Julien Bélanger, percussion
After years of study, members of the class of 2022 share their talents and passion through a final graduation recital. Julien Bélanger’s graduation recital was recorded from a performance on November 8, 2021. Join us on Curtis’s Facebook or YouTube page for a broadcast premiere on March 16, 2022 at 7 p.m.
TILBURG | An Hour of Change |
GLOBOKAR | Toucher |
KLATZOW | Dances of Earth and Fire |
Julien Bélanger, percussion | |
MANOURY | Le livre des claviers: duo de marimbas |
Julien Bélanger, marimba | |
Alexandre Lavoie, marimba | |
MATTHUS | Concerto (“Der Wald”) |
Andante | |
Allegro agitato | |
Recitative–Allegro vivace risoluto–Andante | |
Julien Bélanger, timpani | |
Matthew Hakkarainen, violin | |
Yesong Lee, violin | |
Jieon Park, violin | |
Takumi Taguchi, violin | |
Beatrice Chen, viola | |
Teyana Woodton, cello | |
Robert Kesselman, double bass | |
Sarah Jessen, trumpet | |
Erika Hollister, horn | |
Jeffry Kirschen, horn | |
Robert Conquer, trombone | |
Derek Gullett, bass trombone | |
Don Liuzzi, conductor |
About the Performers
Julien Bélanger, from Montréal, graduated from Curtis in 2021 and held the William R. Stensrud and Suzanne E. Vaucher Annual Fellowship.
Beatrice Chen, from Chicago, is a student of Hsin-Yun Huang and entered Curtis in 2018.
Derek Gullett, from Uniontown, Ohio, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2019.
Jieon Park, from Seoul, is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2016.
Matthew Hakkarainen, from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is a student of Pamela Frank and entered Curtis in 2018.
Robert Conquer, from Toronto, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2018.
Sarah Jessen, from Colebrook, Conn., is a student of David Bilger and entered Curtis in 2017.
Takumi Taguchi, from Seattle, is a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and entered Curtis in 2018.
Yesong Sophie Lee, from Seattle, is a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Arnold Steinhardt, and entered Curtis in 2021.
Don Liuzzi, Percussion Faculty
Alexandre Lavoie, guest artist
Erika Hollister, guest artist
Jeffry Kirschen, guest artist
Teyana Woodton, guest artist
Robert Kesselman, guest artist