MICHAEL ADCOCK
Music Theory, Piano
D.M.A., M.M., Artist Diploma, Peabody Conservatory; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory.
Studies with Leon Fleisher, Ellen Mack, Julian Martin, Joseph Schwartz; adjunct faculty, Peabody Conservatory; faculty, Musicorda Summer Festival; associate faculty, Sarasota Music Festival. Winner, Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize, first prize, Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, Washington International Piano Competition prize winner, finalist, Concert Artists Guild Competition; soloist with Baltimore and Richmond Symphonies, recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, La Gesse Festival, France, Phillips Collection, Embassy Series; chamber music at Kennedy Center, Corcoran Gallery. Performances with Denyce Graves, St. Petersburg String Quartet, Ani Kavafian, Jamie Buswell.
MARCEL MAICAN
Music Theory, Trombone
Ph.D., M.M., (trombone), M.M., (conducting), Ciprian Porumbescu College of Music, Bucharest
First Prize, National Competition for Brass and Wind Instruments. Principal trombonist, National Symphony of Romania. Performed in Europe, Kuwait and Asia as a conductor and soloist with “The Romantics.” String Orchestra. Conductor and Director of Jazz, St. Anselm’s Abbey School. Chairman of Composition for Washington Music Teachers Association.
In Memoriam
HASKELL SMALL (In Memoriam)
Music Theory, Composition, Piano
Professional studies, San Francisco Conservatory; B.F.A. Carnegie-Mellon University. Piano studies with Leon Fleisher, William Masselos, Harry Franklin and Jeanne Behrend; composition studies with Roland Leich and Vincent Persichetti.
Award winner, Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition. Featured in PBS special, “A Celebration of the Piano.” Recorded numerous CDs. Concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, Italy, Vienna, South America, Japan, China, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Spoleto Festival. Commissions by Phillips Collection, including Renoir’s Feast celebrating 2006 return of Renoir’s painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party. Other commissions from Washington Ballet, Three Rivers Piano Competition, Georgetown Symphony, Paul Hill Chorale. Winner, Marin Ballet Dance Score Competition. Composer-in-Residence, Mt. Vernon Orchestra, 2002-03.