An Evening with Jonathan Levin

Please Join

The Natchez Festival of Music

At a Piano Concert By

Jonathan Levin

Friday, April 23, 2010

7:00 PM

Woodville Baptist Church

Reception Immediately Following

Home of Jeretta and Holmes Sturgeon

457 Church Street

Woodville, Mississippi

 

Jonathan Levin has distinguished himself in his home state of North Carolina with performances with the Raleigh Symphony, Durham Symphony, North Carolina Symphony orchestras and appearances at the NC Governor’s Mansion and the NC Museum of Art.

 Through the sponsorship of the NC Federation of Music Clubs, he was afforded the opportunity to compete in many state and national piano competitions. Two major prizes awarded to him were the National Stillman-Kelly Prize and the Eastern Music Festival Scholarship.

During the summers of 1998-1999, Jonathan attended the world-renowned TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute at Fort Worth, TX, where he participated in masterclasses by such celebrated pianist/teachers as Jose Fegahli, Barry Douglas, Earl Wild, and Anton Kuerti.  In 2001 at Houston, TX, he attended the American Festival for the Arts and received the Piano Dept. Award for “outstanding musicianship and leadership.”

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Piano Performance degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Masters Degree from Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music While at Brooklyn College, he was chosen to perform in the 2^nd Annual Presidents Concert, hosted by Sopranos star Steve Schirripa which was televised throughout NYC.

Recent performances have included a lecture recital tour of North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, appearances at Steinway Hall, Brooklyn Public Library, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and the Kosciusko Foundation in Manhattan.

An individual of broad musical interests, Jonathan was a member of an a Capella ensemble devoted mostly to early music called Parallel Motion acting both as a vocalist and accompanist from 2004 to 2006. He is now also active as a vocal accompanist and coach. Jonathan has worked with Paul Sperry as accompanist and coach for Sperry's Art Song Class at Brooklyn College.

This past summer he was on faculty of the Remarkable Theater Brigade’s Summer Young Artist’s Program for vocalists. He was recently featured on the Vox Novus/RTB Composer’s Voice Concert Series performing the New York premiere of The First Snow-Fall by Florida composer, Jeremy Ribando. In April, he was accompanist and musical coach/director for RTB's No Shirts No Skirts No Service, a production of emerging composers’ 10 minute operas and scenes.

This season will include solo performances in four Masterwork Conversations concerts at the Polish American Heritage Museum in Port Washington, NY, a series of lectures and performances dedicated to the music of Frederic Chopin and his influence, concerts in Mississipi where he will be musical director of Natchez Festival of Music’s Educational Outreach Program and a performance at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan.