Presents Heeguen and Sharon Members of Ensemble Ari Violin and Piano Duet
Saturday, February 20, 7 p.m. PST Presented ONLINE from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Walnut Creek, California www.StPaulswc.org/concert-series Heeguen and Sharon Members of Ensemble Ari
Violin and Piano Duet February 20, 2021 7pm PST
Violin and Piano Sonata no. 8 in G Major, op. 30 Ludwig von Beethoven I. Allegro assai II. Tempo de Minuetto III. Allegro Vivace
Caprice for Solo Violin Op. 1 No. 24 Niccolò Paganini
Fantasie Nègre no. 4 Florence Price
Violin and Piano Sonata no. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108 Johannes Brahms I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Un poco presto e con sentimento IV. Presto agitato
We will hold a Question-and-Answer session with our performers at the end of the concert. At this time, our concert audience at home can submit questions for our performers using the chat function on the Youtube screen.
Thank you for joining us at St. Paul’s Concert Series St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 1924 Trinity Avenue Walnut Creek, California 94596 925-934-2324 www.StPaulsWC.org [email protected] “Ari” is a Korean word with multiple meanings: big river, wisdom and beauty. Ensemble Ari is a group of Korean American musicians in the Bay Area who wants to share this quality with the community. The ensemble gave its debut concert in October, 2014 as a Korean War Memorial Concert and contributed to the SF Korean memorial in Presidio. Since then ARI was featured at Old First Concert Series, Maybeck, UC Berkeley, St.Mary’s College and others. Sound recordings can be found at https://www.facebook.com/EnsembleAri
In the Spotlight………………..
Native of South Korea, Heeguen Song is the assistant concert master of the SF Ballet. She has held positions at Santa Rosa Symphony, Oakland Symphony and Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Dr.Song performs regularly in South Korea and throughout the Bay Area in venues such as Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Arts Center, Old First Concerts, Herbst Theater, Bing Concert Hall, and many more. She is an active chamber musician and is a member of Beaubliss Quartet and Ensemble Ari. She has performed at Yale Chamber Music Society, Yellowbarn Music Festival, Taos Music Festival, and Banff Chamber Music Residency. Heeguen was invited to play at Osaka City Hall, Daejeon Chamber Music Festival, Beethoven institute at New School and City University of NY.
Additionally Heeguen gave a solo debut recital at Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and had solo appearances with many orchestras such as SF Ballet Orchestra, Oberlin Orchestra, Rutgers Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble 212, and Camerata Academica de Merida. She was a prize winner at the Henryk Szeryng International Competition, Irving M Klein Competition, and Kingsville International Competition among others. Heeguen has studied at Oberlin Conservatory, the Juilliard School, Yale School of music and Rutgers University under the direction of Almita Vamos, Masao Kawasaki, Peter Oundjian, and Arnold Steinhardt. Heeguen resides in Albany with her husband Sugwoo Shin and their two children.
Native to the Bay Area, pianist Sharon Lee Kim actively performs as solo and chamber pianist, vocal coach, music director, choral and vocal accompanist, and piano instructor. Ms. Kim joined the Saint Mary’s College Music Faculty in 2008. As Adjunct Associate Professor her roles include: Asst. Director/ Accompanist of the choral program, Lecturer in piano, chamber music, and music history, and Director of the Faculty Concert Series. Aside from her roles at the college, Sharon is the co-founding member of Duo Camaraderie together with flutist Laura Scarlata, the pianist of Ensemble Ari, a collegiate staff pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, freelances as a solo, vocal, and chamber pianist, and maintains a thriving private studio teaching piano and vocal coaching singers. Sharon is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC). Sharon holds degrees from UC Berkeley and New England Conservatory. For more details, visit www.sharonleekim.com.