2008 Woodie Awards
Trio performs classics
By: Nikole Brown
Issue date: 11/16/06 Section: LifeStyle
In the soft light of an auditorium, audience members spoke in hushed tones waiting for the concert to start as the sound of a violin floated from backstage. The overhead lights were turned down as the musicians walked onto the stage and began Sonata III composed by Jean-Marie Leclair.
On Nov. 12 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster University's music department presented their 27th performance of the season. The chamber concert included violinist and alumnus Nicolae Bica, pianist and director of keyboard studies Daniel Schene, and guest artist Kurt Baldwin from the music faculty at the University of Missouri St. Louis on the cello.
Bica, who had earned a master's degree in music in 2001, had performed at Webster University in chamber concerts before. Since Bica and Schene had experience playing Sonata III together, Schene looked for a chance for the two to perform through the music department for the 2006-2007 season.
"It was such a fun piece, we were looking for another time we could perform it," Bica said. "Since I went to school here and I had not performed at Webster in five years, it seemed like the best time."
Bica and Schene also performed Sonata No. 2, Op. 6 by Georges Enescu. After the piece they took a brief intermission, then Baldwin joined Bica and Schene in Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn. After the finale, the musicians stayed in the auditorium to talk with audience members. Many of the music students approached the musicians to introduce themselves and praise the show.
Other audience members, like Barb Rebstock, a regular to the chamber concerts with her husband, just wanted to say how much she enjoyed seeing Bica and Schene perform together.
Freshman Nicole Galkowski, an elementary education major who went to the concert to fulfill a requirement for her music appreciation class, said she enjoyed the show, especially Sonata III. Galkowski's mother, Linda Galkowski, shared her daughter's sentiments on the show.
"I really liked the first piece and the violinist is very talented," Linda Galkowski said. "We had seen the piano player by himself before. He was also very good."
Linda Galkowski said they enjoyed shows they had seen during the season and plan to attend others. One such concert is "holiday Reflections," where the Webster University Chorale will perform at 5 p.m. Dec. 10.
Schene said although the 51-person attendance was below average for a chamber concert, he believed the audience responded well to the performance since the musicians received three curtain calls. He said the reason for the low attendance was probably because there were at least six other performances going on that night in St. Louis.
On Nov. 12 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster University's music department presented their 27th performance of the season. The chamber concert included violinist and alumnus Nicolae Bica, pianist and director of keyboard studies Daniel Schene, and guest artist Kurt Baldwin from the music faculty at the University of Missouri St. Louis on the cello.
Bica, who had earned a master's degree in music in 2001, had performed at Webster University in chamber concerts before. Since Bica and Schene had experience playing Sonata III together, Schene looked for a chance for the two to perform through the music department for the 2006-2007 season.
"It was such a fun piece, we were looking for another time we could perform it," Bica said. "Since I went to school here and I had not performed at Webster in five years, it seemed like the best time."
Bica and Schene also performed Sonata No. 2, Op. 6 by Georges Enescu. After the piece they took a brief intermission, then Baldwin joined Bica and Schene in Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn. After the finale, the musicians stayed in the auditorium to talk with audience members. Many of the music students approached the musicians to introduce themselves and praise the show.
Other audience members, like Barb Rebstock, a regular to the chamber concerts with her husband, just wanted to say how much she enjoyed seeing Bica and Schene perform together.
Freshman Nicole Galkowski, an elementary education major who went to the concert to fulfill a requirement for her music appreciation class, said she enjoyed the show, especially Sonata III. Galkowski's mother, Linda Galkowski, shared her daughter's sentiments on the show.
"I really liked the first piece and the violinist is very talented," Linda Galkowski said. "We had seen the piano player by himself before. He was also very good."
Linda Galkowski said they enjoyed shows they had seen during the season and plan to attend others. One such concert is "holiday Reflections," where the Webster University Chorale will perform at 5 p.m. Dec. 10.
Schene said although the 51-person attendance was below average for a chamber concert, he believed the audience responded well to the performance since the musicians received three curtain calls. He said the reason for the low attendance was probably because there were at least six other performances going on that night in St. Louis.
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