Sunday, July 21, 2013

Tell me a story about my mother

Dance = Music Series

Tell Me A Story About My Mother


Life is like a play.
Everyone plays a significant role in our own ways.
This is a story about a women, who experienced World War II, the revolution period;
Grow up, get married, have children ….and getting old.
Who can tell me a story about her?
A story about my mother.



Date & Time: 27 July 2013 (Saturday), 830pm
Venue: Toccata Studio, 19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Admission: minimum donation RM20
Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248


DANCE=MUSIC SERIES 3, 
“… TELL ME A STORY ABOUT MY MOTHER…” a collaborative 
performance between contemporary dance and improvisation music. 
This performance will be held on July 27 (Saturday), 
8.30pm at Toccata Studio, 19B, ss2/55, Petaling Jaya. 
Local pioneer of contemporary dance Marion D’Cruz together with 
local young music composer Ng Chor Guan will bring the 
audiences an unprecedented performance.
Aside from traditional and fixed choreography, 
“… TELL ME A STORY ABOUT MY MOTHER…” 
an experimental improvisation performance in dance as well as in 
Music will show the infinite possibilities through arts. 
Marion D’Cruz, the pioneer of contemporary dance in Malaysia. 
Her works had manifested Malaysian Identity and 
reflex social issues in our country. 
This time, she is going to tell a story about her mother in a different way.

Toccata Studio, which promotes arts, music and culture primarily, 
is not only a platform for musicians but it is also a place for
 various forms of music and arts. 
We welcome everyone to join us in our effort of
 creating awareness of arts and join us in supporting
 our promotion for music and arts.
For more information about “...TELL ME A STORY ABOUT MY MOTHER...” performance, please call 016-3618504 or 014-2486248. 


Photo By Alvin Shen
Who can tell me a story about her?
Photo By Alvin Shen
The relationship of hair and mother




Toccata Studio
19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.


Wednesday, July 3, 2013

THE TRANSFORMATIONAL SAXOPHONE

A Saxophone Recital by 
Phil Pierick



Date: 13th  July 2013
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Toccata Studio,
19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Admission: minimum donation RM30
Contact: 016-3618504, 014-2486248
FB: Toccata Studio

"The Transformational Saxophone" a saxophone recital will be held on 
July 13, 8:30pm at Toccata Studio at 19B, SS2/55, Petaling Jaya. 
Saxophonist Phil Pierick will bring to audiences some saxophone 
music ranging from classic to modern.

Toccata Studio, which promotes classical musical primarily, 
is not only a platform for musicians but it is also a 
place for various forms of music and arts. 
We welcome everyone to join us to support our promotion for music and arts.

As a staunch advocate for new music, saxophonist Phil Pierick 
has commissioned more than a dozen new works and 
has presented premieres in France, Scotland, Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, 
Singapore, and the United States. 
An active recording artist, Phil’s recent projects include an album of 
previously unreleased chamber music for saxophone by 
Percy Grainger and Invisible Seams, a forthcoming album of 
new works written specifically for his saxophone duo, Ogni Suono.

Ogni Suono is committed to expanding and promoting 
repertoire for the medium. The duo has conducted workshops 
for young saxophonists in Chicago, Malaysia, and Thailand and 
community outreach programs in Iowa City, Iowa (USA) as winner of 
a 2012-2013 Yamaha-in-Residence Fellowship.

Phil is a three-time prizewinner at the MTNA National Young Artist 
and Chamber Music Competitions (2012, 2011, 2009),
 took third prize in the 2012 ISSAC International Saxophone competition, 
was named Vandoren Emerging Artist of 2011, 
and won the University of Illinois Concerto Competition in 2012. 
As national winner of the 2009 Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians, 
Phil studied with Jean-Michel Goury in Paris at the 
Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Boulogne-Billancourt.

Phil currently teaches as undergraduate saxophone quartet coach at
 Eastman School of Music, where he is a doctoral candidate under
 the direction of Chien-Kwan Lin. Phil holds Bachelor and 
Master of Music degrees from the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign, where he studied with Debra Richtmeyer and 
held the position of saxophone teaching assistant.

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Toccata Studio
19B, SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.