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Featuring Thursday Musical Members Nokomis Piano Quartet Carolyn Boulay, violin ,Judy MacGibbon, viola, Daryl Carlson, cello, Max Radloff, piano; Nickolai Kolarov, cello; Catherine Ramirez, flute; and Jim Reilly, tenor accompanied by Beatrice Giere, piano.
*please note Catherine Ramirez has canceled
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Max Radloff majored in piano performance at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he studied with Robert Below and he has a MFA and DMA in piano performance from the University of Minnesota where he was a student of Paul Freed. At various times he has taught at Concordia University and The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul and at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. He is mostly retired with only a few students at his home studio. Astronomy is a hobby and he likes to travel to observe total solar eclipses. The eclipse this coming April in Mexico will be the fourteenth he has seen.
Carolyn Boulay left the San Antonio Symphony so that she and her husband, Pat, could raise a family in their native Minnesota. As a freelance musician, she has played on rooftops and cruises, at formal garage sales and at the White House. She has been a guest soloist with community orchestras, played heavy metal at rodeos and aspires to play unscheduled music in many national parks with her concertina playing husband. Carolyn and Pat have three daughters and eleven grandchildren.
Judy MacGibbon is a native of Hopkins, a graduate of the U of MN and plays as a freelance violist. She plays with the Duluth-Superior Symphony and is a founding member of the Unicorn Ensemble (aka the Royal Strings) who played at the Renaissance Festival for over 35 years. A former viola specialist at the International Music Camp and violinist with the Golden Strings, Judy teaches at Mount Calvary Academy of Music in Excelsior. She also teaches alpine skiing and used to own a singing telegram company.
Cellist Nickolai Kolarov graduated from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music and received his Master’s degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City where he studied with Nina Gordon. Kolarov earned his Doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota where he studied with Tanya Remenikova. He also studied with Igor Gavrish from the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Since his arrival in the United States he has performed with distinguished musicians in both classical and contemporary repertoire throughout the country. Kolarov is a prizewinner from the Bulgarian National Competition at Provadia. He has received numerous grants from the Minnesota Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and American Composers Forum, as well the Fine Arts and Humanities Grant from St. Thomas University where he taught cello until 2006. Kolarov performed on the conference of the National Association of Composers (NACUSA) in San Marcos, Texas in 2008. He also performed at the 2010 Composer Conference of the Aspen Institute. In 2011 he was invited for a performance-lecture at the Juilliard School. Kolarov is the founder of the Balkanicus Balkan new chamber music concert series in 2003 in the Twin Cities, MN and the Artistic Director of Balkanicus Ensemble. The series has featured music written especially for him and for the ensemble. Kolarov is the President of the Balkanicus Institute for Balkan Art, Culture and History, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the culture of the Balkans.
Jim Reilly has performed for Thursday Musical as a solo pianist, organist, and tenor, joining first as an accompanist in the 1970’s; he is grateful for the many performance opportunities Thursday Musical has provided him over these many years! He has performed in over twenty states, Norway, and Holland, and recently celebrated his 80th birthday with recitals at Mindekirken and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Alliance Française; the Leopardi songs were written (and finished just in time) for those recitals.
Beatrice Giere has taught at Macalester College and was a member of the LaSalle Trio. She has played in many Twin Cities venues including the Schubert Club Daytime Series, on MPR, The American Swedish Institute, The Alliance Française, The Leif Eriksson International Festival, the Nordvendt Series. With Jim Reilly she has performed in Madison, Wisconsin, Norway, and many local venues.
Flutist Catherine Ramirez has captivated listeners from her desert roots along the U.S. Southern border to audiences around the world. Among her accolades, she earned three international competition prizes in Italy, a New York Recital Debut, a McKnight Fellowship for Musicians, and most recently, a Sphinx MPower Artist Grant. She has performed at such renowned venues The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, and the Beijing Concert Hall, as well as with such ensembles as the Chione Wind Quintet, Sunriver Music Festival, Vermont Mozart Festival, Juarez Symphony (Mexico), El Paso Symphony, Minnesota Sinfonia, Minnesota Opera, Minnesota Orchestra, and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a dedicated educator, she has been an adjudicator and coach for the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, has taught youth to graduate students on four continents to high acclaim, and is Artist-in-Residence (Flute) at St. Olaf College. Catherine has also mentored young adults through the National Flute Association and Posse Foundation. Her performances have been broadcast on WFMT, KUHF and MPR radio, and her research on optimal musical communication has been featured on the cover of The Flutist Quarterly. For more information, please visit, catherineramirez.com.