GV Piano Chamber Series
Dr. Sookkyung Cho, Director // [email protected]
GVPCS is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts & Culture Council
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Andrew Bixel in Grand Valley’s University Development Office at (616) 331-5619 or [email protected].
FrenchFest (2022-2023)
We invite you to a year of musical soirées with twelve distinguished French composers and eighteen performers! Hear the whispers of love with the Sérénade of Debussy's Cello Sonata; discover Ravel imitating Blues in his violin sonata; and celebrate Spring with Boulanger's D’un matin de printemps!
On se voit au concert!
Program 1
Performances
Monday, October 10, 4:45 p.m.
New City Kids (Abridged and Interactive Performance)
Monday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.
Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU
Monday, October 24, 7:00 p.m. (6:15 p.m. Pre-Concert Q&A)
Mayflower Congregational Church
Repertoire
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 34, mvt. III
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Performers
Letitia Jap, violin
Paul Swantek, viola
Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello
Sookkyung Cho, piano
New City Kids
Haas Center for Performing Arts (GVSU)
Mayflower Congregational Church
Program 2
Performances
Sunday, November 6, 5:00 p.m. (4:15 p.m. Pre-Concert Q&A)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Monday, November 7, 5:00 p.m.
Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU
(Abridged Performance)
Repertoire
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 13
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), Piano Trio (1917/1978), mvt. II
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Piano Trio in A minor, M. 67
Performers
Sujin Lim, violin
Jeremy Crosmer, cello
Sookkyung Cho, piano
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Haas Center for Performing Arts (GVSU)
Program 3
Performances
Sunday, February 26, 3:00 p.m. (2:15pm Pre-Concert Q&A)
Central Reformed Church
Monday, February 27, 7:30pm
Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU
Sunday, March 19, 3:00 p.m.
First Reformed Church, Holland
Repertoire
Joseph Bologne (1745-1799), Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1b No. 3, mvt. I
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor (1915)
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Performers
Grace Kim, Haijin Choi, and Kimia Ghaderi, violin
Barbara Corbató, viola
Alicia Eppinga, cello
Sookkyung Cho, piano
Central Reformed Church
Haas Center for Performing Arts (GVSU)
First Reformed Church
Program 4
Performances
Sunday, March 26, 3:00 p.m. (2:15pm Pre-Concert Q&A)
Alger Park Church
Monday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.
Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU
Repertoire
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major, M. 77
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Le cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), D’un matin de printemps (1918)
Performers
Grace Kim, violin
Andrew Laven, cello
Sookkyung Cho, piano
Alger Park Church
Haas Center for Performing Arts (GVSU)
Program 5
Performances
Sunday, April 16, 3:00 p.m. (2:15pm Pre-Concert Q&A)
The Block, Muskegon
Monday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. (6:15 Pre-Concert Q&A)
Park Church
Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m.
First Reformed Church, Holland
Repertoire
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Op. 45 (1856), mvt. I
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Sextet for Piano and Winds, FP 100
César Franck (1822-1890), Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Performers
Chris Kantner, flute
Gary June, clarinet
Richard Britsch, horn
Danny Phipps, bassoon
Marlen Vavříková, oboe
Letitia Jap and Megan Crawford, violin
Paul Swantek, viola
Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello
Sookkyung Cho, piano
The Block
Park Church
First Reformed Church
Programs and performers subject to change without prior notice.
Highlights from Past Concerts
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, III. Scherzo: Allegro
Letitia Jap and Megan Crawford, violin; Paul Swantek, viola; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello; Sookkyung Cho, piano
GV Piano Chamber Series: BrahmsFest
Monday, May 2, 2022
Park Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87, III. Presto
Grace Kim, violin; Alicia Eppinga, cello; Sookkyung Cho, piano
GV Piano Chamber Series: BrahmsFest
Monday, March 21, 2022
Haas Center for Performing Arts, GVSU