Aurora: A blaze of color in the night sky, radiant darkness bringing wonder and possibility. The Summerfest’s opening concert, Aurora, greets us with a heralding fanfare that proclaims a story to be told, then moves into a meditation exploring the richness of darkness that bonds, refreshes and uplifts one’s soul. Spanning from Mozart to Leonard […]
Kaleidoscopic sonorities touch the heart with art and being, mastery revealed. Our 2nd concert, Meta, draws inspiration from the root of the word metamorphosis and is the heart of this year’s Summerfest. The three profound and complex pieces of this program explore multiple mirror-facing-mirror situations and references, one reflecting the artist’s state of mind, and […]
Our final concert, Harvest, brings a festive celebration of the ripening of transformation in nature, in ourselves, our times and in the arts. Adding to the grand premiere of a new work taking inspiration from a newly published book, this year’s Summerfest closes with the glorious string octet by the 16-year-old Mendelssohn who had already […]
Ten world premieres of chamber music works written by emerging composers! These concerts are being presented free to public as a gift from Hidden Valley to the community. Program: Works by Vivian Le, Toussaint Santicola Jones, Ealaph Tabbaa, Yangfan Xu, Syliva Wood, and Antonín Dvořák Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin & program director) Eunice Kim (violin) […]
Ten world premieres of chamber music works written by emerging composers! These concerts are being presented free to public as a gift from Hidden Valley to the community. Program: Works by Cashel Day-Lewis, Catherine Fields, Yuri Lee, Alex Robertson, Mitchell Jett Spencer, and Johannes Brahms Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin & program director) Eunice Kim (violin) […]
