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

AMICK	Sun Strands Dongyoung Jake Shim, violin
AMICK	The Memory of Machines Sam Higgins, countertenor Leigha Amick, electronics
	Intermission
AMICK	Rhiannon's Condemnation Amanda Lynn Bottoms (Opera ’19), Rhiannon Shikta Mukherjee, Lowri Maya Mor Mitrani, Gwladus Robert Frazier, Iorwerth Ross Macatangay, Pwyll Julin Cheung, flute/piccolo Oliver Talukder (Oboe ’24), oboe Hector Noriega, clarinet Gabriel Nishikawa Madden, bassoon Elizabeth Crafton, horn Zachary Thomas, percussion Daniel Benedict, harp Anaïs Feller, violin Joan Herget, cello Hanxiao Deng, bass Maya Miro Johnson (Composition ’24), director Mariana Corichi Gómez, conductor

Leigha Amick, from Boulder, Colo., a student of Richard Danielpour, Nick DiBerardino, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Steven Mackey, is the Jimmy Brent Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.

Daniel Benedict, from Oak Park, Ill., a student of Elizabeth Hainen, is the Maryjane Mayhew Barton Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.

Julin Cheung, from Seattle, a student of Jeffrey Khaner, is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.

Mariana Corichi Gómez, from Mexico City, a student of James Ross and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Elizabeth Crafton, from Savannah, Ga., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Robert Montgomery Scott Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Hanxiao Deng, from Xiamen, China, a student of Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Carrie L. Tolson Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Anaïs Feller, from San Diego, a student of Midori, is the Tobe Amsterdam Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Robert Frazier, from Star Lake, N.Y., a student of Mark Schnaible, is the Amaranth Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

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

Sam Higgins, from Milton, Mass., a student of Julia Faulkner, is the Eula Mae Pharis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.

Ross Macatangay, from New York City, a student of Mark Schnaible, is the Margaret Aull Wynne and Milly E. Wynne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

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

Shikta Mukherjee, from Edison, N.J., a student of Julia Faulkner, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow in Voice and entered Curtis in 2022.

Gabriel Nishikawa Madden, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, a student of Daniel Matsukawa, is the William Curtis Bok Bassoon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Dongyoung Jake Shim (’24), from Seoul, a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian, is the Dorothea and Ray Posel Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2022.

Zachary Thomas, from Tucson, Ariz., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the J. Oliver Lewis Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Amanda Lynn Bottoms (Opera ’19), guest artist

Maya Miro Johnson (Composition ’24), director

Hector Noriega, guest artist

Oliver Talukder (Oboe ’24), guest artist