Join us Monday, January 29 for a Blair Master Series faculty recital by bassoonist Peter Kolkay with pianist Jennifer McGuire, 8:00 p.m., in Turner Hall. Kolkay will be joined by the students of the Blair Bassoon Studio for a program that will include selections by Reginald Bain, Manuel de Falla, Russell Platt, and Gioachino Rossini. View the full program .
This is a free event with tickets required for admission.
Called “superb” by The Washington Post and “stunningly virtuosic” by The New York Times, Peter Kolkay is the only bassoonist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant and to win first prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Kolkay holds degrees from Lawrence University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University.
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Venue: Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Address: 2400 Blakemore Ave., Nashville, TN 37212
Parking: Free parking is available at the Vanderbilt West Parking Garage on Childrens Way, directly across from Blair School of Music. Due to construction on 25th Ave. South, enter the West Garage on 24th Ave. South.
About Peter Kolkay:
Called “superb” by The Washington Post and “stunningly virtuosic” by The New York Times, Peter Kolkay is the only bassoonist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant and to win first prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. He is a Season Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Recent seasons have included a solo recital at the Centro Cultural Ollin Yolitzli in Mexico City, chamber music performances at Music@Menlo and Bridgehampton summer festivals, and appearances on the Emerald City, Camerata Pacifica, and Mostly Music series.
Kolkay actively engages with composers in the creation of new works for the bassoon; he has commissioned and premiered solo works by Joan Tower, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Tania León, among others. His recent recordings include Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, with Roger Waters narrating, and Michael Torke’s bassoon concerto with the Albany Symphony.
Kolkay is a member of the IRIS Orchestra in Germantown, Tenn., and has also served as guest principal bassoon of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. A dedicated teacher, he is Associate Professor at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, and has given master classes throughout the United States and Mexico. Kolkay holds degrees from Lawrence University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University, and studied with Frank Morelli, John Hunt, Jean Barr, and Monte Perkins. A native of Naperville, Ill., he now calls the Melrose neighborhood of Nashville home.