Past AccentX Festivals

 

Accent06
Accent05
Accent04
Accent03
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Accent06

Composition Competition Winners:

prize winner: The Red Wheelbarrow by Shawn Okpebholo
second: Fantasy on Wood Street by Jennifer Jolley
third: Ballade by David Schneider

Concerto Competition Winners:

flute: Izumi Miyahara and Rachael Yokers
violin: Benjamin Hoffman, Laura Giz, and Jacqueline Kitzmiller
oboe: Jeff Taylor and Rachel Hixon
The piece: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 by J. S. Bach
The jury: Sandra Collins, violin; Evelien Woolard, flute.

Faculty:

Composition, Improvisation, Music History and Theory
Joel Hoffman
improvisation
Ellen Harrison
composition
Michael Ippolito
improvisation
Brian Moseley
theory
Shawn E. Okpebholo
theory
Aaron Ziegel
history of music
Chamber Music and Private Lessons
Amernet Quartet
string quartet in residence
Javier Arias
cello
Michael Chertock
piano
Philip Collins
trumpet
Matthew Duvall
percussion
Lee Fiser
cello
Mauricio Fuks
violin
Dorotea Vismara Hoffman
viola, Accent06 artistic director
Michael Klotz
viola
Marcia Littley
violin
Michael J. Maccaferri
clarinet
Andrea Maisonpierre
flute
Kypros Markou
violin
Gao Ping
piano
Jennifer Roig-Francoli
violin
Nikola Ruzevic
cello
Karen Schneider
French horn
Leonid Sirotkin
oboe
Mary Stucky
voice
Rodney Stucky
guitar
Misha Vitenson
violin
  William Winstead
bassoon
 
Advanced Orchestra
  Kypros Markou
conductor
 
Master Classes
Matthew Albert, Lee Fiser, Mauricio Fuks, Michael Ippolito, Lisa Kaplan, Nicholas Photinos, and Gao Ping

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Accent05

Composition Competition Winners:

prize winner: For Strings and Clarinet by Lingyan Zhao
second: A Thousand of Words by Stephen Yip
second: Sboccia by Marco Redaelli

Concerto Competition Winners:

violin: Benjamin Hoffman, Angela McMaine, and Laura Giz
viola: James Jennings, Cara Simpson, and Rebekah Cassinari
The piece: Sinfonia Concertante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The jury: Darla Da Deppo Bertolone, violin.

Faculty:

Composition, Improvisation, History of Music and Theory
Alan Bern
improvisation
Joel Hoffman
improvisation
Ellen Harrison
composition
Ivica Ico Bukvic
theory
Shawn E. Okpebholo
theory
Austin Padgett
history
Chamber Music and Private Lessons
Bradley Garner
flute
Christopher Philpotts
oboe
Steven Cohen
clarinet
Edward LeBorgne
percussion
Mary Stucky
voice
Gao Ping
piano
Amernet String Quartet
ensemble in residence
Rodney Stucky
guitar
Jennifer Roig-Francoli
violin
Laura Rosky-Santoni
violin
Daniel Mason
violin
Dorotea Vismara Hoffman
viola, Accent05 artistic director
Michael Kugel
viola
Nikola Ruzevic
cello
 
Advanced Orchestra
  Michael Kugel
conductor
 

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Accent04

Composition Competition Winners:

prize winner: Andante Sostenuto by Kirsten Broberg
second: Half-Diminished Scherzo by Piotr Szewczyk
third: Scutigera-Coleoptrata by Tim Reed

Faculty:

Composition, Improvisation, Theory and Computer Music
Alan Bern
composer, Brave Old World
Ivica Ico Bukvic
composer, Oberlin Conservatory
Ellen Harrison
composer, CCM prep
Joel Hoffman
composer, CCM
Frederic Rzewski
composer, Liege Royal Conservatory
 
Chamber Music, Private Lessons, and Master Classes
eighth blackbird
ensemble
Matthew Albert
violin, viola
Emanuele Arciuli
piano
Tania Carey
cello
Michael Chertock
piano
Dorotea Vismara Hoffman
viola
Gary Hoffman
cello
Michael Kugel
viola
Timothy Lees
violin
Daniel Mason
violin
Mark Ostoich
woodwinds
Christopher Philpotts
woodwinds
Nicholas Photinos
cello
Jennifer Roig-Francoli
violin
Laura Rosky-Santoni
violin
  Augusto Vismara
violin, viola
 
Advanced Orchestra
  Augusto Vismara
conductor
 

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Accent03

Composition Competition Winners:

prize winner: Po-Chun Wang
second: Andrew Broadwater and Dylan Mattingly
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Faculty:

Composition, Improvisation, and Analysis
Alan Bern, Joel Hoffman
Chamber Music, Private Lessons, and Master Classes
Dorotea Vismara Hoffman (viola,violin), Milan Hudnik (cello), Sylvia Mitchell (violin), Paul Patterson (violin, viola), Christopher
Philpotts
(woodwinds), Laura Rosky-Santoni (violin, viola), Frank Weinstock (piano),
Michael Chertock (piano)
Advanced Orchestra
Paul Stanbery (conductor)

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Accent02

Composition Competition Winners:

prize winner: Scenes from my Childhood by Hooshyar Khayam
second: Span (From here to there) by Robert Denham
third: Day Dream Time by Liu-Hsiu Kuo

Faculty:

Composition and Improvisation
Alan Bern, Joel Hoffman
Chamber Music and Private Lessons
Michael Chertock (piano), Dorotea Vismara Hoffman (viola,violin), Milan Hudnik (cello), Sylvia Mitchell (violin), Paul Patterson (violin, viola)
Other Activities
Omope Carter Daboiku (story-telling, puppetry, dance, dramatization)

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