Simple Gifts Benefit Concert

SIMPLE GIFTS CONCERT FEATURES CANANDAIGUA

ACADEMY ALUMNA AS GUEST ARTIST

 

On Saturday, June 18th at 2:00 pm, a group of students, teachers and community members will present the second "Simple Gifts" concert to honor the memory of Molly Brown, a young woman who aspired to become a concert violinist.  This year’s concert includes Guest Artist Elizabeth Cary, who is a graduate of Canandaigua Academy and currently a teacher and touring musician based in the Philadephia area. The program also includes the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra conducted by Evan Meccarello; indie music by cellist Diana Glattly; a Mendelssohn trio with Canandaigua string teacher Chris Ieda, violinist Judy Loeb and pianist Ingmar Kanitscheider; a dance performance of Brandenburg’s Concerto No. 2 by Hochstein ballet students; and an arrangement of Simple Gifts, performed by teachers and students playing side-by-side and conducted by Hochstein faculty member Nancy Strelau.  The performance of Simple Gifts will be dedicated to the memory of Ned Wolf, whose wife Colleen is a dedicated Hochstein teacher and the person who suggested the idea of a teacher/student collaboration in an end of year concert.

In an effort to carry on Molly’s legacy, the proceeds will benefit scholarships for students to attend Hochstein at Canandaigua’s Chamber Music Workshop, as well as the programs of Hochstein at Canandaigua.  This one-week summer camp for experienced middle and high school musicians is directed by Hochstein faculty Kathleen Murphy Kemp and Angel OuYang. Molly Brown’s mother, Marie Brown, says “Molly would have been passionate about this workshop. From her first introduction to the violin at the end of third grade, it was her most constant companion.  Molly joined the fiddlers’ club, played in the string quartet, and performed with the Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra, as well as attending the Fredonia String Camp each summer. Her love of music, of children and her giving nature prompted us to ask Hochstein if they would be interested in hosting a Memorial Concert in her honor.”

 

The concert will be held at Canandaigua Elementary School, 90 West Gibson Street, Canandaigua. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5.00 for children, with a family maximum of $20.00, and are available at Hochstein at Canandaigua, Finger Lakes Gallery and Frame, Mobile Music, and Renaissance II.  More information about this event is available by calling Hochstein at Canandaigua (585-396-3778).

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ELIZABETH CARY is a violinist and teacher from Canandaigua, NY.  Some of her earliest musical experiences were at the Canandaigua Elementary School.  She was a member of the Canandaigua Academy Jazz ensemble, Hochstein Youth Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and attended Ithaca College where she studied with Susan Waterbury and completed a Bachelors Degree in Performance.  She is an adventurous and versatile performer and has played with professional orchestras, bands, and frequents Irish sessions near her Philadelphia, PA home.  She tours internationally with the legendary classic rock guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore and his band “Blackmore’s Night” as violinist and backup singer.  Her playing is featured on the 2008 release, “Secret Voyage”, which topped the US Billboard charts in the “New Age CD” category for 15 weeks after its release.  She teaches Suzuki and traditional violin at the Settlement School of Music in Philadelphia, PA.

NOTE: She will be an Artist-in-Residence in the Canandaigua City School District and will perform with string students from the elementary, middle and high schools.

For more information, please contact:

Joanna Bassett, Program Coordinator, Hochstein at Canandaigua,  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it