MTD Events
Faculty Artist Recital: Letitia Jap, violin
Date and Time
Saturday, September 23, 2023 7:30 PM
Location
Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall
Description
September 23 Program
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro
Montgomery: Rhapsody No.
1
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor
Li: Fisherman’s
Harvest Song
Ravel: Tzigane
Letitia Jap, violinist, enjoys a career as a
performer and educator. She finds most joy using music to connect with
people and makes it her life mission to create programs or platforms
that will help people engage with music in fun and accessible ways.
Winning numerous concerto competitions, Letitia has been a
featured soloist with orchestras like the Seattle Symphony, Austin
Civic Orchestra, Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed
solo recitals at festivals such as the Chelsea Music Festival, Lake
George Music Festival, and the 21st Century Artist Initiative.
Additionally, Letitia has served as concertmaster with the Seoul
International Community Orchestra in 2017, the Boston Chamber
Orchestra from 2015-2016, Masterworks Music Festival in 2013, and
various other orchestras since 2008. She also performed with
orchestras such as Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, and Masterworks Festival Orchestra.
Letitia also maintains an active schedule as an educator, hoping
to inspire the next generation of musicians. Her experience draws on
years spent teaching at the University of Texas String Project Program
in Austin, Texas and at the New England Conservatory Preparatory
School in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, she was an ensemble coach
for the Greater Boston Asian American Symphony Orchestra and served on
faculty for Youth and Family Enrichment Services Inc., teaching music
to children from a lower-income, Haitian community. Letitia was Head
Chamber Ensemble Coach at the University of Rochester, held two
teaching assistant positions at the Eastman School of Music, and is
currently faculty at the Eastman Community Music School, and Music
History Lecturer at Nazareth College.
Letitia received her Bachelor of Music from the University of
Texas at Austin, her Master of Music from the New England
Conservatory, and her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Eastman School
of Music.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, eating good food, and
exploring different cities.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as arts, clas, concert, music, and performance.
Contact
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
[email protected]