Cello Festival Concert

The 18th Annual Cello Festival at UCONN will culminate this Sunday evening, January 29th, in a special concert featuring guest artist Steven Doane, UCONN Department of Music (and CSA) Faculty Cellist Katie Schlaikjer, the UCONN cello ensemble and the festival cello orchestra. Tickets for the concert, which begins at 7:00pm in von der Mehden Recital Hall are only $5.00 for the general public (free for UCONN students with student ID).

Steven Doane is a member of the cello faculty at the Eastman School of Music and has earned an international reputation both as performer and teacher. He travels frequently to the United Kingdom for recitals, clinics, and master classes, and has performed concertos in recent seasons in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland. Recital appearances with pianist Barry Snyder have included concerts at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Boston's Sanders Theater, two recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, and numerous other engagements in the United States and United Kingdom.

Cellist Katie Schlaikjer joined the award-winning Colorado Quartet in 2009 and the faculty of the University of Connecticut last year. A versatile performer, Schlaikjer’s recent concerts included Bartok’s complete string quartets, Haydn’s D major Concerto with the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, and a premiere of a cello concerto by J. Mark Scearce with the University of Connecticut Orchestra.

The recital on Sunday evening will include the 3rd Cello Suite by J.S. Bach, performed by Mr. Doane and Zoltan Kodaly’s Sonata for Solo Cello, performed by Ms. Schlaikjer. The UCONN cello ensemble will perform a movement from El Amor Brujo, by Manuel DeFalla, and the festival cello orchestra, led by UCONN faculty conductor Cheung Chau,  will perform a selection of works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Debussy.

For more information about the festival, visit www.csa.uconn.edu/cello