Dr. Theresa Dimond will Appear at the Lincoln Center and Dr. SungAe Lee will
Perform at Competition in Atlanta
Cerritos College Music Department faculty members Dr. Theresa Dimond and Dr.
SungAe Lee both have upcoming opportunities to give performances on a
national stage. Dimond, a distinguished percussionist who has served
on the Cerritos College music faculty for the past 25 years, will travel
to New York October 25-30 to perform at the Lincoln Center. Lee, who
teaches piano, was selected as a finalist at the 11th Annual World Piano
Pedagogy Conference to perform in the solo and concerto competition held
in Atlanta, Georgia October 25-28.
Dr. Christine Lopez, chair of the Cerritos College Music
Department will also be attending the conference and will
accompany Lee during the piano concerto she will be performing
as part of the competition.
“It’s a credit to our program that Cerritos College faculty
members are invited to showcase their talents and expertise,”
said Lopez.
“Our students benefit tremendously from the experiences that
our faculty gain through these performance opportunities,
while Cerritos College is provided with even further exposure.”
As one of six percussionists, Dimond will join the full chorus
of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and four pianists at the Lincoln
Center to give a performance celebrating the work of contemporary composer
Steve Reich.
Dimond studied at the University of Southern California and
completed her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in
percussion. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Opera
Orchestra since its first season, principal timpanist for
the Pasadena Pops and California Philharmonic, and as a freelance
musician has performed with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Her recording credits
include "Edward
Scissorhands," "Far From Heaven," "Rocky V," "The Simpsons," "Pocahontas," "The 38th Annual Grammy Awards" and recordings with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In addition to teaching at Cerritos College, Dimond is also
currently on the faculties of Pomona College, University
of California, Irvine and Whittier College.
Lee’s performance in Atlanta will include Prokofiev’s “Piano
Concerto Number One in D-Flat Major” with Lopez playing a
second piano as the orchestral reduction of the piece. She
also plans to perform Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude” and Liszt’s
‘Spanish Rhapsody.”
Lee received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano
performance from the University of California, Los Angeles. During her
study with Ann Perry at UCLA, she was a top prizewinner of both the Neil
and Jane Hanson Scholarship and the Benno Rubihyi Piano Competition.
In May of 2004, she received a doctorate in musical arts from the University
of Southern California, where she studied under the renowned pianist,
Daniel Pollack. Lee joined the faculty at Cerritos College in January
2005 and has also served on the faculty at Shepherd University and Bethesda
University.
