Faculty Recital - Maria Rapp, piano

September 19, 1997 SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY RECITAL MARIA RAPP, Piano 7:30 P.M. Elizabeth Hall Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Sonata in G Major, Opus 17, No. 4 Allegro - Presto assai Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770-1827) Sonata in A-flat Major, Opus 26 Andante con variazioni Scherzo: Allegro molto Marcia funebre Allegro Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Impromptus, Opus posth. 142, D. 935 Andante in B-flat Major Allegro Scherzando in F Minor Maria Rapp, Visiting Professor of Piano in the School of Music for the Fall Semester, 1997, is on a faculty exchange with Michael Rickman, who is serving in the same capacity at the Paedagogische Hochschule in Freiburg, Germany. Born in Konstanz, South Germany, in 1963, she studied piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, from 1983 to 1988. Since 1989, she has been a piano professor at the Paedagogische Hochschule in Freiburg. She has concertized as a pian* soloist with the Suedwestdeutscher Philharmonie and the Junges Kammerorchester in Konstanz. She also performs as a lieder accompanist and ensemble player. She studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, from 1995 to 1997, specializing in historical keyboard instruments. We welcome her to our faculty and to this stage. Ushers are provides by Alpha Sigma Iota and Phi Mu Alpha. Out of courtesy to the performers, it is requested that cameras and recording equipment not be operated during the performance.