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2007-08 Performance Series
The 2007-2008 season is a collection of performances featuring artist, groups and performers with connections to Oregon and our local community. Please join us this season in welcoming back old friends and introducing our community to new friends.
David Friesen and Uwe Kropinski
October 9, 2007 7:30pm
McKenzie Theatre
Together, Friesen and Kropinski range beyond the typical boundaries of their instrument and even the usual concept of a duet. There are moments in their performances when simultaneously, Friesen is playing both Shakuhachi flute and bass, and Kropinski is playing both percussion, chords, and lines on his guitar; the duo becomes a virtual quartet.
Derk Richardson San Francisco Bay Guardian
Friesen and Kropinski are "heart musicians." Their excellent technique allows them to create their music with no noticeable limitations, freely and from their own spirit. Martin Volgger/Innsbruck, Austria
David Friesen and Uwe Kropinski met in Munich, Germany in 1987 in a jazz concert where they were both playing as soloists. They both recognized a similarity in their passion for music and enough differences in other areas, that they combined their musical talents and have been playing as a duet since 1987. They have recorded several CD’s together and appeared throughout the United States and Europe in concert, at jazz festivals and presenting Music Jazz workshops at over 300 Universities and Music Conservatories sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld/Vienna. They were also both featured guests on the Johnny Carson Tonite Show.
The Choirs of La Grande
October 11, 2007 7:30PM
McKenzie Theatre
An evening of choir music with choirs of all ages. Join us as the Union County Children's Choir, The La Grande Middle School Choir, The La Grande High School Choir, The EOU Chamber Choir and The Grande Ronde Community Choir all perform in this special showcase.
Michelle Mielke
November 12 , 2007 7:30pm
McKenzie Theatre
Welcome EOU Alum Michelle Mielke back to La Grande by joining us for this great concert. Michelle will be performing a solo piano concert featuring music from Copeland to Bach.
Michelle Mielke has been the Coordinator of the Piano Pedagogy Lab School at Washington State University since 1999. The PPLS offers private and class lessons to community students of all ages and proficiencies, allowing WSU piano majors and piano pedagogy students opportunities to observe lessons and gain teaching experience under Mrs. Mielke's supervision. She is also an Instructor of piano studies, and regularly performs on faculty concerts.
Mrs. Mielke earned her M. A. in Piano Performance at Washington State University in 1999, and her B. S. from Eastern Oregon State College in 1995. She has presented programs for the Washington State Music Teachers Association Convention, and is in demand as an adjudicator for regional piano festivals and competitions. She also is actively involved in planning and teaching in the WSU Summer Keyboard Explorations Piano Camp for high school students each summer, and is the Collegiate Chapters chair for the WSMTA and Pullman Chapter President. She has been a private piano teacher since 1992.
Snow White
La Grande School of Ballet
June 12, 2008 7:30pm
McKenzie Theatre
The La Grande School of Ballet again joins us for a presentation of this time-less story. We invite you to be a part of the pageantry and beauty of Swanee Hermann's productions while over 50 performers from ages 5 and older entertain you with their dancing skills.
