BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250919T003000Z DTEND:20250919T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Guest Artists Recital DESCRIPTION:Guest artists Dr. Marcos Machado and Dr. Ellen Price Elder will present a recital at Northwestern State University on Thursday\, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. A livestream will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream.\n\n\n\nThe concert will include works by Artemy Aivazian\, Myroslav Skoryk\, Mateo Musumeci\, Erich W. Korngold\, Reinhold Gliere Fran Proto and Errol Garner. \n\n\n\nMachado\, who plays double bass\, has forged a vibrant international career that bridges performance\, pedagogy and authorship. Praised by The Strad for his "incredibly fluid" technique and by Fanfare for his "musicianship and technical prowess\," Machado brings to his work a rare blend of expressive clarity\, technical mastery and scholarly insight. He is the only South American to hold both "Performance" and "Teaching" diplomas from the L'Institut International de Contrebasse de Paris\, where he studied under the legendary Francois Rabbath.\n\n\n\nMachado completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Michael Cameron and earned his earlier degrees under Milton Masciadri at the University of Georgia. His musical journey began in Brazil under the guidance of Uruguayan professor Milton Romay Masciadri. An advocarte for expanding the double bass repertoire\, Machado has inspired composers to create new works for the instrument\, including Frank Proto's "Partita for Solo Double Bass" and Arthur's Barbosa's "Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra." He has also presented important South American premieres\, among them Tan Dun's "Wold Totem" and Proto's "Nine Variants on Paganini" and "Carmen Fantasy."\n\n\n\nHis discography includes the critically acclaimed albums "Metamorfora" and "Fantasy\," recorded with pianist Ney Fialkow for Blue Griffin Recording.\n\n\n\nElder is professor of piano at the University of Southern Mississippi where she teaches applied piano to graduate and undergraduate piano majors\, serves as coordinator and teacher in the class piano program and teaches piano pedagogy. \n\n\n\nShe is an active collaborator with USM faculty and guest artists\, and has performed throughout the United States\, and in South America and Europe as a soloist\, collaborator\, and masterclass clinician. In 2011\, Elder founded the Southern Miss Piano Institute\, which offers private lessons to pre-college students and adults in the community. Her students have received numerous awards and honors for their performance. \n\n\n\nSeveral of her college graduates serve as faculty in tenure-track or staff collaborative positions in the United States\, China\, and South America. Other students are employed as teachers or collaborative pianists in community music programs or elementary schools\, hold positions as band directors at churches or church pianists/organists throughout the United States. Other students have received full assistantship or scholarships to pursue graduate degrees at the Royal College of Music in London\, the University of Texas at Austin\, the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and USM.\n\n \n\n### X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nGuest artists Dr. Marcos Machado and Dr. Ellen Price Elder will present a recital at Northwestern State University on Thursday\, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. A livestream will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream.
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\nThe concert will include works by Artemy Aivazian\, Myroslav Skoryk\, Mateo Musumeci\, Erich W. Korngold\, Reinhold Gliere Fran Proto and Errol Garner. \;
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\nMachado\, who plays double bass\, has forged a vibrant international career that bridges performance\, pedagogy and authorship. Praised by The Strad for his "\;incredibly fluid"\; technique and by Fanfare for his "\;musicianship and technical prowess\,"\; Machado brings to his work a rare blend of expressive clarity\, technical mastery and scholarly insight. He is the only South American to hold both "\;Performance"\; and "\;Teaching"\; diplomas from the L'\;Institut International de Contrebasse de Paris\, where he studied under the legendary Francois Rabbath.
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\nMachado completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Michael Cameron and earned his earlier degrees under Milton Masciadri at the University of Georgia. His musical journey began in Brazil under the guidance of Uruguayan professor Milton Romay Masciadri. An advocarte for expanding the double bass repertoire\, Machado has inspired composers to create new works for the instrument\, including Frank Proto'\;s "\;Partita for Solo Double Bass"\; and Arthur'\;s Barbosa'\;s "\;Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra."\; He has also presented important South American premieres\, among them Tan Dun'\;s "\;Wold Totem"\; and Proto'\;s "\;Nine Variants on Paganini"\; and "\;Carmen Fantasy."\;
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\nHis discography includes the critically acclaimed albums "\;Metamorfora"\; and "\;Fantasy\,"\; recorded with pianist Ney Fialkow for Blue Griffin Recording.
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\nElder is professor of piano at the University of Southern Mississippi where she teaches applied piano to graduate and undergraduate piano majors\, serves as coordinator and teacher in the class piano program and teaches piano pedagogy. \;
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\nShe is an active collaborator with USM faculty and guest artists\, and has performed throughout the United States\, and in South America and Europe as a soloist\, collaborator\, and masterclass clinician. In 2011\, Elder founded the Southern Miss Piano Institute\, which offers private lessons to pre-college students and adults in the community. Her students have received numerous awards and honors for their performance. \;
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\nSeveral of her college graduates serve as faculty in tenure-track or staff collaborative positions in the United States\, China\, and South America. Other students are employed as teachers or collaborative pianists in community music programs or elementary schools\, hold positions as band directors at churches or church pianists/organists throughout the United States. Other students have received full assistantship \; or scholarships to pursue graduate degrees at the Royal College of Music in London\, the University of Texas at Austin\, the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and USM.
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\n LOCATION:Magale Recital Hall 143 Central Ave Natchitoches\, LA 71457 UID:e.1221.62931 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T065216Z URL:http://members.gonatchitoches.com/events/details/guest-artists-recital-62931 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR