2017 April PASO Magazine

FESTIVAL MOZAIC AND PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL COLLABORATE
TO PRESENT PIANIST JOCELYN SWIGGER’S THE CHOPIN PROJECT
On Saturday, April 29,
2017 in the historic Paso
Robles Inn ballroom, Pianist
Jocelyn Swigger will
perform all 27 of the famously
difficult Études, or
exercises for piano, written
by Polish composer Frederic
Chopin, are three sets
of solo studies for the piano
published during the 1830s.
Chopin's Études formed the foundation
for what was then a revolutionary
playing style for the piano. They
are some of the most challenging and
evocative pieces of all the works in
Pianist Jocelyn Swigger
concert piano repertoire.
Swigger began learning
the Chopin Études in 2010,
but claims that seven years
of study is nowhere near
enough. “The biggest surprise
has been how fiendishly
difficult they are,” she
says. “and also how fulfilling
they are.”
Swigger has performed in San
Luis Obispo county twice before
with Festival Mozaic, but it wasn’t
until recently that she discovered the
link between Chopin, Paderewski,
and Paso Robles.
Ignacy Paderewski, Paso Robles
landowner, grower and winemaker
and inspiration for the Paso Robles-based
Paderewski Festival, was
a virtuoso pianist and composer, who
performed and toured internationally.
His edition of the Chopin Études is
among the most respected and studied
by pianists regularly to this day.
Swigger will perform at the Paso
Robles Inn on two pianos – one that
belonged to Paderewski that is part
of the historical collection of the Paso
Robles Inn, and one that belongs to
the Paderewski Festival. The audience
is invited to join the artist for a wine
reception after the concert, featuring
wines from wine sponsor Cass Winery.
Swigger is Associate Professor of
Music and Coordinator of Keyboard
Studies at the Sunderman Conservatory
of Gettysburg College. She
has released three albums of solo piano
music on Con Brio Records.
The pianist will also lead a Master
Class for select young pianists,
including prior competitors in the
Paderewski Festival Piano Competition,
on the morning of Sunday, April
30, at the home of Alexandra Santos
in San Luis Obispo.
Tickets for the event are $40 and
may be purchased by calling 781-3009
or online at www.festivalmozaic.com/
wintermezzo-2016-2017. Discounted
student tickets are available for $10.
REC SERVICES from page 30 years. “The art of soy candle making Sea Glass Wire Wrap Jewelry to make a necklace and two earrings including
genuine, local sea glass so stu-
is an easy craft to learn,” says Becky. Joan Martin Fee • April 24, 6-8 p.m.
Even those that have never before “Handcrafted soy candles make wonderful
gifts for all occasions so it's a As an instructor, Joan Martin Fee helps fun, creative evening,” said Joan. “I also
Get creative in this hands-on class. dents just sign-up and come to enjoy a
picked up a needle will find this
class to be fun and easy to follow chance to get out and connect with crafters with simple and easy-to-follow provide an instruction sheet with howto
photos and a list of what materials
along. Rebecca adds, “Crafts are the others, tap into one's own creativity, instructions. When people say they
perfect conversation starter, and a and have a lot of fun! What I enjoy are not creative or they may be unable are needed so students can make them
non-threatening way to meet new most about the classes is meeting new to make a specific craft, her response at home.” Ages 16+; $27 class fee, plus
people.” All craft skills welcome; no people and then watching everyone is simple: “Yes, you can. Let’s give it $20 materials fee payable to instructor.
sewing experience required; ages 7+. just relax and enjoy each others’ company
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a try.” She has appeared on over 500 Register for these classes and others at
$20/all supplies provided; take-home
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Bountiful Salads
by an adult; $24, with $8 materials fee projects as well as those of craft industry
manufacturers. “I supply everything information, call 237-3988.
Chef Veronica Rains
payable to instructor.
April 11, 6-8 p.m.
Join Chef Veronica Rains in her
Bountiful Salads class, a hands-on
experience that will have participants
creating recipes and enjoying
them together. A classically trained
chef with a degree from San Francisco’s
California Culinary Academy,
Veronica has been a vegetarian
for over 23 years and has created
and sold organic, gluten free and
vegan food products in stores such
as Whole Foods and HomeGoods.
“My family has been living in this
area for over 70 years,” says Veronica,
“and the recipes I create are
based off dishes I learned to cook at
home, at local restaurants, throughout
my career and travels. Even if
you aren’t interested in a vegetarian
diet, the tips, tricks and tools students
will learn will be helpful in
all types of cooking.” Ice water and
recipes provided; participants may
bring non-alcoholic beverages. For
ages 18 and up; $35 with $25 food
and supply fee payable to instructor.
Soy Candle Making
Becky Hallett • April 20, 6-8 p.m.
Create beautiful hand-poured and
decorated natural vegetable soy candles.
Learn about melting the wax,
creating colors, choosing fragrances,
selecting the right wick, and decorating
candle containers. Instructor
Becky Hallett has been conducting
candle pours and classes for over 11
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