The West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Young Artists Concert on Thursday, March 24, in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the Creative Arts Center.
The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be conducted by David Tang, visiting assistant professor of music.
WVU s Annual Young Artists Competition is open to all full-time junior, senior and graduate student music majors, and the winners represent the highest level of student performance at WVU .
This years winners and the pieces they will perform as soloists with the WVU Symphony Orchestra include:
- Silvia A. Atmadja, a masters candidate in piano performance and a student of James Miltenberger, will perform the first movement of the MacDowell Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor.
- Kristina Driskill, a doctoral student in vocal performance and a student of Augusto Paglialunga, will perform five songs from the Mahler song cycle Ruckert Lieder.
- Seyoung Jeong, a doctoral student in piano performance and a student of Peter Amstutz, will perform the first movement of Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto no. 3.
- Christina Romich, a doctoral student in vocal performance and a student of Cynthia Conner-Bess, will performAh, non credeaAh, non giungefrom Bellinis La Sonnambula.
For tickets, call the Mountainlair and CAC Box Offices at 293-SHOW.
For more information about College of Creative Arts events, check the online calendar athttp://www.wvu.edu/~ccarts.