All performances will start at 12:30 p.m. and will be held in the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts, unless otherwise indicated.
 

Ioana Galu, Violinist and Robert Satterlee, Pianist

Monday, April 7th—Reed Hall 160

Ioana Galu, a native of Romania, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from Gheorghe Dima Music Academy of Cluj and later served on the faculty there as an assistant professor of violin and chamber music.  Galu has performed in master classes, earned a scholarship for study at the Academie National de Villecroze of France, and has been awarded prizes in numerous national and international competitions. She teaches at Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, N.C. and is a member of the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra.  Galu became Director of the Preparatory Department at Heidelberg College where she teaches violin and chamber music.

Robert Satterlee, Coordinator of Graduate Studies at Bowling Green State University, holds degrees in piano from Yale University, Peabody Conservatory and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Satterlee, an accomplished and versatile solo recitalist and chamber musician, performs regularly across the country, and has appeared on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, San Francisco’s Old First Concert Series, the Schubert Club in St. Paul and MTNA national conventions.  Satterlee has also performed on Minnesota Public Radio. He is co-founder of Chamber Music Quad  Cities and collaborates with members of the Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit Symphony Orchestras in chamber music concerts. Satterlee has been awarded many competition prizes, including honors in the St. Louis Symphony Young Artists competition. 
 

Ray Kamalay presents Freedom, Slavery and the Roots of American Music

MoRhodes Pernday, April 21st

ay Kamalay is singer, guitarist and leader of the group, Red Hot Peppers.  A Detroit native, Ray started playing professionally after graduating from the University of Detroit.  While searching for the ancient Celtic muse on the Shetland Islands, he got his first big dose of the music of Django Reinhardt.  Since then his never-ending interest in folk music and jazz genres has only gotten bigger.  Ray has worked in collaboration with many fine artists, including Joel Mabus, James Dapogny, Johnny Frigo, Betty Joplin, the Chenille Sisters, Jethro Burns and Ralphe and Howard Armstrong.  In 1997, his work with the Armstrongs was nominated for the W. C. Handy Award. 
 

Outside on the QUAD:  AlexCuba

Monday, May 5th, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.

ALEXCUBA is a Cuban-born multi-instrumentalist who now makes his home in Canada.  He has brought  Cuban sounds into the mainstream.  His first national TV appearance was at age 4 and won a National Song Writing Competition in Cuba at 18.  In Canada, he teamed up with his twin brother Adonis to record Morumba Cubana, as The Puentes Brothers.  In 2001, the album received a nomination for a Juno award, a West Coast Music Award, and a Canadian Independent Music Award.  He departed from the Cuban norms with his debut CD with the Alex Cuba Band, Humo De Tabaco, earning him a Juno award for World Music Album in 2006.  AlexCuba has performed for festivals in the US and Canada and has opened for The Blind Boys of Alabama, Cesaria Evora and Ron Sexsmith.  Alex returned to the studio with producer Joby Baker, recording his second album, Agua Del Pozo, released in 2007.
 

Dr. Thomas Weis on AIDS Education

Monday, May 12th—Reed Hall 160

Dr. Thomas Weis is a retired pediatrician here in Lima.  He had a private practice for over 30 years and has been an   active volunteer in the field since his retirement.  He has dedicated much of his retirement to AIDS education.  He has spoken in many schools and been a voluntary AIDS educator in the Turks and Caicos Islands (where he winters), leading talks with people age 8-80, and helping young people make smart choices.  Dr. Weis will address the issues related to AIDS awareness, health, and education.  He is a dynamic, frank, funny, and a dynamic speaker/motivator.