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July 30, 2025: Junior Division Showcase XI
2025 Festival of Concerts
About the Concert

The Institute’s youngest performers, aged 7–14, now dazzle on the Heifetz main stage of Francis Auditorium. Including a new series of weeknight concerts.

Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
227 E. Frederick Street


This concert is presented through generous support from:


Program

Henri Casadesus (1879-1947)
Concerto in C minor (in the style of J.C. Bach)
I. Allegro molto ma maestoso
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Will Rohrs, viola (14—Henrico, VA)
Hidemi Minagawa, piano

III. Allegro molto energico
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Nolan Auyeung, viola (12—Merrick, NY)
Hidemi Minagawa, piano


Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21
I. Allegro non troppo
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Liam Cawley, violin (13—New York, NY)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
I. Adagio Moderato
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Chelsea Jang, cello (11—Frisco, TX)
Elizabeth Hill, piano

II. Lento – Allegro molto
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Thomas Menezes, cello (13—Pikesville, MD)
Allison Freeman, piano


Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Moses Fantasia: Variations On A Theme by Rossini
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Keruixi Ma, cello (11—Guangdong, China)
Allison Freeman, piano


Intermission


George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Violin Sonata in F major, HWV 370
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
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George Linqin, violin (11—North Andover, MA)
Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
I. Allegro assai
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Oliver Chu, violin (12—London, Ontario)
Jingxuan Zhang, piano


Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870)
Scène de ballet, Op. 100
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Mary Grace Cale, violin (11—Glen Allen, VA)
Jingxuan Zhang, piano


Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745)
Chaconne in G minor
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Cecilia Price, violin (9—Royal Palm Beach, FL)
Jingxuan Zhang, piano


Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
I. Allegro molto appassionato
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Abigail Lee, violin (15—Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
Jingxuan Zhang, piano

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