"The Great Train Race" uses many extended techniques,
beginning with "air notes" in which an airy tone, coupled with
harmonic blasts, gives the effect of the train's starting. The next
section of the piece calls for multiphonics, producing two or more
notes at the same time using special fingerings, to give the effect of
the train whistle. The last technique used is singing while playing,
as the train whistles towards the end. Choo Choo!
STETSON UNIVERSITY
School of Music
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI
Robert Muczynski was born in Chicago, Illinois. At age 29 he
made his Carnegie Hall debut, performing a program of his own
compositions for piano. He studied piano with Walter Knupfer
and composition with Alexander Tcherepnin at DePaul
University in Chicago, where he received the Bachelor of Music
and the Master of Music degrees in piano performance. He later
taught at DePaul University, Loras College, and Roosevelt
University, and finally retired from the University of Arizona.
Robert Muczynski died in Tucson, Arizona in May 2010.
Among the more than fifty published compositions in his catalog,
Muczynski's Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 14 (1961), his Sonata
for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1970), and Time Pieces for clarinet
and piano (1984) have entered the standard repertoire and
remain frequently performed in recitals, as has much as his solo
piano music. In the spirited and complex flute sonata (the fourth
movement omitted from this performance), distinctive rhythms,
accents and melodic design create a modern-sounding work that
utilizes the entire range of the flute.
SENIOR RECITAL
Kathleen Audet, flute
Studios of Jean West and Susan McQuinn
In collaboration with
Josiah Armes, piano
Cole Binkley, clarinet
Rebecca Vega, cello
Saturday, November 2,2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall
STETSON
UNIVERSITY
School of Music
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8399 | DeLand, FL 32723
stetson.edu/music | concert line 386.822.8947
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