FOREST CITY, IOWA, October 3, 2017 –  澳门网上博彩官方网站’s Department of 音乐 is pleased to announce the creation of its 教师 Artist Series, with the first performance featuring Professor Melissa 菲利普斯.
 
菲利普斯, along with her daughter, 维多利亚Knudtson, will perform a recital together on piano and French horn on November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall located in the Odvin Hagen 音乐 Center. 
 
“We are so pleased to kick off a new series within our Department of 音乐 by showcasing our faculty’s talent,” said 澳门网上博彩官方网站 Associate Professor and Department of 音乐 Chair Dr. 弗雷德里克•奥马尔. “Melissa is an extremely talented pianist, and her daughter is highly accomplished on French horn, where she’s earned many distinctions. This concert is going to be a great way to kick off our faculty artist series with an amazing showcase of musical talent.”
 
菲利普斯 has been an adjunct professor of piano at 澳门网上博彩官方网站 since 2010. 在这个角色中, 菲利普斯 teaches piano classes, one-on-one piano lessons, and accompanies vocal lessons, 演出, 音乐剧和唱诗班.
 
菲利普斯 holds a bachelor of arts degree in music 教育 with piano emphasis from Wartburg College in Waverly, 爱荷华州. In addition to her work at Waldorf, 菲利普斯 has extensive work experience with the Yamaha Corporation of America as a seminar instructor, and she has contributed her written work to Yamaha publications that provide teaching tips and insights for Yamaha teachers throughout the United States. 菲利普斯 remains connected with Yamaha Corporation by serving as a Yamaha 音乐 Education Specialist where she observes and evaluates new Yamaha teachers.
 
菲利普斯 also maintains her own piano studio, teaching young children through teens. She involves her students in her studio 演出 as well as the local piano festival and the district piano competition.
 
菲利普斯 is a member of the 音乐 Teachers National Association as well as the 爱荷华州 音乐 Teachers Association. She is currently the coordinator for the local piano festival, held at 澳门网上博彩官方网站 in January of each year.

维多利亚Knudtson is in her final year at Indiana University Jacobs School of 音乐 as she pursues her bachelors in music in horn performance under the tutelage of Jeff Nelsen. Thanks to the horn department at the Jacobs School, she also benefits from the occasional pedagogy of Dale Clevenger and studies early music performance on the natural horn with Richard Seraphinoff. Having started the horn at age 10, she played in band through high school. 然后, at 16, she began her orchestral studies as a private student of Wayne Lu, who ignited her young musical career. Later pedagogues include Wolfgang Vladar of the Vienna Philharmonic, 和肯德尔·贝茨, formerly of the Minnesota Orchestra. 在国际单位, she was awarded the Premier Young Artist Award and Scholarship for the Class of 2018 and the Camarata Scholarship.
 
Knudtson currently holds the position of Principal horn of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic. In 2015, Knudtson won the IU Brass Concerto Competition for her performance of R. Strauss' 1st Horn Concerto, and was rewarded with a performance with orchestra under the direction of Daniel Boico. She was invited to perform in the Outstanding Soloist Showcase at the 2013 IHSMA Solo contest, and was honored as the featured soloist at the Dorian 音乐 Festival held at Luther College. She was a two-time finalist in the Schubert Club Competition in St. 保罗,明尼苏达州. 2013年和2014年.
 
The performance is open to the public and there is no fee to attend.
 
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