Anyone may attend the festival activities. Conference presentations require
a fee (see below). The competition semi-finals and finals and the Saturday
evening and Sunday morning concerts are open to the public.
Conference sessions:
$10/ $5 seniors - fee for each conference session
$40/ $20 seniors - daily fee for Friday conference sessions
$40/ $20 seniors - daily fee for Saturday conference sessions
Young Artist Competition
Semi final Round (Saturday)
Final Round (Sunday)
Open to the public with suggested donation of $10/ $5 seniors
Guest Artists Concert
(Saturday at 8 p.m.)
Open to the public with suggested donation of $10/ $5 seniors
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, January 9, 2009 Knowles Memorial Chapel
10:00 a.m. Registration at Knowles Memorial Chapel
10:30 a.m. Opening Session: John V. Sinclair, Director of Music at Rollins College; Sylvia R. Eckes, Grieg Festival Director; and Boyce Lancaster, Head of Recording and Production
Keene Music Building, Room 119
11:00 - 11:40 a.m. "Why Grieg?" Beryl Foster (England)
11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. "Grieg's Favorite Grieg Songs" William H. Halverson (Minnesota)
12:25 - 1:15 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:15 - 1:55 p.m. "The Snows of Yesteryear: Edvard Grieg and the Development of the
Folk-Etude" Gregory Martin (Illinois)
2:00 - 2:25 p.m. "Memory, Enchantment, and a Hidden Program in Edvard
Grieg's String Quartet in G-minor, Op. 27" Helena Kopchick (Oregon)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:00 - 3:40 p.m. "Grieg's Ballade, Op.24: A Pianist's Perspectives on Performative
Challenges" Einar Roettingen (Norway)
3:45 - 4:20 p.m. "The Viola Transcription of Grieg's Cello Sonata" Matitiahu
Braun, viola; (Florida) Gary Wolf, piano; (Florida) introduction by William H. Halverson
(Minnesota)
4:20 - 4:40 p.m. BREAK
Mills Memorial Center, Galloway Room
4:40 - 5:45 p.m. "The Edvard Grieg Archives in Bergen Public Library, Norway"
Trine Kolderup Flaten, Siren Steen, and Monica Jangaard (Norway)
Saturday, January 10, 2009 Keene Music Building, Room 119
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. "Is the Romantic Music of Grieg Relevant in the Drama of Ibsen?"
Erling Dahl (Norway)
10:35 - 11:00 a.m. "Exploring Grieg's Transcriptions for Solo Piano of his Own Songs"
Sandra Mogensen (Canada)
11:05 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:00 - 1:40 p.m. Master Class: The Grieg Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello with
Rollins students, Stephen Boe, Master Class presenter (Illinois)
1:45 - 2:25 p.m. Lecture-recital: "Variations as Veiled Autobiography: two works
by Grieg and Laderman" John Orfe (Illinois)
2:25 - 3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:00 - 3:25 p.m. "Grieg's Music of the Future: A Lesser-Known Offspring
of a Well-Known Work" Hilary Demske (New York)
3:30 - 3:55 p.m. Diction and Translation: Question and Answer Forum for Singers
with Njal Sparbo and Beryl Foster (Norway-England)
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Lecture-recital: "Grieg, Grainger, Bartok: Seeking the Hidden
Harmonies of Folk Music" Joseph Smith (New York)
4:30 - 4:45 p.m. BREAK
4:45 - 5:10 p.m. "Out of Death and Despair: The Role of Chromaticism
in the Songs of Edvard Grieg" Ryan Weber (Connecticut)
5:15 - 5:40 p.m. "Jazz Arrangements of Grieg Works" Jim Martinez (California)
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Keene Music Building, Room 119
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lecture-recital: "The Role of Language in the Songs of Grieg"
Bradley Ellingboe, baritone (New Mexico) with pianist, Hsing-ay Hsu (Colorado)
COMPETITION SCHEDULE AND PERFORMANCES
Friday, January 9, 2009 Keene Music Building, Tiedtke Hall
Schedule TBA - rehearsal times for competition contestants and guest artists
Saturday, January 10, 2009 Keene Music Building, Tiedtke Hall Semi Finals Round of the Young Artists Competition (times are approximate)
9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., piano semi-finals round (young artists from Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan)
1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m., voice semi-finals round (young artists from Washington, New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, Indiana)
4:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. violin and piano semi-finals round (young artists from Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, Illinois)
Guest Artists Concert
8:00 p.m. featuring Njal Sparbo, Einar Roettingen, Hsing-ay Hsu, You-seong Kim, and Sylvia Eckes (Norway, Colorado, Ohio)
Introductory remarks by Consul General Lasse Seim, The Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston Reception follows co-hosted by the VikingWorld Lodge of the Sons of Norway, Orlando
Sunday, January 11, 2009 First Congregational Church, Winter Park
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Special Music Service with organist, Chris Olivent;
John V. Sinclair, Joni Roos and faculty and students of the Rollins College Department; pianist, Sandra Mogensen; baritone, Njal Sparbo
Keene Music Building, Tiedtke Hall Finals Round of the Young Artists Competition
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (piano, voice, and violin/piano)
5:00 p.m. Announcement of Winners and Awards Ceremony
Presenters of prizes and awards
Dr. Jay Hughes, Winter Park Rotary Club
Dr. Sylvia Reynolds Eckes, Grieg Festival Director
Trine Kolderup Flaten, Chair, International Grieg Society
Consul General Lasse Seim, The Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston
Mills Memorial Center
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception for conference presenters and contestants
