BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Jacques Marquis will speak\, and then introduce Alex\, who was a 2013 Cliburn Competition competitor! Jacques Marquis joined the Cliburn as president and CEO in March 2013 with outstanding expertise and a weal th of international music competition experience. Since then\, he and hi s team have majorly expanded the Cliburn’s offerings and brand. New loca l concert series include the Cliburn Festival\, the club series Cliburn S essions\, and the free Cliburn in the Community concerts. He also launched a third quadrennial international competition: the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival\, for 13- to 17-year-olds. The CLI BURN LIVE webcast initiative now produces live online broadcasts of more t han 250 performances over a 4-year cycle\, amassing over 8 million views i n 170 countries. In education\, the past eight years have seen the doublin g of the Cliburn in the Classroom in-school education programs to 300 per year\, as well as the creation of "Van Cliburn: an American Hero\,” whic h tells the story of Van Cliburn to 12\,000 4th graders each year in par tnership with Performing Arts Fort Worth. In 2020\, the Cliburn quickly tr ansitioned to primarily digital programming\, creating several online seri es designed to inspire people of all ages with classical music. With initi atives such as Cliburn Kids (music education videos and lesson plans for e lementary students) and Cliburn Masterpiece (deep dives into the greatest piano works)\, Cliburn videos amassed more than 1.2 million views in that extraordinary year\, with more than 100\,000 hours of music being watched across 100 countries. In addition to continuing to grow those programs\, t he Cliburn is currently deep in planning for all three of its internationa l competitions—two of which were postponed due to the pandemic—which w ill now all take place over a 13-month time period: the sixteenth edition of the flagship Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (June 2022)\; the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition (October 2022)\; and t he Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival (June 2023) .  A bilingual executive with degrees in business administration and musi c\, he previously served as executive and artistic director of Jeunesses M usicales Canada\, where he was instrumental in establishing the Montreal I nternational Musical Competition and oversaw 11 editions of that competiti on. Alex McDonald will be the featured Cliburn pianist. Alex McDonald bio: Since his orchestral debut at age 11\, pianist Alex McDonald has soloed w ith the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico\, the Louisiana Philharmo nic\, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra\, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra\ , among others. He has performed across the United States as well as in Is rael\, Mexico\, Canada\, Japan\, and South Korea\; additionally\, he has b een a featured performer on PBS\, WRR (Dallas/Fort Worth)\, NPR\, and WQXR (New York City). Awards include second prizes at the 2007 New Orleans Int ernational Piano Competition and 2001 Gina Bachauer International Young Ar tist Piano Competition\, and 2008 Harvey Fellowship by the Mustard Seed Fo undation. In 2013\, he was a participant in the Fourteenth Van Cliburn Int ernational Piano Competition. Dr. McDonald is currently the festival direc tor for Basically Beethoven\, a thriving summer concert series in downtown Dallas’ Arts District. He has taught at Texas Woman’s University\, Ri chland College\, and The Juilliard School\, where he also was a Teaching F ellow for both the Literature and Materials and Piano Minor departments.  Mr. McDonald received his pre-college training under Lois Nielson\, his b achelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance under Russell Sherman\, and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Juilliard under Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Mar tin. DTEND:20211215T191700Z DTSTAMP:20260611T065732Z DTSTART:20211215T174500Z LOCATION:Park City Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Cliburn Performance UID:3b6f399f-4ec0-4841-bcad-66cff520ec3f X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Jacques Mar quis will speak\, and then introduce Alex\, who was a 2013 Cliburn Competi tion competitor!

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Jacques \;Marquis joined the Cliburn as president and CEO in March 2013 with outstanding expertise \;and a wealth of international \;music \;competition experience. Since t hen\, he and his team have majorly expanded the Cliburn&rsquo\;s offerings and brand. New local concert series include the Cliburn Festival\, the&nb sp\;club series Cliburn Sessions\, and the free Cliburn in the Community c oncerts. He also launched a third quadrennial international competition: t he Cliburn International Junior \;Piano \;Competition and Festival \, for 13- to 17-year-olds. The CLIBURN LIVE webcast initiative now produc es live online broadcasts of more than 250 performances over a 4-year cycl e\, amassing over 8 million views in 170 countries. In education\, the pas t eight years have seen the doubling of the Cliburn in the Classroom in-sc hool education programs to 300 per year\, as well as the creation of " \;Van Cliburn: an American Hero\,&rdquo\; which tells the story of Van&nbs p\;Cliburn to 12\,000 4th graders each year in \;partnership with Perf orming Arts Fort Worth.

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In 2020\, the Cliburn quickly transition ed to primarily digital programming\, creating several online series desig ned to inspire people of all ages with classical music. With initiatives s uch as Cliburn Kids (music education videos and lesson plans for elementar y students) and Cliburn Masterpiece (deep dives into the greatest piano wo rks)\, Cliburn videos amassed more than 1.2 million views in that extraord inary year\, with more than 100\,000 hours of music being watched across 1 00 countries. In addition to continuing to grow those programs\, the Clibu rn is currently deep in planning for all three of its international compet itions&mdash\;two of which were postponed due to the pandemic&mdash\;which will now all take place over a 13-month time period: the sixteenth editio n of the flagship Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (June 2022)\ ; the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition (October 2022)\; and the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival (June 202 3). \;

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A bilingual executive with degrees in business admini stration and music\, he previously served as executive and artistic direct or of Jeunesses Musicales Canada\, where he was instrumental in establishi ng the Montreal International Musical Competition and oversaw 11 editions of that competition.

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\nAlex McDonald will be the featured Cliburn pianist.

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Alex McDonald bio:

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Since his o rchestral debut at age 11\, pianist Alex McDonald has soloed with the Orqu esta Sinfó\;nica del Estado de Mexico\, the Louisiana Philharmonic\, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra\, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra\, amo ng others. He has performed across the United States as well as in Israel\ , Mexico\, Canada\, Japan\, and South Korea\; additionally\, he has been a featured performer on PBS\, WRR (Dallas/Fort Worth)\, NPR\, and WQXR (New York City). Awards include second prizes at the 2007 New Orleans Internat ional Piano Competition and 2001 Gina Bachauer International Young Artist Piano Competition\, and 2008 Harvey Fellowship by the Mustard Seed Foundat ion. In 2013\, he was a participant in the Fourteenth Van Cliburn Internat ional Piano Competition.

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Dr. McDonald is currently the festival director for Basically Beethoven\, a thriving summer concert series in dow ntown Dallas&rsquo\; Arts District. He has taught at Texas Woman&rsquo\;s University\, Richland College\, and The Juilliard School\, where he also w as a Teaching Fellow for both the Literature and Materials and Piano Minor departments. \;

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Mr. McDonald received his pre-college train ing under Lois Nielson\, his bachelor&rsquo\;s degree from the New England Conservatory with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance under Ru ssell Sherman\, and his master&rsquo\;s and doctoral degrees from Juilliar d under Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin.

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