75th Birthday Marathon of Music by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee

Dianne's 75th birthday was celebrated at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA with six concerts, over 140 performers, 14 world premieres and guests from around the world. Read on for a list of world premieres and the full concert programs.

* Titles with an asterisk is published by the FJH Music Co.
     All other music is available directly from the composer

*** Indicates world premiere performances

World Premieres at the DGR Marathon 2013

Premieres on June 23, 2013 Program 1

Two Bagatelles:
*** Op.183  for  Ai-li Chin,  World Premiere
*** Op.184  Commissioned by Martha Walker  World Premiere

Nancy Lee Harper, pianist
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal   Professora Associada com Agregação

*** Op.229 Toccata “Hygagan”   In Memoriam Dr. Elizabeth Gregory

Amelia Donoghue (student of Ani Hovsepian)

 Premieres on June 23, 2013 Program 2

***Four Song Poems  Op.205  World Premiere

(commissioned by Karol Carroll)

“Little Things”  Text by Julia A. Fletcher  (1823-1908)
“You and I”   Text by Henry  Alford (1810-71)
“Trees" Text by Joyce  Kilmer (1886-1918)
“The Purple Cow”  Text by Gelett Burgess (1866- 1951)

Karol Carroll soprano  and  Kathryn Southworth, piano
Manchester, New Hampshire 

*** Romance, Op.1, No. 2  (1964)  World Premiere

Priscilla DerAnanian, violin,  Chelmsford. MA
Kathryn Rosenbach, piano  Belmont, MA

***Adventurous Saga  Op.224    World Premiere For Left Hand Alone
Commissioned by Adrienne Wiley

Dr. Adrienne Wiley, pianist
faculty Central Michigan University

***Ballade No. 4  Op.223   “World Premiere”
Commissioned by Diane Andersen

Diane Andersen, pianist  (Belgium)
Honorary Professor of the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels

Premieres on June 23, 2013  Program 3

*** Tanguito  Op.211 Clarinet & Piano   World Premiere

Hannah Harris, piano and Rob Harris, clarinet   Belmont, MA

*** Toccata  Op. 229 “Hygagan” (Armenian) World Premiere
 In Memoriam  Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Gregory

Anna Mikaelian Meschian, pianist  Brookline, MA &
Amelia Donoghue, student of  Ani Hovsepian, Belmont, MA

*** Two Dialogues Op.70  for Flute and Viola   (World Premiere)

Na Young Ham, Flute  &  Eric Hollander, Viola

Premieres on June 30, 2013  Program 1

*** Bagatelle Op. 213 “Thank You Notes”  for Maria Gambarian  World Premiere

Irina Baghdasaryan, pianist  Belmont, MA

*** Sonata for Clarinet & piano  Op.139  World Premiere

Thomas Piercy, clarinet and Judith Olson, piano  New York City 

 

MARATHON 2013:  75th Birthday Celebration

Rivers School Conservatory, 333 Winter Street, Weston, MA

Concert Programs

June 23, 2013  Program 1  1:00pm

*Wondering Op.107, No.4     Eva Siebert, Belmont, MA

*Melody Op.8, No.3     Jasmine Chen, Belmont, MA

*Floating in Space Op.8, No.6
*Waltz Op.105, No.7      Theo Sloan, Belmont, MA

Pupils of Nina Grimaldi

Triptych Op.188 Commissioned by Alice Wilkinson
     In memory of Edward Charles Wilkinson

  1. Joyful Youth
  2. Tragedy  The terrible car crash
  3. Recollections  Memories of special moments together…

Alice Wilkinson, pianist  Wellesley, MA

 

*Tarantella (duet)    Silvie Le Bouef and Kathryn Barker  Princeton, NJ

*Counting Op.108, No.6    Otto Trueman

*Rolling Along Op.108, No.5  (Violin & Piano)    Otto and Molly Trueman

*Toccatina Op.4, No.4    Molly Trueman. Princeton, NJ

Students  of Suzanne Lehrer

*Sonata Op. 25, No.1

1. With furious energy!  2. Scherzando   3. As if asking the question, “Why must it be so ?”    4’ Toccata    (published by FJH)

Suzanne Lehrer, Princeton, NJ
Faculty Westminster Conservatory and private studio

*Perfect Fifth Etude & Glissando Etude Op.74, No.2    Kevin Lorden, Dunstable, NH

* Prelude Op.87, No.2  & *Prelude Op.5, No.3     Erin Tellier, Auburn, NH

Student of Mila Filatova

Tango Op. 126c (duet) 

Phyllis Alpert Lehrer and Suzanne Lehrer, pianists
Princeton, New Jersey

Toccata  Op. 229 “Hygagan” (Armenian)

  In Memoriam  Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Gregory

Amelia Donoghue, Belmont, MA
Student of  Ani Hovsepian

“In Memoriam” Op.189   Carola Rabinovici Grindea, Founder/President of EPTA
European Piano Teachers Association

****  Special CD  performance by  Mariann Abraham, President of EPTA, Hungary

Dr Abraham was unable to attend and made this special recording for the Marathon.

Three Bagatelles:

*** Op.183  for  Ai-li Chin,  World Premiere

*** Op.184  Commissioned by Martha Walker  World Premiere

Op.181 Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert  

Nancy Lee Harper, pianist   California
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal   Professora Associada com Agregação

*Three Preludes Op.68  for Virginia Eskin

Scherzando; Adagio; With Defiant resolve

Miriam Gargarian, pianist, Boston,MA

*Phantasie Variations Op. 12   (published by FJH)

Commissioned by Phyllis Alpert Lehrer 1980

*Sonata No.2 , Op. 31  written for Phyllis Alpert Lehrer 

   1. Allegro maestoso   2. Scherzando  3. Intermezzo  4. Allegro energico

Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, pianist
Professor Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey

Three Two Piano Works:

   Little Suite Op.72

   Toccata Op.118

  “Urartu” Rhapsody Op.80a.

Nancy Lee Harper Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal (California)
Diane Andersen  (President EPTA Belgium)

Four Preludes:

*Op.5, No.1
Op. 138, No.1 “Escape to Inner Space&rdquo
*Op.140, No.1 “Champagne Petillant”
Op.140, No.2 “Imploration”

Tanya Bartevyan, pianist   Concord, MA

Sonata No. 5, Op.185    “The Kiss of Peace”

Commissioned by St. Anselms College, New Hampshire

1.Maestoso moderato  2. Scherzino  3. Karoon (Spring) adapted Komitas

4. Song of the Partridge “Gakavi Yerke” adapted Komitas

5. WHY MUST THERE BE WAR ???? !!!!!

Rebecca Raffaelli, Pianist  (New Haven, CT)
Faculty of Neighborhood Music School and Choate Rosemary Hall

 

June 23, 2013  Program 2   3:30pm

*Frolic     Joseph Wang, Roxbury, MA

*Tarantella (duet)     Joseph and Hanyi Wang

*Woodpecker  & Crossing Bridges     Amara Schlaug, Belmont, MA

*Folk Dance (duet)     Annalise and Amara Schlaug, Belmont, MA

Students of D.Goolkasian Rahbee 

*Counting & Frolic      Aria Maher, Lexington, MA

*Saturday Afternoon      Joline Maher, Lexington, MA

Pupils of Kathryn Rosenbach

*A Little Folk Tale  Op.114      William Titus, Belmont, MA

*Fanfare Op.110, No.6      Adrine Kaligian, Belmont, MA

*Catch Me  Op.108, No.2       Robert Mountain, Belmont, MA     

*Essay & Glissando Etude Op.74, No.2     Mayura Thomas, Belmont, MA

*Toy Soldiers March      Jamie Kelsey, Belmont, MA

Pupils of Nina Grimaldi 

Repeat That Please Op.171 

Jigsaw Puzzle Op.207

Jeffrey Gu, Lexington, MA
Pupil of Isabella Li

*Twirling Around  (duet)

Linda Vieira & Denes Jennesen   Acton, MA 

*** Four Song Poems  Op.205    “World Premiere”

(commissioned by Karol Carroll)

  “Little Things”  Text by Julia A. Fletcher  (1823-1908)

  “You and I”   Text by Henry  Alford (1810-71)

  “Trees ” Text by Joyce  Kilmer (1886-1918)

  “The Purple Cow”  Text by Gelett Burgess (1866- 1951)

Karol Carroll soprano  and  Kathryn Southworth, piano
Manchester, NH

*** Two Romances:  “World Premiere”

Op.1, No. 2  (1964)  & Op.154b (2007)

Sonata Breve  Op. 50  for Violin and Piano

Priscilla DerAnanian, violin,  Chelmsford. MA
(written by her sister Dianne for her 50th  birthday)

Kathryn Rosenbach, piano  Belmont, MA

Nocturne Op. 7 for Left Hand alone

***Adventurous Saga  Op.224    “World Premiere” For Left Hand Alone
Commissioned by Adrienne Wiley

Dr. Adrienne Wiley, pianist
(faculty Central Michigan University)

*Sonata No.1  Op.25    Matthew Cash, Houston, Texas

1. With furious energy!  2. Scherzando 3. As if asking the question, “Why must it be so ?” 4. Toccata(published by FJH)

Matthew Cash, pianist
University of Houston, Texas

Matthew Cash has written his Doctoral Dissertation on the Sonata No.1

*Prelude Op.69 “Twilight”      Kara Chuang, Wayland, MA 

Pupil of Dr. Nilly Shilo

Three Piano Duets:

Tanguito, Op. 211b

In Memoriam Carola Grindea , Op. 189

Tango, Op. 126c

Dana Muller and Gary Steigerwalt
Faculty Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

***Ballade No. 4  Op.223   World Premiere
 Commissioned by Diane Andersen

Diane Andersen, pianist  (Belgium)
Honorary Professor of  "Conservatoire Royal de Musique" of Bruxelles and Mons

Sonata No. 5, Op.185    “The Kiss of Peace”

Commissioned by St. Anselms College, New Hampshire

1.Maestoso moderato  2. Scherzino  3. Karoon (Spring) adapted Komitas

4. Song of the Partridge “Gakavi Yerke” adapted Komitas

5. WHY MUST THERE BE WAR ???? !!!!!

Kathryn Rosenbach, Pianist
Chair of Piano Department of Powers Music School, Belmont, MA
Faculty of Lexington Music School

June 23, 2013   Program 3     6:00pm

* A Short Story Op.149; Frolic Op.107, No.7    Nathaniel Dane Kessler, Brookline, MA

*Toccatina No.1;   Perfect Fifth Etude    Henry Pratt Kessler, Brookline

*Saturday Afternoon Op.107, No.3; *Perfect Fifth Etude; A Little Folk Tale    John-Paul Franks, Brookline

*Popcorn Toccatina  Op.108, No.10; * Melody & Moderato from Expressions Op.8      Caterina Franks, Brookline

* Peaceful Child Op.105, No.2; *Perfect Fifth Etude       Liran Isaac Taieb, Brookline

*Etude in 5/4  Time Op. 74 No. 5; * Toccatina No.5

Pupils of Julie Boris 

*Moving Along Op.115, No.2      Grigoriy Kukunov, Brookline, MA

*Prelude Op.5, No.3    Anastasia Kukunova, Brookline, MA

Pupils of Karine Bagdasarian

*Monday Morning in the City    Caleb Harris, Belmont, MA

Concertino No.3  (with CD)     Frances Adawidjaya. Belmont, MA

*Toccatina  Op.4, No.4    Carson King, Belmont, MA

*Prelude Op.5, No.1
*** Tanguito  Op.211 Clarinet & Piano   World Premiere

Hannah, piano. and Rob Harris, clarinet   Belmont, MA

Pupils of D.Goolkasian Rahbee

*Snowflakes Gently Falling  Op. 3    Marcos Garay, Sudbury, MA

*Fragment  Op.16, No.13 “Floating in Outer Space”    Josephine Pham, Sudbury, MA

*A Little Folk Tale    Nicole Garay, Sudbury, MA

*Fanfare Op.110, No.6 & Curiosity Op.105, No.3     Marc Batarekh, Wayland, MA

*Toccatina No.3     Karthik Seetharaman, Shrewsbury, MA

*Prelude Op.5, No.1  & Lullaby for Elias Op.87, No.2    Nandini Seetharaman, Shrewsbury, MA

*Perfect 5th Etude    John Batarekh, Wayland, MA

*Prelude Op. 54  “Intchu” (Why)    Benjamin Shapiro, Wayland, MA

Pupils of Eleanor McLaughlin

*** Toccata  Op. 229 “Hygagan” (Armenian) World Premiere
In Memoriam  Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Gregory

Anna Mikaelian Meschian, pianist  Brookline, MA

*Three Preludes Op.68  Scherzando; Adagio; With Defiant resolve

Karine Baghdasarian, Brookline, MA
Faculty Brookline Music School

*Sonata No.1 , Op.25     1st, 2nd, 4th mvts.  

Nina Grimaldi, Belmont, MA
Private Studio Teacher 

Mosaic Op. 26  Two Pianos

Nina Grimaldi & Eleanor McLaughlin

Contemplation Op.174 

Veda Kogan,  Newton, MA
Faculty Powers Music School

*** Two Dialogues Op.70  for Flute and Viola   (World Premiere)

Na Young Ham, Flute  &  Eric Hollander, Viola

*Prelude Op.69 “Twilight”

  Novellette Op.37 (commissioned by Deborah Yardley Beers)

            Deborah Yardley Beers, pianist    Lexington, MA
Faculty Community Programs, Longy School of Music at Bard College

Ballade No. 1 Op.111

Kathryn Rosenbach, Pianist
Chair of Piano Department of Powers Music School, Belmont, MA
Faculty of Lexington Music School

A Trio of Tangos  for piano trio  Op.227

The Aviva Piano Trio
(Faculty Piano Trio of the Wayland School of Music)
Penny Wayne-Shapiro, violin
Zarina Irkaeva, cello
Sayuri Miyamoto, piano

June 30, 2013   Program 1   1:00pm

*Tarantella (duet)    Erin Davies & Casey Henehan, Arlington, MA

*Finger Play Op. 107, No. 6    Casey Henehan, Arlington, MA

Students of Janice Zaganjori 

*Tarantella  (duet)     Audrey & Lauren Kim, Brookline, MA

*Toccatina No.1    Mia Pittas, Brookline, MA

Pupils of Karine Bagdasarian, Brookline, MA

*Wondering , Op. 107 , No. 4   Emily Sun Arsenault, Brookline. MA

*A Short Story Op. 149, No. 4; *Catch Me  Op.108, No.2   Maya Fischer-Mueller, Brookline. MA
*Saturday Afternoon

*Popcorn Toccatina      Tatiana Wiener, Brookline. MA

*Perfect Fifth Etude       Liran Isaac Taieb, Brookline. MA
*Etude in 5/4  Time Op. 74 No. 5  
*Toccatina No.5  

Students of Julie Boris, Brookline, MA 

*Lullaby for Elias; *Frolic; Carousel    Mimi Zhang. Lexington, MA

*Peaceful Child (FJH)    Katerina Krstanovic, Arlington, MA
*Folk Dance (duet) Op.230      with Lygia Krstanovic

Little Folk Dance    Lygia Krstanovic, Arlington, MA

Concertino No. 3  (with CD)    Frances Adawidjaya. Belmont, MA

 Eastern Tales “Through the Dessert”
*Monday Morning in the City
    Shabnam Rafieizadeh, Belmont, MA

*Prelude “Homage to Ligeti” Op.123
*Prelude Op. 90 “Chaotic Life in the 90’s”
    Yuhang Zhang, Lexington, MA

Students of Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee 

*Two Preludes Op.125:
 No.1 “Meditation”  & No.2 “With Great Joy”    Chloe Derba, Belmont, MA

Student of Irina Baghdasaryan,  Belmont, MA  

Nocturne Op. 32, No.1    Anush Hartunian, Belmont MA

Student of Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee

*Prelude Op.138, No.1 
*Prelude Op.120, No.1 

Kevin Ren, Acton, MA 
Student of Nilly Shilo, Newton, MA 

*** Bagatelle Op. 213 “Thank You Notes”  for Maria Gambarian  World Premiere

Irina Baghdasaryan, pianist  Belmont, MA

*The Little Troll (duet) with Mom
Written for Gea and first performed by her with her Mom at age 3

Mosaic Op.26  (two pianos)

Carol Comune and Gealyn Comune Clegg,  Easton, PA

 June 30, 2013   Program  2  3:30 pm

*Woodpecker; *Waltz (duet) with Mom    Julie Meng, Belmont. MA

*Frolic    Michael Wu, Bedford, MA

*Tarantella & Folk Dance (duets)    Michael & Calvin Wu, Bedford, MA

*Catch Me & *Toccata No. 5     Calvin Wu, Bedford, MA

Scherzino; *Adventurous Journey ;
Concertino No.3  (with CD)    Stephen Wu, Bedford, MA

“Repeat That Please”
*Prelude Op.123 “Hommage a Ligeti”
 *Prelude Op.140, No.1 “Champagne”    Oliver Hansen, Belmont, MA

*Sonata No.1  Op.25  4th mvt. “Toccata”    Julian Hansen, Belmont, MA

Students of Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee 

*Carousel      Annabelle Rie, Melrose, MA

*Prelude Op. 90  “Chaotic Life in the 90’s”    Reethy Sundar, Lexington , MA

Students of Kathryn Rosenbach, Belmont

*Pedaling Along, Op.108. No.11     Cindy Lu, Foxboro, MA
*Jumping SFZ Etude Op.74, No.7

Student of Lilit Karapetian- Shougarian, 

*Tricky Triads    Alanna Xue, Wayland, MA

Student of Thuyen Phiet

Tanguito  Op.211

Molly Lowrie, flute;  Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin. flute
Andrew Goodridge, piano 

*Prelude Op.87, No.3 “Celebration”
*Prelude Op.4, No.8    Calvin Ly-Bishop, Manchester, NH

*Prelude Op.5, No.3      Kathryn Ly-Bishop, Manchester, NH

Students of Mila Filatova

Tango Op.126c (Duet)

Linda Papatopoli & Bert Yocom,  pianist   Boston, MA

*Six Selected Preludes:

Op.18, No. 7 “Dialogue” & No. 5 ”Capriccio”
    Op.69 “Twilight” 
    Op.88  “Melody”
    Op.89 “Autumn”
    Op.87, No.3 “Celebration”

Reverend Elizabeth Orens, pianist  Washington D.C.

*Harlequin Waltz Op.8, No.8  
*Dancing Puppet Op.8, No.9
*Toccatina No.4
Abstracts Op.7 Prologue, Abstracts Nos.1-7, Epilogue

 Lilit Karatpetyan Shougarian, pianist    Wellesley, MA
  faculty   Rivers School  Conservatory 
 faculty  New England Conservatory

Two Intermezzi: Op.18, No.3 ; Op. 21, No.2 
*Phantasie  Variations Op.12

Lisa Leong, Littleton, MA, pianist 

Ballade No.1, Op.111

Michelle Kelley, pianist  Leominster, MA

Two Piano Works: 

    “Mosaic“ Op.26;  “10+10” Op.48  

Lilit Karatpetyan Shougarian, Wellesley, MA
Lisa Leong, Littleton, MA

June 30, 2013   Program 3  6:00pm

*From Expressions Op.8  
“Impatience, No.1;  No, 7 Etude” No.8 “Harlequin Waltz”    Kyuho Lee, Lexington,

Nocturne Op.32, No.1  “Homage to Frederic Chopin”    Sierra Tseng, Belmont

* Prelude Op.69 “Twilight”; *Chaotic Life in the 90’s  Op.90     Max Chung, Brookline

*Prelude Op.115, No.3      Alkinoos Armoundas, Lincoln
  “A Garden of Fragile Flowers with Deep Roots”

Students of Isabella Yan Li

Sonatina Op.41  1st mvt.     Colin Regenauer, Weston, MA

*Prelude Op.5, No.3     Vikram Gopal, Sudbury, MA

*Wandering  (Fragments Op.16, No.4)    Eddie Beasley, Natick, MA

*Andantino (Fragments Op.16, no.12)   Catherine Maloney. Natick, MA

*Toy Soldiers March    Lucas Flack, Sudbury, MA

*Finger Play       Sohan Mewada, Sudbury, MA

*Prelude Op.87, No.3 “Celebration”     Julian Flack, Sudbury, MA

Sketch Op. 29     Rachel Takasaki, Natick,MA

*Prelude “In Memoriam 9/11” Op.116    Justin Liu, Sudbury, MA

*Monday Morning in the City    Reetom Jay Gangopadhyay, Sudbury, MA

*Sonata No.1, Op. 25  4th mvt “Toccata”     Rick Jeet Gangopadhyay

*Three Close Friends (piano trio)
Commissioned by the 3 students and their teacher

Rick Gangopadhyay, Vikram Gopal & Justin Liu

Students of Eleanor McLaughlin, Sudbury, MA

Tanguito (Her own Jazz Improvisation” by the pianist)

Sarah Cion, Jazz pianist. NYC
Former student of Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee

*Prelude Op. 54   “Intchu”

Levon Hovsepian, pianist    Burlington, MA

Sonata Breve Op. 50  for Violin and Piano 

Penny Wayne-Shapiro, violin   Wayland, MA

Eleanor McLaughlin, piano      Sudbury, MA

*** Sonata for Clarinet & piano  Op.139  World Premiere

Thomas Piercy, clarinet ; Judith Olson, piano  New York City