Amy Likar holding her flute with pianist Lino Rivera
Music Program and Performing Arts: Dance, Music & Theatre

Faculty Recital
Lino Rivera (piano) & Amy Likar (flute/piccolo)

Date & Time

Location (On-campus)

Chapel: Main
1928 St. Marys Road
Moraga, CA 94575
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Amy Likar holding her flute with pianist Lino Rivera

About

Join Amy Likar and Lino Rivera for an evening of music for the flute and piano (and piccolo too!).  Likar and Rivera will be performing works by Aaron Copland, Ian Clarke, Stacy Garrop, Phoebe Pylant, and Erwin Schulhoff.  

FREE, no tickets needed. Donations may be made here: stmarys-ca.edu/musicgives or at the door.
PARKING: Park in the Visitor's Lot to the left of the entrance gate for 50 cents per hour (Follow instructions on signs for payment). Limited accessible parking is available right in front of the Chapel.
 
PROGRAM

Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)                                               Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

  1. Flowing
  2. Poetic, somewhat mournful
  3. Lively, with bounce

Orange Dawn (1991)                                                                Ian Clarke (b. 1964)

à La Kujala (2026) for piccolo and piano                                  Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)

  1. Vade Mecum
  2. Stage Music
  3. With each passing moment

Marmoris (2021) for solo alto flute                                              Phoebe Pylant (b. 2007)                                

Sonata for Flute and Piano (1928)                                             Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo
  3. Aria
  4. Rondo-Finale

Noted for her “...dazzling…and winning tonal beauty and eloquence,” (Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle), Amy Likar is an active freelancer and chamber musician based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drawing on Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, and exercise science, she is dedicated to helping musicians find the freedom to be fully themselves.

Career highlights include the premiere of Martin Rokeach’s Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra and premieres of works by Valerie Coleman, Michael Stephens, Donald Sloan, and Daniel Felsenfeld. Likar has served on the faculty at Saint Mary’s College of California and is a member of the Oakland Symphony. She is a Verne Q Powell Performing Artist and the author of The Breathing Book for Flute and co-author of Mindful Flute Etudes. She holds degrees from Kent State University (BM and BMEd) and The Ohio State University (MM and DMA).

Lino Rivera is a concert pianist and music professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. Born in the Philippines, Lino is known for engaging audiences by bringing the pieces he plays to life—sharing his knowledge, interacting with listeners, and breaking down the formality of the concert experience.

Lino has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist on three continents.

Lino holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Santo Tomas, a master’s from the University of Hawaii, and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. He currently serves as a music professor in the Performing Arts Department at Saint Mary’s College of California, while maintaining an active concert schedule domestically and internationally.

Notes about the pieces which are going to be performed:
 
Ian Clarke’s work is supposed to evoke flamingos in Kenya.  
 
Stacy Garrop’s work is brand new and just premiered in October in Chicago. It is in memory and tribute to Walfrid Kujala, former piccoloist in the Chicago Symphony.  It’s in three movements and each pays homage to Wally in a different way.  The first movement is all motives from his book called Vade Mecum which is essentially a handbook on everything flute.  The second movement is riffs on some famous piccolo orchestral excerpts and the third movement is the Finnish Hymn-Päivä vain ja hetki kerrallansa or With Each Passing Moement. 
 
The Schulhoff Sonata was written in 1927 and he himself called it “printed kitsch, but skillfully made.”  He is a Czech composer who studied under Dvorak but was influenced by Schoenberg. So this sonata is an eclectic mix of  jazz, Dadaism, Impressionism and folkloric melodies. 

Contact

Tara Sundy
Performing Arts Coordinator & Events Manager
tms8@stmarys-ca.edu
(925) 631-4670

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Join Amy Likar and Lino Rivera for an evening of music for the flute and piano (and piccolo too!).  Likar and Rivera will be performing works by Aaron Copland, Ian Clarke, Stacy Garrop, Phoebe Pylant, and Erwin Schulhoff.  

FREE, no tickets needed. Donations may be made here: stmarys-ca.edu/musicgives or at the door.
PARKING: Park in the Visitor's Lot to the left of the entrance gate for 50 cents per hour (Follow instructions on signs for payment). Limited accessible parking is available right in front of the Chapel.
 
PROGRAM

Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)                                               Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

  1. Flowing
  2. Poetic, somewhat mournful
  3. Lively, with bounce

Orange Dawn (1991)                                                                Ian Clarke (b. 1964)

à La Kujala (2026) for piccolo and piano                                  Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)

  1. Vade Mecum
  2. Stage Music
  3. With each passing moment

Marmoris (2021) for solo alto flute                                              Phoebe Pylant (b. 2007)                                

Sonata for Flute and Piano (1928)                                             Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo
  3. Aria
  4. Rondo-Finale

Noted for her “...dazzling…and winning tonal beauty and eloquence,” (Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle), Amy Likar is an active freelancer and chamber musician based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drawing on Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, and exercise science, she is dedicated to helping musicians find the freedom to be fully themselves.

Career highlights include the premiere of Martin Rokeach’s Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra and premieres of works by Valerie Coleman, Michael Stephens, Donald Sloan, and Daniel Felsenfeld. Likar has served on the faculty at Saint Mary’s College of California and is a member of the Oakland Symphony. She is a Verne Q Powell Performing Artist and the author of The Breathing Book for Flute and co-author of Mindful Flute Etudes. She holds degrees from Kent State University (BM and BMEd) and The Ohio State University (MM and DMA).

Lino Rivera is a concert pianist and music professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. Born in the Philippines, Lino is known for engaging audiences by bringing the pieces he plays to life—sharing his knowledge, interacting with listeners, and breaking down the formality of the concert experience.

Lino has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist on three continents.

Lino holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Santo Tomas, a master’s from the University of Hawaii, and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. He currently serves as a music professor in the Performing Arts Department at Saint Mary’s College of California, while maintaining an active concert schedule domestically and internationally.

Notes about the pieces which are going to be performed:
 
Ian Clarke’s work is supposed to evoke flamingos in Kenya.  
 
Stacy Garrop’s work is brand new and just premiered in October in Chicago. It is in memory and tribute to Walfrid Kujala, former piccoloist in the Chicago Symphony.  It’s in three movements and each pays homage to Wally in a different way.  The first movement is all motives from his book called Vade Mecum which is essentially a handbook on everything flute.  The second movement is riffs on some famous piccolo orchestral excerpts and the third movement is the Finnish Hymn-Päivä vain ja hetki kerrallansa or With Each Passing Moement. 
 
The Schulhoff Sonata was written in 1927 and he himself called it “printed kitsch, but skillfully made.”  He is a Czech composer who studied under Dvorak but was influenced by Schoenberg. So this sonata is an eclectic mix of  jazz, Dadaism, Impressionism and folkloric melodies. 
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