The 1st Annual All Ivy + 3 Concert Series
featuring the Music of J S Bach
performed by: Erin Ellis, cellist
& Sergio Gallo et al, pianists
E X C L U S I V E I N V I T A T I O N
(For Members of Atlanta's Eight Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, and Chicago Alumni Clubs)
The Bach Society of Atlanta presents:
Solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major by J S Bach.........Dr. Erin Ellis
Concerto for 3 Pianos in D Minor by J S Bac..Dr. Sergo Gallo et al
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2016
Time: 5pm
Place: Steinway Piano Galleries, 5950 North Point Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA
Admissions: Free
RSVP Required: jlj@bachatl.org
Performers
Dr. Erin Ellis leads a busy and versatile career as a performer and teacher. She has performed in cities across the United States as well as in Canada, Chile, Italy, and Holland. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Erin appears locally as a chamber musician at venues including Agnes Scott College, the Atlanta Public Library, and Georgia State University. She was recently appointed Assistant Principal Cello of the Atlanta Opera and serves as Principal Cellist of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (GA). She is also a member of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra (SC).
Erin has spent summers performing at the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and with the National Repertory Orchestra.Erin is also an accomplished baroque cellist. She appeared as soloist with the Eastman Collegium Musicum, has performed at the Longy, Rochester, Tafelmusik, and Vancouver early music festivals, the Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY), and was featured as continuo player for Amherst Early Music Festival’s production of Conradi’s Ariadne. Erin can be heard on several recordings with the New Trinity Baroque Orchestra and is currently a member of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.A dedicated music educator, Erin maintains a large and active studio of Suzuki, traditional, and collegiate students, ages 5 – 55+. She currently teaches cello at the Waldorf School of Atlanta and at her private studios in Decatur and Roswell, Georgia.
Erin also served as interim cello faculty at the State University of New York at Fredonia in the Fall of 2013. Erin spends her summers in Leicester, Vermont performing and coaching at Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp.Erin is also in demand as a guest artist and clinician. She was recently invited to present at the American String Teacher's Association Conference in Louisville, KY. She has conducted masterclasses at the University of North Dakota, Colorado Mesa University, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Erin has presented interactive workshops to the Atlanta Cello Project, addressing Baroque performance practice and Romantic cello literature. She also has worked locally with students from Georgia Tech University and assists with several leading high school orchestral programs.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Erin began her cello studies as a Suzuki student at the age of 4.
Dr. Sergio Gallo joined Georgia State in 2006, having previously served as faculty at the University of North Dakota and Millikin University. Dr. Gallo received his degrees from the Conservatoire Européen de Musique in Paris (Diplôme d’Excellence), the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest, Hungary, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Master of Music and Artist Diploma) and the University of California (DMA). He has performed with orchestras throughout the Americas and in Turkey, as well as for Radio France and Radio Cultura. Recently, Dr. Gallo performed and taught in several countries in Asia and Europe, as well as in major cities in the United States and in his home country, Brazil. In addition, he has served as the adjudicator for the International Piano Performance Examinations in Taiwan.
Dr. Gallo is the winner of concerto competitions of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the University of California Symphony. He has received a grant from the Henry Cowell Incentive Funds at the American Music Center in New York, NY, and has toured North Dakota with a Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grant award from the National Endowments for the Arts.
Sergio Gallo is a Bosendorfer artist and records for the Eroica label. His recordings have been reviewed by Gramophone Magazine and American Record Guide.