The
Musical Life of Jeanne Backofen (1980 - 1983)
Other Pages
In
the Beginning - Jeanne
& Mimi Duo - Jeanne
& Karen Duo
Complete
Concerto History - Jeanne
in Virginia - College
Years
When you have time - Last Batch needing ID
In
the Beginning (1975-
1979) but
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1980 Expanded
Jeanne's Musical Horizons Karen was also becoming an excellent Pianist The Sisters performed many times together Because Music & the Arts were well supported Upper Arlington Public Schools Concerts
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February 1980 Practice for Preliminaries of AMSA Competition (Jeanne) Required:
Duet to be played with a judge Practice
1: Practice
2: Prelude # 4 (Bach) |
April
1980 April 29, 1980 May 4, 1980 May 14, 1980
Jeanne Grade
5 |
Fishinger
Elementary School 5th Grade - Spring 1980 Musical "Wheels" (Jeanne played Martha) |
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Rehearsal
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"Wheels" - Complete
Performance (36 minutes) (Sections Digitized & Trimmed Below) Part 1 - "Where There's a Wheel There's a Way" Part 2 - "I Have to Have the Wheel" (AKA Who Gets the Chariot) Part 3 - "Martha I'm Upset" Part 4 - "Wagon Wheels are Rollin" & "Trip on a Track" Part 5 - "Wheels at Work" Part 6 - "There are Wheels Made of Iron…" Part 7 - "Thank You Henry Ford" - Jeanne (Martha) & Chorus Part 8 - "Baby Buggy Boogie" Part 9 - "My Ten Speed Wheels" - Kathy Zidonis Part 10 - "Ferris Wheels" & "Wheel of Fortune" Part 11 - "A Car is a Dream" - Jeanne (Martha) & Chorus Part 12 - "If You Don't Have a Wheel & "Having a Car" 2 groups Part 13 - "Wheels on the Road" Finale - "Where There's a Wheel There's a Way" |
Summer 1980 October 1980
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October
1980 City Mouse-Country Mouse
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Pat
White Recital November 16, 1980 John White introduced Guest Performers Karen & Jeanne Backofen & Mimi Lee "Students of Lucy Chu - the 'Woody Hayes' of piano in Columbus Sonatina Opus 20 #1 (Kuhlau) Karen Duet - Hungarian Dance? (Brahms) Jeanne & Mimi |
April
1981 Practice With 11 year old Jeannie's own commentary Many times Chopin Waltz in C# Minor & Bach Prelude #4 Prelude #4 (Bach) one more time |
April
1981 Practice Tape 38A Spinning Song (Mendelsohn) Jeanne Waltz in C Minor (Chopin) Jeanne Honors Recital - Hughes Hall - OSU April 5, 1981 Waltz in C# Minor (Chopin) Jeanne |
April 9, 1981 Piano - Waltz
in C# Minor (Chopin) |
Spring 1981
- Practice pieces (with intros) |
May 1981 Practice Summer 1981
- Early Wasson Practice |
In the
Summer 1981 Mrs Chu thought it best that Jeanne & Mimi study with
2 different teachers So at age 12 Jeanne began her FIRST PRIVATE piano lessons We drove 80 miles each Saturday from Columbus to Dayton to study with Barbara Wasson She was a nationally known teacher who taught many young children capable of college level repertoire The following year Karen also began study with Mrs Wasson |
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July 1981 Practice Jeanne (Age 11) 46A (Beethoven) Variations
on Nor Cor Piu Mi Sento and
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September
1981 45A Practice Sept
81 practice continued 45B
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Tape F4 - 1981 -
Important Practice to remember Karen - age 9, grade 4 Jeanne - age 12, grade 7 Romanze Flute Jeanne Trumpet piece - Take 1 (accompanied) Karen Trumpet piece - Take 2 (accompanied) Karen |
Practice continues " Now my little sister Karen will play … She's only 9 and she's just as good as me" Sonata op 49 #2 (Beethoven) Karen Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin) Jeanne Arabesque I (Debussy) Jeanne |
October
27 1981 Recital of Barbara Wasson I only recognize 2 pieces Mozart Concerto #20 in d Minor (Mozart) Jeanne Concerto #1 in B Flat Minor (Tchaikovsky) Myongnam Kim Complete Recital - Start - Part 1 - Part 2 |
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May 1982 |
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Spring 1982 |
Still Spring 82 |
Tape 56 - Spring
1982 - Guild
Pieces with Mrs Wasson Bach - Beethoven - Mozart Concerto #20 - Some piece with sections repeated - Schubert - Arabesque I - Some Modern Stuff |
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Competition
Practice - March 1982 Romanze - Flute (Brun) Jeanne&Karen Bass Concerto for Bass (Capuzzi) Jeanne&Karen Romanze - Flute (unaccompanied) (Brun) Jeanne The Rose (unaccompanied) Jeanne |
Competition
Practice - March 1982 Sonatina 1st Mvt (Muzinsky) Jeanne Arabesque I (Debussy) Jeanne Pan - Flute (Don Juan) Jeanne & Karen 1st of 3 Original Pieces for Flute (Belize) Jeanne & Karen Duets (for Show Stoppers at Ohio State Fair) Hungarian Dance no 5 (Brahms) Boogie for 2 (Martin) |
Date 1981 or 82??
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Music Joy of Youth (December
1982) Introduction Other Countries |
Master Class - Garrick Ohlson (October 82) November 1982 |
December 1982
- Columbus Country Club 2nd Copy of this performance is Tape 67A |
December 1982 - A
Family Christmas Tape of Music for Papa Frank and Grandma |
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Christmas Carols The First Noel (Bobby on piano, everybody else singing) Merry Christmas (Bobby playing piano and singing) Joy to World (piano? Mom is the alto) Silent Night-Stille Nacht (Jeanne is the alto) Away in a Manger (Jeanne singing & a guitar picking pattern learned "2 minutes ago") We 3 Kings (Karen on guitar, Jeanne is the alto) What Child is This? (Jeanne on piano, Karen on guitar) |
Songs from St Andrews Folk Group Karen-Guitar, Jeanne-Flute No Greater Love Love is Patient How Beautiful - Memorial Acclamation All I Ask of You is Forever to Remember Me As Loving You Folk Songs (Karen on guitar) Blowin in the Wind One Tin Soldier (kids only singing) The Rose (Jeanne & Karen) |
Flute Recital
- December 1982 |
St Andrew’s
Folk Group on TV Mass 1 – Song 1 (Jeanne Featured on Flute) Additional recordings of the 2 Masses are on the |
Some Wasson Quotes from Lesson " Difference between loose elbow & collapsed wrist" " What did you think of the Haydn?" Re: Gardens in the Rain |
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Happy Birthday Papa
- April 1983 Papa was 66 years old - He died in 1997 Bobby 7, Karen 10, Jeanne 13 Intro & "The Rose" Jeanne, Karen, Bobby |
Star
Spangled Banner - Bobby This Part was
a SURPRISE in 2021 |
TAPE E12A - Year 82-83
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TAPE E12B - Year 82-83 |
Practice
- Year 1982-83 |
Assorted instruments
and piano pieces - |
Solo
Recital - Piano & Flute - Jeanne April 10, 1983 The Program announced by Jeanne Prelude & Fugue in G #15 Bach Sonata in c minor opus 10 #1 Beethoven Piano Concerto in d Minor K466 1st mvt Mozart Intermission Flute Concerto in D Major 2nd mvt (Mozart) (Accompanist-Karen) Sonata in c minor 1st mvt (Haydn) Intermezzo in A Minor opus 118 #1 (Brahms) Ballade in g minor opus 118 #3 (Brahms) Gardens in the Rain (Debussy) |
Otterbein Competition
April 17, 1983 Hastings Talent
Show - April 1983 May
1983 - Hastings
Solos |
Summer 1983 Both Jeanne & Karen began piano study with Suzanne Guy
The Bio at right
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