Fong performs

Christina Fong, violinist with the Grand Rapids Symphony and an adjunct instructor of violin at GVSU, will present concerts next week on Grand Valley's Grand Rapids and Allendale campuses.

Fong will perform as part of Grand Valley's Artist-Faculty Series on Monday, April 15 in the DeVos Center's Loosemore Auditorium and on Tuesday, April 16, in the Cook-DeWitt Center. Both performances begin at 8 p.m. and are open to the public free of charge.

A leading performer of new music on the violin and viola, Fong's ongoing CD series includes world premiere recordings of music by John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, and Morton Feldman. Her recitals at GVSU will feature North American premieres of Michael Nyman's Two Violins and Maria de Alvear's Energia Redonda, along with works by other composers whose first name begins with the letter M -- including Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon and Marc Mellits.

A member of the Grand Rapids Symphony since 1988, Fong is currently associate concertmaster and plays in the Symphony's Calder Quartet, which tours western Michigan giving civic and educational concerts. She has been an adjunct instructor of violin at GVSU since 1990.