presents the
Culminating Concert
featuring students from the
‘Beyond the Score’ Class
Sponsored by
THE RYUJI UENO INSTITUTE
FOR MIND & MUSIC EXPERIENCE
and
RYUJI UENO FOUNDATION
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
Bethesda, Maryland
Welcome Speech
Dr. Ryuji Ueno
M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Founder and Executive Producer of the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Director of the Ryuji Ueno Institute for Mind & Music Experience at Shenandoah Conservatory
Executive Dean’s Speech
Dr. Michael Stepniak
Executive Dean for Creativity & the Arts, Professor of Music
Prelude, op. 32
No. 12 in G-sharp Minor
Prelude, op. 23
No. 2 in B-flat Major
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Noah Alden Hardaway, piano
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
arr. Masaru Yokoyama
Yisong Yang, viola
The Man I Love (1924)
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Earl Wilde (1915–2010)
Yanjue Lin, piano
Sonata in A Major, K.24
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Ido Shalom, piano
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K.219
I. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Jian Song, violin
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
L’isle joyeuse
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sarah Morris, piano
Mein Sehnen, Mein Wähnen, from the Opera Die tote Stadt, op. 12
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Shaofeng Zheng, voice
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Fantasie in F Minor, D.940 (selection)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Xuanfeng Jiang, piano
Ziqi Zhao, piano
Guitar Concerto in E Minor, op. 140
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Hang Yin, guitar
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Ballade No. 3, op. 47
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Jiuge Xu, piano
Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 10
II. Andante assai
III. Allegro scherzando
Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Fernando Junior Medina, piano
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Violin Concerto, op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Emily Kathleen Ilyes, violin
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
III. Vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Jean Lin, piano
Timur Mustakimov, piano
Eccomi In Lieta Vesta from the Opera, I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
Qiuyu Li, voice
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata (2002)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Donato Lovreglio (1841–1907)
Jacob Moyer, clarinet
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Special thanks Special thanks to Dr. Ryuji Ueno, Director of the Ryuji Ueno Institute for Mind & Music Experience, and Dr. Michael Stepniak, Executive Dean for Creativity & the Arts, for continuing collaborations between Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Shenandoah Conservatory to help students grow as artists.
Our gratitude also goes to Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons, Shenandoah University President, and Dr. Jeffrey Marlatt, Shenandoah Conservatory Interim Dean, for supporting artistic and academic excellence at Shenandoah University.
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