Principal Cellist of the Chicago Symphony cellist John Sharp will be presenting a chamber music event with his wife, Liba Shacht, (violinist with the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra). They will be performing duo concertos by Haydn and Vivaldi. They will also be joined by Pianist Brian Gaona in the Piano Trio,"Notturno" by Franz Schubert.<br/>Members of the orchestra will include Graduate students of the NIU school of music and members of the Kishwaukee Symphony. The event will take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dekalb, Illinois on October 23rd at 3pm. The event is free with an optional free will offering for future musical events.
(WAYNE, PA) Tenafly NJ violinist Ria Kang took top honors in the Under-13 Age Division with a precociously polished performance at the Philadelphia International Music Festival Concerto Competition this summer at historic Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
This week on Thursdays @ Three, special guest host Brandi Parisi welcomes cellist Nancy Ives for an exclusive preview of her new piece Celilo Falls: We Were There. Through personal recollections and powerful poetry, the chamber work (performed by the Portland Chamber Orchestra with text and story-telling by Ed Edmo) takes listeners on a musical.