Ansel Mapp
BURLINGTON, NJ | AGE 23
REPERTOIRE
ROUND 1:
J. S. BACH: Well Tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor
LISZT: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 (VII. Funérailles)
ROUND 2:
MARGARET BONDS: Troubled Water
SCRIABIN: Deux Poemes Op. 32
SEMI-FINALS:
FLORENCE PRICE: Fantasie Negre No. 4 in B minor
PROKOFIEV: Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
FLORENCE PRICE: Snapshots (I. Lake Mirror, III. Flame)
FINALS:
ROBERT NATHANIEL DETT: Eight Bible Vignettes (No. 5, I Am The True Vine)
RACHMANINOFF: Morceaux de Fantasie Op. 3 (No.1: Elégie)
MOZART: Piano Sonata No.13 in B-flat major, K. 333
CONCERTO:
MOZART: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K. 466
BIOGRAPHY:
Ansel Mapp is currently a MM Piano Performance degree candidate and student of Dr. Min Kwon at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, at Rutgers University. He received a BA in Applied Music and Philosophy from Baylor University in 2022 and was a student of Dr. Terry Lynn Hudson.
On December 4, 2021, Ansel performed his first solo recital, featuring all Black composers with works written by Valerie Capers, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Robert Nathaniel Dett, and arr. Dr. John L. Cornelius II, Associate Professor and Collaborative Pianist at Prairie View A&M University. By doing the work to promote Black composers in spaces that lacks Black representation, he hopes to change attitudes surrounding minority composers and show that there is truly deserving and amazing music that needs to be showcased.
