The Chicago Chopin Society: A Celebration of Polish Composers |“Music for (all) Hours”

PROGRAM

Grazyna Bacewicz

Frédéric Chopin: Selected works

Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata Op. 65 featuring Australian cellist Timothy Archbold

Jaroslaw Golembiewski: Music for Hours

IV. Nine O’clock Chimes

V. Ten O’clock Menuet

X. Three O’clock Waltz

XV. Eight O’clock Lilt

XVI. Nine O’clock Prelude

XVIII. Eleven O’clock Fairytales

Pianist Jeffrey Panko has received critical acclaim as both solo and collaborative artist throughout the United States and Europe. Earning degrees in piano performance from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the DePaul University School of Music, Panko was awarded top prizes in the Society of American Musicians’ Piano Competition (Chicago) and the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition (New York).

Following a concert tour of Poland where he was honored by the United States with the title of Cultural Ambassador, Panko was invited by the City of Chicago to present a Chopin recital for the visiting Lech Walesa and other Polish dignitaries. Panko has also been featured in performances at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, Lincoln Center Library, WQXR Radio (New York), is a frequent performer on WFMT Radio (Chicago), and appeared in Symphony Center playing the music of Steven Sondheim for Mr. Sondheim.   

An Artist Faculty member of the New Music School piano faculty in Chicago, Panko also serves as Minister of Music and as Artistic Director of the Music at Bethel Concert Series for Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst.

Timothy Archbold is an Australian cellist currently playing with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Chicago, Skylight Theater, and as associate principal with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. He received his undergraduate degree in music from the University of Melbourne, Australia, then studied chamber music and cello performance in Germany for five years at the Hochschule fur Kunste in Bremen and European Chamber Music Academy in Hannover. He went on to receive his master’s degree in music from Wichita State University where he played with the Graduate String Quartet and the Wichita Symphony.

He is currently freelancing in the Chicagoland area. In addition to his classical performing, he enjoys a wide range of styles from playing in a Latin jazz band, appearing with worship bands to accompanying dancers in Cerqua Rivera. He is also a part of musical program for late-stage alzheimer patients studying the effects of music on the brain. Timothy has a large studio of private students and coaches honor chamber music ensembles with Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra and several area high schools.

When not doing cello stuff, Timothy enjoys crossfit and spending time with his wife and three girls Eleanor, Lucy, and Abigail.