{"title":"Kester, Nancie","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 12px; float: left;\" alt=\"Nancy Kester\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/PortraitNancieKester_240x240.jpg?v=1697706385\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancie Kester\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recently retired faculty member of the Music Department at Diablo Valley College. She currently teaches piano, theory and composition in her independent Berkeley studio. Ms. Kester received a BA in music composition and piano from California State University, East Bay. She has since studied composition with Frederick Fox, Julian White and Jason Levis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMs. Kester completed an MME, Kodaly Emphasis from Holy Names College and received a Gerbode Foundation grant for training local musicians to become music teachers in the Kodaly approach. Ms. Kester is a co-author and partner in Calicanto Associates, publisher of books, CDs, choral arrangements, and musical plays featuring songs with historical relevance. In this and other musical spheres, Nancie has given workshops and performances throughout the United States. Ms. Kester is also a graphic artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNancie Kester has composed and arranged numerous works for chorus, piano and instrumental ensembles and won prizes in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022 and 2023 MTAC Composer’s Today competitions. She is published in the Colla Voce International Choral Series. Various professional musicians and ensembles have performed Nancie Kester’s compositions through the years. She is a member of ASCAP and the National Association of Composers, San Francisco Chapter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nanciekester.com\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.nanciekester.com\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kester-desert-moonlight","title":"Kester, Desert Moonlight","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eNancie Kester, Desert Moonlight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efor flute and two guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe piece won 2nd prize in the 2022 Music Teachers Association of California State-wide Composers Today competition.  In 2022, it was performed in San Francisco through the National Association of Composers and was later recorded professionally. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Desert Moonlight” is a tone poem for two guitars and a flute. This composition was inspired by a traditional Japanese folk song composed 100 years ago by Suguru Sasaki and Masao Kato. The text involves a prince and princess crossing the moonlit desert on a camel. The envisioned setting of the original song might have been the Tottori Sand Dunes, located in Tottori Prefecture on Honshu Island in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e“Desert Moonlight” incorporates variants of the Hirajoshi scale. 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