Firebreak Mary Hellmann

• James Paul Sain (b. 1959):
• 1Sain: Firebreak05:24
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
• 2Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 14601:19
• 3Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 46603:22
• Christopher Cook (b. 1962):
• 4Cook: Dreamscape06:47
• 5Cook: Metropolis06:17
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata":
• 6Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai10:00
• 7Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": II. Andante con moto05:54
• 8Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo09:10
• Thomas Harrison (b. 1985):
• 9Harrison: Nursery Variations13:33
• 10Harrison: Night of the Lights04:57
• Total Runtime01:06:43

Info for Firebreak

Mary Hellmann presents a program of works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, Christopher Cook, Thomas Harrison, and James Paul Sain. Mary Hellmann studied first at the University of Louisville before receiving Masters degrees from the University of Illinois and her DMA from the University of Alabama. Is Chair of the Department of Music at Chowan University. In addition to this role, she teaches various piano courses and maintains an impressive performing and recording schedule. The title track, Firebreak by James Paul Sain, was written specifically for Mary Hellmann.

Mary Hellmann, piano

Mary Hellmann
Concert pianist Mary Hellmann is Chair of the Music Department at Chowan University, in Murfreesboro, NC. She maintains an active performing schedule as both soloist and chamber musician. She is an avid proponent of music of our time and is a frequent master class clinician, performer at various festivals and adjudicator for competitions.

Her principal instructors were Menahem Pressler, Ian Hobson, Michel Block, and Noel Engebretson. She has participated in a variety of master classes with some of the most renown pianists of our time including: Ward Davenny, Lillian Kallir, Joseph Kalichstein, Rebecca Penneys, Theodore Lettvin, Gyorgy Sebok, and Russell Sherman.

She has presented recital programs for the Alabama Public Television series Pianists at Work, and performed in numerous university and festival settings including: the Rutgers International Piano Festival, the International Computer Music Conference, the Midwest Composers Forum, the Festivale Internationale de Todi, Italy, the Society of Composers, Inc. National and International Conferences, and the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States Conference.

Dr. Hellmann teaches exclusively in the Music Department at Chowan University and believes that sharing one’s knowledge and passion for music with students is paramount in a musician’s life.

Dr. Hellmann received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Louisville; a Master of Music in Piano Performance and an additional Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Illinois; she received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Hellmann completed additional graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music with Rebecca Penneys and as a student of Menahem Pressler at Indiana University.

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