CHOPIN 200th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!! May 9, 2010

Chopin is turning 200! Come celebrate with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, May 9, 5pm, free admission! Featuring performances by: Jeffrey Armistead, Michael Brofman, Aaron Felder, Donald Hagar, Beth Levin, Christine Moore, Theresa Rosas, Michael Rose, Len Takeda, Greg Tolwinski and others.

Considered one of the masters of romantic music, Chopin composed both challenging and subjective pieces that bought new life to the classical genre. Born in 1810 to a Polish mother and French father, Chopin was considered a child piano prodigy and spent his early life in Poland with preliminary training at the Warsaw Conservatory. Chopin spent most of his adult life in France where he passed away from tuberculosis in 1949.

Full Program:
Greg Tolwinski- Polonaise in G-flat, Opus Posth
Michael Brofman- Prelude in C- sharp minor, Op.45
Donald Hagar – Mazurka in C, Op. 24, No. 2
Jeffrey Armistead- Waltz in A minor, Opus 34, No. 2
Michael Rose- Berceuse Op. 57, Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1
Christine Moore- Three Songs of Chopin arranged by Pauline Viardot
Aaron Felder- Prelude in C minor, Op. 28
Len Takeda- Prelude No.15, Op. 28
Edgar Yu - Etude op.10, # 1
Beth Levin- group of Preludes from Op.28
Theresa Rosas- Chopin Scherzo No. 3, op. 39

Brooklyn Conservatory is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit community schools of the arts in the nation. The Conservatory serves more than 10,000 people each year, of all ages and backgrounds, through free and subsidized music instruction, educational programs in nearly 40 schools, and free and inexpensive concerts. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Avenue, at Lincoln Place in Park Slope, and is accessible by the Q or B trains to Seventh Avenue, or the 2 or 3 trains to Grand Army Plaza. To find out more information of make an online donation please go to www.bqcm.org.