Piano Solos by Liszt & Schumann | Music for Cello & Piano by Beethoven, Boulanger, & O'Rourke

• Erika Pierson, cello
• Emiko Hori, piano
• Katie O'Rourke, piano

Franz Liszt — Trois Études de concert, S. 144, No. 3: Un Sospiro (Emiko Hori, piano)
Robert Schumann — Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 ("I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton"; Emiko Hori, piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven — 7 Variations on Bei Mannern welche Liebe fuhlen, WoO 46 (Erika Pierson, cello & Katie O'Rourke, piano)
Katie O'Rourke — Berceuse for Cello and Piano (Erika Pierson, cello & Katie O'Rourke, piano)
Nadia Boulanger — Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (Erika Pierson, cello & Katie O'Rourke, piano)

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About Erika Pierson, cello

Erika Pierson, cellist, grew up in the Seattle area, beginning cello at age 7. Her cello studies have taken her to Bloomington, Indiana, Berlin, Germany, London, England and Ann Arbor, Michigan under teachers including Richard Aaron, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Markus Nyikos, Eileen Croxford and Erling Blöndal Bengtsson. Erika has performed as a soloist in England, Germany, Spain and the United States. Currently, she spends her time teaching, freelancing in local orchestras, performing in chamber concerts and raising two daughters, two large dogs and chickens with her husband in Kirkland, WA.

About Emiko Hori, piano

Emiko Hori, a native of Japan, graduated from renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Piano Performance. She studied with Shigeo Neriki, performed at numerous places including Banff Centre, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany, and others. Emiko became fascinated with and continued her study in Computer Science at Boston University. Busy working in technology companies such as CommerceHub and Microsoft, Emiko thought she would never play the piano again. She was wrong; Emiko became one of the newest performing members of Ladies Musical Club. Emiko enjoys dividing her time between performing concerts, teaching piano, and working at Starbucks HQ's Digital Commerce team.

http://emikohori.com/

About Katie O'Rourke, piano

Katie O’Rourke found her way to composing in 2018 after a decade of playing piano professionally. As a lifelong creative, Katie was drawn to the endless possibilities and the process of blending her favorite sounds, often experimenting with jazz, impressionism, and classical forms, to make something new. Composing has become a much loved endeavor. Katie works as a music educator and Feldenkrais® Practitioner in the Seattle area. She frequently presents Feldenkrais workshops to local music teachers groups and conferences. Katie also runs the Awareness Through Music Blog, which is dedicated to providing free resources on injury prevention, musicians’ wellness, breathwork, and mindful pedagogy. Katie is a graduate of Western Washington University where she studied piano with Milica Jovanović and Jeffrey Gilliam. As a pianist, Katie has collaborated with groups such Whatcom Symphony, Skagit Opera, and Whatcom Wind Ensemble, and Bellingham Chamber Orchestra and has been a Ladies Musical Club member since 2015.

http://pianowithkatie.com