Recitals at Florida International Toy Piano Festival

Nadia Shpachenko & The Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble

Performing works by James Bohn, Tom Flaherty, Jerome Kitzke, Amy Beth Kirsten, Thomas Kotcheff, Tristan Perich, Samara Rice, and Jack Van Zandt

Tom Flaherty Airdancing for toy piano, piano, and electronics (2013)

Nadia Shpachenko, piano, Michael Tran, toy piano

Amy Beth Kirsten h.o.p.e. for piano, toy piano, and voice (one performer) (2016), Florida Premiere

Nadia Shpachenko, piano, toy piano, voice

Tristan Perich qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq for three toy pianos and 3-channel 1-bit electronics (2009)

Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Jung, and Michael Tran, toy pianos

Jerome Kitzke The Animist Child for toy piano and voice (one performer) (1994, rev. 2016)

Nadia Shpachenko, toy piano, voice

Samara Rice OnomataPiano for two toy pianos and voice (2016)

Nadia Shpachenko and Long Yu, toy piano, voice

Thomas Kotcheff wgah'nagl fhtagn for piano four hands and toy piano (2017), East Coast Premiere

Nadia Shpachenko, piano, Michael Tran, piano, toy piano

Jack Van Zandt Arebati for two toy pianos, two pianos, celesta, marimba, vibraphone and electronics (2017), World Premiere

Nadia Shpachenko, celesta, Long Yu, toy piano, Michael Jung, piano, toy piano, Melinda Hovsepian, piano, Sophia Lin, piano, Michael Tran, marimba, vibraphone

Tom Flaherty Igor to Please for 6 pianists on 2 toy pianos, 2 pianos, and electronics (2016)

Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Jung, Michael Tran, Long Yu, pianos, Sophia Lin, Melinda Hovsepian, toy pianos

James Bohn E Pluribus Unum for indeterminate ensemble (2017), World Premiere
with Florida International Toy Piano Festival guest performers

The Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble is directed by multiple GRAMMY® Award-nominated pianist Nadia Shpachenko, who often performs with the group. The Piano Ensemble performs repertoire for piano 4-hands, duo-piano and for 3-8 keyboard players on multiple instruments, which include pianos, toy pianos, and harpsichords. In addition to performing repertoire from the classical canon, the group’s mission is to program and promote newly-written piano ensemble repertoire and to collaborate with contemporary composers. Most recently The Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble worked with composers Tom Flaherty, Thomas Kotcheff, James Matheson, Samara Rice, and Jack Van Zandt, whose pieces they will tour during the 2017/2018 concert season.