The Friends of Music will present two performances of a Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown during the May 31-June 1 weekend.
The first performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday the 31st; the second will be a 3:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday, the 1st.
Both performances will be held in the historic Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church at 100 West Washington Street.
Entitled "En famille," the concert will feature renowned violinist Stefan Jackiw and his wife, Yoonah Kim, an exceptional clarinetist.
Jackiw is considered one of America's foremost young violinists. The New York Times has called him a "brilliant young violinist." The Washington Post has said he has "talent that's off the scale." The Boston Globe has said he is "one of the most insightful violinists of his generation." He has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.
Kim enjoys a diverse career as a solo clarinetist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and educator. Hailed by the New York Times for her "inexhaustible virtuosity," she is especially devoted to commissioning and performing new works for the clarinet.
The works to be performed in this concert will include two by a pair of young contemporary composers, an elegy by Carlos Simon (b. 1986) and a double concerto for violin and clarinet by Eric Nathan (b. 1983). Also on the program are a clarinet concerto by Aaron Copland (1900-1990); an opera prelude by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), and the violin concerto in D minor by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Admission to the concert will be free for Friends of Music members. The ticket price for others will be $40 per person. Tickets can be purchased on the Friends' website at www.friendswv.org; or by mail (FOM, PO Box 220, Shepherdstown, WV 25443); or, if space is available, at the church at both performances. Visa and Master Card will be accepted. For more information, contact
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The orchestra's music director, Jed Gaylin, will conduct. He will give talks at the Church about the concert before each performance, sharing his insights into the works being performed. The Saturday evening talk will begin at 6:30 p.m.; the Sunday afternoon talk will begin at 2:00 p.m. Each talk will last about a half hour. Anyone can attend.
The Friends of Music is a local non-profit organization that was founded in 1999 to support and promote musical excellence in the Eastern Panhandle. Gaylin has been music director since 2012. He also serves as the music director of Baltimore's Hopkins Symphony Orchestra and the Bay Atlantic Symphony in New Jersey.
This season's Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concerts are once again being presented with generous financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. The Friends of Music also receives generous support from the Nora Roberts Foundation, Ecolab, the Long Meadow Fund, the Mary J. Stanley Charitable Fund, the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts, and the Ian Thom Foundation. Dr. John Gibson, DDS, and Heidi Johnston, Keller Williams Realty, are sustaining business sponsors.
Full information about the Friends and its current concert season is available at www.friendswv.org.
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