Experiencing the Wonder of Music within the Museum Walls
Intern Jessica Curtis shares the details of her first Pianoforte Concert - going experience at the Museum (July 22, 2012)
The Pianoforte Series, sponsored by Harry Rowney, features a
variety of esteemed pianists playing in the Asheville Art Museum’s galleries.
Performing for a second time, Teresa Sumpter was the most recent performing
pianist in the Pianoforte Series on Sunday, July 22.
Teresa Sumpter is currently an Assistant Professor of Piano
and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Mars hill College where she teaches
applied piano, group piano, and music theory. She earned a Ph.D. in Music
Education with an emphasis in Piano Pedagogy and a Master of Music degree in
Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma. She also
possesses a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Ball State
University.
The program began with:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat minor, Op. 26
(1800-1801)
Andante
con varianziono
Scherzo,
allegro molto
Maestoso
andante, Marcia funebre sulla morte d’ un ereo
Allegro
After the performance, Sumpter stood to address the audience
“from the heart”, thanking them for not only attending the performance, but
also addressing her personal intentions in performing for the Museum’s
Pianoforte Series.
Sumpter described her passion for music through the medium
of piano as, “a love story.” Addressing
the audience, Sumpter stated how she intended to, “share with you my love
story, which is today’s recital.” Sumpter spoke of the music within the program
to have been simply, “been strung together by sure will.”
Sumpter’s passion for her musical medium illuminated the
East Wing as the audience sat in silent reverence at the tones and melodies
rising from the keys. Sumpter’s movement with the music brought about a concept
of personal meditation and release. Every note corresponded with an emotion.
Sumpter would take long breathes between her sets, almost as if she was
releasing the mindset of the previous set and preparing for the next.
Next in the composition performed was:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Sechs
kleine Klavierstucke, Op. 12 (1911)
Sumpter spoke of this piece as Klavierstucke’s “journey to
which all 12 tones are equal.” Despite the opposing perspectives of the some Classicists,
Sumpter states that she defines Klavierstucke’s work as that of a Classicist,
and remarks that he “uses a broader language to express his musical thought.”
Following Schoenberg was:
Franz Schubert (1797- 1828) Moments musicaux, D 780
No. 2
Andatino in A-flat Major
No. 3
Allegretto moderato in F Minor
No. 4
Moderato in C-sharp Minor
No 5.
Allegro vivace in F Minor
The final piece performed was:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images, Book I (1905)
Reflets
dans l’eau
Hommage a Rameau
Mouvement
Introducing Teresa Sumpter as the featured artist of the
summer Pianoforte recital, Mr. Harry Rowney, a Member of the Asheville Art
Museum’s Board of Trustees, and a long-time supporter of the Museum, commented
on the transition of location. In the past, the Pianoforte Concert Series has
been located in Asheville Art Museum’s Gallery 6. It was Ms. Sumpter’s concert
on Sunday, July 22 that was the first to be relocated to the Pop Art Gallery in
the new East Wing of the Museum. Mr. Rowney and Nancy Sokolove, Manager of the
Museum’s Adult Programs Department, asked the audience to comment on the
acoustics and presentations on the new space. After the series, Sokolove noted
several audience members’ positive remarks in regards to the larger space and
room arrangement, making it easier to see the featured pianist.
Overall, the concert was a success, enjoyed by an audience
of more than fifty Museum Members and visitors. The audience was captured by Sumpter’s passion,
and was inspired by the traditional classical music that this Pianoforte Series
presented.
The July 22 recital
was the final Pianoforte performance for the summer; however, Pianoforte will return
this October with a recital featuring pianist Kimberly Cann. For more
information on upcoming events and concerts at Asheville Art Museum, you can
visit our website: www.ashevilleart.org
or follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AshevilleArtMuseum.
What no jazz? I suppose classical piano is the music one would expect to hear in a fine art museum, but how 'bout breaking the boundries a bit.
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