Image: Composer Paul Hindemith | Fondation Hindemith, public domain
The Santa Barbara Music Club presents another program of beautiful classical music on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu at Garden Street. The program features oboist Adelle Rodkey and pianist Eric Valinsky performing Four Personalities by Alyssa Morris, Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for English Horn and Piano, and Pierre de Bréville’s Sonatine.
Program Details
(1861-1949)
- Allègre
- Très calme
- Vite
Eric Valinsky, piano
(1895-1963)
- Langsam (nicht schnell)
- Allegro pesante
- Moderato
- Scherzo, schnell
- Moderato
- Allegro pesante
Eric Valinsky, piano
(1875-1937)
- Modéré – très franc
- Assez lent – avec une expression intense
- Modéré
- Assez animé
- Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
- Vif
- Moins vif
- Lent
(b. 1984)
- Yellow: Fast Swing
- White: Moderato; Indecisive, with hesitation
- Blue: Freely – Contemplative
- Red: Steady and relentless
Eric Valinsky, piano
Notes on the Program
ALYSSA MORRIS: FOUR PERSONALITIES
Program Notes by the Composer
YELLOW – Yellow is fun loving. The joy that comes from doing something just for the sake of doing it is what motivates and drives yellow.
WHITE – White is a peacekeeper. White is kind, adaptable, and a good listener. Though motivated by peace, white struggles with indecisiveness.
BLUE – Blue brings great gifts of service, loyalty, sincerity, and thoughtfulness. Intimacy, creating relationships, and having purpose is what motivates and drives blue.
RED – Motivated by power, red is aggressive and assertive. Red is visionary, confident, and proactive.
Based on information extracted from the Hartman Personality Test.
The Performers
Adelle Rodkey, oboist, received her BM Degree in Music Pedagogy, magna cum laude, from Wheaton Conservatory of Music (Illinois), where she studied oboe with Carl Sonik. A native of Santa Barbara, she was an oboe student of Anne Anderson and a piano student of Lana Bodnar and Marilyn Clemons. Honors accorded her have included the President’s Award from Wheaton College, as well as awards from the Music Teachers National Association and the Pillsbury Foundation. Adelle performs frequently in several orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and is Instructor of Oboe at Westmont College. As a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, she maintains a private studio of oboe and piano students.
A native Manhattanite, Eric Valinsky has, for more years than he would like to admit, maintained dual careers in computer systems architecture and music. He was educated at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Illinois, finally achieving his DMA in music composition from Columbia University. He studied composition with Walter Aschaffenburg, Salvatore Martirano, Jack Beeson, and Darius Milhaud; piano with Sara Crawford Drogheo and Emil Danenberg; and conducting with Harold Farberman. While living in Los Angeles, he became music director and composer-in-residence for The Storie-Crawford Dance Theatre Ensemble. Returning to New York, he served in a similar capacity for Danny Buraczeski’s Jazzdance, Uris Bahr and Dancers, and The New American Ballet Ensemble as well as composer-in-residence for The Rachel Harms Dance Company, Opera Uptown, and the Dance Department at City College of New York. He is currently Music Director for the American Dance & Music Performance Group and moonlights as founder and partner of Inlineos LLC, a strategic Internet consulting company.
The recording of today's concert was funded by the Organizational Development Grants Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara as administered by Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture.
