Young Artists' Recital - Eastern Mennonite University

Young Artists’ Recital
MAY 7, 2011, 3:00 P.M., MARTIN CHAPEL
SEMINARY BUILDING, EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY
SPONSORED BY THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BACH FESTIVAL
Concerto for Violin in G Major, Op. 3, No. 3 Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro 1678 – 1741
Courtney Stout, violin
Chris Bono, piano
Elégie, Op. 24 Gabriel Fauré
1845 – 1924
Isabelle Schoppa, cello
Linda Blondel, piano
Suite in G Minor for 2 Violins and Piano Moritz Moszkowski
Allegro energico 1854 – 1925
Vivek and Shaarada Srivatsa, violins
Linda Blondel, piano
Fantasy in D Minor K. 397 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756 – 1791
Evan White, piano
Concerto for Violin No. 1 in A Minor Jean-Baptiste Accolay
1845 – 1910
Mary Wynn Willson, violin
Lacey Johnson, piano
Fantasie, Op. 79 Gabriel Fauré
Andantino 1845 – 1924
Allegro
Caroline M. Walsh, flute
Deborah Reed, piano
Impromptu, Op. 28, No. 3 Hugo Reinhold
1854 – 1935
Emily Maldonado, harp
Danse Espagnole from La Vida Breve Manual DaFalla
1876 – 1946
Mariette Southard, violin
Lacey Johnson, piano
Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060 Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro 1685 – 1750
Adagio
Allegro
Perry Maddox, oboe
Irene Lee, violin
Linda Blondel, piano

Biographies of the Performers
Irene Lee, a junior at Albemarle High School, has played violin for eight years. A member of several music
ensembles in her school, she also performs with the Albemarle String Ensemble and the Youth Orchestra of
Charlottesville-Albemarle. In addition, she participated in the Fall 2010 Senior Regional Orchestra.
Perry Maddox has studied piano for 12 years and oboe for 7 years. A senior at Broadway High School, he is in its
Wind Symphony, Honors Choir, and Jazz Ensemble, and has participated in regional ensembles, recently on tenor
sax in the all-VA Jazz Ensemble and principal oboe in the all-VA Orchestra.
Emily Maldonado has studied harp for nine years with Jessica Frost-Ballas, Elizabeth Robinson, and Kathy Pierce. A
homeschooled junior, she has performed in a variety of settings such as the Waynesboro Symphony, the
Governor’s School for the Arts, and at Kennedy Center with the McLean Youth Orchestra. She enjoys philately,
reading, and horseback riding.
Isabelle Schoppa is a sophomore at Charlottesville High School. She is a member of the String Ensemble orchestra
and a string quartet, which performs at weddings and other social functions. She has attended Senior Regional
Orchestra for two years and participated in the VCU Orchestra Program last summer, as well as attending other
chamber music camps. In school she enjoys science and math.
Mariette Southard is a sophomore at Turner Ashby High School. A member of the TA Singers, she has also studied
violin for thirteen years and piano for three years. She has been a member of the Shenandoah Valley Youth
Symphony since 2004 and has participated for the past two years in the South Central Senior Regional Orchestra in
Richmond. Mariette studies violin with Dr. Joan Griffing.
Shaarada Srivatsa, a freshman at Charlottesville High School, has studied violin with Susan Black since the age of 5
and began piano the same year. Having attended several chamber music workshops at UVA and the Village School
and placing 3 rd in the 2009 Charlottesville Wednesday Music Club competition, she is also a member of the Youth
Orchestras of Charlottesville and Albemarle and concertmaster in her school orchestra.
Vivek Srivatsa is a sophomore at Charlottesville High School. He has studied violin with Susan Black for 10 years.
He plays in his high school orchestra and in Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville, Albemarle. In addition to several
chamber music workshops at the University of Virginia, he attended Wintergreen Summer Music Academy for the
past 2 years. He has also studied piano for the past 6 years.
Courtney Stout, who began taking kindermusic at age two, has played in recitals at the Staunton morning music
club and the P Buckley Moss Museum, plays regularly at church, and performed at the Augusta Health Hospital
with the Augusta County Junior Orchestra. A sophomore clarinet player at Wilson Memorial High School, she has
also participated in the All County Honors Band.
Caroline Walsh, a junior at Stuart Hall and a flute student of Elizabeth Brightbill, has also studied piano, viola, and
voice. A member of the Stuart Hall Orchestra and the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony, she was also selected
for the Senior Regional Orchestra and for VMEA’s All-Virginia Chorus. She enjoys learning about other cultures,
customs and languages.
Evan White, a freshman at EMHS, has studied piano for ten years; her teachers have been Dr. Lynne Mackey and
Sandy Williams. She has sung in the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir for 9 years, placed first in district band in
both timpani and mallets, and has played percussion with the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony, Massanutten
Youth Brass Band, and EMHS and EMU orchestras. Evan has lived in Italy, France, and the UK.
Mary Wynn Willson, a homeschooled tenth grader from Fort Defiance, VA, began Suzuki violin lessons at age
three. She has studied with Julie Wilkinson, Maria Lorcas, Sonja Dillard, and, currently, Joan Griffing. She also takes
piano lessons. A member of several orchestras over the years, she is currently in the Youth Orchestra of
Charlottesville. In her spare time she enjoys riding horses and spending time with her nine brothers and sisters.