School of Music
U N C G
The Liberace Trio
Radha Upton, piano
Julianne Odahowski, violin
Anne Berry, cello
November 28, 2007
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” (1811) Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro Moderato (1770-1827)
II. Scherzo: Allegro
III. Andante cantabile ma pero con moto
IV. Allegro Moderato
Intermission
Big Sky (2000) Joan Tower
(b. 1938)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 (1887) Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro energico (1833-1897)
II. Presto non assai
III. Andante grazioso
IV. Allegro molto
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This performance by the Liberace Trio is made possible by a grant from
the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts
The Liberace Trio
German pianist Radha Upton earned her diplomas in Piano
Pedagogy, Piano Performance, and Piano Chamber Music at the
Rostock College of Music and Theatre in Northern Germany.
Among her teachers were Matthias Kirschnereit, Renate
Kretschmar- Fischer, Stephan Imorde, Andrzej Jasinski, and
Hamish Milne. A scholar of the Rotary Foundation, Radha spent
the academic year of 2000/01 as an “Ambassador of Good Will”
at Indiana University Bloomington.
Radha performed as a chamber musician and soloist at the
festival for contemporary music Tage Neuer Musik Rostock and at
the Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. She appeared as
soloist with the Studentenensemble der Jeunesses Musicales
Bremen in Denmark and Moscow, Russia, as well as with the
Junge Sinfoniker Bielefeld, and Junge Marburger Philharmonie.
Currently, Radha is a doctorate student with Andrew Harley in the
program for collaborative piano at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Julianne Odahowski, originally from Orlando, Florida, received
the Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from Florida
State University. She has performed with the Orlando
Philharmonic Orchestra, and as assistant concertmaster of the
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and the FSU Symphony
Orchestra. While at FSU, Julianne participated in a filming of
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Zwilich’s Peanuts Gallery,
which aired nationally on PBS. She has attended the
Meadowmount School of Music, the National Orchestral Institute,
the Schlern International Music Festival (Italy), and the National
Symphony/Kennedy Center Summer Music Institute. Her
previous teachers include Joni Roos, Beth Newdome, and Karen
Clarke. Currently, Julianne is pursuing the MM degree in violin
performance at UNCG, studying with Dr. John Fadial. In addition
to performing with the Liberace Trio, she is a member of the
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Fibonacci Chamber
Orchestra, UNCG’s Gate City Camerata, and teaches violin at
Moore Music Company.
Anne Berry is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. She
completed high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts,
and received her Bachelor’s of Music degree from Duquesne
University where she studied with Anne Martindale-Williams. In
2003, Anne was the winner of the Duquesne University Women’s
Advisory Board Competition for her performance of J.S. Bach’s
works for solo cello. Anne received her Master’s Degree from the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She currently studies with
Dr. Beth Vanderborgh, and is working on her Doctorate of Musical
Arts at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Over the
years, Anne has performed in masterclasses for many
internationally acclaimed chamber musicians including The
Kodaly String Quartet, Robert Mann, Martha Katz, Bernard
Greenhouse, Norman Fischer, and Gilbert Kalish.
The Liberace Trio
German pianist Radha Upton earned her diplomas in Piano Pedagogy, Piano Performance, and
Piano Chamber Music at the Rostock College of Music and Theatre in Northern Germany. Among
her teachers were Matthias Kirschnereit, Renate Kretschmar- Fischer, Stephan Imorde, Andrzej
Jasinski, and Hamish Milne. A scholar of the Rotary Foundation, Radha spent the academic year
of 2000/01 as an “Ambassador of Good Will” at Indiana University Bloomington.
Radha performed as a chamber musician and soloist at the festival for contemporary music Tage
Neuer Musik Rostock and at the Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. She appeared as soloist
with the Studentenensemble der Jeunesses Musicales Bremen in Denmark and Moscow, Russia,
as well as with the Junge Sinfoniker Bielefeld, and Junge Marburger Philharmonie.
Currently, Radha is a doctorate student with Andrew Harley in the program for collaborative piano
at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Julianne Odahowski, originally from Orlando, Florida, received the Bachelor of Music degree in
violin performance from Florida State University. She has performed with the Orlando
Philharmonic Orchestra, and as assistant concertmaster of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
and the FSU Symphony Orchestra. While at FSU, Julianne participated in a filming of Pulitzer
Prize-winning composer Ellen Zwilich’s Peanuts Gallery, which aired nationally on PBS. She has
attended the Meadowmount School of Music, the National Orchestral Institute, the Schlern
International Music Festival (Italy), and the National Symphony/Kennedy Center Summer Music
Institute. Her previous teachers include Joni Roos, Beth Newdome, and Karen Clarke. Currently,
Julianne is pursuing the MM degree in violin performance at UNCG, studying with Dr. John
Fadial. In addition to performing with the Liberace Trio, she is a member of the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra, the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra, UNCG’s Gate City Camerata, and
teaches violin at Moore Music Company.
Anne Berry is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. She completed high school at the North
Carolina School of the Arts, and received her Bachelor’s of Music degree from Duquesne
University where she studied with Anne Martindale-Williams. In 2003, Anne was the winner of the
Duquesne University Women’s Advisory Board Competition for her performance of J.S. Bach’s
works for solo cello. Anne received her Master’s Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music. She currently studies with Dr. Beth Vanderborgh, and is working on her Doctorate of
Musical Arts at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Over the years, Anne has
performed in masterclasses for many internationally acclaimed chamber musicians including The
Kodaly String Quartet, Robert Mann, Martha Katz, Bernard Greenhouse, Norman Fischer, and
Gilbert Kalish.
