The Cal Poly Pomona Music Department Fall 2023 Shpachenko and Friends Chamber Music Festival is proud to feature renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz. Haimovitz, praised by The New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and…
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Grammy Award winner and Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko will perform a CD release concert for her project “Invasion: Music and Art for Ukraine.” The event is on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Cal Poly Pomona Recital Hall, Building…
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The year 2020 tested the Bronco community in ways no one could have ever imagined. COVID-19 changed in-person classes to virtual, postponed signature experiences and events, and forced the campus to find creative ways to foster connection. Still, even though…
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Add Grammy Award winner to Cal Poly Pomona Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko’s list of accomplishments. Shpachenko won in the category of Best Classical Compendium for her contemporary classical CD “The Poetry of Places” at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards Premier…
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Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko’s recently released CD focuses on the importance of place. The eight-compositions on “The Poetry of Places” are works inspired by a diverse array of noted architectural landmarks from the Copland House in Cortlandt, New York to…
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Distinguished guest artists mezzo soprano Megan Ihnen, violist Michael Hall and the Villiers String Quartet will perform concerts and work with music students in March as part of the Shpachenko and Friends Chamber Music Festival. Known for their effusiveness and…
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Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko was awarded the Aaron Copland Fund For Music and the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University recording grants for her upcoming 2019 album “The Poetry of Places.” Shpachenko recorded her “Poetry of Places” album at Skywalker Sound in August…
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Multiple Grammy-nominated pianist Nadia Shpachenko, a professor in the music department, will present work from her upcoming CD at a special pre-release concert. The concert, set for Wednesday, April 4, comes just as Shpachenko has received a rave review in…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Music’s Winter 2018 concert series includes five piano events that feature renowned guest artists, new compositions and the premiere performance of the Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble. The series begins with Martin Chalifour, violinist…
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The trio of professors honored with the 2017 Provost’s Awards for Excellence and the professor who received with the George P. Hart Award will be the keynote speakers at the Provost’s Awards Symposium and George P. Hart Presentation. The event…
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