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Georgia Tech School of Music Presents:
Heimweh
Georgia Tech School of Music Presents:
Heimweh
Sunday, November 12th 2023
3:00pm
Ferst Center for the Arts
Dr. Chaowen Ting, Conductor
For their second concert of the season, the GT Symphony Orchestra explores universal themes of yearning for home, opening with two commissioned pieces by composer and violinist Alice Hong. Joanna Cheng, winner of the 2023 GTSO Concerto Competition, is then featured performing the first movement of Prokofiev’s second piano concerto. The orchestra will conclude with Dvorak’s beloved ninth symphony, “From the New World.”
Program
[GT commission, world premiere]
[GT commission, world premiere]
Alice Hong, violin
- I. Andantino
Joanna Cheng, piano (winner of the 2023 GTSO Concerto Competition)
- I. Adagio – Allegro molto
- II. Largo
- III. Molto vivace
- IV. Allegro con fuoco
Program Notes – Landfall
“LANDFALL” is about the joy, the bravery, the turbulence, the heartbreak, the heartwarming, the uncertainty, the sense of wonder, nostalgia, love, and finality that come with the process of saying good-bye.
Program Notes – Pheonix
"The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise." -Miguel de Cervantes
Composer/Soloist Bio – Alice Hong
Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, Alice Hong is an international award-winner both as a violinist and composer. She was featured on CBC’s 2018 edition of “30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30” and has appeared as a composer-performer for the Atlanta Symphony’s Conversation of Note series with Robert Spano. As a violinist, Alice has toured with Lincoln Center Stage, with which she has performed in 28 countries, and has performed in the violin sections of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic and The Atlanta Opera, among others. In the summer, she performs as a section violinist of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. Alice has also performed her own compositions at venues and events such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Spoleto Festival USA, and Heifetz on Tour. As an avid chamber musician, Alice has performed alongside esteemed musicians such as James Ehnes, Frans Helmerson, Mihaela Martin, Jonathan Crow, New Orford String Quartet, and Barry Shiffman, among others. Her performances have been featured on CBC Radio, WABE 90.1 Atlanta and WSMR 89.9 Tampa.
As a composer, Alice’s pieces have been performed and recorded by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Niagara Symphony, Georgian Bay Symphony, Ludwig Symphony Orchestra, CIM Symphony Orchestra, Amersfoort Youth Orchestra, and principal members of the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, Rolston String Quartet and Cypress String Quartet. Her works have won multiple awards from the ASCAP Morton Gould Awards as well as first prize at the International Keuris Competition, Carl E. Baldassarre Composer-Virtuosi Competition, NorCal Viola Society Commission Contest, Pikes Peak Composition Competition, and third prize at the 2021 „Steirischer TonkünstlerBund“ International Composition Competition and at the 2018 Lands End Ensemble Composition Competition; they have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden and China. She has also been a commissioned composer and composer-in-residence for festivals such as Toronto Summer Music and Lövstabruks Kammarmusikfestival. Upcoming premieres include orchestral commissions by the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra and ensemble vim.
Alice earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto under the private tutelage of Jonathan Crow, as well as a Master of Music degree from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music as a Dorothy R. Starling Foundation Scholar studying with Cho-Liang Lin and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Updegraff. Alice recently started her acting journey in October 2019, with appearances in filmwork such as Netflix movie "Red Notice" (2021) starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, Disney Marvel’s “Hawkeye,” BET+’s “First Wive’s Club” and Netflix’s “First Kill.” She is represented by STW Talent Agency.
Soloist Bio – Joanna Cheng
Joanna Cheng is a second year Computer Science major from Northern Virginia. She studied piano with Dr. Marjorie Lee for thirteen years, from the age of five. Throughout this time, she received various honors, such as 1st place in the 30th International Young Artist Piano Competition (IYAPC), for which she played at the winner’s concert at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium stage. She also won the MTNA Virginia State competition and represented Virginia in the MTNA Southern Division competition in Tampa, winning Honorable Mention. More recently, she was awarded 1st place in the Elite International Music Competition, for which she was invited to play at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, as well as 2nd place in the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition. Her favorite composers are Ravel, Debussy, and Prokofiev and in her free time, she enjoys doing crosswords, watching Chinese shows, and listening to lots of music.
Ensemble Members
Violin I | Major |
Claire Kim, Concertmaster | Biomedical Engineering |
Marissa Mandir, Assistant Concertmaster | Electrical Engineering |
Nathan Lin | Computer Science |
Sila Keha | Industrial Engineering |
Lawrence Ro | Electrical Engineering |
Harold Graney Green | Computer Science |
Daeyong Kwon | Computer Science |
Suann Kim | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Raymond Jia | Computer Engineering |
Madison Park | Mechanical Engineering |
Sohum Gala | Computer Science |
Xiaomeng Ye | Computer Science |
Violin II | |
Adrian Cheung, Principal | Computer Science |
Anu Raghavan | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Matthew Rohan | Chemistry |
Amartya Kallingal | Computer Science |
Rick Nguyen | Computational Media |
Ryder Johnson | Computer Engineering |
Banglue Wei | Aerospace Engineering |
Jonathan Shi | Computer Science |
Subrahmanyam Mullangi | Computer Science |
Chengrui Li | Computational Science and Engineering |
Jaiden Lulla | Aerospace Engineering |
Viola | |
Ivy Xue, Principal | Neuroscience |
May Tang | Computer Science |
Julian Aldana Brol | Civil Engineering |
Emma Axelson | Transportation Systems |
Olivia Johnson-Liu | Business Administration |
Ayush Narain | Computer Science |
Cello | |
Sean Yoshihara, Principal | Computer Science |
Benjamin Borthwick | Computer Science |
Nathan Shepherd | Computer Engineering |
Ryan Stover | Aerospace Engineering |
Will Deinzer | Computer Science |
Layla Libanan | Biomedical Engineering |
Matthew Zhou | Computer Science |
Nat Wertz | Computer Science |
Bass | |
Atharva Gujrathi, Principal | Aerospace Engineering |
Audrey Nguyen | Biology |
Flute | Major |
Yoojin Jeong + | Neuroscience |
Annabelle Lee ~* | Computer Science |
Alex Yang ^* | Economics |
Oboe | |
Renzo Jansema ~* | Industrial Design |
Oliver Long ^+ | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Clarinet | |
Nathan Duggal ^~+ | Computer Science |
Ryan Murphey * | Mechanical Engineering |
Bassoon | |
Hannah Tourial * | Industrial and Systems Engineering |
Lixin Zheng ^~+ | Mathematics |
Horn | |
Alex Bendeck * | Computer Science |
Carlos Sanchez ~ | Biomedical Engineering |
Cathleen Bolger + | Aerospace Engineering |
Akhil Gopal | Mathematics |
Nicholas Reed ^ | Computer Science |
Trumpet | |
Camryn Aguilar ~* | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Jonah Wu ^+ | Industrial Engineering |
Trombone | |
Joshua Antony ^ | Industrial Engineering |
Pranjal Chatterjee ~+* | Electrical Engineering |
Sanjay Rangarajan | Chemistry |
Tuba | |
Alejandro Martinez | Physics |
Harp | |
Anoushka Scaria | Computer Science |
Piano | |
Matthew Zhou | Computer Science |
Timpani/Percussion | |
Sam Woolsey | Mechanical Engineering |
Ulyana Buslovska | Mathematics |
Denotes principal player: ^Landfall, ~Phoenix, +Prokofiev, *Dvorak
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