Recitals at Florida International Toy Piano Festival
Venue
PO Box 13593
Saint Petersburg, FL
33733
About
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
Program
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.