Chie Yoshinaka, violinist
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2022-2023 season 

February 28, 2023 
10:30 am 

Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

February 11, 2023 
7:30 pm

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra

February 7, 2023 
11 am
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library

January 28 (7:30 pm) and 29 (3 pm), 2023 
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra 

January 27, 2023 
11:15 am 
Petite Concert at Yonkers Library

January 24, 2023 
10:30 am
Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

January 17, 2023 
11 am
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library

January 16, 2023 
3 pm

27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at Ridgefield Playhouse 

December 24, 2022
5 pm

Christmas Eve Mass at St. Paul's Episcopal 
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 as a soloist 

December 20, 2022
10:30 am
Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

December 17, 2022
8 pm
Greater Bridgeport Symphony 

December 13, 2022
11 am
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library

December 10 and 11, 2022 
11 am and 4 pm on December 10, 6 pm on December 11

The Nutcracker 

December 3, 2022
7:30 pm
 
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra 

November 22, 2022
10:30 am
Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

November 15, 2022

11 am
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library

November 14, 2022
6:30 pm

​Virtual Petite Concert 

November 12 (7:30 pm) and 13 (3 pm), 2022
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra  

November 5, 2022
7:30 pm

Norwalk Symphony Orchestra 

October 28, 2022
​11:15 am 
Petite Concert at Yonkers Library

October 25, 2022
10:30 am

Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

October 18, 2022
11 am

Petite Concert at Greenwich Library

October 1, 2022
7:30 pm

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra 

September 24, 2022
7:30 pm

Norwalk Symphony Orchestra 

September 20, 2022
10:30 am

Petite Concert at Scarsdale Library

September 13, 2022
11am

Petite Concert at Greenwich Library
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September 10 and 11, 2022 
7:30 pm (9/10) and 3 pm (9/11)

Greenwich Symphony Orchestra 

2021-2022 season 

September 21, October 19, November 16 and December 14, 2021
Petite Concerts
 at Greenwich Library (in-person and outdoor until further notice)
Please register at the library website. 

September 28, October 12, November 9 and December 21, 2021
Petite Concerts at Scarsdale Public Library  (in-person and outdoor until further notice)
Please register at the library website. 

September 25, 26, 2021
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra concerts 

October 2, 2021 
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra concert 

October 16, 2021 
Greater Bridgeport Symphony concert 

October 24, 2021 
​Wallingford Symphony Orchestra concert 

November 6, 2021
(Not) Just for Kids concerts at New Canaan and Wilton Public Libraries 

November 13, 2021
Greater Bridgeport Symphony concert 

November 20 and 21, 2021
​Greenwich Symphony Orchestra concerts 

2019-2020 Season 

September 2019
September 17
Petite Concert in Scarsdale
Recital presented by Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Meadow Ridge, CT 

September 22
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra concert 

September 24
Recital presented by Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Ridgefield, CT 

September 25 
Petite Concert in Greenwich 

September 29 & 30 
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra concert 

October 2019

October 5 
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, CT 
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October 20
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra, CT 

October 22 
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library, CT 

October 28
Violin and Viola Masterclasses at Greenwich High School

October 29
Petite Concert at Sharrei Tikvah in Scarsdale, NY  

November 2019
November 2 
(Not) Just for Kids concerts in Norwalk, New Canaan and Wilton, CT 

November 7
Greenwich Symphony Youth Concerts 

November 10
Hilltop Music Collective all-woman concert 
(playing Yuko Uebayashi's flute quintet "Misericordia")

November 16 
Norwalk Symphony 

November 19
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library, CT 

November 23 
Connecticut Philharmonic "The Nutcracker" 

November 26
Petite Concert at Sharrei Tikvah in Scarsdale, NY  

December, 2019
December 8
Wallingford Symphony 

December 10
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library, CT 

December 14
St. Stephen's concert in Ridgefield, CT 

December 17
Petite Concert at Sharrei Tikvah in Scarsdale, NY  

December 24 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Christmas Eve service 
(I will be playing Brandenburg Concerto No.4 violin solo!) 

January, 2020
January 11, 2020
Greenwich Symphony InsideOut concert 

January 21
Petite Concert in Greenwich

January 28
Petite Concert in Scarsdale 

February, 2020
February 11
Petite Concert in Greenwich

February 18 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale 

February 22, 23 
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra 


March, 2020 
March 3 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale 

March 14 
Greater Bridgeport Symphony *CANCELED* 

March 15 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church concert *POSTPONED* 

CONCERTS 2018-2019 SEAson

October 2018
October 21
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra 

October 23 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale

October 28
Hilltop Music Collective chamber music concert 
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October 30 
Petite Concert in Greenwich 
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November 2018
November 10
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra 

​November 17 &18 
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra 

December 2018
December 8
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra 

December 11 
Petite Concert in Greenwich 

December 15
Nutcracker at Quick Center (Fairfield, CT)

December 16
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra 

December 18 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale

December 24
Christmas Eve Service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside, CT (playing Bach's concerto for oboe and violin)



January 2019

January4 
Greenwich Public Schools Honor Choir concert 
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January 16
Greenwich Symphony Youth Concerts 

January 22
Petite Concert in Scarsdale 

​January 25
Hilltop Music Collective Solo Night (I will be playing Dvorak's Romance)

January 26, 27
Greenwich Symphony Concerts 

January 29
Petite Concerts in Greenwich 

February 2019
February 5 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale

February 26 
Petite Concert in Greenwich

March 2019
March 5
Petite Concert in Scarsdale

March 16
Greater Bridgeport Symphony 

March 17
Norwalk Symphony

March 23 
Symphoria concert 

March 26
Petite Concert in Greenwich

April 2019
April 2 
Petite Concert in Scarsdale 

April 4 
Peter Pan at Cos Cob School 

April 7 and 8
Wallingford Symphony 

April 13 
Greater Bridgeport  Symphony 
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2017-18 SEason 

July 1 
Wallingford Symphony Pops Concert 

June 30
Wallingford Symphony Pops Concert at Madison Green

June 23 
Student Recital 

June 10
Hilltop Music Collective Concert 

May 18-20
"Cinderella" Musical Theater Production at Wilton High School

May 12 
Keeler Tavern Museum 

May 5 
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra 

April 24
Greenwich Symphony Youth Concerts 

April 10
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library

April 9
Wallingford Symphony
9:30am at Paul Mellon Arts Center

April 8
Wallingford Symphony
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center 

April 1
Easter at St. Patrick's in Armonk 

March 20
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library

March 18
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
3pm at Norwalk Concert Hall 

March 11
Hilltop Music Collective Concert 
3pm at Second Congregational church (139 E Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

March 4
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra 
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center

February 13
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library

January 26
Hilltop Music Collective Recital Night 
7pm at Second Congregational Church (139 E Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)
Ravel -- Sonata for Violin and Cello 

January 25 
Outreach concerts at Sandy Hook Elementary School 

January 20 and 21
Greenwich Symphony Concerts 
8pm on Saturday the 20th, 4pm on Sunday the 21st at Greenwich Performing Arts Center (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)
​
January 17, 2018
Greenwich Symphony Youth Concerts 

December 19
Petite Concert
10:30am at Greenwich Library 
​
December 17
Hilltop Music Collective concert 
3pm at Second Congregational Church (139 E Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

December 16
Norwalk Symphony Holiday Concert 
5pm at Norwalk Concert Hall (125 East Ave. Norwalk, CT) 

December 10
Nutcracker 
11am Education concert 
4pm performance 
both at New Canaan High School (11 Farm Rd. New Canaan, CT)

December 9
Star Wars event (Petite Concerts)
10:30am at Greenwich Library

December 2
"Nutcracker" ballet with Norwalk Symphony 
6pm at Wall Street Theater (71 Wall St. Norwalk)

November 28
Petite Concerts
10:30am at Greenwich Library 

November 19
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Concert 
4pm at Greenwich PAC (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

November 18
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Concert 
8pm at Greenwich PAC (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

Family Concert 
1pm at Ridgefield Main Library 
14 "bite-size" classical music for young audience ages 5 and up

November 14
Greenwich Symphony Youth Concerts 

October 31
Petite Concerts 
10:30am at Greenwich Library 
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October 22
Hilltop Music Collective "American Dreams" concert 
Bernstein -- Serenade after Plato's Symposium, movement 1

September 26
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library

July 5
Courtyard Concert at St. Paul's 
7:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (200 Riverside Ave. Riverside, CT)
free admission
Elizabeth Wells, flute
Chie Yoshinaka, violin
Benjamin Steinhardt and David Johnson, piano

June 20 
Petite Concert with Tristan Rais-Sherman
10:30am at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

June 3 
Student Recital
3pm at Greenwich Arts Council

May 21 
Young Artists Philharmonic concert 
4pm at Temple Sholom in Greenwich

May 20 
Norwalk Symphony
8pm at Norwalk concert hall (125 East Ave, Norwalk, CT)
Mahler -- Symphony No.2 

May 16
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

May 7
Hilltop Chamber Music Series 
3pm at Second Congregation Church in Greenwich, CT 

April 24 
Outreach concert 
3pm at Child Learning Center in Stamford, CT

April 23 
Student showcase 
3pm Atria Rye Brook, NY 

April 18
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

April 8 and 9
Greenwich Symphony concert 
8pm on April 8, 4pm on April 9
Greenwich Performing Arts Center (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

March 21 
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

March 12
Young Artists Philharmonic concert 
Greenwich Performing Arts Center (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

February 26 
Wallingford Symphony concert 
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center 

February 14
Petite Concert 
10:30am at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)

February 3 
Hilltop Chamber Music Series 
7pm at Second Congregation Church in Greenwich 
Lumanung -- Caprice 
Bolcom -- Graceful Ghost 
Benjamin Steinhardt, piano 
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January 22
Choir concert at SUNY Purchase College
3pm at SUNY Purchase College 

December 24
Christmas Eve service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

December 20
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)
10:30am at Children's Room

December 17
Salisbury Sinfonietta concerts

December 11
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra holiday concert
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian Ave. Wallingford, CT)

December 5
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic concert
7pm at St. Catherine the Siena Church in Riverside, CT

December 3
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N. Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

November 22
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)
10:30am at Children's Room

November 20
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic concert
4pm at Turn of River Middle School (117 Vine Rd. Stamford, CT)

October 27-29
"Feather in the Winds" musical theater in New Canaan, CT

October 22
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra
8pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian Ave. Wallingford, CT)

October 11
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)
10:30am in the Children's Room
free admission, no registrations required

October 1
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N. Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

September 24
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra
8pm at Klein Auditorium (910 Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport, CT)

September 20
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library (101 W Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT)
10:30am in the Children's Room
free admission, no registrations required

September 18
"Focus on Strings"
chamber music concert at Chappaqua Library auditorium (195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY)
Various composers -- Quartet for Four Cellos
Beethoven -- String Quartet Op.18 No.6


Concerts 2015 -- 2016

July 15-17
Child Aid Asia concerts (Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center, Malaysia)

July 2 and 3
Wallingford Symphony Summer Pops
7pm on July 2 at Madison Green
7:30pm at July 3 at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)


June 28
Courtyard Concert
7:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (200 Riverside Ave. Riverside, CT)
Stravinsky --Suite italienne
Brahms -- Scherzo
Ravel -- Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sarasate -- Introduction and Tarantella

June 18
Student Recital
2pm at Greenwich Arts Council meeting room

June 14
Petite Concert (season final)
10:30am at Greenwich Library Children's Room

May 24
Petite Concert
10:30am at Greenwich Library Children's Room

May 14
Ridgefield Symphony Concert (season final)
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N.Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

May 3
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall (season final)
8pm at Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall

April 26
Petite Concert  
10:30am at Greenwich Library Children's Room

April 16-17
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
8pm on April 16, 4pm on April 17 at Greenwich Performing Arts Center (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

April 11-12
Instrument Petting Zoo at Child Learning Center in Stamford, CT

April 6
Greenwich High School Choir Concert
7:30pm at Greenwich Performing Arts Center (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)
Mozart -- Requiem

March 22
Petite Concert
10:30am at Greenwich Library Children's Room

March 19
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)
 
March 12
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra concert
8pm at Klein Auditorium (910 Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport, CT)
Mahler -- Symphony No.5

March 6
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic concert
4pm at Westhill High School Auditorium

Feb 16
Petite Concert at Greenwich Library
10:30am in the Children's Room

Feb 7
Mozart and Correlli at St. John Church in Darien, CT

Jan 23 and 24, 2016
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
8pm on the 23rd and 4pm on the 24th at Greenwich High School's new auditorium

Dec 24
Christmas Eve service at St. Paul's

Dec 22
Petite Concert
10:30am at Scarsdale Public Library (54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY)

Dec 19
Holiday concert at St. Stephen's in Ridgfield, CT
7pm at St. Stephan's Church (351 Main St. Ridgefield, CT)

Dec 15
Petite Concert
10:30am at Greenwich Library Children's Room (101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT)

Dec 13
Salisbury Sinfonietta concert
3pm at Salisbury Congregational Church (30 Main St. Salisbury, CT)

Dec 6
Wallingford Symphony Holiday Concert
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)

Dec 5
Ridgefield Symphony Holiday Concert
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N.Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

November 22, 2015
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic concert
4pm at Westhill High School (125 Roxbury Rd. Stamford, CT)

November 8, 2015
Taft Chorus concert
5pm at 25 The Green, Watertown, CT
Haydn -- Creation

October 18, 2015
Salisbury Sinfonietta Inaugural Concert
3pm at Salisbury Congregational Church (30 Main St. Salisbury, CT)

October 10, 2015
Wallingford Symphony
8pm at Paul Mellon Arts enter

October 3, 2015
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Romantic Russians"
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N.Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

September 20, 2015
Chamber Music Concert in Chappaqua
3pm at Chappaqua Library Auditorium (195 S Greeley Ave. Chappaqua, NY)
Free admission

Britten -- Phantasy
Dubois -- Quintet

September 19, 2015
Greater Bridgeport Symphony
8pm at Klein Memorial Auditorium (910 Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport, CT)

August 30, 2015
Morning concert at Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens (151 Brookdale Road, Stamford, CT 06903)
10-11am

Concerts 2014-2015

June24, 2015
Petite Concert
10am at Scarsdale Public Library (54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583)
A short concert geared for young audience, age 0 and up!

May 17, 2015
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic 55th Season Gala
4pm at Palace Theater (
61 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT)

May 16, 2015
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Beethoven 9"
8pm at Clune Auditorium (700 N.Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

May 8, 2015
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra "Peter and the Wolf"
7:30pm at
Hotchkiss School, Salisbury, CT

April 24, 2015
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra "Peter and the Wolf"
9:30am, 11am (children's concerts) and 8pm (public) at Paul Melon Arts Center (
333 Christian St., Wallingford, CT)

Saint-Saens -- Carnival of the Animals
Prokofiev -- Peter and the Wolf  (followed by a jazz version
by the New England Jazz Ensemble directed by Walter Gwardyak)

April 18 and 19, 2015
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
8pm on 4/18, 4pm on 4/19 at
Dickerman Hollister Auditorium (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)
Gluck-Mottl -- Ballet Suite No. 1
Liszt -- Piano Concerto No. 2
      Alexandre Moutouzkine, Piano
Brahms -- Symphony No. 1


March 27 and 28, 2015
Seussical the Musical
7pm on 3/27, noon on 3/28 at New Canaan High School (
28 Farm Rd. New Canaan, CT)

March 22, 2015
Ridgefield Symphony 50th Season Gala Concert
4:30pm reception and 5:30 concert at
Visual & Performing Arts Center, Westside Campus, WCSU (7 University Boulevard, Danbury, CT)

W.A. Mozart -- Eine kleine Nactmusik (Movement I), K. 525
W.A. Mozart -- Violin Concerto #3 in G Minor, K. 216
                  Jorge Avila, Violin
A. Copland -- Appalachian Spring (Original Version)
J. Strauss, Jr -- On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz


March 14, 2015
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra "Mind-Blowing Beethoven"
8pm at
NVCC Fine Arts Center (750 Chase Pkwy, Waterbury, CT)
Duffy -- Ludwig van Robot (side by side with ASAP Strings)
Beethoven -- Symphony No.4
Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No.5 (Andrew Armstrong, piano)

March 8, 2015
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic
4pm at Trinity High School (
926 Newfield Ave, Stamford, CT)

March 3, 2015
Waterbury Symphony Side-by-Side with ASAP Children's Concert
8:30am and 11am at
Warner Theatre (68 Main Street, Torrington, CT)

February 15, 2015
Chappaqua Chamber Players at Kendal
3:30pm at Kendal on the Hudson (
1010 Kendal Way, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591)

Telemann -- Canonic Sonata No.1 for Violin and Clarinet
Shostakovich -- String Quartet No.7
Mozart -- Clarinet Quintet

February 7, 2015
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
8pm at
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 N. Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

Beethoven -- Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky -- Variations on a Rococo Theme
Dvorak -- Symphony No.9 "From the New World"

January 24 and 25, 2015

Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
8pm on the 24th and 4pm on the 25th at
Dickerman Hollister Auditorium (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

Tchaikovsky -- Serenade for Strings
Haydn -- Trumpet Concerto
Nielsen -- Symphony No.2

December 24, 2014
Christmas Eve Mass Service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
9pm at St.Paul's (200 Riverside Ave. Riverside, CT)
(I will be playing Concerto for Two Violins by J.S.Bach with Christine Doney and the St Paul's Episcopal Church orchestra)

December 14, 2014
Long Ridge Music Center Student Recitals
starting at 10am

December 13, 2014
Young Artist Recital by Students of Chie Yoshinaka
3pm at Greenwich Arts Council (299 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich, CT)

December 6, 2014
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops
8pm at Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 N. Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

November 30, 2014
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra Traditional Holiday Pops Concert
2pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)

November 14, 2014
Chappaqua Chamber Players at Taconic Correctional Facility (private event)

November 9, 2014
Chappaqua Chamber Music Concert
3pm at Chappaqua
Library Auditorium (195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY)

Shostakovich -- String Quartet No.7
Mozart -- Clarinet Quintet

free admission
Chie Yoshinaka and Yang Sun Kim, violins, Bernie Klinger, viola, Bernie
Tamosaitis, cello, Eric Drucker, clarinet

October 26, 2014
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic concert
4pm at
The Italian Center (1620 Newfield Ave. Stamford, CT 06905)
Come listen to the young talents that Chie has been coaching.

October 18, 2014
Wallingford Symphony
The Great American Songbook & Sinatra Classics! "Come Fly With Me®"
Rob Zappulla, Vocalist/Trumpeter

8pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)

September 28, 2014

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Season Opening Concert
8pm at
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 N. Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

Edmund Cionek --Fun music*
W. A. Mozart -- Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Jean Sibelius -- Symphony #1 in E Minor, Op. 39
Edvard Grieg -- Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
               Spencer Myer, Piano


September 21, 2014
A Day of Music: An El Sistema Fundraising
at Atria Rye Brook (1200 King St. Rye Brook, NY)

11:00am What Is El Sistema?
11:20am Young People's Concert
12:00pm Lunch, bake-sale and raffle
1:00pm Concerts (my recital is at 1pm)
4:00pm Raffle drawing
(Join us any time you like!)

Suggested donations at the door:
$20 adults
$10 children/students/seniors
(Cash only)

 I will be performing with Benjamin Steinhardt (piano);

Massenet -- Meditation from Thais
Saint-Saens -- Danse Macabre
Brahms -- Violin Sonata in G Major
Vieuxtemps -- Souvenir d'amerique

concerts 2013-2014

August 13, 2014
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Meistersinger" at Helmut-List-Halle (Graz, Austria)
Marius Stieghorst, conductor
Berlioz -- The Roman Carnival Overture
Competition Arias
Dukas -- The Sorcerer's Apprentice

August 8, 2014 
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Operetta" in Weiz, Austria
Gerrit Prießnitz, conductor

August 7, 2014
AIMS Chamber Music Concert at St.Leonhaard/Pfarrsaal (Graz, Austria)
premire: Shae Kole -- Oboe Quartet
Chie Yoshinaka, vioiln
Josiah Coe, viola
Shae Kole, cello
Kari Kistler, oboe

August 6, 2014
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Operetta" at Kasematten (Graz, Austria)
Gerrit Prießnitz, conductor

July 31, 2014

AIMS Festival Orchestra at Helmut-List-Halle (Graz, Austria)
Gerrit Prießnitz, conductor

Beethoven -- Leonore Overture
                        arias from Fidelio
R.Strauss -- Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
                    
Arias from Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Arabella                   
                  Moonlight Music
  from Capriccio

July 24, 2014
AIMS Festival Orchestra at Kasematten (Graz, Austria)

Mozart -- Marriage of Figaro overture
Puccini -- Intermezzo from Act 3, Manon Lescaut
Arias by Bizet, Bellini, Donizetti
Respighi -- Fountains of Rome

July 18, 2014
AIMS Festival Orchestra in St. Paul (Austria)
Alexander Kalajdžić, conductor

July17, 2014
AIMS Festival Orchestra at Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Graz, Austria)
Alexander Kalajdžić, conductor

Bellini -- Overture to Norma
Arias by Verdi, Bellini, Boito, Mascagni, Handel
Bartok -- Concerto for Orchestra


July 13, 2014
AIMS Festival Opening Ceremony at Graz University Aula
Alexander Kalajdžić, conductor
Shostakovich -- Festive Overture
Elgar, Pomp & Circumstance Military March No. 1
Bartok -- Concerto for Orchestra


June 22, 2014
Long Ridge Music Center student recitals

June 7 and 8, 2014
Collegium Westchester concert
June 7 in Ossining, NY, June 8 in Ridgefield, CT
8pm both days

Beethoven -- Leonore Overture No. 2
Schumann -- Piano Concerto (Nadejda Vlaeva, soloist)
Liszt -- Les Preludes

June 7, 2014
Student Performance at Atria Rye Brook (1200 King St. Rye Brook, NY)
11am

May 31, 2014
Livingston Symphony concert
7:30pm
Haydn -- "Farewell" Symphony
Mahler -- Symphony No.1

May 17, 2014
Ridgefield Symphony "Crazy for Gershwin" concert
8pm at
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 North Salem Road Ridgefield, CT  06877)
All Gershwin program
Including Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Alex Beyer, and featuring Debbie Gravitte singing Swanee, Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, Treat Me Rough, Embraceable You, The Man I Love, and S’Wonderful.

May 5 - 9, 2014
Ridgefield Symphony Goes to School
In-school performances at elementary schools in Ridgefield, CT

May 4, 2014
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra
4 pm George Flynn Memorial Concert Series, Morgan School, Clinton, CT

April 25, 2014
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra
9am-12pm Kids Concerts
7:30pm  Family Concert at
Paul Mellon Arts Center Main Theater (333 Christian Rd. Wallingford, CT)


April 13, 2014
Concordia College Choir concert
4pm at Concordia College Somer Hall (171 White Plains Rd. Bronxville, NY)

Schubert -- Mass in G major
Mendelssohn -- Elijah


April 5, 2014

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Imaginary World"
8pm at
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 North Salem Road Ridgefield, CT  06877)

Wagner -- Ride of the Valkyries, arr. Hutschenruyter
Wagner -- Wotan’s Farewell & Magic Fire Music
Berlioz -- Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

March 29, 2014
All About Folk (house concert in Brooklyn): reservation required, please contact me to attend this concert
Program of folk-inspired music of the 20th and 21st centuries

Yael Manor, piano
Chie Yoshinaka, violin
Kirsten Jermé, cello


Bartok -- Roumanian Folk Dances for Piano
Kodaly -- Duo for Violin and Cello
Miyagi -- Haruno Umi for Violin and Piano
O'Connor -- Appalachian Waltz for Cello
Piazzolla -- Primavera Porteña and Oblivion for Piano Trio
Zorman -- On Three Things for Piano Trio

March 22, 2014
Livingston Symphony Orchestra "Great Women Composers"
7:30pm at Livingston High School (30 Robert H. Harp Drive Livingston, NJ 07039)

Tower -- Fanfare for the Common Woman
Lalo -- Cello Concerto in d Minor, Jessica Hong - Cello, Winner of the Young Artist Concerto Competition
Beach -- Symphony #2 “Gaelic”   

March 15, 16, 2014
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
8pm on March 15
4pm on March 16
at
Dickerman Hollister Auditorium (10 Hillside Rd. Greenwich, CT)

Zabinski -- Symphony
Prokofiev -- Piano Concerto No.3
Beethoven -- Symphony No.7

March 7, 2014
Long Ridge Music Center Faculty Recital
7pm at LRMC (1068 Long Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT)

Franck -- Sonata for Violin and Piano, mvt II with Benjamin Steinhardt
Vieuxtemps -- Souvenir d'Amerique with Rachel Cohen


March 2, 2014
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side
4pm at Clune Auditorium (395 Danbury Rd, Wilton, CT)

Brahms -- Academic Festival Overture
Mussorgsky
/Ravel -- Pictures at an Exhibition

February 8, 2014
After School Arts Program Inter-District Strings Project with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
7pm at Litchfield Intermediate School (35 Plumb Hill Rd. Litchfield, CT)

February 7, 2014
After School Arts Program Inter-District Strings Project with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
8:30, 9:30 and 10:30am at Litchfield Intermediate School (35 Plumb Hill Rd. Litchfield, CT)


February 2, 2014

Concert for the Philippines
St. Paul's
Episcopal Church (200 Riverside Ave. Riverside, CT)

3-4pm (you will be home way before the Super Bowl kick-off!)
Reception/bake sale to follow

An afternoon of chamber music to raise money for Typhoon Haiyan victims
$20 minimum general admission (all donations go to Episcopal Relief and Development to help the victims)

Even if you are not able to attend the concert, please consider making a donation to Episcopal Relief and Development (memo: Philippines) by sending a check at the address above.

Melanie Sasaki, Chie Yoshinaka, violins / Sayuri Lyons, violin and viola / Michael Alas, viola / Kirsten Jermé, Paul Swensen, cellos /Delia Montenegro, oboe / David Johnson, organ and piano

Britten -- Phantasy
Martinu -- Duo for Violin and Cello
Moszkowski -- Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Handel/Halvorsen -- Passacaglia
Morricone -- "Gabriel's Oboe"
Haydn -- London Trio
Filipino songs


December 24, 2013
Christmas Eve at St.Paul's
Chie is the soloist for Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.4 and Concerto for Oboe and Violin

9:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
(200 Riverside Ave. Riverside, CT)

December 21, 2013
Private Student Recital

4pm at Greenwich Arts Council (299 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich, CT)

December 19, 2013
Student Performance at Atria Rye Brook

7:30 at Atria Rye Brook (1200 King St. Rye Brook, NY)


December 9, 2013
Choir Concert at Blind Brook High School

7:30pm at Blind Brook High School (390 North Ridge St. Rye Brook, NY)

December 8, 2013
Concordia College Choir concert

5pm at
Somer Hall, Concordia College (171 White Plains Rd. Bronxville, NY)

December 8. 2013
Long Ridge Music Center Student Recitals

10am on at LRMC (1068 Long Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT)


December 7, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan Relief Concert for the Philippines

7:30pm at the
Landmark - Jeanne Rimsky Theater (232 Main Street Port Washington, NY 11050)
Program includes Romance in G major by Beethoven, selections from Suite Italienne by Stravinsky, piano pieces and classical vocal works
$20 - all admission

November 16, 2013
Garden State Philharmonic Masterworks I
Brahms -- Tragic Overture
Dvorak -- Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky -- Symphony No.5

8pm
The Strand Theatre (400 Clifton Ave, Lakewood Township, NJ) ‎

November 10, 2013
Bach Magnificat in D

5pm
The Woodward  Chapel (25 The Green, Watertown, CT)

November 2, 2013
Ridgefield Chorale concert
Ola Gjielo -- Sunrise Mass
Bittersweet Symphony

7pm
The Unitarian Church (10 Lyons Plains Road Westport, CT)
$20 - adult/$15 - seniors and students

October 27, 2013
Lake George Chamber Orchestra concert
Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor"
Tchaikovsky -- Symphony No.6 "Pathetique"

2pm
Hyde Collection (161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801)

September 28, 2013
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Frautschi Plays Prokofiev"

Kodály -- Dances of Galanta
Prokofiev -- Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 63 (Jennifer Frautschi, violin)
Beethoven --Symphony No. 7, op. 92

8pm
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (700 North Salem Road Ridgefield, CT  06877)

September 22, 2013
Chappaqua Chamber Players
Schubert -- Octet

3pm
Chappaqua Library Auditorium (195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY)
Free admission

Chie Yoshinaka and Yang Sun Kim, violins
Jules Lai, viola
Jeanette Stenson, cello
Scott Thornton, bass
Eric Drucker, clarinet
Karen Froehlich, French horn
Gilbert DeJean, bassoon

September 19, 2013
Chappaqua Chamber Players Open Rehearsal
Schubert -- Octet
7:30-9:30pm
Atria Rye Brook (1200 King St. Rye Brook, NY)
Free admission

July 20 - August 10, 2013
Camp Encore/Coda
solo and chamber music performances and Chamber Orchestra performances
Kodaly -- Duo for Violin and Cello
Milhaud -- Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Martinu -- Duo for Violin and Cello
Stravinsky -- Violin Concerto
Mozart -- Symphony No.35
Ravel -- Mother Goose Suite

July 18, 2013
Chappaqua Chamber Players Outreach Concert

July 5 and 6, 2013
Wallingford Symphony Outdoor Pops Concerts
July 5 -- Madison Town Green, 7pm
July 6 -- Paul Melon Art Center, 7:30pm

July 4, 2013
Garden State Philharmonic Pops Concert "Celebrate America!"

7pm, outside the Ocean County Library's Mancini Hall (101 Washington St., Toms River, NJ 08753)
free admission

June 30, 2013
100th Anniversary Choir Reunion Concert

3pm at Somer Hall, Concordia College (171 White Plains Rd. Bronxville, NY)

June 23, 2013
Student Recitals at Long Ridge Music Center (1068 Long Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT)
10:30am, 11:45am and 1pm

June 15, 2013
Concert at Atria

11am at Atria (1200 King St. Rye Brook, NY)
With Yang Sun Kim (violin) and Sasha Ono (cello) and three of Chie's private students,
Please see the News section of the HOME page for program

May 24, 2013
Artist-Faculty Concert with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra

6:30pm Dolphy Theater (ABS-CBN Compound), Quezon City, Philippines
Featuring artist-faculty of the OPUSFEST International Classical Music Camp, under the baton of Gerard Salonga
I'll be playing Concerto for Violin and Cello by Brahms with Micha Haran

May 11, 2013
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra "The World According to Gustav"

8pm at NVCC (750 Chase Pkwy Waterbury, CT)

Mahler -- Symphony No.1 "Titan"

May 1, 2013
Greenwich High School Selected Choir

8pm at First Presbyterian Church (Bedford Street, Stamford, CT)

Beethoven -- Mass in C

April 26, 2013
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra "A Musical Celebration of the Paul Mellon Arts Center"

7:30pm at Paul Mellon Arts Center (333 Christian St. Wallingford, CT)

April 20, 2013
Greater Bridgeport Symphony "A Tribute to Brahms"

8pm at the Klein Auditorium 910 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA

Brahms -- Piano Concerto No.2 and Symphony No.1
Vanessa Perez, piano

April 6, 2013
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Symphonie Espagnole"

8pm at Anne S. Richardson Auditorium (Ridgefield High School: 700 N Salem Rd. Ridgefield, CT)

"A Night in Spain" program:
Ravel -- Rapsodie espagnole
Lalo -- Symphonie espagnole, Chad Hoopes, violin
Ginastera -- Malambo from Estancia
Lecuona -- Selections from Suite Andalucía   
Chabrier -- Espana 

tickets: $25, $40 and $60

March 29, 2013
Good Friday Service at Holy Rosary Parish (510 Adee Ave. Bronx, NY 10469)

3pm

March 16 and 17, 2013
Collegium Westchester Symphony concert

8pm on March 16 at First Presbyterian Church, Ossining NY (34 S. Highland Ave. Ossining, NY)
8pm on March 17 at St. Bartholomew's Church, White Plains NY (82 Prospect St. White Plains, NY)

Admission free

Beethoven -- Symphony No.5
Dvorak -- Symphonic Variations

March 15, 2013
Lenten Evening of Prayer

7:30pm at Church of Saint Augustine (140 Maple Avenue New City, NY 10956)

March 7-10, 2013
Les Misérables at Trinity Catholic High School

7pm on March 7-9
2pm on March 10
at Trinity Catholic HS Auditorium (926 Newfield Ave. Stamford, CT)

March 2, 2013
Concordia College OSilas Gallery Gala: For the Luv of Art
5pm at Concordia College (171 White Plains Rd. Bronxville, NY)

February 26, 2013
Japan Earthquake and Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert
The University of Tokyo Alumni Choir Concert
(the linked website is in Japanese)

8pm at Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave  New York, NY 10019)

February 17, 2013
Waterbury Symphony Side by Side with After School Arts Program String Project
7pm at Shepaug Valley School Auditorium (159 South St. Washington, CT)
IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE 17TH DUE TO THE UPCOMING SNOW STORM


February 7, 2013
Waterbury Symphony Side by Side with After School Arts Program String Project
In School Performances (three performances between 9am -12pm)

Shepaug Valley School Auditorium (159 South St. Washington, CT)

December 24, 2012
Christmas Eve Mass
8:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal (200 Riverside Avenue  Riverside, CT 06878)

December 22, 2012
Joint Private Student Recital
2pm at Greenwich Arts Council (299 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830)

December 16, 2012
W.A. Mozart's Solemn Vespers of a Confessor concert
4pm at Church of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1377 East Main St. Shrub Oak, NY 10588‎)
The Treasurehouse Chorale and Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi -- "Winter" concerto
Mozart -- Solemn Vespers
Christmas Carols

December 16, 2012
Student Recitals at Long Ridge Music Center
10:30am, 11:45am, 1pm

December 7, 2012
Long Ridge Music Center Faculty Recital
6:30pm and 8pm at LRMC (1068 Long Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT)
Collaborations and solos performed by the LRMC faculty
(I'll be playing Duo Concertante by Stravinsky at 6:30pm and Violin Sonata No.3 by Grieg at 8pm)

Admission free by tickets (please contact me or LRMC for tickets)


December 2, 2012
MuSE presents Sounds of Arts Festival 2012
MuSE First Young Composers’ Competition Awards Concert

2:30pm at Secret Theater (44-02 23rd Street Long Island City, NY 11101)
Program includes works by YCC winners, Spinei and Beethoven

November 28, 2012
MuSE presents Sounds of Arts Festival 2012
Treasuring the Moments II
(concert review by David Pearson)
8pm at Secret Theater (44-02 23rd Street Long Island City, NY 11101)
MuSE Quartet plays:
Beethoven -- String Quartet Op.18 No.1
Spinei -- Bootleg Sugar Lips (premiere)
Kitamura -- Camellia (premiere)
Shostakovich -- String Quartet No.8

November 16-18, 2012
Purchase College Conservatory of Music Presents an Opera, "Hänsel und Gretel' by Humperdinck
(I'm subbing in the pit)

7:30pm on Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th
2pm on Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th
at Performing Arts Center's Recital Hall at SUNY Purchase College (735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577, 914.251.6200)

November 4, 2012
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra "Bolero" 

3pm at NVCC Fine Arts Center (750 Chase Pkwy Waterbury, CT)

Debussy -- Syrinx
Del Aguila -- Conga
Castelinuovo –Tedescor -- Andantino alla romanza from Guitar Concerto no 1 in D major
Britten -- Playful Pizzacato from “Simple Symphony”
Chabrier -- Espana
Saint-Saens -- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Villa-Lobos -- Bachianas brasilerias no.5, Aria
Rouse -- Ku-Ka-llimoku
Ravel --Bolero

October 14, 2012
All Prokofiev Chamber Music Concert 

3pm at Chappaqua Library Auditorium (195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY)
Free admission

Overture on Hebrew Themes, Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano, Quintet

September 29, 2012
Waterbury Symphony "Celebrazione!"

8pm at Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) Fine Arts Center:
750 Chase Turnpike, Waterbury, CT, 06708

September 22, 2012
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra "Transcendent Themes"

8:00pm
Anne S. Richardson Auditorium
Ridgefield High School 

Jerry Steichen, Music Director Sets The Stage in a pre-concert lecture from 7-7:30pm

von Weber -- Overture To “Der Freischütz” 
Chopin -- Piano Concerto No. 2, F minor, Op. 21
Richard Dowling, Piano
Dvořák -- Symphony No. 8, G Major, Op. 88

August 16, 2012
AIMS Festival Orchestra Meistersinger Vocal Competition,
Edoardo Müller, conductor
Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria

Orchestral works:
Glinka -- Overture “Russlan and Ludmilla”
Wolf-Ferrari -- Intermezzo “I quattro rusteghi”
De Falla -- Three-cornered Hat Suite #2











August 9, 10 and 12
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Operettenkonzert, Homage to Lehár and Stolz"
Gerrit Priessnitz, conductor
Schlossberg Bühne-Kasematten, Weitz Kunsthaus and Hauptplatz Frohnleiten

Franz Lehár -- from "Das Land des Lächelns", "Die Lustige Witwe" and "Der Graf von Luxemburg"
Robert Stolz -- from "Venus in Seide" and "Frühjahrsparade"

August 2, 2012
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Die Liebe – ein sonderbar' 
Gerrit Priessnitz, conductor
Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress

Ludwig van Beethoven -- Ouvertüre from Leonore III
W. A. Mozart -- arias from "Le nozze di Figaro", "Così fan tutte" and "Don Giovanni"
Richard Strauss --  From Der Rosenkavalier Monolog der Marschallin “Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar' Ding”
                               Linda Watson, Soprano (Marschallin)
Richard Strauss -- Don Juan Op. 20

July 26, 2012
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Das Element Wasser
Schlossberg Bühne-Kasematten Graz, Austria 
Alexander Kalajdzic, conductor

George Handel -- Water Music
Jacques Offenbach -- From Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Giacomo Puccini -- From Madama Butterfly: “Un bel di”
Richard Wagner -- From Der fliegende Holländer: Daland’s aria
W.A. Mozart -- From Cosi fan tutte: “Soave sia il vento”
Bedrich Smetana -- From Má Vlast. The Moldau (Vltava)
Claude Debussy -- La Mer

June 22, 2012
AIMS Festival Orchestra Opening Ceremony
Aula, Karl-Franzens Univ. Graz, Austria
Alexander Kalajdzic, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
John Rutter -- Lux aeternam from “Requiem
Benjamin Britten -- Sunday Morning and Moonlight from Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

June 20, 2012
AIMS Festival Orchestra "Lux aeterna" concert 
St Paul im Lavanttal, Austria
Alexander Kalajdzic, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi -- Overture to "the Sicilian Vespers"
Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
John Rutter -- Lux aeternam from “Requiem”
Jules Massenet --From Thais
“Te souvient-il du lumineaux voyage” duet
Benjamin Britten -- Sunday Morning and Moonlight from Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Felix Mendelssohn -- Symphony No.4 “Italian”

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