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Gavin Williamson (Winnipeg, 1897 - Chicago, 1989) was an American pianist, harpsichordist, organist and music educator. With pianist Philip Manuel , he formed a duo in 1922 that helped promote the professional use of harpsichords in the United States.
Concert pianist Dr. Raul Sunico, who was known for being the only pianist in the world to perform the four Rachmaninoff piano concertos in one evening, [12] succeeded Fule in 2002. A jazz department was organized during Sunico's 15-year tenure.
The drama division was founded in 1968. [12] Those who complete the four-year program receive either a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree (starting Fall 2012), or a diploma.
[14] [15] In 2019, O'Hare had 919,704 aircraft movements, averaging 2,520 per day, the most of any airport in the world, in part because of a large number of regional flights. [16] On the ground, road access to the airport is offered by airport shuttle, bus, the Chicago "L", or taxis. Interstate 190 (Kennedy Expressway) goes directly into the ...
The first impulse to establish a summer music festival in the Santa Barbara County came from soprano Lotte Lehmann in 1940. [7] In 1947 the Music Academy of the West was founded by Southern California arts patrons, musicians, conductors and composers. [8]
In Manila he joined jazz groups, and from there he played in Taipei and Hong Kong where he met Mel Tormé, Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente, and Chico Hamilton. He got a job at the Golden Dragon Lounge in Honolulu. In Hawaii he became music director for Don Ho. [1] From 1976 to 1977 he performed with Amapola Cabase in San Francisco, California. This ...
Maybeck Recital Hall, also known as Maybeck Studio for Performing Arts, is located inside the Kennedy-Nixon House located at 1537 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, California, United States. It was built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck. The hall seats up to 50 people and was designed upon commission for the Nixon family, local arts patrons who wanted a ...
In Chicago, she studied piano with Alan Chow, Micah Yui and Emilio del Rosario in the Academy program for talented young pianists and string players at the Music Institute of Chicago. She graduated from New Trier High School in 2012 and received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music .