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YOUTUBE RECORDING PREMIERE - ANDRES MARTIN: Cello+DoubleBass - NOVEMBER 1
new faculty
Joe McNalley
Joe McNalley is a composer, bassist, educator, and the founder and artistic director of the Hutchins Consort. His career spans classical, jazz, and world music realms, uniting a spirit of exploration with a lifelong commitment to performance, composition, and teaching.
McNalley began studying music in childhood and composing orchestral music in his early teens. A professional musician by fifteen and an educator by seventeen, he studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with Edwin Barker, Ran Blake, Miroslav Vitous, and Hankus Netsky before pursuing advanced studies with Bertram Turetzky at the University of California, San Diego. His musical education also included private study with MacArthur Fellow Ran Blake, advanced music theory with MacArthur Fellow George Lewis, and coursework in theory and composition with Tom Nee and Wil Ogden.
Throughout his career, McNalley has collaborated with seven Pulitzer Prize winners and eight MacArthur Fellows. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Henry Brant entrusted him with completing his final composition. His performance collaborations include George Russell, Vinnie Golia, Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham’s Sweet Baby Blues Band, Jay McShann, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, and Thad Jones. He has received multiple honors for solo and chamber music performances.
His compositions encompass orchestral and chamber music, dance, theatre, film, and television. His music was featured in Liquid Stage, a documentary that received an Emmy Award for music, as well as in numerous other screen productions. He has created over 250 arrangements and original compositions for the Hutchins Consort, expanding the repertoire and expressive possibilities of these distinctive instruments.
An experienced and versatile educator, McNalley has taught at the elementary and middle schools, college, and postgraduate levels. His lectures have been presented by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bowers Museum, and the Museum of Making Music, among other institutions.
PIANISTS
Cho-Hyun Park
Pianist Cho-Hyun Park hails from South Korea, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Seoul National University, followed by a Master’s degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Her broad interest in classical music has led to many projects as a collaborative pianist, including work with orchestra, chorus, opera, ballet, and chamber music. As a soloist, Dr. Park has distinguished herself among the top performers of her generation by earning the first prize at the 2014 Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition in Italy. This accomplishment led to concert tour here in the US, including a debut performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City the following year. Her “sensible, motoric, nicely reasoned” qualities and artistic style make her a sought-after collaborator.
Dr. Park has partnered with many of San Diego’s young, outstanding musicians. She has performed at the Musical Merit Foundation, SDYS Angels' Angels concert, the La Jolla Symphony Young Artist Competition & Winner’s Recital, the La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) Prelude Concert, LJMS Summer master classes, the Heart of A Child concert, and the International Symphony Orchestra concert year after year. As a soloist, she is regularly invited to perform in local concert series at libraries, churches, and concert venues. As a chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Ensemble Aquarelle (piano, flute, cello). Dr. Park spends much of her time coaching and mentoring young pianists as a Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) and Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA) member. Many of her students have won in the San Diego regional and state final competitions. She also serves as a collaborative pianist at the Grossmont College Music Department.
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Elena Biriukova
Welcoming students of all ages and levels!
My approach encompasses comprehensive musical education, including notation literacy, auditory development, memory enhancement, and the refinement of pianistic technique.
Conducted in an engaging format, these lessons serve as a gateway to immerse oneself in the enchanting world of music. Drawing upon the methodologies of esteemed representatives of the Russian piano school, my decades-long teaching experience (spanning over 40 years) in art schools across Russia and Azerbaijan has resulted in unique instructional approaches.
Over the years, I have crafted my own pedagogical materials and curated themed concerts with my students, seamlessly blending music, poetry, and painting. The success of my students is evidenced by their consistent victories at musical festivals and competitions. Notably, my son, Ruslan Biryukov, stands as a globally acclaimed cellist, further attesting to the musical legacy cultivated within our family. For additional information about Ruslan, please visit www.RuslanConservatory.comor simply google his name 🤓
Emphasizing fearlessness in starting from scratch, the paramount directive is to harbor a profound love for music—assuring that success will inevitably follow!
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