Portuguese pianist, Alexandra Mascolo-David, to perform recital at Goshen College April 18

Mascolo-David’s program will include sonatas, Brazilian waltzes and other pieces by António Fragoso, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leos Janácek, Daniel McCarthy and Francisco Mignone. McCarthy’s “Time Out of Mind: Six Tales of Middle Earth” was written specifically for Mascolo-David in 2001 and inspired by Tolkien’s epoch trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings.” The movements depict stories from the trilogies.

 

              Mascolo-David holds a piano diploma from the Oporto Conservatory of Music in Portugal, and a doctorate of musical arts in piano from the University of Kansas, where her teacher was Sequeira Costa. She has also studied with Edna Golandsky in New York City, and Joseph Gurt of Eastern Michigan University. Mascolo-David has served on the piano faculties of Iowa State University and of the Interlochen Arts Camp. She currently teaches piano at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. She is also the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the First Prize in the Piano Competition of Braga, Portugal, the 1992 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from the University of Kansas and the 2001 Provost’s for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity from Central Michigan University. Mascolo-David is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Ludington Music Festival in Michigan.

 

              The “Washington Post” has called Mascolo-David “a splendid pianist—refined, searching and expressive, and her playing is loaded with insight and interpretative detail.”

             

              Mascolo-David has performed, and led workshops and master classes in Europe and the Americas. She has given solo recitals in Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Poland and in the United States. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Peru and the United States, and has completed five years of engagements with the Orpheus Piano Trio of Central Michigan University. In recent years, she has centered her repertoire around the evocative piano music of Portuguese and Brazilian composers, especially that of Mignone. Mascolo-David is in the forefront of presenting Mignone’s piano music, and her performances have been widely praised.

 

General admission is $5, $3 for students and seniors and free to Goshen College students. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling the Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566.

Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” Kaplan’s “Most Interesting Colleges” guide and U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit https://www.goshen.edu.

Editors: For more information, contact News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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