Program
May 22, 2:30 pm Live at The Music Barn
May 23, 2:30 pm Online broadcast
Doori Na and Michelle Ross, violin; Molly Carr and William Frampton, viola; Jia Kim, cello
String Quintet no. 2 in E flat major Max Bruch (1838-1920)
String Quintet no. 1 in F major Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
A Festival of Strings brings together the works of composers Johannes Brahms and Max Bruch, contemporaries and friends.
The program also reunites alumni from The Perlman Music Program, who are thrilled to explore this beautiful segment of the Romantic Era repertoire. This unusual program pairs Brahms' String Quintet in F major, a pillar of the repertoire, with Max Bruch's gorgeous but nearly forgotten String Quintet in E flat major.
May 22, 2:30 pm Live at The Music Barn
May 23, 2:30 pm Online broadcast
Doori Na and Michelle Ross, violin; Molly Carr and William Frampton, viola; Jia Kim, cello
String Quintet no. 2 in E flat major Max Bruch (1838-1920)
- Andante con moto
- Allegro
- Andante con moto
- Andante con moto - Allegro ma non troppo vivace
String Quintet no. 1 in F major Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- Allegro non troppo ma con brio
- Grave ed appassionato — Allegretto vivace
- Finale. Allegro energico
A Festival of Strings brings together the works of composers Johannes Brahms and Max Bruch, contemporaries and friends.
The program also reunites alumni from The Perlman Music Program, who are thrilled to explore this beautiful segment of the Romantic Era repertoire. This unusual program pairs Brahms' String Quintet in F major, a pillar of the repertoire, with Max Bruch's gorgeous but nearly forgotten String Quintet in E flat major.
Doori Na, a San Francisco native, took up violin at the age of four and began his studies with Li Lin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In the fall of 2018, he made his debut with The San Francisco Symphony performing Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Currently living in New York City, Doori plays with numerous ensembles around the city. He has played with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with tours in the US, Japan, and Europe performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Musiverien in Vienna. Doori is also a member of Argento Chamber Ensemble performing works of living composers such as Georg Friedrich Haas, Beat Furrer, Tristan Murail, and many more. Also a solo violinist for New Chamber Ballet, he has been a part of the company since 2013 with recent tours in Lake Tahoe, Germany, and Guatemala.
Doori attended the Juilliard School with the Dorothy Starling and Dorothy Delay scholarships and holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree where he studied under Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Donald Weilerstein, and performed as concertmaster for the Juilliard Orchestra.
Michelle Barzel Ross is a violinist, composer, improviser, and writer, known for her omnivorous creativity and deeply emotional performances. Praised for her debut album and pop-up project "Discovering Bach: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas,” Michelle is fueled by a desire to curate profound musical experiences across mediums, unique spaces, and into the hearts of audiences. Passionate about repertoire spanning from the Baroque to Contemporary, Michelle has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and guest concertmaster around the world. An artist at Marlboro Music Festival for many summers, she also launched the series Chamber Music at Eleventh Street Arts, and recently was an Artist-In-Residence at The College of the Holy Cross. A passionate proponent of contemporary music as both a creator and performer, Michelle is a member of NYC-based Sinfonietta Ensemble Échappé, and also a guest player with the International Contemporary Ensemble. An improviser on both the violin and piano, Michelle also creates live immersive works with electronics. Michelle can be heard playing with Jon Batiste in Movement 11, on his genre-defying album WE ARE.
Praised for her "intoxicating” (New York Times) and “ravishing" (STRAD), performances of "passionate talent with beautiful poise" (AVS), Violist Molly Carr enjoys a diverse musical career as recitalist, chamber musician, educator and artistic director. She has been the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and awards, including the Primrose International Viola Competition, Chamber Music America, ProMusicis Foundation, Davidson Institute, Virtu Foundation, MAW Alumni Enterprise Awards, ASTA, and ARTS among many others. Her performances have taken her across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and been broadcast on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center, CNN, and National Public Radio in the US, as well as on BBC World News and Bulgarian, Argentinian, Israeli and Hungarian National Television and Radio. In October 2018, Molly was honored at the United Nations for her work with refugees around the globe through the Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project, and was also chosen as one of America's leading "Creative Women" - subsequently appearing on the Sandi Klein Show "Conversations With Creative Women." She is a member of the Iris Trio, violist of the Carr-Petrova Duo, and the Founding Director of the award-winning organization Project: Music Heals Us, a non-profit which brings free chamber music performances and interactive programming to marginalized populations with limited ability to access the Arts themselves. Molly serves on the viola faculties of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Juilliard School's Precollege Program in New York City, and Musical Arts Madrid in Spain.
Violist William Frampton has been praised by critics for his “impressive” performances (The New York Times) and “a glowing amber tone” (The Boston Globe). Since his New York recital debut in 2009 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, William has enjoyed a career of diverse performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. Recent highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, numerous appearances as principal viola with the American Symphony Orchestra, appearances as guest artist with the Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. He can be heard frequently in the Broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, and many others.
Pandemic era projects have included outdoor concerts in New York and New Jersey with colleagues from American Symphony Orchestra and an upcoming video recording project which will be posted regularly on his website and social media.
William is the Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill, which he co-founded in 2008. The community built as a result of Music Bunker Hill has brought regular collaborations with schools, libraries, orchestras, and civic organizations, contributing to the cultural life of Southern New Jersey. William has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors Joseph Silverstein and David Hoose. He holds degrees from New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, and studied with Kim Kashkashian, Samuel Rhodes, Choong-Jin Chang, and Byrnina Socolofsky. William teaches viola and chamber music at Queens College, CUNY.
Korean-American cellist Jia Kim, recipient of the prestigious 2017 career award from the Leonore Annenberg Foundation for Performing and Visual Arts, leads a dynamic musical life as a performer, educator, and a passionate advocate for the Arts. She has appeared on stages across the United States, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with performances broadcasted on WQXR, PBS, KMZT Classical, and acclaimed by the New York Times. As an alum of the Perlman Music Program, she joined Itzhak Perlman on a tour across Toronto, Mexico City, Virginia Beach, Miami and New York City.
Ms. Kim has been invited as Visiting Artist at the University of Hawaii, American Academy of Jordan, College of William and Mary, Grand Valley State University, and served as a Tone Judge for the Violin Society of America's 2016 International Competition.
Currently she is on Faculty at The Juilliard School Precollege Division and New York Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music Program. As Artistic Director of Central Chamber Series in NYC and Spruce Peak Chamber Music Society in Stowe, VT, she is committed to connecting with a wider audience through the powerful language of Chamber Music, both through education and performance.
Ms.Kim is evermore grateful to her mentors and teachers Ronald Leonard, Itzhak&Toby Perlman, and to Joel Krosnick, with whom she studied at the Juilliard School for a Bachelor and Master Degree in Music. Ms.Kim performs on a Testore cello made in 1748.
Currently living in New York City, Doori plays with numerous ensembles around the city. He has played with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with tours in the US, Japan, and Europe performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Musiverien in Vienna. Doori is also a member of Argento Chamber Ensemble performing works of living composers such as Georg Friedrich Haas, Beat Furrer, Tristan Murail, and many more. Also a solo violinist for New Chamber Ballet, he has been a part of the company since 2013 with recent tours in Lake Tahoe, Germany, and Guatemala.
Doori attended the Juilliard School with the Dorothy Starling and Dorothy Delay scholarships and holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree where he studied under Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Donald Weilerstein, and performed as concertmaster for the Juilliard Orchestra.
Michelle Barzel Ross is a violinist, composer, improviser, and writer, known for her omnivorous creativity and deeply emotional performances. Praised for her debut album and pop-up project "Discovering Bach: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas,” Michelle is fueled by a desire to curate profound musical experiences across mediums, unique spaces, and into the hearts of audiences. Passionate about repertoire spanning from the Baroque to Contemporary, Michelle has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and guest concertmaster around the world. An artist at Marlboro Music Festival for many summers, she also launched the series Chamber Music at Eleventh Street Arts, and recently was an Artist-In-Residence at The College of the Holy Cross. A passionate proponent of contemporary music as both a creator and performer, Michelle is a member of NYC-based Sinfonietta Ensemble Échappé, and also a guest player with the International Contemporary Ensemble. An improviser on both the violin and piano, Michelle also creates live immersive works with electronics. Michelle can be heard playing with Jon Batiste in Movement 11, on his genre-defying album WE ARE.
Praised for her "intoxicating” (New York Times) and “ravishing" (STRAD), performances of "passionate talent with beautiful poise" (AVS), Violist Molly Carr enjoys a diverse musical career as recitalist, chamber musician, educator and artistic director. She has been the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and awards, including the Primrose International Viola Competition, Chamber Music America, ProMusicis Foundation, Davidson Institute, Virtu Foundation, MAW Alumni Enterprise Awards, ASTA, and ARTS among many others. Her performances have taken her across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and been broadcast on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center, CNN, and National Public Radio in the US, as well as on BBC World News and Bulgarian, Argentinian, Israeli and Hungarian National Television and Radio. In October 2018, Molly was honored at the United Nations for her work with refugees around the globe through the Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project, and was also chosen as one of America's leading "Creative Women" - subsequently appearing on the Sandi Klein Show "Conversations With Creative Women." She is a member of the Iris Trio, violist of the Carr-Petrova Duo, and the Founding Director of the award-winning organization Project: Music Heals Us, a non-profit which brings free chamber music performances and interactive programming to marginalized populations with limited ability to access the Arts themselves. Molly serves on the viola faculties of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Juilliard School's Precollege Program in New York City, and Musical Arts Madrid in Spain.
Violist William Frampton has been praised by critics for his “impressive” performances (The New York Times) and “a glowing amber tone” (The Boston Globe). Since his New York recital debut in 2009 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, William has enjoyed a career of diverse performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. Recent highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, numerous appearances as principal viola with the American Symphony Orchestra, appearances as guest artist with the Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. He can be heard frequently in the Broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, and many others.
Pandemic era projects have included outdoor concerts in New York and New Jersey with colleagues from American Symphony Orchestra and an upcoming video recording project which will be posted regularly on his website and social media.
William is the Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill, which he co-founded in 2008. The community built as a result of Music Bunker Hill has brought regular collaborations with schools, libraries, orchestras, and civic organizations, contributing to the cultural life of Southern New Jersey. William has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors Joseph Silverstein and David Hoose. He holds degrees from New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, and studied with Kim Kashkashian, Samuel Rhodes, Choong-Jin Chang, and Byrnina Socolofsky. William teaches viola and chamber music at Queens College, CUNY.
Korean-American cellist Jia Kim, recipient of the prestigious 2017 career award from the Leonore Annenberg Foundation for Performing and Visual Arts, leads a dynamic musical life as a performer, educator, and a passionate advocate for the Arts. She has appeared on stages across the United States, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with performances broadcasted on WQXR, PBS, KMZT Classical, and acclaimed by the New York Times. As an alum of the Perlman Music Program, she joined Itzhak Perlman on a tour across Toronto, Mexico City, Virginia Beach, Miami and New York City.
Ms. Kim has been invited as Visiting Artist at the University of Hawaii, American Academy of Jordan, College of William and Mary, Grand Valley State University, and served as a Tone Judge for the Violin Society of America's 2016 International Competition.
Currently she is on Faculty at The Juilliard School Precollege Division and New York Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music Program. As Artistic Director of Central Chamber Series in NYC and Spruce Peak Chamber Music Society in Stowe, VT, she is committed to connecting with a wider audience through the powerful language of Chamber Music, both through education and performance.
Ms.Kim is evermore grateful to her mentors and teachers Ronald Leonard, Itzhak&Toby Perlman, and to Joel Krosnick, with whom she studied at the Juilliard School for a Bachelor and Master Degree in Music. Ms.Kim performs on a Testore cello made in 1748.