Twenty-ninth Annual South Carolina ASTA
’Cello Choir Cellobration!
Friday and Saturday September 12 and 13, 2008
The SC-ASTA ’Cello Choir has been an annual event since it first took place at the University of South Carolina in Columbia in 1980. For the first 20 years it alternated annually between Furman and USC, and during the last several years it has also taken place at Bob Jones University and Converse College. In 2008 it returns to the Daniel Music Building and McAlister Auditorium on the campus of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina to be hosted by Furman’s ’cello professor, Christopher Hutton, with additional support from the Greenville Fine Arts Center. Additional sponsors will include Bernhardt House of Violins, Jim Clinton Violins, and Reuning and Son Violins.
This year we are proud to present two wonderful guest clinicians. Gregory Sauer, professor of ’cello at the Florida State University and Anthony Arnone, professor of ’cello at the University of Iowa
The event will begin on Friday with afternoon master-classes and an evening joint recital in the Daniel Recital Hall, and will continue on Saturday with rehearsals, clinics, all culminating in an early Saturday evening performance of ’cello choir music in McAllister Auditorium.
This is a terrific event for ’cellists of all ages from near beginners to professionals.
Schedule:
Friday, September 13, 2008
2 pm – Registration
3 pm – Master Classes with Gregory Sauer, Anthony Arnone
8 pm – Recital by Gregory Sauer, Anthony Arnone Free admission to registered ’cello choir participants; Additional Tickets: $15/adult, $5/students
Saturday, September 18, 2008
8-8:45am Registration
9-10:30am - Cello Choir rehearsal
10:45-12pm – Cello Choir rehearsals and Clinics
12pm lunch and chance to visit sponsor displays
1:30-3 pm – Cello choir rehearsals and Clinics
3:15-4:45pm – Final rehearsal for concert
5:30 pm – Cello Choir concert Free Admission
Additional Information and applications
If you have questions contact Dr. Christopher Hutton, (864) 294-2019
Visit our sponsors on the web:
Furman University Music Department (Greenville, SC):
Fine Arts Center of Greenville (Greenville, SC):
Bernhardt House of Violins (Greenville, SC):
Jim Clinton Violins (Taylors, SC):
Reuning and Son Violins (Boston, MA):
Carriage House Violins
Clinician Bios
Anthony Arnone, guest clinician
 Called “A cellist with rich tonal resources, fine subtlety and a keen sense of phrasing” (Gramophone magazine), Cellist Anthony Arnone is an active soloist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher throughout the country and around the world. Mr. Arnone is currently the assistant professor of cello at The University of Iowa School of Music. He teaches and performs at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina during the summers, and is also on the faculty of the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, where he conducts the Preucil School String Orchestra. An active clinician as well, Mr. Arnone has given master classes throughout the country.
As a cello soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Arnone was a founding member of the Meridien Trio and the Sedgewick String Quartet, which performed regularly at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. More recently, he has been part of the Matisse Trio which has played throughout the United States and at international conferences.
A native of Honolulu, Mr. Arnone received his bachelor of music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Colin Carr. He left graduate studies with Bonnie Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory to accept a position with the Orchestré Philharmonique de Nice, France, where he remained for 2 years, continuing his studies with Paul and Maude Tortelier. He later returned to the United States to complete his master’s degree in conducting at Wichita State University.
Gregory Sauer, guest clinician
 Praised for his versatility, Gregory Sauer performs in many different musical arenas. He has appeared in recital at the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, and the Brightmusic Concert Series in Oklahoma City, among many others throughout the U.S. Mr Sauer has performed concertos with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Quad City Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Sauer holds the positions of principal cello of the Tallahassee Symphony and assistant principal of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. He served nine seasons as principal cellist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Gregory was appointed associate professor of music at Florida State University in 2006. He taught eleven years at the University of Oklahoma, and was named Presidential Professor in 2005. Other teaching positions have been a visiting professorship at the University of California at Los Angeles, and at summer programs such as the Texas Music Festival, the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts and the Hot Springs Music Festival. |
