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Asbury Park Press Arts Leisure June 4, J982 B13 Youn pianist a veteran at competitions By ELEANOR SULLIVAN Press Staff Writer PIANIST ANNE CHOW can't imagine her life without music. "I consider myself fortunata I "v-uujt W1U always have my music. As I grow older I learn to appreciate I have something a lnt nf dont have. I definitely get a lot of satisfaction from piaying. itsa part of me now." Miss Chow, who recently tiimi I upjjcoi- ing in Brookdale Community College's annual "I prefer to practice after school because I can clear my mind of all the things that went on during the day that way.

In the summer, I like to practice in the morning, before it gets too hot." She is currently studying Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, a work she undertook several months ago. "A classical piece has so much more history in it than a popular piece and so many more potential interpretations than something like rock music. You never come to an end of discovering something in classical music. That's why it's lived so long." Under her Miss Parker's tutelage, Miss Chow has developed her performing ability. "Juilliard has developed my whole performance and the way I understand music.

It's also improved my technique and helped me interpret pieces better." Among the many professional pianists Miss Chow listens to and admires is Rosalyn Tureck, a specialist in Bach compositions. music reciiai, new performers on the Scene," at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the colleee's Pprfnrminu Arto Center. Tickets are $4, $3 and $2. She will perform a work bv Charles firUM contemporary American composer, entitled "The White Peacock." "I chose the piece because I fool it hrin my best quality in performing- PYnrpccinn nr what could be called my musicality." Miss Chow, a Holmdel Townshin rpsiripnr hac been a familiar face at COmnetitinnc fnr vnuntw musicians in Monmouth County.

She recently per 1 izpr mrnian 1 I Ik. Jl A lil Vfi rn i INI formed ana was a winner in the local division of the Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival and the Talent Expo. Participants in "New Performers on the Scene" at Brookdale Claire Ngo, Paul Sallee, Anne Chow, Jean Ann Tang, Nancy College are (clockwise from front) Wayne Barr, Patricia Ju, Hamma, Olivia Hsu, Laura Sharpf and Serge Marinkovic. "I ENJOY PERFORMING before an audience because of the response you receive. I guess every performer gets nervous before a public performance and I'm no different.

But there is a quality about appearing before people that is very exciting." Miss Chow began piano studies at age 5. At age 10, she auditioned successfully (performing Beethoven's Minor Sonata, Op. 2 for piano) for acceptance into the Juilliard School of Music in New York. "I really didn't take piano seriously until then. I'Ve been traveling up to New York since then I was 10 every Saturday for study.

Now I'm studying with Miss Katherine Parker at Juilliard. When I was younger, it was pretty hard giving up every Saturday for lessons but now I'm very committed and I feel fortunate to be able to study at such a fine school." "MISS PARKER recommends I listen to as many pianists as possible to get a sense of what's been done and what the potential of a piece is. I like Rosalyn Tureck because she is very, very good and I love anything by Bach." Miss Chow attends Holmdel High School and is a member of the school's tennis team. She said her favorite subjects are math, chemistry and science. "I guess you could say, besides my piano playing, that I'm just like any other typical teenager." Also performing at Brookdale's "New Performers on the Scene" are pianists Wayne Barr and Laura Scharpf, Fair Haven; Patricia Ju and Claire Ngo, Colts Neck Township; Nancy Hamma, Farm-ingdale; Paul Sallee, Middletown Township; Olivia Hsu, Holmdel Township; Jean Ann Tang, Marlboro Township; Serge Marinkovic, Hazlet Township, and Kris Alessi, Ocean Township.

Patrick Shrieves, Marlboro Township, will perform on the marimba. Miss Chow credited her father and mother Ming Chan and Joanne Chow (who immigrated from Taiwan to the United States in 1964) with being pivotal forces in her musical career. "My parents have definitely sacrificed and given up a lot of time and effort for me. They've taken me up to New York every Saturday for my studies at one time I was going up twice a week and driven me to piano lessons all over the place. "They've gladly paid for my tuition at Juilliard, which, needless to say, is very high and they've always been very supportive of me.

They said they wanted to do this for me because they wanted to enrich my life. They didn't want me just hanging around school with nothing to do." Miss Chow's younger brother, Danny, is a violinist and also has entered local talent competi- tions. Unlike his sister, however, he does not plan to pursue a career in. music; he wants to be a doctor. "I'M NOT SO SURE I'm going to be a concert pianist," Miss Chow said.

"In order to be a success you have to be one of the very, very best. I'm thinking a lot about what I want to do. I may enroll at a music school to study music and eventually become a teacher. I'll always be able to perform if I wish, but I would have teaching to fall back on." Juilliard, where Miss Chow is in the pre-college division, is one of the schools she is considering attending, as well as Oberlin College in Ohio and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Miss Chow practices between two to three hours daily during the school year, and for four hours in the summer.

Tonight Pennsylvania, 8 p.m.; Boardwalk, Asbury Park. DANCE Brookdale Community College Ayako Uchiyama presents an evening of Japanese dance and theatre, 8 p.m.; Performing Arts Center, Middletown Township. Monmouth Arts Center Gala Dance Festival, sponsored by the Shore Ballet Company and featuring 13 companies from throughout the state, 8 p.m.; 99 Monmouth.St., Red Bank. THEATER Carl Sandburg Middle School "Picnic," presented by the Theatre Guild of Old Bridge, 8:30 p.m.; $4, $2.50 students and senior citizens; auditorium, Route 516. Old Bridge.

Club Bene "Giggles Galore," Burlesque comedy, 7 p.m. dinner, 8:30 p.m. show; $23.50, $21.50 dinner, $15 show only; Route 35, Sayreville. Dam Site Dinner Theater "Chase Me, Comrade!" 6:30 p.m. dinner, 8:30 p.m.

show; 1213 Sycamore Tinton Falls. King of Kings Lutheran Church "West Side Story," presented by the Kings Players Community Theater Group, 8:30 p.m.; Harmony and Cherry Tree Farm roads, Middletown Township. McCarter Theatre "Stocks and Bondage," presented by the Princeton Triangle Club, 8:30 p.m.; 91 University Place. Princeton. The Island Heights Performing Arts Shoppe "Seascape" by Edward Albee.

8 p.m.; $4, $2 children 14 and under; theater, Island Heights Municipal Complex, East End and Van Sant avenues, Island Heights. ATLANTIC CITY Bally's Park Place Park Cabaret: "Outrageous!" all-new revue. Billy's Pub: International Fox, Friends, Barbara Graham and In The Flesh; Park Place and Boardwalk. Caesar's Cabaret Theatre: Dottie West; Regency Bar: Scheherazade, Supa, Leonard Barrett and First Class and Omni; Arkansas Avenue and Boardwalk. Claridge Hotel Casino Hi Ho Palace: Susan Anton and Sal Richards; Hi Ho Lounge: Joy Ride.

Sweet Cream. Joe Barone and Lilyann Carol; Indiana Avenue and Boardwalk. Golden Nugget Opera House: "Hot and Pacific avenues. Harrah's Broadway-by-the-Sea Theater: Bobby Vinton with comedian Bobby Kelton; Bay Cabaret: The Scott Smith Experience and Andre Cirel and Robyn Lewis: Atrium Lounge: Pulse and Visions, Judy Lind and Deborah DelPrete; 1725 Brigantine Blvd. Playboy Hotel Casino Playboy Cabaret: "Playboy Fantasy" (revue); 2500 Boardwalk.

Resorts International Hotel-Casino Superstar Theater: Alan King with singer Cynthia White; Rendezvous Lounge: Casa de Carr, Freddie Bell, Sun Spots. Raphael Munnings and Denise Clemente; North Carolina Avenue and Boardwalk. Sands Sands Theater: David Brenner with musical duo Jasmine and Paul Mann and his Orchestra; Punchbowl Lounge: The Lynx Trio, Music Magic, and Carl Granieri; Indiana Avenue and Brighton Park. Tropicana Hotel Casino Wild Swan Lounge: Tin Pan Alley. The Wonderful World of Charlie Brown and Yvonne and Johnny of the Trop: Rick Hardeman Quartet, jazz; Iowa Avenue and Boardwalk.

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