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July 4, 2024: Independence Day Celebration
2024 Festival of Concerts
About the Concert

Celebrate the holiday with some fine fiddling and other music fit for the Glorious Fourth! Our Heifetz musicians head over the mountain to Charlottesville for a free, patriotic picnic concert at the historic home of James Monroe, the nation’s fifth president, and last of the Virginia Founding Fathers.

Monroe's Highland, Charlottesville
2050 James Monroe Parkway

Program

Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
Arr. David Jacobs
The Star-Spangled Banner
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Katherine Schaufenbuel, violin (13—Naperville, IL)
Aisha Bhansali, viola (13—Mumbai, India)
Anni Tian, cello (15—China)


John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Stars & Stripes Forever
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Lilia Li, violin (14—Lutherville, MD)
Kaitlyn Xie, violin (14—New York, NY)


Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
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Ellie Kennedy, violin (18—New Braunfels, TX)


Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
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Ellie Kennedy, violin (18—New Braunfels, TX)
Jessica Osborne, piano


Jenő  Hubay (1858-1937)
Carmen - Fantaisie brillante Op. 3,  No. 3
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Pei-Wu Derek Chen, violin (22—Taiwan)
Jessica Osborne, piano


Intermission


Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6 
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Dindin Jingyi Wang, violin (18—Changsha, China)


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
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Nicholas Wong, cello (16—Houston, TX)
Yoon Lee, piano


Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Arr. Paul Neaubauer
Deep River, Op. 59 No. 10
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Steven Baloue, viola (24—Chicago, IL)
Jessica Osborne, piano


Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Le Grand Tango
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Kwanyun Loo, cello (14—Cherry Hill, NJ)
Yoon Lee, piano


Intermission


Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Stephen Adam Savage, viola (20—Port Saint Lucie, FL)
Steven Baloue, viola (24—Chicago, IL)
Hayley Lau, viola (17—Willoughby, NSW - Australia)
Davin Mar, viola (19—Vancouver, British Columbia)


Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Rodeo
IV. Hoe-Down
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Noelle Naito, violin (21—Elkridge, MD)
Dindin Jingyi Wang, violin (18—Changsha, China)
Hayley Lau, viola (17—Willoughby, NSW - Australia)
Olivia Marckx, cello (25—Bellevue, WA)


Leonard Bernstein (1914-1990)
West Side Story Medley
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Noelle Naito, violin (21—Elkridge, MD)
Dindin Jingyi Wang, violin (18—Changsha, China)
Hayley Lau, viola (17—Willoughby, NSW - Australia)
Olivia Marckx, cello (25—Bellevue, WA)


John Denver (1943-1997)
Country Roads
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Katherine Schaufenbuel, violin (13—Naperville, IL)
Rachel Taylor, cello


Williams John Towner (b.1932)
 Star Wars Medley
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Noelle Naito, violin (21—Elkridge, MD)
Dindin Jingyi Wang, violin (18—Changsha, China)
Hayley Lau, viola (17—Willoughby, NSW - Australia)
Olivia Marckx, cello (25—Bellevue, WA)


John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Stars & Stripes Forever
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Noelle Naito, violin (21—Elkridge, MD)
Olivia Marckx, cello (25—Bellevue, WA)

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