Steinway Society Twentieth Anniversary Season
2009-2010 Musicales
The Steinway Society celebrates its twentieth anniversary season. We are thrilled to bring you an outstanding program of internationally celebrated pianists. The program features the return of one of our scholarship prize winners, Pauline Yang as an established musician, plus a special anniversary party on May 28th. Over the past twenty years we have presented outstanding pianists in more than 100 concerts and musicales. About once a month, at 3pm on Sundays, musicales are held at the Lawrenceville Recital Hall of Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike on Route 1, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Social hours, with a buffet of delicious hors d'oeuvres and illuminating conversation with the artists, follow the musicales.
Open to the public, admission is $18 ($10 for full-time students). Considerable savings may be gained by becoming a member which includes admission to all six musicales. Memberships are $50 individuals and $85 family. We have also introduced two new categories 'Sponsor' for contributions of $100 to $250 and 'Benefactor' for contributions at $250 and above. Contributions at these levels will be much appreciated and will be acknowledged in the Musicale programs. All the proceeds from the musicales go toward providing scholarship awards for aspiring young pianists. The box office opens at Jacobs Music 30 minutes before each musicale. Seating is limited - please arrive early to assure a seat.
Alessandra Tiraterra has performed for many institutions in Europe and in the U.S., including Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Rialto Center in Atlanta, Wiener Saal in Salzburg, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Teatro Ghione in Rome. Winner of many national and international piano and music competitions, she holds degrees from the "A. Casella" Conservatory of Music, L'Aquila, Italy, the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris "A. Cortot", France, and Georgia State University.
Come celebrate our 20th anniversary in a party with vocalist and jazz pianist Carole Lynn-Gerster. Carole has performed in nightclub venues as well as concert settings such as the New Jersey State Museum Jazz concerts. Recently, Carole was chosen to participate in the New Jersey Jazz Series Concerts at Richard Stockton College. Some current area appearances for performances include the Witherspoon Grill in Princeton, the Salt Creek Grill in Princeton, and Jester's Cafe in Bordentown, NJ.
Chiu-Ling Lin is hailed as "a superb artist whose pianism is a perfect combination of temperament, intellectual understanding, discipline and spontaneity". Internationally renowned as a pianist and educator, Chiu-Ling Lin plays before enthusiastic concertgoers around the world. As the United States Information Agency's Artistic Ambassador to Latin America, she gave a performance tour of Peru, Argentina, and Brazil. She has also soloed with fourteen orchestras, including the Atlanta Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, Bravura Philharmonic, and Des Moines Symphony, where she is Principal Keyboard Player. Her program combines a unique mix of music by Chinese and Western composers to audiences in North America, Europe, and throughout the Far East. Her CD, "Portraits of China" features contemporary piano works as well as arrangements of traditional Chinese music.