Join us for this free concert featuring Michelle Stanley (flute), Stanley Curtis (trumpet), Tiffany Blake (soprano) and Jooyeon Chang (piano). Songs performed will include Martyrdom of Marsyas , Selections from The Hermit Songs and The Hollow Men. The performance will be held in the GAMA’s Griffin ​Foundation Gallery, surrounded by ​art from the exhibition Glorioserías​: The Body in Late Twentieth Century Mexican Art. The museum director, Dr. Lynn Boland, will speak on the connection between art and music.

This concert is free and open to the public, but we ask for reservations as space is limited.

• Reserve your free ticket for the noon performance: https://tinyurl.com/2p98ecs7
• Reserve your free ticket for the 6 p.m. performance: https://tinyurl.com/37dj483x

About the performers:

Tiffany Blake, Associate Professor of Music: Praised by Opera News Online for her “…truly virtuoso performance… immaculate tone, good support and breath to spare.”, soprano, Dr. Tiffany Blake, received her D.M.A. in Vocal Performance with a minor in Opera Stage Direction from the Eastman School of Music, where she also earned her M.M. and was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate.

Stanley Curtis, Assistant Professor of Music: Stanley Curtis has developed a multi-faceted career as a trumpeter, composer, and early music specialist. After studying at the University of Alabama, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and in the Netherlands on a Fulbright Scholarship, he received his Doctor of Music from Indiana University in 2005.

Michelle Stanley, Associate Professor of Music: Praised for her “fine breath control and offers subtlety in playing and a strong sense of the long, lyrical lines”, Michelle is a performer of solo, chamber and orchestral music. She is a regular international artist and has enjoyed giving masterclasses from China to the U.S. She has performed across the globe and is on the faculty of the Interharmony Music Festival in Italy and director of CSU’s Arts Management program.

Jooyeon Chang, Instructor of Music: Dr. Chang is an active collaborative pianist, embracing a massive variety of repertoires including winds, strings, opera, musical theatre, and large ensembles. She has worked as a collaborative pianist around the world and has performed with world-renowned brass musicians such tuba greats as Øystein Baadsvik, Roland Szentpali, Thomas Lulu, and euphonium players Steven Mead, Anthony Caillet, and Bastien Baumet. For many years, she has been official staff pianist for the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris, and a guest accompanist of Musique de Armée de l’Air de Paris.