In Juneau: July 11, 2003 8:00PM Northern Light Church
In Sitka: July 23, 2003 8:00PM Harrigan Centennial Hall

Beethoven:	Fantasie op.77
Messiaen:	from Catalogue d´oiseaux ("Cataloge of birds") (1959): Le Loriot (Golden Oriole) Le Merle bleu (Blue Rock Thrush)
*	INTERMISSION
Beethoven:	Andante Favori
Messiaen:	from Vingt regard sur l´Enfant-Jésus (Twenty Glances at the Baby Jesus) (1945): Regard de l´Esprit de joie Le baiser de l´Enfant-Jésus

MARTIN ZEHN (PIANO) was born in Berlin. At the age of fourteen, he became a young student of Professor Gediga at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where he also eventually studied composition with Bojidar Bimov. After matriculation he was awarded a German People’s scholarship. In 1984, he began twin courses in Munich: composition with Wilhelm Kilmayer, and piano, first with Alfons Kontarsky and later with Karl-Hermann Mrongovius. Later, he completed his keyboard studies in Dresden as a master-class pupil of Amadeus Webersinke. Martin Zehn has won numerous prizes in international competitions, including the first prize in the national German university competition in 1990, the first prize in the Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Munich, and the Premio Jan in Spain. He was awarded scholarships from the German Music Council and from the cities of Munich and Dresden. In Vienna he was awarded the second prize in the 1993 Beethoven Competition, together with an extra prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music. With concert agencies in Germany, Italy and Spain he has built a career both as a soloist and in chamber music.

JOYCE PARRY MOORE (SOPRANO) completed her Master’s studies in Opera at the Boston and New England Conservatories under John Moriarty. She also performed with Mr. Moriarty at Central City Opera in Colorado. Ms. Parry Moore has sung roles with Lake George Opera Theatre and Liederkrantz Opera in New York, and Boston Lyric Opera and Longwood Opera in Massachusetts. Her roles include Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus. Always a fan of new music, Joyce worked with “Friends and Enemies of New Music” in New York, and performed contemporary pieces like Face on the Barroom Floor at Central City and the children’s opera The Goose Girl by Pasatieri with Boston Lyric. Now a voice teacher in Juneau, Joyce came to Alaska to work with Perseverance Theatre and Molly Smith, with whom she performed Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf both in Juneau and Anchorage. Joyce also leads the Opera To Go group in Juneau, offering performances of contemporary opera and vocal music and dedicated to making opera accessible to Southeast audiences. SeaBoard Alexander will include the fourth work of contemporary music commissioned for Joyce by CrossSound. Joyce believes that CrossSound is a vital reminder that contemporary " classical music … is alive and well and written by all kinds of exciting people all over the world."

HEATHER DAWN JANES (PIANO) was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska where she graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1995. While growing up in Juneau, she studied piano with Mary Watson (CrossSound 2001), as well as playing the flute and various other instruments. In 1999 she obtained a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. At UAF, she studied piano with Dr. Eduard Zilberkant and Dr. Rose Chancler, completing a B.M. in Piano Performance in 2001. Ms. Janes has also studied piano with Antoinette Perry at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Currently, Heather is finishing her M.M degree in Piano Performance at the Ithaca College School of Music, where she is an active chamber musician and accompanist, and a member of the Ithaca College Piano Ensemble and the Ithaca College Contemporary Chamber Players. She hopes to graduate this spring.