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COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Fred Fox School of Music
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
Fred Fox School of Music
Tucson, Arizona
Director’s Message
Thank you for joining us for the Trester Festival for Latin American music at the University of Arizona
Fred Fox School of Music! We look forward to exploring this music together and we hope to promote further
dialogue, study, and performance of this rich and varied repertoire. The first annual Trester Festival for Latin
American Music includes a variety of events centered around Latin American piano music by guest artists,
outstanding University of Arizona alumni, and internationally renowned concert pianists. All events are
online, free admission, and open to the public to share.
An integral part of the festival is the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition, and the final round of
the competition takes place at 7:30pm on Friday, April 16th. Be sure to tune in live to hear the competition
and cast your vote for the audience prize! For this year’s Trester Festival for Latin American Music, we are
honored to have lecturers and pianists Dr. Glenda Courtois García, Professor Daniela Salinas, and Dr. Oscar
Machioni take part in our festival. From Mexico to Argentina to Brazil, these wonderful lecturers and
performers will guide us on a tour of piano music from the rich heritages of these cultures.
We are excited to bring these events to you virtually this year, and we are glad that you are here to participate
and enjoy this music!
Dr. Daniel Linder, Dr. Fanya Lin, & Dr. Meily Mendez, festival co-directors
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2021 Festival Co-Sponsors
Thank you for making this possible!
University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies
University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Bank One Visiting Artist Professorship Awards
Fred Fox School of Music Endowed Chair for Music Studies
American Culture and Ideas Initiative
Tucson Music Teachers Association
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Lois Trester (1924-2007)
Lois Trester received her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and she was honored to deliver
many years of piano music and piano instruction to Tucson. William Wolfe funded this scholarship
in her name as a way of remembering her immense contribution to TMTA (Tucson
Music Teachers Association) and our local piano community.
Winifred Knight (1893-1973)
Winifred Knight was a positive and powerful member of the Southern Chapter of Arizona State Music Teacher’s
Association (the chapter that would become the Tucson Music Teacher’s Association). Mrs. Knight was
very well thought of in the community, and driven to provide performance opportunities for her
students. This scholarship is provided by TMTA in conjunction with the
Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.
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Trester Festival for Latin American Music
University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music
April 16-18, 2021
Friday, April 16
Lecture Recital and Q & A:
Friday, April 16, 5:00-7:00 p.m. (MST / PDT)
20th-Century Mexican Piano Music
Glenda Courtois, pianist and lecturer
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.Competition:
Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)
Final Round and Winners Recital of the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition
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Saturday, April 17
Lecture:
Saturday, April 17, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (MST / PDT)
More than folk music: Approaches to the study of Latin American academic music for piano
Daniela Salinas, lecturer
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Concert I:
Saturday, April 17, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)
Sounds of South America
Daniela Salinas, piano
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Sunday, April 18
Master Class:
Sunday, April 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)
Oscar Macchioni, piano
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Concert II:
Sunday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. (MST / PDT)
Recital: Works by Juan José Castro, Alberto Ginastera, Carlos Guastavino, Manuel Ponce, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Oscar Macchioni, piano
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Lecture Recital
20th-Century Mexican Piano Music
Glenda Courtois García, piano
Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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Rapsodia Cubana No. 1......................................................................................................... Manuel M. Ponce Cuéllar
(1882-1948)
Muros Verdes.......................................................................................................................José Pablo Moncayo García
(1912-1958)
Toccata....................................................................................................................................Leonardo Velázquez Valle
(1935-2004)
Sonata II........................................................................................................................................Federico Ibarra Groth
(b. 1946)
Las Pulgas de mi Perro..............................................................................................................Glenda Courtois García
Preludio en Terceras (b. 1979)
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Abstract
It is not unknown that the last century witnessed a vast array of musical trends, and Mexican music was no exception.
This lecture recital features a presentation of the diversity of Mexican piano music during the twentieth century. As it happens
throughout the course of human history, music is a reflection, a manifestation of the ideas and developments within a culture.
For twentieth-century Mexican music, this meant a journey that went from questioning the European hegemony that prevailed
in the sociocultural elites at the turn of the century, to the employment of nationalist resources followed by their posterior
rejection (often dressed in avant-garde musical language), to finally a greater variety of individualized exploration.
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Artist biography
A native of Chiapas Mexico, Glenda Courtois began piano studies at age nine, and made her debut with the UNAM Youth
Symphony Orchestra at age fifteen in Mexico City. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music from University of Chiapas
(UNICACH), a Master of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree from the University of Arizona. Dr. Courtois has been recipient of academic awards and scholarships, such as the
Chiapas Medal from University of Chiapas, The Best Mexican Student Medal by “El Diario de México” newspaper, and the
Outstanding Woman Award and Graduate Fellowship Award by Northern Illinois University. Dr. Courtois received her doctorate
from the University of Arizona in 2017, where she studied piano under the tutelage of Dr. John Milbauer and Dr. Rex Woods,
as well as conducting with Dr. Thomas Cockrell. As a composer, her works have been performed in Mexico, Guatemala,
the United States, France and Germany. Her teaching experience includes working as piano instructor in UNICACH, NIU
Community School of the Arts and as teaching assistant in class piano at UA. Dr. Courtois served as music director at Dios
con Nosotros Presbyterian Church in Chiapas for almost twelve years, and as accompanist of the Choraliers at
Northminster Presbyterian Church from August 2015 to May 2017. Currently, Dr. Courtois is full-time faculty
and coordinator of the graduate music program at UNICACH.
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Final Round and Winners Recital of the
Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition
Friday, April 16, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
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Contestant No. 1:
Siyuan Zhang
Etude in G# Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 ........................................................................................................................................ Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Danza de los Ñañigos............................................................................................................................................................ Ernesto Lecuona
(1896-1963)
La Vega........................................................................................................................................................................................Isaac Albéniz
(1860-1909)
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Contestant No. 2:
Ivan Yang
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2....................................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera
I. Danza del viejo boyero (1916-1983)
Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI/20...............................................................................................................................................Joseph Haydn
II. Andante con moto (1732-1809)
III. Finale. Allegro
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S.244/12......................................................................................................................................... Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
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Contestant No. 3:
Yaowen Mei
Les Tendres Plaintes.................................................................................................................................................... Jean-Philippe Rameau
(1683-1764)
Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 4............................................................................................................................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos
I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959)
Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61.................................................................................................................................................... Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
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Contestant No. 4:
Soo Yoen Kim
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22.................................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera
I. Allegro marcato (1916-1983)
II. Presto misterioso
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23.......................................................................................................................................... Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
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Contestant Biographies
Soo Yoen Kim enjoys a diverse career as a soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, orchestral player, and music educator. She has
performed recitals at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall in New York and Centennial Hall in Tucson. She was
one of the soloists of the Chopin 200th Anniversary Gala Concert at the World Financial Center, New York, and the opening concert at
the Italy Music Festival in Lucca, Italy. She has won numerous competitions including the Duquesne’s Concerto Competition 2011 in
Pittsburg, the First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano Competition 2014 at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Second Prize
Winner of the Lois Trester Competition 2014, Arizona, and she is this year’s winner of the Fred Fox School of Music President’s
Concerto Competition.
Soo Yoen received a bachelor’s degree in music from Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea, a master’s degree in music from the
Mannes School of Music, in New York, and an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh. She has worked as a teaching
assistant at Duquesne University and the University of Arizona, and as an accompanist for the UA’s Fred Fox School of Music Opera
Production and Arizona Choir. Soo Yoen is currently studying with Dr. John Milbauer and finishing a doctoral program at the University
of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music.
Yaowen Mei is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of
Music, where he has studied with Dr. Daniel Linder and Dr. John Milbauer. He is a recipient of the Lotte C. Reyersbach Scholarship.
Before studying at the University of Arizona, he earned a Professional Studies Diploma Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music, where he studied with Yoshikazu Nagai.
Yaowen grew up in Huaihua, Hunan Province, China. He began piano studies at the age of eight and only two years later won first prize
in the Golden Melody Piano competition in Huaihua City. Shortly thereafter, he entered the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, where he
studied with Fang Kuang and Hong Xu. Among his numerous accolades are prizes in the Fulixi Piano Competition (2011), the Yamaha
Music Scholarship Piano Competition at the Wuhan Conservatory (2013 & 2014), the Eastman Young Artists Piano Competition (2016),
and most recently, the University of Arizona FFSoM President’s Concerto Competition (2019), the fourth annual Michael Moore
Memorial Piano Competition (2020).
Ivan Yang is in his third year of the Bachelor of Music degree program under Dr. John Milbauer at the Fred Fox School of Music. In the
past two years, Ivan’s previous two piano professors Dr. Rex Woods and Dr. Nino Bakradze helped him win second place in the Michael
Moore Undergraduate Piano Competition. Ivan enjoys sharing his piano talent with other musicians, frequently providing accompaniment
for his school choirs, church choir, and classmates. No matter what lies ahead, Ivan is determined to continue serving the community
through music.
Siyuan Zhang is a first year Master of Music in piano performance student studying with Steinway Artist, Dr. John Milbauer. He began
his studies in piano performance at the age of five. After graduating from UCSB with degrees in physics and music, where he studied
with Professor Paul Berkowitz in piano performance, he chose to pursue a career as a pianist, recognizing the vast possibilities of
subjectivity and expression embedded in the field of music. Once finished with his masters degree, he is planning to pursue a D.M.A
degree in piano performance. During his undergraduate career, he performed two solo recitals featuring works by Beethoven, Prokofiev,
Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Mendelssohn. Recently he also played La Vega by Isaac Albéniz in the master class with prestigious pianist
Lydia Artymiw.
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Judges:
Dr. Glenda Courtois
Dr. Oscar Macchioni
Professor Daniela Salinas
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Lecture
More than folk music: Approaches to the study of piano music by Latin American composers
Daniela Salinas
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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Abstract
This lecture proposes a reflection on the meaning of Latin American Music for academic pianists. Music and composers from this
continent remain relatively unknown and purposely ignored for a number of reasons. Music scores are extremely difficult to find,
and actually, a good portion of this music remains unpublished even to this date. In addition, some erroneous ideas have created
barriers to the performance. There is a tendency to associate the Nationalism Movement happening in Latin America with the
dominant European Nationalism in mind, and because of this historiographic neglect, several misunderstandings regarding the
selection and use of folk material have caused pianists to miss the aesthetic value of a large Latin American repertoire.
Therefore, the purposes of this lecture are:
To provide reasons why studying Latin American music is worthy and rewarding
To orient the audience with materials to facilitate access to this music
To propose a new approach to the research, interpretation and evaluation of pianistic literature created by Latin
American composers
Artist biography
Argentinian pianist Daniela Salinas is distinguished by her musical personality. As a soloist and chamber musician, she regularly
performs in main stages from Argentina and in halls from countries in America and Europe. She has performed the first Deutsche
Grammophon’s Yellow Lounge in Latin America. With a vast repertoire, Ms. Salinas has sustained a keen interest in Latin
American music. Ms. Salinas is a guest artist for master classes and concerts in several universities and schools of music in
America. She currently holds the position of professor of piano at the National Superior Conservatory of Buenos Aires.
Ms. Salinas recently published her new solo album, featuring Villa-Lobos’ piano pieces.
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Recital
Sounds of South America - Daniela Salinas, piano
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
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First Part: Brazil
Primera Suite Brasileira (First Brazilian Suite)................................................................... Oscar Lorenzo Fernández
I. Velha Modinha (1897-1948)
II. Suave acalanto
III. Saudosa Seresta
Ponteio N° 49 (Prelude N° 49).........................................................................................................Camargo Guarnieri
(1907-1993)
“Odeón”................................................................................................................................................Ernesto Nazareth
(1863-1934)
“Idilio na rêde”(Idyll in the hammock”)......................................................................................... Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959)
“As trasquinices do mascarado mignon” (The Tricks of the Little Masker).................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959)
“A gaita de um precoce fantasiado” (The harmonica of a daydreamer kid).................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959)
“Dansa do Indio Branco” (Dance of the White Indian)................................................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959)
Paulistana N°1...................................................................................................................................... Claudio Santoro
(1919-1989)
Second Part: Argentina
Preludio (canción) (Prelude – song).................................................................................................Carlos Guastavino
(1912-2000)
Suite de danzas criollas (Creole dances suite)................................................................................... Alberto Ginastera
I. Adagietto pianissimo (1916-1983)
II. Allegro rustico
III. Allegretto cantábile
IV. Calmo e poético
V. Scherzando – Coda: Presto ed energico
“Cantando bajito” (candombe) (“Singing softly”)...................................................................................... Lilián Saba
(b. 1961)
“Cabaret” (From Tango Ballet)............................................................................................................. Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
“Oblivion”............................................................................................................................................... Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
“Lo que vendrá” (tango)......................................................................................................................... Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
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Master Class:
Oscar Macchioni, piano
Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.
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Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22.....................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera
I. Allegro marcato (1916-1983)
II. Presto misterioso
Soo Yoen Kim, piano
Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54.....................................................................................................................................Alberto Ginastera
(1916-1983)
Yukyung Hwang, piano
Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 4................................................................................................................................. Heitor Villa-Lobos
I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959)
Yaowen Mei, piano
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Recital
Oscar Macchioni, piano
Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
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Adios Nonino, arr. Laercio de Freitas.................................................................................................... Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
Preludio Mexicano: “Cuiden su Vida”......................................................................................... Manuel María Ponce
Intermezzo (1882-1946)
Tangos....................................................................................................................................................Juan José Castro
Evocación (1895-1968)
I. Llorón
IV. Nostálgico
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4..............................................................................................................Heitor Villa Lobos
I. Preludio (Introdução) (1887-1959)
III. Aria (Canto do Sertão)
Sonata in C-sharp minor...................................................................................................................Carlos Guastavino
I. Allegretto íntimo (1912-2000)
II. Scherzo-Molto vivace
Malambo, first edition......................................................................................................................... Alberto Ginastera
(1916-1983)
La Muerte del Angel................................................................................................................................ Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
arr. Oscar Macchioni
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Artist biography
Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is an accomplished solo and collaborative pianist, professor, lecturer,
author, and adjudicator. The critics have praised him for his clarity of lines, tone quality, expressive phrasing,
and the amiable way in which he presents his programs.
Oscar has performed extensively in his native Argentina, Italy, England, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand,
China, and the USA, at notable locations such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Teacher’s College at Columbia
University, Steinway Hall, St Martin in the Fields and James’s Piccadilly in London, the Querceto International
Piano Festival in Italy, and the National Conservatory in Bueno Aires in Argentina. His live performance in the
Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center has been broadcast on radio and television.
His programs include an eclectic repertoire from Bach and Brahms to Piazzolla and Bolcom. He is an assiduous
performer of the classical Latin American repertoire.
A dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr. Macchioni is much in demand as an adjudicator at various state, national
and international piano competitions and festivals, including the Bangkok International Chopin Competition, the
European Piano Teachers Association, Piano Examinations Committee of Taiwan, MTNA, and the International
Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival among others. His lecture-recitals and presentations at international conferences
have received numerous accolades, including the Second International Vernacular Conference in Puebla, Mexico
(Outstanding Musical Presentation), and The European Piano Teachers Association (Diploma of Excellence).
His book, The Tango in American Piano Music, was published in 2010 by the College Music Society series,
Cultural Expressions in Music. His solo debut CD Mostly Tangos: Piano Music from the Americas, has been
released with favorable reviews. Centaur Records released his newest CDs, Piazzolla da Camera, and Latin
American Duos. He has published articles on a variety of piano literature and piano pedagogy topics in the
American Teacher Magazine and Piano Pedagogy Forum. He has been featured in Piano: La Lettre du Musicien
(France), Piano Education Page (USA), and at various music magazines, radio and TV programs.
In 2015, Oscar received the prestigious University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, and
in 2019 he was inducted into the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He received grants and scholarships
from the Latino Center at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC (graduate researcher), the Polish Government,
the Organization of American States, and was sponsored by the Leschetizky Association of New York. He received
the Music Teachers National Association StAr Award and was named “Distinguished Graduate Student” by the
University of Arizona. He is a recipient of several grants, most recently the Texas Commission on the Arts through
the El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, to perform concerts in underserved communities. He
studied piano at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), the Krakow Academy of Music (Poland),
Louisiana State University, and the University of Arizona (USA). He is a Professor of Piano, Assistant Chair
and Keyboard Area Coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso. Oscar Macchioni is a Steinway Artist.
www.oscarmacchioni.net
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The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music
A premier university experience in an environment of musical excellence!
The University of Arizona offers a unique experience as one of the nation’s top 20 public research institutions.
The Fred Fox School of Music’s nationally and internationally recognized 60-member faculty is dedicated
to the development of the talents of its students. The faculty are equally at home in the classroom, studio,
or on the performance stage. Along with one-on-one teaching and mentoring, our faculty members
regularly perform in solo recitals or as guest artists with major opera companies, symphony orchestras,
ensembles, and chamber groups. Undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in a wide
variety of degree programs, and each year they perform in hundreds of solo recitals, large
ensemble concerts, opera productions, jazz and band concerts, and marching band shows.
Our students have opportunities to travel and perform as ambassadors of the University of Arizona
at prestigious conferences and venues within the United States and abroad. In 2014 our top choirs
performed in Vienna’s legendary Musikverein and at Dvořák Hall in Prague, and our jazz ensemble
and student wind quintet enjoyed successful tours in China.
From bachelor to doctoral degrees, the University of Arizona
Fred Fox School of Music is a passport to a
rewarding life in music.
Degrees Offered
Undergraduate Degrees
B.M. Composition, Jazz Studies, Performance, Music Education
B.A. Music
Master of Music and Doctoral Degrees
M.M. Composition, Conducting, Musicology,
Music Education, Music Theory, Performance
D.M.A. Composition, Conducting, Performance
Ph.D. Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology
The University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, Fred Fox School of Music
1017 North Olive Road - P.O. Box 210004, Tucson, Arizona, 85721-0004
520-621-1655 · 520-621-8118 · music.arizona.edu
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