CPP Collaborative Piano Ensemble Concert

Dr. Nadia Shpachenko, director

Performances by Nadia Shpachenko and 16 piano students, featuring works by Ukrainian and American composers

Madelyn Byrne Awakening for ten pianists, commissioned for Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble (2023)

Player 1 – Primo, Piano 1 - Nadia Shpachenko
Player 2 – Secondo, Piano 1 - Zachary McConnell
Player 3 – Primo, Piano 2 - Angel Martinez
Player 4 – Secondo, Piano 2 - Fernie Portillo
Player 5 – Toy Piano 1 - Nobuhide Hayashi
Player 6 – Toy Piano 2 - Meinali Xie
Player 7 – Woodblocks - Aidan Forsyth
Player 8 – Woodblocks - Kana Komatsu
Player 9 – Extended Technique, Piano 1 - Yanelie Ronquillo
Player 10 – Extended Technique, Piano 2 - Yahir Vallejo

Samara Rice Does an echo ever get tired of saying hello for violin, marimba, two toy pianos, two two-handed pianos, and one four-handed piano, commissioned for Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble (2022)

Leonard Woo, violin
Anai Hernandez, marimba
Daniel Klein and Caitlin Yang, toy pianos
Edmund Banuelos, Zachary McConnell, Evan Huang and Nadia Shpachenko, pianos

Johannes Brahms Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894)

Christian Solis Alvarado, clarinet
Zachary McConnell, piano

Darius Milhaud Scaramouche Suite for two pianos, Op. 165 (1937)

Zachary McConnell and Nobuhide Hayashi, pianos

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (1805–1806)

Zachary McConnell, piano
Iris Shiotsuki, “orchestra”

Evgeni Orkin Ragtime from Mosaics for piano four-hands (2002)

Caitlin Yang and Edmund Banuelos, piano

Armando Bayolo Childhood: Seven Scenes after Robert Schumann for piano four-hands (2017)

Michael Jung and Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Claude Debussy Bruyères, No. 5 from Préludes, Book II (1912-1913)

Angel Martinez, piano

Mykola Lysenko La langueur et l'attente, Op. 41, No. 1 for solo piano (1902)

Meinali Xie, piano

Mykola Lysenko Elegie, Op. 41, No. 3 for solo piano (1902)

Fernie Portillo, piano

Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag for solo piano (1899)

Nobuhide Hayashi, piano

Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 for solo piano (1835)

Evan Huang, piano

Sergei Prokofiev 4 Pieces, Op. 4 for solo piano (1835)

Edmund Banuelos, piano