Provost's Honors Recital

  • Free, Student Recital
  • May 9, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.

Additional tickets are now available.

Join us for a nostalgic concert that will celebrate the top student performances of the year. This performance is part of our Centennial Weekend.

Curtis Institute of Music students perform over 100 free recitals during the school year, held on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

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

Program

BACH Selections from Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060R

Ben Price, oboe
Leah Amory, violin
Jacques Forestier, violin
Davin Mar, viola
Joan Herget, cello
Andy Brown, harpsichord

SCHUBERT "Auf dem Strom," D. 943

Maya Mor Mitrani, soprano
Christine Ott, horn
Elijah Orlenko, piano

SCOTT A Song of Hope

Dillon Scott, viola
David Hughes, piano

SCHUBERT Allegretto, from Sonata in A minor, D. 821 ("Arpeggione")

Gavin Hardy, double bass
Elena Jivaeva, piano

CHOPIN Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

Serena Wang, piano

HSU Sparkle

Franz Maury, trumpet
Chris Petrella, trumpet
Kathryn Jarmulowicz, horn
Xiuzhang Charlie Cao, trombone
Noah Urquidi, bass trombone

SESSLER Shift and Riff

Ruqi Jiang, guitar
Muxin Li, guitar
Radomir Romashkov-Danilov, guitar
Xingxing Yao, guitar

ESPERET Ceci n'est pas une balle

Maxence Dauriat, percussion

MENDELSSOHN Selections from Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

I-Hao Cheng, violin
Jinyoung Yoon, violin
Emmalena Huning, violin
Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, violin
Yizilin Liang, viola
Davin Mar, viola
Hun Choi, cello
Yumi Kendall, cello

About the Performers

Leah Amory, from New York City, a student of Erin Keefe, holds a fellowship from an anoymous donor and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Andy Brown, from Silver Spring, Md., a student of Alan Morrison, is the Mrs. Cary William Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Xiuzhang Charlie Cao, from Yantai, China, a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, is the Harry L. and Cecilia F. Slavin Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

I-Hao Cheng (’22), from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, a student of Midori, is the Martin and Sarah Taylor Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2016.   

Hun Choi (’23), from Seoul, a student of Nicholas Canellakis, Gary Hoffman, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Jacqueline du Pré Memorial Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2017.   

Maxence Dauriat, from Combs-la-Ville, France, a student of  Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the Richard A. Doran Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Jacques Forestier, from Edmonton, Alberta, a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank, is the Efrem Zimbalist Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Gavin Hardy, from Winston-Salem, N.C., a student of Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Joan Herget, from Calgary, Alberta, a student of Nicholas Canellakis, Gary Hoffman, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Carol Coe Conway Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Emmalena Huning, from Perth, Australia, a student of Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe, is the Yvonne Druian Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Kathryn Jarmulowicz, from Minneapolis, a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Abigail Rebecca Zubrow Cohen Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Ruqi Jiang, from Wenzhou, China, a student of David Starobin and Jason Vieaux, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Muxin Li, from Hangzhou, China, a student of David Starobin and Jason Vieaux, is the Mimi Lane and Robert Durham Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Yizilin Liang, from Zhejiang, China, a student of Roberto Díaz and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Bok Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.   

Davin Mar, from Vancouver, British Columbia, a student of Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Jean J. Sterne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Franz Maury, from Paris, a student of Jeffrey Curnow and Michael Sachs, is the Louisa Knapp Curtis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Maya Mor Mitrani, from Tzur Moshe, Israel, a student of Julia Faulkner, is the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021. 

Elijah Orlenko, from Toronto, a student of Michelle Cann, is the Wike Family Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Christine Ott, from Rochester, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bob and Caro Rock Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.   

Chris Petrella, from Hudson, Ohio, a student of Jeffrey Curnow and Michael Sachs, is the Sandra G. and David G. Marshall Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Ben Price, from Portland, Ore., a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the Anderson and Daria Pew Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Radomir Romashkov-Danilov, from Garden City, Mich., a student of David Starobin and Jason Vieaux, is the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Dillon Scott, from Lansdale, Pa., a student of Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Mark E. Rubenstein Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Noah Urquidi, from Corpus Christi, Texas, a student of Blair Bollinger, is the Hirsig Family Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Serena Wang, from San Francisco, Cali., a student of Robert McDonald, is the Dr. Samuel R. and Mrs. Beatrice S. Rossman Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Huei-Chiao Christina Yang, from Taipei, Taiwan, a student of Ida Kavafian, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Xingxing Yao, from Hangzhou, China, a student of David Starobin and Jason Vieaux, is the Emilio Gravagno Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.   

Jinyoung Yoon (’22), from Seoul, a student of Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe, is the John S. Price Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2016.   

 

Elena Jivaeva, staff pianist 

Yumi Kendall (Cello ’04), faculty 

    • Date May 9, 2025
    • Time 4:00 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall