/li>\n
  4. The Old Castle<\/li>\n
  5. Promenade<\/li>\n
  6. The Tuileries Gardens<\/li>\n
  7. Bydlo<\/li>\n
  8. Promenade<\/li>\n
  9. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells<\/li>\n
  10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle<\/li>\n
  11. Promenade<\/li>\n
  12. The Market at Limoges<\/li>\n
  13. The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum) – Con mortuis in lingua mortua<\/li>\n
  14. The Hut on Fowl\u2019s Legs (Baba-Yaga)<\/li>\n
  15. The Great Gate of Kiev<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This concert is a multimedia presentation of the complete performance of Russian composer\u00a0Modest Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition and\u00a0ten original oil on canvas paintings by two recent Virginia Commonwealth University graduates from the Art Department. This concert will also feature selections of Prokofiev\u2019s Visions Fugitives, complementing the \u2018visual\u2019 aspect of the concert theme.<\/p>\n

    Mussorgsky wrote this piece as a remembrance of his good friend Viktor Hartmann, a Russian architect and painter. It is a suite of ten pieces, each piece is inspired by a painting or architectural design by Hartman. It is Mussorgsky\u2019s most famous piano composition, with Maurice Ravel\u2019s orchestral arrangement being the most performed and recorded. The music depicts the tour of the exhibition. The regular pace and the irregular meter of the Promenade depicts the act of walking from painting to painting. Unfortunately, four out of the ten paintings have since been lost.<\/p>\n

    The two artists created these ten paintings based on their own imagination and style, using the titles in the piano suite and Hartmann\u2019s existing paintings as the inspiration.<\/p>\n

    These paintings will be presented with the performances of the piano\u00a0suite in either a traditional concert hall setting or in smaller, more intimate venues, such as an in house concert, an exhibit room in a museum, or an art gallery. In a traditional concert hall setting, the paintings will be displayed outside of the concert hall in the lobby for the concert attendees to view. These paintings will also be presented as a slideshow on stage behind the piano as each movement is performed.<\/p>\n

    The commissioning of these paintings is made possible through the Faculty Professional Development Grant from the VCU Arts Program. This multimedia concert will not only showcase the artistic talents of two emerging young artists, but also strengthening the integration of performing art and visual art. It is my hope that this project will reach a wide audience who continues to appreciate and support the arts in different forms.<\/p>\n

    Biography<\/h1>\n

    A native of Taiwan, pianist Michelle Huang has performed and taught extensively
    \nthroughout the U.S. as well as abroad in the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, and
    \nTaiwan. She has appeared as soloist and guest artist in numerous recitals and has
    \ngiven lectures, workshops, and master classes. As a chamber musician, Michelle
    \nHuang has collaborated frequently with vocalists and instrumentalists as well as
    \nvarious chamber groups, such as the Mary L\u2019Engle Ensemble, the River City Trio, the
    \nchamber group-in-residence at Friday Musicale in Jacksonville, Florida, the
    \nJacksonville Symphony and Richmond Symphony musicians. In 2015, she completed
    \na week long concert tour with Rochester based clarinetist Julie Detwiler, in which the
    \nduo travelled to Nazareth College, SUNY Potsdam, University of Mississippi, and
    \nWest Liberty University to perform and teach master classes. Most recently, she has
    \nreceived a grant to commission ten paintings by two recent graduates of Virginia
    \nCommonwealth University art students. These paintings are presented along side with
    \nthe complete performance of Mussorgsky\u2019s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition
    \nduring her concert tour in 2018.
    \nMichelle Huang holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University
    \nof North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master of Music in Piano Performance from the
    \nUniversity of Tennessee and Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Florida
    \nState University. Her principle teachers include Barbara Rowan, David Northington,
    \nand Read Gainsford. As an educator, Huang has held teaching positions at both Walter
    \nStates Community College and Lincoln Memorial University. She has most recently
    \nserved as Assistant Professor of Piano at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville,
    \nFlorida. In 2012, she launched a Concert Series at Edward Waters College in which
    \nhigh caliber performing artists performed concerts as well as conducting master
    \nclasses, workshops, and lectures for the continuing enrichment and exposure of
    \nclassical music to both the school and the community. As a strong advocate of mind
    \nand body connection and overall musicians\u2019 health, Huang has conducted numerous
    \nperformance anxiety workshops in various universities as well as music conferences
    \nto help musicians understand and cope with anxiety related to performing. She is
    \ncurrently a piano faculty member at the Virginia Commonwealth University. During
    \nthe summer, she is on the piano faculty of East\/West International Piano Festival in
    \nChina.
    \nIn addition to teaching in the collegiate setting, Dr. Huang also maintains a private
    \nstudio, where she works with talented young students. She is an active member of the
    \nRichmond Music Teachers Association (RMTA) and Virginia Music Teachers
    \nAssociation (VMTA) and serves as the first Vice President of Programming for
    \nRMTA. She is a frequent adjudicator for local and state competitions, including
    \nFederation State and Regional Competitions, FSMTA and GMTA State Competitions,
    \nPMTA Concerto Competition, PMTA Sonata Contest, and Outstanding Young Artist
    \nScholarship Competition. Many of her students have won top awards and successfully
    \npursued studies and career in music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sunday September 9, 2018 in Mclean Michelle Huang, pianist Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition with Ten Paintings by VCU Artists PROGRAM Visions Fugitives, Op. 22, selected movements\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 \u2013 1953) Pictures at an Exhibition \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 \u2013 1881) Promenade Gnomus Promenade The Old Castle Promenade The Tuileries Gardens Bydlo Promenade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1854","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1854\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emersonavenuesalons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}