Benefit Piano Recital

Friday, May 18

7:00 p.m.

Pianist, Ileana Shaner, will perform a recital to benefit St. James Missions and Outreach on Friday, May 18, at 7:00 p.m. in the St. James sanctuary. Suggested donation for adults is $20. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and fellowship in the lobby after the performance. 

The program will open with Beethoven Sonata Op. 109 in E major, the first of his last three sonatas for piano, composed when Beethoven was completely deaf. Debussy's Estampes  will follow, consisting of three contrasting movements that evoke the exotic sounds of East Asia, an evening in the Spanish city of Granada, and stormy gardens derived from two French folk tunes. Chopin's lilting and lyrical  Ballade No. 3 in A flat major and Gershwin's jazzy Three Preludes for Piano will follow.  The program will close with four pieces by Cuban composer, Ernesto Lecuona, concluding with his most widely known piece, Malagueña.

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About Ileana

Ileana Posada Shaner began studying piano at age 11.  She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Virginia where she studied piano with Marjorie Mitchell and Tannis Gibson.  She continued her education at the University of Maryland under the tutelage of Bradford Gowen, where she completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance as a full fellow.  In 1992, she was awarded a fellowship for the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the University of Maryland, before making her way to Greenville where she has lived since 1993.  Ileana continued coaching with Anne Koscielney and Raymond Hanson in Shelburne Falls, MA, until 2017.

 Ileana has performed with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra and the University of Virginia’s Camerata Rotunda.  She has played solo and chamber music recitals in the southeastern United States, and has served on the piano faculty and collaborative piano staff at Furman University.  Ileana collaborates regularly with Carolina Ballet Theatre, performing works such as Rachmaninff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Preludes Op. 23, and most recently, Arvo Part’s Spiegel im Spiegel.  Ileana also teaches private students in her home.