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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div id=idOWAReplyText23710><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You are cordially invited...</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, September 19th, 7:30 pm. Guest Artist, Dr. John Solomons (Associate Professor of Piano at University of Texas - Arlington). Finney Concert Hall - Music Building. Free admission</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Works by Franz Liszt </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About Dr. John Solomons</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Pianist John Solomons has appeared with great success as soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and South America, performing in concert with the Emerson String Quartet, Cliburn winner Fabio Bidini, and under the direction of American conductors Gunther Schuller and Kurt Klippstatter. Born in Colombo, Ceylon, Solomons began his piano studies with his mother at age four, and continued his studies with noted Brazilian pianist Luiz de Moura Castro from the age of eleven. Other primary teachers include Van Cliburn gold-medalist Steven de Groote, Hartt School founder Moshe Paranov, and Adam Wodnicki of the University of North Texas. Solomons holds degrees from Texas Christian University, the Hartt School of Music, and the University of North Texas where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Grand prize winner of the 13<sup>th</sup> Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, John Solomons was praised by Gyorgy Sandor as “an exceptionally gifted artist, whose musical and pianistic achievements are of the highest order”<i>. </i> Additional winnings include 1<sup>st</sup> prize in the Stewart Grant Competition, 3<sup>rd</sup> prize in the American Music Scholarship Association's World Piano Competition, and the Catalan Composers Prize at the Xavier Montsalvatge International Piano Competition in Girona, Spain, with Maestro Montslavatge serving on the jury. His interest in 20<sup>th</sup> century music has led to premiers of works by contemporary composers William Albright, James Sellars, Carlos Guinovart, Lloyd Taliaferro, Rufus Brown, Daniel Baldwin, and George Chave. An active adjudicator, Solomons has served on numerous juries including the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Competition, and the Chamber Music Foundation of New England’s International Chamber Music Competition. Solomons has taught at the Curs Internacional in Girona, Spain, the Festival de Inverno in Vale Veneto, Brazil, the Universidad Autonomo de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, and sponsored by the Arnaldo Schwimmer Foundation, toured Bolivia as performer and teacher. He has served on the faculties of Tarrant County College, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Texas at Arlington. His students' recent achievements include MTNA State and Division winners, National finalist, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Erma Lowe Award, the Juanita Miller Competition, and the Van Cliburn International Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. Listed in <i>Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers</i> and <i>Madison's Who's Who</i>, Solomons has recorded on the <i>Centaur</i>, <i>Mark Records</i>, and <i>Evolutionary Music Records</i> labels. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=idSignature82519><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Luis Sanchez</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Professor of Piano</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Music</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P. O. Box 3011</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commerce, TX 75429-3011</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>903-886-5287</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Luis_Sanchez@tamu-commerce.edu">Luis_Sanchez@tamu-commerce.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sanchezpianist.com/">www.sanchezpianist.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>