In this special FOURTH OF JULY CONCERT, ENCORE musicians perform the sublime American classic, Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, followed by a fiery bluegrass set by 2019 GRAMMY Winner Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper.

ARTISTS:
ENCORE Artists
Sibbi Bernhardsson, Brendan Shea, Minhye Choi, Jinjoo Cho, violin
Eric Wong, Micaela Murphy (ENCORE ‘18), viola
Max Geissler, Logan Dailey (ENCORE ‘16), cello
Henry Samuels, contrabass
Alix Reinhardt, clarinet
Jess Sindell, flute
Arleigh Savage, bassoon
Hyunsoo Kim, piano

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Chris Douglas, bass
Nathan Livers, mandolin
Josh Richards, guitar
Jasiah Shrode, banjo
Michael Cleveland, fiddle/mandolin

PROGRAM:

Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
- intermission -
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Bluegrass Set

Juneteenth Celebration Weekend

Note: due to travel delays, Dr. Tameka Ellington’s pre-concert conversation “Rosa Parks: the Power of Introverted Minds” has been cancelled. The 4:30pm concert with Cavani String Quartet will continue as scheduled. We look forward to seeing you at the Dodero Center!

PROGRAM:

Chevalier de Saint-George String Quartet in c minor, Op. 1, No. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
- intermission -
Eric Gould ‘He Speaks in Shadows’ **Cleveland Composer
Florence Price String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor

ARTISTS:

Jinjoo Cho & Dorothy Ro, violin
Abigail Rojansky & Eric Wong, viola
Dan McDonough & Kyle Price, cello
Shuai Wang, piano
Martinique Mims, actor

*Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, appearances by violinist Gabriel Le Magadure and violist Mathieu Herzog have been cancelled. ENCORE is honored to present violinist Dorothy Ro and violist Abigail Rojansky of the Verona String Quartet in their stead.

PROGRAM:

“A Reading from Norwegian Wood”
Claude Debussy Arabesque No. 1 from Deux Arabesques
Claude Debussy Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
Claude Debussy Clair de Lune
“A Reading from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”
Robert Schumann Forest Scenes ‘The Bird as Prophet’
Robert Schumann Traumerei
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’
II. Andante con moto
- intermission -
Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4