Griffin Harrison, percussion

Graduation Recital | April 13, 2023 8:00 p.m.

Graduation recitals display the skill and passion of Curtis Institute of Music students on the cusp of professional musicianship. Members of the current class will share the breadth of their talent through a culminating graduation recital. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

Curtis will livestream graduation recitals on Facebook and YouTube at 8 p.m. during the season.

Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.


Program
AKIHO Stop Speaking

Griffin Harrison, percussion

PIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango

I-Hao Cheng, violin
Griffin Harrison, percussion

PIAZZOLLA Oblivion

Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Tobias Vigneau, double bass
Griffin Harrison, percussion

INTERMISSION
HOENIG The Drum Also Fives

Griffin Harrison, percussion

GOLIJOV Mariel

Matthew Christakos, cello
Griffin Harrison, percussion

PERRUCHON Cinq Danses Dogoriennes

Jason Henery, double bass
Griffin Harrison, percussion

About the Performers

Griffin Harrison, from Rochester, N.Y., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.

I-Hao Cheng, from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, a student of Midori, is the Martin and Sarah Taylor Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2016.

Diogo Fernandes, from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, is the Dorothy J. del Bueno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.

Tobias Vigneau, from Albuquerque, N.M., a student of Edgar Meyer and Harold Hall Robinson, is the Gie and Lisa Liem Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.

Matthew Christakos, from Toronto, a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, is the Joseph Druian Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.

Jason Henery, from Sydney, Australia, a student of Edgar Meyer and Harold Hall Robinson, is the Nina von Maltzahn Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.

Special Thanks

The Curtis Institute of Music received funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series.

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