August 26, 2015
Nora Lee García was recently invited to perform with Keith Koons and George Weremchuk at the ClarinetFest Madrid, Spain in July 2015. Recently García presented and performed at the National Flute Convention 2015 held in Washington, D.C. August 2015. Her graduate senior student Ariana Stark was the Assistant Coordinator at the Young Artist Competition 2015…
August 26, 2015
Eladio Scharrón and Laszlo Marosi are pleased to announce their recently released album Héroes. The recording presents more than thirty years of works premiered, commissioned by, or dedicated to Scharrón by an international group of composers including Antonio Ruiz-Pipó, Jorge Morel, Alberto Rodríguez-Ortiz, UCF’s Stella Sung, and others. In addition, Ruiz-Pipó’s Third Concerto for Guitar…
August 26, 2015
This summer, members of the UCF Marching Knights went through vigorous training to be physically ready for the season while braving the scorching heat, even training during a downpour. There’s nothing that can stop the UCF Marching Knights from performing at the first half-time show of the season on September 3. If there is one…
June 16, 2015
Chung Park joins the University of Central Florida Music faculty as the new Director of Orchestras, where he will be conducting the orchestra and teaching string music education. Park is no stranger to higher education, having worked at Appalachian State University, Idaho State University and the University of Miami. His musical education was attained at…
June 5, 2015
Laszlo Marosi is on a concert tour with the oldest professional wind ensemble in South America, La Banda Sinfónica de la Provincia de Córdoba. Marosi was invited to conduct for the ensemble. The tour includes three performances at Teatro Libertador San Martin in Cordoba, Argentina. The program includes La tregenda (The Spectre) from Giacommo Puccini’s…
June 5, 2015
John Shafer has been cast in the third season of Lifetime’s critically-acclaimed hit series “Devious Maids.” Executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, Devious Maids follows five maids with ambitions and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Shafer will play the role of Alan Foreman, a…
June 4, 2015
Last month, Ayako Yonetani performed the Brahms violin concerto with the Slovak State Filharmonia of Košice, conducted by Maestro Leos Svarovsky, during the 60th Košice Music Festival. Yonetani first performed with the Košice Filharmonia twenty years ago during the 40th Košice Music Festival and has been invited to perform once more at the closing concert…
May 6, 2015
On May 11-16 Laszlo Marosi will be leading a seminar called Festibandas Perú ASPEB 2015 at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Peru in Lima, Perú. Marosi will also conduct the National Navy Band of Perú later that week. Marosi was invited by the National Organization of Conductors and Music Directors of Peru (ASPEB) and the…
April 9, 2015
Laszlo Marosi, Ph.D., recently released his latest CD featuring the music of composer Roland Szentpali. Szentpali himself performs his tuba concerto, a piece which was selected as a four-time obligatory piece at the World Tuba Contest in Paris. The second selection features Bence Szepesi on clarinet, tarogato and soprano saxophone. The selection is a rhapsody…
April 8, 2015
On April 11, the Flying Horse Big Band will perform “Shakespeare Swings!” a cabaret-style production giving Shakespeare’s works a jazzy twist with vocals coordinated by the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. The performance is part of the 5-day UCF Celebrates the Arts 2015 festival. The festival will showcase studio art, music, theatre, dance, gaming, animation, photography and…