JAVS Fall 1998

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Richard Ferrin and Li-Kuo Chang, CMC Viola Faculty

Li-Kuo Chang, appoinred assisrant principal viola of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by Sir Georg Solti in 1988, held similar positions in China, Europe, and the United States. including assistant principal viola of the Denver Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the Shanghai Conservarol)', he was the firsr ,·iolist to win the Young Artist Competition in hanghai. In the Unjted rates he srudied with Francis Tursi ar the Eastman chool of Music, and with Milron Thomas, Donald ~lclnnes, Paul Doktor and William ~lagers. Li-Kuo Chang has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix ymphony, and the hanghai Symphony Orchestra; in chamber music performances at the Los Angeles Music Cenrer, at Le Gesse Festival in France and the Taipei Music festival in Taiwan, ro jusr name a few. He has taught and performed at the Affinis Music Festival in Japan since 1992. R.ich.ard Ferrin, violist with the Chjcago Symphony Orchestra since 1967, has enjoyed a distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, symphony member and teacher. Concertmaster of the lnrerlochen World Youth Symphony as a teen, he studied viola and violin at Eastman and the University of Southern California, at the ibelius Academy in Helsinki, and visited the Soviet Union in 1962 to study pedagogy in Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev and Odessa. Richard Ferrin has been soloist with the Chicago ymphony Orchestra, Eastman Rochester ymphony Orchestra, the Finrush Radio Orchestra, and the Houston ymphony. and in 1986 ga'·e the first performances of the Bartok Viola Concmo with the hanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing. As a violist of Chicago Pro Musica, he has performed at international festivals in Japan, Australia, Spain, Germany, and the former Soviet Un ion. Mr. Ferrin and t<.!r. Chang's string faculty colleagues at Chicago Musical College include yiol inisrs Cyrus Forough, Joseph Golan, Yuko Mori (in 1999) , and Albert Wang, cellist 'aralia Khoma and John harp, and bassist rephen Lester. To find out more about the Orchestral rudies Program, write or call Mr. Bryan hiJander, Assistant Dean, College of the Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 6o6os; 31l-341-r89.

Li-!Uw Chang

Richard Ferrin

Scholarship AuditioiiS; hbn~ary J, 6, 7 and 19, 20, 21 and Marc/1 J, 6, 1· Additional dates by appoirmnmt or by audition tap~.

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