timeless Concert Presents
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The Performers
LeeAnne Chenoweth Lawson
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Violinist LeeAnne Chenoweth, began taking violin and piano lessons at age 5, in her hometown; Enid, Oklahoma. By age 12, her father was taking her to Tulsa, weekly, for violin lessons with the concertmaster of the Tulsa Philharmonic. At age 16, she spent a summer studying violin at the Meadowmount School of Music in upper New York state. At age 17, she went to the University of Houston to study with artist-in-resident Fredell Lack for one year. Ms. Chenoweth graduated from the SMU Meadows School of Arts with a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance, having been a recipient of the Meadows Artistic Achievement Award Scholarship.
After working with the Dallas Opera Orchestra violin section, she won a violin audition at Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra in 1990, working in FWSO until 2007. In early 2007, she imagined a chamber music series like Timeless Concerts, began planning, and produced her first concert summer 2007. During her orchestral career in Ft. Worth, she has shared the stage with great classical artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Pavoratti, Van Cliburn, Joshua Bell and more. Plus, pops artists as diverse as Natalie Cole, Marvin Hamlisch, Wynona Judd, Pink Martini, The Beatles tribute band "Classical Mystery Tour', and more. Ms. Chenoweth currently works as a substitute violinist for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and regular with the Waco Symphony. In addition to concert performance work, Ms. Chenoweth contracts ensembles for special events throughout Texas; some examples being wine tastings at the Anatole, Christmas parties at the Ft. Worth Club, weddings in a variety of locations from the Ritz Hotel to a family ranch. Ms. Chenoweth plays on a French violin (Nicolas Vuillaume), made approximately in 1848. Her passion is to keep beautiful music alive to be heard by future generations. She married Richard Lawson while still attending SMU; they live in north Arlington and have two grown daughters, Cayla and Jessica. |
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Dr. Heejung Kang
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Pianist Dr. Heejung Kang was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied at the Seoul Music and Art High School for musically gifted teenagers. She graduated with the highest honors from the College of Music, Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul and later at the same university she earned her Master’s Degree in Piano, receiving the Ewha Graduate Research Fellowship Scholarship. Completing her doctoral dissertation on Rachmaninoff, she received her doctorate in Piano Performance at the College of Music at the University of North Texas in 2004.
In 2002, She made a recording of “Rediscovered Lieder and Piano Pieces by Kletzki, Oppel, and Schenker,” sponsored by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jewish Federation, and College of Music at UNT. In December 2004, she performed music by Paul Kletzki, Reinhard Oppel, Arnold Mendelssohn and other composers live on Israel Radio. In November 2005, she performed solo piano music by Heinrich Schenker at the inaugural meeting of the Korean Society for Music Theory in Seoul and premiered Kletzki’s Sonata for Piano and Violin with Robert Davidovici on Korean National Radio (KBS FM1). Dr. Kang has recorded Reinhard Oppel’s solo piano music for Toccata Classics in England, which was released in 2011. Currently a Senior Lecturer in Piano at the University of North Texas, she teaches courses in Piano Literature, Sight-reading, Score Reading, and Keyboard Harmony. She has been a judge for the Lewisville Lake Symphony Young Artists Competition since 2007. She is a guest member of Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra. Her latest commercial CD, is of Anton Eberl's violin/piano sonatas, and is available on Amazon. Dr. Kang’s first performance with Timeless Concerts was February 2012. She is married to UNT music theory prof Timothy Jackson and they have 2 children; a girl and a boy. |
Don O'Neal LeBlanc
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Don O'Neal LeBlanc, tenor, hails from San Benito, Texas, where his love of singing first began. His high school choir director, Hugh Ellison, introduced Don to the world of Opera and directed him to his Alma Mater – The University of North Texas. Don subsequently studied Vocal Performance at the University of North Texas. A 1990 regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Don performed leading operatic tenor roles at the University of North Texas, along with numerous regional opera companies. Don has been a frequent featured soloist with the UNT orchestra and chorus, Arlington-based Timeless Concerts, and various churches and arts organizations around the DFW area, including Opera on Tap, a non-profit which he previously managed as “co-managing Divo.”
Ms. Chenoweth first heard Don sing at Opera On Tap in summer 2013, and hired him for the very next Timeless Concerts event. In 2015, in addition to joining the Dallas Opera Chorus, Don was selected as a semi-finalist in the Professional Men's Division of the American Prize in Vocal Performance. Don made his solo debut with the Dallas Opera in December 2015 as a featured soloist for the first annual Linda and Mitch Hart International Institute for Women Conductors at the Winspear Opera House. He has continued to sing with the Dallas Opera IWC program as a featured soloist over the last few years. He sang the full season with the Dallas Opera chorus in 2016-2017, including character roles in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". Don was a featured soloist with the Dallas Opera Orchestra at the Winspear Opera House for two "Viva Verdi" concerts in November 2016, and March 2017. Don performed with the Dallas Opera, and sang as the character role of “Parpignol” in the opera La Boheme In March 2019. He will continue to collaborate with the Dallas Opera. Don & his wife Davene have two grown children, Joshua & Kaitlin and two granddaughters whom they love to dote on, Danielle & Elswyth. |
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Jeffrey Adams
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Jeffrey Adams enjoys performing and teaching flute, clarinet, and saxophone. He received his Bachelor and Master Degrees from University of Houston where he studied with Jeffrey Lerner and Byron Hester
He has been playing professionally in the Houston area since 1980, and has performed with major organizations in the fields of classical, jazz and musical theater. He performed regularly with Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) in the Houston theater district, as well as Jazz in the Morning, which served as a small jazz quintet for 1st Presbyterian Church/Houston for more than 25 years. Now, Jeffrey’s emphasis is performing chamber music for special occasions and concerts. He has taught band in the Klein and Conroe school districts as well as San Jacinto College/Central. Jeffrey has an extensive private lesson studio; many of his former students have successful careers in music. He lives in Spring, Texas with his wife Norren, and they are proud parents of daughter Rebecca, a recent graduate of University of Texas. October 26, 2019 was Jeffrey’s first performance with Timeless Concerts. |
Timeless Concerts' Mission Statement
Our mission is to present chamber music of all styles and eras, in a casual and engaging environment, in order to provide education about, plus promote appreciation and support for live classical music performances.
We provide exciting educational programs in elementary schools, to encourage students to learn more about music, and encourage those already in orchestra to continue in junior high.
We provide exciting educational programs in elementary schools, to encourage students to learn more about music, and encourage those already in orchestra to continue in junior high.