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Summer 2024 Focus: Women & African-American Composers
July 28 Concert at the Nixon Presidential Library Theater
2:00 PM PROGRAM
The concert began with everyone playing an “Olympic-America Mashup”: themes from John Williams’s Olympic melody and “America the Beautiful” (arr. K. Pech, 2024).
Serenade in C Major, Op. 10, 1. March (1902)
Ernö Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Cassandra Nevarez, violin
Matthew Chong, viola
Jerlene Hsueh, cello, Richard Anshutz Award 2023
Divertimento in C Major, K.439b, 1. Allegro (1783)
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Cakewalk from “The Children’s Corner” (1906), arr. for trio by D. Kelley
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Trina Zhang and Nathan Chu, violin
Andrew Chen, cello
Trio No. 2 in G Major, S.46, 2. Andantino grazioso (1801)
Johann Hummel (1778-1837)
Jonathan Sun, viola
Maximilian Carrillo and Jonathan Andreas, cello
Divertimento 16, Hob.V:16, 1. Allegro (1766)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Dust Rag
Bette Byers (b. 1936)
Dallas Chu and Bella Huang, violin
Amber Janio, cello
Adoration
Florence Price (1887-1953)
String Quartet in F Major, Hob. III:48, Op. 50, No. 5, 1. Allegro (1787)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Cindy Chen, Ava Trinh and Abigail McCarty, violin
Paige Rodriguez, cello
Quartet in E-flat Major, 2. Romance (1834)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)
Danzas de Panama, 4. Cumbia y Congo
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Vincent Coppi, violin
Joshua Fong, viola
Sophia Slott and Elijah Tshing, cello
La Follia Theme and Variations, after Concerto Grosso by Geminiani (2010)
Michi Wiancko (b.1976)
Jonathan Sun and Cassandra Nevarez, violin
Matthew Chong, viola
Jerlene Hsueh, Maximilian Carrillo and Jonathan Andreas, cello & percussion (woodblock, tamborine & claves)
The 2024 Richard Anshutz Award was a tie this year! It was awarded to both violinist Vincent Coppi (2nd from the left) and cellist Sophia Slott (2nd from the right). Also pictured: Kay Pech, Director (R) and last year’s recipient, Jerlene Hsueh (L).
Chamber Music Institute/SoCal 