Curtis Family Concert: Stronger Together
Join us for an interactive family concert and experience the joy of shared musicmaking. At the Curtis Institute of Music, we celebrate the power of music to bring people together. When we unite, we can make all kinds of music!
This interactive concert will include Irish fiddle tunes, Indian classical music, Suzuki classics, music by education pioneer Zoltán Kodály, and the Beatles. Sing along, bring your own instruments, or improvise with everyday household items. The program will also include drawing activities.
These fun, participatory performances will be led by Camden Shaw (Cello ’10, ’11, String Quartet ’14), cellist of the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at Curtis; singer-songwriter Andrew Lipke; and current Curtis students Danny Yehun Jin (violin), Maya Anjali Buchanan (violin), and Sofia Gilchenok (viola).
Camden Shaw is the cellist of the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. He has appeared with the ensemble in performances all over the world to great acclaim. Mr. Shaw has collaborated in chamber music with such renowned artists as Daniel Hope, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the late Leon Fleischer, and maintains an active career as a soloist.
Born in South Africa, Andrew Lipke is a Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, composer, performer, and educator active in many different styles of music. He moved to Philadelphia to pursue a degree in composition at the University of the Arts and is driven by a passion to find the common ground between disparate styles of music.
Danny Yehun Jin, from Seoul, is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2013.
Maya Anjali Buchanan, from Rapid City, S.D., is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2018.
Sofia Gilchenok, from Columbia, Conn., is a student of Hsin-Yun Huang and entered Curtis in 2019.
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.
