Skip to Content
  • May 04

    11:00 AM
    Student Recital: Grace Kikuchi
    Monday, May 4, 11:00 AM EDT

    Student Recital

     

    Grace Kikuchi, harp

    Currently in her second year of her Masters of Music at Carnegie , Grace Kikuchi is studying with Gretchen Van Hoesen, principal harpist of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Previously, she received her Bachelor of Music majoring in Harp Performance at the Queensland Conservatorium and studied with both Sayo and Sebastien Lipman as well as Jill Atkinson. Recently, Grace was the graduate winner of the 2025 CMU Philharmonic Soloist Competition, and her duo Le Lys won PCS in 2026.

     

    Program:

    Rhapsodie pour la harpe, Op. 10 Marcel Grandjany

    Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005 J. S. Bach

    Spanish Dance No. 1 (from La Vida Breve) Manuel de Falla

    Better than One Gary Schocker

    Cambria No. 2 John Thomas

    Petite Suite Claude Debussy

    The Moldau, Op. 43 Bedřich Smetana

     


    Cost:
    Free and open to the public; No tickets required. 

    Tickets:

    2 hr
    Violin Symphony Orchestra
    1:00 PM
    Student Recital: John Humphreys
    Monday, May 4, 1:00 PM EDT

    Student Recital

    John Humphreys, bass trombone

     

    Program:

    TBA

     


    Cost:
    Free and open to the public; No tickets required. 

    Tickets:

    2 hr
    Trombone Bass Violin
    3:00 PM
    Student Recital: Rachael Kwa
    Monday, May 4, 3:00 PM EDT

    Student Recital

    Rachael Kwa, violin

    Billie Miller, piano

    Evie Parke, lighting design

     

    Program:

    Andrew Norman Sabina

    Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23

    Francis Poulenc Sonate pour violon et piano, FP 119

    Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1

    Clara Iannotta dead wasps in the jam-jar (i)

    Reena Esmail Drishti दृष्टि

    Hildegard von Bingen/Olivia Marckx Improvisation on O Virtus Sapientiae

    Arvo Pärt Fratres

    Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps

     


    Cost:
    Free and open to the public; No tickets required. 

    Tickets:

    2 hr
    Piano Violin
    5:30 PM
    Student Recital: Aria Messina
    Monday, May 4, 5:30 PM EDT

    Student Recital

    Aria Messina, violin

     

    Program:

    Ludwig Van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2

    Mikey Donica Yossarian

    Gabriel Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13

    Fritz Kreisler Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6

     


    Cost:
    Free and open to the public; No tickets required. 

    Tickets:

    2 hr
    Violin
    8:00 PM
    Student Recital: Spencer Stover
    Monday, May 4, 8:00 PM EDT

    Student Recital

    Spencer Stover, violin

     

    Program:

    Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor

    Jessie Montgomery Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin

    Béla Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano

    Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No 3. in C minor

     


    Cost:
    Free and open to the public; No tickets required. 

    Tickets:

    2 hr
    Piano Violin