1 OUR HISTORY CHOPIN CHAMPAGNE In 2018-2019, Tri-County Concerts Association proudly celebrates its 78th year as one of the region’s most significant venues for chamber music.

In December 1941, chamber music in the Philadelphia area received a remarkable boost from Ellen Winsor and Rebecca Winsor Evans when the two sisters decided to sponsor the original Curtis in a free public concert at Radnor Junior High School. An early program says that “its aim was to bring the spiritual peace and the beauty of music in the lives of our fellow-citizens who were living under the shadow of war; thus strengthening them with the knowledge that music is the great international language which unites all peoples in the common bond of friendship.” The musicians were enthusiastically received and the Tri-County Concerts Association was successfully launched. In 1943, the fledgling organization held its first Youth Music Festival and assumed a vital position in the area’s cultural life.

From the early 1950s to the late 1970s, the driving force behind the Tri-County Concerts Association was Guida Smith. Her energies were devoted to bringing top musical artists to the community, as well as relatively unknown virtuosi who later became internationally renowned. In 1979 Jean Wetherill of Radnor assumed leadership of the Association. She fostered the organization’s continued health during a period of transition. That year, the Association became a nonprofit corporation in order to strengthen its mission and its increasingly important fund-raising functions. When the Radnor Middle School underwent renovations in 1980, the concert series was relocated to Delaware County Community College. After a brief return to Wayne Auditorium in 1987, the series moved to Centennial Hall at Haverford College in 1989, then to the Main Line Unitarian Church in 1992, and to our present location at Eastern University in 1999.

Throughout these changes, Tri-County Concerts upheld its tradition of the highest musical standards. Its roster of virtuoso performers includes Marian Anderson, Eugene Istomin, Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Badura-Skoda, the and Juilliard String Quartets, Leontyne Price, Rosalyn Tureck, Cynthia Raim, and Peter Wiley, among others. In recent years, Tri-County has focused primarily on “Emerging Artists,” one part of its heritage. From the start, Tri-County showcased brilliant young musicians who were on their way to distinguished professional careers. When he performed with Tri-County, William Kapell was only twenty, Gil Shaham was seventeen, and Pamela Frank was twenty-two. Local stars who appeared with us early in their careers include HIGH-RESOLUTION PLAYER PIANO the legendary Anna Moffo, as well as Marcantonio Barone, Mimi Stillman, and Eric Owens. We carry on this fine tradition today by continuing to bring you outstanding Invite the greatest artists to perform at your next gathering. Spirio is the first young musicians in our chamber series. high-resolution player piano capable of delivering the nuance and passion of No less important is Tri-County Concerts’ Youth Festival, which has been a stepping music’s legendary artists’ live performances. It’s a masterpiece of artistry and stone to achievement for many of the thousands of young musicians who have craftsmanship worthy of the Steinway & Sons name and a place in your home. participated. Former winners have established national and international careers as The perfect place to play it, listen to it and entertain with it. soloists and as members of major symphony orchestras. Opera stars Anna Moffo and Clamma Dale first received recognition in Tri-County’s Youth Festival. At present, JACOBS MUSIC COMPANY other winners hold positions as principals in the , Cincinnati, Houston, 1718 CHESTNUT STREET Indianapolis, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, and four have seats in the Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 Orchestra. 215-568-7800 With both our Emerging Artists Series and our Youth Festival, we afford our audiences JACOBSMUSIC.COM STEINWAYSPIRIO.COM the opportunity to see and hear tomorrow’s stars. OUR PURPOSE

Tri-County Concerts Association serves the Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery County communities by fostering the performance and appreciation of the highest quality solo and ensemble chamber music. It is the only chamber music series in the area run by an independent community board. Tri-County Concerts is unique in presenting recitals both by emerging professional artists and by promising local youths.

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Part of Tri-County Concerts’ mission is to reach a widely varied audience with subsidized ticket arrangements. In this manner, many young people have received their introduction to chamber music, conservatory students their inspiration, and all members of our community sheer musical enjoyment in exposure to world- class artists. Ticket prices are kept low to enable families to share a rich cultural experience.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019

President Donald Elfman Deena Jo Schneider Carolyn Hammond Debra Lew Harder Vice President Eleanor James Edmond H. Morse Susan A. Johnson Joy M. Kiszely Treasurer Barbara Miller Richard Hammond Barbara Schick Wendy Schmid Secretary Sherrill Shaffer Rebecca J. Clement Hanna Shapira

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5 VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCES SINCE 1941

1941 Curtis String Quartet 1988 Peter Wiley, 1942 William Kincaid, flute 1989 Gil Shaham, 1943 William Kapell, piano Orion String Quartet 1944 Marian Anderson, contralto 1990 Pamela Frank,violin 1946 Budapest String Quartet 1992 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet,piano 1946 Samuel Mayes, cello and 1993 Peabody Trio Vincent Persichetti, piano 1947 Roland Hayes, tenor 1995 Meng-Chieh Liu, piano 1949 Brentano String Quartet 1952 M. Horszowski, piano 1996 Ying Quartet 1953 Anna Moffo,soprano 1997 Juliette Kang, violin 1954 Paul Badura-Skoda, piano 1998 Andres Diaz, cello and 1955 Joseph Szigeti, violin Samuel Sanders, piano 1956 Eugene Istomin, piano Alexander Shtarkman, piano 1957 Leontyne Price, soprano 1999 Jason Vieaux, guitar TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1958 Guiomar Novaes, piano 2000 Sari Gruber, soprano BOYER COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DANCE 1960 Rosalyn Tureck, piano 1963 Ruggiero Ricci, violin Roberto Diaz, 1964 Hans Richter-Haaser, piano 2001 Eric Owens, basso Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance offers a diverse 1966 Benita Valente, soprano Reiko Watanabe, violin curriculum, wide array of degree programs and exemplary faculty, preparing 1971 Balsam, Kroll & Heifetz Trio 2002 Sergey Schepkin, piano students for careers as educators, performers, composers and scholars. 1972 Masuko Ushioda, violin Mimi Stillman, flute Its distinguished faculty includes members of The , Gyorgy Sandor, piano 2004 Shunsuke Sato, violin as well as many other noted recording and performing artists. 1973 , cello and 2006 Matthew Bengtson, Vladimir Sokoloff,piano harpsichord and piano 1976 Clamma Dale, soprano SAMPLE CHAMBER PROGRAMS ENSEMBLES 2010 Giora Schmidt, violin FACULTY B.M. Performance Various chamber ensembles 1981 Kristine Ciesinski, soprano (winds, strings, and jazz) 2011 Benjamin Beilman, violin From The Philadelphia Orchestra: B.M. Music Education Marcy Rosen, cello Four band ensembles Ricardo Morales (clarinet) B.M. Music Therapy 1982 David Wetherill, French horn 2012 Daedalus Quartet Elizabeth Hainen (harp) B.M. Composition Three orchestral ensembles 2013 Horszowski Trio Eight jazz ensembles 1983 The Ridge String Quartet Ohad Bar-David (cello) B.S. Music Technology 2014 Stefan Jackiw, violin David Cramer (flute) Contemporary Music Ensemble 1986 Cynthia Raim, piano B.M. Music History Raphael Trio 2015 Julian Schwarz, cello Jennifer Montone (horn) B.M. Music Theory New Music Ensemble Daniel Matsukawa (bassoon) M.M. Performance Early Music Ensemble Choral Ensembles Kerri Ryan (viola) Professional Studies ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe) Certificate D.M.A. Performance Eduard Schmieder (violin/artistic director of strings) 50th 75th Rosalyn Tureck, piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet,piano For more information: Alan Stepansky, cello Mimi Stillman, flute 215.204.6810 Fei-Ping Hsu, piano Charles Abramovic, piano [email protected] Timothy Baker, violin Xiao-Fu Zhou, violin temple.edu/boyer James Barbagallo, piano Natalie Zhu, piano @boyercollege /boyercollege Marcantonio Barone, piano Isaiah Kim, cello Deborah Carter, flute Matthew Bengtson, piano David Hamilton, tenor 7 TOMER GEWIRTZMAN Sunday, September 16, 2018 – 3:00 PM Eastern University, McInnis Auditorium Hailed by The Washington Post for his “formidable virtuosity and stylistic sensitivity,” pianist Tomer Gewirtzman has impressed judges and audiences Tomer Gewirtzman, piano around the world. His many accolades include First Prize at Louisiana’s Wideman International Piano Competition, the Piano and Audience Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 Dimitri Shostakovich Prizes at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation’s No. 24 Prelude in D minor (1906-1975) Aviv Competition, First Prize and a special prize No. 24 Fugue in D minor for a commissioned piece at Israel’s Clairmont Competition, and First Prizes at the Aspen Music Andante Favori in F Major, WoO 57 Festival Concerto Competition and Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Tel Aviv. He (1770-1827) also received top prizes at New York’s International Keyboard Institute & Festival, Greece’s Arte Con Anima, and Poland’s International Fairy Tale, Op. 51, No. 3 Nikolai Medtner Baltic Piano Competitions, as well as First Prize and five performance prizes at the (1880-1951) 2015 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 Alexander Scriabin Mr. Gewirtzman’s performances with orchestra have taken him from Israel and Andante (1880-1951) Russia to U.S. locations from New York to the Silicon Valley. He was selected to Presto perform at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall for the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic and at ’s Rose Theater in the America-Israel Cultural Three Études, Op. 65 Alexander Scriabin Foundation Gala honoring Vera Stern. This season, he will perform and serve Allegro fantastico (1880-1951) educational residences as a Fellow of ’s Ensemble Connect and Winner of Juilliard’s Leo B. Ruiz Memorial Recital Award. Allegretto Molto vivace Mr. Gewirtzman gave recital debuts on the YCA Series in New York and in Washington, D.C. (co-sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Series). He INTERMISSION also appeared in recital at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, London’s Steinway Hall, Saint Vincent College, Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, Buffalo Chamber Allegro maestoso (1833-1897) Music Society, Harvard Musical Association, Harriman-Jewell Series, Virginia Andante espressivo Arts Festival, and Salle Cortot of the École Normale in . Music festival Scherzo – Allegro energico performances include Nikolai Petrov’s Kremlin Festival, Italy’s International Intermezzo – Andante molto Academy of Music, Belgium’s Musica Mundi Chamber Music Festival, ’s Finale – Allegro moderato ma rubato Usedom Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail, Yellowbarn, Aspen Music, PianoFest, and PianoTexas Festivals.

Mr. Gewirtzman’s early music studies were at Haifa’s Rubin Conservatory and Steinway piano selected from Jacobs Music Company Jerusalem’s Rubin Academy. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces in the “Outstanding Musician” program and completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Tomer Gewirtzman appears by arrangement with Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv in the studio of Arie Vardi. He YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS, INC. earned his Master’s degree and Artist Diploma at The , where he www.yca.org worked with Sergei Babayan, won the Concerto Competition, and received the Kovner Fellowship award. This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

8 9 NAREK ARUTYUNIAN Sunday, October 21, 2018 – 3:00 PM Eastern University, McInnis Auditorium Clarinetist Narek Arutyunian “reaches passionate depths with seemingly effortless technical prowess and beguiling sensitivity” (The Washington Post). He Narek Arutyunian, clarinet has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra of St. Christopher Goodpasture, piano Luke’s at Alice Tully Hall, The Boston Pops, Oregon’s Newport Symphony, Radio Symphony, and FOLK INSPIRATIONS the Kaliningrad Philharmonic, Moscow Virtuosi Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102 Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, and recorded with the New Russia State Mit Humor (1810-1856) Symphony Orchestra. Langsam Stark und markiert As First Prize Winner of the Young Concert Artists Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Béla Bartók International Auditions, Mr. Arutyunian performed to rave reviews in debut recitals in New York at Merkin Concert Hall and in Jocul cu bâtă – Allegro moderato (1881-1945) Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center. He has also given recitals at Carnegie’s Brâul – Allegro Weill Recital Hall, New York’s Morgan Library and Museum, Boston’s Isabella Pe loc – Andante Stewart Gardner Museum, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, the Buciumeana – Moderato Lied Center of Kansas, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, the Artist Series Poarga românească – Allegro Concerts of Sarasota, the Weis Center for the Performing Arts, the Westport Arts Mărunțel – Allegro Center, the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, the Paramount Theater (VT), and Iowa State, Pepperdine, Southern Adventist, and Missouri State Universities. Suite Populaire Espagnole Manuel de Falla El Paño Moruno (1876-1946) Mr. Arutyunian has performed extensively in Australia, Asia, and Europe, Nana including at Paris’ Musée du Louvre and ’s Palazzo del Principe. Festival Canción appearances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Juilliard’s ChamberFest, the Polo New York Festival of Song, Washington’s Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, Asturiana Poland’s Krzyzowa Music Festival, Germany’s Usedomer Musikfestival, Musica Jota Viva’s Huntington Estate and Sydney Festivals in Australia, and Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing. He has received acclaim for his educational INTERMISSION outreach programs in New York City public schools and around the country. Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 Johannes Brahms Born in Armenia, Mr. Arutyunian moved to Moscow with his family when Allegro appassionato (1833-1897) he was 3. As a teenager, he won First Prizes in Prague’s International Young Andante un poco adagio Musicians Competition and Moscow’s Musical Youth of the Planet Competition. Allegretto grazioso He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a student of Evgeny Petrov, received a Bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he Vivace worked with Charles Neidich, and continued his studies with Mr. Neidich at the Sonatina for Klezmer Clarinet and Piano Paul Schoenfield Manhattan School of Music on a Leon Russianoff Memorial Scholarship, where (b. 1947) he received a Master’s degree in 2018. He receives career support from the Guzik Foundation in California. His clarinet is a personal gift from conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov. Narek Arutyunian appears by arrangement with YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS, INC. www.yca.org This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (bio of Christopher Goodpasture on p. 13) and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 10 11 CHRISTOPHER GOODPASTURE

New on Praised by The Washington Post for his “sparkling, highly musical” playing, Christopher Goodpasture Ride Symbol has established himself as a musician of refined style. He won top prizes at the Washington, Seattle, Iowa, and Dallas International Piano Competitions, as well Records as the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Competition for Pianists. Kendra Shank & Mr. Goodpasture has performed recitals in concert Geoffrey Keezer venues throughout North America, including the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Benaroya Hall (Seattle), Koerner Hall (Toronto), Alice Tully, HALF MOON Merkin, and Weill Recital Halls (New York), Bing Concert Hall (San Francisco), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. An intimate, live Recent and upcoming orchestral appearances include concertos with the Sioux recording by two City Symphony, Oakville Symphony, Northumberland Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra of New York. His upcoming album masters. release on Yarlung Records is entitled Pollination, an exploration of sound world and atmosphere seen through the eyes of composers including Bartók, Janáček, Debussy, Haydn, Takemitsu, and Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe.

A sought-after chamber musician, Mr. Goodpasture has been a fellow at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, at Aspen with David Finckel and Wu Han, at the Music www.kendrashank.com Academy of the West, and in festivals at Kneisel Hall, Sarasota, and Banff. He has also collaborated with members of the Takacs, Ysaye, St. Lawrence, Amenda, Guarneri, and Tokyo String Quartets, and worked with pianists Seymour Lipkin, Joel Forrester Joseph Kalichstein, Robert Levin, Claude Frank, and Leon Fleisher and violinists Pamela Frank and Sylvia Rosenberg. For the next two years, he will be a member of Ensemble Connect, a fellowship program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, ABOUT TIME and the Weill Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education with an emphasis on audience engagement, teaching, and performing Solo, trio and quartet chamber music. recordings by a brilliant Mr. Goodpasture holds graduate degrees from Yale University and The Juilliard pianist/composer. School, where his teachers included Hung-Kuan Chen, Peter Frankl, Jerome Lowenthal, and Christopher Elton. Born in Los Angeles, California, his formal training began at the Pasadena Conservatory, where his studies included composition with composer Andrew Norman. He continued his studies with Stewart Gordon and John Perry at the University of Southern California and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. www.joelforrester.com www.ridesymbol.com Available from CD Baby 13 ALEXANDER HERSH Sunday, February 3, 2019 – 3:00 PM Eastern University, McInnis Auditorium Having already performed as soloist with the Houston Symphony and Boston Pops, cellist Alexander Hersh has quickly established himself as one of the most Alexander Hersh, cello exciting talents of his generation. He has received Tomomi Sato, piano top prizes at competitions worldwide, including the New York International Artists Association, Ima Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, L. 135 Hogg, Schadt, National Solo, Jefferson Symphony Prologue – Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto (1862 - 1918) International Young Artists, Hellam Young Artist, Sérénade – Modérément animé Boston Pops/New England Conservatory, Society of American Musicians, Fischoff, and Chicago National Final – Animé, léger et nerveux Chamber Music Competitions, as well as the Luminarts Fellowship and Borromeo Sonata in C for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 Benjamin Britten String Quartet Guest Artist Award. In the words of Dialogo – Allegro (1913 - 1976) the Musiq3 critics of the RTBF Belgian Radio company, ”With his scenic presence Scherzo-Pizzicato – Allegretto and charm, Hersh has everything to become the darling of the public.” Elegia – Lento Marcia – Energico Mr. Hersh is a passionate chamber musician who has performed Bartók’s and Moto perpetuo – Presto Berg’s complete string quartets and much of the rest of the chamber music canon at music festivals across the world, including Marlboro, Caramoor, Ravinia Steans INTERMISSION Music Institute, Music@Menlo, I-M-S Prussia Cove, Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop, Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, Amsterdam Pezzo Capriciosso, Op. 62 Cello Biennial, Kneisel Hall, Lucerne, New York String Orchestra Seminar, Domaine Forget, and Meadowmount School of Music. He is co-artistic director (1840 - 1893) of Nexus Chamber Music Chicago, a festival dedicated to deconstructing the traditional barrier between audience and performer by performing in intimate Sonata No. 2 in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 Johannes Brahms and sometimes unconventional venues around the city. Allegro vivace (1833 - 1897) Adagio affettuoso A 4th generation string player, Mr. Hersh’s parents are both active professional Allegro passionato violinists; a grandfather and a great-grandfather were professional violists. Raised Allegro molto in Chicago, he began playing the cello at age 5. He studied with Steve Balderston and Hans Jørgen Jensen and attended the Academy at the Music Institute of Chicago. He received his B.M. from New England Conservatory (with academic honors), where he was a student of Laurence Lesser and recipient of the Clara M. Friedlaender Scholarship. Last year he received his M.M. from New England Conservatory, where he studied under Paul Katz and Kim Kashkashian. He was a recipient of the Frank Huntington Beebe fund for studies in Berlin during the 2017-18 academic year, where he continues to study with Nicolas Altstaedt at Hanns Eisler Hochschule for Musik Berlin. He plays a G.B. Rogeri cello on generous loan from a sponsor through Darnton & Hersh Fine in Chicago.

This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (bio of Tomomi Sato on p. 17) and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 14 15 TOMOMI SATO Barbara Jaffe: violin Dana Weiderhold: violin Japanese pianist Tomomi Sato enjoys a diverse Louise Jaffe: viola Renee Warnick: viola career as a highly sought after solo and collaborative Talia Schiff: cello musician as well as a teacher of various genres and Rahel Inniger: piano styles, ranging from classical to jazz, musical theatre, and popular music.

A prizewinner in the 2013 Seattle International Piano Competition, Ms. Sato’s performance highlights as a classical pianist include an appearance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, a broadcast solo recital at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as part of its Sundays Live series, and an appearance as a guest artist at a faculty recital at Chapman University. Her recently attended festivals include the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA; Mellon Music Festival in Davis, CA; Dino Ciani Festival and Academy in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy; and California Institute of Music in Engers, Germany.

Ms. Sato’s interest in crossing genres has also taken her to China, where she Elysian performed a series of holiday shows reflecting American pop culture, and Brazil, where she took part in GLOMUS, a performance festival that exchanges music and culture from all over the world. She has also served as a musical director and For our full performing schedule, visit www.elysiancamerata.org Camerata keyboardist for musical theatre productions including Into the Woods, Grease, Footloose, Urinetown, and Avenue Q.

Ms. Sato holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Southern California, for each of which she was awarded the Keyboard Studies Departmental Outstanding Graduate Award. She served as CENTER CITY CONCERTS a Keyboard Studies Teaching Assistant during her Master’s degree and is now 2018/2019 SEASON pursuing a second Master’s in Collaborative Piano at the Juilliard School in New York, where she studies with Jonathan Feldman and Margo Garret. Her past 2018 NATIONAL AUDITIONS teachers include Bernadene Blaha, Dr. Mark Sullivan, and Kazuko Yasukawa. WINNERS CONCERT

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17 HANNAH ROSE NICHOLAS Sunday, April 28, 2019 – 3:00 PM Rosemont College, Rotwitt Theater A Philadelphia native, violist Hannah Rose Nicholas has been a soloist at the Lucerne Festival Hannah Rose Nicholas, viola Academy, the Kennedy Center, and the New World Benjamin Laude, piano Symphony, where she was praised for her “rich tonal sonority” (South Florida Classical Review). She Six Studies in English Folksong for Viola and Piano Ralph Vaughan Williams performs currently with the Philadelphia Orchestra, (1872-1958) Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra (Principal), Princeton Symphony, and Central City Opera Orchestra Three Preludes arr. for Viola and Piano (Principal). Previously, she was with the New World Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1898-1937) Symphony (Co-Principal) under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Andante con moto e poco rubato Arr. David Connor Agitato Ms. Nicholas’ performance highlights include Strauss’ Don Quixote with cellist John Sharp and on tour at the Kennedy Center Fantasia No. 7 for Solo Viola, TWV 40:20 and Carnegie Hall, where her orchestral solos were praised by the New York Dolce (1681-1767) Classical Review as “exceptional.” She has also performed with the San Francisco Allegro and Colorado Symphonies. For the past three years, she has presented chamber Largo music concerts for the O, Miami Poetry Festival, collaborating with composers, Presto visual artists, and poets from around the world, including members of the Silk Road Ensemble and faculty from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. INTERMISSION She has performed with members of the JACK Quartet, Barnes Ensemble, and Constantinople (Montreal), as well as cellist Silver Ainomae, violinist Pekka Lieder selections arr. for Viola and Piano Robert Schumann Kuusisto, and contralto Avery Amereau. Ongoing collaborations include projects with violinist-composer Layale Chaker and violist Sam Kelder (Shizuka duo). (1810-1856)

Ms. Nicholas’ own folk-inspired instrumental compositions have been performed Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Béla Bartók at the James Turrell Skyspace at Rice University, Archway Gallery in Houston Jocul cu bâtă – Allegro moderato (1881-1945) for the Art of Cultural Intersection in Music series, and University of Texas El Brâul – Allegro Paso “Perspectives in Counterpoint” Residency. Merging viola and voice, she Pe loc – Andante writes and performs original songs and lyrics, featured on The alt Default EP and Buciumeana – Moderato her upcoming debut solo album. She has also taught and directed workshops Poarga românească – Allegro for students from the Afghan Youth Orchestra, South America (Academia Mărunțel – Allegro Filarmónica de Medellín), Japan, Boston, and Philadelphia (Play On, Philly!). Her Miami-based trio, The alt Default, won the 2015-16 Knight Arts Challenge for Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.11, No. 4 Paul Hindemith their collaborative songwriting residency, and continue to perform and teach in university settings. Fantasie: Ruhig (1895-1963) Thema mit Variationen Ms. Nicholas earned a Masters in Music from New England Conservatory, Finale, mit Variationen studying with Kim Kashkashian, and an Artist Certificate in Chamber Music from San Francisco Conservatory, studying with Paul Hersh and Jonathan Vinocour. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the Steinway piano selected from Jacobs Music Company University of Pennsylvania (Magna Cum Laude), where she currently is on faculty of the College House Music Program. This performance was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. (bio of Benjamin Laude on p. 21) 18 19 BENJAMIN LAUDE

Praised by The New York Times as an “amazing, absorbing” performer, “superb in pace, tone, and eloquence,” pianist Benjamin Laude has appeared as a soloist and collaborative artist in venues from Miami and San Diego to Berlin, Prague, the British Virgin Islands, and Ramallah, as well as New York’s Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall. First prize winner of the national Yamaha Young Performing Photo Credit Jauhein Sasnou Credit Jauhein Photo Artist Award in piano, he also received top prizes at the Kingsville International Piano and Shepherd School of Music Concerto Competitions. SEE Mr. Laude has been heard in live performance on Chicago’s WFMT as part of the Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, WQXR’s Chopin the best in first-run international, Marathon at the Greene Space in New York, and Austin’s “Eklektikos” (KUT) and independent, and documentary films “Classical Austin” (KMFA) programs. He recently appeared as a special guest on classical musical populizer David Dubal’s nationally syndicated program every day—and classic cinema, too. “The Piano Matters” (WWFM) for a three-part series commemorating the 35th anniversary of Glenn Gould’s death that featured excerpts from Mr. Laude’s recordings of Bach’s and E Minor Partita. Highlights of his 2018-2019 schedule include master classes and solo performances at UC-Irvine, New York’s Kosciuszko Foundation, and Houston’s St. Anne church, and a guest LEARN solo appearance with the Southern Tier Symphony. about cinema history, genres, Mr. Laude holds a Master’s and Doctorate in piano from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. His and influential films and filmmakers in principal teachers were Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Robert Roux, and Eric courses for all ages, now with Hicks.

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Community support makes this remarkable organization possible. Individuals Tri-County Concerts Association thanks the following individuals and and local businesses have been generous with both financial and in-kind gifts. organizations for their generous contributions over the past year. Corporations and foundations, recognizing the unique benefits that a community- based cultural association can offer, have also provided essential support to the GOVERNMENT GRANT George and Lynnette McNeal organization. The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Peter Brompton Koelle Kurt W. and Mary Ann Reiss Tri-County Concerts Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS Hanna B. Shapira If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit our website or Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Jean Wetherill mail your donation payable to: Jacobs Music Company Vera Wilson The Arthur Judson Foundation Tri-County Concerts Association, Inc. Programs of Support The Presser Foundation CONTRIBUTORS (up to $99) Box 222 Sponsor $2,500 and over Sylvia Baker in honor of Barbara Miller Wayne, PA 19087 BENEFACTOR ($1,000-$2,500) Benefactor $1,000-$2,499 Raymond and Bonnie Brebach in The Music Study Clubin support of a www.tricountyconcerts.org Patron $500-$999 memory of M. J. Whiteman First Place Prize in the Youth Festival Raymond and Bonnie Brebach Donor $250-$499 for 10 years in honor of Inga Lisa Wright on her Friend $100-$249 80th birthday Contributor up to $99 PATRONS ($500-$999) April Fallon Donald Elfman and Jennifer Stevens Joel Levin Debra Lew Harder Diane L. Mattis in honor of Matthew SPECIAL THANKS Ron and Eleanor James Bengtson Barbara Miller in memory of Estelle Faye Peel We thank the following special individuals and organizations who supported our Krause Margaret J. Quinn program in important ways, apart from financial contribution, in the past year. Deena Jo Schneider in memory of Pearl James L. Rhinesmith Steinberg Dr. Leonard and Eve Warren Eastern University John Tobias and Rebecca Wells Steven Wasserleben and Lee Gersler Ron Matthews, President DONORS ($250-$499) Note: This list acknowledges donations from Sara Herman, Office Manager, Music Department Rebecca J. Clement and Robert A. September 10, 2017, to August 30, 2018. If a Nicholas name has been omitted or misprinted, please West Chester University Richard and Carolyn Hammond accept our apologies and notify us by calling Dr. Christopher Hanning, Dean, School of Music David and Linda Mintzer 610-504-4678. Ted and Barbara Morse Montgomery County Community College Paul and Barbara Schick GIFTS IN KIND Dr. Kevin Pollock, President James and Wendy Schmid Arden Theater Brent Woods, Senior Director of Cultural Affairs Sherrill and Margaret Shaffer Bryn Mawr Film Institute Iain Campbell, Program Coordinator of Cultural Affairs Stephen and Susan Underwood Carlino’s Roger and Mary J. Whiteman LOCAL Wine & Kitchen Longwood Gardens Tri-County Concerts Association receives state funding support FRIENDS ($100-$249) Lourdes through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state Matthew and Seohee Bengtson Mrs. Marty’s Deli agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The Greater Philadelphia Raymond and Bonnie Brebach Saffron Cultural Alliance, the regional partner agency of the Pennsylvania Patricia Fernandes Scrub Daddy Council on the Arts, administers these grants. Susan A. Johnson Whole Foods Renee and Milton Margulies Yangming 22 23 Frank Woodwind Larry Goldstein and Donald Elfman & Celebrate the 125th graduating class (1965) Brass of Northeast High School, Philadelphia Expert Repair and congratulate All Work Warrantied Repair Pick up & Delivery Tri-County Concerts on another season! (267) 567-4278 facebook.com/frankwoodwind [email protected] Medical Equipment

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