2020-2021
Concert & Event Season
FOR NOW!
Page under construction as new dates for events are being added gradually.
Please keep checking back for the latest information. Thanks for your support and interest!
Please keep checking back for the latest information. Thanks for your support and interest!
HAC Coffee Concerts have been partially funded by Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council (HPAAC). On behalf of the artists, we thank them for their support.
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)-Live Video Premiere
10:30am
October 27, 2020
featuring Jacob Meyer, clarinet & Matthew Harikian, piano
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Clarinetist, Jacob Meyer and Pianist, Matthew Harikian, will present a concert regarding the environment. Some of the pieces on the program are explicitly environmental and some are more subtly related. It is the performers' hope that this music will inspire us all to enjoy and appreciate the nature around us every day, and to recognize the seriousness of the climate crisis and the action we must take to save our planet.
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Regarding the Environment
The program:
Cantilene, Louis Cahuzac
Voices of Trees, Rachel Matthews
Cinco Bocetos, Roberto Sierra
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Alice Mary Smith
Cantilene, Louis Cahuzac
Voices of Trees, Rachel Matthews
Cinco Bocetos, Roberto Sierra
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Alice Mary Smith
This coffee concert will be pre-recorded and then premiered live at the scheduled Tuesday morning time! We will open the Hastings Arts Center for those who would like to view in person the premiere of the concert video 'a la movie style' on the screen when it premieres live! Please reserve your HAC seat today!
Jake Meyer is a performer and teacher in the Twin Cities and has been the principal clarinetist of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra since 2016. He has performed with the Round Top Music Festival, the Northern Lights Music Festival, the Lied Society, and was a featured soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra after winning the Tour Soloist and Senior Soloist competitions. Jake believes in performing the works of living and underrepresented composers and strives to create concert programs that inspire dialogue, community, and social change.
-As a private instructor, Jake has worked with students of all ages and abilities and maintains a large private studio across the Twin Cities, including his teaching through the Hastings Arts Center. He is a regular clinician with local band programs and has successfully coached students to positions in the Minnesota and Florida All-State Bands, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and music degrees at UW-Eau Claire and Concordia College-Moorehead. -Jake holds his Bachelor's of Music degree from St. Olaf College and his Master's of Music degree from Florida State University. Away from the clarinet, Jake enjoys reading, swimming and exploring sustainable living. https://jakemeyerclarinet.com/teaching/. |
A native of Fresno, California, Matthew Harikian has performed throughout Minnesota and California and has given concerto performances with the Lompoc Pops, Opera San Louis Obispo, and Buffalo Community orchestras. Matthew holds top prizes from the Minnesota Music Teacher Association’s Young Artist competition, the Schubert Club competition, the Glendale competition, and the Sylvia Ghiglieri competition in Turlock, CA. He currently teaches music theory at St. Olaf College and
piano at the Hastings Arts Center. -Matthew has participated in Pianofest in the Hamptons, a prestigious summer festival in East Hampton, NY which involved performing and studying with other international pianists, as well as the Meadowmount School of Music, where he performed as a chamber and solo pianist. Sharing an equal interest in both performance and academia, he hopes for his future career to include teaching and researching in the field of music theory while also performing both solo and chamber music. -Matthew has previously studied with Lydia Artymiw, Kent McWilliams,and Arlene Steffen. He holds a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Music Theory. |
To be rescheduled at a LATER DATE
TUESDAY COFFEE CONCERT (FREE)
Julie Ann Greif-soprano, John Sassaman-horn, Sarah Lockwood-piano
Please join Julie Ann Greif, John Sassaman and Sarah Lockwood as they collaborate together with some pieces composed for voice, horn and piano. Works included on the program are by Brahms, Mozart, Schubert and Strauss.
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