Violist Jayden Yeo, Violinist Evan Kim, Cellist Christopher Gomez and Violinist Bella Huang
00:00 Haydn String Quartet in D Major, op. 20, no. 1, 3. Minuet 04:55 Kodaly Gavotte 07:45 Moehlmann Pizzicato Pete
Cellist Sophia Slott with Violinists Lola Yan and Sergio Gomez and Kerry Wang
00:00 Haydn String Quartet “The Joke,” op. 33, no. 2, 4. Presto 04:20 William Grant Still “Summerland”
Congratulations to Kaylee Maeng, our 2021 Richard Anshutz Prize Winner
Kaylee Maeng with Kay Pech
With a $500 award, Kaylee is invited to return to our 2022 and 2023 summers tuition free. Read more about the Anshutz Prize.
Chamber Music Coaches (L to R): Esther Back (cello), Leslie Ho (violin/viola), Sarah Wallin Huff (featured composer in 2021, violin/viola), Christopher Wybenga (cello), Kay Pech (violin/viola)
What is it like to play outdoors in a park? The fresh breeze of air blows by, you clip your music down so that you can see it, you’re wearing a mask (COVID-19 protocol) and strain to hear what someone is saying under her mask…
To celebrate our 25th summer, we offered FREE TUITION to those qualified by audition and we all worked hard in difficult conditions (extreme heat! wind blowing music!) to prepare a concert in 4 rehearsals.
Tri-City Park, Placentia
Composer Sarah Wallin Huff met with the students preparing the WORLD PREMIERE performances of her new string quartet, Wabi-Sabi.Wallin Huff providing more advice with student quartets preparing the WORLD PREMIERE
World’s Best Garage-Band
Melody solved the problem of wind blowing her pages! See the wind flapping Eunice’s pages?The perfect way to develop a chamber music team: two-on-two during break time.Packing up after a long hot rehearsal: Sun-Joon, Eric, Martin and Connor
Violinists Ariana Perez and Elaine Nguyen, Bassist Maggie Nguyen, Cellist Nathan Lin and Violist Sabrina Lin
A solid foundation: Meggie and NathanHe struts around until we give him a “close up.”Chun Family with violist Sam RezaeianProf. Esther Back mentors our musiciansIn our 2021 Summer Sessions Prof. Ho provided 30 minutes of guidance in jazz improvisation!Prof. Leslie Ho has a wide range of skills and musical taste. Here he demonstrates jazz “chops” as well as spiccato finesse.Our cello coach, Prof. Esther Back, demonstrates what classical bow styles are needed for Haydn
Many Thanks!
We are grateful for the generous contributions from our donors who have made these two weeks of chamber music tuition-free for our selected performers. Donald Ambroson Jonathan Andreas Marc L. Andreas Family Foundation Dennis and Nancy Apolonio Cynthia Greer The Hennings Fischer Foundation Leslie Ho Randy Jones Hojing and Helena Kim Wen Ju Lee and Yuh Chun Lin Marilyn Armstrong McElligott The Miranda Family Library Susan Owen Paxton Kay Pech Sukhyeun Sung and Jin Lee Apple Lin Jonathan Sun Sarah Wallin Huff June Xu