Provost's Honors Recital
Join us for a nostalgic concert that will celebrate the top student performances of the year.
The Curtis Recital Series—featuring more than 100 performances each year—brings the school’s learn-by-doing philosophy to life.
Program
| HOLST |
"Jupiter" from The Planets
Daniel Colaner, organ |
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| Jessie MONTGOMERY |
I Want To Go Home
Nikan Ingabire Kanate, soprano |
| Sky YANG |
The Master and His Emissary
Alexandra Cooreman, violin |
| Dongjin KIM |
저 구름 흘러가는 곳 (Where the Clouds Go)
Celestia Song, voice |
| Julie DAVILA |
Stool Pigeon
Pengyu Bao, percussion |
| SCHOENBERG |
Selections, Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Shikta Mukherjee, soprano |
| BRAHMS |
Finale: Poco sostenuto—Allegro non troppo, from Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Emmalena Huning, violin |
| Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations. |
About the Artists
Rubén Acuña González, from Tampico, Mexico, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is an Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Pengyu Bao, from Seattle, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Felix Meyer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Annis Cheuk Lam Ma, from Hong Kong, studying viola with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Bernice and Howard Levinson Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Daniel Colaner, from Akron, Ohio, studying organ with Jeffrey Brillhart and Alan Morrison, is the Dr. Mi-Wha Lee Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Alexandra Cooreman (’25), from Brussels, studying violin with Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe, is a Milka Violin Artist Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.
Emily DeNucci, from Somers, Conn., studying flute with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox, is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Alexander Erlich-Herzog, from Concord, Mass., studying clarinet with Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai, is the Arlene and Irving Tashlick Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Gavin Hardy, from Winston-Salem, N.C., studying double bass with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Anthony B. Creamer III Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Isabella Hincksman, from Melbourne, studying voice with Julia Faulker and Amanda Majeski, is the Francis J. Alterman Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.
Emmalena Huning, from Perth, Australia, studying violin with Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe, is the Yvonne Druian Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Nikan Ingabire Kanate, from Ottawa, Ontario, studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is an Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Jonah Kernis, from New York City, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.
Sooeon Kim, from Korea, studying violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is the Martin and Sarah Taylor Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Ania Lewis (’25), from Cleveland, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Gie and Lisa Liem Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.
Delvan Lin, from Auckland, New Zealand, studying piano with Michelle Cann, is the Karolyn Kirksey Holler Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Shikta Mukherjee, from Edison, N.J., studying voice with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow in Voice and entered Curtis in 2022.
Xiang Ni, from Jiangsu, China, studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.
Kei Saotome, from Tokyo, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is the Shaun F. O’Malley Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Nazeeh Shahid, from Chicago, studying viola with Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.
Elliot Sloss (’25), from Toronto, studying cello with Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Peter King Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.
Celestia Song, from Suwon-si, Korea, studying voice with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.
Zachary Thomas, from Tucson, Ariz., studying timpani and percussion with Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the J. Oliver Lewis Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.
Zhiyuan Qian, from Shanghai, studying violin with Erin Keefe, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.
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- Date May 14, 2026
- Time 7:30 p.m.
- Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall
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Admission is complimentary, but requires advance ticket registration.