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April 1984 - WGMS - Spotlight - Winners
Young Artists Metropolitan Scholarship Competition

Jeanne Backofen - Age 14
Prelude & Fugue in g# minor (Bach)
Sonata in E Flat (Haydn)
Concert Etude #3 Un Sospiro (Liszt)

Sarah Spencer Age 10

Lisa Leonard - Age 11 -Part 1 Part 2

Interview - Information about Competition

NMTA Honors Recital
May 27, 1984

Jeanne Backofen - Age 14
Danzas Argentinas (Ginastera)
Danza del Viejo Boyero
Danza de la Moza Donosa
Concert Etude - Un Sospiro (Liszt)

Student - 3 pieces

State Bland Competition (Grades 9-12)
May 17, 1984

Jeanne - Grade 9 - Age 14 - 2nd Place
Concert Etude #3 - Un Sospiro (Liszt)

Competitor #1 - Pianist Competitor #2 - Pianist
Competitor #4 - Pianist Competitor #5 - Violinist
Competitor #6 - Pianist

Solo Recital - George Mason Library
October 24, 1984


Italian Concerto (Bach)
Sonata in E Flat Major - 3 mvts (Haydn)
Scjerzo # 1 in b minor (Chopin)
Intermission
Variation sof a Theme in c minor (Beethoven)
Etude Opus 10 #4 (Chopin)
Etude Opus 25 #1 - Aeolian Harp (Chopin)
Etude Opus 25 #10 (Chopin)
Concert Etude - Un Sospiro (Liszt)
Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt)

Kennedy Center Students' Performances
Summer 1984

Hungarian Rhapsody - Jeanne
Piece #1 - Piece #2

Bobby 3 pieces Summer 1984
Wild Horseman (Schumann)
Merry Farmer (Schumann)
Ecosace in G (Beethoven)

Unknown venue - January 1985
Piece #1 (Bach) - Bobby
Piece #2 Bobby

Recital Reston Community Center - Oct 14, 1984
Hungarian Rhapsody - Jeanne
2 pieces - Bobby -
Clementi Sonatina op 36 #1
& Bach

Beethoven Sonata in E major Op 14 #1) - Karen

NVMTA Competition - May 1985
Over a dozen pieces performed
3 pieces by Bobby -

Recital Reston Community Center -
October 6 1985


Fountains in the Rain

 

January 1985 - Schumann Concerto

Concerto 2 pianos - Practice?
Concerto 2 pianos - the competition?

Schumann Concerto Performance Jeanne
(Northern VA Symphony)

 

NVMTA 1985 Concerto Competition Winners
Mt Vernon Chamber Orchestra

Concerto 1 - piano (Shostakovich) - Stephanie Fowler
Concerto 2 - piano - (Haydn) - Glorian Chung

Concerto #19 in F Major - Mozart)
Karen Backofen


Clarinet Concerto - (Von Weber) - Cameron Dahl
Violin Concerto - (Mozart) - Lisa-Beth Lambert
Vocalist - (Donizetti) - Henry Wixon

Duo Recital Portsmouth, VA - May 1985

National Federation of Music Clubs Nation Convention

Cassette X3 being digitized by David Hollandsworth - Dec 2021

Duo Recital - Bassett HS Martinsville VA
November 1985

Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) Duet
Jeanne & Karen Backofen
Prelude & Fugue in g sharp minor (WTC1) (Bach)
Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22 (Beethoven)
Allegro con brio
Jeanne Backofen
Nocturne in f minor, Op 55 #1 (Chopin)
Ballade in g minor, op 118 #3 (Brahms)
The Juggler (Toch)
Karen Backofen
Diabolic Suggestions (Prokofieff)
Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt)
Jeanne Backofen
Intermission
Prelude & Fugue in g minor (WTC1) (Bach)
Sonata in f minor Op 2 #1 (Beethoven)
Allegro, Adagio, Menuetto, Presstissimo
Part 1 - tape cuts off then - Part 2
Karen Backofen
Rhapsody in b minor Op 79 #1 (Brahms)
L'Isle Joyeuse (Debussy)
Jeanne Backofen
Laideronnette #13 Duet
Imporatrice des Pagodes (Ravel)
Jeanne & Karen Backofen

State Bland Competition (Grades 9-12)
May 1985

Hungarian Rhapsody- Jeanne
1st Place Instrumental

Michael S (Also NOVA)
1st place Vocalist

The Competition
Pianist 1- Pianist 2 - Pianist 3
Pianist 4 - Pianist 5


Duo Recital - Bassett HS Martinsville VA
November 1985

Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) Duet
Jeanne & Karen Backofen
Prelude & Fugue in g sharp minor (WTC1) (Bach)
Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22 (Beethoven)
Allegro con brio
Jeanne Backofen
Nocturne in f minor, Op 55 #1 (Chopin)
Ballade in g minor, op 118 #3 (Brahms)
The Juggler (Toch)
Karen Backofen
Diabolic Suggestions (Prokofieff)
Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt)
Jeanne Backofen
Intermission
Prelude & Fugue in g minor (WTC1) (Bach)
Sonata in f minor Op 2 #1 (Beethoven)
Allegro, Adagio, Menuetto, Presstissimo
Part 1 - tape cuts off then - Part 2
Karen Backofen
Rhapsody in b minor Op 79 #1 (Brahms)
L'Isle Joyeuse (Debussy)
Jeanne Backofen
Laideronnette #13 Duet
Imporatrice des Pagodes (Ravel)
Jeanne & Karen Backofen

March 1986 (Practice ?)

Piece #1 (ID Brahms Rhapsody Op 79 #2 - Karen)
Piece #2 What? Where? Who? cuts off suddenly (J doesn't know)

Some Performances - Bobby-Karen-Jeanne
Prelude in E major (Bach) Bobby
Piece 2 Chopin Nocture in B Flat minor, Op 9 #1 Karen
Piece 3 (ID Brahms Rhapsody Op 79 #2 - Karen)
Piece 4 (Haydn Sonata in D major mvt 1 - Karen)
Piece 5 (Debussy L'isle joyeuse - Jeanne)
Weird tape blip in #5


Reston Community Center Recital March 1986


Piece #1 - Bobby
Piece #2 - Bach Prelude in E Major Bobby

Piece #3 - Chopin Nocture in B Flat minor, Op 9 #1 Karen
Piece #4 - (ID Brahms Rhapsody Op 79 #2 - Karen)

Piece #5 - (Haydn Sonata in D major mvt 1 - Karen)
Piece #6 - (Debussy L'isle joyeuse - Jeanne)
Rest of Piece #6 (50 seconds)

 

Practice - 1987

HobbyHorse - Bobby
Run Run - Bobby
Sonatina #5 - Haydn - Bobby
Practice
Nocturne in C# Minor (Chopin) Karen
Ballade in g Minor (Chopin) Jeanne

Nocturne in C# Minor (Chopin) Karen - (COPY)
Ballade in g Minor (Chopin) Jeanne - (COPY)

Recital of Suzanne Guy - May 1986 -
Video
Complete

Karen
Piece #1
(Child Falling Asleep - Schumann)
Piece #2 -
("Feux Follets" (St Elmo's Fire - Phillip)

Jeanne Piece #1 - Piece #2

Remarks and Awards

Are these COPIES or DIFFERENT
Karen - White Dress1 - White Dress2
Jeanne - Red Dress1 - Red Dress 2

Recital Suzanne Guy - May 1987 -
Jeanne & Karen

Student # 1 - Chopin - Etude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12 "Ocean"
Fantasie Impromptu - Student #2
Student # 3 - J.S. Bach - Italian Concerto, first movement
Karen -
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (Chopin)
Karen -
Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (Chopin)

Student #6
Liszt - Concert Etude No. 3 in D-flat major, "Un Sospiro"
Student #7
Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

Ballade in G minor Op 23
- Jeanne

1.5 Minutes of Real Life
Marriage of Figaro & Un Sospiro
Trying to find recording level
Tape 36A Part 2 - 1983-84? - Practice - Jeanne

Prelude & Fugue in g# minor (Bach)
Sonata ?? (Haydn)
Piece #3
Piece #4
Intermezzo ? #6 (Brahms)
Un Sospiro (Liszt)
Tape 36B Part 2 - 1984 - Performance - Jeanne
(Date confirmed by last part of recording)
"When you hear her play in future years, you will remember
that she was our scholarship winner in 1984"

Prelude & Fugue in g# minor (Bach)
Sonata ?? (Haydn)
Intermezzo ? #6 (Brahms)
Un Sospiro (Liszt)

Karen - Another Mrs Guy Lesson - August 1985

General Discussion at start of lesson
Brahms (Ballade, I think)
Instruction on Brahms
General Discussion - what's coming up
(Master Class - Library Recital)
Debussy - NEED ID
30 minutes of detailed instruction on Debussy

Young Artists Metropolitan Scholarship Competition - April 1984
WGMS Radio Broadcast

3 Pieces - Lisa Leonard
3 Pieces - Jeanne
Prelude & Fugue #18 g# minor (Bach)
Sonata in E Flat Major (Haydn)
Concert Etude "Un Sospiro" (Liszt)

Some Performance - May 1984
Piece #1
Piece #2 - Familiar
Grieg Concerto - 1st Mvt

Springfield Scholarship Winners - May 1984
Nice Intro about Karen
Piece #1
Piece #2
Piece #3
Jeanne (I think)
Piece #1 Familiar
Un Sospiro
Pianist #3 "Oldest of 5 Sisters"
Piece #1
Arabesque I (Debussy) - different interpretation

"NVMTA Concerto Competition Winners - March 1986"
Concerto in C Major (Haydn) Robert Hiler
Concerto in G Major # 3 (Mozart) Violin - Xander Abbe
Concerto in A Major K448 (Mozart) Gina Kim

Che Faro Senza (Gluck) Cecilia Korscog - Mezzo-Soprano
Concertino Clarinet Op 26 (Von Weber ) Logan Colby
Tzigan (Ravel) Violin - Martin Leroy
Concerto #2 Op 18 (Rachmaninoff)
Jeanne Backofen

Some Competition -" Jeanne #503"

Part 1 (Hear judge stop each piece)
Piece 1 - L'Isle Joyeuse
Piece 2

Part 2 (Hear judge stop each piece)
Piece 1 - Prelude & Fugue (Bach)
Piece 2 - Something slow

Tape F11A - "Unknown Piano Performance"
ALL Karen says Jeanne

Piece 1 (? in F Major)
Piece 2 (Recognize it but don't know what it is)
Piece 3 (Chopin Nocturne in C# minor Op 27 #1)
Piece 4 (Recognize it but don't know what it is)


Tape F11B - "Unknown Piano Performance"
3 Pieces by some student (Jeanne doesn't know)
1 Piece (Chopin Nocturne in C# minor Op 27 #1)

Recital of Mrs Knorr - May 16, 1987
2 Pieces - Student #1
1 Piece - Student #2
1 Piece - Student #3