In 2022, CFMTA embarked on a project to share the countless possibilities of piano performance with our community and our students. The Solo Recitalist Series is a wonderful opportunity for students to have an immersive experience, hearing full recitals by accomplished musicians, free of charge and right here in our local area without the need to drive to the big city.
We are proud to be hosting and funding these incredible annual events. If you would like to see more live piano performances in your local community, please consider supporting us. CFMTA is a non-profit organization with a current 501(c)(3) status. You can make a contribution to CFMTA by clicking here. All funds collected will be used for the sole purpose of providing musical education opportunities to hundreds of local students, including live performances such as the ones presented here.
Please visit our Upcoming Programs page to check out our current headliner!
We are proud to be hosting and funding these incredible annual events. If you would like to see more live piano performances in your local community, please consider supporting us. CFMTA is a non-profit organization with a current 501(c)(3) status. You can make a contribution to CFMTA by clicking here. All funds collected will be used for the sole purpose of providing musical education opportunities to hundreds of local students, including live performances such as the ones presented here.
Please visit our Upcoming Programs page to check out our current headliner!
Dr. Jerico Vasquez - Impressions
Sunday, April 13, 2025, 3:00pm - Fayette Friendship Community Church, Fayetteville
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Sunday, April 13, 2025, 3:00pm - Fayette Friendship Community Church, Fayetteville
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Hailed for his “formidable and effortless playing” and “intelligent ardor and exceptionally clear and bright technique,” pianist Jerico Vasquez is Artist-in-Residence, Professor of Music, and Chair of the Music Department at Shorter University in Rome, GA, as well as Instructor of Piano for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. Recipient of the 2021 and 2022 Top Teacher Award from Steinway and Sons, he is also a Shigeru Kawai Artist. He has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and collaborative musician in Canada, Europe, the Philippines, and the United States.
Recent performances include a solo recital at the famed Ayala Museum sponsored by the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation and Lyric Piano, masterclasses for the Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines, solo recitals for the Piano Technicians Guild Convention, a concerto performance with the Rome Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
Recent performances include a solo recital at the famed Ayala Museum sponsored by the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation and Lyric Piano, masterclasses for the Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines, solo recitals for the Piano Technicians Guild Convention, a concerto performance with the Rome Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
Recital Program
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Préludes, Book 1
Danseuses de Delphes (Dancers of Delphi)
Voiles (Sails or Veils)
Le vent dans la plaine (The wind on the plain)
Les sons et les parfums tournet dans l’air du soir (Sounds and scents swirl in the evening air)
Les collines d’Anacapri (The hills of Anacapri)
Des pas sur la neige (Footprints on the snow)
Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (What the west wind saw)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
La sérénade interrompue (The interrupted serenade)
La cathédrale engloutie (The sunken cathedral)
La danse de Puck (Puck’s dance)
Minstrels (Minstrels)
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George Crumb (1929-2022)
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979
The Visitation
Berceuse for the Infant Jesu
The Shepherd’s Noël
Adoration of the Magi
Nativity Dance
Canticle of the Holy Night
Carol of the Bells
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
L’isle Joyeuse (The joyful island)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Préludes, Book 1
Danseuses de Delphes (Dancers of Delphi)
Voiles (Sails or Veils)
Le vent dans la plaine (The wind on the plain)
Les sons et les parfums tournet dans l’air du soir (Sounds and scents swirl in the evening air)
Les collines d’Anacapri (The hills of Anacapri)
Des pas sur la neige (Footprints on the snow)
Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (What the west wind saw)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
La sérénade interrompue (The interrupted serenade)
La cathédrale engloutie (The sunken cathedral)
La danse de Puck (Puck’s dance)
Minstrels (Minstrels)
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George Crumb (1929-2022)
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979
The Visitation
Berceuse for the Infant Jesu
The Shepherd’s Noël
Adoration of the Magi
Nativity Dance
Canticle of the Holy Night
Carol of the Bells
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
L’isle Joyeuse (The joyful island)
Kemal Gekić - In Recital
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 2:30pm - Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peachtree City
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Sunday, April 14, 2024, 2:30pm - Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peachtree City
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Flamboyant, daring, provocative, exciting, seductive and sensitive are some of the words used to describe one of today's most formidable pianists, Kemal Gekić, whose playing has been acclaimed worldwide by public and critics alike. Born in Split, Croatia, Gekić entered the Art Academy of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, graduating in 1982 with the highest mark ever granted on a diploma exam recital. He was immediately given a faculty appointment as assistant professor and eventually headed the piano department until 1999. He has won prizes at the Franz Liszt Competition in Parma (1981), the Viana da Motta in Lisbon (1983) and the Yugoslav Artists' Competition in Zagreb (1984). Since then, Gekić has been artist-in-residence at the Florida International University in Miami.
His venturesome manner of approaching sound and form prove him to be a maverick in the music world: "Gekić moves on the charismatic threshold to genius," pronounced Richard Dyer in the Boston Globe. His oustanding recording of the Rossini-Liszt transcriptions (Naxos) won "The Rosette" of the Penguin Guide for Music, the recording of the 12 Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt is considered one of the best cycles overall.
His venturesome manner of approaching sound and form prove him to be a maverick in the music world: "Gekić moves on the charismatic threshold to genius," pronounced Richard Dyer in the Boston Globe. His oustanding recording of the Rossini-Liszt transcriptions (Naxos) won "The Rosette" of the Penguin Guide for Music, the recording of the 12 Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt is considered one of the best cycles overall.
Recital Program
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Grande Valse Brillante in Eb, Op. 18 (1833)
Valse in Db (Minute Waltz), Op. 64 No. 1 (1847)
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op. posth. 66 (1834)
Prelude in Db (Raindrop), Op. 28 No. 15 (1839)
Polonaise in Ab (Heroic), Op. 53 (1842)
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Étude de concert in Db, S. 144 No. 3, Un Sospiro (1849) (Siloti Edition)
Hungarian Rhapsody in C#m, S. 244 No. 2 (1847)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Grande Valse Brillante in Eb, Op. 18 (1833)
Valse in Db (Minute Waltz), Op. 64 No. 1 (1847)
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op. posth. 66 (1834)
Prelude in Db (Raindrop), Op. 28 No. 15 (1839)
Polonaise in Ab (Heroic), Op. 53 (1842)
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Étude de concert in Db, S. 144 No. 3, Un Sospiro (1849) (Siloti Edition)
Hungarian Rhapsody in C#m, S. 244 No. 2 (1847)
Dr. You Ju Lee - In Recital
Sunday, January 29, 2023, 3:00pm - Fayette Friendship Community Church, Fayetteville
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Sunday, January 29, 2023, 3:00pm - Fayette Friendship Community Church, Fayetteville
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Dr. You Ju Lee has won numerous awards and performed recitals throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. She holds degrees from Ehwa Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea; Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia; London City University in London, England; the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York; and the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Recent professional highlights include solo and duo piano recitals at Espace Eropa Courecelles in Montigny-les-Metz, France; Saison du Conservatoire in Menton, France; Culturelle Paul Barblé in Strassen, Luxemburg; Sejong Cultural & Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea; the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest, Hungary; The City Hall in Tokyo, Japan; Druker Auditorium in Newton, Massachussetts; Steinway Hall in New York City; Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Georgia; Winners Gala Concert for the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music and New York Debut Recital in the Artists International Special Presentation Winners’ Series at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New York City.
Reviews of her recent concerts in Germany stated, “Pianist You Ju Lee is a remarkable soloist and she brought clear, defined sonorous contour to Mozart’s Concerto K. 449.” Her Piano Trio Concert was broadcast on WRAF radio in (90.9 FM/88.5 FM), and she was interviewed by Newton TV, in Newton, MA. She was featured as the cover story in The Music: “You Ju Lee at Toccoa Falls College.” Her CD entitled Chopin: Selected Piano Works, is available from the Apple iTunes Store and Amazon.com.
Dr. Lee currently serves as Professor of Piano at Toccoa Falls College, in Toccoa, Georgia. Recently, she was named the Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair of Piano.
Recent professional highlights include solo and duo piano recitals at Espace Eropa Courecelles in Montigny-les-Metz, France; Saison du Conservatoire in Menton, France; Culturelle Paul Barblé in Strassen, Luxemburg; Sejong Cultural & Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea; the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest, Hungary; The City Hall in Tokyo, Japan; Druker Auditorium in Newton, Massachussetts; Steinway Hall in New York City; Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Georgia; Winners Gala Concert for the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music and New York Debut Recital in the Artists International Special Presentation Winners’ Series at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New York City.
Reviews of her recent concerts in Germany stated, “Pianist You Ju Lee is a remarkable soloist and she brought clear, defined sonorous contour to Mozart’s Concerto K. 449.” Her Piano Trio Concert was broadcast on WRAF radio in (90.9 FM/88.5 FM), and she was interviewed by Newton TV, in Newton, MA. She was featured as the cover story in The Music: “You Ju Lee at Toccoa Falls College.” Her CD entitled Chopin: Selected Piano Works, is available from the Apple iTunes Store and Amazon.com.
Dr. Lee currently serves as Professor of Piano at Toccoa Falls College, in Toccoa, Georgia. Recently, she was named the Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair of Piano.
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Recital Program
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Four Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935 (1827) Impromptu No. 3 in Bb, Theme and Variations Impromptu No. 4 in F minor, Allegro scherzando ~ Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 (1853) |
Franz Liszt - Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171 (1853)
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Dr. Elena Dorozhkina in Recital - Russian Piano Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Sunday, May 15th, 2022, 3:00pm - North Fayette United Methodist Church, Fayetteville
Inaugural Soloist Recital
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Sunday, May 15th, 2022, 3:00pm - North Fayette United Methodist Church, Fayetteville
Inaugural Soloist Recital
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Russian-American pianist, Dr. Elena Dorozhkina, graduated from the renowned Saint-Petersburg State Music Conservatory in Russia, named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, with degrees in piano performance, collaborative piano, and piano pedagogy. She earned her DMA in Piano Performance from the University of North Texas. Elena won prizes in a number of International and National Piano Competitions in the USA, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia.
Dr. Dorozhkina has performed solo and collaborative recitals at concert halls of the USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, and Ukraine. Her 2020-22 engagements included solo and collaborative recitals and piano masterclasses at Spivey Hall, Agnes Scott College, Holy Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, Berry College, University of Kentucky, Valdosta State University, Steinway Piano Galleries in Columbia, SC, and St. Philip Cathedral in Atlanta.
Dr. Dorozhkina currently serves as President of the Atlanta Music Teachers Association and is an active adjudicator for numerous regional piano competitions in the Southeast such as MTNA State, GMTA Regional and Local Auditions. She participates and presents at conferences and piano symposiums, and volunteers at local and state MTA auditions. Elena previously taught at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA, Preparatory Music School of Clayton State University, Morrow, GA, and Perimeter College of Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA. Elena currently holds an artist affiliate position at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA and teaches in her private studio in Avondale Estates, GA.
Dr. Dorozhkina has performed solo and collaborative recitals at concert halls of the USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, and Ukraine. Her 2020-22 engagements included solo and collaborative recitals and piano masterclasses at Spivey Hall, Agnes Scott College, Holy Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, Berry College, University of Kentucky, Valdosta State University, Steinway Piano Galleries in Columbia, SC, and St. Philip Cathedral in Atlanta.
Dr. Dorozhkina currently serves as President of the Atlanta Music Teachers Association and is an active adjudicator for numerous regional piano competitions in the Southeast such as MTNA State, GMTA Regional and Local Auditions. She participates and presents at conferences and piano symposiums, and volunteers at local and state MTA auditions. Elena previously taught at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA, Preparatory Music School of Clayton State University, Morrow, GA, and Perimeter College of Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA. Elena currently holds an artist affiliate position at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA and teaches in her private studio in Avondale Estates, GA.
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Recital Program
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) / Miliy Balakirev (1837-1910) The Lark, piano transcription of a song (1864) ~ Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Dumka (Rumination) “Russian Rustic Scene”, Op. 59 (1886) ~ Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Etude, Op. 65 No. 3 (1912) Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42 No. 5 (1903) Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 8 No. 10 (1898) Two Poems, Op. 32: F-sharp Major and D Major (1903) Prelude for the Left Hand, C-sharp Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (1894) ~ Alexander Mosolov (1900-1973) Sonata No. 4, Op. 11 (1925) ~ Nikolay Medtner (1880-1951) Canzona Serenata, No. 6 from “Forgotten Melodies”, Op. 38 (1919-1922) ~ Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Morceau de fantaisie (Fantasy Piece) in G Minor (1899) Untitled Composition in D Minor, Op. Posth. (1917) Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32 No. 12 (1910) Elegie in E-flat Minor, Op. 3 No. 1 (1892) Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7 (1901-1903) |
Alexander Scriabin - Etude, Op. 65 No. 3 (1912) Alexander Scriabin - Two Poems, Op. 32: F-sharp Major and D Major (1903) |
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Nikolay Medtner - Canzona Serenata, No. 6 from “Forgotten Melodies”, Op. 38 (1919-1922) |
Sergey Rachmaninov - Morceau de fantaisie (Fantasy Piece) in G Minor (1899) |
Sergey Rachmaninov - Untitled Composition in D Minor, Op. Posth. (1917)
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Sergey Rachmaninov - Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32 No. 12 (1910) |
Sergey Rachmaninov - Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7 (1901-1903) |
