| Recent awards and performances 1998, 1999 Alice Tully Hall Chamber Ensemble Performances 1998 Honorable Mention, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Young Artist Competition 1997, 1998 St. Cecilia Music Society Recitalist (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1997 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award 1997 Western Michigan University Orchestra Competition Winner 1997 Nominee, Pi Kappa Lambda 1996 Michigan Youth Arts Festival Soloist 1996 Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Young Artists' Series Soloist 1995 Zerounian Junior String Award 1995 Robert Madura String Scholarship Winner 1995 Grand Rapids Youth Symphony Concerto Competition Winner 1992-present Annual solo recitals Education 2003-present Yale School of Music 1998-2000 The Juilliard School 1996-1998 Western Michigan University Teachers Stephen Clapp, Margaret Pardee, David Cerone, David Updegraff, Renata Artman Knific, Eldon Basney, Lyman Bodman Chamber music Member, Aristos String Quartet Chamber music coaches Shanghai Quartet, Ronald Thomas, Edward Auer, Toby Appel, Earl Carlyss, Glenn Dicterow, José Luís García, Kim Scholes, William Wolfram, Eric Shumsky, Lawrence Wheeler, Bruce Uchimura, Susan Wiersma Uchimura Master classes Guarneri Quartet, Jaime Laredo, Glenn Dicterow, Cavani Quartet, Emerson Quartet, David Cerone, David Updegraff, José Luís García Summer programs 1999 Hampden-Sydney Music Festival Artist Fellowship Program 1996, 1997, 1999 Colorado College Summer Conservatory and Festival 1995 ENCORE School for Strings |
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Solo Repertoire Albeniz, Isaac. Tango Bach, J. S. Sonata No. 1 in g minor Partita No. 1 in b minor Partita No. 2 in d minor Partita No. 3 in E major Sonata with harpsichord No. 1 in D major Barber, Samuel. Concerto, Op. 14 Bartok, Bela. Roumanian Folk Dances Beethoven, Ludwig. Sonata No. 6 Bruch, Max. Concerto No. 1 in g minor Corelli, Arcangelo. La Folia Variations. Dvorak, Antonin. Romance, Op. 11 Handel, George. Sonata No. 4 Hubay, Jeno. Hejre Kati Kreisler, Fritz. Liebesfreud Liebesleid Praeludium and Allegro Rondino Sicilienne and Rigaudon Kroll, William. Banjo and Fiddle Lalo, Edouard. Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 Massenet, Jules. Meditation from Thais Mendelssohn, Felix. Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 Mozart, W. A. Concerto in D major ("Adelaide") Concerto No. 4 in D major Novacek, Ottokar. Moto Perpetuo Paganini, Niccolo. Cantabile Caprices Nos. 5, 13, 16 Prokofiev, Sergey. Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 63 Raff, Joachim. Cavatina Ravel, Maurice. Tzigane: Rapsodie de Concert Saint-Saens, Camille. Concerto No. 3 in b minor, Op. 61 Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Sarasate, Pablo. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Sibelius, Jean. Concerto in b minor Stravinsky, Igor. Suite Italienne Tailleferre, Germaine. Sonatine Tartini, Guiseppe. Sonata in g minor ("Devil's Trill") Tchaikovsky, Piotr. Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Vieuxtemps, Henri. Concerto No. 5 in a minor Vitali, Tommaso. Chaconne Vivaldi, Antonio. The Four Seasons: Winter, Op. 8 Sonata with harpsichord Wieniawski, Henryk. Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 22 Kujawiak: Second Mazurka Legende, Op. 17 Polonaise de Concert in D major, Op. 4 Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 Ysaye, Eugene. Solo Sonata No. 2 Chamber Repertoire Beethoven, Ludwig. Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 1 Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 59 Brahms, Johannes. Piano Quintet Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No. 3 Dvorak, Antonin. Piano Trio in e minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky") Francaix. English Horn Quartet Franck, Cesar. Piano Quintet Gershwin, George. Songs (arranged for string quartet) Handel-Halvorsen. Passacaglia Horn, Keith. String Quartet No. 1 (World Premiere) Lin, Cho-Liang. String Quartet No. 1 (World Premiere) Mozart, W. A. Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat major Ravel, Maurice. String Quartet Schubert, Franz. Piano Quintet, Op. 114 ("Trout") Octet in F major String Quintet in C major Schumann, Robert. Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Shostakovich, Dmitri. Piano Quintet, Op. 57 String Quartet No. 7 String Quartet No. 8 |
Born in New York, Lauren Basney at the age of fifteen won the Michigan Youth Arts Festival Concerto Competition which resulted in a performance as soloist with the Festival Orchestra, becoming the youngest recipient of this honor. She was also winner of the Zerounian Competition and the Madura String Award, as well as the Yamaha Young Performing Artist's Award in 1998. Ms. Basney graduated from The Juilliard School with a BM degree in 2001, and the same year made her New York solo recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall. Since then, she has performed throughout the United States and Canada, both as a soloist and chamber musician. Highlights of her New York performances have included a performance at the Juilliard FOCUS New Music Festival, concerts with the Willow Chamber Players, and a memorial concert at St. Patrick's Cathedral, commemorating the lives lost on September 11th. Her major teachers include Stephen Clapp, Margaret Pardee, David Cerone, Renata Artman Knific, Lyman Bodman, and Syoko Aki with whom she continues her studies in the Master's program at the Yale School of Music. |