Performers' Bios
Pablo
Cohen
classical
guitar
D.M.A., M.M., Temple University; B.M.E., Buenos Aires Conservatory.
Studies with Manuel Barrueco, Eduardo Fernandez, Jorge M. Zarate, William Braetzer.
Formerly,
faculty, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Community College of Philadelphia,
Manuel
de Falla Conservatory, Collegium Musicum of Buenos Aires, Gualeguay School
of Music in Argentinia.
Performances at universities and concert series in New York Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin.
Performances in New York (Carnegie Recital Hall), Paris (Salle Cortot), Panama City (Teatro Nacional), Seoul (Ho-Am Hall).
Festival appearances at Mozart on the Square (Philadelphia), Festival Casals (Puerto Rico), Carrafour Mondial de la Guitare '92 and '96 (Martinique), Geneva International Festival, Musickfest '95 (Pennsylvania), Tel Aviv Guitar Festival, Festival Calcano (Caracas), Festival de Guitarra Clasica '97 (Buenos Aires).
First prize, Carrefour Mondial de la Guitare, International Competition (Martinique); second prize, 10th International Guitar Competition in Honor of Andrés Segovia (Puerto Rico).
Recordings
for Dorian label.
Steven
Mauk
soprano
saxophone
DMA, M.M., University of Michigan; B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Studies with Larry Teal, Donald Sinta, Anthony D'Andrea.
Solo and chamber music performances in Carnegie Recital Hall, concerto performance in Alice Tully Hall, soloist with US Navy Band, West Point Band, and Wind Orchestras in Russia.
Performances in England, Russia, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Slovenia, Croatia, and throughout the US
Founding member and soprano saxophonists in the Empire Saxophone Quartet
Contributor, Saxophone Journal; Saxophone Symposium; Band Director's Guide; Woodwind, Brass and Percussion; Music Library Association Notes.
Author - Saxophone Warm-ups; A Practical Approach to Playing the Saxophone; Medici Masterwork Series Solos for Alto Saxophone, vol. 2; and Medici Masterwork Series Solos for TenorSaxophone, vol. 2.
Recordings for Open Loop, Albany Records, MAI, Liscio, Cornell Wind Ensemble, and Soundspells labels.
Clinician, The Selmer Company; past president, North American Saxophone Alliance.
Ithaca
College Excellence in Teaching Award, Dana teaching and research fellowships
at Ithaca College; Phi Kappa Phi National Artist Award.
