Events
2010
January 17: Pierre and mezzo-soprano Sandra Ross. Heidelberg University, Ohl Concert Hall. Music for vocie and piano by Brahms, Debussy, Ives, and Weil.
February 4: Westhuizen Duo guest appearance at the SCI National Conference at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. PREMIERE of Evan Mack's American Groove, written for the duo! http://sci-iv-2010.org/Artists/Main
February 23: An evening of chamber music by Schumann and Mendelssohn. Pierre, Sophié, and violinist Ioana Gala, cellist Rachel Pinkney, and pianist Pieter Grobler. Heidelberg Unviersity, Ohl Concert Hall.
March 19 - 21: Heidelberg New Music Festival. Westhuizen Duo performs works by Evan Mack and South African composer Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph. Heidelberg University, Ohl Concert Hall.
March 29: Guesty Artist Recital: Westhuizen Duo: Bowling Green State University.
April 11: Westhuizen Duo at Terra College's "Sundays at Terra" Series. Fremont, OH.
April 17: Westhuizen Duo at Heidelberg University. Faculty Artist Recital.
April 18: Sophia and clarinetist Barbara Specht at Ohio University. Athens, OH.
April 22: Guest Artist Recital: Westhuizen Duo: Central State University.
April 24: Guest Artist Recital: Firelands Concert Series. Port Clinton, OH. http://www.firelandschurch.org/Link%20Pages/musical%20arts.htm
July: Westhuizen Duo appears as guest faculty for performance and coachings at the Cleveland Institute of Music's Summer Sonata Piano Festival. http://www.cim.edu/preparatory/summer/summersonata.php
July 10: Pierre plays Mark Olivieri's piano concerto, Stress Test, at the Arts Tri Festival in Geneva, NY.
August 6th: Westhuizen Duo appears live on WGTE's "Live from FM91". Interview by Brad Creswell.
October 29: Westhuizen Duo Faculty recital at Heidelberg University.
Octoberr 31: Westhuizen Duo recital at the Concert Series of Findlay Frist Presbytarian Church.
2009
January 18: Guest Artist recital by Pierre, and Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) at the Ritz Theater in Tiffin, OH. www.ritztheatre.org Works for Violin and Piano by Mozart, Poulenc, Elgar, and Schnittke.
January 19: Guest/Faculty Artist recital by Pierre and Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin), at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada).
February 17: Guest Artist recital by Westhuizen Duo at the University of Butler, Indianapolis (Indiana). Works for Two Pianos by Saint-Saens, Poulenc, and Ravel.
February 18: Masterclasses presented by Pierre and Sophia at University of Butler.
March 8 - 10: Recording project for Centaur Records: Westhuizen Duo records complete works for piano duo by Francis Poulenc, Bowling Green State University. Recording engineer: Mark Bunce.
March 29: Voice and Piano recital by Pierre and soprano Deborah Norin-Kuehn, Findlay First Presbytarian Church, Findlay (OH). Featuring Schumann's Dichterliebe.
April 5: Voice and Piano recital by Pierre and Deborah Norin-Kuehn, at Terra Technical College's Sundays at Terra Concert Series. Fremont, OH.
September 5 and 6: Cello and Piano recital by Pierre and cellist Joel Bectkell. Heidelberg University and Terra College, Ohio. Works for cello and piano by Poulenc, Debussy, and Schnittke.
October: Sophia and clarinettist Barbara Specht to record works for clarinet and piano by women composers.
October 23 - 31: Heidelberg Piano Festival. Pierre and Sophia are the Artistic Directors. www.heidelberg.edu for more details.
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.
November 16: Guest Artist/Faculty recital by Pierre and Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin), Joel Becktell (cello), Virginia Gregg (viola), featuring Schnittke's Violin Sonata no. 1, Cello Sonata no. 1, and Piano Quartet. University of Western Ontario, Canada.
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
2006
June 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.html
July 13-14: Duo-piano recital at the Volksblad National Arts Festival, Bloemfontein (South Africa). www.volksbladfees.co.za/newsarticle.php?id=188
August 3: Duo-piano recital at the University of the Northwest, Potchefstroom (South Africa). www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/nuus/nuus297.html
August 12: Duet recital at N.G. Kerk Suikerbosrand, Heidelberg (South Africa)
September 1: Live broadcast from WGTE Radio, Toledo (Ohio). www.wgte.org/fmlive
September 15-16: Duet recitals at the Ohio Arts Festival, Port Clinton (Ohio). www.osupcperformingartsfestival.com/2006/news/20060817_part3.htm
September 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 Association
December 3: Duet Recital at Terra College, Fremont (Ohio)
December 20: Pierre appears as soloist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.