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September 26, 2010 La Jolla Riford Library --Violin/Piano Sonatas with Roy Bak

January 23, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia -- Violin/Piano Sonatas with Roy Bak

October 2, 2011 (Sunday) -- La Jolla Riford Library, 2 p.m.; "The Three B's -- Bach, Beethoven, Brahms" -- Violin/Piano Sonatas with Roy Bak, Violin

November 28, 2011 (Monday) --12:00 Noon--Lyceum Theatre. "The Three B's -- Bach, Beethoven, Brahms" -- Violin/Piano Sonatas with Roy Bak, Violin

May/June 2012--Trio La Jolla, Inaugural Concert, with Janet White, cellist. Faure, Beethoven, Brahms. TBA.

Repertoire -- GV

Bach -- Prelude and Fugues, Nos. 1, 2; French Suite No. 3 in B minor; Violin/Klavier Sonata No.1 in B minor.

Mozart -- Piano Sonata in F major, K. 332; Violin/Piano Sonata in E minor, K.304; Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478.

Beethoven -- Sonatas Op. 10, #1 in C minor; Op. 26 in Ab Major; 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80; Violin/Klavier Sonata in D Major (Op. 12, #1); Violin/Klavier Sonata in F Major (Op. 24, Spring), Opus 1, No. 3, Trio in C Minor.

Brahms -- Zwie Rhapsodien, Op. 79; Piano Trio Op. 8 in B Major; Violin/Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 78; Violin/Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 108, Violoncello Sonata in E minor , Op. 38.

Faure -- Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15; Flute/Piano Fantasy Op. 79.

Liszt -- Concert Etude in Db Major, "Un Sospiro"; Sonata in B Minor.

Debussy -- Estampes, Children's Corner, Images I.

Chopin -- Etudes, Op. 10: #1, 3, 12; Op. 25: #1, 6; Impromptu in Ab, Op. 29, Ab Major; Polonaise Heroique in Ab Major, Op. 53, Ballades.

Bartok -- Piano Concerto No. 3.

Copland -- Piano Sonata.

Music Bio

Glenn Vanstrum first studied piano in Minneapolis with his grandmother, pianist Edna Vanstrum, at age five. At Grinnell College in Iowa he majored in music and studied piano with the late Nathan Schwartz of the Francesco Trio. He continued his studies there with Cecil Lytle, winning a concerto competition and playing the Bartok 3rd Piano Concerto with the Grinnell Symphony.

The Vanstrum Trio had its premier in Iowa, performed by Cecil Lytle and members of the Manhattan String Quartet. Vanstrum has performed the piano part of his cello sonata both in Iowa and at the San Francisco Conservatory. He furthered his piano studies with Mr. Schwartz in the Bay Area. More recently he has played solo piano concerts in Southern California, performing Debussy, Brahms, and Liszt, and violin/piano duos with violinist Roy Bak. He is a member of the ACMP.

Roy Bak began his violin training at age eleven, studying with Hagop Sandaljian in Los Angeles. During his teen years he played with the American Youth Symphony under Mehli Mehta. At Gonzaga College he continued his studies with Xavier Courvoisier. Bak was a finalist in the Spokane Young Artist Competition, playing the Khachaturian Violin Concerto, which he performed with the Gonzaga Orchestra. Recently Maestro Ruggiero Ricci has been his coach. Bak, who plays a Stradivarius-model instrument crafted by Ryan Soltis, enjoys playing solo Bach, as well as a varied classical and romantic repertoire.

MP3 Recording of the Month

L. V. Beethoven, Opus 26, Sonata #12 in Ab Major

Glenn Vanstrum, pianist

Mvt. 1, Andante con variazioni; Theme and Variations 1&2:

Youtube/PianoStreet Links

Violin/Piano

Bach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQSwTQTU7Co&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuSBFhku_ng&feature=related

Beethoven:

http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=44788.0

http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=44789.0