The AMU Department of Music presents a Chamber Music Concert Ralph Votapek\, piano\; Paul Votapek\, clarinet\; Geoffrey Davy\, violin.
\nFeaturing works by Mozart\, Ravel\, Milhaud\, & Stravinsky
M
onday\, January 28th\, at 8:00 pm
Private Dining Room\, Bob Thomas St
udent Union Building
Admission Free All are welcome!
\nRalph
Votapek is the gold medalist of the first Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition and winner of the prestigious Naumberg Award. Born in Milwauk
ee\, he studied at Northwestern University\, the Manhattan School of Music
and the Julliard School. Mr. Votapek has made hundreds of appearances wit
h most of the major American orchestras\, including sixteen appearances wi
th the Chicago Symphony. He has made a special commitment to Latin America
where he has toured every other year for four decades. In the United Stat
es\, his solo recitals have taken place in Carnegie Hall\, Chicago's Orche
stra Hall\, Washington's Kennedy Center\, and on numerous college campuses
. His chamber music experience includes concerts with The Julliard\, Fine
Arts\, New World and Chester String Quartets.
Paul Votapek has
been a member of the Naples (FL) Philharmonic since 1988 and was chosen by
Music Director Christopher Seaman to be its principal clarinetist in 1996
. He has appeared as soloist with the Naples Philharmonic on four occasion
s.
Geoffrey Day is currently in his eighteenth season as a viol
inist with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Day received his Bachelo
r of Music from the University of Michigan\, where he studied with Ruggier
o Ricci\, and earned a Master of Music from Michigan State University as a
student of I-Fu Wang. Since moving to Florida in 1994\, Mr. Day has perfo
rmed frequently as member of the Neapolitan Quartet and as a recitalist wi
th his wife\, pianist Lan Lam. He is a founding member of the Botticelli Q
uartet\, the Aurore Piano Trio and most recently Neapolitan Baroque\, an e
nsemble dedicated to historically informed performance with period instrum
ents.