December 23: Student Christmas Concert
Our annual Christmas student concert in a salon concert hall.
In addition to playing solo pieces and pieces for four hands, we will sing Christmas songs with a violin ensemble.
♬ Students will recieve a Christmas present.
December 14: Salon Concert
Violin: Hisashi Hayakawa and Takako Onoki
Cello: Peter Szaniszlai
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 no. 1 "Ghost"
- Allegro vivace e con brio
- Largo assai ed espressivo
- Presto
- Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano in A major
- Allegretto ben moderato
- Allegro
- Recitativo-Fantasia (ben moderato)
- Allegretto poco mosso
- Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 20
- Prologue
- Sérénade et Finale
- Ravel: Trio for piano, violin and cello
- Modéré
- Pantoum, Assez vif
- Passacaille, Très large
- Final, Animé
December 8: Lecture Concert
Violin: Hisashi Hayakawa
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6
I. Assez mouvemente
II. Tranquilement
III. Vif
Let's sing together
Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano in A major
I. Allegretto ben moderato
II. Allegro
III. Ben moderato: Recitative-Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
November 5: Lecture Concert
Cello: Peter Szaniszlai
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 20
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Let's sing together
Bortkiewicz: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 20
October 26: Halloween Event
♪ Talk about American Halloween with Matt-sensei!
♪ Try to remember some autumn vocabulary!
♪ Enjoy playing and listening to piano!
♪ Try some Halloween candy!
September 30: Lecture Concert
Voice: Ai Kato
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Motoori: White Moon
Handel: Cara sposa, amante cara from Rinaldo
Hirota: In the old castle in Komoro
Tosti: L'ultima canzone
Yamada: Red Spider Lily
Let's sing together:
Sato no aki
Mushi no koe
Aka tombo
Schubert: Gute Nacht from Winterreise
Dan: Boat Song〜 Unrequited Love〜 from Five Fragments
Koyabayashi: Larch Tree
August 24: Summer Piano and English Event
♪ We'll practice English pronunciation and listen to Matt-sensei read a story.
♪ We'll talk about our favorite things in English.
♪ Let's listen to each other play the piano!
☺︎ We'll have some sweets!
July 31: Lecture Concert
Voice: Ai Kato
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo
Yanada: The Rain of Jogashima
Nakada: Nemu no hana
Thomas: Connais-tu le pays from Mignon
Let's sing together:
Umi
Ware wa umi no ko
Furusato
R. Strauss: Allerseelen
Isobe: Matsu no hana
Hashimoto: Hanmyou
Grieg: Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt
Yamada: Karatachi no hana
June 29: Piano and English Event
♪ Listen to Matt-sensei read a story and remember some vocabulary words by coloring some pictures.
♪ Play the pieces you've been studying.
☺︎ Try some American-style peanut butter cookies!
May 29: Lecture Concert
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Gershwin: Do It Again
Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op. 23, no. 5
Sibelius: The Spruce, Op. 75, no. 5
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 2 - 1st movement
Bartok: For Children, no. 40 - Allegro vivace
Poulenc: Improvisation no. 15 "Hommage à Edith Piaf"
Shostakovich: Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5
1 Allegretto
2 Andantino
3 Allegretto
Let's sing together:
1 Chatsumi
2 Katatsumuri
3 Usagitokame
Ligeti: Musica Ricercata
9 "Béla Bartók in Memoriam"
8 Vivace Energico
Bach: Invention no. 6 and no. 13
Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 90, no. 3
Debussy: La plus que lente (Valse)
April 27: Spring Event
☆ Small, fun piano concert
☆ A native teacher will read an American children's story with cute pictures
☆ Drawing pictures using English
❤ Rabbit, butterfly, and flower cookies ♫
March 27: Lecture Concert
Cello: Peter Szaniszlai
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Herbert: Serenade
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor
Let's sing together: 1. Ichi nensei ni nattara; 2. Tulips; 3. Haruyokoi
Popper: Concert Polonaise no. 2 in F major, Op. 28
Glazunov: Elegie, Op. 17
M. Fitzgibbons: Water and Wind
Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of the Indian Guest from Sadko
Popper: Spanish Dance no. 5 "Vito"
March 3: Small Concert
I gave a small, volunteer concert in an American nursing home. The audience sang along with the hymns they hadn't heard for a long time, and one even cried tears of joy. I was really happy to get the chance to play for them. I'll continue to do my best to make people happy with my music.
Bach: Invention no. 6 in E major, BWV 777
Bach: Invention no. 13 in A minor, BWV 784
Five hymns:
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Be Still, My Soul
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
How Great Thou Art
Amazing Grace
January 28: Lecture Concert
Bassoon: Gueorgui Chachikov
Piano: Yumiko Fitzgibbons
Glière: Impromptu
Pierné: Concertpiece
Ravel: Vocalise-Etude
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Concert Paraphrase by Flament)
Elgar: Salut d'Amour
Let's sing together: 1. Snow; 2. Momotarou
Vladigerov: Caprice for bassoon and piano
Bozza: Récit, Sicilienne et Rondo
Fauré: Sicilienne