Jason Pegis, Instructor of Cello Colorado Mesa University & Barbie Noyes, Lecturer in Collaborative Piano, University of Colorado Boulder will present a program of cello sonatas including the Brahms and Prokofiev Cello sonatas, as well as works by Debussy, Rachmaninov, and Schumann.
Program:
Debussy (arr. Heifetz) – Beau Soir
Rachmaninov – Vocalise
Schumann – Adagio and Allegro Op. 70
Brahms – Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor Op. 38
Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major Op. 119
Dr. Barbara Noyes of Golden, Colorado is a collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and educator. A versatile performer, Noyes can be found collaborating with musicians in a wide variety of genres including duo works, chamber music, opera, orchestral ensembles, new music ensembles, and choral music. Alongside mezzo-soprano Claire McCahan, Noyes co-founded Horizon Duo, a voice-piano duo dedicated to the celebration of American art song and creative programming of contemporary and classic repertoire. In 2022, Horizon Duo won first prize at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards (NATSAA) competition in New York City and were semi-finalists in the Franz Schubert & Modern Music Lied Duo competition in Graz, Austria.
Noyes received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder, studying with Margaret McDonald and Alexandra Nugyen. She previously earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Willamette University where she studied composition and piano performance with John Peel and Anita King. Noyes also studied French language and cinema studies in Paris at the Sorbonne Université and the Institut Catholique as well as innovation in music technology at IRCAM’s ManiFeste summer academy for composers. Previously the collaborative pianist for Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Noyes now serves as Postdoctoral Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Described as a “true talent" by Christophe Huss of Montreal's Le Devoir, Dr. Jason Pegis was recently appointed to the full-time position of Instructor of Cello at Colorado Mesa University and is the new Co-Principal Cellist of Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, where he studied with Antonio Lysy and held a strings Teaching Associate position. He additionally received a Master of Music degree on a Max Stern Fellowship from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music where he studied with Matt Haimovitz, and a Bachelor’s of Music from Willamette Music where he was mentored by Jason Duckles and Valdine Mishkin. He has won numerous awards as a soloist and chamber musician; in addition to being a national finalist of the 2014 MTNA Young Artist Chamber Music Competition, he also won the 2015 Eugene Symphony Young Artist Competition and Outstanding Cellist Award, and the 2016 Zodiac Music Festival Young Artist Award.
A 2020 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival Fellow, Jason has commissioned and premiered works by Kristapor Najarian, Sergei Umroyan, and Quentin Lauvray. He is also an artist for the South Eastern Young Artists and Dilijan Chamber Music Series, and has performed with notable musicians such as Johannes Moser, Axel Strauss, Ettore Causa, Victor Fournelle-Blain, and Denis Bouriakov, Antonio Lysy, Varty Manouelian, and Robert deMaine. He holds a faculty position at the International Cello Institute and recently toured the US, Canada, and Armenia premiering works as a member of UCLA’s VEM Quartet, which was recorded on the Naxos CD “Modulation Necklace.” As a soloist, he has performed concertos with orchestras such as the UCLA Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony Orchestra, and the Palisades Symphony. Throughout his university education, Jason played on an 1880 Neuner-Hornsteiner cello on loan from the Carlsen Cello Foundation.