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Music has a place for everyone!

Elgar’s Serenade is among the most adored works for strings. Following this romantic gem, we are joined by Aromi Park in Mozart’s cheery third Violin Concerto. We open the second half with a world premiere by Portland-based Israeli composer and PRE violinist Amir Avsker, and close the concert with Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, exploring the beauty of winds in chamber music.

Program
Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Aromi Park, violin

Intermission

Amir Avsker – Serenade for Woodwind Trio No. 1 in Bb Major
Dvořák – Serenade for Wind Instruments 

Music, music, and more music!

We open this concert with music by Florence Price, one of the most prominent American composers of the 20th Century. Following Price’s first string quartet, pianist Maria Garcia joins us in Gerald Finzi’s gorgeous Eclogue and a spirited rondo by Mozart. Next, we play a world premiere by local composer Elaina Stuppler, and finish the program with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, one of the most celebrated works for string orchestra.

Program
Florence Price – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major
Finzi – Eclogue
Mozart – Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382

Maria Garcia, piano
Elaina Stuppler – World Premiere TBA

Intermission

Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings

Program
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major “American”

TBA

Kenji Bunch, viola

Intermission

Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence”