Sigma Alpha Iota

PAN PIPES Summer 2019 23 NATIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATE a man or woman who is nationally recognized for distinguished contribution to the arts DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS D R . JA S M I N A R A K AWA Dr. Jasmin Arakawa was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Delta Gamma Chapter at the University of Florida in March. Dr. Arakawa is Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Area Coordinator at the University of Florida, as well as Director of the UF International Piano Festival, having previously served at Western Illinois University and the University of South Alabama. Dr. Arakawa has performed widely in North America, Central and South America, Europe, China, and Japan. A prizewinner of the Jean Françaix International Music Competition, she has been heard at Carnegie Hall, Salle Gaveau in Paris, and Victoria Hall in Geneva, as well as in broadcasts of the BBC and Radio France. She has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Philips Symfonie Orkest in Amsterdam, Orquestra Sinfonica de Piracicaba in Brazil, and numerous orchestras in the United States and her native Japan. Other performance highlights include guest artist appearances at the Toronto Summer Festival, Ribadeo International Music Festival in Spain, Bicentenaire de Chopin in Switzerland, Scotiabank Northern Lights Music Festival in Mexico, Festival de Música de Cámarain Peru, Festival Internacional de Música Erudita de Piracicaba in Brazil, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, and Distinguished Concerts International New York. In 2016, Arakawa released her debut solo album Klavierabend to critical acclaim. She has a special interest in Spanish repertoire. As a prizewinner of the Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America and under the sponsorship of the Spanish Embassy, she subsequently recorded solo and chamber pieces by Spanish and Latin American composers. She has served as Collaborative Pianist in Residence at the Banff Centre in Canada for three seasons. An advocate of new music, Arakawa has premiered and performed numerous contemporary works. Recently she released the complete works of Witold Lutosławski for violin and piano on PARMA Recordings with Canadian violinist Véronique Mathieu. Dr. Arakawa is a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts. She holds a Masters and Doctorate in Piano Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Emile Naoumoff, the last protégé of SAI Honorary Member Nadia Boulanger. A recipient of the 2016 Steinway Top Teacher Award, Arakawa has given master classes at China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Peru, Instituto Baccarelli in Brazil, and numerous universities in the United States and Canada. D R . K I V I E C A H N - L I P M A N Dr. Kivie Cahn-Lipman was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Alpha Nu Chapter at Youngstown State University in March. Dr. Cahn-Lipman joined the YSU faculty as the Assistant Professor of Cello in 2017 and became Alpha Nu's advisor this past fall. He taught cello at Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges from 2005-2012 and at e College of New Jersey from 2015-2017, and he has been on the faculty of the Cortona Sessions for New Music each summer since 2012. He joined the faculty of the Dana School of Music in 2017. He is the founding cellist of the International Contemporary Ensemble—with which he performs regularly to international critical acclaim—as well as founder, lironist, and director of the baroque string band ACRONYM and gambist with the viol consort LeStrange. Most recently, Dr. Cahn-Lipman performed with the YSU Dana Faculty Piano Trio at Carnegie Hall in New York City this past March. Dr. Cahn-Lipman earned his undergraduate degree in Cello Performance at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, received his Master's in Cello Performance from e Julliard School, and his Doctorate in Cello Performance and Viola De Gamba Performance. He appears on more than forty recordings on labels including Nonesuch, Naxos, New Focus, New Amsterdam, New World, Tzadik, ArsPublica, Kairos, Mode, Tundra, Starkland, Olde Focus, Canteloupe, and Stradivarius. As a chamber musician, he has performed frequently at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and other major venues on four continents, as well as live on WNYC 93.9 in New York and WFMT 98.7 in Chicago. D R . K E V I N R O B E R T O R R Dr. Kevin Robert Orr was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Delta Gamma Chapter at the University of Florida in March. Dr. Orr teaches piano performance as well as Improvisational Keyboard Skills at the University of Florida. His course, "Improvisational Keyboard Skills," exposes students to practical keyboard skills outside the classical realm. A University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, his recordings of the complete Johannes Brahms Solo Piano Sonatas and Ballades have been universally praised in the major music publications of North America and Europe. A strong advocate of new music, Orr has premiered and recorded solo and ensemble

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