The selected students' private examinations will begin at 9:00 AM and will end at 11:30 AM. The public will be able to attend the master class and a special performance by Donna Lee at the Aurora School of Music from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM.

Pianist Donna Lee made her solo debut in 1990 with the National Symphony Orchestra.  She has since appeared as a soloist and collaborative artist at Kennedy Center's Concert Hall and Terrace Theater in Washington, DC and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City.  She has also performed in Asia, Europe and throughout the US, with recent performances in Hong Kong, Beijing, China and Puerto Rico.  Donna has been heard in broadcast performances over radio stations: WQXR, NY; WGMS, Washington, DC; WKLM, Michigan; WCLV, Cleveland; WKSU, Northeast Ohio; Swedish Radio, throughout Sweden; and Voice of America, Far East.  She has recorded for the Proprius, Innova and Musart labels.  She made her solo recording debut on the Azica label, with a program entitled Scenes from Childhood with works by Schumann, del Tredici, Medtner, and Prokofieff.

Critics have described Donna Lee's performances as elegant and refined (Il Fronimo, Italy), engaging (WCLV-Cleveland) and brilliant (Iwate Daily News, Japan).  She has appeared at Interlochen Arts Festival with Rodney Winther and the World Youth Wind Symphony, performing Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue, at Kent/Blossom Chamber Music numerous times with the Miami String Quartet and at Brevard Music Center with distinguished artist-faculty. Audiences have enjoyed her creative thematic programs, and in the 2007-08 Season, she features a program entitled, Songs and Dances.

Donna Lee earned her doctorate from Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, her Masters from The Juilliard School, and her bachelor of music degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she studied with prominent artist-teachers Julian Martin, the late Rudolf Firkusny, and Thomas Schumacher, respectively.  A highly sought-after teacher and clinician, she has had numerous prize-winning students.  She has taught at Peabody Conservatory, Bucknell University, and Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.  Presently, Donna Lee is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Piano Division at Kent State University; during the summers, she is co-director of the Piano Institute at Kent State and artist-faculty at Kent/Blossom Chamber Music in Ohio and Brevard Music Center in North Carolina.

to Ms. Jenny's students who have been accepted to Cleveland youth ensembles for 2010-2011:

• Emily Horvath
  • Contemporary youth Orchestra
  • Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Group I
• Eva Cuollo
  • Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Group I
• Esther Obi
  • Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Group I
• Seth Blankenship
  • Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Group II
• Sarah Porter
  • Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Group I

The concert will conclude with a performance from our faculty.

The Kensington Care Center is located at 849 North Aurora Road in Aurora.

Family and friends are welcome,

Recital Times

Barrington Golf & Country Club

350 North Aurora Road (Route 43), Aurora

Note: You are not required to sign up at the recital time of your teacher.  You can sign up for any recital time.  Studio rehearsal times are posted, and you are required to come to any one of the studio times; it does not have to be the studio time assigned to your teacher.

Sunday September 19, 2010:

9:00 AM -

11:00 AM -

1:00 PM -

3:00 PM -

5:00 PM -

7:00 PM -

Recital Times

Barrington Golf & Country Club

350 North Aurora Road (Route 43), Aurora

Note: You are not required to sign up at the recital time of your teacher.  You can sign up for any recital time.  Studio rehearsal times are posted, and you are required to come to any one of the studio times; it does not have to be the studio time assigned to your teacher.

Sunday September 12, 2010:

9:00 AM -

11:00 AM -

1:00 PM -

3:00 PM -

5:00 PM -

7:00 PM -

June 6, 2010

Every year Aurora School of Music supports the great cause of Relay for Life. We will be featuring vocalists and instrumentalists between 12:30 and 1:30 PM the Aurora High School Veterans Stadium.