Meet the Masters
Aspiring young performers take part in a class that gives students the opportunity to work with and learn from professional musicians.
Most master classes take place on stage at Orchestra Hall and are free and open to the public. For more information, contact WAMSO at 612-371-5654 or wamso@mnorch.org .
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE:
Joan DeVee Dixon, 1984 WAMSO Young Artist Competition Grand Prize winner, presented a free organ concert at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Avenue South, Minneapolis, on Thursday, January 12, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Joan DeVee Dixon made her professional debut with the Minnesota Orchestra at the invitation of Sir Neville Marriner. Since that time, she has conducted extensive concert tours of Europe and Japan. She now performs over fifty concerts a year in the USA and abroad as a soloist (both on piano and organ), accompanist, director of Emmanuel Brass, and pianist for the Chamberlain Trio.
Dr. Dixon is an Associate Professor of Music at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland, and Organist and Music Director at the historic Emmanuel Parish in Cumberland, Maryland. She is also frequently in residence at the University of the Ozarks where she served as Chapel Organist from 1988-1991 and assisted in the design of the "Great Hosanna" organ (Reuter, Opus 2143).
Dr. Dixon holds bachelors and masters degrees from Drake University, and a doctor of musical arts degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1992, Pendragon Press published her 700-page bio-bibliography of American composer George Rochberg. In 1998, she was named a recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council's Individual Artist Award. She is a member of the Music and Liturgy Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, and the grant review panels of the Allegany Arts Council and Maryland State Arts Council.
