2011 Florida State Music Teachers Foundation Gala

Thursday, November 3, 2011 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Daytona Beach Shores Resort, 2637 S. Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach Shores

Donation $50 (include with your Conference registration - deadline Wed, October 26 )

Dressy attire - Car pooling from hotel (Valet parking at Resort - no charge)

Host: Paulette Kilts

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Cash bar - Bill France A room

7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Buffet dinner Bill France A room may include:

            Shores House salad and choice of dressing

            Sautéed breast of chicken with sweet corn relish and roasted red pepper sauce

            Sliced loin of pork with ten bean ragout and applewood infused demi glaze

            Herbed medallions of salmon toped with banana and chili butter

            Vegetarian pasta primavera

            Rosemary and garlic whipped potatoes - seasonal vegetable medley

            Dessert selection of cakes and pies - Freshly brewed coffee and iced tea

            Drawing and Door prizes

8:15 p.m. Richard Petty room - piano provided by Atlantic Music Center, Melbourne, FL

Featured performers for the Gala are Jamila Tekalli, pianist and David Hartsman, saxophonist.

The program for the evening may include:

            Chopin Nocturnes, C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 and the B major, Op. 62, No. 1.

            Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche for alto saxophone

            Selections from Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla-soprano saxophone

            Selections of Piazzolla's, Debussy's Rapsodie for alto saxophone

            Ibert Concertino da camera for alto saxophone

Pianist Jamila Tekalli has performed in concerts, festivals, and competitions throughout the United States, Canada, and Ecuador as a solo pianist and chamber musician, notable for her dazzling technical command and penetrating musical expression.

As a winner of the Indiana University School of Music Concerto Competition, she performed Liszt’s Totentanz with the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Tekalli was awarded third place and National Finalist in the 1998 MTNA Baldwin Piano Competition.  At age eleven, Ms. Tekalli was a finalist in the Junior Division of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition.

Jamila has performed in master classes for such distinguished artists as Julian Martin, Boris Slutsky, Marc Durand, and Andre La Plante. She has participated and performed in various festivals including the Bowdoin International Festival, Tanglewood Festival, International Keyboard Institute of Mannes College New School in NYC, and the Keyboard Festival in Banff Centre, Canada. As an avid chamber musician, Jamila performed a series of chamber music concerts throughout Ecuador, in the Teatro Variedade of the Teatro Sucre in Quito, Ecuador and conducted master classes and piano workshops in the cities of Cuenca and Loja.

Ms. Tekalli is a Doctoral candidate at the University of Miami where she studies with Prof. Tian Ying. She currently teaches private lessons and instructs class piano in the University of Miami as a Graduate Assistant. She has a Masters in Piano Performance from the University of Central Florida where she studied with Laurent Boukobza. She received her Bachelor of Music degree  in Piano Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where her primary teachers were Evelyne Brancart and Arnaldo Cohen. Jamila is passionate as a music educator and has served as piano faculty at Camp Encore Coda in Sweden, Maine.
 

Milwaukee native and versatile saxophonist David Hartsman has performed in a wide variety of settings, from beginning his career at age seventeen as a featured soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra to performing on saxophone and flute for Robert Klein’s 2010 HBO comedy special. Hartsman has also enjoyed a rich recording career recording as a leader with his own “Dave Hartsman Quartet,” eponymous release and as a sideman on flute, alto, and soprano saxes with the Fareed Haque Group on their CD “Flat Planet” from Owl Studios. Hartsman has performed in Spain, Monaco, France, Italy, Chile, Canada, and the United States.

Hartsman’s love of music began at an early age listening to his grandmother play piano. He began studying the saxophone at age 10. Hartsman gained classical proficiency quickly and excelled as principle saxophonist in several Milwaukee area youth orchestras. He pursued his undergraduate degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Illinois, all the while maintaining active classical involvement as principle saxophonist in the wind ensemble, principle flautist in the wind symphony, leader and soprano saxophonist in the NIU Saxophone Quartet, and lead alto in the University’s Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Professor Ronald Carter.  Following his undergraduate studies, Hartsman moved to Chicago. There, he became a prominent member of the city’s vibrant creative music scene. Hartsman has performed at the Chicago Symphony Center, Harris Theater in Millennium Park, Park West, The Double Door, The Green Mill, and The Jazz Showcase.

In 2008, Hartsman moved to Miami where he earned his masters degree from University of Miami. Hartsman held the lead alto chair in the Downbeat Award winning Concert Jazz Band, and performed with artists such as Geoffrey Keezer, Dave Koz, Sam Rivers, John Clayton, and Shelly Berg. Hartsman maintains a busy freelance performance schedule, and has served as saxophone instructor at Dillard High School for the Performing Arts and at New World School of the Arts.
 

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