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FRESNO STATE PERCUSSION STUDIO RECITAL SERIES

Gwhyneth Chen captured the worldвЂ™s attention when she won the Grand Prix at the 1993 Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competition in Los Angeles, the biggest cash prize ($100,000) in the history of piano competitions.Д«orn in Taiwan, Ms. Szekely will be performing on Saturday, July 4. Szekely is a Yamaha Artist and Clinician.

Szekely has also conducted over 100 residencies and master classes, and lectured at The American String Teachers AssociationвЂ™s (ASTA) national conference, The Jazz Educators Network (JEN) and The California Music Educators Association (CMEA). Szekely co- founded String Project Los Angeles, a music school and resource for the alternative string playing community, and serves as the artistic director. Szekely has also been a featured performer or solo cellist with popular artists including Mary J Blidge, Jay Z, Avril Lavigne and Rush.

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Szekely is also in great demand as a sideman and session player in Los Angeles, having appeared in hundreds of commercials, television shows and movie scores. Szekely founded the Jacob Szekely Trio and released their debut EP, which was hailed by critics and artists from Chick Corea to Rush Bassist Geddy Lee as a вЂњQuantum Leap ForwardвЂќ in pushing the boundaries of the instrument. He was accepted to study classical cello performance at Interlochen Arts Academy before attending The Cleveland Institute of Music for his BachelorвЂ™s Degree with Richard Aaron and the University of Southern California for graduate studies. Szekely released his first commercial album and was sharing the stage with luminaries including Joan Baez and Don McClean.

Heather has extensive performing experience including a concerto performance with the BYU Chamber Orchestra.Д«orn in Brooklyn, New York in 1979, by age 13, Mr. She has been a piano teacher since 1992 and utilizes her psychology degree to inspire and connect with her students. Heather Smits is a nationally certified teacher through MTNA and serves on the board of the Santa Cruz Branch of MTAC. She is a certified Music Teachers National Association teacher and has been a soloist with the Utah Symphony. University of Utah Professor and Steinway Artist, Lenora Ford Brown, has won international piano competitions and performed at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall and throughout Asia.

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Recently, they were featured artists at the International Mu Phi Epsilon Convention in Denver, the Temple Square Concert Series in Salt Lake, the 2019 MTNA fundraising banquet and the World Piano Conference in Serbia. Classical International Piano Competition and performed at Carnegie Hall. They were first place winners in the 2017 U.S. Brillante, a mother daughter piano team consisting of Lenora Brown and Heather Smits, perform LenoraвЂ™s own sparkling arrangements of beloved classical pieces.

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