03/13/2009
The New York City-based chamber music group, ETA3, will present a variety of works by romantic, French impressionist and contemporary composers on Sunday, April 5, at SUNY Cortland.
Presented by the Campus Artist and Lecture Series (CALS), ETA3 will perform at 2 p.m. in the Corey Union Exhibition Lounge.
Tickets are $3 for SUNY Cortland students and $5 for all others and may be obtained through the Campus Activities and Corey Union Office, Corey Union, Room 406, or at the door one hour prior to the performance.
Named after a luminous star-forming Nebula in the earth’s galaxy, ETA3 was formed at The Julliard School in New York City in 2006. The group is composed of an American flutist, Emily Thomas; Japanese pianist, Tomoko Nakayama; and Russian clarinetist, Alexey Gorokholinsky. ETA also initializes the first letter of each musician’s name.
“I know that music lovers in and around Cortland will immensely share my enthusiasm for ETA3,” said Reggie Bahl, a New York-based classical music manager. “The music has lots of variety that is bound to resonate with the audience.”
Recognized by Julliard as one of the three prominent emerging chamber music groups of 2006, ETA3 strives to communicate the intellectual and emotional elements of life by broadening the audience’s perspective through a varied range of repertoire.
Gorokholinsky was the first-prize winner of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Jefferson Symphony Young Artist Competition and Julliard Clarinet Concerto Competition. He also is the laureate of the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition, Pasadena Showcase Instrumental Competition and the Spotlight Competition.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Nakayama is the official pianist for the Chamber Orchestra of New York. She began private piano lessons at age five and because of her ability was accepted to study at the Children’s Toho Music School in Japan. Nakayama gave her first solo recital at age 11 when she was asked by government officials to perform at the Japanese Embassy. Her international engagements include appearances in Singapore, Japan, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
Thomas, who is pursuing her master’s degree at The Julliard School under the instruction of Robert Langevin, principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic, is the newly appointed flutist in the Chamber Orchestra of New York. She was awarded the New Horizons Fellowship and Academy of American conductors’ fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival where she won second prize in the woodwind concerto competition in 2005. Thomas was featured twice on National Public Radio’s “From the Top” radio show.
CALS is funded by the student activity fee, Auxiliary Services Corporation (ASC), The Cortland Fund and the Cortland College Foundation.
For more information, contact the Campus Activities and Corey Union Office at (607) 753-2321.