Mostly Mendelssohn

“Tuned In” pre-concert talk begins at 7:00pm

STRAVINSKY - Suite for Small Orchestra No. 1 and No. 2

I. Andante
II. Napolitana
III. Espanola
IV. Balalaika

I. Marche
II. Valse
III. Polka
IV. Galopp

MENDELSSOHN - Violin Concerto - Isabel Ong, violin

I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

- Intermission -

MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”

I. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
II. Allegro vivace
III. Andante
IV. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso

Isabel Ong:

Based in Buffalo, violinist Isabel Ong was a member of the New Juilliard Ensemble led by Joel Sachs at the Juilliard School and has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, National Sawdust, MOMA and the KKL Luzern Concert Hall.

A strong advocate for using the power of music to serve a greater humanitarian purpose, Isabel performed at ASAP’s (Advocates for Southeast Asians and the Persecuted) fifteenth anniversary celebration honoring their non-profit service of spreading higher education and implementing healthier and cleaner living conditions for the people of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. She has performed on the Taiwan Indigenous Television Channel 16, and was also asked by Aletheia University of Tamsui, Taiwan to perform in their 130th anniversary concert, providing a mixed recital of Western Classical music and classically-rendered Chinese folk pieces. Isabel was an inaugural member of the Spark Collective, an ensemble designed to perform new works by current compositional students at the University of South Carolina, and curate and perform interactive concerts for the community.

An equally dedicated teacher, Isabel is on faculty at SUNY Fredonia, Mercyhurst University, and is a teaching artist at the Buffalo-based non-profit organization, Buffalo String Works. She also spends her summers on faculty at Point CounterPoint in Vermont. She holds degrees from Juilliard and University of South Carolina (BM, MM, and DMA).

You may also like the following events from Avanti Chamber Orchestra and Chorus:

• Next Friday, 25th July, 07:00 pm, Grit and Silk: The Voices of the Gayageum and Debussy in Williamsville
• Next month, 9th August, 07:30 pm, Beethoven Festival: Concert #1 in Amherst
• Next month, 16th August, 07:30 pm, Beethoven Festival: Concert #2 in Amherst

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