× Upcoming Events The 2025 Festival of Concerts Mobile Device Etiquette Donor Roll Explore Staunton Heifetz On Air Past Events
Image for Play it Forward - The Heifetz 2025 Preview House Concert
Play it Forward - The Heifetz 2025 Preview House Concert
June 2, 2025
About the Concert

Join us for another great night of music, food, and friendship, featuring four returning full-scholarship Heifetz 2025 students: Violinists Kitty Amaral and Runa Matsushita, violist Steven Baloue, and cellist Amelia Zitoun. They’ll be joined by aculty pianist Andrew Rosenblum for an intimate evening previewing the 2025 Heifetz Festival of Concerts. You’ll hear dazzling solo works, captivating sonatas, and the crown jewel of the evening—Dvořák’s radiant Piano Quintet No. 2. All proceeds to support the Heifetz Institute’s 2025 Student Scholarship Fund.

Graciously presented by Ann Pontius & Michael Stahl

Program

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
-
Kitty Amaral, violin
Runa Matsushita, violin
Steven Baloue, viola
Amelia Zitoun, cello
Andrew Rosenblum, piano


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
7 Variations in E flat major on Bei Männern welche
Liebe fühlen, WoO 46

Amelia Zitoun, cello
Andrew Rosenblum, piano


Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Romance, Op. 23

William Kroll (1901-1980)
Banjo & Fiddle 
-

Kitty Amaral, violin
Andrew Rosenblum, piano


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Viola Sonata in E-fl at Major, Op. 120, No. 2
II. Allegro appassionato

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
From Jewish Life, B. 54 
I. Prayer

-
Steven Baloue, viola
Andrew Rosenblum, piano


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
-
Runa Matsushita, violin
Andrew Rosenblum, piano


Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155
IV. Finale. Allegro
-
Runa Matsushita, violin
Kitty Amaral, violin
Steven Baloue, viola
Amelia Zitoun, cello
Andrew Rosenblum, piano

NEA Support Won’t Be There This Year—Will You?

We’ve recently been notified that our 2025 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will not be awarded, due to revised federal funding priorities. This change comes at a time when we are already facing a significant increase in operational costs for the upcoming summer season. This grant has traditionally supported our unique Performance & Communication Training—the program that distinguishes Heifetz and empowers our students to become not just technical masters, but powerful, expressive communicators through music, speech, movement, and more. With your support, we’re committed to moving forward without compromising our mission.

Here’s how you can help:
Purchase a Season Pass or individual concert ticket
Sponsor a concert, student, or series
Make a one-time or recurring gift

DONATE NOW