Steven Wedell to perform Faculty Viola Recital at Otterbein University

Otterbein instructor and Columbus Symphony violist Steven Wedell will present a program entitled “Viola in the Winds” on Wednesday, January 21 at 8:00 p.m. in Riley Auditorium of the Battelle Fine Arts Center, located at 170 W. Park Street in Westerville.

The program will feature a new work by American composer Daniel Baldwin, Randall Thompson’s Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and Viola and the Sonata in E-flat for Viola and Piano by Johannes Brahms. Assisting Mr. Wedell on the program will be visiting artist Matthew Morris, contrabassoon, and Otterbein faculty members Jude Mollenhauer, harp, Melissa Stevens, oboe, Hild Peersen, clarinet, and Suzanne Newcomb, piano.

This program will be free and open to the public.

This Saturday, May 24th, at 7 pm, we’ll be playing a chamber music concert at Mozart’s in Columbus! Please join us!

Suzanne Newcomb, Piano
Luis Biava, Cello
Robert Pfeiffer, Clarinet

Music by Webern, Beethoven, and Mozart

4784 North High Street, 43214

METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Luis Biava, Music Director

Suzanne Newcomb, piano

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major – Ludwig van Beethoven

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014
7 PM

OVERBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
4131 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43214

Otterbein Keyboard Series to Present “2 x 5” Faculty Recital of Duo Piano Music

On Sunday, October 27, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., distinguished members of the Otterbein University piano faculty will present their annual “2 x 5” recital of duo piano music. The concert will feature five performers playing in different combinations on two pianos.  Pianists Timothy Huffman, Richard Lopez, Suzanne Newcomb, Nicholas Ross, and Caroline B. Salido-Barta will perform works for piano duet and duo including Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Night Waltz by Paul Bowles, Sonata by W.A. Mozart, and Shostakovich’s Concertino in A minor, Op. 94.

This program is free and open to the public and will take place at the Battelle Fine Arts Center’s Riley Auditorium, located at 170 W. Park Street in Westerville.

We’re very excited about the Duet Piano Recital on Sunday!  It’s at Graves Piano and Organ at 1:30 p.m.  Students preparing for Pianorama next month will present their duets!  We’ll also have a few extra-special surprises!  We’d love it if you’d join us!

Student Duet Recital Sunday!

Viola Recital At Otterbein on Sunday!

Steven Wedell to perform Faculty Viola Recital at Otterbein University

with Suzanne Newcomb, piano

The Department of Music at Otterbein University will present “Music for Viola” featuring Steven Wedell, as part of the Faculty Recital Series for the 2013-2014 concert season.  This concert will take place on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Riley Auditorium of the Battelle Fine Arts Center, located at 170 W. Park Street in Westerville.

Steven Wedell is currently Senior Lecturer of Applied Viola at Otterbein. Mr. Wedell is a full-time violist with the Columbus Symphony and a founding member of QUBE, Otterbein’s Artist-in-Residence String Quartet.  Joining Mr. Wedell for the recital will be Dr. Suzanne Newcomb, currently a member of Otterbein’s piano faculty.  Scott Wedell, a Columbus percussionist and studio teacher, will also perform on the recital.

The program will feature music from a wide spectrum of the viola repertoire. Lachrymae was written by English composer Benjamin Britten – based on music by John Dowland, this work is both nostalgic and forward looking. American composer Michael Colgrass wrote Variations for Viola and Four Drums for his own performances as a professional percussionist. Written in 1957, this combination of instruments, though unusual, creates a very current sound. The recital will conclude with a performance of the Sonata in B-flat for Viola and Piano by Belgian composer Henri Vieuxtemps. This is a late Romantic style piece written by the famed violin virtuoso for his own concert tours.

Holly participated in the 2013 Cooper Piano festival at Oberlin.  Here she is performing the first movement of Haydn’s “big” E-flat Sonata.  A memorable performance!

Suzanne Newcomb and her teacher Leon Fleisher

back in 2000

Suzanne had the honor of studying with Leon Fleisher, who was a mentor during her doctoral studies.

Suzanne is now a professional pianist performing in Columbus Ohio and has a private studio where she offers piano lessons in Upper Arlington Ohio. As a piano teacher in Upper Arlington Ohio, she is able to share the knowledge she has with her intermediate and advanced students.