Music Friends Concerts at the Alden 2011-2012
The Premier Showcase for Great Chamber Music in Northern Virginia
This free classical music series, now in its 37th season, features professional musicians who have won international recognition for their artistry. The new season’s series also includes four Young Soloists Recitals that will showcase the talents of local school-age musicians.
During the 2012-2012 series of Music Friends’ Concerts at the Alden, we are highlighting several young performers who we feel are destined for greatness in the world of classical music. We are honored to present them and hope that our loyal audiences will support them and enjoy their concerts.
Please note: Performances are subject to change.
Audition application forms for the 2012/2013 season are now being accepted.
National Symphony Orchestra Ensemble
February 12, 2012, at 3 p.m.

Pro Musica Washington
March 11, 2012, at 3 p.m.
Founders of this chamber music organization, violinist Hidetaro
Suzuki, for 25 years concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony, and his
wife, pianist Zeyda Ruga Suzuki,will present a program of violin-piano
music and will be joined by clarinetist Nancy Genovese in the beguiling
Khachaturian trio for piano, violin and clarinet. They are all graduates
of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and are all
active in the musical life of Washington, D.C.
Young Soloists Recital
April 1, 2012, at 3 p.m.
Faith Ellen Lam, 14, is a homeschooled eighth-grader who studies
piano with Silva Blazquez. Clara Guo, 17, is a junior at Thomas Jefferson
High School for Science and Technology who studies piano with Rosita Kerr
Mang. Nicolette Cho, 16, is a junior at Winston Churchill High School who
studies cello with Clara Kim at The Juilliard School. Jehshua
Karunakaran, 17, studies violin at The Juilliard School.



May 13, 2012, at 3 p.m.
A 2011 grant recipient from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and
Humanities, Rob Patterson, clarinet, received his Bachelor of Music
degree from the Curtis Institute and his Master of Music degree from the
University of Southern California in 2009. He will be the Artist in
Residence at the Music Center at Strathmore for the 2011-2012 season,
where he will present a series of recitals, chamber music performances,
and education events. He has performed with some of the great artists of
our time and in several leading summer chamber music festivals, as well
as in solo recitals and orchestra concerts.
Young Soloists Recital
May 27, 2012, at 3 p.m.
Grace Wang, 10, is a sixth-grader at Roberto Clemente Middle School
who studies piano with Marjorie Lee. Mabelle Young-Eun Park, 11, is a
fifth-grader at Westbriar Elementary School who studies violin with Olga
Khroulevitch. David DiMeglio, 11, is a pianist and fifth-grader at Spring
Hill Elementary School. Anna Wang, 12, is a seventh-grader at River Bend
Middle School who studies piano with Lisa Sarratt.



Special thanks to our supporters:
Benefactors
Laurie Cole
John & Susan Mitchell
Paul & Ruth Schaff
Peter & Elaine Wilmot
Sponsors
R. Clifton Bailey
William Cherkasky
Laura Ellis
Anita Lamkin
Thomas & Phyllis Schaff
Marty Smith
Sustaining Members
Antonio Cantu
Jean Duggan
Barbara Vazsonyi
Alice Weinreb
Pro bono legal counsel
J. Laurence Kent, Esq.
Kidwell, Kent & Curran
Corporate Benefactors
Northern Virginia Music Teachers
Association
Concerts are held at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center
1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, VA
Free Admission.
Please note: Performances are subject to change.
For information, call 703-790-0123; TTY 703-324-8365.
Sponsored by the Music Friends of the Fairfax County Public Library


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