2023 Photos & Videos

Summer 2023 Focus:
Women Composers

July 23 Concert at the Nixon Presidential Library Theater

2:00 PM PROGRAM

VIDEO: The concert began with everyone playing “America the Beautiful” (1895) by Samuel A. Ward

Front: Ashley Lim & Diya Ravi Shankar, viola
Back: Avani Athavale, violin; Karis Lin, cello; and Jayden Huang, violin

VIDEO of the Mozart, Mayer, & Price Quintet

String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516, 1. Allegro (1787)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Quintet in D Major, 1. Allegro (1855)
Emilie Mayer (1812-1883)

Juba, from String Quartet No. 2 (1935), arr. for quintet by K. Pech (2023)
Florence Price (1887-1953)

Yu Family Trio: Jennifer Yu & Dora Yu, violin; Alex Yu, cello

VIDEO of the Dona Nobis Pacem, Vanhal, & Martin Trio

Round: Dona Nobis Pacem
Traditional

Trio No. 8 (1770?)
J. B. Vanhal (1739-1813)

Mystery Waltz (1995)
Joanne Martin (b. 1950)

Ava Trinh & Abby Trinh, violin; Dora Yu, viola
Paige Rodriguez, cello

VIDEO of the Lombardini, Haydn, & Wallin Huff Quartet

Quartet in E Major, 2. Con brio-Menuetto-Con brio (1771)
Laura Lombardini (1745-1818)

Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, 1. Allegro (1789)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Greek Dance (2002)
Sarah Wallin Huff (b. 1980)

Ivana Chacon & Dallas Chu, violin; Krista Lombardi, viola
Annie Jiang, cello

VIDEO of the Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel & Brahms Quartet

String Quartet in E-flat Major, 2. Allegretto (1835)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1809-1847)

String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, 3. Agitato, Allegretto (1876)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

From L to R: Jerlene Hsueh, cello; Cassandra Nevarez, violin; Maximilian Carrillo, cello; & Matthew Chong, viola

VIDEO of the Arensky, Jaëll, & Giddens Quartet

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 25, 1. Allegro moderato (1894)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)

String Quartet in G Minor, 3. Scherzo (1875)
Marie Jaëll (1846-1925)

At the Purchaser’s Option (2018)
Rhiannon Giddens (b.1977)
Arranged by Jacob Garchik for the “Fifty for the Future” proiect of the Kronos Quartet

Richard Anshutz Award

Director Kay Pech (R) presents the Richard Anshutz Award to Jerlene Hsueh (L)
July 8, 2023: Our Jaëll-Arensky-Giddens Quartet
July 8, 2023: Our Mendelssohn-Brahms-Spavelko Quartet
July 10, 2023: Our Mozart-Mayer-Price Quintet
July 10, 2023: Our Mozart-Mayer-Price Quintet
July 10, 2023: Our Lombardini-Haydn-Wallin Huff Quartet
July 13, 2023: Our Vanhal-Martin Trio
July 13, 2023: Lucy Jones’ “In Nomine Terra Calens” reading
July 13, 2023: Our Mendelssohn-Brahms-Spavelko Quartet
July 13, 2023: Mozart Quintet performing
July 13, 2023: Haydn Quartet performing
July 15, 2023: Taking on the challenge of Arensky’s Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky, these four brave musicians worked long and hard tonight! Cass, Jerlene, Max and Matthew are a wonderful quartet.
July 17, 2023: Coach Emily Wu working with the Haydn Quartet
July 17, 2023: Coach Emily Wu working with Abby & Dora
July 17, 2023: Pizzicato practice
July 17, 2023: Emily Wu and Kay Pech, coaches in Temple City rehearsals
July 19, 2023: Leslie Ho led a spirited improv session
July 19, 2023: 8 year old Jennifer concentrates like an 18 year old
July 19, 2023: Coach Esther Back asking for more
July 19, 2023: Esther Back, Kay Pech and Leslie Ho, coaches
July 19, 2023: Concentration! Listening carefully!
July 19, 2023: Dallas Chu leading the Mendelssohn Quartet
July 19, 2023: Coach Leslie Ho with the Brahms Quartet
July 20, 2023: Coach Esther Back listens carefully
July 23, 2023 CMI/SC Concert at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum
July 23, 2023 Concert: Yu Family Trio
July 23, 2023 Concert: Yu Family Trio
July 23, 2023 Concert: Mozart-Mayer-Price Quintet
July 23, 2023 Concert: Mendelssohn-Brahms Quartet
July 23, 2023 Concert: Mendelssohn-Brahms String Quartet
July 23, 2023 Concert at the Nixon Library: Mendelssohn-Brahms String Quartet
July 23, 2023 Concert: Arensky-Jaëll-Giddens Quartet
July 23, 2023 Concert: Arensky-Jaëll-Giddens Quartet
July 23, 2023 Concert: Matthew, Max, Jerlene and Cass
July 23, 2023 Concert: Anshutz Prize Winner Jerlene Hsueh
All of the CMI/SC musicians on stage at the July 23, 2023 concert
Director Kay Pech leading the playing of “America” as the concert opener
All of the CMI/SC musicians playing “America” at the July 23, 2023 concert
All of the CMI/SC musicians playing “America” at the July 23, 2023 concert
All of the CMI/SC musicians playing “America” at the July 23, 2023 concert
CMI/SC coaches Leslie Ho, Kay Pech, Esther Back, and Emily Wu