Overtones: Spring 2018

NOTATIONS
RECORDINGS
AND PUBLICATIONS
Pianist KATELYN BOUSKA, a member
of the musical studies faculty, has
recorded a CD with cellist Štepán
Filípek, released in February by the
Czech Radio record label. The duo
also embarked upon a six-week
international tour celebrating the
centennial of the Czech Republic.
Dr. Bouska has also recorded a piano
sonata by DAVID CARPENTER, a member
of the Curtis advancement staff.
JASMINE CHOI’s (Flute ’04) new CD,
Love in Paris, was recorded live in
recital with a pianist Samuel Park and
released on the Credia Starship label.
In September Xavier Review Press
published liberal arts faculty member
TIM FITTS’s second collection of
short stories, Go Home and Cry
for Yourselves.
In November Naxos released Lyric
Fest’s recording of song cycles by
DARON HAGEN (Composition ’84).
ANTON KUERTI (Piano ’58) released
a new Beethoven CD and DVD in
August on the Concertmasters label.
The CD features the “Waldstein,”
“Appassionata,” and “Les Adieux”
sonatas, recorded in 2011; and a
1975 recording of the Diabelli
Variations. The DVD, Profound
Passion, includes Anton’s lecture
on the Diabelli Variations, followed
by a complete performance.
KYUNGHEE KIM-SUTRE’s (Harp ’89)
new CD, Parfums d’Amour (Sonarti),
celebrates the 25th anniversary of
her duo with violinist Guillaume Sutre.
YVONNE LAM (Violin ’05), co-artistic
director of Eighth Blackbird, is heard
on the group’s new album Olagón:
A Cantata in Doublespeak, released
in November by Cedille Records.
It features the music and fiddling
of Dan Trueman and vocalist
Iarla Ó Lionáird and the poetry
of Paul Muldoon.
CAROL LEONE’s (Piano ’81) solo CD,
Change of Keys: One Piano, Three
Keyboards, has been released by MSR
Classics. It includes music of Haydn,
Beethoven, Chopin, and Bartók,
performed on one piano using three
different keyboards.
In April ACHILLES LIARMAKOPOULOS,
(Trombone ’08) released his fourth
solo album, Ethereal. The album
features international collaborators,
including COLINE-MARIE ORLIAC
(Harp ’10).
DEMARRE McGILL (Flute ’96),
ANTHONY McGILL (Clarinet ’00),
and pianist Michael McHale recorded
a trio by CHRIS ROGERSON
(Composition ’10) on their debut
album, Portraits, released by Cedille
Records in August.
Liberal arts faculty member
JAMES F. MOYER's essay “What Can
Philosophy Do for Critique?” was
published in November by Ragged
Sky Press in Art School Critique 2.0.
PATRICIA “PATSY” PARR’s (Piano ’56)
Above Parr: Memoir of a Child Prodigy
was published in 2016 by Prism
Publishers. The book includes
a CD and a foreword by ARNOLD
STEINHARDT (Violin ’57).
PAUL ANTHONY ROMERO’s
(Accompanying ’86) new recording,
Paul Anthony Romero: The Heroes
Sonatas, was released last fall.
ZINA SCHIFF’s (Violin ’69) essay,
“With Four Strings and a Bow: The
Role of Music in Religious Expression,”
appeared in the Spring issue of
Conversations, a journal published
by the Institute for Jewish Ideas
and Ideals.
In December NOAM SIVAN of the
musical studies faculty released
Ambiro’s Journey, a new album
containing over 70 minutes of
improvised solo piano music which
was performed and recorded at
Curtis in a single unedited take.
MAKOTO UENO (Piano ’87) is featured
on two recent recordings released on
the Wakabayashi Koubou label: works
by Wagner, Liszt, Debussy, Scriabin,
Ravel, and Schoenberg, played on
a 1906 Bechstein piano; and works
by Debussy and Ravel, played on
1927 Erard piano.
Musical studies faculty member
ERIC WEN’s book Structurally Sound
was released last May by Dover
Publications.
36 OVERTONES SPRING 2018