5/1/2021 Amy Zhang student recital

2020–2021

MUSIC AT EMORY

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Event and Program Information Available online at schwartz.emory.edu Cover Photo

By Mark Teague Acknowledgment Eternal thanks to Donna and Marvin Schwartz for their many contributions.

2020–2021

MUSIC AT EMORY

Amy Zhang, violin Senior Recital Sara Wang, piano Saturday, May 1, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Virtual Stage

Program Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47 I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio di molto

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)

Estrellita Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)

arr. Heifetz

—Intermission— Passacaglia George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935) with Kaito Mimura, violin (Prerecorded due to accompanying artist’s availability.)

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 III. Largo

String Sextet in D Minor, op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence” IV. Allegro con brio e vivace

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

with Carol Xu, violin; Wilson Hsu, viola; Siji Osunkoya, viola; Jordan Leslie, cello; and Hannah Lu, cello

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Amy Zhang, violin Amy Zhang is a senior at Emory University double majoring in human health on the epidemiology track and music performance.

She began studying violin at age six with Laura Morgulis and later studied with former Atlanta Symphony Orchestra associate concertmaster William Pu for the entirety of her middle and high school years. Zhang was a finalist in the Brevard Music Center (BMC) summer festival concerto competition in 2018 and was the concertmaster of the BMC Sinfonia Orchestra, where she had the opportunity to closely collaborate with worldrenowned artists Rune Bergmann, Ken Lam, Sergey Khachatryan, David Dzubay, and Narek Hakhnazaryan.

Currently, Zhang is in Jessica Shuang Wu’s studio and she serves as the concertmaster of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra. Within the Emory music department, she is actively involved in the Music Advisory Board, chamber music, and work-study. On campus, she is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Emory Panhellenic Council, Emory Mulan Chinese Dance, and the HLTH 123 program where, for the past two years, she taught HLTH 100 to first-year students at Emory. In her free time, Zhang is also a part-time ballet instructor at Morningstar Dance Academy of Atlanta and an aspiring Tiktok star. After graduation, Zhang will attend Brown University where she will pursue a master of public health in epidemiology. She would like to thank her parents, friends, and teachers for their continuous love and support.

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Sara Wang, piano Sara Wang, is a junior at Emory double-majoring in business and music. She started studying piano with Martina (Hsiu-Shan) Liao at age five, and later studied with Ethan (Chin-Chuan) Chang for 11 years in her homeland of Taiwan.

At age 11, Wang held her first solo recital in Taichung, Taiwan; since then, she has been invited to perform as a soloist in myriad performance venues and events.

Wang has competed in a number of regional and national piano competitions and has received top honors and awards. Most recently, she achieved the first alternate of the Georgia Music Teachers Association Piano Performance Lower College Division (2020), won the Georgia Young Artist solo piano division of Music Teachers National Association Competition (2019), and received an honorable mention in the Emory Concerto and Aria Competition (2019). She also performed a sophomore solo full piano recital in 2019.

In addition to piano performance, Wang had conducted research with the Music Therapy Association of Taiwan analyzing psychological development and suggested possible methods for promoting healing through music therapy. The research paper was later submitted to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, and Time magazine.

Wang studied with Keiko Ransom and William Ransom during her first year at Emory, and she currently studies under Elena Cholakova. In college, she began playing chamber music and two-piano repertoire and found a great passion in performing with other musicians.

During the summer, Wang regularly attends music festivals including the Paris International Sessions, International de Musica de Torrelodones, and National Taipei University of Education International Piano Festival and Prague Piano Festival. She wholeheartedly appreciates the joy she has experienced and amazing friends she has made through music. She would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for their boundless support.

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More events coming soon to the Schwartz Center Virtual Stage schwartz.emory.edu/virtual-stage Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor ECMSA Cooke Noontime Series May 7 at noon

The season closes with Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G Minor which includes the thrilling “Gypsy Rondo’’ Finale. Members of the Vega String Quartet with pianist William Ransom perform.

Photo by Mark Teague

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