Events
2009
January 18: Guest Artist Trio recital by Pierre, Ioana Galu (violin) and Beth Marshall (cello), at the Ritz Theater in Tiffin, OH.
2008
January 22: Trio recital at Heidelberg College, Sophia, Beth Marshal (cello) and Barb Specht (clarinet). Trios by Brahms and Muczinsky
February 2: Westhuizen Duo Guest Artist recital at First Presbytarian Church in Findlay, OH. Works by Brahms, Piazolla, and Ravel.
February 12: Westhuizen Duo Guest Artist recital at St. Mary's College, Indiana.
March 1: Trio Faculty Artist recital at Heidelberg College, Pierre, Beth Marshal (cello) and Ioana Galu (violin). Trios by Mozart, Turina, and Shostakovich.
March 2: Trio Guest Artist recital (Pierre, Beth Marshal, Ioana Galu) at the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Hall, Michigan.
March 30: Sophia and Beth Marshal Guest Artist Recital at Terra Technical College, 4pm (Hayes United Methodist Church). Works for piano and cello by Brahms and Prokofiev.
April 1: Sophia and Beth Marshal Faculty Artist Recital at Heidelberg College, 8:15pm. Same program.
April 3: Sophia, Beth Marshal and Barb Specht, Guest Artist trio recital at Owens College.
April 11 - 13: Heidelberg New Music Festival.
Westhuizen Duo: plays Rzewski's Winnsboro Cotton Mills Blues
Sophia: New Works for piano by Mark Olivieri
April 14: Pierre and soprano Deborah Norin-Kuehn. Guest Artist Recital at St. Mary's College, Indiana. Works by Ravel, Wolf, and Ives.
April 20: Westhuizen Duo: duet recital in Bucyrus, OH.
April 23: Westhuizen Duo performs live on NPR and PBS, for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, at the Cultural Center of Chicago. www.imf.org
April 25: Faculty Artist Concerto Concert: Westhuizen Duo performs Mozart's Concerto in E-flat Major for Two Pianos, K. 365, with the Heidelberg Orchestra.
May 4: Westhuizen Duo: Guest Artist duet recital at Terra Technical College's Artist Series, 4pm. Duets for piano four hands by Rachmaninoff, Husa, and Corgliano.
May 19 - 30: Westhuizen Duo tours Romania with violinist Ioana Galu. Recitals in Cluj and Bistrita. Works by Amy Beach and Beethoven.
July 9 - 11: Recitals by the Westhuizen Duo, as Featured Artists at the Volksblad National Arts Festival in Blomefontein, South Africa. Works by composers from the Americas, such as Bolcom, Piazolla, Husa, Corigliano and Frederick Rzewski. www.volksblad.co.za
July 29: Westhuizen Duo Guest Artist recital at the University of the Northwest, Potchefstroom (South Africa). Works by Corgliano, Bolcom, Rzewski, Husa and Piazolla.
August 12: Westhuizen Duo: duet recital in Hoover Auditorium at the Lakeside Music Festival (Ohio). www.lakesideohio.com/artsentertainment/HooverAuditorium.aspx
September 21: Westhuizen Duo Guest Artist recital at Epiphany Lutheran Church, Pickerington, OH.
September 25 - 29: Guest Presenters at the 2008 College Music Society National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Lecture-recital by Sophia: "The Life and Death of the Piano Waltz", followed by Westhuizen Duo performing Ravel's "La Valse" for two pianos.
October 23- 30: Heidelberg Keyboard Festival. Westhuizen Duo performs works by Rachmaninoff and Saint-Saens. Masterclasses for high school students presented throughout the week.
2007:January 26-28: Piano@Heidelberg, Heidelberg College's Piano Festival. Masterclasses and recitals given by Westhuizen Duo, January 27.February 11: Sophia and violinist Ioana Galu, recital at Terra College, Fremont (Ohio)February 20: Sophia and violinist Ioana Galu, recital at Heidelberg College, Tiffin (Ohio)Febuary 23 - 25: Pierre conducts the Firelands Symphony (Ohio).March 2: Benefit concert for the Douwne Muller fund (www.douwnemuller.com) in Tampa, Florida.March 25: Pierre: solo recital at Terra Technical College.March 27: Pierre: solo recital at Central State University.March 30: Pierre: solo recital at Heidelberg College.April 13-15: Duo performances at Heidelberg New Music Festival.April 20: Performance of Brahms's Liebeslieder waltzes with the Heidelberg College Chamber Singers, Grant Cook III, conductor.June 9-24: Duo performances at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival (www.greatlakeschambermusic.com). Venues in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Southfield, and Kalamazoo.July 3 and 5: Duo performances at Grahamstown National Arts Festival (South Africa).August 5: Duo-piano recital at UNISA (University of South Africa).Fall '07: Duo-piano recital and masterclasses at St. Mary's College (Indiana)October 20: Duo recital at the Firelands Concert Series, Toledo (Ohio)November 9-11: Duo recital at the Heidelberg Piano Festival
2006June 2-26: PianoTexas International Academy and Festival (www.pianotexas.org), Fort Worth(Texas)July 6-7: CD-recording project, funded by Heidelberg College's Aigler Grant, Cincinnati (Ohio). www.heidelberg.edu/publications/releases/vancliburn.htmlJuly 13-14: Duo-piano recital at the Volksblad National Arts Festival, Bloemfontein (South Africa). www.volksbladfees.co.za/newsarticle.php?id=188August 3: Duo-piano recital at the University of the Northwest, Potchefstroom (South Africa). www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/nuus/nuus297.htmlAugust 12: Duet recital at N.G. Kerk Suikerbosrand, Heidelberg (South Africa)September 1: Live broadcast from WGTE Radio, Toledo (Ohio). www.wgte.org/fmliveSeptember 15-16: Duet recitals at the Ohio Arts Festival, Port Clinton (Ohio). www.osupcperformingartsfestival.com/2006/news/20060817_part3.htmSeptember 19: Duo-piano performance of South African composer Jamie Wilding's "Universal Prayer", Youngstown (Ohio)October 3: Faculty Gala, Heidelberg College, Tiffin (Ohio)October 25-28: World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Atlanta (GA)November 4: Sophia gives masterclasses at the Ohio Music Teacher's AssociationDecember 3: Duet Recital at Terra College, Fremont (Ohio)December 20: Pierre appears as soloist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.