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Ljiljana
Eluhow
Ljiljana
Skoric Eluhow is an international artist who has performed extensively
in her native Croatia, in Europe and in the United States. She
has appeared on European and American radio and television and
has been featured in concert at the Philips Collection in Washington.
After
graduating from the Zagreb Music Academy, she received a DAAD
scholarship from the German government for study at the Hochschule
for Musik in Frankfurt am Main where she earned the Artist Diploma
under the tutelage of pianist, Branka Musulin (a student of
Alfred Cortot) and studied chamber music under Professor Weigmann.
While a student in Frankfurt, Ms. Eluhow received additional
scholarships for summer study in Venice, Italy, where she studied
with Italian pianist, Ornella Puliti Santoliquido. Her post
graduate coach was with the virtuoso pianist, Professor Leopolder.
Currently,
she is a faculty at NVCC. Previously, she taught at Shenandoah
Conservatory, the Preparatory Department of the Peabody Conservatory,
Mainz Conservatory in Germany and Wetzlar Musyc School.
In
March, 2002, the members of Phi Theta Kappa awarded her with
the Teacher Appreciation Certificate for excellence in teaching.
Ms. Eluhow serves on the Board of Arlington Symphony, is a member
of the Symphony League of Alexandria, and member of Committee
of 100 from Arlington.
Christine
Hagan
Christine
Hagan received Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in piano
performance from the University of Maryland where she studied
with Stewart Gordon and Thomas Schumacher. Her post graduate
work was with Elvin Schmitt.
She
has appeared as soloist and accompanist in the U.S. and abroad.
She also performs regularly with her brother, David Hagan in
duo piano recitals. In July 1999, Ms. Hagan presented the premier
of Garrison Hull'' commissioned Riverside Sonata in a recital
at the Lyceum honoring Alexandria's 250th anniversary. Joseph
McLellan in the Washington Post commended Ms. Hagan as "a
musician of formidable skill" who "played the Riverside
Sonata with musical intelligence and precise technique."
Ms. Hagan teaches in her Arlington studio and at NVCC, where
she also accompanies the NOVA Community Chorus. In May 2000,
she was awarded the Jean C. Netherton Award for Excellence for
Outstanding Service by the college.
Harvey
Jacobson
As a champion of American Music, Harvey
Jacobson devotes himself to popularizing and increasing the
artistic appreciation of many of America's rarely performed
composers. As a composer himself, Mr. Jacobson continues to
develop his own unique contributions to America's musical heritage.
A
native of Boston, Mr. Jacobson received his degrees from Boston
University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University
of North Carolina with doctoral studies at the University of
Maryland and George Mason Universities.
He
was awarded the "Certificate of Individual Merit"
from the National Federation of Music Clubs for his contribution
toward the furtherance of American music and was included in
"The International Who's Who in Music," following
a series of lecture-recitals on the solo piano music of the
American composer, Edward MacDowell. Mr. Jacobson has appeared
frequently on both radio and television performing the music
of Scott Joplin, Edward MacDowell and the serious music of Thomas
"Fats" Waller.
Mr.
Jacobson is a member of Broadcast Music Inc. and is a composer
of both vocal and instrumental music. "The Sonata for Horn
and Piano" was first performed at the Catholic
University
School of Music. Another original composition "The Sonata
for Trumpet and Piano" was premiered at the Lincoln Center
in New York, and also performed at the Julliard School of Music.
"The Angel," taken from the "Songs of Experience"
by William Blake, was first sung at the Kennedy Center Concert
Hall. Mr. Jacobson has taught at the North Carolina School of
Performing Arts and currently teaches at NVCC.
Current
recording - "Coins of Gold and Other Treasures." (Original
compositions)
