Season

2019-2020 Concert Season

All programs will take place at the Family Piano Co.
114 South Genesee Street, Sunday Evenings at 7:30 PM.

Download our season schedule here.

William Feasley, Classical Guitar, September 22, 2019

Wine and cheese reception, 7:00PM — Guests welcome!

Atlantic Harp Duo, October 27, 2019

Yuki and Tomoko Mack, Piano Duo, March 29, 2020

Concert To Be DeterminedMay, 2020

 

Artist Biographies

William Feasley, Classical Guitar

September 22, 2019

Classical guitarist William Feasley was the first guitarist to be awarded the Peabody Conservatory’s coveted Artist Diploma. He has since been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards: a gold medal in the 1987 PanHellenic Guitar Competition in Athens, the 1990 and 1995 Baltimore Chamber Music Awards and a 1996 Governor’s Citation for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts in Maryland.

Selected to play for Andrés Segovia at the master’s historic last class at the University of Southern California in 1986, he was later featured on the CBS special, Eulogy of Segovia.

Classical guitarist William Feasley was the first guitarist to be awarded the Peabody Conservatory’s coveted Artist Diploma. He has since been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards: a gold medal in the 1987 PanHellenic Guitar Competition in Athens, the 1990 and 1995 Baltimore Chamber Music Awards and a 1996 Governor’s Citation for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts in Maryland.

Selected to play for Andrés Segovia at the master’s historic last class at the University of Southern California in 1986, he was later featured on the CBS special, Eulogy of Segovia.

William has appeared in the Ohrid Spoleto Festival in Macedonia and venues such as St. Martin in the Fields in London, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Washington National Cathedral and the Yale University Centre for British Art. He has toured with the Russian Chamber Orchestra, Music Viva , in the former Yugoslavia, with the Moyzes String Quartet in Slovakia, performed live on ABC International Radio in Australia, with New York’s Bacchanalia Ensemble under the direction of Nina Beilina and Washington’s 20th Century Consort.

William has been a featured soloist at the Mertz International Guitar Festival in Bratislava, the Quito International Guitar Festival, the Cochabamba Guitar Festival in Bolivia, the Winter Festival in Sarajevo, the Forfest Contemporary Music Festival and the Stramberk Guitar Festival in the Czech Republic, the Gliwice International Guitar festival in Poland and the XI Lima International Guitar Festival . Recent tours have included Spain, the Caribbean, Greece, Serbia, Italy, Ecuador, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Honduras, Peru, Bolivia, The Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Iceland.

Atlantic Harp Duo

October 27, 2019

Marta Power Luce | Elizabeth Jaxon

Conceived through a shared passion and sustained by constant dedication, the Atlantic Harp Duo has been performing around the world since 2007.

Based in Paris, France, timeless source of artistic inspiration and cradle of the modern harp, the Atlantic Harp Duo ventures beyond the possibilities of a single instrument, enriching their music with the combined sonority of two harps. Founded in 2006 by Marta Power Luce and Elizabeth Jaxon, both natives of the Great Lakes Region of the United States, the harp duo performs regularly on each side of the Atlantic. Ms. Luce and Ms. Jaxon both studied under Isabelle Perrin at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Ms. Luce received her Diplôme de Concertiste in 2008, and holds a degree in Musicology (Licence de Musicologie) from the Sorbonne. She has participated in numerous international harp competitions, winning prizes in the Félix Godefroid International Competition in Belgium and the North London Festival of Music and Drama, among others. Ms. Jaxon received her Bachelor’s of Music in 2006 from the University of Illinois where she studied with Ann Yeung. In 2009, she earned her Diplôme de Concertiste from the École Normale de Musique de Paris. During her time in Europe, she was awarded prizes in several international competitions, including the First International Harp Competition of Szeged in Hungary, and participated in the world-­‐renowned International Harp Contest in Israel in 2009. Ms. Luce maintains an active teaching studio and performing career in Paris. Ms. Jaxon held the positions of lecturer of harp at Mahidol University College of Music, in Thailand and principal harpist of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra from 2010-­‐2013, and is now living in the    Netherlands. Since its conception, the duo has performed in the Great Lakes Region of the USA, as well as in Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Always    striving towards the most informed musical interpretation, the duo has consulted directly with composers of the major works of their repertoire –Jean-­‐Michel Damase,  Bernard Andrès, and Caroline Lizotte. They have also commissioned several new compositions and regularly compile their transcriptions in an effort to enrich the harp’s repertoire.

Yuki and Tomoko Mack, Piano Duo

March 29, 2020

Japanese born pianist, Yuki Mack, has dazzled audiences on three continents. Her performances include a broad range of piano works, anywhere from chamber to orchestral music, both as a soloist and piano duo. Beyond the main-stage, she has performed live on the radio in Sweden, Italy, Poland and the United States.

After performing regularly as a soloist, Yuki partnered with her sister Tomoko to form ‘The Mack Sisters’ piano duo. Together, they were awarded top prizes in several international competitions. Most notably, in 2006 they were selected as Steinway Artists – joining an impressive roster of world renown pianists.

Yuki has also established a highly acclaimed collection of four-hands piano music with her sister. Their collection of ‘Rhapsody’, ‘American Mosaic’, ‘Fantasy’, and ‘Danse Montage’ all exhibit their unique sense of interpretation and flawless technique. With her latest release, she partnered with renown erhu artist Xiao Dong Wei to produce an erhu-piano album aptly titled, ‘Where East meets West’.

Currently, Yuki resides in Michigan. With her deep roots in the musical community, she has established herself as a highly sought after educator and performing artist. In her spare time, she enjoys collaborating with other musicians and most recently debuted her compositions ‘Black Fire Melody’ and ‘Night Train’ live on WRCJ FM in Detroit, MI.

 Born in Tokyo, Japan, Tomoko began her piano studies at age 5, and performed in public at age 7. She fell in love with the sound of the piano at a young age and it hasn’t changed!

Tomoko came to the United States at age 10, and continued her studies, performing and competing at regional, national and International competitions. She won 1st place with her sister Yuki in Tokyo International duo competition, and a special “Kodama” prize from the founder of the competition.

She was also a top prize winner with her sister in the Dranoff International duo competition in Miami, Florida. She has recorded four acclaimed CDs with her sister. Her recordings are available on CD Baby and also through her website.

Tomoko is an active performer, teacher, and she is also frequently invited to adjudicate at major piano competitions in the U.S.A. and Japan.

Every summer she travels to Poland to teach, perform and co-direct with her husband, pianist Kazimierz Brzozowski the International Piano Festival in Nałęczów. They spend two summer months in their second home in a quaint old town of Kazimierz Dolny enjoying family life and preparing new repertoire.

Fourth spring time concert TBD

May, 2020

The fourth spring time concert is being worked on as of this publication.