Gregory Sioles

IWU News Advisory

Event: Guest Recital: Piano Weekend featuring Pianist Gregory Sioles

Date: Oct. 25, 2002 (Friday)

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University, 303 E. University Ave., Bloomington

Admission: Free and open to the public

Background: Pianist Gregory Sioles has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards including an Atwater Kent Grand Prize and a Fulbright Scholarship for study in London. He has performed on three continents at such venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., London's South Bank, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China. Following his London debut in 1983, Sioles made recital appearances in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland. He has performed extensively in the United States and has been a featured artist on National Public Radio.

Sioles holds degrees from the University of California-Los Angeles and from Indiana University, where he was both a fellowship recipient and, subsequently, a guest lecturer in piano. He currently serves on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory and the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C.

The program for Sioles’ recital will consist entirely of works by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849).

The complete program for the recital includes:
Ballade in A-Flat Major, Opus 47
Etude in F Minor, Opus 10, no. 9
Etude in E Major, Opus 10, no. 3
Etude in C-sharp Minor, Opus 10, no. 4
Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Opus 15, no. 2
Ballade in G Minor, Opus 23
Ballade in F Major/A Minor, Opus 38
Mazurka in C Major, Opus 24, no. 2
Mazurka in D Major, Opus 33, no.2
Impromptu in G-flat Major, Opus 51
Ballade in F Minor, Opus 52


Contact: For more information, contact Martha Tyner at 309/556-3061.