Series: Rising Stars
Date: Sunday, April 18
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Jonsson Performance Hall

Ticket Prices: Free admission

Recital of talented young students from the New Conservatory of Dallas under the artist direction of Arkady Fomin.

The New Conservatory of Dallas (NCD) is a program to instill excitement and high quality music education into pre-college string and piano students of all levels. The NCD is the most comprehensive music program in the area where the curriculum includes educational and performing experiences along with Music Theory and Ear Training classes. The NCD Program will provide an opportunity for young musicians to grow individually and in ensemble.

The NCD provided support for the specially gifted by making available to them the unique musically maturing environment of the Conservatory, augmented by Master Classes with principal players of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and nationally and internationally known performing artists.

The perpetual goal of the NCD is to cultivate music education throughout the community. Through music education, they help to develop basic skills needed for success in life - such as discipline, commitment, teamwork, and leadership skills. Additionally, they provide opportunities for friendships between young people of all backgrounds and interests.

Website: http://www.musichost.com/newcons

Arkady Fomin, founder and Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, was born in Riga, Latvia, where he received his musical training at the Latvian State Conservatory with legendary pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. As a chamber musician and soloist, Mr. Fomin has collaborated in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Schlomo Mintz, Atar Arad, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the late Stephen DeGroot, among others. His active concert schedule has taken him to Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Austria, Japan, and throughout the United States including the critically acclaimed performance with the CLAVIER TRIO in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. In addition to his duties as Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, he is a violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Conservatory Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado, and Director of the Music Academy at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Austria. In 2002, Mr. Fomin began his affiliation as Artist in Residency at Colorado State University. His association with University of Texas at Dallas has been long and distinguished. In 1980, he was honored as recipient of the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award at the University of Texas at Dallas for artistic achievement and contributions to the City of Dallas. Presently, Mr. Fomin is a member of the faculty and Artist in Residency at UTD.